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Contract with CSI Corporate Security (4.01): Commissioners approved a contract to provide specialized services to Children and Youth Services, including assistance locating runaways and support for safety plans. (See separate article for discussion.)

Resolution 2025-11 — Eliminate handwritten property tax cards (4.02): The commissioners passed Resolution 2025-11 to transition from the 1961 handwritten property record cards to computer-aided (digital) tax cards for daily operations. Jody Martin, tax services director, told the board the historic paper cards (about 72,000) will be transferred to the Franklin County archives where they will be maintained per retention law; staff will continue to provide explanations to the public and supply computer-generated tax-card copies on request. The office plans to transition paper cards to the archives in July following a June 30 cut-off for updates.

Video-retention policy for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (4.03): Commissioners approved a formal policy clarifying that body- and car-camera footage will be retained for 60 days unless retained longer for active investigations or other reasons. The motion was described as formalizing existing practice.

Consent agenda change order — parking-lot/paving project: During the consent agenda, commissioners approved a change order of roughly $25,000 for demolition and paving of a new parking lot adjacent to county facilities. County staff said about $7,000 of the change order related to costs associated with an underground tank that was found during the work; the remainder covered earthwork to meet soil compaction standards before paving.

Each motion was approved by voice vote; recorded roll-call tallies were not provided in the meeting transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","County Commissioners Live Stream","oneSentenceSummary","At the meeting commissioners approved a contract with CSI Corporate Security (4.01), passed Resolution 2025-11 to transition paper 1961 property tax cards to digital records and archives (4.02), approved a 60-day video-retention policy for the sheriff's office (4.03) and passed the consent agenda that included a parking-lot change order.","taxTitle","Franklin County, Pennsylvania","taxId",56445,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6656709,"Residents urge changes to senior food vouchers and raise staffing and budget concerns during public comment",78,91000,169000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5120574-cbd7c01ba06893e11f1e3b467d58c42f&start=91&end=169","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5120574-cbd7c01ba06893e11f1e3b467d58c42f/thumbnail_91000.jpg","/articles/6656709/Franklin-County/Pennsylvania/Residents-urge-changes-to-senior-food-vouchers-and-raise-staffing-and-budget-concerns-during-public-comment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656709-c3cca10a505a9c1c2052b4563bd9ea21/orig.mp4?Expires=1773675275&Signature=LBJoTP3tuGG58jmn-StOCzMA9SQ2Y2j8y2wpPQnr0cx7rzdqR40gtHRGfJaXE7OFg1GSrzdBjU2msP5S1hBQW98q0SUwF6qsJ7GXWkig44uE3v9Nvc-bHOMh9KTXB-~CoGpNEddKT2tK9o7yWrLy77ZyDxno-sGx~DkIpifglrUmE-9yFMnAQHYaJz0szoYEgLy-vizTFTZQrR57~lo~Rb8LdbEeQZfzbv-yR9q0EVk69qfC6AWdSj6B0NAAuBFRTzxTWxmazuaeu5bJ-1nNS1DszrfWXiOLZrLzxgpcGWCDV0BXudjMYxIbkJ5tVzcXcDsey1YSHyTpBhZvFVChPg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During the public comment period at the Franklin County commissioners meeting, two residents urged changes to senior food voucher rules and raised concerns about county staffing and spending priorities.

Valerie Jordan of Fayetteville told commissioners she emailed them earlier about vouchers distributed to senior citizens for weekend food markets. Jordan said she discovered she did not qualify when she visited a food market and that the pantry required income verification. She asked the county either to expand eligibility to all county seniors or to allow purchasers to verify eligibility by presenting a document such as an electric bill. \"I requested that the county either look into\" these changes, Jordan said, and asked commissioners to \"mull it over for next year.\"

Jordan also criticized recent budget and staffing trends. She said job descriptions have changed, workman's compensation funds have been used for large-ticket items such as surveillance equipment at the county jail, and that the county has grown by about 20% since 2020 without adding to the workforce. \"How do you start even beginning to build on a county workforce with such a deep cut to all of us?\" she asked, referring to an $8.5 million reduction she says occurred in the current fiscal year.

Kim Wirtz of Chambersburg echoed Jordan's voucher concerns and said some seniors face short-term tight expenses because of medical bills; she said opening vouchers more broadly or using income verification would help. Wirtz defended the county's use of workers' compensation funds in some cases, noting that if a department has surplus funds they can be shifted to other needs before the fiscal year ends. She also expressed concern about labor shortages and their effect on county services.

No formal action was taken during the meeting on the points raised in public comment. Commissioners did not indicate immediate changes but acknowledged the remarks.","Two residents used public comment time to urge wider access to senior food vouchers, raise concerns about surveillance spending at the county jail and warn that a recent $8.5 million budget cut hampers county staffing as the population grows.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6656714,"Franklin County planning director outlines Imagine Franklin 2035 goals, farmland preservation and infrastructure priorities",770,2398000,3168000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5120574-cbd7c01ba06893e11f1e3b467d58c42f&start=2398&end=3168","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5120574-cbd7c01ba06893e11f1e3b467d58c42f/thumbnail_2398000.jpg","/articles/6656714/Franklin-County/Pennsylvania/Franklin-County-planning-director-outlines-Imagine-Franklin-2035-goals-farmland-preservation-and-infrastructure-priorities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656714-6913529c2da775e57f1d5c42ca65f7a5/orig.mp4?Expires=1773675275&Signature=XfGSkdL0SpqoWe-mVroPpptUu68ei6EKdB4MRCgCOD0DQBdI3yke5uRYLDCsvtlDGKId6rxkeRBqXUr73bBIPIqeoRSiOm36rCESYGdCtQHvtMd9UTV600Xh~fvWi9o~R~Sh0fZwO7JfsWFR2iVjAWoSuWEBHOKArPDjCu3S6NtYrR556oZGGOddVrO5WGdjXyH2-L~QO3xW8NYemh7iX61zpb6TFEzKJ3Qd4UL9K8Y861qea4YC9iMLVG-cB1j4~MdeZlHBEOxY5WQIqHSKQEZQsiFf8T6SG0HBxgtjhlFEW1XxJeB5dP4Y~LaQZfeE2Y85e07J3vCFTqSKBi6MYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Quentin Clapper, director of the Franklin County Planning Department, briefed commissioners on the department’s work and priority items tied to the recently completed Imagine Franklin 2035 comprehensive plan.

