Clearfield County commissioners approve CDBG application, award jail food contract and flag state budget harm to services

Clearfield County commissioners on Oct. 28 approved the county’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application and a companion fair-housing resolution, awarded a one-year food service contract for the county jail and adopted proclamations recognizing November as National Adoption Month and Veterans Appreciation Month. Commissioners also approved a memorandum of understanding with the Court of Common Pleas domestic relations office, confirmed two conservation-district appointments, approved several provider service agreements, and raised concerns about the ongoing Pennsylvania state budget impasse and its effect on county services.

The county’s CDBG application, to be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development by Oct. 31, allocates Clearfield County’s non-entitlement funds largely to housing rehabilitation and local street and stormwater projects in partner municipalities. Lisa Kovalik, who presented the application summary to the board, said Clearfield County will direct $209,984 of county-administered funds toward housing rehabilitation and $46,093 toward program administration. The Clearfield Borough proposal includes funding for Levy Street for resurfacing and stormwater work (the presentation listed $93,410 for construction and a program-administration allocation that the transcript spells inconsistently; the amount for borough administration was described by staff as approximately $20,500). Lawrence Township’s application totals $130,003.96, with $106,926 earmarked for street improvements on Good Street and $23,470 for administration. Woodward Township intends to complete paving on Kendrick Street; the transcript did not specify…