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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIgaviN'lRdSL. Gilmore WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
MALCOLM L. MORGANX&ONALMMIMAN. EDWARD M. PALUSO. COMMISSIONERS
Minute No. 83
Office of County Commissioners
Washington, Pa., August 25, 1977
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the
following members being present: Commissioners Paluso and Morgan. Absenb,boing
Commissioner Gilmore. Also being present: Chief Clerk Brady; Solicitor Diamond;
Budget Director Gillespie; Administrative Assistant Don Ligman; Roland Bourke,
Redevelopment Authority; Mrs. Miller, beague of Women Voters; John Cadez,
Englehardt and Power; John Drake, Senior Citizens; Jay Mitchell, WJPA; John
Stevens, Observer -Reporter and Earl Bugaile, WKEG.
Chairman noted for the record that two Commissioners, the Chief Clerk,
County Solicitor and Budget Director were in attendance.
Chairman asked if there were any corrections, additions or omissions
to Minute No. 82, each member having received a copy.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, that Minute No. 82, be
approved as read.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Old Business:
Regarding the two bids opened at last weekls meeting for furnishing
and delivering of supplies for the Washington County Emergency Medical Services,
Solicitor Diamond stated that he had reviewed the bids and recommended that the
bid be awarded to Dyna-Med, Inc.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, awarding the contract for
furnishing and delivering of supplies for the Washington County Emergency Medical
Services, to DYNA-MED, INC., 6200 Yarrow Drive, Cak1bbad, California 92008, for
the amount set forth in their bid; this being the lowest responsible bid
received in accordance with specifications.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Remarks:
Mr. Paluso noted that although the County puts the money up front for these
emergency medical supplies, it will be reimbursed after the purchase and delivery.
Correspondence:
Chief Clerk informed the Board of the receipt of the following checks:
1. F.N.B. - cks. 1115851 and #081657 dated 8-18-77
C.D. #13728 - 90 days @ 5 3/0% interest
Industrial Development Revolving Fund
Principle $270,582.00
Interest $ 3,665.83
TOTAL $274,247.83
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIC ERdS L$$. Gilmore WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
MALCOLM L. MORGAN, h'R`XEXXMX EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
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2. U.S. Treasury - ck. #83,503839 dated 8-16-77
Manpower Planning Program - $365,625.00
3. Commonwealth of Pa. - ck. #51-111420 dated 8-19-77
for Indochinese Refugees - first quarter 1977
$2,016.00
Chief Clerk presented the following bills to the Beard for their
consideration and approval:
1. James H. McCune, Atty. - $896.50
2. McMahon and Kenneth - $112.00
3. Southwestern Pa. Regional Planning Commission - $11,489.00
Remarks:
Mr. Morgan noted there was no need to take action on the bill from the Planning
Commission as this was a budget item.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, approving the foregoing
bills for payment.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Special Order of Business:
Mr. Roland Bourke, Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority,
presented a Resolution for the Board's consideration approving the proposal
for Redevelopment of Disposition Parcel No. 3-B in the Canonsburg Curry Field
Urban Renewal Project, Penna. R-165 by Interstate I-79 Roll-R-State and the
form of the Redevelopment Contract with said developer. Mr. Bourke displayed
an architectural drawing of the proposed facility located on 2.4 acres for an
approximate cost of $750,000. Mr. Bourke stated that the facility will provide
85 parking-, spaces and 59-full and part time jobs for the County. He also
stated that the Borough of Canonsburg Counsel has approved this project.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, approving the foregoing
Resolution as presented by Roland Bourke.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented an Agreement for the Release of United States
Employment Service Test between the Washington County Office of employment
and Training and the Pennsylvatia State Employment Service. Said agreement to
cover a 1-year period from October 1, 1977 to September 30, 1978, and stipulated
that Washington County will tent all test materials from the State Employment
Service during the term of the agreement in the amount of $361.90.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, approving the foregoing
Agreement.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
David L. Gilmore
MALCOLM L. MORGAN, II =XA0LBKF7Y K EDWARD M. PALUSO, COMMISSIONERS
Chief Clerk presented an On The Job Contract with Big G Tire Company,
5th and Main Street, Monongahela, for the training of David Vaccarato.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, approving the OJT
Contract as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented an Addendum to Articles of Agreement between
Washington County and Cole Layer Trumble Company.
