York County commissioners adopt consent agenda, approve authority issuance for York College housing

The York County Board of Commissioners on March 19 voted to adopt items 1–26 on the meeting agenda, including a resolution consenting to a tax‑exempt revenue bond issuance by the General Authority of South Central Pennsylvania on behalf of York College.

The consent vote approved routine and substantive items across departments; among them was a request that the county's highest elected officials give required approval so the authority can issue tax‑exempt, conduit debt for a York College residential housing project.

Kenneth Hansen, assistant secretary of the General Authority of South Central Pennsylvania and a representative of the York County Economic Alliance, told commissioners the financing is conduit debt and does not increase county indebtedness. "This is a conduit debt issuance. It does not increase the indebtedness of the county or the authority. It is solely the payment is solely responsible the responsibility of the college," Hansen said.