Monroe County commissioners approve contracts, budget adjustments and authority reappointments

MONROE COUNTY — At a regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 19, 2025, the Monroe County commissioners approved a slate of routine but consequential administrative items including contracts, budget adjustments, capital purchases and authority reappointments.

The board awarded a five-year contract for county real estate tax mailers (covering 2026–2030) to Spring Hill Laser for $63,768.08 and authorized an annual postage escalation of 2.5 percent. The award followed a single bid opening announced at the meeting.

The panel also ratified several vendor and service decisions. Commissioners terminated the county’s snow-removal contract with EF Posinger & Sons effective Nov. 17, 2025, and put a short-term replacement in place with Strausser’s Nature’s Helpers to cover remaining 2025 needs for the public service administrative center parking deck and the jail parking lot. The board clarified the change reflected blade specification differences required by the county’s parking-deck surface.

Financial housekeeping featured multiple approved transfers in the budget adjustment reports dated Nov. 19, 2025. The commissioners moved $14,000 from several sewage accounts to cover sludge hauling; approved a $56,501 reallocation for the coroner (from conference/meetings to clothing); moved $53,001 within the correctional facility’s lines (from food service to medical); and shifted $2,500 in domestic relations from postage to office supplies.

Children and Youth Services amendments and purchase-of-service agreements were approved to update rates and attachments for a set of providers, including the Children’s Home of York and other named vendors, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.

The board ratified the professional services proposal with Michael Baker International for GIS services in the amount of $25,000 (effective 11/05/2025 through 2026). Commissioners also approved capital outlay purchases totaling $6,519.76 — primarily emergency-management pond aeration equipment and portable radios for the sheriff’s office — and a computer capital report totaling $21,405.55 that included network test equipment, district attorney training equipment and receipt printers for the recorder’s office.

On appointments, the commissioners reappointed Anthony Mala and Don Hart to the Monroe County Industrial Development Authority for terms expiring 12/31/2029, and reappointed Gary Olson and Robert Hay for terms expiring 12/31/2030; the board also acknowledged Paul Canterbury’s end of service. The record contains variant spellings of some names; the board’s motion and packet list the same four reappointments and the acknowledgement of Canterbury’s departure.

Other actions included ratifying a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement for 2025–2030; authorizing grants staff (Ashley Carrick, grants manager) to file a Fiscal Year 2026 Community Service Block Grant application and associated federal certifications and forms; and ratifying delegation authority to the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development for a CDBG contract (packet lists contract C00075473).

Most measures were approved by voice vote after the motions and seconding were recorded on the floor. The meeting closed after brief public comment and a question seeking clarification on a lot referenced in a resolution (item 5c), which the board said applied to a single lot.

The commissioners did not record a roll-call tally in the public audio for most votes; motions passed by voice vote were recorded as "all in favor, say 'aye'" and the chair announced "motion carries."