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[1:57] - All the Board of Commissioners meeting to order at 10 0 1.

[2:01] All those are able, please rise with the Pledge

[2:03] - Of Pledge Allegiance to the flag

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[2:15] with Liberty Justice Overall.

[2:20] - Alright, do we have any public here for comment?

[2:23] For items not appearing on today's agenda?

[2:28] Seeing none. Any additions to the agenda from the board?

[2:30] I don't think so. No. Okay.

[2:32] Moving on to our meeting minutes.

[2:34] If they're good, we'll take a motion

[2:36] to approve the minutes from the meeting held

[2:38] on January 20th.

[2:39] - So moved. Second.

[2:40] - We have a motion and a second

[2:42] to approve the minutes from the meeting held

[2:43] on January 20th.

[2:45] All those in favor do so by saying Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[2:48] Nay. Motion carries.

[2:51] And we have an announcement,

[2:54] the 2026 Hometown Hero Banner program.

[2:58] And I believe possibly a parade too. Oh, alright.

[3:02] So take it away. As long as it's

[3:03] not this week, you're all right.

[3:05] Yeah, no, wouldn't do it this week.

[3:06] So take it away, Brian and Deb.

[3:09] - Okay. I am here on behalf of Historic Beltcon Incorporated

[3:12] and the Hometown Hero Banner Committee.

[3:15] We are proud to say that this is year will be our sixth year

[3:20] of sponsoring the Hometown Heroes

[3:23] by placing banners throughout our downtown.

[3:26] And we are extremely excited to share with everything

[3:30] that is happening with that dedication.

[3:33] In the past, we dedicated the banners on

[3:36] Veteran's Day, November 11th.

[3:38] - Mic. Is it on?

[3:42] It was, but Oh,

[3:44] - You want me to start over?

[3:47] - Maybe. Why

[3:48] - Don't you do that.

[3:49] All right. I'm here on behalf

[3:49] of Historic Bell Fund Incorporated

[3:51] and the Hometown Hero Banner Committee.

[3:54] We are proud to say that this is our sixth round

[3:58] of sponsoring the hometown hero banners for our downtown.

[4:02] We're extremely excited to share with everything

[4:05] that is happening with this dedication.

[4:08] In the past, we dedicated the banners on

[4:10] November 11th, veteran's Day.

[4:12] This year, HBI, the Hometown Hero Banner Committee,

[4:17] along with DBI are proud to say that

[4:20] with America celebrating its 250th birthday,

[4:25] the combined groups are putting together a patriotic parade

[4:29] on Friday evening, July 5th at five 30,

[4:34] after which there will be the dedication

[4:36] of the hometown hero banners

[4:38] and a 75 minute patriotic concert

[4:42] with a combined community bans of Beon and State College.

[4:47] I want the public to know that with the banner applications,

[4:50] which will be available starting this weekend,

[4:54] they will be available for download

[4:56] from Historic Beon Incorporated website,

[5:00] Beon Borough website, the Beon Hometown Hero Facebook page,

[5:05] and they will be available for hard copy pickup

[5:10] at the Beon Borough offices, the Bellmont train station,

[5:14] and Carrie Bening Hoff's office.

[5:16] And hopefully I can get a few more places to put hard copies

[5:20] and also attach the links

[5:22] to the applications from our websites.

[5:25] I want to clarify, and this is on the applications,

[5:28] that in the past, they were able

[5:30] to take the completed applications to the train station

[5:34] that no longer can happen.

[5:36] The applications are to be taken

[5:38] and dropped off at the Beon Borough office on Spring Street

[5:42] or to Kerry Benning Hoff's office on High Street.

[5:45] And all of that information is on the applications, along

[5:50] with the banner applications.

[5:52] At all of the places

[5:53] that I had mentioned, they were available.

[5:55] The registration to be part of the parade will also

[6:00] be available because this is America's 250th

[6:05] and Beon is the county seat and home to seven governors.

[6:09] We really want to show our patriotic spirit

[6:12] with a tremendous celebratory parade.

[6:15] So please, we are asking all types of groups that like

[6:19] to party, to come and party with us on July 3rd.

[6:23] Twirling groups, dance groups, athletic clubs, scout troops,

[6:27] church groups, civic organizations, any and everything.

[6:31] We want them to celebrate with us.

[6:34] The parade is going to go downhill from,

[6:38] from the high school at Bellon to Tally R Park.

[6:42] So the little twirl is do not have to march up the hill.

