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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 312 - 8-23-1990 - COMMISSIONER511 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS .... Minute No. 312 Washington County Commissioners Washington, PA, August 23, 1990 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 and Petrosky. Absent being: Commissioner Paluso, who was out of town. Also being present: Chief Clerk Dallatore; Solicitor Bassi; Linda Hands, Clerk -Steno II; Coroner Jackson; Dave Suski, JTPA Director; Barb Davis, Administrative Assistant; Paul Belcastro, Controller; Francis Pettit, Executive Assistant; Mike Prascak, Director of Information Systems; Floyd Laubham, Planning Commission; Louis Waller, Sr.; Louis Waller, Jr.; Jim McDonald; Joan Griffin; Linda Ritzer, Observer -Reporter; Jim Jefferson, WJPA; Pete Skirchak, Herald Standard; and Cliff Gorski, WESA. Chairman Mascara called the meeting to order at approximately 10:10 a.m. and noted that approval of Minute No. 311 would be held in abeyance. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Chairman Mascara read a Proclamation recognizing and saluting Louis E. Waller, Sr., of Washington, Pennsylvania, for his service to minorities and to the community. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, adopting the foregoing Proclamation. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. (The Commissioners presented the Proclamation to Louis E. Waller, Sr.) Controller Belcastro reported to the Board, as follows, on the condition of the Controller's Office at December 31, 1989, as audited by KPMG Peat Marwick and the present condition at July 31, 1990: General Ledger of Washington County was out of balance at 12/31/89 Journal entries required to bring Ledger into balance at 12/31/89 Outstanding Liabilities/Accounts Payable at 12/31/89 All bank accounts within the Ledger were out of balance at 12/31/89 All General Ledger funds and subfunds are presently in balance. All cash accounts contained within the Ledger are in balance. Vendor payables are presently remitted within twenty (20) days. Ninety-five percent of all delinquent payables and disputes at 12/31/89 have been resolved or remitted. $7,395,928.11 265 $5,386,673.00 (The meeting recessed briefly for the purpose of taking pictures.) OLD BUSINESS Solicitor Bassi recommended that the bids for the Courthouse Retaining Wall Repairs continue to be tabled for review. 512 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS -- Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, to continue to table the bids as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a price adjustment from Unisys Corporation for the Transaction Control software product on the Burroughs 1800. The increase is from $436.48 per month to $501.95 per month, retroactive to July 1, 1990. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the price adjustment from Unisys Corporation as per above. Roll call vote taken: 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 one-year premium support contract with Unify Corporation, which will include the Accell/IDS upgrade to 2.0 for Unisys 5000/95, for a total price of $7,500.00. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, authorizing a one-year support contract with Unify Corporation as per above. Roll call vote taken; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Addendum to the contract with GTE Data Services, Inc., for the purpose of making modifications to CORTFLO in order to provide enhancements to Adult Probation's report production programs. Costs will be at the contracted programming rate of $61.00 per hour for approximately 80 hours, for a total of $4,880.00. above. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the Addendum as per Roll call vote taken: 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. Agreement with the County of Allegheny Department of Development for the provision of on-the-job training reimbursements for Title III EDWAAA participants from Washington and Greene Counties. The contract amount will be $10,000.00 and will serve five participants for FY90/91. 513 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS ..._._.� _AIM4..r.. ....... .a .._ _ .... __ 2. Submission of application to the Bureau of Job Training Partnership for Needs Based Payments for Dislocated Workers in the amount of $24,000.00. The purpose is to provide a needs based payment to Title III participants not eligible for the needs related payment. A total of five participants will be served with these funds for FY90/91. items. 3. Agreement with North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission for the provision of employment and training services to 48 dislocated coal miners. The contract amount is $136,324.00 for the term of June 1, 1990 through November 30, 1991. The funding is from Title III National Discretionary funds. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mascara, approving the foregoing JTPA Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk requested authorization to advertise for bids for a Computerized Engraving System for the Department of Property and Supplies which will be used by the Planning Commission for the purpose of making and engraving signs. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, authorizing the Chief Clerk to advertise for bids as per above. Roll call vote taken: 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 the Washington County Housing Authority relative to the Bridge Housing Program. The Addendum provides for the Housing Authority to request an advance not to exceed $5,000.00 to be used for any anticipated start-up costs for the program. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the Addendum as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following Agreements for physician services at the Jail, effective September 1, 1990: 1. Dr. David Rosenberg - amend current agreement from $1,400.00 per month to $560.00 per month 2. Dr. Charles Hurlburt - new agreement at $420.00 per month 3. Dr. Fred Landenwitsch - new agreement at $420.00 per month Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the foregoing Agreements for physician services at the Jail. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 514 Resolution approving the "Pennsylvania Association of Child Care Agencies (PACCA)" as an association/organization concerned with governmental affairs in accordance with Section 446 of The County Code. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, adopting the foregoing Resolution. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Agreement with Julie M. Holcomb, R.R.A., Medical Records Consultant, for the provision of medical records consultation services at the Washington County Health Center and for the provision of training to staff on documentation and conducting independent medical record audits. Compensation would be at the rate of $22.50 per hour, not to exceed $7,600.00 annually. (It was noted that this agreement replaces the agreement with Colleen Allison who terminated her agreement on March 24, 1990.) per above. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the Agreement as Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval Addendums to the Lease Agreements with Beth -Center Senior Citizens, Inc., Burgettstown Senior Citizens, Inc., Earl MacCartney (Claysville Senior Citizens) and American Legion -Ernest Phillips Post #485 (McDonald Senior Citizens), effective July 1, 1990, for the purpose of paying the phone company directly for telecommunication services. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the Addendums to the Lease Agreements as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following travel requests: (R) 1. The following employees of Tax Assessment to attend a training session sponsored by the Laurel Mountain Chapter of the Assessors Association of Pennsylvania in New Stanton, Pa., on August 29, 1990: W. Fleming, K. Barna, B. Neil, G. Riley, R. Lamendola, A. Veltri, P. Chicone, J. Gildow and J. Haines (0) 2. Emil Sasselli, WCHC Laundry Manager, to attend the Annual Mid -East (Reimbursable) Laundry Manager Workshop at the Holiday Inn Meadowlands on September 12-14, 1990 (0) 3. Mike Prascak and Jack Welty of Data Processing to attend the "In Search of Excellence" Seminar in Pittsburgh, Pa., on September 13, 1990 (0) Optional (R) Required MINUTE BOOK 515 1 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the foregoing travel requests and authorizing payment of all necessary expenses related thereto. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chairman Mascara announced that the Commissioners will be holding a news conference next Thursday, August 30th, immediately following their public meeting relative to the unveiling of a new innovative concept in the delivery of human services in Washington County. SOLICITOR Solicitor Bassi recommended the Board's approval of the following Settlement Agreements: 1. Commissioners v. Belcastro (Beharry) $ 4,558.00 No. 89-655 (Riva Travel) (principal) 2. Shiloh v. County and Belcastro (Beharry) $ 9,625.00 No. 88-6113 consisting of: $6,651.22 principal $1,130.70 interest $1,843.08 fees 3. Neilan v. County and Belcastro (Beharry) $92,801.21 No. 88-6148 consisting of: $72,151.21 principal $20,650.00 interest, attorney's fees and costs 4. Home Medical Supply v. Washington County $ 1,388.43 No. 89-1845 Represents costs and interest only (principal paid previously) Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, approving the foregoing Settlement Agreements. Roll call vote taken: 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. Controller Belcastro opened and read the following bids: MEAT AND PRODUCE FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1. Albano's Groceries 16 South Street Washington, PA 15301 (based on estimated quantities; items Total Amount of Bid: $3,097.00 submitted on a per unit cost basis) Cash in the amount of $309.70 accompanied the bid. 2. Denny Hawk Company 156 Hickory Street Richeyville, PA 15358 (based on estimated quantities; items Total Amount of Bid: $2,040.30 submitted on a per unit cost basis) Cash in the amount of $204.03 accompanied the bid. 516 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS - -- 3. Green Valley Packing Company R. D. 1, Box 202 Claysville, PA 15323 (based on estimated quantities; items Total Amount of Bid: $12,036.05 submitted on a per unit cost basis) A bid bond in the amount of 10* accompanied the bid. 4. Jarrell & Rea, Inc. 1422 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (based on estimated quantities; items Total Amount of Bid: $1,686.24 submitted on a per unit cost basis) A certified check in the amount of $168.62 accompanied the bid. 5. Kraft/Behrhorst 3115 Washington Pike Bridgeville, PA 15017 (based on estimated quantities; items Total Amount of Bid; $19,873.32 submitted on a per unit cost basis) A bid bond in the amount of 10$ accompanied the bid. Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Mascara, that the foregoing bids be tabled for further review. Roll call vote taken: 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: a , 1990 ATTEST: • CHIEF CLERK C E