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Commissioners approve payables, contracts, grants, event agreements and appointments
Summary
At its June 4 meeting in Clarks Summit, the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners approved routine payables, multiple contract amendments and event agreements, grant and program reallocations, and a series of board appointments by voice vote.
Lackawanna County commissioners approved a slate of routine financial and administrative items at their June 4 meeting in Clarks Summit, including current payables, contract amendments for prison and community services, event agreements for the July Scrantastic Spectacular, grant reallocations and multiple board appointments.
The actions streamline county operations ahead of summer events and ongoing county programs. Commissioners approved payments and electronic fund transfers; ratified contract changes for the county prison commissary and for housing inmates from neighboring Susquehanna County; accepted event co-promotion and artist agreements for the Scrantastic Spectacular and fireworks logistics; awarded a brownfields assessment contract funded by a U.S. EPA grant; and authorized several program reallocations and appointments to county authorities and boards.
Key approvals
- Resolution 25-0140 — Approval of current payables and electronic fund transfers totaling the sums published on the agenda (voice vote; approved).
- Resolution 25-0128 — Amendment to the Lackawanna County Prison commissary agreement with Keefe Commissary Network LLC (approved). The amendment removes Keefe’s role providing secure payment services and reduces the commission remitted to the county inmate canteen account from the level stated in the prior contract to a lower percentage (see separate article on the commissary amendment).
- Resolution 25-0129 — Intergovernmental agreement with Susquehanna County to house Susquehanna inmates at Lackawanna County Prison at a per‑inmate rate of $118 per day; Susquehanna County will also cover extraordinary medical costs (voice vote; approved).
- Resolutions 25-0130, 25-0131 and 25-0132 — Event agreements for Scrantastic Spectacular: a co‑promotion agreement with Odyssey Pennsylvania LLC, an artist agreement with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic for a July 3 concert, and an agreement permitting Zimbelle Fireworks to use the Linden Street Garage rooftop for the fireworks display (voice votes; approved).
- Resolution 25-0133 — Short-term commercial lease with Steamtown 300 LLC to provide hearing space for auxiliary assessment appeals beginning Aug. 1 (voice vote; approved).
- Resolution 25-0134 — Area Agency on Aging contract amendments reallocating senior services funding to centers managed by United Neighborhood Centers (voice vote; approved). County director said amendments are budget neutral and intended to increase flexibility; the transcript contains an unclear single-line figure for the reallocated total (see clarifying details).
- Resolution 25-0135 — Cooperative legal-services agreement for Title IV‑D attorney services with attorney Joseph Healy, to ensure representation options for custodial parents (voice vote; approved).
- Resolution 25-0136 — Award of the countywide brownfields environmental consultant contract to AMO Environmental Decisions, funded by a U.S. EPA grant for environmental assessments, with work to be completed by Sept. 30, 2028 (voice vote; approved).
- Resolution 25-0137 — Modifications to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations for federal fiscal years 2021–2023, reallocating specific housing rehabilitation funds to public community facility projects identified in Clarks Summit and Jessup (voice vote; approved).
- Resolution 25-0138 — Community Reinvest Program awards: 20 applicants selected for $5,000 reimbursement grants (1:1 match required) drawn from a $200,000 program; awards include municipal and nonprofit projects across the county (voice vote; approved).
- Resolutions 25-0139 and 25-0141 through 25-0144 — Authorizations for the director of roads and bridges to sign routine documents and multiple reappointments/appointments to conservation, health and welfare, heritage valley and auxiliary assessment boards (voice votes; approved).
Most votes were taken by voice with commissioners saying “aye” and minutes recording approval. No roll-call tallies with named votes were recorded in the transcript for these items.
The board scheduled its next meeting for Wednesday, June 18 at 10 a.m. in the fifth-floor boardroom at the Government Center, 123 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton.