[6:46] With all of that being said, I have a couple of favors

[6:49] to ask of the Commissioners.

[6:50] First, I would love it if you would make a proclamation

[6:55] proclaiming Friday, July 3rd Beon day

[6:59] to celebrate America's 250th birthday.

[7:04] Secondly, if there happens to be any grant money laying

[7:08] around unclaimed I could apply for,

[7:12] I would greatly appreciate you letting me know

[7:15] that we can make this something that Centre County

[7:18] and Bellefonte can be proud of.

[7:20] I wanna thank you for your time.

[7:22] Please come out and help us celebrate this wonderful

[7:26] milestone for America and also to honor the heroes

[7:30] that will be displayed through our downtown.

[7:34] - Cool. Great. Well, thank you.

[7:36] Deb, did you have anything you wanted to add, Brian?

[7:38] The parade's gonna be the third,

[7:41] - Friday the third?

[7:42] Yes. Friday, July 3rd is the parade. Okay.

[7:45] - Yes. And do you have a rough kickoff time

[7:47] - At five 30?

[7:48] Five 30? Yep. In the evening it will step off at five 30.

[7:51] It's too hot to do a parade in the afternoon

[7:54] in July parade. Yep. Yes.

[7:56] - Yep. That's a problem we'd like to

[7:57] - Have.

[7:58] Yes. Yes. Oh, today, yes. It would be It.

[8:00] Hard to think about that now. Yeah.

[8:00] Well remember that this day. Yeah.

[8:03] - The downhill part of the Bellon parade was always nice.

[8:05] Yes. The Snow Shoe parade is uphill the whole way.

[8:08] - Yep. Yes. So it was our homecoming parade,

[8:11] which is why it's easier to go downhill. Okay. Thank you.

[8:15] - Well, don't go away. Did there anything

[8:17] else you wanted to add, Brian?

[8:19] No, I, no, you're good. She always carries everything. Okay.

[8:22] Alright.

[8:24] - Better than I was gonna say and we are working on,

[8:27] but it, it hasn't come together just yet.

[8:29] Yeah. To have different civic

[8:31] and church groups, put ethnic food tables around.

[8:35] Tally ran since we are the melting pot, that's

[8:38] how we became America to have different tables

[8:40] of ethnic foods around there.

[8:42] We're just starting to work on that.

[8:44] So hopefully that can all come together.

[8:47] - Well, that sounds great.

[8:48] There's a number of Beon restaurants.

[8:50] I'd love to have staffing tables there, including Beon, wok,

[8:54] bonos, et cetera, et cetera.

[8:56] - Yep. Well, if we can get the church groups

[8:58] and the civics groups to help us out Yeah.

[9:00] That they can make some samples

[9:02] of things would be great. Alright.

[9:03] - Wonderful. Well, thanks Deb for organizing everything as,

[9:08] as Brian mentioned, and appreciate having the banners

[9:11] and looks like you've got a lot of stuff now planned for

[9:15] July 3rd, which is a Friday.

[9:16] - Yes, it is. So that will, yes. And a holiday for a lot.

[9:20] Yeah. Holiday for

[9:21] - A lot.

[9:22] And I would recommend getting ready to apply

[9:23] to the Happy Valley Venture Bureau.

[9:25] Okay. 'cause this does seem to be a, a fit

[9:27] for the Tourism grant program. Perfect.

[9:29] - So great. - That'd be great. Thanks again. And

[9:34] - Yeah, sounds like a great event.

[9:36] Yeah. And I think, yeah,

[9:38] that's a good point about the Tourism grant program is a,

[9:40] seems like a good fit for, you know, an application there.

[9:43] And we do that. Yeah.

[9:44] Really just thanks to all the people

[9:45] who are gonna be putting effort into

[9:47] making this happen. Was

[9:48] - Gonna I that there's gonna be lot, a whole lot

[9:50] of hands behind the, the scene.

[9:52] - Yes. Yeah. Thank you.

[9:54] - Well, well most

[9:55] of the festivities occur down at

[9:57] Tally R at the end of the parade.

[9:58] Is that kind of the idea? Correct.

[9:59] - Okay. Yes. - Correct. So the parade will start probably

[10:02] up by the high school and work its way down from

[10:04] Tand Park. And that's where the,

[10:05] - And I am working because of parking limited.

[10:08] I am working at getting some buses to be able to transport.

[10:11] If people wanna park it, I'm gonna try to find a church

[10:14] or I, we can't use the high school

[10:17] because that's where the parade will be for me.

