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Washington, Pennsylvania, October 1, 2009
The Washington County Board of Commissioners met in a regular session in the Public Meeting Room,
Courthouse Square, Washington, Pennsylvania, with the following members being present: Commissioners Larry
Maggi, Bracken Burns and Diana L. Irey. Also being present: Scott Fergus, Director of Administration; Lynn
DeHaven, Solicitor; Mary Helicke, Chief Clerk; Linda Belcher, Administrative Assistant; Joy Sprowls and Jo Ann Metz,
Commissioners' Office; Tim Kimmel, Human Services; Harry Wilson, Director of Veterans Affairs; Holly Dames,
Planning Commission; Pastor Reverend John Hoffman, Jefferson Avenue and West Washington United Methodist
Church; Manuel Yocolano, Mon Valley Leathernecks; Chuck Porch, The Washington Hospital; Lisa Hannum and
Samantha Lee, Washington Women's Shelter; President Judge Debbie O'Dell Seneca and Tom Jess, Court
Administrator; Steve Toprani and Steve Fisher, District Attorney's Office; Francis King, Treasurer; Michael Namie,
Controller; John Adams, Mike Mathews, Corey McConn, Eunice Yocolano, Art Baleiou„ interested citizens; Barbara
Miller, Observer -Reporter; and Jim Jefferson, WJPA.
Chairman Maggi called the meeting to order at approximately 10:05 a.m.
Reverend Hoffman led the meeting with a prayer.
Mr. Yocolano led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Chairman Maggi entertained a motion to approve Minute No. 866 dated September 17, 2009 as written.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving Minute No. 866 as written.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey — Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
The Commissioners read a Proclamation declaring October as "National Depression Month".
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, adopting the foregoing Proclamation.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Porch, of The Washington Hospital, accepted the Proclamation and thanked the Board for their support in
recognizing National Depression Month. He also commended the Board for their active role in having a wellness
program for county employees to address the importance of being and staying healthy.
The Commissioners read a Proclamation declaring October as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" in
Washington County.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, adopting the foregoing Proclamation.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
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Ms. Hannum, of the Washington Women's Shelter, accepted the Proclamation. She thanked the Board for
a opting the proclamation that addresses domestic violence which touches the lives of residents of all ages.
. Hannum also mentioned the various activities that will be taking place throughout the month.
The Commissioners read a Proclamation regarding the Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Declaration and
A dress of the Christian Association of Washington.
(I ECESS FOR PHOTOS)
PI JBLIC COMMENTS
John Adams of Avella, addressed the Board regarding the gas wells at Cross Creek County Park. He pointed
ot t that the dam was created for a water supply for area residents.
Mike Mathews, of TRIPIL, stated he is very pleased to hear that the Elections Office has testers for the voting
in chines. He commended the Board for working to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities to vote in
Washington County and looks forward to continuing working with the Board to make accessibility even better.
Mr. Fergus, Director of Administration, noted that the TRIPIL Office is now a polling place to vote.
O: D BUSINESS
Solicitor DeHaven recommended the Board award the contract for the temporary technical staffing services
to Careers USA with a local office in Washington PA and headquarters in Boca Raton, FL. This contract is mostly used
by the Election Department during the Primary and General Elections. The contract is based on a 35% mark up from
requested pay rate. For the Election Department the pay rates will be from $12 to $15 hour with the cost to
shington County being $16.20/hour and $20.25/hour respectively (currently paying $23/hr).
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, awarding the foregoing contract for temporary technical staffing
se ivices.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Solicitor DeHaven recommended the Board award the bid for the trash compactor for the Health Center to Allied
W'Aste Services, Carnegie, PA in the amount of $13,038. This compactor will be used for recyclable materials. This bid is
b�nawarded to the lowest most responsive and responsible bidder meeting specifications.
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Moved by Mr. Burns, seconded by Ms. Irey, awarding the bid for the trash compactor for the Health Center as
pc r above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Solicitor DeHaven recommended the Board ratify the bid award for the blacktop paving project for the Health
to T.A. Robinson Asphalt Paving, Inc., Bridgeville, PA in the amount of $235,232.70. This is to replace current
op and extend the parking lot in the rear of the Health Center. This bid is being awarded to the lowest most
l;ponsive and responsible bidder meeting specifications.
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Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, awarding the bid for the blacktop paving project at the Washington
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l.ounty Health center as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Solicitor DeHaven recommended the Board award the bid for the air conditioning upgrades for the Courthouse
and Health Center server rooms to 3-Rivers Mechanical, Aliquippa, PA. The total cost is $29,740.01 to be paid as follows
$8,775 to be paid by the Health Center and the remaining amount to be split by the Courts C-17 funds and capital funds.
This bid has been awarded to the lowest most responsive and responsible bidder meeting specifications.
