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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 493 - 9-22-1994 - COMMISSIONERMINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY JR JOSEPH A FORD, COMMISSIONERS ED 0 0 io E O a C E 11 C Minute No. 493 Washington County Commissioners Washington, PA, September 22, 1994 The Board of Washington County Commissioners met in regular session in the Public Meeting Room, Courthouse Square, Washington, Pennsylvania, with the following members being present: Commissioners Mascara, Petrosky and Ford. Also being present: Tina Dallatore, Chief Clerk, Solicitor Bassi; Linda Hands, Clerk -Steno II; Controller Belcastro; Duane Kavka, Director of Human Services; Steve Shaner, Executive Director, Drug & Alcohol Planning Commission; William Todd, Chairman of WCCED; Max Morgan, Executive Director of WCCED; Letha Kelly, WCCED Secretary; Melanie Finney, Planning Commission; Jon Stevens, Observer -Reporter; and Chris Enzerra, Herald Standard. Chairman Mascara called the meeting to order at approximately 10:00 a.m. and entertained a motion to approve Minute No. 492. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, that Minute No. 492 be approved as written. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Chairman Mascara entertained a motion to adopt a Proclamation designating the day of September 22, 1994, as "Freedom Friday". Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, adopting the foregoing Proclamation. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Dr. Barry Parks, Washington County Health Center Administrator, introduced the new Washington County Health Center Business Manager, Ed Rutledge. (Jim Jefferson of WJPA and Kathy Thomas of The Valley Independent entered the meeting.) Chairman Mascara acknowledged a letter from the Board of Commissioners to the Washington County Health Center staff commending them for their excellent work, evidenced by an exceptionally good Annual Survey Report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. William Todd, WCCED Chairman, reported to the Board on the progress and success of the Council. He stated that the WCCED was approved in 1993 by the Richard King Mellon Foundation for a grant totaling $250,000.00. Of this total, $50AM.00 is for administration and $200,000.00 is for the Gap Loan Program. To date, the WCCED has received $50AM.00 for administration and $150,000.00 for the Gap Loan Program; and the Foundation has indicated that it will fund the additional $50AW.00 if the County will match it dollar for dollar. Mr. Todd stated that the funds will be used to capitalize and operate a loan fund 492 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA METRO PETROSKY JR JOSEPH A FORD COMMISSIONERS IL to help support economic development He stated that, to date, the WCCED has made twenty-three (23) loans, creating approximately eighty-one (81) new jobs for Washington County. There have been eighteen (18) SBA Loans, totaling approximately $220,000.00, one (1) Pennsylvania State Loan and four (4) Gap Loans. Mr. Todd noted that the WCCED has also received grants and funds from other sources besides the Richard King Mellon Foundation, including $200AM.00from the Vira Heinz Foundation, $1,500,000.00 from the U. S. Small Business Administration, $25,000.00 from the State of Pennsylvania, and $229AW.00 from the Health and Human Services Department along with $226,000.00 from local companies, for a grand total of approximately $2,5WAW.00. He noted also that the SBA has approved expansion of the WCCED's Microloan Demonstration Program service area to include Monongalia and Preston counties located in West Virginia. Mr. Todd requested the Board's consideration of granting an additional $50AW.00 to match the Richard King Mellon Foundation funds for the WCCED's Gap Loan Program. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, granting an additional $50,000.00 to the Washington County Council on Economic Development (WCCED) to match the Richard King Mellon Foundation funds for the Gap Loan Program as per above. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - No; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried. CITIZENS' COMMENTS There were no citizens' comments. OLD BUSINESS Solicitor Bassi recommended that the bids for Housekeeping Supplies continue to be tabled for review. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, to continue to table the bids as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk made available to the news media News Releases relative to the following projects: 1. Panorama Drive Street Improvements Project (South Strabane Township) 2. Calvary Road Improvement Project (Twilight Borough) 3. Lutz Road Reconstruction Project (Nottingham Township) 4. Scott Road Reconstruction Project (Somerset Township) NEW BUSINESS Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a "Criminal justice I Assessment" proposal submitted by The Penn State University in an amount not to exceed $17,305.00. It was noted that this project will be funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. The MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY JR JOSEPH A FORD COMMISSIONERS F 1, 0 03 i� d E E ir :, C� F L _s u P, scope of work includes (a) analyzing the sentencing practices of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas; (b) assessing the use of the Washington County Jail (ie. pre-trial population vs. sentenced population, facility use); (c) projecting the impact of recently enacted changes to the Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines and the increased capacity due to construction of the new criminal justice facility; and (d) assisting Washington County in developing new alternatives for intermediate punishment programs and/or pre-trial programs to prevent a 'build and fill" scenario. It was noted that this was the lowest of three proposals received. