Meeting roundup
Date: Feb. 2
Action: As expected, the commissioners approved an emergency purchase, due to levels of dust, from United Safety Services Inc., for high-efficiency particulate air filtration vacuum cleaning and inspection of air-handling systems at the courthouse at a cost of $28,800.
At the request of the planning commission, the board approved recreation-related projects: a $3,340 addition, to be reimbursed by a grant from state taxpayers, to the agreement with Pashek Associates of Pittsburgh, landscape architects and community planners, for design and consulting work related to obtaining permits for the Monongahela River kayak launches, and approval to seek bids that would result in paving the final eight miles of the Panhandle Trail from Francis Mine, near Burgettstown, to the West Virginia border. Payment for the paving will be provided from the Natural Gas Act 13 impact fee designated for greenways.
The board renewed its contract with Kymberly Secreet for animal control services in county parks at a cost of $3,600 this year with an option to renew next year, and approved $1,000 annual agreements with several nearby fire departments for fire inspection and service at county parks.
The county also renewed its contract with GAI Consultants Inc. to inspect 10 flood-control dams through 2021 at a total cost of $39,800.
The planning commission also received permission to enter into an easement agreement and pay $6,043 to West Penn Power Co. to relocate a utility pole at the fairgrounds required for changes being made to the trolley-stop entrance. The costs will be paid from the lease to extract natural gas from beneath the fairgrounds.
The finance department noted that the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has reduced by $26,691 the restrictive treatment program grant. The new total is $541,784.
At the request of the sheriff’s department, the board approved the purchase of two 2017 Ford Interceptor utility vehicles from Day Ford Inc. of Monroeville. The total cost of $73,940 will be covered by state taxpayers.
The commissioners awarded contracts to Crowther & Porter of Guys Mills, Crawford County, $15,603 for veterans’ grave markers, which will hold flags being purchased from Metro Flag Co. of Dover, N.J., for $22,266.
Appointments: Tim Kimmel, director of the Human Services Department and administrator of the Washington County Health Center, and Dennis Dutton, Washington County Hospital Authority board; Jodi Noble, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission public participation board.
Next meeting: 10 a.m. Feb. 16 in the public meeting room of the Courthouse Square office building.