Moved by Mr. Burns, seconded by Ms. Irey, awarding the bid for the air conditioning upgrades for the
Courthouse and Health Center as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Solicitor DeHaven recommended the Board award the bid for the contract for intermittent nursing services for
the Health Center and Correctional Facility to the following vendors:
ePeople Healthcare, Inc. Sewickley PA RN - $36.75/hr; LPN - $28.25/hour
Maxim Staffing Solutions, Pittsburgh PA RN - $37.00/hr; LPN - $28.00/hour
MileStone Healthcare Inc., Pittsburgh PA RN - $38.00/hr; LPN - $29.75/hour
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, awarding the bid for intermittent nursing services as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the appointment of David Suski to the
Southwest Corner Workforce Investment Board for a two-year term effective through August 31, 2011.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the appointment of David Suski as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey — Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk respectfully requests the Commissioners approve the Pennsylvania CareerLink Operator Agreements
for Southwest Corner's One Stop Program designating Beaver and Greene Counties, the Mon Valley and Washington,
The agreements are effective July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011. No County funds are required.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the foregoing CareerLink Operator Agreements.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval authorization to bid for the replacement
of two horse barns at the Washington County Fairgrounds. The new structures would provide improved conditions as
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as additional capacity for horse boarding at the tact ity. Some tunding is currently avauaDle for at least one structure
the bid pricing will assist with the development of additional grant requests.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving authorization to advertise for bids for the replacement of
horse barns as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval of an additional well (#25) on the pad for
#7 and #9 in Cross Creek County Park. This will minimize disturbance for an additional horizontal well location.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the additional well in Cross Creek County Park as per
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval of an upgraded ten inch gas line to carry
from wells #6 and #8 in Cross Creek County Park.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the upgraded ten inch gas line as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the final change order with Lane
C nstruction for the Cross Creek 20 Project. The change order balances the final item quantities with a deduction of
$ 3.88.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the final change order with Lane Construction as per
at ove.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval 2009-2010 provider service agreements for
t Child Care Information Services Office with the list of previously approved providers and revised provider. The
a reements will automatically renew until either party notifies the other party, in writing, of their intent not to renew
under the current terms.
Donna Tyree, Donora, PA
Cheryl Ullom, Washington, PA
Terri L. Edwards, Bentleyville, PA
Bethany Traynor, Canonsburg, PA
Roger Warne, Washington, PA (revised)
;d by Mr. Burns, seconded by Mr. Maggi, approving the foregoing Child Care Information Services provider
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!Coll Call vote taken:
Ms. Irey — Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an amendment with Southwestern
Pennsylvania Legal Services to provide Homeless Prevention Rapid Re -Housing (HPRP) legal services for the period of
October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2012. The amendment in the amount of $6,546.00 will increase the total amount
of the agreement to $212,136.00. The fiends are provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development (DCED) and no County funds are required.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the amendment with Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal
Services as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval to ratify the agreement with Idearc Media
for advertising in the amount of $292.00 per month for a twelve month period beginning on the estimated publish date of
November 4, 2009. No County funds are required.
Moved by Mr. Burns, seconded by Ms. Irey, approving the ratification of the foregoing agreement with Idearc
Media.
Roll call vote taken:
M s. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
M otion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an amendment to the agreement with the
SPHS Care Center for the Offender Day Partial Treatment. This amendment will change the amount of the current
contract from $333,784 to $311,605 which is the amount received from PCCD for the term of this project.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the amendment to the agreement with the SPHS Care
Center as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the purchase of fifteen replacement PC's
for the Washington County Health Center that are out of warranty and Information Technology is recommending
replacement. This purchase will be made to CDWG, Vernon Hills, Illinois in the amount of $10,767. As this purchase is
being made through COSTARS it does not require bidding.
Moved by Mr. Burns, seconded by Ms. Irey, approving the purchase of replacement PC's for the Health Center
as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
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motion carriea unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval to ratify the approval of the purchase of
service and equipment in accordance with the time and material contract with Schultheis Electric, Latrobe PA in the
of approximately $24,000. This is for the purpose of removing and reinstalling one pole base and installing three
pole bases providing additional lighting for the back parking lot at the Health Center.
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the ratification to purchase of service and equipment with
contract with Schultheis Electric as per above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the purchase of service and equipment in
with the time and material contract with MRA Inc., Washington PA in the amount of approximately $11,000.
T�is is for the purpose of providing and installing a transmitter steering unit (TSU) equipment for the E911 system. The
e(�uipment is used to select a radio transmitter based upon location of a received signal from a fire department radio
Moved by Ms. Irey, seconded by Mr. Burns, approving the purchase of service and equipment with MRA Inc, as
above.
Roll call vote taken:
Ms. Irey - Yes; Mr. Burns - Yes; Mr. Maggi - Yes.
Motion carried unanimously.
An executive session was held on September 29, 2009 immediately following the Agenda Meeting as an
information session related to personnel.
The monthly Salary Board Meeting will be held immediately following today's Board Meeting.
County Offices will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2009 in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.
LICITOR
None
There being no further business, Chairman Maggi declared the meeting adjourned at approximately 10:40 a.m.
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