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the "Criminal Justice Assessment" proposal submitted by The Penn State University as per above. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes, Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a SubGrant Award in the amount of $36,963.00 from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for continuation of the "Intermediate Punishment Program Coordination and Intensive Supervision Plan" for the period of October 1,1994 through September 30,1995. It was noted that this is the third year funding for this program which requires a 25% State/75% County match. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the PCCD SubGrant Award as per above and authorizing the Chairman of the Board to so execute. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval submission of a Grant Application in the amount of $47,584.00 to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for continuation of the Crime Victim/Witness Assistance Program for calendar year 1995. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the PCCD Grant Application as per above. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a request to authorize a maximum of thirty (30) Agreements with individuals to serve as posting clerks for the Tax Claim Bureau at the rate of $10.00 per posting. To date the following individuals have submitted their respective Agreements: Kenneth Barna David H. Clapp Barry Colussi Howard Paluso Gary Riley Donsel Schipps 494 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY JR JOSEPH A FORD COMMISSIONERS Patrick Cooper Robert Criquellion Kimberly J. Gray Robert Holley Richard Merlo Robert Neil Robert Nicholson Joanne Staley Donald Lee Vega Henry Wilson Fred Wood Richard Yocolano Jeremy S. Zajdel Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, authorizing a maximum of thirty (30) Agreements as per above. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes, Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Ordinance establishing a Modern Land Record System Facilitating Tax Assessment and Property Conveyancing which includes the implementation of a Uniform Panel Identification System, effective October 1,1994. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, adopting the Ordinance as per above. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Proclamation designating the week of September 25,1994, as "Public Works Week". Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, adopting the foregoing Proclamation. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following travel requests: (0) 1. Michael J. Fagella, Assistant District Attorney, will be serving as a group facilitator for (Reimbursable) the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute's Trial Advocacy Workshop at the University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown on October 5-7,1994 (0) 2. Catherine Kresh, Director of LMA Day Care, to attend the 1994 NAEYC Conference (Reimbursable) Overview in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 29 through December 3,1994 (0) 3. Jim Henry, Director of Children and Youth, to attend a P.C.Y.A. October Quarterly (Reimbursable) Meeting at Seven Springs on October 19-21,1994 (0) Optional Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the foregoing travel requests and authorizing payment of all necessary expenses related thereto. 11 J 11 11 u z MINUTE BOOK 495 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY JR JOSEPH A FORD, COMMISSIONERS Roll call vote taken: 0; Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. t g L Motion carried unanimously. l SOLICITOR m Solicitor Bassi presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following tax refunds. m a E 0 Moved by Mr. Petrol ky, seconded by Mr. Ford, that the Tax Assessment Office (or Tax Claim Bureau) T be authorized to prepare the following tax refunds due to either duplication or overpayment of real estate or a` personal property tax: ® 1. Michael K. and Rhonda R. Harris (1993 County Tax) clo Integra Mortgage 116 Allegheny Center Pittsburgh, PA 15216 District: Robinson Township Parcel I.D. No: 550-019-00-00-0010-03 Amount: $4. 88 2. Gary M. and Christine Markovich (1994 County Tax) 27 Highland Drive McDonald, PA 15057 District: Cecil Township Parcel I.D. No: 1404M-00-00-0045-00 Amount 736 S.S. No: 192-48-5810 3. Daniel W. and Mary L. Bell (1984 through 1989 County Taxes) 1902 East Maiden Street Washington, PA 15301 District: South Strabane Township Parcel I.D. No: 600-006-02-00-0072-00 Amount 125.08 S.S. No: 177-18-9219 4. Greater Charleroi Industrial (1994 County Tax) Development Corporation One Chamber Plaza Charleroi, PA 15022 District: Speers and Twilight Boroughs Parcel I.D. Nos: 630-007400-004)001-01 610-001-00-02-0012-00 ® 610-023-004)0-0002-00 610-022-004)0-0001-06 Amount 128.45 5. Michael V. and Mary C. Weishner (1994 County Tax) R. D. 1, Box 122 Prosperity, PA 15329 District: Morris Township Parcel I.D. No: 450-W3-00-00-0003-01 Amount 4� 6. Power Piping Company (1991,1992 and 1993 County Taxes) P. O. Box 641162 Pittsburgh, PA 15264-1164 District: Donora Borough ® Parcel I.D. Nos: 240-041-00-004)004-M 240-041-00.00-0005-00 250-041-00-00-0014-00 Amount 2.15 Tax I.D. No: 25-1125965 496 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA METRO PETROSKY JR, JOSEPH A FORD COMMISSIONERS Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. There being no further business, Chairman Mascara declared the meeting adjourned at approximately 10.25 am. THE FOREGOING MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL: 1994 ATTEST: ' L� CHIEF CLERK C� r1 U Fil