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Greene County commissioners approve routine contracts, personnel moves and accept grants; county reiterates 24/7 warming-center availability
Summary
At its Jan. 29, 2026 meeting the Greene County Board of Commissioners approved multiple routine contracts and personnel actions, accepted state and federal grant funds (including a $100,000 PennDOT amendment), and joined a 24-county memorandum for a 16-bed forensic residential program backed by a $3.25 million award. Officials reminded residents about county warming centers available 24/7 during extreme cold.
An opening speaker at the Greene County Board of Commissioners meeting on Jan. 29, 2026, told residents the county is operating warming centers during extreme cold and provided hotline options, including the human services crisis line, dialing 211 or calling 911 for immediate help. "We are open. Once again, it is 24/7. Please take care of your neighbors, family, and friends," the speaker said.
The board moved quickly through a long consent-style agenda, approving the minutes from Jan. 8, 2026, and a range of routine motions by voice vote. Among the approvals: a Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) multimodal grant application for the design of the Waynesburg Wyse/Carver Trail and naming Chairman Ed Grant and Commissioner McClure as signatories; the fifth Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program payment for federal fiscal year 2025; and a five-year lease with Waynesboro Borough for a parking lot off North Morgan Street.
Other contract approvals included a small final change order for the Waynesburg Parks multimodal improvement project (an increase of $326.73), a 10-year elevator maintenance plan with Schindler Elevator Services for "Sylvia's Building" at $525 per month (effective March 3, 2026–March 2, 2036), and a no-cost photo-booth lease with DNP ImagingComm (doing business as Innovative Photo) for the Greene County prothonotary's passport-photo services. Jennifer Moss, the prothonotary noted in the minutes, was thanked for securing the regional service that county officials said will reduce the need for return visits when passport photos are not to specification.
On human-services and housing matters, commissioners accepted a PennDOT grant amendment adding $100,000 to a service-stabilization fund for the county's shared-ride transportation program. The board also approved three HUD passthrough contracts with Connect Inc. covering multiple service periods and listed amounts in the meeting record.
In a substantive program action, the board approved a memorandum of understanding to join a 24-county consortium to develop a forensic long-term structured residence program. Minutes show a speaker reporting the consortium was awarded $3,250,000 from the state Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to support a 16-bed facility intended to help people transitioning from forensic involvement with county jails receive treatment. The MOU designates the county mental-health administrator as the signatory for Greene County.
Labor and personnel actions included board approval of a collective bargaining agreement between Greene County Human Services (child and youth services) and the United Mine Workers of America, covering caseworkers from Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2029 (effective Jan. 16, 2026). The minutes record that a tentative agreement with SEIU for another unit was still being finalized and would return to the board for formal approval when complete.
The county's salary board convened immediately after the commissioners' session and approved personnel items across departments: the retirement of James Brett Moore as parks and recreation director with pay-out of leave balances and a $6,000 severance; intern hires and seasonal/part-time appointments in parks and recreation; promotions and acting appointments in the elections office; and numerous hires, reclassifications, and terminations within the county jail. Each personnel motion was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote in the minutes.
The Greene County retirement board received an annual investment/holding update from Bishop Wealth Management; minutes indicate plan holdings performed well and staff expect a forthcoming actuarial report for 2025. The retirement board adjourned with no public comment recorded.
The meeting record lists several routine finance and community items — farmland preservation fund certification and a refund to the general fund, veterans burial and headstone allocations, a service agreement for court telephone service, foster-placement rate approvals for Twin Pines Family Services LLC, and an event contract for drag races at the Greene County Airport — each approved by voice vote. Where the minutes include inconsistent name spellings or typographical year errors (for example, some dates recorded as '1926' in the transcript), the board's actions, effective dates and dollar amounts cited here reflect the meeting's stated intent and corrected calendar year 2026 when the minutes clearly intended that year.
The board adjourned with no public comment during the commissioners, salary board or retirement board sessions and moved forward on the approved grants, contracts and personnel matters listed in the agenda.
