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Lawrence County commissioners approve administrative MHDS agreement, contracts for foster‑parent training and parks bid advertisement
Summary
At its Feb. 17 meeting the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners approved routine warrants and minutes, passed four resolutions including an administrative agreement naming the county as MHDS administrative lead, authorized foster‑parent training and a contract amendment, approved bids advertising for park maintenance, and authorized two intra‑departmental transfers.
Lawrence County commissioners met Feb. 17 and approved routine financial and administrative items, adopted minutes from Feb. 10 and passed four resolutions covering mental‑health administration, children‑and‑youth contracts and procurement for park maintenance.
At the start of the meeting the board accepted two warrant registers dated Feb. 11 and Feb. 12 and adopted the Feb. 10 meeting minutes by roll call. The board then received two written communications notifying the county that Elwood Group had filed a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection plan‑approval application for a furnace replacement at 800 Commercial Avenue in Elwood City and that AMG KRONE had submitted an air‑permit renewal (permit 37‑00374) for its facility in Neshannock Township.
Resolution 19 approved an administrative‑entity operating agreement among Lawrence County MHDS and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services that names Lawrence County MHDS as the administrative lead for day‑to‑day facilitation of early‑intervention, ID/intake and mental‑health services and for overseeing related block‑grant fiscal responsibilities. Mr. Vazquez, speaking for the absent presenter, said the agreement gives local officials flexibility to move block‑grant dollars where county needs are greatest.
The board approved two Children & Youth items: Resolution 20 renews a one‑year contract with First Plus Media Inc./Northwest Media to provide online, self‑paced foster‑parent and kinship training (the department reported roughly 70 enrollments last year and that the state covers approximately 80 percent of the program cost). Resolution 21 amends an existing contract with the Bear Foundation to add a home‑study program the agency will use when it cannot complete a home study in‑house.
The planning office was authorized to advertise sealed bids for mowing, trimming and trash collection at county recreational areas, covering roughly seven miles of the county bike trail, West Park Nature Center, Quaker Falls Recreation Area and five boat launches. Bids are due by 3:00 p.m. Monday, March 2; the board will open them at its March 3 meeting.
Two intra‑departmental transfers were approved: a $4,500 transfer from contingency to professional appraisal for the Assessment Office, and a $10,000 transfer from maintenance and repair to vehicle expense for the Maintenance Office. County staff said the moves reclassify existing funds rather than increasing total spending.
The board closed with reminders about next week’s regular meeting time and a public meeting of the county prison board on Feb. 18, then adjourned.
