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MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
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�.�Minute No. 110
Washington County Commissioners
Washington, Pa., March 27, 1986
The Board of Washington County Commissioners met in regular session with
the following members being present: Commissioners Mascara, Petrosky and Paluso.;
Also being present: Chief Clerk Dallatore; Solicitor Bassi; Administrative
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Assistant Davis; Linda Hands, Clerk -Steno II; Natalie Eddy, Herald -Standard;
Jim Jefferson, WJPA; Scott Langenfeld, WKEG; and Jon Stevens, Observer -Reporter.
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Chairman Mascara called the meeting to order and asked if there were any
corrections, additions or omissions to Minute No.109, each member having received
a copy.
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, that Minute No. 109 be
approved as written. ;
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Old Business: Bids
Solicitor Bassi recommended that the bid for furnishing and delivering of
Interior Light Fixtures for the Clerk of Courts Office be awarded to the lowest
bidder, Gee Electric Company, for the amount of $4,645.00.
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, awarding the foregoing bid;
to Gee Electric Company of Washington, Pa.; this being the lowest responsible
bid received in accordance with the specifications.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously. '
Solicitor Bassi recommended that the bids for Groceries and Staples for
both the Washington County Health Center and Jail be awarded to H. F. Behrhorst'
and Sons for the per unit costs as listed in their bid proposals and in accordance
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with the specifications (see contract for the actual purchased items ).
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, that the bids for the gro-
ceries and staples for the Washington County Health Center and Jail be awarded
to H. F. Behrhorst and Sons as per above; these being the lowest responsible bid$
received in accordance with the specifications.
NOTE: As per the bid specifications, the quantities of the bid items are esti-
mates; therefore the total quantities could increase or decrease, depending
on quantities used.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
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t Motion carried unanimously.
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MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. FENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
Correspondence:
Chief Clerk informed the Board of the receipt of the following check:
1. Commonwealth of Pa. - $4,002.78 - Van Emman Bridge
New Business:
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval
a Purchase of Service Agreement with Circle C. Group Homes, Inc., of West View,
Pa., relative to the Children & Youth/Juvenile Probation Programs for the period
of April 1, 1986 to June 30, 1986. The services to be purchased include Speciali
Group Home Care at $88.12/per day and Foster Care at $32.47/per day.
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the foregoing
Purchase of Service Agreement with Circle C. Group Homes, Inc.
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 request to renew the agreement with Computer Election Systems (CES) for the
purpose of continuing maintenance on the Alpha Ballot Tabulator. The term of thi
agreement would be from June 1, 1986 to June 1, 1987 at a cost of $4,170.00 (no
increase over present agreement).
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the renewal of th
agreement with CES 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.
Regarding the JTPA Program, Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their
consideration and approval an Agreement with ACRT, Inc. The purpose of this agr
ment is to provide tree trimming/landscaper training for eight (8) participants.
The contract term is from April 15 thru June 30, 1986. The program will be fun
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under JTPA Title IIA. The contract amount will not exceed $30,000 for the contract
term.
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the Agreement
with ACRT, Inc., 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
proposal from South Franklin Township to repair .3 mile of road located at the
Washington County Airport. The cost of equipment and labor is estimated to be
$168.00; and the material to be used estimated to be approximately 32 tons of
mill slag at $5.00 per ton.
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M I N UTE 13 0 0 K
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR., EDWARD M PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
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" _ -"Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, accepting the proposal fromf�
South Franklin Township 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'
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request from the Personnel Director for the County to return to the component I
premium method rather than the composite rate method relative to the contracts p
with Blue Cross/Blue Shield for the period of March 1, 1986 to December 31, 1986.i
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'The Component rates are as follows:
De osit Maximum
! Blue Cross Coverage (Retrospective Rating)
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Employee Only
! Employee and one or more children
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j Blue Shield Coverage (Prospective Rating)
Employee Only
Employee and one or more children
Employee and Dependents
Major Medical (Prospective Rating)
Employee Only
Employee and Dependents
Vision Coverage (Prospective Rating)
Employee Only
Employee and Dependents
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Premium
$ 47.75
$ 84.75
$131.25
$ 53.17
$ 94.20
$145.81
Monthly Premium Rates
$20.46
$40.92
$63.84
$ 7.05
$18.23
$ 1.11
$ 3.08
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the returning
to the component premium method as per above at the rates listed.
