Votes at a glance: minutes, treasurer's report, personnel actions, appointments, lease and exemptions approved
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Summary
The board approved minutes and routine financial and personnel items, appointed two conservation-district directors, signed a lease for district court space in Cleona and approved exemptions and grant-extension letters; several transcript items contain numeric inconsistencies noted in audit.
At the meeting commissioners approved a set of routine and substantive items by voice vote. Key outcomes recorded in the transcript:
- Approval of minutes from the Nov. 6 meeting and acknowledgement of an executive session held Nov. 19 to discuss personnel matters.
- Approval of the treasurer's report "subject to audit" after Tina Tobias, acting treasurer, presented receipts, transfers and an ending cash balance of $1,814,944.35. (The spoken report includes a figure that appears to be a transcription error; see audit.)
- Personnel transactions (resignations, terminations, retirements, leaves and promotions) presented by Michelle Idris Snavely were moved to the salary board and adopted; the board approved the individual personnel transactions called out in the report.
- Appointments: Commissioners approved nominations for the Levin Conservation District director seats; Calvin Miller and Bob Arnold were approved.
- Hotel-tax grant application: A request from the Mount Gretna Tabernacle seeking $5,000 toward advertising in 2026 (project cost listed as $6,700) was discussed. A commissioner proposed contributing $3,350; the record shows a motion and a voice vote in favor, but the transcript contains conflicting numeric statements and procedural confusion about whether an amendment passed. The outcome recorded is approval; the precise approved dollar amount is not consistently recorded in the transcript.
- Disabled veteran property-tax exemption: One exemption (Levi Stow, Fieldstone Drive) was approved.
- Lease agreement: The board approved a four-year lease between Lebanon County and the borough of Cleona for space used by District Court 52-3-04 (Judge Ditzler's office), effective Jan. 1, 2026, with first-year rent $1,125 and $25 annual increases. County solicitor Matt Beasley noted a typographical error in the packet (year 2 listed as $11,500 per month) and confirmed the correct figure is $1,150.
- Grant-extension approvals and other motions described in meeting discussion were approved by voice vote; full roll-call tallies with named votes do not appear in the transcript.
The meeting adjourned and commissioners noted they would continue personnel discussion in an executive session after the meeting.