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Monroe County commissioners approve contracts, grants and budget adjustments; defer COOP award
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Summary
At their March 18 meeting the Monroe County Board of Commissioners carried motions approving multiple contracts and grants—including a $200,000 group-home contract, $140,000 professional-services contract, opioid-settlement funding of $10,000—and ratified vouchers and payroll; they deferred awarding the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) RFP to April 1.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners on March 18 approved a slate of routine county actions including contracts, grant sub-awards and budget adjustments, and deferred action on a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) procurement until April 1, 2026.
Motions carried on the record include corrections to the duplicate for assessment records (M-2026-77: subtractions $424,100), approval of the March 4 minutes (M-2026-78), and an amendment to a prior motion to relocate case-management services to the Public Defender’s office (M-2026-79). The board ratified receipt of a single COOP RFP from Chloeta Holdings, LLC for $55,913.04 (M-2026-80) but deferred awarding the contract until the April 1 meeting.
Financial approvals under M-2026-83 included vouchers payable dated March 6 ($475,534.09) and March 13 ($2,206,774.50) and gross payroll for the pay period ending March 8 totaling $1,539,444.09. The board also approved multiple healthcare and dental payments and flexible spending account disbursements recorded on the agenda.
Children and Youth Services actions carried under M-2026-86 included amended adoption assistance agreements (listed by participant initials), a Purchase of Service agreement with Fostering Success: Boys to Men with a contract limit of $200,000 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026) to provide group-home services, a Professional Services contract with MHY Family Services for multisystemic therapy with a $140,000 contract limit (same period), and an amendment extending a service agreement with BI Inc. to Dec. 7, 2026, with no rate changes.
Under M-2026-87 the board ratified budget adjustment reports (ratify $9,192; approve $215,611), ratified a $10,000 opioid-settlement grant to Guardian Angel Recovery House consistent with allowable uses under the settlement (Exhibit E), approved facility-use requests for PATH’s Karen Nickels Memorial PATH walk (May 3) and for the Pocono Interfaith Council’s Interfaith Prayer Celebration (May 7), and added named vendors to the county’s approved-vendor list. Motion M-2026-89 authorized the Grants Manager to submit a FY27 Community Project Funding preliminary request for a Goose Pond Dam Rehabilitation Project ($2.8 million) and authorized signature on an LSA Monroe County OEM Training Facility contract ($99,093); it also executed FY2024 Continuum of Care Rapid Rehousing sub-recipient contracts totaling $84,554 with the line-item breakdown included on the agenda.
Other routine items carried included submittal of the 2025 County Annual Hazmat Report to PEMA (M-2026-88), a CDBG 2022 contract revision for East Stroudsburg Borough (M-2026-90), and approval of Capital Purchases and Computer Capital Purchases reports (M-2026-91, M-2026-92). Several motions were recorded as "moved by Commissioner Laverdure, seconded by Vice-Chairman Parker" and were noted in the minutes as carried; no recorded roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript.
During the meeting Nicholas Testaccio and Theresa Pesce asked for more information about service agreements and the county’s emergency management plan; Chief Clerk/Administrator Robert J. Gress and Grants Manager Ashley Kerrick provided clarifications. The board adjourned at 10:00 a.m.