COMMISSIONERS MEETING  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024 AT1 10:00 AM  THE PUBLIC MAY JOIN TODAY'S MEETING THROUGH ZOOM (NO VIDEO).  PHONE: 1-301-715-8592 MEETING ID NUMBER: 839 66143 3928 # PASSCODE: 141633  1. 2. 3. 4.  REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS HELD  PUBLIC COMMENT  TIM BARR, TAXI REASSESSMENT - INFORMATIONAL  PROCLAMATION: - RED RIBBON WEEK CAMPAIGN/DRUG & ALCOHOL PROGRAM  APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  COMMISSIONERS MEETING OF OCTOBER 9, 2024 WORK SESSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 16, 2024  5.  CHILDREN & YOUTH  APPROVAL OF AN ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TEGNA BROADCAST HOLDING, LLC., DBA WNEP-TV, MOOSIC, PA, DATED JULY 10, 2024, TO EXTEND THE TERM PERIOD THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2025, WITH NO CHANGE TOTHE TOTAL CAP OF THE AGREEMENT. APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY OPTIONS, INC., PRINCETON, NJ, FOR DUAL LICENSED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY HOME FOR INDIVIUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR AUTISM SERVICES AT A PER DIEM RATE OF $953.68 WITH A TERM OF JULY 1, APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC IN PENNSYLVANIA, GROVE CITY, PA, FOR COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WITH PER DIEM RATES AS FOLLOWS: REGULAR AT$313.62, SPECIAL NEEDS AT: $392.56, SPECIAL NEEDS M.A. AT $431.31, DRUG & ALCOHOL AT $323.82, DIAGNOSTIC AT $336.62, INTENSIVE SUPERVISION AT $501.74,  2024 TO JUNE 30, 2025.  AND SECURE AT $730.99 WITHA A TERM OF. JULY1,2 2024 TO. JUNE 30, 2025.  6.  AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION  APPROVAL OF THE "AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF AN AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLKILL JOINTLY IN PERPETUITY" FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF $191,340.00 IN WHICH THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION TOTAL IS $65,000.00. THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR THE MASSER FARMS REALTY LTD FARM, UPI # 14-07-0006.000, CONSISTING OF 95.67  ACRES IN HUBLEY TOWNSHIP. JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICE  7.  APPROVAL OF THE GRANT-IN-AID APPLICATION TO ADMINISTER PASS THRU FUNDS FOR THE JUVENILE COURT JUDGES' COMMISSION FOR IMPROVING JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE GRANT PACKAGE AMOUNT IS $1,767,671.00 (SCHUYLKILL STATEWIDE IMPACT) AND IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024, TO JUNE 30, 2025. THE AWARD NOTIFICATION / INVOICE FOR THE SCHUYLKILL STATEWIDE IMPACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,767,671.00 WILL BE APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THE JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE JUVENILE COURT JUDGES' COMMISSION FOR IMPROVING JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS $ 250,042.00 (SCHUYLKILL) AND IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024, TO JUNE 30, 2025. THE AWARD NOTIFICATION. /I INVOICE FOR THE JUVENILE PROBATION: SERVICESGRANT, AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,042.00WILL' BE  SENT ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED BY ALL PARTIES.  SENT ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED BY ALL PARTIES.    8.  GRANT WRITER'S YEAR 2024.  APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO DCED FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTBLOCKGRANTPROGRAM INTHE AMOUNT OF $1,141,107 FORI FEDERAL FISCAL APPROVAL TO AWARD A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $53,016.80 TO PRO MAX FENCE  SYSTEMS, LLC FOR. A CDBG PROJECT IN TAMAQUA.  9.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE  APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR FUNDING OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY (PCCD) RASA / VOJO GRANT #45512, WHICH FUNDS VICTIM SERVICE PERSONNEL THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS GRANT INVOLVES STATE MONIES THAT ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH PCCD. THE TERMI IS. JANUARY 1,2 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE GRANT IS $132,109.00. THE GRANT CAN BE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 2026 VIA AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING ALLOCATION, BUT AN ADDITIONAL APPLICATION WILL NEED TO BE MADE IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AFTER AN  ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE BY PCCD.  10. PRISON  APPROVAL OFACONTRACTWTATENS, POWAY,CA, FOR THE PURCHASE, ANDI INSTALLATION OFONE()WHOLE BODY SECURITY SCANNING SYSTEM FOR THE COUNTYPRISON. THETERM  ISOCTOBER 25TO DECEMBER 31, 2024. THE COSTI IS $162,00.00.  