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The board voted, by voice, to approve the meeting agenda, prior meeting minutes and several fund payments, and to acknowledge letters from correctional-facility management reporting recent hires and personnel changes. Commissioners acknowledged full-time hires effective Oct. 6, 2025, for correctional officers Isiram Miller, Frank Cianella, Wilbert Hernandez, Corey Downs and D'Angelo Nicolopoulos; and the hiring of Alexander Ramirez Melendez as a full-time food production supervisor, also effective Oct. 6, 2025. The board also acknowledged a lateral transfer (Allison DeGrupp) and a promotion (Thomas Schwartz to staff training development officer) as described in letters from facility leadership.

The commissioners recessed the meeting to convene the salary board and approved the September 2025 salary-board minutes. The salary board set the hourly rate for the newly hired correctional officers at $27.01 per hour for a 40-hour work week, with benefits after 90 days, and set the hourly rate for the food production supervisor at $20 per hour.

The board awarded winter road maintenance services for 2025–26 to Griner Excavating Inc.; the contract lists per-application prices for plowing and sanding or sanding-only on specified county roads (for example, $900 per application for plowing and sanding on Brook Road; $400 per application for plowing and sanding at another listed location). The board also approved the tri-annual groceries and frozen food bids for the correctional facility for Nov. 1, 2025–Feb. 28, 2026, awarding line items to vendors listed in the bid tabulation: Villa Food ($86,973.75), Driscoll ($45,551.95), Cisco ($12,873.36), Bernard ($13,458.02), Food to War ($69,534.01) and PA Paper ($6,817.60) for a total of $235,208.69.

Commissioners authorized the chair to execute (1) the application for renewal of the certificate of registration for radiation-producing machines, (2) a private-attorney contract naming Sarah Wilson, Esq., and Jennifer Onofrey, Esq., to provide services for the county’s domestic relations section, and (3) a board-of-commissioners mutual-aid agreement on behalf of the correctional facility. The board also authorized a contract for professional services between the county and Hailstone Economic LLC on behalf of the Office of Human Services.

Several payment vouchers and housing-related actions were approved: payment vouchers from the human-services development fund ($1,500 and $2,775.88), a Pike County home program payment voucher of $2,890.78 payable to Fifth Third Bank, 34 affordable-housing fund payment vouchers each for $63.75 (payee text in the record: “Pike County of Global Gee’s office”), authorization to execute 34 satisfactions of mortgages on behalf of the Office of Human Services, an affordable-housing fund payment to Delaware and Associates for $34,786, and approval of a Sept. 2025 “share housing fair” grant request for $2,254.27 on behalf of the Area Agency on Aging. The board also approved the 2026 Pike County schedule of holiday closings.

Votes at a glance: the record shows each item moved, seconded and approved by voice (the transcript records “All in favor? Aye” for each motion); no recorded roll-call tallies or recorded dissents appear in the provided transcript.

Chair and staff comments during the meeting were procedural and limited to presenting and moving items; the record contains no extended debate or conditions attached to the approvals.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","October 1, 2025 Commissioners Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its Oct. 1 meeting the Pike County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine motions: hiring and promotions at the county correctional facility, salary-board hourly rates, winter maintenance bids, food and supply contracts for the jail, and multiple payment vouchers and contracts for county programs.","taxTitle","Pike County, Pennsylvania","taxId",73793,"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},6428735,"Resident calls for continued support for older residents amid federal funding uncertainty",147,780565,927605,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5865522-f8c9a75af0c14bf740e9253cb0f70e67&start=780&end=927","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5865522-f8c9a75af0c14bf740e9253cb0f70e67/thumbnail_780565.jpg","/articles/6428735/Pike-County/Pennsylvania/Resident-calls-for-continued-support-for-older-residents-amid-federal-funding-uncertainty","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6428735-bd799c661b3e3b9cc4eb484251142ff9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137731&Signature=oHK~83pbjRHR4IDQhMqnfJT8BTWTodmGu82UhjcyqNR9eB64-iBSaIn6JBfYe0s~5wfwH~r7ZyZzD9spCPGf7W2i7szV-RjM48oHOLY8xv1TOahMhN6oVbibRAo5mTzYCRwQxbHb6-BtsHDr2fMTDZm9M-sKfvLJ9XeJvZ8KkvURCT3xGjElp0YETzrAb86mAxtPdesS-yeS7C1mTI7WRs8rk228HZLHEY6VUEH-eN9OMS3-pTAZmVup6RxfTbfs-3TCjvb0FhhCEF-PyWM1EzdQgVIuRD1MEZv7NCc0WWcKDd5IkH7et9xIY~ZIigIwkSJ1qvKUlPMvvaGvq0BYzA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During the Oct. 1 Pike County meeting a resident used public comment to mark the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons and urged continued local support for community programs serving older residents amid federal budget uncertainty.

