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Wash. Co. signs deals with attorneys
Washington County commissioners on Thursday signed purchase-of-service agreements with three attorneys to represent parents of dependent children in cases where there is a conflict of interest within Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services.
Attorneys Anastasa Williams, Jennifer Dickquist and James Jeffries will be paid $25,000 beginning Jan. 1, and the contracts will renew annually. The potential conflicts in Children and Youth Services cases will be determined by the court.
In other business related to legal matters, the county entered into a five-year agreement with Cecil Town Center LLC, 3441 Millers Run Road, Cecil, for Magisterial District Judge Traci McDonald’s office through Dec. 31, 2023, at a cost of $3,322 per month, including utilities, with an allowable increase of 2.5 percent per year.
The board, at the request of court administration, approved a month-to-month extension of the current lease with Danaus Plexippus LLC, 416 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, at a cost of $3,053 per month, including utilities, for District Judge Larry Hopkins, until new proposals are reviewed.
Airport gets grant
Washington County Airport is receiving a $450,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to rehabilitate the main access road and make other improvements.
State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll, said in a news release, “The Washington County Airport produces more than $42 million to the local economy and supports hundreds of family-sustaining jobs in the region.”
Other grants awarded to the Washington County Airport over the past two years have aided in the construction of a new taxiway and the purchase of additional hangar space and office space.The airport was one of 26 facilities across Pennsylvania sharing $6.2 million in grants during the current round of funding from PennDOT’s Aviation Development Program and Multimodal fund.
Other grants went to:
- The Joseph A. Hardy/Connellsville Airport in Fayette County, $75,000 to rehabilitate and replace components of the airport’s weather-reporting system.
- Rostraver Airport in Westmoreland County, $75,000 to acquire equipment to maintain the airfield and $112,500 to improve utility service to airport hangars.
- Allegheny County Airport, $223,000 to acquire equipment to maintain the airfield.