[10:18] But try to find a parking lot somewhere to put some cars

[10:21] that we can take and transport people down

[10:23] because of parking limits. Yeah.

[10:25] - Okay. Perfect. Okay. - Thank you. Wonderful. All

[10:29] - Right, great.

[10:30] - Don't go away. Tim, do you have any questions?

[10:32] The parade, the events, banners, all.

[10:37] Alright, wonderful.

[10:39] Well thanks again Deb

[10:41] and Brian for arranging the Hometown Hero banner program

[10:44] and announcing the parade in befor.

[10:47] We, we missed it. Yep.

[10:49] There are always good stories from the Befor parade.

[10:52] - Absolutely. - Always food down at tally ramp.

[10:54] - Good memories from childhood. Yeah.

[10:56] - Great. Well thank you so much. Okay.

[10:58] - Thank you. Thank - You. Thanks Deb.

[11:00] - Alright, now moving on to proclamation number five.

[11:05] Proclaiming February as career

[11:07] and technical education month in Centre County

[11:11] and Aaron, do you want me

[11:14] to announce these in the order You have 'em written.

[11:17] - That's just, it's up to them.

[11:18] I figured you take them up in groups.

[11:20] - Right, right.

[11:22] Alright, so the first one we have on the list

[11:24] is State College.

[11:28] I, I believe you must be Ben. I am. Yeah.

[11:31] Why don't you just sit over there

[11:33] and that way everybody can get

[11:34] good angles. For Tim and CNET,

[11:37] - Tell us about career and technical education today. Yes,

[11:41] - Thank you.

[11:42] Well, today we have a little bit of snow we're dealing with,

[11:46] so didn't notice, unfortunately we had a

[11:48] couple students lined up to be here.

[11:50] Yeah. But we're not able to do field trips like where

[11:53] that are before were to show up to school.

[11:55] So it'll just be me today. Alright.

[11:59] So yeah, at the State college right now we have 15 different

[12:02] programs and we have a, this year we're a little over 1800

[12:07] of our students are enrolled in one of our CTE programs,

[12:11] which is vast majority.

[12:13] Yeah. So we have about 2300 students

[12:16] and a lot of them are going to be run as electives.

[12:19] It's gonna help them kind of get a, a good foundation

[12:22] and figure out what they wanna do with their life

[12:24] and get some good life skills.

[12:27] And then as they get into like their 11th to 12th grade,

[12:30] now we'll get more into the approved CTC programs

[12:33] where they can end up with a certificate

[12:36] and industry credentials and things like that.

[12:40] - Well it's a tremendous program.

[12:42] Ben, my, my son went through that program

[12:45] and he now has a very high paying job in it.

[12:50] And I think the first certificate he received was a Cisco

[12:53] certificate from your program.

[12:55] And of course I've toured the program areas many times.

[13:01] The car repair maintenance area is amazing.

[13:06] The food's always great.

[13:08] I will, I'll also praise the food at CPI too.

[13:10] They're both great, but really

[13:13] appreciate everything you're doing there.

[13:15] Working with the teachers, working with, with the students.

[13:18] And a massive percentage of participation,

[13:21] I think you said 1800 out of 2300 students. Correct.

[13:24] - Yep. And there's a lot of great like afterschool programs

[13:28] as well, like clubs and activities

[13:30] and it's just a really, you know,

[13:31] well-rounded opportunity for students.

[13:34] - Yeah. Commissioner Concepcion is

[13:36] something of an expert on this.

[13:37] - Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for being here.

[13:40] This, these programs have just been, you know, tremendous

[13:43] for our students in state college.

[13:44] I know that the,

[13:46] there's been discussion about why state college runs its own

[13:49] CTC program and it really has come down

[13:51] to be the students being able to take those classes

[13:55] as electives rather than committing to, you know,

[13:58] being there moving locations for part of the day.

[14:01] And so that was a big part of the decision making

[14:04] that went into the design for the new high school

[14:07] and, you know, building out those program spaces.

[14:09] And I think it's, it's been a tremendous success.

[14:12] So, yeah, my son also went

[14:14] through the architecture drafting program in the CTC

[14:17] and now he's a fourth year architecture student at Penn

[14:19] State and really enjoying it.

[14:21] And I think that program really gave him a sense of

[14:25] what the field is and, you know, going into

[14:29] a college level program, he already had a lot of the skills

[14:32] that he would be building his first year.

[14:34] So he really felt, you know, extremely prepared

[14:37] because he had gone through that program.

