LISBON — Even more Columbiana County residents with failing septic systems and a lack of income to replace them will get help through programs with the Columbiana County General Health District this year.

County Health Commissioner Wes Vins told the board this week that the health department has learned they will not only receive the $150,000 they usually receive from the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, but the department also will get another $150,000 through an H2O Ohio grant program.

Vins said he received a phone call and learned Columbiana County was one of 11 counties chosen in the state and mostly because the county has done such a good job utilizing all the money they have received through the WPCLF program over many years.

Those who qualify financially can get assistance in replacing a failing septic system on their property. The health department helps to identify properties needing the replace their systems, often through complaints. The resident then receives a packet and can apply to see if they qualify. In the past, the health department has gone through the Community Action Agency, but Vins said there will be a different agency responsible for checking the financial situation of those seeking assistance, which will be determined in the future.

Utilizing the dollars through the WPCLF and now the H2O Ohio program, the county health department bids out the projects, allowing local contractors certified to replace septic systems to have a chance to get the contract. During the meeting, the health department announced they will bid one group of projects with the money still remaining from 2020-2021 funding year. Then they are bidding two additional groups of projects utilizing money from 2021-2022.

In other matters:

— The board issued a board order against Ernest Lautzenheiser, the owner of property at 11232 state Route 9, Kensington, that environmental director Lori Barnes said has been identified with solid waste, tires and openings harboring water. The owner reportedly has not been cooperating with the health department’s requests to clean up the property.

— Medical services administrator Jamie Elenz said the department still has some Johnson and Johnson vaccine in the refrigerator and was just waiting for guidance on when or how they will be able to use it. She and board member Dr. Kimberly Jackson discussed the reason for the pause of the vaccine, due to severe blood clots that developed in six women of the millions of people who have received it.

Late on Friday, the pause was lifted.

— Also on Friday, the health department had about 750 people come through the vaccination complex at the county fairgrounds, mostly to receive their second doses of Moderna vaccine. There is expected to be one more second dose clinic held at the fairgrounds on April 30. There are now 32,027 county residents who have at least started their vaccines, with 25,593 who have completed it or more than 25 percent of the county’s 101,000 residents.

Over the past week, since April 16, there have been 72 new coronavirus cases or just over 10 per day average. That is lower than the 128 new cases the week before.

The county also has had a new death added to the total, leaving the county at 227, although the chart shows no deaths in Columbiana County since March 30.