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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 335 - 1-31-1991 - COMMISSIONERMINUTE BOOK ffkE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR., EDWARD M. PALLISO, COMMISSIONERS Minute No. 335 Washington County Commissioners Washington, PA, January 31, 1991 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 Paluso. Also being present: Chief Clerk Dallatore; Assistant Solicitor Emery; Linda Hands, Clerk -Steno II; Coroner Jackson; Bill Sember, Director of Planning; Dave Suski and Linda Bell of JTPA; Francis Pettit, Executive Assistant; Duane Kavka, Director of Human Services; Lou Lignelli, Director of Administration; Bracken Burns, Director of Emergency Services; Jim Henry, Beverly Small and John Patrick of Children and Youth Services; Jon Stevens, Observer -Reporter; Colleen Gentilcore, Herald Standard; John Phillips, Weirton Daily Times; Jim Jefferson, WJPA; and Barbara Loeper, WKEG. Chairman Mascara called the meeting to order at approximately 10:05 a.m. and entertained a motion to approve Minute No. 334. written. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving Minute No. 334 as Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Bracken Burns, Director of Emergency Services, recommended the Board's adoption of an Ordinance providing for the establishment of a Hazardous Material Emergency Response Account and the establishment of a Local Hazardous Chemical Fee ($75.00) and Emergency Planning Fee ($100.00) in accordance with the provisions of the Hazardous Material Emergency Planning Response Act (Act No. 165 of 1990). Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, adopting the Ordinance as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. OLD BUSINESS Assistant Solicitor Emery recommended that the bid for Collection Services for the Clerk of Courts Office be awarded to the Collection Service Center, Inc., of Washington, Pennsylvania. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, awarding the bid as per above; this being the only valid bid received in accordance with specifications. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 57-1-4 LAIL fflINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS _ ..._ . Assistant Solicitor Emery recommended that the bids for the Airport Runway and Taxiway Rehabilitation Project - Phase IV and for the Construction of a Sand Storage Building at the Airport continue to be tabled for review. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, to continue to table the bids as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a proposal from CD Applied Research and Engineering, Inc., of McMurray, Pennsylvania, to perform an engineering feasibility study of a channel relocation of Robinson Fork of Wheeling Creek Township Road T-316 located in West Finley Township. The cost for this study is $35,000.00 ($28,000.00 from PennDOT and $7,000.00 from the County, payable from Liquid Fuels.) above. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, accepting the proposal as per Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation which provides State funds up to a maximum of $231,200.00 (80% of project costs) for the Gray Bridge Project over Wheeling Creek in West Finley Township. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as per above; and authorizing the Chairman of the Board to so execute and the Chief Clerk to attest to same. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for an allocation of County Liquid Fuels Tax Funds in the amount of $15,000.00 (County portion) to be used in connection with the engineering feasibility study for stream channel relocation of Robinson Fork of Wheeling Creek, Township Road T-316, located in West Finley Township. per above. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving the application as Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 27 MINUTE ■ ■ �_ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR., EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS __ . ._.. la Chief Clerk requested authorization to advertise for bids for (1) WCHC Lintel Repair Project - Phase II (East Wing and South Wing); and (2) an Application Software and Computer Hardware for a Financial Information System which would replace the current Total Accounting for Government (TAG) System which operates on the Burroughs 1800 computer. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, authorizing the Chief Clerk to advertise for bids as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following items relative to the JTPA Program: 1. Modification to Agreement #1342-90 with Greene County Vo-Tech in the amount of $300.00 to allow for two Title III Coal Miners to participate in the Pennsylvania State Official Preparation Course for Mine Examiners, Assistant Mine Foreman and Mine Foreman. The new contract total will be $1,612.00. 