Lycoming County commissioners ratify contracts, payroll and grant reports; approve recycling notice contract

Lycoming County commissioners on Jan. 9 approved a bundle of contracts, personnel actions and financial reports, ratified changes to employee health-plan stop-loss and administrative agreements and authorized several construction and professional-service contracts.

The approvals included ratification of a $7,089,311.72 accounts-payable invoice, acceptance of a credit-card purchase report of $6,911.33, adoption of the 2025 county salary schedule and multiple contract amendments and consultant agreements tied to infrastructure and public-health services.

The actions matter because they authorize county spending and extend or set terms for services many county operations depend on, from employee benefits to election reporting and public works design and oversight.

Major items approved at the meeting include: the ratification of large routine invoices and a credit-card report; salary-board approvals including the 2025 salary schedule; several stop-loss and administrative amendments to the county’s employee health programs; a three-year, $565-per-year (as stated in the contract summary) agreement with Webby Clay for monthly recycling-curbside-route notification to satisfy a Department of Environmental Protection requirement; a no-cost time extension for the Riverwalk Extension final design and permitting; procurement of on-site technical oversight for…