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Lebanon County commissioners approve treasurer’s report, hires, contracts and $6.08 million children-and-youth invoices
Summary
The Board approved routine financial and personnel items including the treasurer’s report, multiple hires and salary-board changes, a $6,076,817.04 invoice package for Children and Youth, county correctional contracts (canteen, OASIS commissary, ViaPath phone/tablet amendment) and other routine business.
At the start of the meeting, Tina Tobias, acting treasurer, presented the county’s cash activity: a beginning balance of $640,338.24, receipts of $1,891,454.16, expenditures of $1,586,330.05 and a tax claim of $127,415.44, leaving a working cash balance of $818,046.91. The board approved the treasurer’s report subject to audit.
Shasta Navey, director of human resources, presented multiple personnel transactions including resignations, hires and leaves of absence; commissioners approved the listed transactions and a 2026 civil-service compensation plan and related salary-board moves. The board approved a slate of hires and promotions described as filling existing positions rather than creating new ones.
Representatives of the American Red Cross of Central Pennsylvania briefed the board on local activity—37 volunteers in Lebanon County, 14 disaster responses since July, 498 units of blood collected, and 121 smoke alarms installed—and the commissioners proclaimed March 2026 as Red Cross Month.
Erin Moyer, administrator for children and youth, requested approval of second-quarter invoices totaling $6,076,817.04; the board approved those invoices by voice vote.
Janelle Gecker, facility director for the Renova Center, requested three contract actions: appointing John Wikitzer as facility psychologist (to replace a retiree), a 3% pay increase for the Renova medical director, and approval of an agency-staffing contract with GrowSource to help meet LPN and direct-care staffing ratios. The commissioners approved the requests after solicitor review.
Tina Litz, warden at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility, presented three items: an updated canteen services contract (county receives a 15% commission), a recommended commissary contract with OASIS (44% commission) to replace the current vendor for performance reasons, and an amendment to the ViaPath phone/tablet agreement to align regulated call and video commissions with the Federal Communications Commission’s goals under the Martha Wright Read Act (commission on regulated calls/video reduced from $0.08 to $0.02). The board approved the canteen contract, the OASIS commissary contract, and the ViaPath amendment by voice vote.
Other actions approved by the commissioners included seven disabled-veteran real-estate tax exemptions; a $7,145.59 change order to add fire-rated dampers and related materials to phase 1A renovations to comply with fire-code requirements; and the appointment of Steven Tolar to the Fort Clarence Shoppe Memorial Park board to fill a term expiring June 30, 2026.
What happens next: Approved contracts and hiring actions will proceed according to standard contracting and human-resources processes; staff will complete follow-up steps noted during presentations (for example, solicitor review of contracts and implementation of new vendor onboarding for commissary services).
