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Centre County commissioners approve consent agenda and refer multiple foster-care contracts to next week’s consent agenda
Summary
Centre County’s Board of Commissioners approved a consent agenda that included an amendment to an architect fee cap and a senior-center lease, and unanimously voted to add five Children and Youth Services contracts and renewals — totaling $260,000 across fiscal years and funding sources — to next week’s consent agenda for final action.
The Centre County Board of Commissioners met June 23 and unanimously approved the week’s consent agenda while referring multiple Children and Youth Services contract items to next week’s consent agenda for final action.
Vice Chair Amber Concepcion opened the meeting at 10:01 a.m. and the board recorded attendance that included Commissioners Mark Higgins (joining by Zoom) and Steven Dershem, Administrator John Franek Jr., and Executive Office Supervisor Erin Good. Tara Peters of the county’s Children and Youth Services presented the contract items in the meeting record.
Tara Peters asked the board to consider several foster-care and residential services contracts and renewals. The items listed in the minutes were: • A contract with The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh for foster care services totaling $15,000 (State $12,000; County $3,000) covering June 2–June 30, 2026. • A renewal with The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh for $15,000 (State $12,000; County $3,000) for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. • A renewal with Cornell Abraxas Group, LLC for foster care/residential services totaling $125,000 (State $100,000; County $25,000) for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. • A renewal with Delaware County Emergency Youth Academy for $85,000 (State $68,000; County $17,000) for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. • A renewal with Pentz Run Youth Services, Inc. for $35,000 (State $28,000; County $7,000) for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027.
On a motion by Commissioner Mark Higgins, seconded by Commissioner Steven Dershem, the board voted unanimously to add items i–v to next week’s consent agenda; the minutes record the motion as carried unanimously.
Separately, the board approved this week’s consent agenda by unanimous vote. The consent items in the minutes included a capital-projects amendment with Muhlenberg Greene Architects, Ltd. that increases the construction administration cap from 1.0% to 1.15% of total positive construction value, for a not-to-exceed amount of $45,826.28 to support closeout of the Community Services Building renovation (Dept. 971). The consent agenda also included Aging Contract Addendum No. 2 with Centre Hall Fire Company for lease space for the Centre Hall Senior Center for $4,800 for the period July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 (Dept. 521).
The board also unanimously approved a check run dated June 18, 2026, and adjourned at 10:08 a.m. The minutes note an Administrator’s report and that Centre County Government offices will be closed Friday, July 3, 2026, for Independence Day. No public comments were recorded.
Next procedural steps: the Children and Youth Services contract items were referred to next week’s consent agenda for final consideration and any formal approvals, while the capital-projects amendment and senior-center lease were recorded as approved in this meeting’s consent agenda.
