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“...we meet every Friday at 8AM, talk with those the folks this past Bridal. And if you're interested in coming over to join us for that meeting, then they can give you a walk through, after after we have our discussion to kinda give you a a a brief progress update,” Dan said during the department head report. He added commissioners were “welcome anytime you wanna come up.”

During the commissioners' reports segment, a commissioner praised restoration work at the Hickory House, calling it “a beautiful job” and noting that historical buildings require costly maintenance. The same commissioner said several county representatives attended the United Way kickoff breakfast that morning and described “sobering” local economic indicators, referencing a “40% balance rate,” a “10 to 12% poverty rate,” and “28 to 30 percent” of employees who could be pushed into hardship by a medical emergency or a car mishap.

The commissioner also mentioned ongoing job-creation efforts in the county and cited a local facility, saying, “we have Bruce Mansfield coming back with CyberPeck just closed,” as part of a broader discussion about economic development and workforce attraction.

The meeting record shows those remarks occurred during routine department and commissioner reports; no formal actions or votes were taken on the garage project, Hickory House restoration or the economic remarks. The board moved later to an announced executive session on contract negotiations and a litigation matter.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Beaver County Commissioners Work Session Meeting 10/1/25","oneSentenceSummary","A department head identified as Dan told the Buchanan Board of Commissioners on Oct. 1 that park-garage work is on schedule and invited commissioners to an 8 a.m. Friday walkthrough; a commissioner also praised Hickory House restoration and reported United Way kickoff concerns about local economic hardship.","taxTitle","Beaver County, Pennsylvania","taxId",18150,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6449736,"Staff raises concerns about county credit-card charges, asks commissioners to tighten purchasing policy",35,105000,140000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5864971-4c6b0e740d244ea069492321b14a28a4&start=105&end=140","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5864971-4c6b0e740d244ea069492321b14a28a4/thumbnail_105000.jpg","/articles/6449736/Beaver-County/Pennsylvania/Staff-raises-concerns-about-county-credit-card-charges-asks-commissioners-to-tighten-purchasing-policy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6449736-2647124a6a08e7bc1e22cc0b211c57cc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770623151&Signature=FEq7R8GIrpDdC94VWejOO-0sfMrdzLo4ZfNHImi40zTY6NeDZEQsorG4amnbUn9zUxd8eM2gIbGzd2Zof7t3idqVa9d-prpTzvP6lpqHNG0pTXOdDBxR6PZpFvd1MJq8auf9ZHB4HcWvIuyxLT-0MnmX0mwF3fru9CjLUUSsrW8zjQvYEwXqddnAePEflS4eqVDN7xWK4Q4oqouzh2Hnx-91cOSHOKlDth-3totfolnloVlKarE5kx9LORowP4ATI-b4T1wiW8o8on8BJ86n1anNwqGMj1Ik~RkHfxBLFBMEz~AkLNZJLOvAgtGg5cC3fi3P7H9b9hEVFnsSSQKE4w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A county staff member told the Buchanan Board of Commissioners at its Oct. 1 work session that recent credit-card use by county departments has produced “questionable charges” and urged the board to add explicit credit-card rules to the county purchasing policy.

The staff member said the district attorney’s office had recorded multiple questionable charges in the past two months, including two Starbucks purchases and a $3,200 promotional-items order for compact mirrors, pens, post-it notes, stress balls, lip balm, koozies, sanitizer sprays and stapling cups. The staff member said those promotional items “have his personal name on them” and that the items appear to promote an individual more than the office.

The staff member asked the board to require repayment and to change the purchasing policy immediately to specify what credit-card purchases are allowed and what approvals are needed. “I think that they should repay the taxpayers,” the staff member said. The staff member added that the purchaser had not repaid the county as of the meeting.

The staff member also said other departments used the county credit card to make purchases over $2,500 without following required purchasing procedures and emphasized that “using a credit card purchase does not mean that the department can avoid our policy limits.” The staff member asked the board to add rules restricting purchases such as promotional items with personal names and ticket purchases for networking events.

No formal motion or vote on repayment or policy changes was recorded during the session. The staff member said they had asked the board for its thoughts and had not yet received a response.

The meeting record shows the concern was raised during the department reports segment of the work session and that the matter was listed among items that may require follow-up by the board or staff. The session proceeded to other business and an announced executive session on contract negotiations and litigation.","At the Oct. 1 Buchanan Board of Commissioners work session, a county staff member reported questionable credit-card charges, including a $3,200 promotional-items purchase bearing a personal name, and asked the board to require repayment and update purchasing rules to cover credit-card use and approvals.","actionData","errors"]

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Department head invites commissioners to park-garage walkthrough; commissioner praises Hickory House restoration and cites United Way concerns

Staff raises concerns about county credit-card charges, asks commissioners to tighten purchasing policy