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Chester County commissioners approve consent agenda, multiple contract amendments and a $2.2 million PennDOT grant
Summary
At the April 23 meeting the Board of Commissioners approved the agenda, a consent agenda of routine items, multiple contract amendments and new contracts across departments, and a PennDOT grant to reimburse bridge reconstruction costs. All motions passed unanimously as recorded in the meeting.
The Chester County Board of Commissioners on April 23 voted to adopt the meeting agenda, approved a consent agenda of routine items, and authorized multiple contract amendments, new contracts and a PennDOT grant for bridge reconstruction.
Actions taken (motions passed unanimously unless noted):
- Adopted the meeting agenda (motion moved and seconded; recorded as passed).
- Approved the consent agenda, which the commissioners described as including minutes (April 9), a bid award for locking medication safety devices (VOC 2025), various contracts for constables, and items for Facilities, MH/IDD, Parks & Preservation, and the HR agenda, plus vouchers submitted by the controller. The meeting transcript lists these items under the consent agenda but does not provide full contract numbers or dollar amounts for each; details were recorded as submitted to the board.
- Approved a slate of contract amendments and new contracts across multiple departments (moved and seconded; passed). Items discussed on the record and approved include: • Aging: two contract amendments — (1) Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging rate update (rate increased from $267.09 to $269.85) and (2) increased funding for capacity assessments by Dr. Megan Moore to address a rise in guardianship matters (dollar amounts not specified in transcript). • Court Administration: vendor ID change for an existing conflict counsel contract at common pleas level (no dollar change; vendor ID update only). • DCIS: amendment with Unlimited Technologies Inc., $164,736 to extend security camera maintenance/support services for one year (term extended from 04/15/2025 to 04/14/2026) covering county properties. • District Attorney: amendment with Cody Computer Services for cloud hosting services, $63,989.22, extended one year. • Drugs & Alcohol: amendment with Council of Southeast PA for additional recovery support services through 06/30/2025 (amount not specified) and five new $5,000 contracts for post‑prom events with local high schools listed on the record (names given in transcript as Bayard Ruston High School, Westchester East, Downingtown West, Downingtown East, Henderson; transcript contains possible transcription variants on some school names). • Facilities: amendment with CM3 Building Solutions, $26,722, extending the contract six months for automation controls and mechanical systems at multiple county buildings (Government Services Center, Historic Courthouse, Percopeson Home, Justice Center, Prison and Youth Center). • Human Services: annual contract with United Way of Pennsylvania, $82,433, to support 211 call services in Chester County; and an annual contract with Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (HealthChoices behavioral health contract) recorded at $106,000,000 to serve program participants (transcript lists that sum; this value was presented on the record by department staff).
- Approved a PennDOT grant to reimburse bridge reconstruction costs for Bridge No. 297 over West Branch Big Elk Creek in Lower Oxford Township (term listed in the transcript as 05/18/2018 to 03/17/2027). The amount presented on the record was $2,200,000.01978 (transcript numeric formatting appears irregular); county staff described the grant as reimbursement for reconstruction costs.
Procedural notes: motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the transcript and commissioners responded "aye"; no recorded opposing votes were noted. Several agenda items and routine contracts were described at a high level in the meeting record; full contract documents and vendor IDs were included in the packet submitted to the board but not read verbatim in the transcript.
Why it matters: The approved contracts and grant fund routine county services (security maintenance, court conflict counsel, human services) and a major bridge reconstruction project. The HealthChoices behavioral health contract is a large annual Medicaid‑related program affecting tens of thousands of participants, and the PennDOT grant supports critical infrastructure repair.
Sources: Chester County Board of Commissioners meeting transcript (April 23, 2025).
