Monroe County approves CDBG modification, $2 million PMIDA guarantee and multiple grants and contracts
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Summary
Monroe County commissioners approved a FY2024 CDBG modification to fund paving on Day and Vine streets, authorized a guarantee for the Pocono Mountains Industrial Development Authority not to exceed $2 million (down from $4 million), and approved multiple grants and vendor contracts, including opioid-settlement and IT expenditures.
Monroe County commissioners approved a package of budget, contract and grant actions at a county meeting that included a modification to the FY2024 Community Development Block Grant program and an ordinance authorizing a guarantee for the Pocono Mountains Industrial Development Authority (PMIDA).
Jennifer (identified only by first name), speaking online during the public hearing, said the borough’s Modification No. 1 would reallocate FY2024 CDBG money to pave Day Street and Vine Street “in the amount of $129,637,” and that Maple Avenue in Berwick Heights was moved to a prior FY2023 CDBG allocation; she stated those projects are scheduled for completion in 2026. The board adopted the CDBG modification by voice vote.
The board also adopted Ordinance 2025-03 to guarantee PMIDA debt in a principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000, which Speaker 1 described as a reduction of the county’s backstop exposure from $4,000,000 to $2,000,000. Members verbally recorded votes with John Christie, board member, stating he voted “aye,” and Dave Parker, board member, and Sharon Labrador, board member, also recorded “aye”; the ordinance passed.
Other approved items included:
- Authorization of opioid-settlement grants consistent with Exhibit E, including a $50,000 memorandum of understanding for Recovery Revolutions. - Ratification of multiple CDBG contract extensions covering fiscal years 2017–2021 and adoption of the FY2024 modification to include the Day and Vine Street improvement project. - Fiscal and grant-authority delegations allowing the grant manager to file a county adult probation/parole grant application for $157,867.34 and an Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program application for $90,000 for FY2025–26. - IT procurements: an upgrade with RJR Innovations for $12,237.50 (Track-It management) and a prorated contract extension with Thomson Reuters through Aug. 30, 2026, for $41,352.70. - Capital purchases including three bulletproof vests for the sheriff’s office ($3,509.85) and a dome camera among computer capital purchases ($1,227.96).
Speaker 1 summarized several budget-adjustment reports and line-item transfers, including moving $100,000 from Geisinger to an RXR program and small transfers for the public defender to cover transcripts and interpreter fees. Multiple motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; where roll call was recorded, the minutes reflect members saying “aye.”
The meeting closed with routine scheduling notes and an adjournment. The minutes and record should be consulted for the full text of ordinances, contract numbers and precise vote records.
