[0:00] Anybody
[0:21] like to call the Beaver County Board of
Edition meeting for Thursday, September
[0:25] 10th, 2026. If we could please stand for
invitation remain standing for
[0:32] bow your heads with me. Father God,
thank you so much for this morning. We
[0:36] just welcome you into this space. Just
pray, Father God, for your wisdom for
[0:42] our leaders as they conduct the county's
business this morning. I pray your
[0:46] blessing, continued blessing on our
county. Um we just recognize how richly
[0:52] you've blessed us and um we just thank
you for your goodness and we rest in
[0:58] knowing that that um we live in your
hands. So we pray all this in Jesus
[1:03] name. Amen.
[1:07] » To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[1:12] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible with liberty and justice for
[1:17] all.
[1:21] Jan, would you like to give us another
invitation?
[1:27] » Followhead.
[1:33] » Gracious and loving God, we praise you
and we thank you. We thank you for our
[1:38] commissioners and we thank you for all
those that help make this Beaver County
[1:45] run. We just ask for your guidance and
for your direction and your help in
[1:49] every step that we that we make. We just
give you glory, honor, and praise in
[1:55] Jesus most precious and loving name we
pray. Amen.
[1:58] » Amen.
>> Thank you.
[2:02] » We will move to visitors comments on
agenda items. Any visitors comments on
[2:06] agenda items?
>> Can questions. Uh the
[2:13] number 13.
Is this a new
[2:17] port car charge electric charging or is
this like a maintenance for the current
[2:21] one?
>> It's it's it's a maintenance in like an
[2:23] IT type of thing for the current
>> the old one expired.
[2:27] » And then
the 15
[2:32] the IT consulting for human services. Is
this good? Right. Just look through. We
[2:38] have run that past the county's it and
we have lowered that from two years down
[2:42] to one year.
>> Thank you.
[2:46] » Any other comments on agenda items?
>> Hearing none, we'll move to the
[2:51] proclamations.
>> Uncommon Grounds Cafe is a center of
[2:55] ministry in National B Church Army USA.
In 2001, church army officer John
[3:02] Stanley arranged for the purchase of an
old Franklin Avenue storefront in Alupa
[3:06] to establish a coffee shop downtown as a
center of ministry for CASA to serve the
[3:11] needs of our local community. Uncommon
Grounds has become become a center of
[3:16] resource, care, and a family pillar
within Alo's community whose mission is
[3:20] to spread the gospel and help fellow
community members overcome many
[3:23] difficult situations.
Uncommon Grounds has become a refuge for
[3:28] hope in Beaver County under the
leadership of Church Army directors John
[3:31] Stanley, Herb Ba Bailey, and now Adriana
Williams. Now therefore be proclaimed by
[3:36] the board of commissioners of the county
of Beaver, a fourth class county in the
[3:40] laws of Pennsylvania that the board of
commissioners congratulates on the 25th
[3:45] anniversary of Uncommon Grounds Cafe.
>> I'll move that motion.
[3:49] » I'll second that. Any questions? All in
favor sign by saying I. I.
[3:53] » Any names? Motion to carry.
>> Is there anybody from Uncommon Grounds
[3:57] here?
>> All right, we'll move to the approval of
[4:00] the minutes. Is there a motion to
approve the August 27th, 2026 public
[4:04] meeting minutes?
>> So move.
[4:06] » I will second that. Any questions? All
in favor signify by saying I.
[4:09] » I motion carried. I'll make a motion to
approve the August 26, 2026 work
[4:14] session.
>> Second.
[4:16] » Any questions? All in favor signify by
saying I.
[4:19] » I.
>> Motion carried. Is there a motion to
[4:21] approve the September 2nd, 2026 work
session?
[4:24] » I'll make that motion.
>> I will second that. Any questions or
[4:27] discussions? All in favor sign by saying
I.
[4:30] » I.
>> Motion carried. Move the controller
[4:32] long.
>> Happy the bill for your approval.
[4:36] » I will make that motion.
>> I will second that. Any questions? All
[4:41] in favor sign by saying I.
>> I.
[4:43] » Motion carried.
Any old business? Any old business?
[4:49] We will move to new business. Uh is
there a motion to approve the human
[4:52] resources personnel report attachment A?
>> I'll make that motion.
[4:57] » I will second that. Any questions? All
in favor sign by saying I.
[5:02] » Motion carried. So motion to reappoint
the following individuals to the
[5:06] advisory board of Beaver County Children
Youth Services for a three-year term
[5:10] commencing on June 29th, 2026 and
expiring on June 28th, 2029. Miss Leslie
[5:16] Alice, Miss Michelle Meline, Reverend
Angela Smith, Miss Michelle Wilcox,
[5:22] Mr. Gary Epson, Mr. Eric O'Conner, Dr.
Brandon Smith, Miss Lauren Epson, Miss
[5:27] Caitlyn Pleti, and Miss Heather Smith.
>> I'll make that motion.
[5:30] » Any questions? Or I will second. I'm
sorry. Any questions? All in favor say
[5:34] by saying I
>> I motion carried. We'll move to the
[5:38] solicitor.
