Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

I ask for approval of minutes of the November 12, 2025 meeting of the salary board. Oh, second. Properly moved and seconded. All in favor? I Okay. Item one, request from the courts to set the salary of the new DRRO supervisor Dubo at 52,700 per year retroactive to November 24, 2025. So move second. Properly moved and second. All in favor?

I. Request from the courts to create a new position of judicial secretary for judge- elect Maine's effective December 17, 2025. Set the salary at $40,000 per year, noting that this is a temporary position. Yes and no. This one's permanent. We're going to the next item. [clears throat] Yeah, this is through the end of the year and then she will start in this full-time position. differentiating it doesn't Yeah. The way this is word is the way we're doing it is a little different. Okay. I thought when we talked I thought we were creating a temporary

well that was the request but it's going to be easier to collapse the existing okay then we secretary position I will reread this as it is presented requesting the courts to create a new position of judicial secretary for judge elect mains effective December 17 salary of 40,000 per year so moved and I'll second looking at the court minister that 17th is the day They're she's planning to start, right? That That's my understanding. Sorry for the confusion there. All in favor?

I request from the commissioners to collapse the position of judicial secretary for President Judge Ammerman effective 1231 2025. So move second. Properly move and second. All in favor? I

I this next last item on here consider salary adjustments for non-union employees for the 2026 year. I'll I'll make a motion and state that we we discussed and came up with 2.5% for the non-union with the exception of um a very very few that are very recent hires. Um so the vast vast majority are going to get the 2.5% across the board. I'll second that. Okay. Properly move and second. All in favor? I

I do we have anything else to come before the salary board gentlemen? Hearing none do I have a motion to adjourn salary board? So moved. Second. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I. We will now move on to the board of commissioners meeting. We will dispense with the pledge of allegiance as we Mr. Chairman. Curtis, were you here just for the salary? Just for a salary. You're welcome to say, but you don't have to. No, I appreciate that. That's what I was here for. Thank you, gentlemen. Have a good day. We'll be sad. Curtis, be well. He kind of had a deer in the headlights look, so I wasn't sure when I

Okay, with Curtis's departure, we will now get underway with the agenda of the board of commissioners meeting. As we've already done the pledge, we will dispense with that. Approve the minutes. Need a motion for the approval of minutes of December 2nd, 2025. So move and second. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I I.

Now the part that we so much enjoy. Controller Edwards will present us with a list of bills to be paid. Keep in mind since we had a meeting last week 641,8944 has $35.93 domestic relations $2,47659 and children and youth $423,814 a total of 1,67 4165.

Thank you, Controller Edwards. Do I have a motion to approve the bills as presented? So, move and although it's such a tough act to follow, I'll second that. Properly properly moved and second. All in favor? I give us a moment for some signatures here. number.

Thank you, Controller Edwards.

And we have some personnel changes for the commissioner's approval. We have one new hire that is judicial secretary for judge elect mains effective 1217 2025. Under separations and retirements, we have part-time corrections officer at the jail, effective 1212025. Judicial Secretary, President Judge Ammerman, effective 122925. Clerk Typus 2 at CYS effective 12206. and law clerk in the courts effective 16 2026 and one FMLA leave from 1112 2025 to 127 2025. A motion to approve those personnel changes as presented.

So move second. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I. Any public comment today? Seeing none, any old business, gentlemen? Hearing none, we will move on to new business. Item number one, consider resolution 2025 number 10 setting the local match for area transportation authority. It's coming down and this is the exact amount we budgeted. We we received that number. So, and it is not a small number, but it is Do you want to have a motion? We have a motion to approve.

Also move resolution 2025 number 10. And I'll second properly move and second. All in favor? I I know you're going to ask. So it's 215,499. Thank you.

Item number two is to open proposals for snow removal services. These were advertised for various county properties. We have received one and that is from BJO which is Brian J. Owens excavating. We go through our pages. He said, "Yeah, he he said he has the the sheet that we provided also spreadsheets.

We have an hourly plowing rate of $75, an hourly snow removal rate of $125. Salt pricing. I'm assuming this is per ton at $140. Does it say?

Well, we had a ton. We had it broken down by going to his next page. It is bulk salt per ton 140 and uh broken down by equipment rates for the pickup truck at $75 for normal plowing and under the snow removal dump truck at an hour. Bobcat with pusher to be snow from parking lot only away.

