Meeting of the Fulton County commissioners- -Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Present: Commissioner Ulsh, Commissioner McCray and Commissioner Lynch  8:30 a.m. at the Commissioners Office  The Commissioners opened their meeting with prayer and recited the Pledge of Allegiance to Motion by Commissioner Ulsh to approve the minutes of the Tuesday, April 11, 2017 meeting. Motion by Commissioner McCray to approve the Accounts Payable dated April 13, 2017 ini the  the Flag. All in favor.  amount of $147,957.01. All ini favor. Fund 100 General Fund  67,347.32 $0.00 $67,347.32 4,874.50 80.68 692.43 22,358.00 115.91 2,054.59 48,739.07 1,694.51 $147,957.01  Manual Checks TOTAL GENERAL FUND  Fund 235 Law Library Fund 238 911 Fund 243 Offender Supervision Fund 247 CDBG Fund 256 Domestic Relations Fund 262 Act 13 Marcellus Shale Recreational Fund 263 Act 13 Marcellus Shale Bridge Fund 801 Pass thru Funds  TOTAL ALL FUNDS  The Commissioners met with Stephanie Stohon from Wessel & Company. The Commissioners discussed an email received from Dave at Conrad Siegel requesting a date for the County Pension Annual Review. It was decided to schedule this review the first or sécond week of May. Ms. Stohon updated the Board on work completed thus far by her Agency. The Chief Clerk, Lisa Mellott-McConahy presented the Commissioners with two upcoming meeting announcements: HR Bootcamp which is 5-18-17 at the CCAP building located in Harrisburg at no charge and the other is the County Administration Conference which is 5-31 & 6-1-17 at the Penn Stater. Estimated cost to attend the. Administration Conference is $220. The Commissioners approved McConahy to attend the Administration Conference as well as The Commissioners met with Ruth Strait, EMA Director regarding signatures on the HMERP Report that will be submitted to Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The Commissioners received notification from 9-1-1 Consultant Sidney McConahy that Fulton County was awarded the PCCD Grant that he submitted on behalf of the County. The Grant  hera and Carol Wright to attend the HR Bootcamp.  award was $23,497.    The Commissioners met with Doug Wolfgang, Director of the PAI Department of Agriculture, Lonnie Palmer, Chairman of the Local Farmland Preservation Committee and Seleen Shives, Director of the Fulton Conservation District regarding updates on the Farmland Preservation Program. Mr. Wolfgang updated the Board on the History of the Program; He stated that the Fulton County Conservation District has administered the Program for County for several years. He noted that since the program conception in 19891 that 450 million dollars have been generated by the! 58 participating counties. He said initially the Fulton County Commissioners appointed al local volunteer board that works with the Conservation District to approve and rank potential farms tol be included in the Program. He said we have local bylaws that have to be approved by the State Board. Seleen noted that the Committee is currently discussing the revamping of the ranking system locally so that the program would be more far reaching throughout the County. She also. stated they are working on placing a cap on the price per acre. Currently, the Alexander Farm, Smith Farm and. Johnson Farm are currently in the program. Lonnie mentioned that the cost of farm is more for the bigger farms because there isn't enough land to support the crops to feed their herds. He feels this Program is a means of reinvesting money back to the Farmers and securing the future fori the generations that follow. Current Board Members Serving from January 1, 2017-December 31, 2018 are: Lonnie Palmer, Mark The Commissioners met with Sheriff Stains regarding routine office budgetary items. The Commissioners met with Shawn Ritchey, Keller Engineers regarding updates on County Bridge No 1in Taylor Township. He said approximate re-open date will be first week of May. Atl last week's Meeting, the Commissioners voted to approve the County Engineer's request for the application of penetrating sealer to the superstructure on the Bridge in the amount of $2,740. The Change order will reflect that amount as previously voted upon. Motion by Commissioner McCray to approve the Keller Engineer Bill in the amount of $3,669.45 Motion by Commissioner Ulsh to approve the McConnell Park Agreement between the County of Fulton and the Chamber of Commerce for the Strawberry Festival dated Friday, June gth and Saturday, June 10th. The Committee requests assistance from the County Maintenance  Knepper, Tom Nesbitt, Ellis Yingling, Michael Binder and Rick Harr.  for expenses incurred for County Bridge No. 1. All ini favor  Department for lawn mowing and electrical hook ups. All ini favor.  Motion by Commissioner Lynch to approve Election Board Minutes dated. April 11, 2017. Please note these minutes are kept in the Election Board Meeting Minutes' Book. Alli int favor. Motion by Commissioner Ulsh to adjourn the meeting at 12:00 p.m. All in favor.    Dltilbk  Stuart L. Ulsh, Chairman  GRE larry Bkynch 2264