Before the board today are resolutions
[5:42] 091026-1
[5:45] through 091026-23.
They've been reviewed by the law
[5:49] department. We recommend their approval
at this time.
[5:52] » I make a motion to approve as presented
by the solicitor.
[5:55] » I will second that. Any questions?
All in favor sign say I.
[6:01] » I.
>> Motion carried. We'll now move to
[6:04] visitors comments on non-aggenda items.
Any visitors comments on non-aggenda
[6:08] items? Before we start, I do see Andrea
Williams from Uncommon Grounds has just
[6:14] arrived. You missed the reading of the
proclamation.
[6:16] » I'm sorry.
>> Crazy over there today.
[6:21] » Uh I understand. But um we do have a
proclamation honoring the 25 years uh
[6:26] that John Stanley, her Bailey, and now
you under your guidance have done in
[6:30] Alequipa. Couldn't be more proud, more
exciting uh for you to celebrate 25
[6:36] years. So, I don't know if you have
anything to to say to us, but
[6:38] » No, no, we're just super excited. It's
amazing to follow in the footsteps, of
[6:44] course, of John Stanley and Herb. And
John's vision was for the cafe, the
[6:49] ministry to be run by somebody from
Aloquipa. And so, to be like kind of
[6:53] like a fulfillment of like his vision is
amazing. And now moving into our next
[6:57] chapter, um we're becoming our own
nonprofit um separated from our larger
[7:01] organization. So that just kind of opens
up the door for us even the more to be
[7:05] able to kind of play in the big field
with some things um you know that we've
[7:11] kind of been held back from before. So
we're really really excited.
[7:14] » Well, you've been in the oasis on
Franklin Avenue in for a long time.
[7:20] Congratulations.
>> Thank you.
[7:28] Any visitors comments on any non agenda
items
[7:34] with Lake Township? I just wanted to um
just thank the commissioners for the
[7:39] invocation that you have set as a
precedence in this in these meetings and
[7:44] by bringing the Holy Spirit into the
community and God into the government
[7:49] and um we are one nation under God and I
think you know we've had conversations
[7:54] in the past pertaining to various
different
[7:58] differences. And one of the things that
I have really emphasized is that you are
[8:03] the leaders of of the county. And while
we understand the jurisdiction is not
[8:08] over local zoning, we do look to you as
our leaders. And one of the things that
[8:14] New Swiggley Township has brought into
their supervisor meetings um at my
[8:21] request was invitation and I took that
from your meetings. And so that was met
[8:27] with resistance from some of the
supervisors on the board and it went
[8:30] through a solicitor review and it was
found that under this constitution they
[8:36] could not not have prayer in the
meetings. And so when we look at things
[8:41] when we look to you for these things as
the leaders of our county of our
[8:45] municipalities and we see good things
happen I want to just commend you on
[8:50] that and say thank you for that. um
that also comes with things like the
[8:58] Sunshine Act and open meetings and
sensitive subjects like NDAs. And so I
[9:05] have a packet of um a proposed anti-NDA
transparency ordinance. Now, um this has
[9:14] been presented to the board of
commissioners in Indiana County. I have
[9:18] not modified this in any way, but I
would like to just present it to you in
[9:23] the raw form that I've reviewed it to
have your solicitors look this over and
[9:27] take it into consideration.
Um, the executive order from Shapiro
[9:32] does not correlate into local and county
municipalities. The NDA transparency is
[9:39] for state level only. And so that would
be state agencies like the D
[9:46] um and other agencies that are staterun
not signing NDAs. But we would ask that
[9:52] you also make that same commitment and
that same pledge to an anti-NDA
[9:57] ordinance as a county
um board of commissioners. And you know
[10:04] we see resolutions go through on a
numerous basis. There's a also a draft
[10:09] model ordinance in there for um data
centers
[10:13] » that you could perhaps make
recommendations to municipalities if
[10:18] they ask for zoning updates
um as was state, you know, requested
[10:24] through the PAS conference, the super uh
supervisor association
[10:30] for townships, the PASS um and asking
municipalities to update their zoning
[10:37] ordinances. So, there is a data center
draft model ordinance in there as well.
[10:41] You'll see
>> I think you I'm speaking on on my end
[10:45] and uh in 12 in 11 years I think I've
been sitting in this seed in this room.
[10:51] The only NDA that I've signed on behalf
of the county as a commissioner is for
[10:55] the casino and Big Beaver. So, I'm I'm
just so we I don't think we've seen as
[11:00] much municipality. So obviously we want
them to to review this and bring it to
[11:04] us and let us know. But I think that's
the only NDA that I've signed as a
[11:08] commissioner that came across. But I
understand
[11:10] » and that language is in there, right?
Like it's a transparent. So if you have
[11:13] signed something in the past that there
was a 72-hour disclosure that you
[11:17] published that yes, that was presented,
right? And so we understand that under
[11:20] the right to know, you know, and and it
calls out different laws and codes and
[11:24] you know, and I did not write this. I'm
not and I'm going to be I left it in raw
[11:27] form so you can see exactly where
>> you know this is coming from but we do
[11:31] look at other counties across the state
and we talked about countywide impact
[11:37] study and Lana has that request for
proposal out to have something like that
[11:42] done. Let's model the good things that
these other communities are doing and
[11:47] and see how we can incorporate that into
Beaver County. And I we sent or I know I
[11:51] sent the Lakawana one over to Dan to
review to see what we could do on our
[11:56] end.
