Engineer's Office

Department Head
Richard A. Marsico P.E., P.S

Mission Statement: 

"In conformity with Mahoning County's Mission Statement, 

The Office of the County Engineer will strive to build and maintain a safe network of County Highways and Bridges.”

What We Do:

The Mahoning County Engineer serves as the County’s surveyor and civil engineer.  The County Engineer is required to be a Registered Professional Engineer and Professional Surveyor in the State of Ohio. The County Engineer has general charge of the following: construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of all 320 county bridges, 493 miles of county highways and thousands of culverts under county roads.  Additionally, the County Engineer is responsible for ditches, traffic signals and signs, maintain tax maps for County Auditor, review of plans, inspection, pavement markings and safety.  

Revenue Source:

The County Engineering Office is Primarily funded the Motor Vehicle Gasoline Tax and License Plate Fees as well as partially by Traffic Violation Fines from all County Courts.  We also seek and use grant funding for various highway projects, but the grant revenue is not part of our operating expenses.  

Current number of employees: 90