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Trumbull senior-citizen levy funds likely to be approved today
By Ed Runyan
WARREN
County commissioners are expected today to award $1.6 million of Trumbull County senior-levy funds to several organizations that provide services to senior citizens.
The awards are similar to the ones approved last year, said Diane Drawl, senior-levy administrator.
Among the expected awards are $280,000 for protective services — $110,000 to Trumbull County Job and Family Services of Warren, $135,000 to Guardianship and Protective Services of Warren, $15,000 to the Area Agency on Aging of Niles, and $20,000 to the Trumbull Advocacy and Protective Network.
In-home services of $695,000 have been proposed — $291,000 for home-delivered meals from the Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs of Warren, $83,958 for services from Country Neighbor of Orwell, $135,041 from Trumbull Mobile Meals of Warren, and $96,830 for adult day care and other services from Eastern Seals of Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.
Transportation of $24,990 is expected to be approved from Trumbull Community Action Partnership of Warren.
Community center awards are expected to be as follows: $52,998 for the Johnston Community Center, $40,000 for the Farmington Senior Center, $20,000 for the Champion SCOPE Center, $53,000 for the Cortland SCOPE Center, $45,000 for the Lordstown SCOPE Center, $90,350 for the Girard Multi-generational Center, and $99,550 each for SCOPE centers in Howland, Niles and Warren.
Commissioners also are expected to approve an agreement with Kleese Development Associates of Warren calling for the company to make improvements to Sodom Hutchings Road in Vienna Township just north of state Route 82 near brine-injection wells the company operates there.
The agreement calls for Kleese to pay $21,500 for asphalt repairs.
Jack Simon of the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office, who coordinates Trumbull County road-use issues associated with the gas and oil industry, said the facility receives 20 to 30 loads of brine per day from gas and oil drillers, which can cause wear and tear on roadways.
A similar agreement was reached with Heckman Water Resources of Coraopolis, Pa., last month to improve Warner Road in Fowler Township, which receives truck traffic because of a Heckman injection well.