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WARREN Some voters in Girard, Liberty and Bazetta are having their polling locations changed for the May 4 primary, with the Liberty move permanent.
The relocation of some voters in Girard and Bazetta is just for the primary election as portions of those communities are in the Liberty and Champion school districts, respectively. Both school districts have tax levies on the primary ballot.
The move is to save money because with a small number of voters in those precincts, it’s less expensive to have them in other polling locations that already are going to be open for the primary, Stephanie Penrose, director of the Trumbull County Board of Elections, said.
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The routes on which vehicles have been traveling at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds to line up for the countyâs drive-thru vaccine clinic have turned to mud since the ground began to thaw with warmer temperatures. Instead of spending nearly $200,000 to improve the pathways, officials are expected to change the traffic pattern to the firmer midway.
WARREN It appears rerouting traffic at the drive-thru vaccine clinic at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds will solve the problem of soggy pathways at the site, according to Trumbull County Commissioner Mauro Cantalamessa.
When the temperatures warmed up, the ground began to thaw and the vehicle paths at the vaccination site grew rutty and muddy. Some vehicles were bottoming out as they moved through the line.
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WARREN Trumbull County has spent about 73 percent of the emergency pandemic funding it received through the federal CARES Act.
The county was awarded about $10.5 million and through Feb. 5 has spent $7.698 million, leaving about $2.8 million in reserve, according to documents provided by the Trumbull County commissioners’ and auditor’s offices.
After two of three commissioners committed Thursday to use some funds to build a structure for vaccine distribution, it appears about $8.098 million of the money has been spent or dedicated, leaving approximately $2.4 million. The building is expected to cost $400,000 or less.
While original guidelines initially required communities to use CARES Act funding before the end of 2020, an extension was granted by the federal government to allow the funds to be used until the end of 2021.