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Commissioners approve $260,000 for Wise Carver trail engineering and a slate of routine contracts and appointments
Summary
At their March 19 meeting the Greene County Commissioners approved a $260,000 Commonwealth Finance Authority commitment for preliminary engineering of the Waynesboro Wise Carver multiuse trail, reauthorized a $25,000 community grant program and voted to participate in a national opioid settlement, among other routine contracts and personnel actions.
The Greene County Commissioners on March 19 approved a package of routine measures and program commitments, including a $260,000 Commonwealth Finance Authority commitment for preliminary engineering of the Waynesboro Wise Carver multiuse trail.
The board voted to authorize contract C96138 for preliminary engineering work; county staff said a feasibility study is complete and engineering is the next step before seeking construction grants. Commissioners approved the measure by voice vote (motion made and seconded; "all in favor, motion carries").
Other items approved during the meeting included reauthorizing the 2026 Greene County Commissioner Community Grant Program at $25,000, approving a letter of support for a Washington County highway safety grant application through PennDOT District 12 for federal fiscal year 2026–27, and ratifying a collective‑bargaining agreement with the Pennsylvania Social Services Union, SCIU Local 668, effective Jan. 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2029.
The commissioners also approved participation paperwork related to the national opioid settlement (a remnant defendants combined subdivision participation and release form), appointed Tammy Watson to the Greene County Fair Board to fill the term left vacant by Brett Moore, and approved a lead‑agency agreement for the state food purchase program with Corner Covered Food Bank.
On human‑services contracts the board approved a set of purchase‑of‑service agreements for child and family services and behavioral‑health providers as listed on the agenda; the transcript records rate ranges and caps for several vendors and line items (examples recorded on the agenda include a Care Center contract not to exceed $20,000 for part of 2025 and multiple provider rate ranges for FY2025–26).
The board approved an extension of the county’s jail communications contract for four additional years (the meeting transcript did not clearly record a consistent vendor name for that item) and adopted the PATH intended use plan for fiscal year 2026–27 under mental health and intellectual‑disability matters.
Several personnel actions were handled by the salary board immediately following the commissioners’ session: hires, transfers, a 5% pay correction and promotion for a corrections officer, and creation of a seasonal pool supervisor position for parks and recreation were all approved.
The meeting moved into public comment after the agenda items, then adjourned to salary‑board and retirement‑board sessions. No roll‑call vote tallies with member names were recorded in the transcript; the minutes record each motion as having carried by voice vote ("all in favor, motion carries").