Clapper said the comprehensive plan sets more than 60 action items and the department maintains a three-year implementation plan to tackle near-term priorities. \"We have a goal of ensuring high quality of life, growth, and place in Franklin County,\" Clapper said, and he described the department's role as land-use planning, grant administration and advisory support to municipalities and several county boards.

Clapper reviewed multiple programs the department administers or supports: subdivision and land-development review in an advisory role to 22 townships and boroughs; the Agricultural Land Preservation program, which he said has reached a milestone of roughly 20,000 acres preserved; a wait list of about 60 farms seeking easement enrollment; and the county bridge program, which oversees 91 county-owned bridges and a shared bridge with Cumberland County.

He described funding and grant programs including an annual Community Development Block Grant allocation of about $350,000 for infrastructure, housing and public services targeted to low- and moderate-income residents, and a housing trust fund funded by deed-recording revenues. Clapper said recent deed-recording transfers have declined and estimated annual receipts at about $90,000 for the trust fund going forward.

Clapper also described the Franklin County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s role in programming federally funded transportation projects and noted recent studies including an Interstate 81 improvement strategy and a rail-trail extension feasibility study. He said the I-81 strategy prioritizes staged improvements toward an eventual three-lane cross-section in each direction but that timing will depend on replacement cycles and funding.

On environmental and public-health work, Clapper described the mosquito and tick-borne disease control program funded by a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) grant; the program supports a specialist and two technicians and provides surveillance and control for Franklin County and neighboring Bedford, Fulton and Huntingdon counties.

Commissioners thanked Clapper for the overview and had no substantive questions beyond clarifications; no formal action was required.","Planning director Quentin Clapper gave an overview of the department’s responsibilities, the Imagine Franklin 2035 comprehensive plan and priority programs including agricultural preservation, CDBG, housing trust fund, bridges, MPO planning and mosquito/tick control.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6656719,"Franklin County approves contract with CSI Corporate Security to help locate runaways and support child-safety plans",193,911000,1104000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5120574-cbd7c01ba06893e11f1e3b467d58c42f&start=911&end=1104","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5120574-cbd7c01ba06893e11f1e3b467d58c42f/thumbnail_911000.jpg","/articles/6656719/Franklin-County/Pennsylvania/Franklin-County-approves-contract-with-CSI-Corporate-Security-to-help-locate-runaways-and-support-child-safety-plans","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656719-b1437df71a3d1e9c8283b292d2911ca6/orig.mp4?Expires=1773675275&Signature=diI1jP4itv9ZmMtd~SGXQb-yq84Du82BjPTdhb90me4mvH06IH-nPRxoUX~lEpiOlNWeTdxUDjGIe7962EeriQMNaWasL3AF5w4EF8Kct3ljdAaMK9MgpHqgSg1L1grEmhEfviMMhHMrfsE4ln3b1ltjSd9rXUMBTStsPBoo~tDSZxqLQCFjA5Ue16~j55c1eYwMZuoxA7fux7ciIX2c0QUv78uGozLvy2SVf3scSzSF1XcbiAG-wYymbM6i-pUxNYXPswsqe6b7y0Fobl3jT9SoaP1FBXRAJ~fBE1DZht6i6rxtZgzTTLkIpwVYQJ8VfQpsl-bAj7fmf~S5eOsX9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Franklin County commissioners voted to approve a contract with CSI Corporate Security to provide specialized services for Children and Youth Services, the county announced during its regular meeting.

Minnie Goshorn, director of Children and Youth Services, told commissioners the county previously lacked an out-of-state search resource and has had difficulty securing consistent assistance when youth run near the Maryland line. \"We didn't really have the service available to us,\" Goshorn said, adding that other counties reported success using the vendor to find missing children and help ensure safety when safety plans are in place.

The contract will give the county access to a range of services listed in the vendor's rate sheet. Goshorn told commissioners she does not expect the county to use all offered services because Children and Youth already provides family-finding, transport and hospital accompaniment duties in-house. She also said regulations prevent county staff from conducting out-of-state searches themselves, which has limited prior responses when families or youth cross into Maryland.

Commissioner Hurst asked whether the county had relied on outside agencies previously; Goshorn said the county had contacted neighboring children's agencies and relied on local law enforcement but had \"run into snags\" with cross-jurisdictional support. She described a current case in which a youth the county believes is in Maryland has been located by Maryland authorities but the county must rely on that jurisdiction to take custody.

A motion to approve the contract passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting minutes.

The contract text presented to commissioners includes a broad menu of services; county officials said use will be scoped to needs and to activities the department cannot perform because of interjurisdictional limits.","County commissioners approved a new contract with CSI Corporate Security to assist Children and Youth Services with locating runaways and supporting in-home safety work; officials said the vendor offers multiple services but the county expects to use a subset aligned with existing duties.","actionData","errors"]

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