Susquehanna County commissioners approve routine business, $143,000 EsiNet payment and multi‑year imagery contract
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Summary
The Susquehanna County commissioners approved routine administrative items including personnel actions, a $143,000.96 payment for EsiNet maintenance and a 2026–2031 imagery/cloud-access agreement with Kentucky International Corp during their general meeting.
Susquehanna County commissioners met and approved a slate of routine business, including payroll and vendor payments, personnel actions and two contracts covering information‑technology services and aerial imagery.
At the start of the meeting, commissioners recognized John Recker of the sheriff’s department for 15 years of service. The board then moved quickly through the agenda, voting unanimously to close public comment and to approve minutes from the Nov. 19 meeting.
Under item 5 the board authorized $143,000.96 for equipment maintenance and EsiNet maintenance costs paid to Bethlehem (payment source described in the record as “payment $9.01 1 funding”). The transcript records a motion to approve the item and a unanimous voice vote carrying the measure.
The board also approved item 6, an agreement with Kentucky International Corp for biannual change‑finder flights, imagery and cloud access covering 2026 through 2031. The contract was presented as a multi‑year service for imagery and associated cloud access; the motion passed without recorded opposition.
Other personnel items the board approved included hiring candidates subject to a six‑month probation period under the bargaining agreement; acceptance of the resignation of Kara Batesle from a 9‑1‑1 telecommunicator post; and motions to terminate or ratify terminations for two 9‑1‑1 telecommunicators (Kaylee Landfair and Samantha Ward), all of which were carried by voice vote as recorded in the minutes.
On procurement, the commissioners awarded a LiftMaster purchase to Eric Pinkerton of Tower City, Pa., for $925, and awarded an ovens bid to Michael Belvia of Portage, Pa., for $1,200 after noting no bids on an earlier advertised item. The board then closed the commissioners’ session and convened the salary board.
The meeting record does not show substantive opposition to the measures listed above; votes were recorded as voice votes with unanimous or carried outcomes. The transcript contains no legal citations or conditions restricting these approvals.
Next steps: the commissioners moved the matters recorded to implementation per department practice (e.g., procurement/HR processing). No future hearing date or additional public comment on these items was scheduled in the transcript.