Remarks:
Mr. Morgan explained that Cole Layer Trumble Company has agreed to print tax
billings for the Tax Claim Bureau on a one-time basis at no additional cost to
the County.
Addendum.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, approving the foregoing
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk read the following memorandum dated August 24, 1977,
from the Budget Director, Charles A. Gillespie, regarding refunding the 1974
General Obligation Bond Issue.
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners
refund the outstanding General Obligation Bond Issue of
1974 which will save approximately $300,000.00 in interest
costs over the life of the issue.
The present depressed condition of the Pennsylvania
Municipal Bond Market makes it mandatory that the refund-
ing be accomplished as soon as possible. Other communities
seeking to refund their bond issues will cause the market
to rise in the near future.
Therefore, it is further recommended that the Board
of Commissioners:
1. Authorize their investment banker to prepare
the necessary documents to effect the refund-
ing;
2. Appoint Bond Counsel
3. Authorize Bond Counsel to advertise for Under-
writers to guarantee interest rates and buy
bond issue at the meeting of Septemer 7, 1977,
in compliance with Act 185, the Local Government
Unit Debt Act.
4. The preliminary bond offering to establish
interest rates in the Market by Underwriters
to occur during the week of August 29, 1977.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, authorizing the
investment banker to refund the outstanding General Obligation Bond Issue of
1974 and to authorize Bond Counsel to advertise for Underwriters to guarantee
interest rates and buy bond issue as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
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Motion carried unanimously.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ���+spp WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYL.VANIA
MALCOLM L. MOR6A ij,14 i 'EDWARD M. PALUSO. COMMISSIONERS
Solicitor Diamond presented the following zt&nc (19) tax refusdsi to
the Board for their consideration and approval.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, 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:
1. Rose Donaldson
105 N. Washington Road
Canonsburg, Pa. 15317
Amount: $5.45 - Personal Property
(1976
County Tax)
2. Eguibank N.A. Sundry Estates
DeLeo, Emilio
c/o Linda S. Bleil
2 Oliver Plaza
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
Amount: $27.13 - Personal Property
(1977
County Tax)
3. Charleroi Federal S. & L. Assn.
for David A. Bertovich
First Street and McKean Avenue
Charleroi, Pa. 15022
(1977
County Tax)
District: Fallowfield - Deed Book:
District No: 320 - Section No: 8-4-1
- Parcel No:
29-2
Amount: $46.46
4. Concord -Liberty S. & L. Assn.
for John Kolemba
313 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA. 15222 (1977 County Tax)
District: Donegal - Deed Book:
District No: 230 " Section No: 3-- Parcel No: 14
Amount: $108.02
5. Vernon C. Neal
4232 Brownsville Rd., Suite 132
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15227
(1977 County Tax)
District: South Franklin
- Deed Book:
District No: 590 - Section
No: 10 - Parcel
No: 20
Amount: $105.10
6. George W. Jr. & Nancy C. Mankel
138 W. Fair Meadows Dr.
Canonsburg, Pa. 15317
(1977 County Tax)
District: North Strabane
- Deed Book:
District No: 520 - Section
No: 1-4 - Parcel
No: 1-9-1
Amount: $129.36
7. Mrs. Merle Smith
R. D. 1
Marianna, Pa. 15345
(1977 County Tax)
District: West Bethlehem -
Deed Book:
District No: 660 - Section
No: 23 - Parcel
No: 7
Amount: $12.51
8. Eva A. Bedillion
Hickory, Pa. 15340 (1977 County Tax)
District: Mt. Pleasant - Deed Book:
District No: 460 - Section No: 8-- Parcel No: 5-5-1
Amount: $37.19
9. Lee & Armeda Rongaus
87 Castner Avenue (1977 County Tax)
Donora, Pa. 15033
District: Donora - Deed Book:
