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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 45 - 11-20-1980 - COMMISSIONER298 'i MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Frank R. _ Mascara, DAVID L. GILMORE. EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS Minute No. 45 Office of County Commissioners Washington, PA, November 20, 1980 The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members being present: Commissioners Paluso, Gilmore and Mascara. Also being present: Chief Clerk Dallatore, Administrative Assistant Davis, Solicitor DiSalle, Charles Gillespie, Budget Director; Linda Hands, Secretary; Farrell Jackson, Coroner; Richard Brady, Property & Supplies Director; Bill Sember, Executive Director of the Planning Commission; Roland Bourke, Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority; Kim Kleinle, Daily Herald; Bob Robertson, Observer -Reporter; Jim Jefferson, WJPA; Bob Sabot, WKEG; Susan Neft, WESA. Chairman called the meeting to order and asked if there were any corrections, additions or omis-sions to Minute No. 44 each member having received a copy. Moved by Mr. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Raluso, that Minute No. 44 be approved as read. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mar;. Gilmore n Yes,; Mr. MAacAra T, Yea. Motion carried unanimously. Special Order of Business;: Roland Bourke, Executive Director of- the Redevelopment Authority, presented to the Board a Resolution approving A proposal for redevelopment dis- position parcel No. 13-A in the Donora Southgate Urban Renewal Area, Penna. R-324, by Roll-R-Skate 11. Mr. Bourke outlined the details of the proposal. Moved by Mr. Gilmore, seconded by Mr• Paluso, approving the foregoing Resolution. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso Yes; Mr. Gilmore - Yea; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Bourke also outlined other developments which have taken place in the Borough of Donora. William P. Sember, Executive Director of the Planning Commission, pre- sented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Engineering Agree- ment with McDonald Associates in connection with the Critical Bridge Inventory study which will involve the inspection of County bridges. Mr. Sember stated that of the 128 bridges in the County, 122 of them are eligible for this inven- tory. He also stated that the project would cost $75,000 with the federal government supplying $60,000 out of the Critical Bridge Inventory Program and the County allocating $15,000 from its liquid fuels account. He noted that thew' inventories will be completed by March 1, 1981. MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA Frank off.. Mascara, , DAVID L. GILMORE. EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS Mr. Sember requested the Board's approval of this agreement pursuant to the Solicitor's review. Coroner Jackson made a few remarks in that he feels that too much money is being spent for inspections and studies when it should be used for re- pairs. (A brief discussion followed). Moved by Mr. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving an Engineer- ing Agreement with McDonald Associates pursuant to the Solicitor's review as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Gilmore - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Correspondence; Chief Clerk informed the Board of the receipt of the following check: 1. Commonwealth of Pa. -- $259.35 T Child Support Program -Incentives for September, 1980 New Business; Regarding the WCETA Program, Chief Clerk presented to the Board the following YETP Agreements: WORK EXPERIENCE CONTRACTS: # Amount Contractor YETP Participants Requested YWCA of Washington Title IV 6 $ 42,000.00 Pittsburgh Catholic Educational Programs Title IV 20 160,000.00 Greater Washington Area Parks and Recreation Title IV 22 125,000.00 CAREER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE CONTRACTS: Amount Contractor YtTP Participants Requested Ringgold School District Title IV 30 $110,000:00 California Area School. Title IV 30 65,000.00 Washington School District Title IV 10 30,000.00 The period of these contracts will be from December 1, 1980 - September 30, 1981. Chief Clerk presented to the Board a YCCIP Agreement with Washington - Greene Community Action Corporation for the total of $56,000.00 to serve 5 youtzs for the purpose of operating a Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Project. The Contract period will be from December 1, 1980 - September 30, 1981. This Contract will be funded under CETA Title IV - Y.C.C.I.P. Chief Clerk presented to the Board an amendment to the Agreement with California State College. The purpose of the Amendment is to provide Remedial Education in Technical Mathematics for CETA participants already enrolled at MINUTE B❑❑K BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA Frank R. ,Mascara, DAVID L. GILMORE, EDWARD M. PALUSO. COMMISSIONERS California State College. The amount requested for authorization is $900.00 increasing the total Agreement to $65,213.25 funded under CETA Title II-B. Amendment will provide 45 hours of instruction from January 5, 1981 through January 23, 1981. Moved by Mr. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving all of the foregoing Agreements and Amendment. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Gilmore - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. This Chairman entertained a motion to pay overtime to Court employees re- quired to travel to Lebanon County regarding the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Henry Eugene Brown. No motion was made. I Remarks: Mr. Gilmore stated that the policy has been that Court employees do not get overtime. They do not punch time clocks and there's still some question as to whether they are governed by the Union Contract; therefore, they should not get paid in this situation. Chief Clerk announced that the County Offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 27th and 28th for the Thanksgiving Holiday; there- fore the Commissioners Meeting will be cancelled. Also the Press Conference scheduled for November 25th is cancelled. The Salary Board Meeting is re- scheduled to Thursday, December 4, 1980 at 2:00 p.m. Solicitor: Solicitor DiSalle presented the following Tax Refunds to the Board for their consideration and approval. Moved by Mr. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Paluso, that the Tax Assessment Office be authorized to prepare the following tax refunds due to either duplica- tion or overpayment of real estate or personal property tax: William H. Martin (1978, 1979, and 1980 County Tax) R.D. #2 Washington, PA 15301 District: South Strabane District No: 600 - Section No: 8 - Parcel No: 0001-00 Total amount: $279.73 Douglas & Barbara Thames (1980 County Tax) 5348 Highgrove Road Pittsburgh, PA 15236 District: Peters District No: 540 - Section No: 9 - Parcel No: 3 Total amount: $36.65 (Please issue check to Barbara J. Polito- remarried). Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Gilmore - Yes; Mr. Mascara - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. 3u1 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Frank R. Masc-ara , „DAVID L. GILMORE, EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONSM Solicitor DiSalle presented to the Board a Resolution increasing the indebtedness of the County of Washington by the issue of a General Obliga- tion Note in the amount of $40,946.00 for the purchase of three (3) xerox machines as presented at the meeting on October 16, 1980. Solicitor DiSalle recommended that this Resolution be adopted and ratified. Moved by Mr. Gilmore, seconded by Mr. Paluso, approving the foregoing Resolution. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Gilmore - Yes; Mr. Mascara.- Yes. Motion carried unanimously. The Board congratulated Solicitor DiSalle on his appointment as a Superior Court Judge which will take effect sometime in December. Solicitor DiSalle thanked the Board for giving him the opportunity to serve as solicitor. A brief discussion followed. Meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m. THE FOREGOING MINUTES READ AND APPROVED: d 1980 ATTEST: CHIEF CLERK 1 11