Commissioners approve routine renewals, contracts and reappointments, including foster care providers, Safe Place, Filevine and Nesta contract
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Summary
Warren County commissioners approved multiple routine items: website and accessibility renewals, a $10,000 opioid-settlement allocation for a YMCA MAT program, foster-care provider contracts, a Safe Place renewal, retention of outside counsel for reassessment appeals, a Filevine software agreement for the DA, Nesta solid-waste-plan contract renewal, and several board reappointments.
At their meeting, Warren County commissioners approved a slate of routine agreements, contract renewals and board reappointments.
Key approvals included:
- Website and accessibility services: Renewal of CivicPlus website maintenance ($9,349 for 2025) and audio/accessibility services (AudioEye/VeilPlus, $5,961) to maintain ADA compliance for the county website; motion passed by voice vote.
- Opioid settlement allocation: An initial $10,000 allocation from opioid-settlement funds for the YMCA’s "Your Life Matters" MAT/wellness program was approved for six months. Commissioner Speaker 2 disclosed a relationship with the YMCA before making the motion; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Training partnership: Annual emergency-responder training partnership with Butler County Community College (hazmat and active-shooter training) was approved; the county splits cost with the LEPC and unused hours are provided to fire services.
- Foster-care contracts: Child and Youth Services received permission to contract with three foster-care providers (Bethany Christian Services of Central Pennsylvania, Benchmark Family Services, and Family Services of Northwestern Pennsylvania) to place children in pre-adoptive or trauma-based foster homes; permission to contract was approved and contracts will be returned for signature.
- Victim-services renewal: The District Attorney’s Office renewal agreement with Safe Place to provide services to crime victims in the county was approved.
- Outside counsel for reassessment appeals: The county approved retaining outside counsel (Dylan McCandless; law firm cited as Dylan McCandless, King, Colter & Graham in the transcript) to assist with roughly 60 appeals from the countywide reassessment; partner/associate rates were discussed ($225 per partner, $200 per associate). Commissioners said they hope the firm will not be needed long-term.
- Filevine case management: The District Attorney/Jail agreement to adopt Filevine case-management software was approved to modernize e-discovery and victim notification processes.
- Nesta Resources: The county approved renewing a contract with Nesta Resources to update the county’s 10-year solid-waste plan (prior updates done by Nesta; contract costs noted around $64,000 with DEP grant support).
- Labor agreements: Commissioners ratified AFSCME and SEIU contracts covering upcoming years; union ratifications were described as largely unanimous.
- Reappointments: Multiple board reappointments were approved, including two land bank seats (Michael Boyd and Mike Kale), Phil Gilbert to the redevelopment authority, and reappointments to the zoning hearing board and Warren County Planning Commission (Patrick Soliday and Thomas Brown).
All motions were approved by voice vote. For items where staff referenced policy or statutory authority, the meeting record notes adherence to the governing rules and further contract execution or signature collection as the next steps.
