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Fulton County commissioners highlight mental-health court partnership as they approve routine payments
Summary
At their Jan. 20 meeting, Fulton County commissioners approved roughly $160,000 in payables and heard from justice and behavioral-health representatives about a mental health court co-responder and a recovery supports navigator that officials said has reduced jailings and produced county cost savings.
Fulton County commissioners met Tuesday and approved routine payroll and vendor payments while hearing an update on a growing collaboration between the county court system and behavioral-health providers.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch called the Jan. 20 meeting to order. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the Jan. 13 commissioners’ minutes and salary-board minutes, accepted account payables totaling $159,968.15 and approved payroll of $126,747.73.
Interim County Treasurer Amy Bishop presented routine Treasurer’s Office items, and the board approved several administrative items: payment of CCAP (County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania) 2026 Eighth Class dues of $10,323.00; execution of a credit-card approval form for Prothonotary Stephanie Sherman; approval of the CCAP PCorP renewal presented by Insurance Agent Bobby Snyder; and acceptance of a CCAP PComp second-installment invoice for $5,575.00 (noted as part of a total contribution of $22,300.00). All motions passed with the board voting “all in favor.”
Representatives from the justice system and behavioral-health providers described recent initiatives intended to divert people with mental-health needs from jail into community-based treatment. The presenters said the county implemented a mental health court co-responder model and added a recovery supports navigator. According to those representatives, the changes have increased deferrals to community-based treatment resources and reduced the number of individuals housed at the Bedford County Correctional Facility, producing measurable cost savings for the county. The presenters said next steps include mapping available resources to support training efforts and exploring supported housing options.
Services for Children Director Christine McQuade also briefed commissioners on a potential hire for a Caseworker II position and said she would obtain quotes for a printer and a projector for departmental use.
The board convened several brief committee and staff meetings earlier in the day, with separate minutes filed for the Safety Committee and the Department Head meeting. Commissioners entered executive session for personnel matters at 11:22 a.m., briefly adjourned that session, later resumed an executive session and exited at 1:10 p.m. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to adjourn the full meeting at 1:36 p.m.; the motion carried unanimously.
Actions taken at the meeting included approval of minutes, payroll and payables, several CCAP-related administrative approvals, and authorization of the credit-card form for the Prothonotary. The county listed separate minutes on file for internal committee meetings and recorded the executive-session actions as personnel matters; no personnel decisions were disclosed in open session.
