Northampton County Council on Jan. 8 considered and adopted an amended Act 106 compliance resolution designating the director of the Department of Administration (or designee) as the county's risk manager responsible for compiling bond and insurance recommendations under state requirements.

The original resolution text listed several security amounts: crime coverage up to $1,000,000 per occurrence for county insurance; a wire-transfer bond for $4,000,000; a treasurer's bond of $72,000; and a magisterial district justice bond of $55,000 per justice. County administration requested an amendment to reflect actual coverage levels. Mark Arndt, acting director of the Department of Administration, clarified that the wire-transfer bond should be $5,000,000 and that the $1,000,000 crime coverage should remain unchanged.

Councilmember (Speaker 11) moved to amend number 2 to increase the wire-transfer bond from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 and to strike numbers 3 and 4 from the resolution so staff could confirm those amounts. The motion was seconded and passed by roll call 9–0. The council then voted to adopt the resolution as amended, again by roll call 9–0.

The adopted, amended resolution leaves the $1,000,000 crime coverage and the updated $5,000,000 wire-transfer bond in place and defers confirmation of the treasurer and magisterial district justice bond amounts for later action. Council recorded votes by roll call for both the amendment and the final adoption.