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Northumberland County commissioners adopt three ordinances on demolition and blight, approve contracts and multiple resolutions
Summary
The Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted three ordinances establishing a demolition/rehabilitation fund, increasing recording fees to fund a blight demolition program, and creating a blighted property reinvestment board; the board also ratified multiple contracts, awarded repair contracts and adopted several resolutions including maintaining
The Northumberland County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at its public meeting to adopt three ordinances and to ratify multiple contracts and resolutions affecting county programs and funding.
The commissioners adopted ordinance O-02-25, establishing a county demolition and rehabilitation fund and imposing a fee collected by the Tax Claim Bureau and sheriff under Act 48 (as cited in the ordinance text). They also adopted ordinance O-03-25, which increases recorder-of-deeds recording fees by $15 to fund the county blight demolition fund, and ordinance O-04-25, creating the Northumberland County Blighted Property Reinvestment Board and authorizing procedures for acquisition and disposition of certain real property. All three ordinances were moved and carried with the meeting record showing the chair calling for "aye" votes and the motions carrying.
Other formal approvals and ratifications at the meeting included:
- A resolution seeking a statewide Local Share Assessment grant for improvements to the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center (resolution R30-5-25); - A resolution to maintain the county property tax levy at 30 mills (resolution 36-25); - Professional services agreements and ratifications with Foster & Foster for actuarial services to the county retirement plans and OPEB program (resolutions 37-25 and 38-25); - Adoption of a revised county drug and alcohol policy (resolution 39-25); - A package of amendments, grants, service agreements and reports on behalf of Human Services and senior/social services providers (resolution R40-25, items 1–25); - Awarding the FY 2025–2026 home HVAC repair and replacement contract to LTS Plumbing & Heating LLC (weatherization department; ratification); - Authorizing execution of DCED contract C000093002 in the amount of $681,906 for the contract period 02/13/2025 to 02/12/2029 and delegation of signing authority to Justin Scavery (planning coordinator for CDBG/home invoices; ratification); - Award of contract for repairs to County Bridge No. T-573 (Snyder Road over Chillisquaqi Creek) to the lowest qualified bidder (engineering department; award recorded); - Authorization of a coal lease agreement (minerals parcel M-130, approx. 26.2 acres) with Clinton & Wynne for strip mine operation CDash806 (property in the township of Cole); - Third amendment to the 9-1-1 regional next generation system participation agreement to add Potter County to regional call-handling equipment (9-1-1 department; ratification); - Renewal of the consulting services agreement with Appraisal & Marketing Associates Inc. for assessment maintenance (assessment office; ratification); - Multiple administrative ratifications: domain transfer for Children & Youth Services website, copier leases and maintenance, and dental service agreement for county prison inmate dental care (IT and procurement items; ratifications).
The meeting record shows these items were presented and adopted as motions with the routine voice vote "All in favor state aye" and "Motion carries." The transcript does not record a roll-call vote or named vote tallies for these items.
Several administrative and personnel items also were approved by motion, including payroll and vendor payments, employee status updates, tax refunds and exonerations for specified properties, and announcements of upcoming meetings and hearings.
No contested votes or recorded dissents appear in the meeting transcript for the adopted ordinances and major resolutions; motions were presented as ratifications or routine approvals in the public meeting.
