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Northampton County moves $7 million to close 2025, approves appointments and vendor contracts
Summary
Council approved budget amendments that reallocate roughly $7 million to cover Gracedale Nursing Home’s 2025 expenditures, confirmed multiple board appointments, upgraded county positions and approved contracts for benefits brokerage and parking-deck work; most measures passed unanimously.
Northampton County Council on Feb. 19 approved a package of budget amendments, personnel actions and procurement resolutions aimed at closing the county’s 2025 books and advancing several capital and personnel priorities.
Mark Aron, the county’s director of administration, reading a statement on behalf of County Executive Tara Zaretsky, told the council that department-by-department reviews identified unspent funds and savings that allow the administration to “reallocate approximately $7,000,000 to fully cover Gracedale’s 2025 expenditures.” Aron said approving the amendments “will allow us to balance the 2025 budget as required by law.” The ordinance to amend the 2025 budget was…
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