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 requests:
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1. Request for Dallas Hess, Correctional Officer at the Jail,
to attend training for correctional employees at Camp Hill,
Pa., from April 4-22, 1986.
2. Request for Pat Jessop and Helen Warcholak of the Washington
County Health Center to attend a DCA Seminar on Supervision
and Discipline in Monroeville, Pa., on April 30, 1986.
3. Request for J. Bracken Burns, Director of Emergency Services,
to attend a Paramedic Training Conference sponsored by the Pa.
Department of Health in Greensburg, Pa., on April 30 - May 2,
1986.
4. Request for Bruce Morgan and Rebecca Madvay of Adult Probation
to attend a training session sponsored by the Pa. Board of
Probation and Parole at State College, Pa., on April 8-9, 1986.
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MINUTE LOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR , EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
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SPECIAL COUNS
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Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the foregoing
travel requests and authorizing the payment of all necessary expenses incident
thereto.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Announcements:
Chief Clerk announced to all those present that the County Offices will
closed on Friday, March 28th, in observance of Good Friday..
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Solicitor Bassi presented to the Board for their consideration and approv
the following tax refund.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, that the Tax Assessment
Office be authorized to prepare the following tax refund due to either duplicati
for overpayment of real estate or personal property tax:
1. Reliable S. & L. Assn. for (1985 County Tax)
Marcel & Shirley Chauvet
I Ruthfred Shopping Center
3400 South Park Road
Bethel Park, PA 15102
ATTN: Kenneth A. Hofrichter, Treas.
District: Cecil
District No: 140 - Section No: 004 - Parcel No: 0031-00
Total amount: 3$ 3.08
S.S. No. 172-20-4944
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Solicitor Bassi reported to the Board that this morning he filed a Motion
Ifor Preliminary Injunction on a Complaint in Equity filed by the Commissioners
against Controller Beharry relative to her working Edna Dorisio (1) overtime hours
job
jwithout proper prior authorization; and (2) out of her/Classification. Mr. Bassi
noted that after consultation among the Court Administrator, Judge Gladden and
the AOPC, the case has been tentatively assigned to out -of -County Judge Acker;
and that a hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, 1986, at 1:30 p.m.
Some discussion followed.
The Commissioners also discussed the matter of Attorney Peter Suwak sub-
mitting billings to Judge Rodgers in the total amount of $1,695.00 for his re-
presentation of Controller Beharry in the case of AT&T Information Systems, Inc.,
vs. the County of Washington.
— Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, to appoint the firm of
Karlowitz, Hoffman & Brodbeck of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to replace the firm
of Berkman, Ruslander, Pohl, Lieber & Engel as special counsel regarding
financial and litigation matters in reference to the Washington County Health
Center and general bond counsel on -.municipal finance matters.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
10:20 a.m. -
Meeting recessed.
�10:40 a.m. -
Meeting re -convened for the purpose of opening bids.
(Richard Glance, County Architect, and a few bidders
entered the
meeting)
Controller Beharry opened and read the following bids:
FURNISHING,
DELIVERY AND
"UNPACKING
1. Gordon Office Equipment, Inc.
OF
Curry Industrial Park
;FURNITURE
Canonsburg, PA 15317
UNIT
FOR CLERK
ITEM QUANTITY PRICE
TOTAL
:OF COURTS
Secretarial desk
'OFFICE
with left return 1 $1,165.28
$1,165.28
Secretarial desk
with right return 4 $1,165.28
$4,661.12
Secretarial posture
chair 6 NO BID
NO BID
Executive swivel chair 1 NO BID
NO BID
Guest/Conference chair 5 NO BID
NO BID
TOTAL
$5,826.40
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Bid Bond in the amount of 10% accompanied the bid.
2. Modern Business Machine Supplies, Inc.
70 South Main Street
Washington, PA 15301
UNIT
ITEM QUANTITY PRICE
TOTAL
Secretarial desk
with left return 1 $1,367.00
$1,367.00
Secretarial desk
with right return 4 $1,367.00
$5,468.00
Secretarial posture
chair 6 NO BID
NO BID
Executive swivel chair 1 NO BID
NO BID
Guest/Conference chair 5 NO BID
NO BID
TOTAL
$6,835.00
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Certified Check in the amount of 10% accompanied the bid.
