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Blair County commissioners approve consent agenda, grants, appointments and multiple contracts
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The Blair County Board of Commissioners approved a consent agenda including payroll and budget transfers, multiple board appointments, grant applications to PCCD, a PCHIP memorandum of understanding for health plan funding, and several contracts and renewals at its Dec. 4 meeting.
The Blair County Board of Commissioners approved a wide-ranging consent agenda and several individual actions during its Dec. 4 meeting, covering payroll, board appointments, grants, and contracts.
Key approvals included ratification of 15 warrants and payroll totaling $965,198.46; naming two roads in Valley View Park (Pavilion Lane and Judge Miller Way); multiple appointments and reappointments to local advisory boards with terms starting Jan. 1, 2026; and the approval of 11 and 8 budget transfers to cover pre-employment background check fees for September–November 2025.
The board approved several grant-related submissions: an application for the 25/26 Intermediate Punishment Probation grant (PCCD Grant No. 47615) for $315,000, and a continuing county adult probation grant application for fiscal 25/26 for $190,794. The commissioners also approved a memorandum of understanding with the Pennsylvania Counties Health Insurance Cooperative (PCHIP) to set aside $724,125 of county reserves to fund 90% of the county’s maximum premium rate for its self-insured medical plan for 2026; staff explained this is a risk-pool model to stabilize premiums.
Other items approved included a $40,257.04 addendum to a multi-county regional CAD support agreement with RBA Professional Data Services, payment of a $5,575 invoice for printing and mailing 2026 dog-license renewal notices, approval of a quote for Leatherman Construction LLC ($7,890) for ADA improvements funded by a donation, multiple Human Services Block Grant-funded contract renewals (including Skills of Central PA, NAMI, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital and UPMC Western Behavioral Health of the Alleghenies), and an agreement of sale involving Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department parcels in Hollidaysburg.
Where abstentions were registered, a commissioner noted abstaining on payments to Holidaysburg Borough, Julia Burke, Blair Senior Services and Blair Health Choices. Nearly all items were approved by voice vote.
The board adjourned and scheduled its next meeting for Dec. 11, 2025, at 10 a.m.