2. Ratification of request submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry in the amount of $138,827 for on-the-job training of 42 dislocated workers to be trained in the techniques of mine fire fighting, containment and reconstruction Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving the foregoing modification and ratifying the request submitted to DOL as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a renewal of an Agreement for Public Telephone Service with Bell Atlantic Public Communications for the operation of seventeen (17) telephones located in the Jail for use by the inmates. The term of the Agreement is from February 15, 1991 through February 14, 1996. The Agreement provides for an increase in the incentive commission from 7% to 10% with all commissions being deposited into the Inmate Welfare Fund. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving the Agreement as per above and authorizing the Chairman of the Board to so execute. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval Agreements with the following providers relative to the LMA Day Care Program: 1. Peggy Montecalvo Family Day Care Home Houston, Pennsylvania 2. Essie Scott Family Day Care Home Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 3. Tina's Family Day Care Home Houston, Pennsylvania 4. Magic Years Child Care Washington, Pennsylvania W MINUTE BOOK T per above. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving the Agreements as Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Jim Henry, Director of Children and Youth, requested the Board's approval of the following revisions in foster care reimbursement: Per Diem Rates - Increases as follows: 0 to 4 Age Range - from $7.50 to $9.00 5 to 11 Age Range - from $8.50 to $11.00 12 to 18 Age Range - from $12.00 to $15.00 Emergency Shelter/Respite Care Supplement the per diem rates by increasing reimbursement by $2.00 per day up to a maximum of 30 days. Mileage Increase reimbursement from $.17 per mile to $.20 per mile. Clothing W"ut Increase initial clothing allocation from $250.00 to $300.00 maximum with allocation provided on an as -needed basis, not to exceed this amount for the first 30 days. Abandon the allocation of $75.00 twice a year or $150.00 which with the proposed changes all clothing costs will be absorbed by the basic per diem. Request for funding of this potential placement cost was included in the approved FY90/91 and FY91/92 Plans and Budgets. No existing need has been identified. Program implementation will depend upon identified need and grant approval. Special Needs Children Supplement the basic per diem with an additional $2.00 per day for children in agency foster care who exhibit acute or chronic serious medical or behavioral problems that require special care. Incidental Expenses Reimbursement for required medical evaluations and water testing in addition to Act 33 clearance. Labor and Industry Reimbursement of up to $500.00 per home for various Labor and Industry approvals for foster homes that maintain more than three children. Banquet Establish an annual Foster Parent Dinner in order to honor and recognize foster parents. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the foster care reimbursement revisions and increases as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 1 1 Chief Clerk announced that a Salary Board Meeting would be held on February 7, 1991. SOLICITOR Assistant Solicitor Emery presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following tax refund. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, that the Tax Assessment Office (or Tax Claim Bureau) be authorized to prepare the following tax refund due to either duplication or overpayment of real estate or personal property tax: 1. Housing Mortgage Corporation for Edward D. and Pamela J. Winters 650 Ridge Road Pittsburgh, PA 15230 District: South Strabane District No: 600 - Section No: Amount: $66.85 S.S. No: 165-48-8816 Roll call vote taken: (1990 County Tax) 006-02-00-0125-00 Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 10:25 a.m. - Meeting recessed. 10:35 a.m. - Meeting reconvened for the purpose of opening bids. BID OPENINGS Controller Belcastro opened and read the following bids: FLAGS FOR VETERANS GRAVES FOR 1991 FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY 1. Collegeville Flag & Manufacturing Company 4th & Walnut Street P. 0. Box 98 Collegeville, PA 19426-0098 Total amount of bid: $12,479.04 A certified check in the amount of $1,247.90 accompanied the bid. MARKERS FOR VETERANS MARKERS FOR 1991 FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY 1. Atlas Alloys Company, Inc. P. 0. Box 297 Atlasburg, PA 15004 Total amount of bid: $4,693.00 A certified check in the amount of $469.30 accompanied the bid. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, that the foregoing bids be tabled for further review. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. MAINTENANCE ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS & RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY 1. Diskriter, Inc. 3257 West Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (based on estimated quantities; items Total amount of bid: $10,610.60 submitted on a per unit cost basis) Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, that the foregoing bid be tabled for further review. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. There being no further business, Chairman Mascara declared the meeting adjourned at approximately 10:40 a.m. THE FOREGOING MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL: 1991 ATTEST: CHIEF CLERK I 1