Remarks by Dan Vogler
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“Thank you. Most every week, we receive from the County Controller's Office a listing of warrant registers, which provide us the information of the checks that have been cut by their office. And these ones are dated August 14, 18, and 20. And I'll give my colleagues time to look them over if you need that time. And whenever you're ready, we can take a motion to accept these documents. I'll make that motion.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, gentlemen. Are there any questions? on we'll take a roll call please commissioner sonato yes commissioner kennedy yes commissioner vogler yes motion carries thank you in our packet we have the minutes of the august 18 uh meeting and i'm going to stop for just a second uh amy mckinney or well she was heading this way maybe she could come in this door we'll find out behind door number two”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes. So he's advising you that we have the ability to amend the agenda.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you so much. We were discussing the minutes. By the way, for the benefit of the people that might be watching, that was Amy McKinney, who is our planning director. And she had a matter to be brought before the board today. Inadvertently, it was not placed on the agenda, and that was her desire. I think she was operating under the assumption that it was on today's agenda. It has not been posted. So we asked her to consult with a solicitor to get some guidance. And as you may have heard her say, she was not able to reach Attorney Medora, who is the county solicitor. She did…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Under written communications, we have one document submitted to us by Frank B. Taylor Engineering, which is based here in Lawrence County. They're letting us know that they have applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on behalf of Nicholas and Lindsey Bunker, who reside on Wallace Drive in the Shannock Township. This is for a new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit that the DEP would have to give approval to. It's described as a single residence sewage treatment plant to replace the malfunctioning septic system serving…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I appreciate it. You may not know that fairgrounds actually sit in two townships. The line that divides Scott Township and Hickory Township runs through the fairground property. So most of the property, I believe, is in Hickory Township, but some of it's in Scott Township. So you'll sleep better tonight. What did you find out from our legal friend?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Rich, would you care to come up to the microphone? Sure. We welcome you. Thank you. We do this every year and we appreciate that you come down and share this with us. county treasurer. His office is responsible for the collection of county property taxes, and he puts together a schedule. Would you mind, as you go through this, could you point out how we're somewhat unique in that we're one of the few counties that doesn't? Sure, could you point that out? Sure, absolutely.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Do you consult a little bit more with the other five treasurers that are in the same boat as you?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Rich, good to see you as always. Thank you, sir. You're always welcome to stay, but I'm sure you're busy. I appreciate it. Take care. We'll move back then to the first item is listed on the agenda. Okay. The next item is our public safety office. This would be resolution 199. And looks like Chad Strobel's with us today. Good morning, Chad. Good morning. It's good to have you. We appreciate your coming down. This is an agreement. It's an amendment, actually, to an existing agreement, I believe, with Motorola Solutions for our inter-county regional radio system master site service agreement.…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“and continuing at less that cost for the remaining years of the service contract if if you know this it would be helpful but if not it's not that critical that the other counties are going to have sir mr uh this is resolution 199 may i have a motion for its approval please make a motion to approve and i'll second thank you gentlemen any if there are no other questions we'll ask ryan to call the roll commissioner sonata yes commissioner kennedy yes commissioner yes motion carries thank you so much chad anything else for us I didn't hear of any major problems. I'm sure there were little…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Reminds me of the last fight I was in. I was in seventh grade. She won. Well, Chad, thank you so much.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“item on the agenda involves some personnel changes that we're going to be experiencing the past practice of this board has been that when a department head retires or moves on But today, we do have a change that is coming up here in the next few weeks. Our current human resources director, Mike Ockebone, is going to be retiring after many years of service here in Lawrence County. In fact, his final day will be September 11th. And when he retired from that position, we chose him to become the human resources director. And he's done a tremendous job in that capacity. We thank him for that. He…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“that motion i'll second the motion if there are no other comments we'll make a roll call please commissioner yes commissioner fennedy yes Thank you very much. Before we get to mental health and developmental services, Scott, thank you for your patience. If you've been following the meeting since the beginning, our planning office has a proposal for us to consider. Inadvertently, it did not end up on the agenda in a timely manner. So we were faced with needing to get legal guidance and Amy McKinney, our director, spoke to two different attorneys and they both gave you the same advice. That's…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. So that being... And thank you again for taking the time to speak with both of those gentlemen. We're considering Resolution 201, which is a Noted, this does not involve the expenditure of county general fund dollars. This is to allow county in conjunction with Lawrence County Social Services to apply for this grant. And there's a deadline by which we have to meet. That being said, based on the legal advice we've been given, may I have a motion to amend the agenda to on this procedure. Any questions on the procedure that we're following? Okay, thank you. It's been made…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Again, we just amended the agenda to allow Pennsylvania Healthy Homes Production Grant. We have Amy McKinney, our planning director, and Jennifer Elliott from Warrens County Social Services. I think you're going to give us some background on this.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“How to rely on our solicitor. Absolutely.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I remember when I was a teenager, I'd call one of my friends. We'd go out. His dad would always answer the phone. His dad was uh hand the phone to his son and say you're not going anywhere and that's what we say to you uh mr sonata sounds like a very worthy program if we can tap into those”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“ladies thank you both uh we've already made the motion we've approved the motion to amend the agenda to allow us to consider this resolution so we are now able then to move forward with resolution 201 would one of you gentlemen wish to make a motion for its approval i'll make that motion thank you gentlemen any other concerns”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026