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Susquehanna County commissioners approve $116,000 bridge engineering contract, proclaim Library Week
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At a regular meeting, the Susquehanna County Board of Commissioners approved routine business including a $116,000 contract for engineering services on the Salt Springs Road bridge, several proclamations including Library Week, and multiple personnel and intergovernmental agreements.
The Susquehanna County Board of Commissioners approved several routine business items at its meeting, including the ratification of a $116,000 contract for engineering services to replace the Salt Springs Road bridge over Silver Creek and proclamations recognizing library week and telecommunicators.
The board voted unanimously to ratify and approve a contract with GPI (Grama, Pa.) for professional engineering services related to the Salt Springs Road bridge replacement, effective March 25, with a total contract cost recorded as $116,000. The action was presented and approved during the consent portion of the meeting.
The commissioners also approved several proclamations and agreements. Proclamations recorded on the agenda included declarations of Victims Rights Week and Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Susquehanna County; the board approved a proclamation declaring Library Week and a Library Outreach Day and invited library representatives forward to receive recognition.
Lorraine Chidester, who identified herself as CEO, represented the local library system and described ongoing fundraising and outreach. "We have our Love Your Library online auction," Chidester said, noting a link and QR code on the library's website and Facebook page and saying, "Last year, we raised over $4,000." She also announced the system's Blueberry Festival planned for the first full Friday and Saturday in August and described library story-time visits to a skilled nursing facility.
Other items approved included an affiliation agreement with Binghamton University to host social work interns in the county reentry department (subject to student application and stipend approval), an agreement with Chokemet Township to use township facilities for elections at $50 per election through Dec. 31, 2026, and a memorandum of understanding for office space with a tourism agency at $100 per month. The board ratified the resignation/retirement of Greg Deck from a part-time detective position (effective April 1, 2026) and the termination of telecommunicator Rocio Moran (effective March 26). The board also approved listing a municipal Ford F-150 (about 74,000 miles) for sale.
The meeting closed at 09:22 following a final motion to adjourn. Several items carried by voice vote; for items approved the board recorded motions and seconds on the record and announced each vote as carried.
Votes at a glance: ordinance 2026-03 (approved); pre-order/permit item recorded as 2026-04 (approved); contract with GPI for Salt Springs Road bridge engineering ($116,000, approved); affiliation with Binghamton University for internships (approved, subject to stipend approval); election facility agreement with Chokemet Township ($50 per election, approved); MOU for office space with tourism agency ($100/month, approved); ratification of Greg Deck's resignation (approved); ratification of Rocio Moran's termination (approved); authorization to list municipal Ford F-150 for sale (approved).
