Greene County commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, met at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show and voted to place a series of proclamations, contracts, grant extensions and procurement agreements on the commissioners’ agenda for formal consideration.

The items approved for placement on the agenda included a proclamation designating January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in partnership with SPHS Care Center’s STARS program and the Greene County STOP Team; several construction change orders for work on the Sylvia’s building; amendments and time extensions for county grant and intergovernmental agreements; a request to participate in the Pennsylvania Department of General Services CoStars salt‑purchase program for the 2025–26 winter season; and updates to the county tax‑abatement application as requested by the Tax Abatement Board. The meeting also included routine county business: veterans’ burial and headstone allocations, a contract for independent living services under the county’s system of care grant, a maintenance agreement for court telephone systems, a safety service contract for the county prison’s body scanner, and a planning‑commission appointment.

Why it matters: putting these items on the agenda is the step that enables the board to take formal action in a subsequent public meeting. Several items authorize county staff to sign agreements or pursue purchases that involve federal funds, grant money or multi‑year commitments that affect county operations for public safety, courts, planning and veterans services.

Most significant approvals placed on the agenda

- A proclamation to recognize January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, to be issued with SPHS Care Center’s STARS program and the Greene County STOP Team.

- An amendment to a PennDOT reimbursement agreement (identified in the meeting as r201200004‑5) covering PennDOT bridges 73 and 75, revised to be 100% reimbursable with federal funds and to designate the county chief clerk as the county signatory on related documents.

- Participation in the Pennsylvania Department of General Services CoStars sodium chloride purchasing program for the August 2025–July 2026 winter season, with the county agreeing to purchase 70 tons of road salt and to designate the chief clerk as signatory.

- An update to the county’s tax abatement application, as requested by the Tax Abatement Board, to revise application wording.

Other agenda items placed for formal consideration

- Vendor and construction items: a stationary courthouse ATM and mobile ATM services from Bright Idea Vending LLC (effective Dec. 20, 2024); change order No. 5 (Westmoreland Electrical Services) for $2,665.29 for emergency egress lighting around an elevator in the Sylvia’s building; change order No. 7 (Waller Corporation) for $731 for an additional handrail at third‑floor elevator access; and change order No. 8 (Waller Corporation) — a 60‑calendar‑day time extension, amount $0.

- Grant/contract adjustments: a time extension for grant agreement 2102 with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for the Wise Carver project extended to Dec. 31, 2025; a contract with Blueprints (Aug. 31–Dec. 31, 2024) not to exceed $20,000 to provide independent living services (to be paid from the System of Care grant); and the FY 2024–25 Medical Assistance Transportation Program participation grant agreement and assurance of compliance.

- County operations and services: an intergovernmental agreement for intrusion detection services between the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Greene County; a lease renewal for Magistrate District 13303’s office; a telephone‑system maintenance agreement with Advanced Communications Company (amount shown in the meeting as $532) for court systems; a contract with Summit Radiation Safety Services LLC to provide safety support for the Greene County Prison body scanner (amount shown as $1,875); and an appointment of Mary Bogut to the Greene County Planning Commission for a four‑year term effective Jan. 1, 2025.

- Veterans’ allocations approved for placement on the agenda included $75 for burial expenses for two Army service members (Yoskovich Funeral Home), $100 for headstones for two Army service members, and $75 for burial expenses for three deceased service members’ widows (as listed in the meeting packet).

Votes at a glance

The meeting record shows unanimous “all in favor” voice votes for each motion to place items on the agenda and the motions carried. The transcript records each item as “placed on the agenda” and “motion carries.” Individual roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.

What was not decided

Most items were placed on the agenda for future formal action; the meeting did not show final adoption or contract execution for items that require subsequent votes or signatures. Details such as contract start/end dates, specific payment schedules, procurement terms, or any departmental implementation steps were not resolved at this meeting and would be determined when each agenda item returns for formal approval.

Meeting context

The Jan. 8 meeting lasted roughly 14 minutes in the recorded transcript and focused on procedural agenda placements and routine administrative approvals with little public comment during the session. Several items designated the county chief clerk as signatory on intergovernmental and procurement documents, and at least one item (the PennDOT reimbursement) noted the use of federal funds. Commissioner Zimmerman was noted as absent and expected at the next public meeting.

Upcoming steps

Items placed on the agenda at this meeting will return for formal consideration and final votes at subsequent public sessions of the Greene County Board of Commissioners.