Lycoming County commissioners approved a series of personnel actions, vendor contracts, maintenance agreements and grant amendments during their Jan. 2 public meeting, voting to accept agreements ranging from a $2,000,686 fire-suppression system to a $98 program fee and a $163,838 county grant-and-aid allocation.

The actions matter because they authorize county spending, extend or modify contracts for county facilities and services and confirm new hires that affect operations across multiple departments including public safety, corrections and the comptroller’s office.

In a sequence of largely uncontested votes, the commissioners approved personnel appointments and transfers across the public defender’s office, public safety and county prison; accepted a contract amendment to add $7,959 for backup recording licenses in the county’s 911 logging/recording system; extended a construction substantial-completion date retroactively by three days for an early group of polling-site ADA ramp renovations; and approved multiple vendor agreements for public-safety, detention and forensic services.

Major items approved include an agreement with Suppression Systems for fire-suppression work in two main server rooms in county facilities, listed at $2,000,686; an agreement with Monitronics for fire-alarm testing and inspection services; a Connexus contract to update HVAC control systems and perform repairs; renewal of maintenance for three print-shop machines at $5,391.32; and an amendment to a Community Development Block Grant contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The board also approved a Lycoming County grant and aid allocation totaling $163,838.

Several law-enforcement and detention-related contracts were approved: a per-day detention agreement with Northampton County Juvenile Justice Center at $405 per day; agreements with Forensic Pathology Associates and Health Network Labs and a separate oral-fluid toxicology testing contract with Forensic Fluids; and an agreement with Ben Barley, P.C., for pre-employment psychological evaluations at $800 per evaluation. The board approved a number of smaller vendor agreements, including for private-investigator services and firearms-expert services, and accepted a lease for financing an aerator for White Deer Golf Course.

One contract vote was tabled: a Monitronics service/inspection contract (agenda item 616) was sent back for contract revision because staff identified errors. For other items, commissioners moved, seconded and recorded affirmative votes; the transcript records unanimous “Aye” responses but does not provide a numeric roll-call tally in the record.

Votes recorded on the public record at the meeting were procedural and financial approvals; none of the items in this package included final policy changes or ordinance adoptions. The board adjourned following public comment and set its next meeting for Jan. 9.

The full list below summarizes the items presented and the outcomes reported on the record at the Jan. 2 meeting.