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Votes at a glance: Cameron County commissioners approve multiple Act 13 grants, $1M tax note and routine resolutions
Summary
At its recent meeting the commissioners approved several Act 13 allocations (Lumber Township up to $28,000; Portage Township $10,000; Wild Elk Gravel mapping $4,500), authorized a $1,000,000 tax anticipation note with Northwest Bank, adopted Fair Housing Resolution 2026-1 and approved grant agreements for 911 interconnectivity and single-county drug-and-alcohol authority administration.
Cameron County's board of commissioners carried a series of motions approving local grant allocations, routine resolutions and a $1 million tax anticipation note during its meeting.
Key outcomes voted by the board included:
- Act 13 funding for Lumber Township: the board approved an allocation up to $28,000 to cover a motor replacement for a road-maintenance truck, pending receipt of the township's final invoice; commissioners said the township would cover any overages. The county reported $255,715.16 available in Act 13 funds for the year and that only $2,948 had previously been spent from the current allocation.
- Act 13 funding for Portage Township: the board approved $10,000 toward a $50,000 roadside tractor and side-arm mower; Portage had secured $5,000 from other sources.
- Act 13 funding for Wild Elk Gravel mapping and branding: the county approved $4,500 to complete branding/marketing for the Wild Elk Gravel trail project, building on prior mapping work supported with ARPA match funds; Pennsylvania Great Outdoors agreed to handle printing at no cost.
- Recreation Center renovation: the board approved a contract award to Moyer Building & Remodeling and a $300,000 letter of proposed funds (see separate article for details).
- Tax anticipation note, Resolution 2026-2: commissioners authorized issuance of a $1,000,000 tax anticipation note with Northwest Bank at a stated interest rate of 4.9 percent to provide cash-flow buffer for county operations.
- Grants and resolutions: the board approved a grant agreement with the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (ADAS) specific to Cameron County for administration of a single-county authority; approved a 911 state interconnectivity grant agreement effective Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026; and adopted Fair Housing Resolution No. 2026-1 as presented by Economic and Community Development Director Cliff Clark.
- Procurement action: bids for the courthouse security-entrance project were opened (including a $87,959 bid by JC Orange Sun, Inc. and a higher combined bid). Commissioners voted to table award of the security-entrance contract for review by the project manager, engineers and the safety committee and to schedule a prompt follow-up meeting.
All motions reported in the meeting were carried by voice vote with no roll-call tallies reported in the transcript; where the board approved allocations 'up to' a stated amount, staff was directed to obtain final invoices and cut checks for the actual cost up to the approved cap.
The meeting concluded with announcements about an American 250PA kickoff event on Jan. 28 and a public question about rehab-estimate work on a Four Street School building; county staff said a hazmat finding had been identified and provided an approximate rehabilitation estimate near $400,000 but said a full inspection and detailed cost estimate remained pending.
