Lycoming County commissioners approve routine contracts, grant pass-throughs and personnel actions

Lycoming County commissioners approved a slate of routine but consequential items at their Feb. 11 public meeting, including invoice ratification, personnel hires, multiple professional service agreements and grant pass-throughs.

The county ratified invoices totaling $2,130,819.36, with funding coming primarily from the general fund (53.3%), RMS (21.91%), escrow (20.42%) and other grants (0.38%). Commissioners also accepted conditional offers of employment for a part-time court clerk, a part-time deputy sheriff and other positions with anticipated start dates in February and March 2026.

On contracts, the board approved a set of professional services agreements (items 6.4–6.12) to provide outside legal representation when the public defender’s office has a conflict. The on-call attorneys were listed individually and will be paid $90 per hour on an as-needed, budgeted basis.

The commission approved a $195,505 pass-through from a Homeless Assistance Program grant to Lycoming County United Way; staff clarified this is grant money routed through the county, not a county general-fund appropriation. The board also approved a retail advertising agreement with the Sun Gazette and a correctional uniform bid for jail staff tied to the collective bargaining agreement.

In other votes, commissioners approved an intergovernmental agreement providing a $100,000 local match for RVTA transit operations (a state-required local match); funding shares among municipalities were described as mileage-based rather than equal. The board also approved personnel and administrative items including Resolution 2026-05 to update banking signatures and a $647.27 payment to ABS Building System Integrators for moving a cable modem related to the district attorney’s office.

The meeting closed with a reminder that the next public meeting is scheduled for Feb. 19, 2026, at 10 a.m.