Remarks by Mike Pries
23 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Yes, just confirming everything within here falls within the accepted”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Yes, I'd like to pull item number 9 and item number 16. Item number 9 and 16.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Yes, just for the record, that is an item related to Dauphin County Prison, and that is no longer able to be budgeted at the prison, so it's coming out of the County General Fund.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“While we're waiting on that, I'm going to ask that the Chief of Staff provide us an update soon on which departments may be... on the verge of potentially being over budget for the 2026 year. Thank you. If you could present it to us at some point coming up.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“When did the last contract we had with Apollo run out for these particular services? I'd have to check my notes. The reason I'm asking is if it was successful before, then we stopped it. If there was an opportunity to have had it done in last year's budget for this year, maybe we should have done that at that time, but I don't know when it ran out. And then you're saying it's $22 million per salary at $6.64 million in overtime?”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Okay, so what is the projected of the $1 million that we're projected to be over in the prison budget? Is that specifically in overtime?”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“yes second seconded by commissioner hartwick any further discussion yeah i just want to take a moment i've said it before the great american outdoor show is the largest outdoor show in the world it's right here in dolphin county farm show takes place over a 10-day period 75 to 80 million dollars in revenue generated and it's a a boon to the local economy something that is over 200,000 people were here last year, 8,000 jobs created, and over $2 million in taxes.”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“that's all i've got commissioner priest i want to start off by thanking commissioner hartwick for over 18 years ago i know this will be the 18th cultural fest you said over 18 years ago uh you and team planted seed for this idea which has flourished over the years and forward to attending this weekend thank you and some of the initial folks that started this faye fisher ruby dow edgar cohen uh he's no longer working with the county but george connor helen spence and others who spent countless hours over the years working on putting the show together it's a tremendous event here for the county…”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“before we close out i know it's under public participation but i just want to add something i see there's a couple representatives here in the audience from hrg our longtime county engineer we did make an adjustment today to the scope of work they're still being retained at the county i want to thank them for the great work not the good work the great work that they have done for the county over many years i have never once when talking to a director or department head ever heard anyone ever say anything other than they did great work here at dauphin county they're a dolphin county company…”
County Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Did we make a payment in 2025? no i believe the most recent payment towards this program would have been in 2023. okay and just for the record i do remember this board had some individuals in here talking and supported this back in 2024 i believe and we were told actually all three of us asked for updates quarterly updates or updates from those individuals including businesses and we were promised we would get them As of today, I received zero updates on this topic. I will support it because I believe it benefits our downtown businesses, but the lack of communication from the other side is…”
County Commissioners · Jul 29, 2026
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“Commissioner priest, thank you. I'm going to follow up my colleagues and and of course, thank our solicitor's office specifically. Matt owens guy and the executive assistant. Kelly banks to the works that they did getting us to this point. The game reforms and of course, thank the. Economic development department and staff and our chief of staff. So I know. A lot of time went into this and it's something that has been longer county, but to support this. unanimously with my two colleagues last week i attended the cap cog council of government's meeting on behalf of the county and provided…”
County Commissioners · Jul 29, 2026
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“Yeah, just give us an update on where we're at as we are closing in on August, how the budget is looking countywide, and if there's any departments that we need to be alerted to that could be going over budget.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“big changes I'm just gonna ask it's one Commissioner that you alert all three of us in the event that we need to be looking forward to making adjustments within those departments so that as we get closer to the budget cycle for next year there are any surprises yep certainly thank you just keep on that agenda since you raised the topic yeah I personally like to see a public discussion about work release consolidation of prison the”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“I'll make a motion we approve items 1 through 16 on today's packet.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“Yeah, I want to just touch on something that George brought up, that he was at NACO, and I know you were as well. And, George, I want to thank you. For those who don't know, we have two commissioners across all 67 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that represent Pennsylvania at the national level, and Commissioner Harwick is one of them. uh and he's done so for well over a dozen years i believe now and i want to thank you for your service there and brought back many good ideas over the year over the years i know the land bank came from your meetings at naco i believe a couple other…”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“Yep. Also want to add one more thing. We did hear from our parks and rec director and the stems this week. Our parks had some damage from the storms over the weekend. And I want to thank her and her staff that came in over the weekend and cleared the trails so that our residents could continue to utilize that. So thank you very much.”
County Commissioners · Jul 22, 2026
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“Everything is within the budgeted 2026 numbers. Yes. Thank you.”
County Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'd like to make a comment if I could. I think that the NRA has done an outstanding job being part of the show over the years. When the county lost the show that one year, we lost $80 million in revenue in the region. The NRA stepped up, became the main sponsor, and since then we're averaging $75 to $80-plus million in annual revenue, 8,000 jobs created. plus 2.6 million dollars in taxes it's the largest outdoor show not only in pennsylvania not only in the united states is the largest outdoor show in the world it takes place right here at the farm show and the nra stepped up when nobody else…”
County Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Hartwood. Commissioner Priest. i want to start off by thanking george for attending that millersburg 250th event with me i do want to remind commissioner hartwick that i believe he owes me an umbrella there was a lady in a wheelchair with two little chihuahuas that was going around it started raining pretty hard and i had the umbrella up and commissioner hartwick recommended i give it to her which i did which i did and uh i don't think i've gotten that back but that's okay that's okay It was very kind to you, George. I want to thank our economic development department…”
County Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“yeah thank you george i i concur with your comments and i want to say a special thank you to director jeff enders at emergency management and some of his team members chris fisher alexey passero bob stout our great 911 telecommunicators who handled all those calls hundreds of calls came in during those two days for the back-to-back storms that we had here in dolphin county significant damage in the city of harrisburg dairy township hummelstown south hanover several other areas and as george mentioned we're in constant communication with the local municipalities emergency management agencies…”
County Commissioners · Jul 8, 2026
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“Seconded by Commissioner Hartwick, seconded by Commissioner Priest. All in favor? Aye.”
County Commissioners · Jul 8, 2026