3. Stern Furniture Company, Inc.
4755 Clairton Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
UNIT
ITEM QUANTITY PRICE
TOTAL
Secretarial desk
with left return 1 $1,293.00
$1,293.00
Secretarial desk
with right return 4 $1,299.00
$5,172.00
Secretarial posture
chair 6 $ 265.00
$1,590.00
Executive swivel chair 1 $ 425.00
$ 425.00
Guest/Conference chair 5 $ 358.00
$1,790.00
TOTAL
$10,270.00
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Bid Bond in the amount of 10% accompanied the bid.
MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
4.Burrell Industrial Supply Company��������
450 Second Street
I New Kensington, PA 15068
UNIT
ITEM QUANTITY PRICE TOTAL
Secretarial desk
with left return
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(INWOOD WM1900L)
1
$1,285.00
Secretarial desk
with right return
(INWOOD WM1900R)
4
$1,285.00
Secretarial posture chair
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(DAVIS T-1422 (WB) )
6
$ 398.00
Executive swivel chair
1
$ 850.00
(DAVIS T-1882 (WB) )
Guest/Conference chair
5
$ 398.00
(DAVIS T-1422 (WB) )
TOTAL
A Bid Bond in the amount of
10% accompanied the bid.
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5. Contract Business Interiors
P.O. Box 6731
Wheeling, WV 26003
UNIT
ITEM QUANTITY PRICE
Secretarial desk
with left return
(Lacquer Walnut Top)
1-$1,039.00
'*$ 992.65
$1,285.00
$5,140.00
$2,388.00
$ 850.00
$1,990.00
$11,653.00
TOTAL
-$1,039.00
*$ 992.65
Secretarial desk
with right return
(Lacquer Walnut Top)
4
�$1,039.00
-$4,156.00
*$ 992.65
*$3,970.00
Secretarial posture chair
6
$ 236.00
$1,416.00
Executive swivel chair
1
$ 354.00
$ 354.00
Guest/Conference chair
5
$ 282.00
$1,410.00
TOTAL
*$8,375.00
A Bid Bond in the amount of 10% accompanied the
bid.
A $ 8 , 14 2.6 5
* - Order place by March 31st
(Must be in
hands
of C.B.I.)
:NOTE:
° - Order placed after April
Solicitor Bassi recommended
1st, (Price
that Mr. Glance
increase)
contact
Contract Business
Interiors to get prices clarified.
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6. E. W. Curry Co.,
Inc.
P.O. Box 9339
Pittsburgh, PA 15225
UNIT
ITEM
QUANTITY
PRICE
TOTAL
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Secretarial desk
with left return
(#Ml900-L-TH-IL-WL-W)
1
$1,423.00
$1,423.00
Secretarial desk
with right return
(#M1900R-TH-IL-WL-W)
4
$1,423.00
$5,692.00
Secretarial posture chair
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(St. Timothy #S-85ST)
6
$ 360.00
$2,160.00
Executive swivel chair
(St. Timothy #S-185ST)
1
$ 536.00
$ 536.00
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Guest/Conference chair
e
(St. Timothy #S-105)
5
$ 665.00
$3,325.00
TOTAL
$13,136.00
A Bid Bond in the amount of
10% accompanied the bid.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK R. MASCARA, METRO PETROSKY, JR. EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
7. Slagles Business Systems, Inc.
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36 North Main Street
Washington, PA 15301
UNIT
ITEM QUANTITY
PRICE
TOTAL
Secretarial desk
with left return 1
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
Secretarial desk
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with right return 4
$1,400.00
$5,600.00
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Secretarial posture chair
NOTE: Miller #W74/8 oxblood fabric
seat Colonial Inn #343
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oxblood vinyl back 6
$ 188.00
$1,128.00
Executive swivel chair
NOTE: Murphy Miller #651
Oxblood vinyl back/oxblood
fabric seat 1
$ 317.00
$ 317.00
Guest/Conference chair
NOTE: Boling #8775 (3) navy
vinyl #790
(2) Oxblood vinyl #343
(all Colonial Inn to match) 5
$ 311.00
$1,555.00
TOTAL
$10,000.00
A Certified Check in the amount of 10% accompanied the bid.
Moved by Mr. Petrosky, seconded by Mr. Paluso,
that the bids for the
furnishing, delivering and unpacking of furniture for
Clerk of Courts Office be
tabled for further review.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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There being no further business, Chairman Mascara declared
the meeting
{ adjourned at approximately 10:45 a.m.
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