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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 353 - 6-6-1991 - COMMISSIONERMINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS Public Meeting Room, Courthouse Square, Washington, Pennsylvania, with the following members being present: Commissioners Mascara, Petrosky and Paluso. Also being present: Chief Clerk Dallatore; Solicitor Bassi; Assistant Solicitor Emery; Linda Hands, Clerk -Steno II; Dave Suski, JTPA Director; Linda Bell, Assistant JTPA Director; Duane Kavka, Director of Human Services; Francis Pettit, Executive Assistant; Jim Henry, Director of Children and Youth; Jeffrey Zollars, Spanish instructor, and Becky Lahr, Spanish student, Washington High School; Alice Lohr, Executive Director of CARE, Inc.; Floyd Laubham, Planning Commission; Jon Stevens, Observer -Reporter; Colleen Gentilcore, Herald Standard; Jim Jefferson, WJPA; and Barbara Loeper, WKEG. Chairman Mascara called the meeting to order at approximately 10:10 a.m. and entertained a motion to approve Minute No. 352. written. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving Minute No. 352 as Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS The Commissioners presented Certificates of Appreciation to Jeffrey Zollars, Instructor, and Becky Lohr, student, from Washington High School for their participation in providing a Spanish translation version of the JTPA application as required by the Department of Labor. CORRESPONDENCE Chief Clerk made available to the news media a News Release relative to the following project: 1. Open House of the new family shelter located in Washington which was a cooperative effort between the Washington County Housing Authority and the Church of the Covenant NEW BUSINESS Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Application and Grant Agreement in the amount of $5,801.00 to be submitted to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency for funding for FY91/92 from the Radiation Emergency Response Fund. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the Application and Grant Agreement as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 13 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PAGUSO, COMMISSIONERS Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Child Abuse and Family Service Grant Application for a 3-year period with a total budget of $125,000.00 for years 1991, 1992 and 1993. There are no local matching funds required for the first year, five percent match the second year and fifteen percent match the third year. The funds will be used to expand the purchase of service agreements for child abuse treatment. Jim Henry, Director of Children and Youth, and Alice Lohr, Executive Director of CARE, Inc., briefly commented on this program. Mr. Henry noted that Washington County's program has received favorable recognition during the past few years in the State's Child Abuse Reports. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving submission of the Grant Application 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 Resolution approving the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR) as an association/organization concerned with governmental affairs in accordance with Section 446 of The County Code. above. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, adopting the Resolution 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 Aircraft Hangar Tiedown Lease with Tamas Becse of Mars, Pennsylvania, at the rental rate of $35.00 per month, effective June 1, 1991. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving the Aircraft Hangar Tiedown Lease 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 an Addendum to the Agreement with Roche Biomedical Inc., relative to paternity testing services for Domestic Relations. The Addendum reflects a decrease of approximately 10* in the rate schedule and also provides for a more advanced method of testing. above. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the Addendum as per Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 131 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR , EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS .. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their approval and ratification the labor agreement with the Prison Guards Wage and Policy Unit for years 1991 and 1992 which provides, in accordance with an arbitration award issued on April 1, 1991, a $0.70 per hour increase, retroactive to January 1, 1991, and a wage reopener for 1992. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving and ratifying the labor agreement with the Prison Guards Wage and Policy Unit 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 renewal of insurance coverage for the Washington County Health Center for the period of May 12, 1991 to May 12, 1992, for a total premium of $76,040.00. It was noted that this was a decrease from the previous year's premium of $18,530.00. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving the insurance coverage renewal 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. Agreements with Western Area Vo Tech, as follows, providing 11 classroom training slots in the area of licensed practical nursing: Title Slots Total IIA 6 $34,578 III 2 $11,526 Coal Miner 1 $ 5,763 SPOC 2 $11,526 TOTAL 11 $63,393 2. Agreements with the following service providers under the Title IIB Summer Youth Employment and Training Program for the period of June 7, 1991 through September 30, 1991: Contract Contractor Activity #k Served Amount Intermediate Unit I Testing 550 $ 6,726 Mon Valley Renaissance Labor Market Orientation 500 $28,200 Western Area Vo Tech Remedial Education 60 $23,954 TOTAL 1,110 $58,880 3. Modification to Agreement with the Washington Institute of Technology which will increase the total amount of the contract from $8,622 to $10,578 in order to correct an error listing one participant in welding when in fact the participant was enrolled in drafting. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the foregoing items relative to the JTPA Program. 32 MINUTE BOOK 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. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Lease Purchase Agreement with Lanier Worldwide, Inc., for a copier for LMA Day Care. The cost is $172.26 per month for a period of 36 months. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the Lease Purchase Agreement 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 Renewal of an Agreement with Pitney Bowes for the rental of a postage meter for the Purchasing Office at the cost of $53.00 per month, effective August 1, 1991. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, 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 an Agreement for Office Space with the City of Washington for the purpose of occupying four rooms on the second floor of City Hall at an amount of $400.00 per month for a three-year option. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the Agreement as per above, subject to final approval by the Washington City Council. 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 travel request: (0) 1. Laura Borish of Children and Youth to attend a meeting of the (Reimbursable) Three Rivers Adoption Council in Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 7, 1991 (0) Optional Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the foregoing travel request and authorizing payment of all necessary expenses related thereto. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chief Clerk announced that the time of the next Agenda Meeting scheduled for June 12 has been changed from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Solicitor Bassi presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following tax refunds. Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, that the Tax Assessment Office (or Tax Claim Bureau) be authorizsed to prepare the following tax refunds due to either duplication or overpayment of real estate or personal property tax: 1. First State Bank of Barboursville (1991 County Tax) (James M. Capozzoli) P. 0. Box 295 Barboursville, WV 25504-9989 District: Cecil District No: 140 - Section No: 007-15-00-0004-00 Amount: $322.92 Tax I.D. No: 550171040 2. Frank McCoy (1991 County Tax) (Ruth E. Kelly et al) 126 Cumberland Avenue Washington, PA 15301 District: West Bethlehem District No: 660 - Section No: 025-00-03-0013-00 Amount: $33.40 S.S. No: 169-26-5929 3. St. Philip Ndri Church (1991 County Tax) Second Street Extension & Park Manor Road Donora, PA 15033 District: Donora Annex District No: 245 - Section No: 046-00-00-0004-01 Amount: $42.61 S.S. No: 190-40-3376 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 10:20 a.m. THE FOREGOING MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL: 1991 ATTEST - CHIEF CLERK