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Commissioners approve payables, audits, contracts and appointments; vote summary
Summary
At the May 7 meeting the Lackawanna County commissioners approved a series of resolutions including payables, an audit award, maintenance and security contracts, a strategic management contract, grant amendments, a LERDA tax exemption for a Scranton property, and several board appointments. All recorded resolutions passed by voice vote.
The Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners approved multiple resolutions at its May 7 public meeting. The board adopted measures covering payment of county bills, a forensic audit of the prison’s former health provider, service and maintenance contracts for county facilities, an amended consulting agreement to implement a financial management plan, grant amendments, a local economic revitalization tax assistance designation for a Scranton property, and several appointments to county boards.
Votes at a glance (all items approved by voice vote at the May 7 meeting):
- Resolution 25‑00110 — Approving current payables. The resolution approved payables from the county general fund (numbers read into the record) and electronic fund transfers including payroll accounts; the payables roll and totals were adopted as presented.
- Resolution 25‑0100 — Award professional contract for forensic and performance auditing services to Boyer & Ritter LLC for a probe of services provided by the former prison…
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