Pike County commissioners approve routine payments, personnel changes and multiple agreements

The Pike County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine payments, personnel moves and intergovernmental agreements at its Sept. 3, 2025 meeting.

Among financial approvals, commissioners voted to pay general-county bills totaling $1,066,695.21 and to pay $84,660.33 from the Pike County employee health insurance fund. The board also approved a $5,473 payment from the Gypsy Wealth Fund and individual payment vouchers tied to human services and aging programs, including a $3,104.27 share-housing fair grant voucher on behalf of the area agency on aging and a $12,600 community development block grant payment to Pro Solutions Home Renovations LLC.

On personnel matters the board acknowledged a letter from Sheriff Neany requesting the transfer of Susan Bonnet from the public defender’s office to a licensed-carry clerk position in the sheriff’s office, effective Sept. 22, 2025, and set her hourly rate at $15 per hour for a 40-hour work week. The board also acknowledged hiring Shelley Smith as an intern at the county correctional facility for a 120-hour internship retroactive to Aug. 27, 2025, at $7.25 per hour, and approved full-time correctional officer hires retroactive to Sept. 2, 2025, with benefits after 90 days and a starting hourly rate of $27.01 (names listed in meeting: Zane Janiszewski and Ryle Reining).

The commissioners authorized the creation of a temporary, full-time purchasing and recreation specialist position at the correctional facility (40 hours per week) with benefits after 90 days and an hourly rate of $21.00, as recommended by the prison board.

On contracts and agreements the board authorized the chairman to execute: amendment No. 3 to the owner/engineer agreement (details of the amendment not specified in the record); an agreement between Pike County and MXI Environmental Services LLC; registration for the household/small-business hazardous-waste collection program; a cooperation and subgrant agreement with the Longfellow Bay Area School District; an intern agreement with Lackawanna College for the correctional facility; and Amendment No. 8 to a VIA PATH agreement as recommended by the prison board.

The board approved the county assurances of financial commitment and participation for the 2026–2027 needs-based budget on behalf of Children & Youth Services and approved human-services payment vouchers presented at the meeting (amounts listed in the record). Commissioners also instructed execution of a combined participation form to join the national opioid secondary manufacturer settlement and authorized execution of a joint application to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Chapter 105, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Section 404) for a College of Health project (project details not specified). The board further authorized execution of the medical-assistance transportation program certification statement on behalf of the transportation department.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to approve Sept. 3, 2025 agenda: approved. - Motion to approve meeting minutes (Aug. 20, Aug. 27, 2025): approved. - Approve payment of county general fund bills in the amount of $1,066,695.21: approved. - Approve payment from Pike County employee health insurance fund $84,660.33: approved. - Approve payment from the Gypsy Wealth Fund $5,473: approved. - Acknowledge transfer of Susan Bonnet to sheriff’s office, set rate $15/hr, effective 9/22/2025: approved. - Acknowledge intern Shelley Smith at correctional facility, retroactive 8/27/2025, $7.25/hr: approved. - Approve full-time correctional officer hires (Zane Janiszewski; Ryle Reining), retroactive 9/02/2025, $27.01/hr, benefits after 90 days: approved. - Create temporary full-time purchasing and recreation specialist position at correctional facility, $21/hr: approved. - Authorize execution: amendment No. 3 to owner/engineer agreement; agreement with MXI Environmental Services LLC; household small-business hazardous-waste collection program registration; cooperation/subgrant with Longfellow Bay Area School District; Lackawanna College intern agreement; VIA PATH agreement amendment No. 8: all approved. - Approve share-housing fair grant payment voucher $3,104.27 (Area Agency on Aging): approved. - Approve human services payment vouchers (amounts given in record): approved. - Approve CDBG payment $12,600 to Pro Solutions Home Renovations LLC: approved. - Execute combined participation form for national opioid secondary manufacturer settlement: approved. - Authorize joint PA DEP Chapter 105 and U.S. Army Corps Section 404 application for College of Health project: approved. - Execute Medical Assistance Transportation Program certification: approved.

Many motions were moved and seconded during the meeting and recorded as approved; the transcript records “all in favor? Aye” for each vote but does not list individual roll-call vote tallies in the record.

Background and next steps

Most items approved at the meeting were routine fiscal, personnel or administrative authorizations. A number of actions are contingent on executing agreements or filing applications (for example, the Chapter 105/Section 404 joint permit application and the opioid-settlement participation form). The meeting record does not specify implementation timelines beyond the effective dates recorded for personnel actions and retroactive hires.