These numbers are reasonable. They're actually very reasonable numbers. He is a reputable contractor. I [clears throat] will have Heather check for necessary insurance. Any other details? Seeing as we have only received one proposal, but it does seem to be reasonably priced, I have a motion to accept this proposal pending proper insurance and solicitor review. Solicitor review. I'll make that second. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I

I [clears throat] will turn that over to you. I don't see any issues with that. Now item three, we're going to consider a copier lease with PAC solutions for a copier to be used at the EMA 911 building. Understand this would be shared between both emergency management and the 911 center. Uh this is a monthly agreement. It's for 39 months. That's because it's a threemonth free um promotion they're running. It's at $355 um fixed per month. And then there's a breakdown for the color um and black and white which is standard. Um I will just ask that you approve it pending final approval. Um usually in all of our agreements we do have language regarding the return of equipment to be at no cost. This agreement does not reflect that. I have not heard back from the company as far as that would go. Um it does reference another sheet so I'm not sure if something got missed but that's normally something as we make sure if it is a return of the equipment that we don't pay for that. So, um, just once that's approved, the agreement other than that is fairly standard. Um, but I just, um, just not to delay it if we can do it, you know, pending that final change.

I'll reach out to the sales. Thank you. Um, noting that concern by the solicitor, uh, I have a motion to renew the lease or to consider the copy lease pending the resolution of that little detail. So, I'll second. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I consider renewal of lease with the Clearfield County Conservation District for our election storage location. Uh last year, um the Clearfield County Conservation District um purchased the building out on Shaveville or Clearfield Shaveville Highway um along 322 Cleville Woodland.

Clearfield Woodland, I'm sorry. Um but um we had entered into a short-term lease with them as far as um storage of election equipment. Um, this is just extending the agreement for a one-year agreement for this current year for 26. There's no change to the price. Um, there is a six-month termination um by either party. Um, no other changes to the terms of that that cost either.

No change. And I just want to say um that I think that the conservation district has they've been excellent landlords. They've allowed us to make a number of um changes, both security and wiring to that um to that space. They've been really easy to work with. I think this has been a win-win solution for the county and for the district and I'm encouraged and I think this is this will be a long-term partnership. As we were talking yesterday, I understand they're even animal friendly. That's an insight, Jeff. Please don't put that on paper. Okay. Do I have a motion to Also, also moved and second. Properly moved and second. All in favor?

I. And now consider renewal of the lease with Clarefield County Conservation District for the Penn State Extension Office space. Similar situation. We had always rented space out there prior to that. Again, no changes to the agreement and no change to the monthly cost um for that agreement from the conservation district. And this is our contribution to the Penn State Extension is providing them the location. Part of it. Do I have a motion? Sure. I'll make a motion proper and I will second properly move and second. All in favor? I. Now consider an extension of the delegation agreement with the rural redevelopment of Clarfield County.

The redevelopment authority. Um I think just as a a typo, the redevelopment authority. Sorry, my bad. No, I told Tim and I caught it after there. So, the redevelopment authority, we do have a delegation agreement. Um, it is set to expire um at the end of this year. In discussions with them, they had recently, I think we talked about, they had moved facilities. They have done some things um just to give both sides a little more time to re-evaluate that agreement to make sure it's still going to meet the needs and any changes be met. I believe the proposal um is for a 60-day extension. At this point in time, I support a 60-day extension. I would move 60day extension. I will second that. Okay. Noting that that is a 60-day extension. All in favor? I.

Yeah, I would know. We can always if for some reason we're in discussion and it's starting to run out, we can always extend. Correct. Yes. Yes. We can revisit that. Yep. Absolutely.

And our final item under new business, consider agreement with Clearfield County League on social services. I'm assuming this is a standard service of agreement purchase of service. At the beginning of this year, we actually had a presentation um from the League on Social Services. They were taking over um it's the Communities That Care Project. It was under Sinclair previously. However, Sinclair was discontinuing that program. They came and did speak at our meetings. Um as I said earlier this year, we had done a one-year agreement. This is a renewal of that agreement effective January 1st of 26. There's no changes. Um it is still up to um $15,000 that's broken into two payments. I've not been made aware of any issues with the program or anything like that. Um

I was just gonna say the same thing. I haven't heard anything good, bad or indifferent. It's like we made the change and it just I same there has been silence. Sometimes no news is good. Okay. Do I have a motion to consider that agreement? Absolutely. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I.

Now we will ask our solicitor for her report. Uh just as a reminder at 2 o'clock tomorrow, Commissioner Glass has been very gracious and uh we'll take the stand for our election hearings um for the redistricting proposals that we've talked about um for the last few months. Um so just again that's part of the Dub Boy Sandy districts Woodward Cooper Morris and so anyone with any interest 2 o'clock in courtroom one tomorrow.

Anything else to come before the board? I do want to know for the budget is available for review and I believe it has been slightly made simpler on the website make it more understandable if it's okay I'll just dump it on that's fine will shortly have it will it will shortly have department names instead of the department number which I understand was

feedback received and and accepted that it was a little bit hard it it was outsiders to parse it but we and we do formatting is like we will make it easier but anybody can contact us with questions yes anybody contact us with questions and we do appreciate the feedback back. Yep. Uh nothing else to come before the board. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? I'll second. Properly moved and second. All in favor? I I and we are adjourned at 10:47.