[14:38] And another one of my kids has done the, some of the

[14:43] computer graphics program programs

[14:45] and those are, you know, kids are really able

[14:47] to build skills that they're able

[14:49] to use like immediately when they finish school.

[14:53] And so it's great for them to be able to see,

[14:55] have those programs that really connect their future with

[14:59] what they're able to do now.

[15:00] So, yeah. Thank you

[15:03] - Mr.

[15:04] - Well I think there's, there's several things

[15:06] that artificial intelligence can replace,

[15:08] but one of 'em is not hands-on repair of, whether it's HVAC

[15:12] or electricity plumbing

[15:13] or, you know, the, the, the skilled, the skilled arts like

[15:17] that that really make a difference.

[15:19] And, and even to be in a situation where you can get a taste

[15:22] of that, those are life skills that

[15:25] will serve you literally forever.

[15:27] And I, I think it's fantastic that,

[15:29] that those are available to so many young people.

[15:32] We appreciate that

[15:34] - And we've really enjoyed the dinners that

[15:36] the culinary program puts on throughout the spring.

[15:39] - Speaking of life skills, yeah.

[15:41] - That's a great life that are open to the public.

[15:42] Those are a great opportunity

[15:44] to see what kids are working on.

[15:45] Yes.

[15:47] - So JJ

[15:48] and Aaron, did you envision that we would do a photo

[15:52] for each school?

[15:55] - Whatever y'all would play? Yes. Yeah. Yes. Alright.

[15:59] - Okay. Let's, let's - Do it, let's do it at the

[16:00] end. That's,

[16:02] - Well I'm thinking maybe we could do three separate ones.

[16:05] That way each school can kind of show their, their group.

[16:09] So why don't we start with State College

[16:11] and then we'll segue the CPI

[16:13] and we'll do the motion at the end.

[16:16] - Alright. - Sorry, it's a little extra

[16:20] - Work on J Chain here.

[16:24] - Alright, settle - On

[16:25] - Center on State College - Here on your map.

[16:28] - Move toward - Me, man. Oh yeah,

[16:30] - You're covered it.

[16:34] - Three, two fun. Everybody's motto.

[16:41] Appreciate it.

[16:48] Okay.

[16:49] - Alright. And now we have a number of highly regarded,

[16:54] medium sized school districts in Centre County,

[16:57] including Befor, Penns Valley and Bald Eagle.

[17:01] Did I get all of them? Okay.

[17:03] And so they are represented at the high school level

[17:07] by CPI and we have the, is it executive director?

[17:12] Ooh, I'm, I'm, I'm, that's pretty good.

[17:13] Really rolling here today. Maryanne Boulders.

[17:17] And we have a couple of students.

[17:21] I have Jessica, is it Verne? Colson.

[17:26] Okay. So I know one of you is an instructor

[17:30] so if you would they're all students.

[17:32] - No, j Jessica. She took over for me.

[17:33] Well actually two of 'em are, she's our principal.

[17:35] - Jessica's, yeah, I was saying I thought Jessica

[17:37] was not a student anymore. And

[17:39] - We also, we also have another instructor among us.

[17:44] Well can we pull it? Yeah.

[17:45] - But, okay. Alright, well why don't you come around

[17:48] to the side here and stay here.

[17:51] Yep. So now we'll, we'll talk about

[17:55] Central Pennsylvania Institute, which also has a number

[17:58] of great programs that the high school students

[18:01] and even adults enjoy.

[18:03] So I don't know who's kicking this off.

[18:06] Is that Jessica? Sure

[18:07] - I will.

[18:08] Yes. So thank you for having us.

[18:09] My name's Jessica Martin, I'm the Vice President of CPI.

[18:12] It's of secondary ed.

[18:15] Years ago I was an instructor there,

[18:17] but now I took over from Maryanne.

[18:20] So thank you so much.

[18:21] We are so grateful that you are recognizing the importance

[18:24] of career and technical education at CPI.

[18:27] We take pride into training our future workforce,

[18:32] which we know CTE is the backbone of America.

[18:35] So thank you for that. We have Marianne

[18:38] and I brought two outstanding students with us today.

[18:41] We have Colson

[18:43] who is a high school student in collision repair

[18:45] and we have limber who is a post-secondary student in

[18:49] welding and then on ER's free time.

[18:52] He also is the employee of CPI

[18:54] and helps us out with our maintenance staff.

[18:57] So I'm gonna turn it over to them

[18:58] because I know that's who you really wanna hear from.

