Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners approved a repository property bid rejection, warrant registers, meeting minutes, a Children and Youth Services memorandum of understanding, and a state food purchase grant agreement.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Board of Commissioners
- Meeting Type
- Board Of Commissioners
- Location
- Lawrence County, PA
- Meeting Date
- October 13, 2026
Published excerpts
Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.
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gentlemen good morning everybody and welcome we will call to order this uh regular meeting of the lawrence county board of commissioners today is uh tuesday october 13th we are live live streaming recorded and i would ask if you have a cell phone if you We always begin the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, and then if you please remain standing, we'll have a brief moment of silence.
Please remain standing. We'll have a brief moment of silence. thank you everybody colleen could you call the roll please commissioner kennedy commissioner here we do have a quorum uh as long as there are two of us here that constitutes quorum commissioner sonata is out of town today um i'll note that in a few moments we'll have an opportunity for public fine we would ask that your comments be related to county government matters if it's a state related matter we would refer you to your state legislators if it's a federal matter we would refer you to your congressman or u.s senators for the loc
Yes. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Most weeks, this being no exception, we do receive from the County Comptroller's Office warrant registers. It's a listing of the different checks that they have cut over the last couple of weeks. These two registers are dated October 6 and October 8. i've looked them over but dan i'll give you whatever time you need and whenever you're ready if you wish to make a motion i've looked them over also and i'll make a motion thank you and i will second your motion and if there are no concerns we'll ask uh pauline to call the roll commissioner kennedy yes commi
Thank you. That takes us to Commissioner reports and comments and it looks like I'm listed first. A couple things I'll make note of later today. Commissioner Kennedy and I are traveling to the Mercer County Courthouse. It is the quarterly meeting of West Central Job Partners and the three Mercer County Commissioners. We alternate our meetings. This time it's Mercer County's turn to host. So this meeting will begin at 1.30 at the Mercer County Courthouse and it is open to the public. So we'll be up there for that. Also tomorrow, public meeting at noon at the Washington Township Municipal Buildi
Yes. Dan, assuming you have no other questions, would you wish to make a motion? I'll make that motion. Thank you. This is Resolution 257, which again is the memorandum of understanding with no financial obligation to the Isaiah 117 house located in Butler County. That's what it is. We have a motion and a second. Colleen, could you call the roll, please?
That's the only one you have today. That's it. Do you know if you're coming next week? No, I don't know yet. No, you're always welcome. Thanks. Bye, Donald. Thank you. The next resolution, number 258, falls under the jurisdiction of the commissioners. This is the... In this case, it's known as the State Food Purchase Program Grant Agreement. This is actually with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, which will provide funding to the county for an amount up to $179,948.75, starting back in July of this year, running through June 30 of 2027. the distribution of the food. Dan, do you have
We have some budget transfer requests, and as we normally do, I'll read through them. Dan, stop me if you need to, and then we get to the end. Central Court is asking for a $500 transfer from within their budget, asking that that 500 come from their contingency into their materials and supplies line item. Public Defender's Office is asking for a $7 transfer from their contingency into their land, building and rental line item. Also from the Public Defender's Office, they're asking for a $100 transfer from their contingency into their line item of subscriptions. Court Administration Office is a
Yes. Commissioner Cato? Thank you. Some announcements. Next Tuesday, one week from today, the commissioners will hold our regular public meeting at 10 a.m. I should note that it's coming up so quickly. Three weeks from today, is Election Day, November 3. The courthouse will be open that day. However, traditionally, the Board of Commissioners does not hold a public meeting on Election Day. So there will not be a commissioner's meeting three weeks from today on Tuesday, November 3.
As I mentioned earlier, the Lawrence County Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow, October 14 at noon. at the Washington Township Municipal Building, located on George Washington Road. We've been advised by District Attorney Lamin Koussa, who chairs the Prison Board, that this month's meeting of the Prison Board has been canceled. It was scheduled for October 21, but it has been canceled. We'll meet again on the third Wednesday of November. Those are the announcements that I'll enter into the record. That takes us to public comment. We'll see if any folks in the audience h
We do not have one similar to that. Best of my knowledge, most counties don't. And we're able to utilize their services as was described by Mr. Ampers.
Yes, until. location can be found. We've had instances where we've had to actually keep children either at the Elmira building or sometimes at hotels until a provider will accept these children. So this is an opportunity that, again, it's no cost to the county. It's a facility that takes them temporarily to give the staff more time to find an agency to take care of the children.
Well, this is a private entity. This is not a governmental entity, this Isaiah House. It's a group of volunteers that have been certified by the state and they happen to be located in Butler County.
That's correct. And that takes place in every county in the Commonwealth. The Department of Agriculture provides funding to each county, all 67 counties get these funds. And then we're responsible for contracting with an agency that will distribute the food products.
That I don't know. I don't know the answer to that. I don't know if my colleagues up here have any idea of how they go about doing it. At this point, I'm not sure.
make on one of their food products and that could very well still be the case uh the documents i have in front of me are specifically between strictly the agriculture department in harrisburg and the county there's no document i have in front of me regarding the food bank although uh my my suggestion you may want to go online and visit their website they might be able to offer
And that's very, very possible. And we have a second parish in the Elwood City area as well. It's very possible they may utilize those funds. That's where St. Joe's gets a lot of these people off. Is it from the food banks? Yeah.
So that, I appreciate Mr. Kennedy confirming that. I think that confirms what you believe to be the case as well. the diocese said the diocese utilizes some of these funds as well okay thank you thank you so much any other comment at this time hearing none uh we uh are at our point for adjournment but before we do that i'll see if mr kennedy has any closing comments sir joe or colleen anything yes sir yes sir thank you Well, we appreciate you folks joining us today, and we look forward to seeing everybody one week from today. There being no other business to be brought before the board, may I
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