District No: 240 - Section No: 30 - Parcel No: 3-7
Amount: $172.48
10. Mt. Lebanon Fed. S. & L. Asan.
for Ermer Boyd Phillips et ux
126 S. Washington Road
McMurray, Pa. 15317 (1977 County Tax)
District: Peters - Deed Book:
District No: 540 - Section No: 5 - Parcel No: 8-1
Amount: $39.56
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA
David L. Gilmore
MALCOLM L. MORGAN. K%XAjfXJtKftVm EDWARD M. PALUSO. COMMISSIONERS
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Regarding the following news release, Mr. Morgan stated that the Board
has had numerous discussions since Jun& as to what the first step will be in the
revaluation of Washington County. -Mr. Morgan reported that a decision has been
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made to move ahead with the first phase of the revaluation and that the coal
situation is where the firsttemphasis will be placed. Mr. Morgan added that
Mr. Gilmore is in complete agreement with this decision. He also stated that
several differ6nt-�firms have been researched to do the coal mapping and valuation
and the Board feels that 21st Century Appraisals has the most expertise in this
fi&ld as far as coal reserves of the County are concerned. Mr. Morgan then
recommended that the Board enter into an agreement with 21st Century Appraisals.
Further remarks:
Mr. Paluso: This is a more sophisticated coal -valuation and identification than
that which has been taken in a neighboring county. The reason for that is to
establish something that is as accurate as humanly possible because with the
conditions in the energy situation now and in the futhr3e, this will be very
valuable information to be used in the next 50 to 100 years in this county.
... This will be coordinated with the surface owners of the property throughout
the County. The mapping, as you well know, has been done at great expense to
the County. We have an excellent set of surface mapping and that will be
coordinated with the various seams of coal.- Also in order to have a logical
place to start with the surface, we will have all of the coal established as to
ownership.
Mr. Diamond stated that he had reviewed the contract and found it within the
law in form and substance. He then recommended that the Board adoptva resolution.
approving the contract.
NEWS RELEASE
Washington County Commissioners announced this morning the
signing of a coal mapping and valuation agreement with 21st
Century Appraisals of Port Matilda, Pa.
The purpose of this contract is to provide Washington County
with a much needed procedure for identifying and valuing,
for real estate tax purposes, the vast amountsoof active or
proven coal reserves in the County.
The contract will cover a fifteen month period and will
provide a complete set of coal maps for Washington County
identifying active or proven parcels by the various -seams
of coal, and tying each identified parcel into a computer-
ized property record card which will provide a complete
description of each coal parcel including but not limited
to: Acreage, seam thickness, amount of depletion, tonnage
production per year, deep or strip mined and others.
The resulting values from this contract will be equalized
with other property values throughout the county and will
be effective for the 1979 tax year.
While the resulting values from this project will have a
positive effectiupon the tax base of all taxing bodies
within Washington County, an equally important objective
is that it will provide the County for the first time the
capability of annually reflecting the most accurate and
equitable assessments possible for coal parcels for years
to come. This will be possible because the complete
system will be computerized and automated as part of the
contract.
Upon completion of the project, the complete system,
including the computer programs necessary to continue on
an annual basis will become the property of Washington
County.
21st Century Appraisals is headed by David S. Barr, who
developed a computerized system for Centre County, Pa.,
that received national recognition, and is also in the
second year of a similar project in Somerset County, Pa.
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Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, approving the contract
with 21st Century Appraisals, Inc. as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting recessed.
11:00 A.M. - OPENING OF BIDS FOR TWO AMBULIFTS FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HEALTH
CENTER
Ann Shellinger of the Controller's Office entered the meeting and
reported that no bids had been received for this item.
Solicitor Diamond recommended that the purchase price be negotiated.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, authorizing Donald Ligman,
Administrative Assistant, to negotiate the purchase price for two ambulifts
due to the lack of no bids.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso, - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Regarding the recent purchase of property owned by the Arlottas' and
the Trunzo6' on South Franklin Street, Mr. Diamond recommended that the record
show that these purchases were made in lieu of condemnation of those properties.
He stated that this would obviate the necessity for the County to pay any
transfer taxes. Mr. Diamond advised the Board that they have the right,tunder
the eminent domain law, to condemn those properties for that purpose.
Moved by Mr. Paluso, seconded by Mr. Morgan, that in connection with
the previous resolutions approving the purchase by the County of property owned
by the Arlottas' and Trunzos' located on South Franklin Street to be used for
the proposed County Office and Garage complex, it will be shown on the record
that these properties were purchased in lieu of condemnation.
Roll call vote taken:
Mr. Paluso - Yes; Mr. Morgan - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned.
THE FOREGOING MINUTES READ AND APPROVED:
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