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Berks County adopts slate of appropriations, appointments and declares emergency for Heritage Center roof damage
Summary
The commissioners approved a package of appropriations, personnel actions and contract authorizations, and declared an emergency authorizing immediate repairs at the Heritage Center parks maintenance building after storm damage, waiving procurement requirements and ratifying purchase orders.
At the March 24 meeting the Berks County Board of Commissioners adopted a consent package that included appropriations, personnel appointments and promotions, multiple committee and emergency appointments, contract authorizations and motions to approve payments and payroll disbursements.
The board reviewed and approved items including one-page listings of FY2025 appropriations and FY2026 transfers; human-resources actions authorizing the appointment of Jackson Jacisco (to assist in Public Defender 2), promotion of Tracy Evans to office manager in the Berks County Area Agency on Aging, promotion of Gregory Gurdaman to deputy administrator in mental health and developmental disabilities, and promotion of Yadira Feliciano to magisterial district court operations manager.
The board adopted resolutions appointing members to the Berks County alternative dispute resolution panel and to the local emergency planning committee, and authorized the submission of congressionally directed spending applications for a regional youth detention center project and a Clean Water State Revolving Fund request for wastewater-treatment-plant equipment modernization.
The board declared an emergency to address urgent remediation and repairs to the roof, ceiling and structure of the parks maintenance building at the Heritage Center, 1102 Redbridge Road, Redding, PA 19605, after storm and wind damage on or about March 16, 2026. The declaration waives procurement-law requirements and ratifies purchase orders issued by the director of contracts and procurement and authorizes the chief operations officer (or deputy) to execute all necessary documents for remediation and repairs. Deputy chief operations officer Larry Medallia Jr. and the chair thanked facilities and parks staff for the storm cleanup; the airport recorded top wind speeds of 68 miles per hour during the storm.
County Treasurer Mitch Darkcourt reported an opening balance of $199,791,982.49 and a cleared balance of $190,378,580.00. County Controller Joe Rudderall reported accounts-payable and disbursements of $7,764,486.89 for the week ending March 20, 2026.
The meeting adjourned and the commissioners said they would begin the scheduled elections meeting minutes later that morning.
