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Carbon County commissioners approve routine payroll, contracts and several proclamations
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Summary
At the March 19 meeting the board approved payroll and multiple expenditure transmittals, awarded a CDBG contract to Bruce George Paving & Excavating for $188,593.89, approved a Recorder of Deeds Landex alert service quote, extended legal services for ombudsman work, ratified a Title XIX Medicaid grant for $93,036 and adopted several proclamations and resolutions.
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners on March 19 approved a series of routine but consequential administrative and fiscal items, including payroll, expenditure transmittals, contracts, grants and proclamations.
Key approvals included ratifying payroll totaling $748,208.22 (payroll dated March 6, 2026); approving expenditure checks dated March 12, 2026 totaling $1,736,730.35; and approving an additional set of expenditures totaling $1,389,472.00. The board awarded the FY2022 Parryville Borough CDBG water/sewer/stormwater improvements contract to Bruce George Paving & Excavating, Inc. at $188,593.89.
The board approved a Recorder of Deeds quote from Optical Storage Solutions, Inc. for the Landex record alert service (setup fee $6,000 and annual support fee $2,000). The board also approved a one-year agreement with Health Network Laboratories, L.P. to provide drug testing services to Adult Probation, and ratified a third extension with North Penn Legal Services to provide ombudsman services at $3,712.25 per month.
Separately, the board approved a Title XIX Medicaid grant agreement (Area Agency on Aging) with a budgeted SFY 2025–2026 amount of $93,036.00 and renewed an Innovare Medical Media advertising agreement for the Hospital Community Showcase at St. Luke’s Carbon Campus at $220 per month.
On personnel, the board approved the personnel report with one recorded exception: Commissioner Ahner voted 'no' on the hire of Lisa R. Dart as Director, Election Department; he stated his 'yes' vote on the remainder of the personnel report with that exception noted.
The meeting also included adoption of proclamations recognizing Pennsylvania 811 Safe Digging Month, 4‑H Week, and Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, plus several resolutions honoring local Eagle Scouts and community volunteers. The meeting adjourned at 11:36 a.m.