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Fulton County commissioners approve payments, hire caseworker and greenlight senior center engineering work
Summary
At their Jan. 27 meeting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved $234,913.72 in payments, hired Amanda Sheffield as a Caseworker II, delegated signing authority for a $218,719 CDBG contract, accepted CES Engineering services for Warfordsburg Senior Center renovations, and approved an election-integrity post-election expense report totaling $84,443.55.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners met Jan. 27, 2026, and approved a slate of routine and project-related actions, including payment of $234,913.72 in accounts payable, a new child-services hire and acceptance of engineering services for a senior center renovation.
Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve accounts payable dated Jan. 27, 2026, totaling $234,913.72; the motion carried with all commissioners voting in favor. The submitted fund breakdown listed Fund 100 (General Fund) at $145,851.38; Fund 238 (911) at $30,555.07; Fund 275 (Medical Assistance Transportation) at $27,752.25; and smaller amounts across evidence-based-practice, law library, Act 13 Marcellus Shale recreational, capital projects and debt service funds.
On personnel matters, Services for Children Director Christine McQuade and HR Administrator Mary Huston requested approval to hire Amanda Sheffield for the position of Caseworker II pending clearances and completion of paperwork. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to hire Sheffield; the motion passed unanimously. A Salary Board meeting was recorded separately for that hire.
The commissioners approved a travel request presented by Chief Probation Officer Dan Miller permitting employee Quinn Wiest to attend a two-day training in State College, Pa., Feb. 4–6, 2026.
On community-development business the board approved a Delegation of Signing Authority for CDBG Entitlement Contract Number C000095314 in the amount of $218,719.00. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved that HR Administrator Mary Huston, Commissioner Wible and Commissioner Randy H. Bunch be authorized to execute the contract; the motion carried unanimously.
The board amended the agenda to consider a county credit card application and approved a county credit card form submitted by Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed allowing Mapping and Planning Director Thomas Peppernick to make departmental purchases.
Commissioner Randy H. Bunch moved to approve an invoice from insurance agent Robert Snyder for the Fulton County Tax Collectors Blanket Bond through Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (bond dates Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2029) in the amount of $3,313.00; the motion carried unanimously.
The board also retroactively approved execution of the ERAP 2 County Expenditure Certification Form for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program and approved an invoice from Elect IT Solutions for IT staffing and support for February 2026.
Commissioners approved the Election Integrity Grant Program Post-Election Report for the 2025 municipal year showing total expenditures of $84,443.55.
On capital projects, Commissioner Wible moved to accept a CES Engineering quote to provide professional engineering services for the Warfordsburg Senior Center project. The scope listed restroom renovations, installation of a new security camera system and a mill-and-overlay project covering existing parking, the driveway and an accessible walking path; the motion carried unanimously.
The meeting record shows approval to renew Companion Life Insurance for Group Term Life at $0.019 per $1,000 of benefit and Group AD&D at $0.03 per $1,000, effective April 1, 2026, at the same rates as 2025. The board adjourned at 11:43 a.m.
Listed motions and formal actions from the meeting are reflected in county minutes and separate Salary and Retirement Board minutes where noted.
