Council approves LSA grant requests totaling $3.9 million and a $4,000 contingency transfer

At the Nov. 6 meeting the Northampton County Council unanimously approved four resolutions to apply for and accept funds through the statewide Local Share Account (LSA) program and approved a $4,000 contingency transfer.

The resolutions and recorded outcomes were:

- Bloom for Women Incorporated (Jasmine House): $193,789 to renovate three bathrooms, a kitchen and a multipurpose room to expand capacity from six to 10 residents. Adopted, vote recorded as 8–0.

- HCSC Blood Center, DBA Miller‑Keystone Blood Center: $900,000 to purchase two replacement blood‑mobile vehicles. Adopted, vote recorded as 8–0.

- Nurture Nature Center: $1,030,000 for parking‑lot greening and outdoor programming area improvements. Adopted, vote recorded as 8–0.

- Gracedale Nursing Home electrical‑room upgrade: $800,000. Adopted, vote recorded as 8–0.

Separately, council approved a contingency‑fund transfer of $4,000 from the 2025 contingency account to the Northampton County Area Agency on Aging for the designated purpose of the 2025 Centurion Luncheon; council discussed timing and expressed an expectation the event occur this calendar year or the transfer could be revisited. That transfer was adopted by vote of 8–0.

A separate ordinance amending County Ordinance 5/26/2010 (Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 54 fund balance policy) was introduced; a public hearing and possible vote on that ordinance were scheduled for Nov. 20.

Recorded roll‑call votes were unanimous on the LSA resolutions and the contingency transfer; no amendments to those resolutions were reported at the Nov. 6 meeting.