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Cameron County commissioners approve proclamations, emergency operations plan, CDBG resolution and health-insurance coop agreement
Summary
At its Oct. 7 meeting the Cameron County Board of Commissioners approved a proclamation naming October National Disability Employment Awareness Month, adopted its Emergency Operations Plan and appointed an emergency management coordinator, adopted resolutions to submit a CDBG application and to join a county health insurance purchasing cooperative, and approved a wheelchair lift contract.
The Cameron County Board of Commissioners approved several routine but consequential administrative items during its Oct. 7 session, including a proclamation recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an emergency operations plan adoption and multiple resolutions to support county programs and employee benefits.
A staff member read prepared remarks from Marcia Dibble of Journey Health and Dickinson Center supporting a proclamation declaring October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month; the board voted to adopt the proclamation. The remarks invited the public to a local observance on Oct. 21.
The board also promulgated the Cameron County Emergency Operations Plan and named Blaine Manionel as the county emergency management coordinator, formalities intended to onboard the county’s new EMA lead.
On grant and budget matters, commissioners adopted Resolution No. 2025-9 authorizing submission of the county’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement application. The board also voted to adopt Resolution No. 2025-10 to join the Pennsylvania county health insurance purchasing cooperative and approved the intergovernmental cooperation agreement to move the county’s employee health insurance to a new vendor.
In procurement action, the board approved a contract with Moyer Building & Remodeling for a wheelchair lift at the Moyer building in the amount of $72,560; that contract was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Board members said the change to the health insurance purchasing cooperative is intended to realize cost savings and that employees had been consulted; one commissioner described the change as mainly a vendor swap and said “they’re getting a new card.”
The meeting closed with community notes about local events and the board adjourned at 11:42 a.m.
What happens next: administrative onboarding steps for the emergency-management coordinator and implementation of the Moyer Building wheelchair lift will be handled by county staff; the county will proceed with its CDBG application process and contract administration for the lift.
