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York County commissioners approve routine board minutes, personnel and pension items; multiple proclamations adopted
Summary
The York County commissioners and related boards approved minutes, personnel actions, retirement payments and a military service buyback in voice votes; the board also adopted proclamations recognizing National Poverty Awareness Month and honoring District Attorney Dave Sunday.
York County commissioners and affiliated boards completed a series of routine approvals and proclamations during the Jan. 15, 2025 meeting, including salary- and retirement-board minutes, personnel actions, additions to the retirement annuity list and a military service buyback.
The salary board approved minutes from its Dec. 18, 2024 meeting and voted to approve positions, salaries, hours of work and fringe benefits as provided by existing collective bargaining agreements or county policy, by voice vote. The retirement board approved its Dec. 18, 2024 minutes, added named individuals to the monthly annuity payment list and approved a buyback of non‑intervening military service for a prison employee.
The retirement board approved adding Bruce E. Bartz (MH/IDD), Deborah S. Heilman (assessment), Thomas A. Arahita (MH/IDD) and Stephanie L. Singer (district attorney office staff) to the annuity payment list.
The board also approved a buyback of military service for prison employee Samuel D. Lawrence for service dated 9/6/1984 to 11/15/1998 and portions of 2003, reported as totaling 4 years, 10 months and 5 days. The retirement staff presented a county portion of $24,980.63 and a member portion of $24,980.63, for a total purchase amount of $49,961.26; the board approved the buyback by voice vote.
On the county commissioners agenda, the board approved a block of agenda items (motion to adopt items listed as part of the meeting packet) by voice vote with the motion carrying. As part of that block the board adopted proclamations: one declaring January 2025 as National Poverty Awareness Month and another recognizing District Attorney Dave Sunday’s service and impending transition to the office of Pennsylvania attorney general.
All votes recorded in the meeting were carried by voice vote with no roll-call tallies presented in the public transcript.
Votes at a glance - Salary Board: Approved minutes (Dec. 18, 2024) — outcome: approved (voice vote). Notes: no recorded dissent. - Salary Board: Approved positions, salaries, hours and fringe benefits as submitted — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Retirement Board: Approved minutes (Dec. 18, 2024) — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Retirement Board: Added Bruce E. Bartz; Deborah S. Heilman; Thomas A. Arahita; Stephanie L. Singer to monthly annuity list — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Retirement Board: Approved buyback of military service for Samuel D. Lawrence — outcome: approved (voice vote). County portion: $24,980.63; member portion: $24,980.63; total: $49,961.26 (figures presented by retirement staff). - County Commissioners: Adopted listed agenda items (motion recorded as adopting items shown on the agenda packet) — outcome: approved (voice vote). Individual item IDs and roll-call votes not recorded in the public transcript. - County Commissioners: Adopted proclamations for National Poverty Awareness Month and to honor District Attorney Dave Sunday — outcome: approved (voice vote).
Notes: The public transcript records voice votes and repeated statements that motions “carry” but does not show named mover/second for every action or a roll‑call tally. Where specific dollar amounts and names were provided during retirement-board discussion, those figures and names are reproduced as stated in the meeting record.
