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Commissioners ratify payrolls, contracts, grants, appointments and budget adjustments in unanimous session
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Summary
The board approved payrolls totaling roughly $2.36 million, accounts payable of $7.6 million, ratified multiple contracts and grants including a $29,541 PCCD VOGO grant, accepted resignations and made appointments, and approved CDBG adjustments and notice to repeal the LERDA ordinance.
In a largely procedural Feb. 3 session, Northumberland County commissioners approved a series of routine but consequential actions by voice vote.
Financial motions included authorization to pay three payroll runs — payroll #1 $748,261.28, payroll #2 $836,629.04 and payroll #3 $775,078.56 — and a request to pay county and liquid fuels bills in the amount of $7,600,362.32 for the period Jan. 3–30, 2026. Commissioners approved an employee status sheet covering items 1–24 (new hires, separations and promotions).
Contract and grant items ratified included a 2026 site‑maintenance agreement with Keystone Communication for county 911 towers; Amendment No. 8 to the Summit Food Service LLC contract for the county jail; a PCCD Victims of Juvenile Offenders (VOGO) grant award for 2026 of $29,541 (authorization for Commissioner Beck to execute); and service agreements for janitorial and HVAC maintenance at county facilities. A notice to advertise per Pennsylvania Code (mental health procedures Chapter 5100.81) designated Geisinger Medical Center in Danville for involuntary mental-health triage services.
Community-development actions included approval of the CDBG FFY 2023 subrecipient agreement with Herndon Borough for the Pottsville Street stormwater improvement project and a set of CDBG budget revisions (FFY 2022 contract #000084673: $19,416 moved from elderly veterans housing to the Marion Heights stormwater project; $4,589.03 reallocated from demolition to demolition 2023; other FFY 2025 adjustments were also approved as read into the record). The board also presented a notice of intent to adopt ordinance O-01-26 to repeal the county’s LERDA program and established related notice procedures.
Appointments and personnel items included acceptance of resignations (Justin Ross from a board; Richard Cooper and Nicole Will from the Redevelopment Authority) and appointments to fill unexpired terms (Justin Scavery and Elijah Watkins to the Redevelopment Authority) and appointment of Tessa Applegate to the scribe board with a three-year term beginning Feb. 26, 2026.
Most motions were moved and seconded by commissioners present and carried by unanimous voice vote; the meeting record did not include roll-call vote tallies or recorded dissent. Items adopted under the solicitor’s report included an MOU with Central Susquehanna Opportunities Inc. regarding HUD-funded projects and professional services agreements to appoint mental-health review officers for 2026.
The meeting closed after a brief acknowledgment of county warming-center operations and outreach during recent cold weather.
