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Carbon County commissioners approve surplus lot sale, grant agreements and routine expenditures; roll calls recorded
Summary
At the March 20 meeting the Carbon County Board of Commissioners approved a sale of surplus real estate and a series of grant agreements, vendor contracts and routine payroll and check approvals. All recorded motions were approved by the commissioners on voice/roll-call votes.
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners on March 20 approved the sale of a small surplus parcel on Princeton Avenue and ratified a range of vendor agreements, grant actions and routine expenditures.
Surplus real estate: The board opened and accepted one bid for surplus county real estate on Princeton Avenue in Palmerton, a 0.09-acre parcel (Carbon County parcel ID 42A49J54O4). The single bid from Patrick Frank of Palmerton was $14,300, and commissioners approved proceeding with the sale.
Grants and agreements: The board approved the CDBG advertising request and held the CDBG first public hearing (items 25085 and 25086). The commissioners approved an award-extension for the Carbon County Home Repair Program (item 25087) and accepted multiple departmental agreements, including a Quincy Technology agreement for the coroner (item 25088), a senior judge reimbursement (item 25089), a Zoom/IT technology item (item 25090), and Blue Ridge Communications agreements for the Lansford and Jim Thorpe district offices (items 25091 and 250902).
Emergency- and health-related actions: The board approved the EMPG grant application for emergency management (item 25093), a hazmat report execution (item 25094), and the MATP 2023-2024 final allocation (item 25095). The Area Agency on Aging addendum with Palmerton Community Ambulance (item 25096) and a special-activities agreement for Mok-Chunk Lake Park with Saint John's UCC Boy Scout Troop 777 (item 25097) were also approved.
Parks and honors: Commissioners approved a change in winter boat storage rates for county residents and adopted a resolution recognizing Patrick J. Cramsci as the 2025 Shamrock award recipient (item 25098).
Fiscal approvals: Payroll and multiple sets of check approvals were ratified, including payroll totaling $722,935.15 (payroll dated 03/07/2025) and general-fund check batches dated 03/13/2025 and 03/20/2025 totaling $979,870.11 and $783,492.57, respectively. Commissioners also approved a smaller general-fund payment of $2,678.56 dated 03/18/2025. The board approved tax assessment refunds listed in the agenda.
Votes and roll calls: The transcript records voice and roll-call approvals with all present commissioners voting "yes" on the motions recorded in the minutes. No no-votes or abstentions were recorded in the meeting minutes provided.
No contested items requiring further public hearings or board referrals were recorded during the meeting.
