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Commissioners approve payrolls, grants and contracts; adopt three resolutions
Summary
The Northumberland County Commissioners conducted a series of routine and substantive votes at their Sept. 2 meeting, approving payrolls, grants, contracts and three formal resolutions by voice vote.
The Northumberland County Commissioners conducted several routine and substantive votes at their Sept. 2 public meeting. All listed motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote unless noted otherwise in the meeting record.
Key outcomes (motions recorded during the meeting):
- Approved and dispensed with reading minutes of the Aug. 5, 2025 public meeting (motion carried by voice vote).
- Approved payrolls (Payroll #17 for $728,164.63 and Payroll #18 for $726,864.57) and authorized payment of county and liquid fuels payrolls as submitted by Human Resources (motion carried).
- Approved payment of county and liquid fuels bills in the amount of $5,711,584.02 covering 08/02/2025–08/29/2025 (motion carried).
- Ratified an agreement for on‑site physician services for Northumberland County Prison with Clearfield Jefferson Primary Care Associates doing business as Spartan LTC and Dr. Brandon M. Roscoe, M.D., effective 08/25/2025 (motion carried).
- Accepted the resignation of Megan Weaver from the Children and Youth Advisory Board, effective 07/03/2025 (ratification; motion carried).
- Appointed Cleveland Way to fill an unexpired term on the Children and Youth Advisory Board beginning 08/04/2025 through 12/31/2026 or until a replacement is appointed (motion carried).
- Approved a 2% annual wage increase for the City of Shamokin tax collector, treasurer and deputy tax collector for 01/01/2026–12/31/2029 (motion carried). The board also approved a 50¢ per year increase for a part‑time employee in the tax collector/treasurer’s office over the same term (motion carried).
- Authorized the chair to execute a cooperative agreement under Title IV‑D with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services on behalf of the Domestic Relations office (ratification; motion carried).
- Authorized the chair to execute elevator service contracts with Port Elevator for hydraulic drive elevators in administrative offices and the courthouse effective 09/01/2025–08/31/2028 (motion carried).
- Authorized acceptance/delegation of signatory authority for a CDBG‑CV discretionary grant award of $1,500,000 to Justin Scabry (ratification; motion carried).
- Approved a grant application for the State Food Purchase Program through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for the period 07/01/2025–06/30/2026 (ratification; motion carried).
- Approved a 2025 Election Integrity grant application through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for $286,684.51 on behalf of the Board of Elections (ratification; motion carried).
- Authorized travel and attendance at various workshops and seminars in accordance with county travel policy (motion carried).
- Approved projects and allocations for FFY 2025 CDBG funding consideration as presented on the public agenda (motion carried).
- Approved a CDBG‑CV discretionary professional service agreement for grant administration and delivery services with a listed compensation amount of $1 (motion carried; amount recorded as stated in the meeting record).
- Ratified a collective bargaining agreement between Teamsters Local Union number 7664 and Northumberland County for 01/01/2025–12/31/2027 (motion carried).
- Authorized advertising the proposed closure of County Bridge No. 124 (identified in the record as BMS number 49‑7219‑0430‑0124) on Hollow Road (T‑430) in Washington Township (motion carried).
- Adopted Resolution R‑32‑25 authorizing application to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for Community Development Block Grant funding (motion carried).
- Adopted Resolution R‑33‑25, a fair housing resolution to ensure compliance with federal housing law and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (motion carried).
- Adopted Resolution R‑34‑25, ratifying a slate of agreements, amendments, leases and reports between Northumberland County and social‑service providers listed in the resolution (motion carried).
Each motion on the public record was read or referenced by the chair and approved by voice vote; the meeting transcript does not provide roll‑call vote tallies or individual commissioner vote records for these items.
