Page 26  Wyoming County Commissioners Meeting  ZOOM AVAILABLE September 7, 2023  In Attendance: Rick Wilbur, Tom Henry, Ernie King, Commissioners, Amber Franko, Chief Clerk  Press: Visitors:  Warren Howeler, Rocket Courier (via Zoom)  None  Rick' Wilbur, Chairman opened thel Meeting at: 10:03 a.m. Public Comment (Agenda Items Only):  None Old Business: None New Business: Motion. Motion carried.  Commissioner Henry madea a motion toa approve! bills forj payment. Commissioner King second the Rick Wilbur announced a declaration ofo disaster emergency caused by flash flooding in Forkston Township, Washington Township and Lemon Townshipi int the early morning of Friday, August 18, 2023. Ernie! Kingr made a! motion to approve this declaration. Tom Henry second the Motion. Motion carried. Warren! Howeler questioned howi the process works to declare a disaster. The Commissioners informed him the Townships need too contact EMA to requesta a declaration through the County. Mr. Howeler also askedf for clarification oft the $1,000,000 that was pledged from the county through ARP for the Tyler hospital sale. Rick Wilbure explained the money wili be givent to the healthcare provider Mr. Howeler also asked for additional information regarding the meeting the Commissioners had with surrounding counties regarding aj juvenile detention center. Commissioner Wilbure explained that this There! being not further business to come before the Commissioners: att this time. Ernie Kingr made the  Public Comment:  for overhead expenses to help get up and running.  meeting wasj just preliminary discussions and nothing had been decided. Motioni to adjourn. Tom Henry second the Motion. Motion carried. Rick Wiibur, Chairman: adjourned the meeting at1 10:12 a.m.  A    Page 27  Wyoming County Commissioners Meeting  ZOOM. AVAILABLE September 12, 2023  InA Attendance: Rick' Wilbur, Tom Henry, Ernie King, Commissioners, Atty. Paul Litwin, Solicitor,  Amber Franko, Chief Clerk  Press: Visitors:  Warren Howeler, Rocket Courier (via Zoom), Kevin! McConlogue, New Age Examiner John Alunni, Human Services Director, Robert Roberts, Sheriff, Lynnelle Farber, Planning Director, Ryan Hogan, Luzerne County, Mike Marabell, Lori Bennett, Howard Friswold, George Yuhas, Dr. Mark Murphy, Lackawanna Trail School, Tracey' Wescott, Lackawanna  Trail School, Dale Kitchnefski (viaz Zoom), Jeri Jordan (via Zoom), Stacy Althenhain (viaz Zoom), Holly Arnold (via Zoom)  Rick Wilbur, Chairman opened the Meetinga at1 10:00 a.m. Public Comment (Agendal Items Only): review 24! hours ina advance ofar meeting. the Motion. Motion carried. Old Business:  Mr. Yuhas requested tov view the Children & Youth contracts before being voted on. The contracts were provided tol Mr. Yuhas and Chairman' Wilbur informed Mr. Yuhas that contracts are available for public Not further comment regarding the agenda, Tom Henry madea a motion to approve. Erniel King second  Erniel Kingr madet the motion to approve the August 29, 2023 and September7, 2023 meeting minutes.  Tom Henry second the Motion. Motion carried.  New Business: tot the county.  Commissioner Wilbur announced the receipt of Leadership Awardf for Publicl Impact by Nicholson Tourism Center. Tom Henry commentedi that this was al longt time int the making andi isal huge addition Commissioner Wilbur also announced the receipt of $29,970 of food distribution from PAI Dept of Agriculture from 71/2022-6/30/2023. Commissioner King commented" that this has helped hundreds of Rick Wilburr made a motion to approve the hiring of Cierral Knott as Telecommunicator Trainee with the Commissioner Kingr madet the motion to approve accepting bids for miscellaneous items from EMA, no longer in use, that were up fora auction on! Municibid. The auction ended September 11, 2023. Tom  people int the community.  911 Center. Tom Henry second the Motion. Motion carried.  Henry second the Motion. Motion carried. Listing#: 58987277-1986 International: 1854 4x4-$8,100 Listing#: 59130061-Vellow, Arrow Stick-$76.00 Listing#: 59135575-Vellow, Arrow Stick-$76.00 Listing#: 59127938-Full: Size Edge Light Bar- $160.00 Listing##: 59128650-Full Size Edge Light Bar-$160.00  Rick Wilbur made the motioni tof formally approve a declaration of disaster emergency caused byf flash floodingi inF Forkston Twp, Washington' Twpa and Lemon Twp onA August 18, 2023. Commissioners signed Rick Wilbur discussed the needt to declare a disaster emergency for flashi flooding affecting numerous countyt townships and! boroughs on September 9, 2023. Commissioner Wilbur made the motion to  the declaration: September 5, 2023. Ernie Kings second the Motion. Motion carried. approve the declaration. Ernie King secondi the Motion. Motion carried.    Wyoming County Commissioners Meeting  ZOOM. AVAILABLE September 12, 2023  Commissioner Henry madet the motion to approve Children & Youth service contracts. Ernie King second  the Motion. Motion carried. Public Comment:  The Commissioners wantedt to publicly thank the 911 and EMA staff for all oft the hard work and long Commissioner Henry announced that September is Suicide Prevention Month. The Courthouse lighting willl be changed and pamphlets have been) handed outi tob businesses within the community tos spread awareness. The! Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline is 988 which is available 24 hours a day, 7 daysa Lynnelle Farber notedt there will be no Planning Board meeting on September 20th. The meeting has Representatives from Lackawanna Trail School District, Dr. Mark Murphy and Tracey Wescott, spoke to the Commissioners: regarding multiple accidents and hazards with thei intersection ofl Tunnel Hill and Route 11 neart thes school. Mr. Murphy wanted to make the Commissioners aware and statedt theya are George) Yuhasl let the Commissioners know! he wast conducting his own investigation regarding the camerai int the courthouse gazebo. He askedt the please be kept up to date ona any internal investigations There being no further business to come before the Commissioners att thist time. Ernie King madet the  hourst they! have been putting in during the recent flash flooding.  week, 365 days a year.  been rescheduled" to September 27, 2023.  speakingt to everyone they couldi inc ordert to gett thisi issuer resolved.  as well.  Motion1 to adjourn. Rick Wilbur second thel Motion. Motion carried. Rick Wilbur, Chairman: adjourned the meeting at1 10:25a.m.  -    Page 28  Wyoming County Commissioners Meeting  ZOOM. AVAILABLE September 26, 2023  InA Attendance: Rick Wilbur (viaz Zoom), Tom Henry, Ernie King, Commissioners,  Atty. Paull Litwin, Solicitor, Amber Franko, Chief Clerk  Press: Visitors:  Warren Howeler, Rocket Courier (viaz Zoom), Kevini McConlogue, New Age Examiner Robert Roberts, Sheriff, Atty. Tim Carroll, Public Defender, Lori Bennett, Howard Friswold, George) Yuhas, Judy Murach (via Zoom)  Tom Henry opened the Meeting at 10:13a a.m. Public Comment (Agenda Items Only):  None  Erniel King madea ar motioni to approve the agenda. Rick Wilbur second the Motion. Motion carried. Ernieh Kingr madet the motion to approve the September 12, 2023 meeting minutes. Rick Wilbur second  Old Business:  the Motion. Motion carried. New Business:  Chief Clerk Report-Ms. Franko announced" the new website for the county-www.wyomingcountypa.gov. Ifusingt the old site, you willl be automatically redirected tot the new site. Tom Henry added the county  upgraded the website for security reasons.  Solicitor Report- None  Tom Henry made a motiont to addt tot the agenda, approval for additional information needed fora Commissioner King made a motion to approve October 1-7,2023 as Juvenile. Justice Weeka and Commissioner Henry: readi the proclamation aloud. Commissioner Wilbur second the Motion. Motion Ernie Kingr made a motiont to approve the hiring of Kevin Douglas Chichura as Juvenile Probation officer with as start date of October 2, 2023. Rick Wilbur secondi the Motion. Motion carried. Commissioner Henry discussed ana addendum to the current PrimeCare contract fori the. Jail. Ani increase in MAT services, whichi isr reimbursed tot the county, isa about $400 additional per year. Commissioner Henry made a motion to approve the addendum. Commissioner King second thel Metion. Commissioner Tom Henry made the motion to approve the additional information neededi fora C&Y contract. Ernie Two resolutions were presented to the Commissionersi from Trehab before the meeting. These were  Children & Youth contract. Ernie! Kings secondi the Motion. Motion carried.  carried.  Wilbur abstained untill he couldr review further. Motion carried on majority vote.  Kings second the Motion. Motion carried.  tabled until the next meeting inc order tol be reviewed.  5     Wyoming County Commissioners Meeting  ZOOM AVAILABLE September 26, 2023  Commissioner King commenced opening the closed bids fori the: following projects:  Removald ofL Landscaping at the AGE Building The Certified. Arborists-$800 Cherry! Hill Group-$5,750 York's Landscape Services-$22,000 Tim Morris-$4,500 Removal of7 Trees att the AG Building Preston Robets-$13,200 Beaver Logging-$13,000 Brown's' Tree Service-s15,869 The Certified. Arborists-$11,200 Gas Hookup at the Courthouse Rybnick Mechanical-s25,823 Public Comment:  Lori Bennett voiced concerns regarding the timeliness oft the cancellation of Commissioner's meetings. Ms. Bennett statedt there have beent two meetings she has attended which were cancelled after she had already arrived tot the Courthouse and was nota advertised toi the public as being cancelled. Tom Henry Ms. Bennett asked whatt the status oft the unionr negotiations were and ift there has beena a contract settled. Amber Frankor responded that there will be union arbitration on September 28, 2023 for one of the union groups. The other group have put negotiations on! hold until arbitration! is awarded. Ms. Bennetty voiced concerns overt the ceiling failures within the Courthouse int the last few months. Tom Henry assured everyone that all of the ceilings have been inspected and both ceilings have been Asaf foilow-up tot the approved hiring oft the. Juvenile Probation officer, Ms. Bennett asked what the current number ofe employees were ini the. Juvenile department as well asl how many open positions the Ms. Bennett also asked who the public should contact ift they are aware ofa! homeless veteran. The county' Veterans Affaire employee is Jack Hubert. but ifhe isr not available, please call1 the Commissioner's George Yuhas requested the county's policy orp procedure when writing and approving ar resolution. There! being not further business to come before the Commissioners at thist time. Ernie King made the  willi follow up with our IT department.  repaired.  county currentiy! has. Tom Henry willf follow upy with. Judge Shurtleff.  office.  Chief Clerk Franko willf follow up with Mr. Yuhas.  Motion toa adjourn. Tom Henry secondi the Motion. Motion carried. Tom Henry adjourned ther meeting at 11:05 a.m.