[19:00] So limber you wanna go ahead and start? Yeah,

[19:03] - Of course.

[19:04] Any questions before I begin?

[19:07] - Eventually would you potentially be looking for a job?

[19:11] We could always use people. He already has one.

[19:12] He has Don't be stealing, don't be stealing them away.

[19:15] Maybe he needs another one first. Yeah,

[19:16] - I could work three.

[19:17] Yeah, that's, that's there you go.

[19:20] Something I learned while being in CPI

[19:23] and also being employed there is that the staff,

[19:27] the faculty is just amazing.

[19:28] Downright, they treated me just like family day one

[19:32] and down to my teacher who taught me everything I know as

[19:35] of right now, just an amazing class

[19:38] and something I look forward to every day.

[19:41] I'm excited to go to class

[19:43] and I wouldn't replace it for anything really.

[19:46] - Wonderful. Well I know welding is

[19:48] a fabulous skill to have.

[19:50] Are you actually potentially doing some

[19:52] of the welding on the, the big pipes for the natural gas?

[19:56] - I'm really looking for more of a fabrication job. Okay.

[19:59] For example, Spicers is a company

[20:02] that I've been really looking forward to join.

[20:03] Alright. For a co-op opportunity. Yeah.

[20:06] But if it was an opportunity for me to do that, I would.

[20:10] - Alright, so more more into manufacturing. Yep.

[20:12] Welding's a very flexible skill. Wonderful.

[20:17] And Kohl set. What would you like to add?

[20:21] - Well, so I'm in the collision repair program

[20:24] and I will say when I first came to CPI,

[20:27] I had no clue on what I wanted to do.

[20:30] So I walked in the building

[20:32] and I got greeted by all the faculty

[20:34] and all the staff members

[20:36] and they treated me great from day one.

[20:39] And ever since that I loved the place.

[20:42] So I was like, well I have to come here.

[20:44] So I ended up going to collision repair

[20:48] and the instructor, Brian Humble opened, opened right up

[20:53] to me and gave me everything I need to know.

[20:57] And we sat down and talked in his classroom for a while

[21:02] and once I heard him talk about how good the program was

[21:06] and how well he would do

[21:08] and the certificates that he would provide, I decided

[21:12] to take up the program and well now I'm doing stuff.

[21:14] I had no clue that I, there was even existing. So.

[21:20] - Well that's also a real valuable area

[21:22] and kind of a little different job where

[21:26] when you're done you wanna make it look

[21:27] like nothing happened.

[21:29] Yep. Yeah. So that's, that's very difficult

[21:32] 'cause I've tried a couple collision repairs

[21:34] and didn't go well.

[21:36] - Yeah, that's probably the greatest part of it. Yeah.

[21:38] It's making everything look nice.

[21:39] So, and then I'm probably gonna look into the insurance part

[21:44] of it, so, oh, okay.

[21:45] Look into insurance app, appraising app. Yeah.

[21:48] And I'm looking into more eerie insurance. Oh yeah.

[21:51] And I'm looking towards doing it, so

[21:53] - Yeah.

[21:54] That's great. Well that'd be great

[21:55] 'cause you'd have the background and you know,

[21:56] how it's all done and how difficult the work can be.

[21:59] Yep. Wonderful.

[22:01] Well I've kind of been hogging the time commissioner. That's

[22:03] - Okay.

[22:04] Yeah. Thanks for sharing your programs with us.

[22:06] You know, this really shows like the variety of paths

[22:10] that students can go with career and technical education.

[22:12] There's, you know, something like collision repair,

[22:15] you know, that you could work in, in the insurance industry

[22:17] as well as, you know, hands-on in the shop.

[22:21] And welding I know is like very much an art as well as,

[22:24] you know, the technical science of learning how to weld.

[22:27] So yeah, it's great to hear about your programs.

[22:29] I've really enjoyed when I've been able to visit CPI

[22:32] and serving on the occupational advisory

[22:34] board there as well.

[22:37] Getting to hear, you know, the plans that you have

[22:39] for the future, your strategy going forward that blends,

[22:43] you know, both secondary

[22:45] and post-secondary education

[22:47] just provides tremendous opportunities

[22:49] for folks in our community.

[22:51] One of the things that I got to see last time I was there

[22:54] was a new device in your medical sciences program,

[22:59] which I think you were able to get with a grant.

[23:00] Yeah. That is a, essentially like a large replica,

[23:04] almost like, of an operating table that has

[23:07] a computer simulation of a body on the table.

