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Lackawanna County approves grants, contracts and board appointments; awards bridge, roof and trolley work
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the board approved a series of resolutions: payables and emergency-management grants, a food-service contract amendment with Aramark, a PCCD treatment-court grant, a partnership with Steamtown National Historic Site, a Pitney Bowes lease, multiple board appointments, and construction awards for a bridge, roof and trolley refurbishment.
The Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine and project-specific items during its April 1 meeting, including grant applications, a contract amendment at the county prison and several capital and procurement awards.
The board approved payables totaling $3,232,954.23 and electronic fund transfers including payroll of $6,806,332.05. The county also approved the submission of a hazardous materials response grant and a radiological emergency-response grant through the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; Tom Taylor, director of the county Emergency Management Agency, said the hazmat grant typically runs around $10,000 and carries no local match.
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