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Monroe County commissioners approve budget amendments, settlement‑fund allocations, labor agreements and multiple routine items
Summary
At their April 22 meeting the Monroe County Commissioners approved a package of routine and fiscal items including a $365,240 budget amendment, opioid settlement fund MOUs totaling several allocations, labor agreements, courthouse change orders, technology contracts and grant submissions.
Monroe County Commissioners voted to approve a bundle of routine financial and administrative actions at their April 22 meeting, including a budget amendment, opioid settlement allocations, labor agreements and several procurement and grant actions.
Key approvals recorded by voice vote (transcript shows “Motion carries” but no roll‑call tallies) included:
- A budget-amendment report dated April 16, 2025, totaling $365,240. The record lists several line items: $5,070 for capital outlay; $242,247 to adjust emergency‑management grant expenditures and revenues for 2024; $21,493 for sewage treatment at PVM tied to a prior county ownership; $300,000 from the opioid settlement fund; and $15,000 for Tax Claim Department postage.
- Memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and agreements funded from opioid settlement proceeds: Carbon Monroe Pike Drug and Alcohol Commission — $300,000 (use consistent with Opioid Settlement Agreement Exhibit E); Northbound — $1,000; Nehemiah Sober Living — $3,500; and an additional $300,000 line referenced in the budget amendment. The county said the funds will be used consistent with the settlement’s permitted uses.
- Labor agreements: a collective-bargaining agreement with the Monroe County Detectives Association (acceptance of arbitration award pursuant to Act 111) covering Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2028; and a labor agreement with Teamsters Local 773 at the correctional facility for Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027.
- Change orders for the courthouse expansion project: Lobar Inc. (GC029) for $8,780.14 for additional floor preparation and carpet installation, and LTS Plumbing & Heating (PC012) for $4,526.14 associated with rerouting work charged to the opioid settlement fund.
- Professional services and technology contracts: ED Boone Consulting LLC and Spiegel Consulting — $35,000 each for work on a comprehensive plan for human services (period March 2025–July 31, 2026); Niver Consulting and Creative Life — $1,500 for grant‑related assistance; and Tyler Technologies contracts (enterprise tax upgrade $1,350 and New World ERP training $3,510).
- Grants and capital approvals: submittal of an Act 903 grant application to DEP for $35,564.60; payment of $100,000 by the county to the regional airport authority for an ice‑mitigation system at T‑Hangar Building No. 1; computer and capital purchases for various departments totaling modest amounts shown in the record; and authorization to advertise the sale of seized surplus vehicles and drill an additional well on Manor Drive county property.
All motions were approved by voice vote and recorded as carried in the meeting transcript. The transcript does not include a roll‑call vote or named movers for most motions; where specific dollar amounts, vendor names, or contract periods are listed, those appear in the meeting packet referenced by staff. Several items were described as being paid from or consistent with allowable uses under the opioid settlement agreement (Exhibit E).