[23:11] And you can go through all the different body systems,

[23:14] all the organs, muscles, nerves, tissue, bones to be able

[23:18] to really get a sense of the anatomy of, of,

[23:22] of a human at like a really tuned it, like a level

[23:27] that was like absolutely amazing level of detail. Yeah.

[23:30] - So if you guys haven't seen it, please come out is the

[23:34] tage table, it's six feet long, it's like a huge iPad

[23:38] has loads up six cadavers.

[23:40] They can delete the skin, see the organs,

[23:43] see things flow throughout the body.

[23:44] It's, you rotate it, it just really has

[23:48] increased the rigor in that program even more.

[23:51] Yeah. So these are devices that are used in med school.

[23:54] So if you have a cha have a free time, please come out.

[23:57] Really can, I'll show you around when

[23:59] - You say rigor.

[24:00] - Yeah. - Just

[24:05] ask how Yep.

[24:08] - Increase that. I would like to acknowledge

[24:11] that Colson is also heading to our skills,

[24:14] USA state competition

[24:16] to represent CPI collision repair along

[24:19] with 17 other students that we have.

[24:21] So that is the beginning of April

[24:23] and we look forward to seeing

[24:25] how well he does at the state competition.

[24:28] - Oh, that's awesome. I think all you have to do is drive

[24:29] around on one of these snowy days

[24:31] and you can probably keep yourself pretty busy.

[24:35] It's going door to door. Right. And know Commissioner

[24:37] - Dershem, you've had a long affiliation with

[24:39] - CPI.

[24:40] Yeah, it's your secondary program's. Amazing.

[24:43] Your adult learning situation is just amazing.

[24:47] You graduate dozens of, of, of LPNs every year.

[24:52] I just don't, IIII don't know what to say other than ver

[24:57] I can, I can attest that, that he's good at what he does

[25:00] because when I had a problem

[25:01] with a Christmas gift this year, I brought it out

[25:04] and he tack welded my Christmas gift back

[25:07] together and made it work.

[25:08] So. Wow. So I think I, I,

[25:11] I think if you're not an instructor,

[25:12] I think you may be well destined to be one someday.

[25:15] And we really appreciate you coming in.

[25:19] Again, artificial intelligence can't take a lot

[25:21] of these hard, hard, hard skills away.

[25:24] I mean, you just, you know that these are things

[25:26] that people are gonna need.

[25:27] And someday when you're a an underwater welder

[25:30] and you know, you're 500 feet under the ocean

[25:33] and you're making things happen,

[25:34] you'll think back on these days

[25:36] and go, I learned it all here.

[25:37] Right. But you know, the other programs and,

[25:40] and I'm pretty familiar with some of your, some

[25:43] of your adult education programs, your affiliation

[25:45] with the natural gas industry and, and,

[25:47] and so many other things that the CPI has to offer.

[25:50] There's so many opportunities between, you know,

[25:53] state College Center Hills and, and CPI.

[25:55] There's, there's, there's educational opportunities

[25:59] that people just, I think you said it best.

[26:01] You don't even know what you don't know yet

[26:03] because there's so many opportunities out there

[26:06] and we really wish you all the best.

[26:08] I think the success of of the program trickles down

[26:13] to being the success for so many people in our community

[26:15] and we really appreciate that and, and, and

[26:17] and your relationship.

[26:19] And someday, maybe if all the stars align Oh yes.

[26:23] We can continue our relationship with CPI out at our Emerge

[26:28] or public safety training site with a new education building

[26:32] that would be fantastic for the medical sciences as well.

[26:35] So hopefully it'll all fit together

[26:38] and it makes, makes our area that much more prosperous.

[26:42] So thank you. And Maryanne, thank you

[26:44] for the job you're doing, leading the team out there.

[26:48] So thank you. Thank you.

[26:51] - Didn't realize that as CPI students You can help save

[26:54] a commissioner's Christmas.

[26:56] - Yeah, it's all out there. There you go.

[26:58] Do photo with them.

[27:00] - Alright, any, anything else from the team at CPI?

[27:04] - I think we're good. - Well you can join Mary

[27:06] for the photo and Maryanne can join too.

[27:09] JJ will send you the picture.

[27:12] - Congratulations. Thanks man.

[27:16] Appreciate. Thanks. Maryanne over to Ferguson.

[27:21] Bring

[27:26] you can get

[27:27] - Are we, are we tight enough JJ? Or We

[27:29] - Can tighten up.

