Blair County commissioners approve consent agenda, contracts, grants, housing disbursements and service agreements

Blair County Board of Commissioners on March 20, 2025 approved the consent agenda and a slate of contracts, service agreements, grants and disbursements across county departments.

Key approvals included a contract for roof replacement of the Highway Department/Elections Building for $940,258; five new courthouse HVAC units for $20,508; multiple Affordable Housing Trust Fund disbursements for deferred weatherization and code-compliance repairs (several $10,000 awards and one $5,000 award); acceptance of grant awards including a PCCD RASA grant for $95,148 and a victims-of-juvenile-offenders grant for $33,540; and several vendor service agreements such as a Tech 84 whole-body scanner service agreement for $10,900 and a Summit Radiation Safety Services evaluation/training agreement for $775.

Other items the board approved included procurement awards (New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company for a Valley View Park parking-lot repair), acceptance of bids for ballot printing, software licenses for the Public Defender's Office and county FSA/DCA administration renewals, and approval to purchase 8 annual licenses for HazMat planning software. The board also approved change orders on County Road 105/105A rehabilitation (one that decreased the contract…