Commissioners approve grants, contracts and payments including NOPEC and criminal-justice grants

At a regular session, the Portage County Board of Commissioners approved multiple routine fiscal and contracting items by roll call, including grant acceptances, contract awards, an amendment to a stormwater maintenance contract, and a final payment for a wastewater-treatment project.

Key approvals included authorization to accept Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) energized community grant funds and two grants from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services: a 2025 drug law enforcement grant (grant number 2025DLLEF26922) and a 2026 violent-crime reduction grant (2026VCLTF6909) on behalf of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office Drug and Violent Crime Unit. The board also accepted a proposal from Quality Control Inspection, Inc. (QCI, Inc.) for construction administration and inspection services, awarded a general engineering contract to Youthhentics Inc., approved a one-year extension and $20,175 increase for stormwater partial data maintenance services, and awarded an architectural contract to 4 Points Architectural Services Inc for a CDBG-funded ADA restroom update.

The board voted to process ACH/wire/journal payments as presented and approved the final payment of $86,552 to Hummel Construction Company for the Fairlane WWTP building improvements (project SU-1, 23-120). Most motions passed on unanimous recorded roll calls (Jill, Sabrina and Mike recorded as 'Yes' where a roll call was taken).

Why it matters: these approvals move forward infrastructure projects, community-development grants and public-safety grant funding; they authorize county spending and contractual obligations for ongoing work.

What’s next: Contracts and grant paperwork will be executed and invoices/journal entries processed by county staff per standard procurement and budgeting procedures.