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 price by $20,143.64 and another adding $5,056 to secure ownership and transport of millings to Valley View Park).

Votes at a glance (select items): - Consent agenda (Resolution 099-2025, sections A—tc.): ratified warrants and payroll, approved budget transfers and employment status changes pproved. - Valley View Park parking-lot award: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., $17,940 pproved. - DNA sampling of unidentified skeletal remains (Guardian Forensic Services), $2,300 pproved. - Summit Radiation Safety Services agreement (annual radiation-safety evaluation & officer training), $775 pproved. - Tech 84 whole-body scanner annual service agreement, $10,900 pproved. - JusticeText (Justice Tech Inc.) sitewide license for Public Defender (02/20251/2026), $8,000 (paid from indigent defense grant) pproved. - Ballot printing bids acceptance (two bids received; award/reject per county code) ccepted. - Prothonotary service agreement extension (Modern Business Services), $2,331 (paid from prothonotary reserve) pproved. - PharmChem agreement for adult probation drug testing & analysis pproved. - MCM Consulting commodity flow study (hazardous materials), $13,005 ($8,000 HMEP grant; $5,005 LEPC funds) pproved. - HMERP/HMEP annual report and grant application submission pproved. - Peak WMD / Aristotech licenses for HazMat planning, $5,950.04 (portion reimbursed by HMEP) pproved. - Fort Roberdeau purchases and advertising (t-shirts $1,445; Altoona Mirror ads $3,084.50; brochures $1,300; Where & When ad $1,560) pproved. - Hoffman Homes purchase-of-service & HIPAA BAA (Children, Youth & Families) pproved. - Affordable Housing Trust Fund disbursements (multiple locations) totaling several awards of $10,000 and one $5,000 pproved. - Connect to Home coordinated entry agreement and Pyramid Health MOU pproved. - Reciprocal agreement with Indiana County for a discharged Torrance State Hospital resident pproved. - Income & Expense report revision submission to DHS for block grants pproved. - Burke Company (SP McCarroll) HVAC quote for 5 units, $20,508 pproved (one commissioner abstained from the vote). - David M. Maines Associates contract for roof replacement (Highway/Elections building), $940,258 pproved. - Change Order #1 (County Roads 105/105A rehab): decrease $20,143.64 pproved. - Change Order #2 (County Roads 105/105A rehab): millings ownership/transport, add $5,056 pproved. - PMA Management amendment for runoff workers' compensation administration, $14,280 pproved. - Interflex (Ameriflex) FSA/DCA renewal for plan year 04/01/20253/31/2026; electronic signature authorized pproved. - Court interpreter services grant application (AOPC reimbursement), $19,477.19 pproved. - PCCD RASA grant acceptance, $95,148 pproved. - Juvenile Probation invoice payment for Parkside Psychological Associates, $1,350 pproved. - VOGO (victims of juvenile offenders) grant acceptance, $33,540 pproved. - ZA LLC engagement letter for 2024 audit and peer review (final year of contract) pproved. - Opioid settlement allocation report submission (07/01/2024—2/31/2024) pproved. - LATCF annual report submission to U.S. Department of the Treasury pproved. - County electric supply: authorized Energy Solutions (Mike Pawlowski) to lock a 2-year fixed supply not to exceed 7.4 per kWh pproved. - Motion to advertise a public hearing for decertification of the TPA pproved (one commissioner abstained on that vote).

Most motions had no detailed roll-call votes recorded in the public transcript; outcomes listed above reflect the approvals recorded in the meeting audio. Several items were funded from identified sources (indigent defense grant, HMEP grant, LEPC funds, prothonotary reserve fund); where sources were stated in the meeting, they are noted above.