Commissioners approve contracts, hires and grants; table South Entrance MPDS permit

Lycoming County commissioners approved a slate of routine fiscal and contract items and directed additional review on a Department of Environmental Protection permit application at a public meeting.

Key approvals and amounts - Ratified payment of invoices due 04/02/2025 totaling $2,616,544.66, with funding sources cited in the record as approximately 80.17% from the general fund, 9.99% from other grants, 6.46% from RMS and 1.85% from escrow. The county moved and seconded acceptance and the motion passed by voice vote. - Accepted two bids for county cattle-grazing leases received for a solicitation: Lorsen Angus, $3,001, and Paul Haven Farms, $2,928; the county reviewed the two bids as part of the cattle-grazing contract record. - Approved personnel conditional offers of employment (subject to background check) for facilities management custodial workers Haley Phillips and Myana Samson (pay grade 3; hourly rates recorded in the meeting packet), and resource-management truck drivers Todd Shallow and Lewis Kamfer (pay grade 6; hourly rates…