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Bedford County commissioners approve routine minutes, expenditures, personnel actions and multiple proclamations
Summary
At their March 12 meeting the commissioners approved minutes and expenditures, several Children & Youth Service contracts, an acting finance director agreement, personnel changes, and proclamations including Equal Pay Day, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Pennsylvania 4‑H Week, and Fair Housing Month.
The Bedford County Board of Commissioners held routine business on March 12, approving minutes, expenditures, personnel actions and a slate of proclamations and agreements.
Commissioner JR Winck moved and Commissioner Deb Baughman seconded approval of the February 13, 2024 minutes and the presented expenditures; the motions were approved. The board approved multiple Purchase of Service agreements recommended by Christopher Gresko, administrator of Children & Youth Services, including contracts naming Hoffman Homes, Inc., Centre County Youth Service Bureau and an agreement with Heather Dawn Sipes as a facilitator for the Incredible Years and Strengthening Families Program. Gresko said the program is valuable and noted facility arrangements; "This is a good program," he said.
The commissioners appointed Tiffany Jones to serve a three-year term on the DBHS Advisory Board on the recommendation of Sandra Benko, M.Ed. The board also approved an agreement with Wessel & Company to serve as acting finance director effective Feb. 23, 2024, and approved changing the Children & Youth Services complement from two part-time transporters to one full-time transporter.
Proclamations and resolutions approved at the meeting included recognition of March 12, 2024 as Pennsylvania Equal Pay Day; a proclamation designating April 2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month presented by Susan Hawthorne of Your Safe Haven, Inc.; a proclamation designating March 17–23, 2024 as Pennsylvania 4‑H Week read by 4‑H leader Garrett Hubbard; and Resolution 03.12.24 commemorating the 56th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act and declaring April 2024 as Fair Housing Month, presented by CDBG Administrator Jeffrey Fellers.
The board approved a list of personnel actions presented by department heads, including new hires (Lindsay Gillen; Lisa Wakefield; David Burgos; Angie Addario; Christy Hatrick), transfers (Erica Lehman from PT to FT transporter; Catey Cain, telecommunicator promotion), and the separation of BreAnn Shaffer effective March 15, 2024. Commissioner JR Winck moved to adjourn at 10:39 a.m.; the motion was seconded by Commissioner Deb Baughman and carried. The next regular meeting is scheduled for April 9, 2024, in Room 303.
