The Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 25-0315 on Dec. 30, 2025, authorizing the county to obtain blanket bonds or crime insurance to satisfy public-official bonding requirements consistent with Pennsylvania Act 106.

Resolution details: Speaker 3 read the resolution language referencing Act 106 (effective Nov. 23, 2011) and cited the statutory duties in sections discussed in the text (transcript references sections 11-30a and 11-29). The resolution sets a procedure: the county risk manager will recommend the amount of security, obtain competitive proposals through the county broker, and present the recommended form and amount of security to the board after consultation with the county solicitor.

Presentation and coverage highlights: John Judge (identified in the transcript as the county risk manager, Speaker 2) addressed the board and said the requested policy would provide coverage for employee dishonesty, forgery, fund-transfer fraud and computer hacking. Judge asked the board to consider and approve the policy. The transcript records the term of the policy in garbled spoken form; the risk manager described an annual policy effective on Jan. 1 for the coming year. (The transcript contains an apparent transcription error listing the end year as "1927"; the intended coverage period is recorded here as Jan. 1, 2026, through Jan. 1, 2027 to reflect the board's annual authorization practice and surrounding context in the meeting.)

Legal context: Speaker 6 noted that Pennsylvania law requires elected officials to be bonded annually and that the blanket-bond approach authorized by Act 106 can reduce costs compared with individual bonds.

Board action: After discussion, the board moved, seconded and approved Resolution 25-0315 by voice vote. The resolution tasks the county risk manager and solicitor with soliciting proposals and recommending the blanket bond or crime-insurance product and amount for the succeeding year.