11. 911 COMMUNICATIONS  APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PACE SCHEDULER OF NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, FOR SCHEDULING SOFTWARE. THE TERMS ARE FROM OCTOBER 1, 2024 TO  SEPTEMBER 30, 2025ATACOST OF $2,240.00.  12. PLANNING AND: ZONING  APPROVAL TO SCHEDULE AND ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024 AT 9:00 AM TO BE HELD IN THE COMMISSIONERS BOARDROOM, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE. AMENDMENT ISTO: SET FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND DECOMMISSIONING OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. ANDTOA ADD DEFINITIONS. THE PROPOSED ZONINGAMENDMENTWOULDALSOADDTHATAWINDTURBINE EMERGENCYI RESPONSE PLAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS TO SET FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR  ENERGY SYSTEMS. SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING  APPROVAL REQUESTED OF A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING AND BARTON & LOGUIDICE. THE CONTRACT IS TO ASSIST THE COUNTY IN UPDATING ITS 10-YEAR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PLAN, AID IN THE PREPARATION OF THE 901 GRANT APPLICATION, THE FORMATION OF THE COUNTY SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC) AND TO AID THE COUNTY IN ITS REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION APPROVAL FOR ALL THE. ABOVE SERVICES. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 23, 2024 UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2026. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED $75,000.  13. TAX CLAIM BUREAU  APPROVAL OF THE LIST OF 10 REPOSITORY SALES PRESENTED AT THE WORK SESSION  PURSUANTTO72PS. $5860.625.    14. TREASURER'S OFFICE  APPROVAL OF THE TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024, AS  PRESENTED AT THE WORK: SESSION.  15. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION 16. HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE PERSONNEL ACTIONS & INFORMATION 17. PAUL BUBER- - FINANCE OFFICE  FOR INFORMATION ONLY-E BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR:  OFFICE/DEPARIMENI HUMAN RESOURCES CONTROLLERS OFFICE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE DISTRICT ATTORNEY INSURANCES COUNTY. ADMINISTRATION  AMOUNT $ 85 $ 351 13,683 $ 376 50,000 $ 410,000  18. NEW BUSINESS  ON BEHALF OF PLANNING AND ZONING  APPROVAL OF Al LAND DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLYIN THE FORM OF THE COUNTY'S STANDARD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE APPLICANT FOR THE PRELMIMARYFINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ASHLAND SOLAR PROJECT WHICH IS LOCATED IN BARRY TOWNSHIP AND TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AS REVISED, WAS REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND WAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR  OCTOBER 9, 2024 MEETING.  ON BEHALF OF ENGINEERING/LIQUD FUELS  APPROVAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL TO THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE MULTMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND. THE APPLICATION WILL BE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF COUNTY BRIDGE 39, ATLAS ROAD OVER LITTLE SCHUYLKILL RIVER, WALKER TOWNSHIP. THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORATION FUND WOULD PROVIDE UP TO 70% WITH THE COUNTY'S MATCH PORTION BEING LIQUID FUELS AND LOCAL USE FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED AT $3,500,000. THE GRANT REQUESTWOULD BE FOR $2,400,000. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO FACILITATE AND ASSIST IN OBTAINING THE REQUESTED MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION GRANT. MARK MORGAN- - SUSQUEHANNA, ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, INC. PRESENTATION OF 3RD QUARTER 2024 ARPA EXPENDITURES  19. ADJOURNMENT    SALARY BOARD MEETING  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER: 23, 2024  1. 2. 3.  REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS PUBLIC COMMENT APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  SALARY BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 9, 2024 SALARY BOARD WORK SESSION OF OCTOBER 16, 2024 HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE - PERSONNEL ACTIONS  4. 5. 6.  NEW BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT