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Commissioners approve personnel changes, terminate SRO contracts and award equipment bid; multiple proclamations passed
Summary
Susquehanna County commissioners approved several personnel actions including creation and elimination of sheriff's office positions, ratified termination of school resource officer contracts, awarded an equipment bid and passed multiple ceremonial proclamations during a May meeting.
Susquehanna County commissioners on May 6 approved a series of personnel changes, a bid award and several proclamations, and ratified termination of the county's school resource officer (SRO) program contracts.
The board unanimously approved elimination of one full-time nonunion DA office manager position and the creation of one full-time nonunion deputy corporal (grade 6) position effective May 1, 2025; the sheriff was recorded as voting on the deputy corporal approval. Commissioners also approved eliminating 41 part-time substitute SRO positions and eight full-time SRO positions effective May 31, 2025, and ratified termination of SRO program contracts with participating school districts retroactive to May 31, 2025.
Other formal actions included approving a memorandum of understanding for office space with the Susquehanna County Tourism Agency, ratifying cash disbursements and electronic payments, awarding a bid for a New Holland diesel unit and attachments to Nieman Foss of Rockstream, New York for $39,600, and authorizing the county to send six pallet arch-top windows to scrap after receiving no bids. The board also approved an agreement listing polling locations for the 2025 elections and the election board permanently changed Oakland Township's polling location from the old township building at 36 Riverside Drive to the new township building at 28542 State Route 171, Susquehanna, PA.
The meeting included routine personnel and administrative approvals: acknowledging the transfer of George Warren from part-time deputy sheriff to an open full-time nonunion deputy corporal position, accepting the resignation of Anna Sherwood from the full-time civil/criminal clerk position effective April 23, and approving several hires as listed on the agenda.
Commissioners also adopted multiple ceremonial proclamations, all by unanimous vote, including: proclaiming May as Mental Health Awareness Month (Proclamation 25-15); designating May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month; declaring May 6'12, 2025 as nurses weeks for Barnes Caseland Hospital, Endless Mountains Health Systems and NEPA Community Healthcare; and proclaiming May 11'17, 2025 as Police Week with May 17 designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day. The board also proclaimed May 10, 2025 as Bridal and Tourism Week in Susquehanna County.
Votes recorded on the transcript were uniformly "aye" with motions carried; the transcript does not list individual roll-call tallies beyond unanimous voice votes. Several motions were modified on the floor (for example, item 5 had two seminar travel requests for Scott Ellsworth and Nate Wallace removed before approval). No items were tabled.
The meeting recessed briefly for the salary board at 9:01 a.m. to act on personnel items and returned to regular session before adjourning. The commissioners' regular meeting closed at 9:13 a.m.; the election board convened and concluded at about 9:16 a.m.
Votes at a glance (selected agenda items as recorded in the meeting): - Approve minutes of April 9, 2025 ' Motion carried. - Salary board: eliminate full-time nonunion DA office manager position ' Motion carried. - Salary board: create one full-time nonunion deputy corporal (grade 6), effective 05/01/2025, with benefits; sheriff recorded voting ' Motion carried. - Eliminate 41 nonunion part-time substitute SRO positions and eight nonunion full-time SRO positions, effective 05/31/2025 ' Motion carried. - Ratify and approve termination of SRO program contracts with participating school districts, retroactive to 05/31/2025 ' Motion carried. - Enter MOU with Susquehanna County Tourism Agency for office space ' Motion carried. - Approve agreement listing polling locations for the 2025 elections ' Motion carried. - Election board: change Oakland Township polling location to 28542 State Route 171, Susquehanna, PA (permanent) ' Motion carried. - Award bid for New Holland diesel unit plus attachments to Nieman Foss, Rockstream, NY for $39,600 ' Motion carried. - Scrap six pallet arch-top windows after no bids received ' Motion carried. - Personnel moves (hires, transfers, resignation acknowledgments) as listed on agenda ' Motions carried.
The board's actions rely on routine administrative authority; the transcript does not reference any state statutes or county ordinances as the legal basis for the approved routine personnel or procurement actions.
