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Commissioners approve consent items, personnel actions and contracts totaling routine county business
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Pike County board approved routine consent items including agendas, minutes, payments totaling $557,995.90, hires and promotions at the correctional facility, wage settings, awards for food supply bids ($231,743.69 total) and several agreements and contracts.
The Pike County Board of Commissioners approved the consent agenda and a series of routine motions during its Feb. 4 meeting.
The board approved the day’s agenda and prior meeting minutes. It approved payment of general fund and county bills totaling $557,995.90 and additional disbursements: Act 8 funds of $16,705, Act 13 transportation funds of $6,950, and a bridge repair fund payment of $18,339.60.
Personnel actions acknowledged by the board included hiring multiple full‑time correctional officers (effective 02/09/2026 with benefits after 90 days) as reported in a letter from Norman Love, the hire of a full‑time maintenance staff member (effective 02/09/2026) per a letter from Morgan Lowe, promotions from sergeant to lieutenant (Linda Forshey and Kevin Wagoner) retroactive to 02/01/2026, and hourly rate settings including $27.01 per hour for several correctional officers and $21 per hour for a maintenance staff member, Brionne Pascual.
The commissioners awarded tri‑annual groceries and frozen‑food contracts for the correctional facility covering 03/01/2026–06/30/2026 to multiple vendors; the total bid amount read into the record was $231,743.69. They also approved execution of several agreements: a youth Level of Service case management inventory (LSI‑2) license for juvenile probation, a SCRAM master agency agreement for adult probation, a professional services contract (transcript: 'Marikia, Pennsylvania') to support children’s services, a 2023 CDBG payment voucher of $1,187.50 payable to Halston Economic (Office of Human Services), a grant agreement with the Commonwealth Department of Human Services, and a Pike County payroll services contract.
All consent items and motions listed in the meeting transcript were approved by voice vote; the transcript records general "Aye" responses rather than roll‑call tallies. No contested votes or amendments were recorded on these items during the meeting.
The board then proceeded to the open‑space plan presentation and other agenda items.