>> Okay. Okay. So I appreciate that that's
[11:58] still on the radar.
>> Yeah, it is. But yeah, so I not that I
[12:01] was trying to make I
>> contrary to popular perception. We're
[12:05] usually the last ones to know when they
are coming in. I mean I'm serious.
[12:10] » And that may be fine and that may be
true. But if we see your pledge to
[12:15] signing these, then we can go to our
local supervisors and our local council
[12:19] and say our commissioners have committed
to signing an anti-NDA or the
[12:24] transparency of if an NDA is signed that
you're notified within 72 hours. And so
[12:31] just take that into consideration. Thank
you.
[12:35] » Any other comments on non-aggenda items?
>> Yes, sir.
[12:38] » Hi, my name is Brian St with the reclaim
project. So, this is the first time I've
[12:41] attended one of these meetings, so I
forgive my ignorance, but uh we've been
[12:44] working with Cindy Book and Tom Kaminsky
about a proposal to take down homes. Um
[12:49] I'm sorry, blighted abandoned homes in
Deer County. Um so, I'm not sure the
[12:53] protocol. Um so, again, are we going to
be able to address the proposal that we
[12:59] uh submitted today or do we need to uh
go through another channel to have that
[13:04] um voted on?
>> Yeah. Typically, Brian, they bring that
[13:07] proposal to us.
>> Okay. uh for signing off. They they have
[13:11] to to uh examine uh the funds. I assume
it's act 152 funds that that Distler
[13:18] and community development have worked to
create a pool of funds for that.
[13:22] » If it meets the requirements uh that
they have set out for that light removal
[13:27] process, then it should be approved and
should be should come to us for kind of
[13:31] a final check through a a resolution.
Yeah, I was talking with H to um pretty
[13:37] extensive um conversations. So, he told
me that he had submitted everything. So,
[13:40] I'm just not sure what the protocol was.
So,
[13:44] » my name is Gar. I'm in the law
department. Is what Commissioner Manning
[13:47] is saying, you see on the the agenda
these various resolutions uh each
[13:51] meeting, different departments
throughout the county will submit
[13:55] documentation for the commissioners to
prove approve those. generally generally
[14:00] those all run through the law department
to put together to get before the
[14:03] commissioners. Um we will check and see
but if you leave your name um I'll talk
[14:08] with you afterwards and we can let you
know. Um there is a little bit of a lag
[14:12] time sometimes because these meetings
are only held twice a month uh if
[14:15] something's submitted it may take a
couple weeks to get actually on the
[14:18] agenda but we'll look in our office to
see if we have something queued up for
[14:21] the meeting later this month and I can
reach back out to you let you know
[14:24] what's going on.
>> Thank you so much. I I think one thing
[14:26] might if it comes so Gar we discussed
these these were discussed yesterday
[14:32] normally they're discussed the day
before if you know somebody is here when
[14:36] it does get if it gets put onto our
agenda if Tom and that staff I think
[14:40] there's going to be some questions that
I will have um I will tell you I I voted
[14:44] no last time this came across you know
it was a two-1 vote um I spoke
[14:50] I don't want to say passionately but I
spoke it would be more beneficial to use
[14:54] act 152 funds to tear down more houses
than less houses because the cost that
[14:58] you guys are tearing houses down were
almost were double if not triple what it
[15:02] would cost us to tear the house down if
we ran all our for it. So I think you
[15:07] know when it gets put onto the agenda it
always get put on. I think one of the
[15:11] things we have somebody from the reclaim
project to come here and say this is
[15:14] what we've done with the money we've got
previously. This is how much we've
[15:17] reclaimed. Uh, you know, I I don't know
if you have that off the top of your
[15:21] head, but you know, I know you guys had
a site down the lifestyle by driven by
[15:24] it multiple times and it's weeds.
There's no nothing there to reclaim.
[15:28] » So, I think it's something like I don't
know what you're requesting this time. I
[15:32] don't know how many houses are proposed
for that. You know, we're going I'm
[15:35] going to do the due diligence to say,
okay, you're asking for 200,000, but
[15:38] you're going to tear 10 houses down. If
community development put those 10
[15:42] houses out, it be out and only cost us
$80,000 to tear down. So what's more
[15:46] beneficial to the communities and these
are getting torn down. So I would just
[15:49] you know if you when it when it's
submitted I'm sure Tom will let you know
[15:52] it's on the agenda but maybe try and
come that Wednesday to discuss you know
[15:56] what those funds are being used for.
>> Okay. Sure.
[15:59] » Thank you.
>> Any other comments on non-aggenda items?
[16:05] All right. Uh the next public meeting
will be held on Thursday, September
[16:08] 24th, 2026 at 10 a.m. here in the
commissioner's public meeting room.
[16:14] And we'll second it. All in favor say I.
I.
[16:17] » Media.