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Lycoming County commissioners approve fee changes, contracts, grants and appointments; salary board approves staffing and wage updates
Summary
At the Jan. 23 meeting commissioners approved a set of fee schedule changes, multiple contracts and grant actions, awards to outside agencies, and an appointment to the local emergency planning committee. The salary board approved personnel changes and a wage increase for central processing officers.
The Lycoming County commissioners and the county salary board approved multiple administrative and contractual items during the meeting, including fee schedule changes for RMS, election vendor support, grant actions, outside‑agency awards and several staffing actions taken by the salary board.
Key approvals recorded during the meeting included increasing the RMS minimum load fee and certain service fees effective March 1, contracting Clear Ballot for on‑site election day support, extending solicitor services with McCormick Law Firm through Dec. 31, 2025, and authorizing county staff to apply for a $1,000,000 RACP pass‑through grant for Valley View facility improvements. The board also approved a municipal recycling program grant (DEP/902) and a set of awards to outside agencies drawn from Act 13 and Act 137 funds and other county sources.
Other contracts approved included agreements for records management (InfoQuik Solutions), cost allocation services (Susquehanna Accounting and Consulting Solutions through 2025), a public assistance grant consulting agreement related to Tropical Storm Debbie (Pima), and expert investigative services for the chief public defender (Telechek Investigations). The board also approved a solicitor contract budgeted at $43,100 per year and appointed John Corbin to the Local Emergency Planning Committee.
On the salary board, motions approved included adding one full‑time telecommunicator, deleting two part‑time nurse positions at the prison, deleting three part‑time detective positions and adding one full‑time detective, retitling a victim‑witness coordinator to manager (no pay change), and increasing the hourly wage for central processing officers from $20.40 to $25.00. Several items tied to grant approvals were tabled until funding confirmation was received.
Most approvals were passed by voice vote with commissioners saying "Aye"; where recorded, motions were seconded and approved. The meeting audio did not include a roll‑call vote tally for most items, so specific vote counts are not specified in the public record.
A complete list of voted items follows under "Actions."
