The Crawford County Board of Commissioners voted Dec. 27 to approve a multi-item consent agenda that included an amended 2024 county budget, an ARPA drawdown request for December 2024, and several memoranda of understanding and contracts.

The consent items read into the record by Speaker 3 included motions numbered 24-526 through 24-537: opening and closing a public hearing on the 2024 budget amendment; approval of the Crawford County and Crawford County Fire District No. 3 amended budgets; an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Pittsburgh related to a housing incentive program; issuance of a ceremonial malt beverage license to C and B Investments (Chicken Annies Gerard); an MOU with Greenbush; approval of an ARPA drawdown request; and a contract for services with the Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce. Speaker 2 moved to approve the consent agenda and Speaker 1 seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.

Separately during the consent portion of the meeting Speaker 3 presented three ceremonial beverage licenses for approval: Joe's 1 Stop LLC (not for consumption on premise), Countryside Golf Course (Kim Brewer, for consumption on the premises), and Gebhart's Chicken Dinners (Mary E. Gebhart, for consumption on the premises). Speaker 2 moved and the commission approved the licenses by voice vote.

The record of the meeting shows approvals were made by voice vote with commissioners responding ‘Aye’; no roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript.

The board also noted a resolution establishing an early retirement program (Resolution 2024-044) and authorization for an executive session to discuss employee performance among the listed consent items.

The board scheduled follow-up work sessions in early January as part of standard year-end and budget work and moved on to several new-business items on the agenda.

What happens next: recorded documentation for each approved MOU, contract and the ARPA drawdown will be completed and the chairman will sign where required; for items that include conditions (for example ARPA-funded projects), commissioners discussed additional monitoring and holdback provisions that will be enforced via the specific contracts and addenda reviewed later in the meeting.