[27:30] We'll get there. Alright, we getting there?

[27:34] Alright smile

[27:37] five more.

[27:41] Excellent stuff. Nice to meet you.

[27:46] Good to meet you. Good luck with everything. Okay.

[27:52] Meet you care guys.

[27:57] Thank you. Thank you.

[28:05] - I don't know if Aaron did this on purpose,

[28:08] but we're gonna continue our progression now to South Hills,

[28:12] which primarily deals with adult students.

[28:17] And so we have Paul Maza and I believe one student

[28:21] and two instructors.

[28:22] Correct. Okay. So if you'd all come on over

[28:24] and if you could try to fill the chairs in

[28:26] 'cause it it gives the TV cameras a much better. I,

[28:30] - I will give you Steve, you stay seated.

[28:32] I today No, that's fine. Much rather stand. That's fine.

[28:37] Thank you. Down. Thank you so much.

[28:42] - So South Hills has been around for multiple decades.

[28:45] Very involved in the community with the music concerts

[28:48] and the Gibe shelter fundraiser coming

[28:50] up here in just a few weeks.

[28:52] But you also provide a broad variety of programs for adults

[28:56] to receive one to two year certificates.

[28:59] And I know Centre County Government has been hiring

[29:02] Southfields graduates for decades.

[29:04] So hand it over to Paul, I believe.

[29:06] - Thank you. Commissioner Higgins and Commissioner Conce

[29:09] and Commissioner Dershem we're very grateful to be here

[29:13] to take part in this recognition

[29:15] of career and technical month.

[29:18] As Mark said, we've been around for 56 years. Oh no.

[29:23] It's, it's humbling to think

[29:24] how many decades we've been able to participate in,

[29:28] in the needs of the community

[29:29] and providing for skilled folks to go into the workforce.

[29:35] Our job, I I take my job as the president

[29:38] and director of the school to keep tabs on

[29:41] what the needs are and fill those needs

[29:44] with program offerings that help our

[29:46] employers keep their operations running smoothly.

[29:50] I'm grateful to have this crew here with me today,

[29:53] and I'm gonna speak very little and let them do the talking.

[29:56] We have a, our medical assistant

[30:00] program coordinator with us.

[30:01] We have a medical assistant all soon to be graduate with us

[30:05] and we have a new program that we're launching this fall

[30:09] that our, I've brought the program director for

[30:11] that program here today as well.

[30:13] So I'll start off by introducing Bobby Brumbaugh.

[30:16] Bobby is the program coordinator for our medical assistant

[30:19] four term or one year program.

[30:22] And Bobby's been with us for going on seven years

[30:25] and I'll let her share about the program

[30:28] and introduce her student.

[30:30] - So my name is Bobby Baugh. Thank you for having us.

[30:34] I am the medical Assistant coordinator

[30:37] and I am an instructor.

[30:39] I'm very passionate about my program.

[30:42] Medical assistants are, and I did write my notes out.

[30:45] I'm sorry. It's okay. I don't wanna miss anything

[30:48] 'cause I am very passionate about my program.

[30:51] Medical assistants are trained to support both patients

[30:55] and providers by handling a mix of clinical

[30:58] and administrative duties.

[31:00] They take vital signs, prepare patients for exams, assist

[31:05] with procedures, give injections, perform the basics

[31:09] of lab tests on the administrative side.

[31:14] They schedule appointments, manage medical records,

[31:17] handle billing, insurance, help keep,

[31:20] they help keep the office running smoothly.

[31:23] So in short, medical assistants are the versatile

[31:27] behind the scenes professionals who help ensure safe,

[31:31] efficient, compassionate, patient care every day.

[31:34] As a medical assistant myself, I believe we all have a story

[31:38] as to why we choose to be in this profession.

[31:42] And mine is not much different than my students,

[31:46] but I became an instructor

[31:48] because I wanted to make a difference in the lives

[31:51] of those that I teach.

[31:54] I believe everyone deserves access to quality healthcare

[31:58] and if I can pass on my passion to even a fraction

[32:02] of my students, then perhaps I can help shape a new

[32:06] generation of healthcare professionals, one

[32:09] that is grounded in compassion and empathy

[32:12] and genuinely care for their patients.

[32:15] So at South Hills our students receive hands-on training,

[32:21] hands-on training and vital signs, injections, EKGs,

[32:27] phlebotomy, electric, electronic health records,

[32:31] patient intake documentation.