The speaker, identified in the record as a resident, said the UN observance “highlights our aspirations, well-being, and rights” and warned that ongoing federal budget and shutdown issues have already affected federally funded programs that serve county residents. The resident said programs likely impacted include the Area Agency on Aging and property-tax and rent-rebate programs (terms quoted from the record) and urged continued local support through entities such as United Way and other community organizations.

“I would recommend or ask [for] continuous support of community programs that help fund the needs of Pike County residents,” the resident said. The comment period concluded with the chair moving to adjourn the meeting.","A resident used the Pike County public-comment period to mark the UN International Day of Older Persons and to urge ongoing local support for services that serve older residents amid federal budget and shutdown concerns.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6428742,"Peters Valley School of Craft seeks county support for Route 739 expansion project",100,495900,596130,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5865522-f8c9a75af0c14bf740e9253cb0f70e67&start=495&end=596","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5865522-f8c9a75af0c14bf740e9253cb0f70e67/thumbnail_495900.jpg","/articles/6428742/Pike-County/Pennsylvania/Peters-Valley-School-of-Craft-seeks-county-support-for-Route-739-expansion-project","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6428742-de43ff64e33641c5aa3e13a53161aa38/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137731&Signature=H~VRY3IyvpbsRHkDlvlixFSEvWrSEFS0-fxtHbTmRb9faogVSxDG9UmlXIzGt60lKdWcPTLj5McpaavljAbjZ9IMVzxS9RB-2rL7-b1ide90T3d9yQ6~mo99d38nUS6v7iBRVlXlNmFOKZQJXvskSTH6KCP9cP47YWX43KojgIqgKQP1LgskSWqt6zSuJK-sgUAaey~8LiNWiKVlp9YQ4FJ~74JFaaz6ftlJjdPjvMFh-tXAVHDuWkzMBtYjVukR0j0IWWL~uuB1Gn5h3q9AcTTBMgwm9KkO7jn~DWCfVJNCs65iXJrGb0d45ZsgY4K2q5jz1F-zA6JE8K7MF55QfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives of Peters Valley School of Craft told the Pike County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 1 that the nonprofit is pursuing an expansion to a property at 1400 Route 739 and asked the board to provide a letter of support for grant applications.

Kristen, identified in the record as a Peters Valley representative, told commissioners that Peters Valley “has celebrated 55 years of bringing [arts] to the region” and that the organization has been exploring expansion into Pike County for about three years. She said a board member has purchased the property and the school is leasing it in the interim while fundraising continues. Peters Valley has contracted Hailstone Economic LLC (recorded in one place as Halestone Economic) to help apply for a “MSA statewide grant and also for the RACB” as part of the project, Kristen said.

Peters Valley representatives described programming goals that include regular classes for retirees, youth and visiting students and teachers. Kristen said the organization works “in partnership with the National Park Service,” which imposes some access limitations in winter, and emphasized the potential for year-round offerings if the Pike County site is usable. She told commissioners she did not expect the project to include housing or food-service operations on-site and said the project could bring economic activity to local lodging and restaurants.

Commissioners suggested Peters Valley coordinate with county departments, including human services, transportation and the Area Agency on Aging, to explore programming for seniors and other community partnerships. Kristen said Peters Valley’s current clientele is older adults for about 60% of programming and that the nonprofit has previously brought arts programs to senior centers.

The Peters Valley representatives asked the board to provide language for a letter of support so the organization could forward it to officials including state contacts (transcript references to Lisa Baker and Jeff Alsamer). The record shows the board offered procedural assistance; no formal county funding or commitments were approved in the Oct. 1 meeting.","Representatives from Peters Valley School of Craft presented to the Pike County commissioners about plans to expand into Pike County at a property on Route 739 and requested a letter of support while they pursue grant funding and planning.","actionData","errors"]

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