Greene County commissioners approve routine proclamations, contracts and dozens of personnel actions

Greene County Commissioners on Thursday, April 17, 2025, approved a slate of routine proclamations, contracts and personnel actions covering conservation, public health, veterans’ services, and county operations.

The actions opened with four proclamations — Conservation District Week (April 22–26), Alcohol Awareness Month (April 2025), Autism Acceptance Month (April 2025) and Travel and Tourism Week (May 10, 2025) — and moved on to a series of contract approvals and administrative steps. Commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding defining payroll oversight between the county controller and the commissioners and a service agreement with Maximus US Services Inc. for cost allocation plans for 2024–2026 at $7,800 per year.

The meeting also recorded the receipt of a single bid for county property: Jason Bowser submitted a $16,000 bid for the parcel advertised through the controller’s office; the board approved receipt of the bid pending solicitor and controller review. Under Veterans Affairs, the board approved cemetery care allocations at $3 per grave and small burial and headstone allocations for veterans.

Human services items included approval of the Pennsylvania Regional ESG 2024 contract with Lawrence County Social Services Inc., effective March 1, 2025, through July 1, 2026, not to exceed $7,200 for street outreach. The board approved a purchase-of-service agreement with Bethesda Children’s Home (doing business as Bethesda Lutheran Services) for fiscal year 2024–25 with rates listed in the agreement at $68.11 to $530 per day, and a one-year amendment to BI Incorporated for electronic monitoring services with video conferencing charged at $0.35 per minute (up to 15 minutes) and unit rental/monitoring at $2.90 to $3.85 per day.

The board extended a consulting engineering services agreement with AMO Environmental Decisions from May 31, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2025, and approved the appointment of Robin K. Costa Carter to the Greene County Fair Board.

A large portion of the meeting, conducted as a combined commissioners/salary board session, documented numerous personnel actions across county departments — retirements, resignations, hires, pay increases after probationary periods, reclassifications, terminations and rescissions. Notable personnel items recorded by the board included the retirement of Kathy Cipcic as director of Veterans Affairs, effective May 10, 2025, with payment of applicable leave balances and severance; the hiring of Josephine Weingart as elections manager effective April 23, 2025; the reclassification of Joseph Lemley from full-time elections director to part-time elections consultant; and several hires and pay adjustments in human services, corrections, parks and recreation, elections and other county offices.

Votes at a glance (selected items) - Proclaimed April 22–26, 2025, Conservation District Week in Greene County — motion approved by voice vote. - Proclaimed April 2025 as Alcohol Awareness Month — approved by voice vote. - Proclaimed April 2025 as Autism Acceptance Month — approved by voice vote. - Proclaimed May 10, 2025 as Travel and Tourism Week — approved by voice vote. - Approved MOU between the county controller and Greene County Commissioners to define payroll oversight — approved by voice vote. - Approved service agreement with Maximus US Services Inc. for cost allocation plans (2024–2026) at $7,800/year — approved by voice vote. - Accepted single bid of $16,000 from Jason Bowser for advertised county property; final sale pending solicitor and controller approval — motion approved by voice vote. - Approved cemetery care and burial/headstone allocations under Veterans Affairs (details below) — approved by voice vote. - Approved PA Regional ESG 2024 contract with Lawrence County Social Services Inc., effective 03/01/2025–07/01/2026, not to exceed $7,200 — approved by voice vote. - Approved purchase-of-service agreement with Bethesda Lutheran Services for FY 2024–25 (rates $68.11–$530/day) — approved by voice vote. - Approved amendment with BI Incorporated to extend monitoring services, rates as stated — approved by voice vote. - Extended AMO Environmental Decisions consulting agreement from 05/31/2025 to 12/31/2025 — approved by voice vote. - Appointed Robin K. Costa Carter to the Greene County Fair Board — approved by voice vote. - Multiple personnel actions across departments (hires, resignations, pay increases, reclassifications, terminations, rescissions) — approved by voice vote. See clarifying details for selected personnel actions.

The meeting included brief remarks from representatives of agencies receiving proclamations and from county staff who summarized program availability. Lisa, representing the Greene County Conservation District, noted Envirothon and other outreach events planned for the conservation week. Heather Yeager, introduced as Greene County Human Services director of drug and alcohol services, reminded residents that treatment referrals are available through Greene County Human Services. A tourism representative summarized travel and visitation statistics and local promotional plans for May's tourism week.

The board conducted a short public comment period and had no substantive public testimony on the listed agenda items. The meeting adjourned following the posted agenda items.

Ending note: All motions on the agenda were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; where the board noted a final outcome as subject to solicitor or controller approval (for example, the accepted bid for county property), the motion specified that condition in the minutes.