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Centre County approves courthouse engineering contract, housing payee addendum and consent agenda; Transystems contract approved 2-1
Summary
The board approved a not-to-exceed $6,300 structural engineering contract for courthouse retaining-wall work, moved a Brockerhoff Housing Corporation addendum onto next week's consent agenda for representative payee services, approved a Transystems contract for the correctional facility on a 2-1 vote, and authorized a Jan. 10 check run that included two payments to Housing Transitions Inc.
The Centre County Board of Commissioners approved multiple contracts, a housing-services addendum and other routine business during the meeting.
Contracts and capital projects: John (county staff covering capital projects) presented a contract with Stahl Schaeffer Engineering to provide structural engineering services for the courthouse retaining-wall replacement project. The board approved a contract not to exceed $6,300 to Stahl Schaeffer Engineering.
Human services addendum: Julia (Human Services staff) asked the board to add an addendum with Brockerhoff Housing Corporation to next week's consent agenda. The addendum would provide additional funding to cover representative payee services for individuals served through county intellectual disability services; Julia said the service fee is about $54 per month per individual. Commissioners approved placing addendum No. 1 with Brockerhoff Housing Corporation on next week's consent agenda.
Consent agenda and item A (correctional facility): The board approved its consent agenda by two separate motions. Commissioners moved to approve the consent agenda from item B forward and then separately approved item A (a contract with Transystems Corporation Consultants for the correctional facility). The contract under item A was approved on a 2-1 vote.
Payments and check run: County staff reported two checks to Housing Transitions Inc., $47,925.17 and $12,747.76, for client services. The board approved the check run dated Jan. 10 during the meeting.
Appointment: The board approved the appointment of Jillian Warner to the Agricultural Land Preservation Board to fill an unexpired term; the term begins Jan. 14 and runs through Aug. 31, 2025. Meeting remarks described Warner as a local ag-business owner who operates equine training activities.
Several items were recorded to be added to the next week's consent agenda for formal adoption as noted above; motions and votes were taken during the public meeting.
Specific vote counts recorded in the meeting transcript include a recorded 2-1 vote to approve item A (Transystems contract). Other roll-call tallies in the transcript were announced aloud as "aye" or "motion carries" without individual roll-call names recorded in the public audio.