[32:34] And just as importantly, they develop teamwork

[32:37] and adaptability because healthcare is ever changing.

[32:41] They build these skills by practicing on each other,

[32:45] their first injections they're giving to themselves

[32:49] before they're ever allowed to give to anybody else.

[32:54] They ensure we ensure that they're confident and prepared

[32:59] before they even enter their 330

[33:03] hour community internships in the classroom.

[33:06] They're not just mastering their clinical

[33:09] and administrative skills, they're discovering their passion

[33:12] for patient care

[33:14] and learning what it truly means

[33:16] to serve others in healthcare.

[33:18] Upon graduation, they are prepared to sit

[33:22] for the A A MA certification examination.

[33:27] Our students are actively serving in our community at

[33:30] organizations such as University Orthopedics

[33:34] and across many specialties within Geisinger, Mount NI

[33:38] and Penn Highlands.

[33:40] These experiences spanned areas including cardiology,

[33:44] gynecology, urology, primary care, dermatology, neurology,

[33:49] and that's just to name a few.

[33:51] These partnerships give our students the real world exposure

[33:56] and allow them to make meaningful

[33:58] contributions to their community.

[34:01] Many of our South Hills grads within

[34:04] actually the last two years have a hundred percent,

[34:09] I have a hundred percent employment rating.

[34:12] So what that means is my students

[34:14] that I've turned out from this medical assistant program

[34:17] are actively working in the, in our community

[34:20] as medical assistants.

[34:22] So I'm gonna turn it over now

[34:24] to my current student who's set

[34:27] to graduate in June of this year.

[34:29] She's currently out on her internship, this is Lena.

[34:34] I'm gonna say her name wrong, min.

[34:38] And the reason I say her name wrong is

[34:40] because when I get in the beginning of her

[34:46] term as a South Hills student,

[34:49] I had classes here in State, state College and Altoona

[34:53] and it, I always try

[34:55] and find a way to remember my student's name.

[34:57] And Lana's was one that I could not remember

[34:59] and she said, just call me red.

[35:02] So calling her red did not leave me much choice

[35:06] but to only remember her as red.

[35:09] So now I mess up her last name all the time,

[35:12] but she is very passionate for what she does as well.

[35:16] So I'm gonna turn it over to Lana now

[35:19] and let her say a few words.

[35:22] - So I've always had a big passion

[35:24] and wanting to help others throughout my whole childhood.

[35:27] I always dreamed of being a nurse of some sort.

[35:31] At the age of 15, I became a volunteer firefighter

[35:36] and I've been ever since, throughout all the calls,

[35:39] the trainings, the classes,

[35:41] my passion became stronger each time

[35:43] and I just knew I needed to make, make a move.

[35:47] I needed to go for it. In my high school years,

[35:52] I was in a health professions program,

[35:54] which was a three year long program.

[35:57] We had a lot of hands-on skills, vital signs,

[36:01] wound cares, we did a lot.

[36:06] So I've learned a lot at South Hills.

[36:09] They have taught me a lot within the nursing program.

[36:13] I've sharpened my skills from school, I have,

[36:17] I've learned a lot of medical terminology, which I struggled

[36:21] with, but I did it.

[36:24] I did vital signs, like Bobby said.

[36:26] I did injections, phlebotomy, which I love.

[36:32] And I always, I learned

[36:33] that you always put your patients first,

[36:36] which I love the most.

[36:39] I'm currently in internship and I love what I do.

[36:42] I love helping others whenever they need it the most.

[36:48] Upon graduation, I would love

[36:49] to utilize my skills in the medical

[36:52] assistant nursing program.

[36:57] I'm gonna work a few years as an MA

[36:59] and then I would like to pursue my passion even further

[37:02] and hopefully become a registered nurse

[37:04] at some point in time.

[37:06] Nice. Yeah. Great.

[37:08] - Sounds like a very good plan.

[37:10] And I believe, Paul,

[37:12] you have a big announcement of a new program.

[37:15] - I do, yeah. And, and I wanted

[37:17] to also thank Lana for being here.

[37:19] Lana actually is interning at Geisinger Reedsville,

[37:22] so not technically part of Centre County,

[37:24] but we'll, we'll accept a Mifflin County internship.

[37:28] Lana lives outside of the mountain,

[37:30] but I will say to Bobby's credit, and,

[37:33] and I'm sure Elena is carrying this tradition on

[37:37] whenever I go into the lab, when you reach a a certain age,

[37:40] and I've reached that age and perhaps exceeded it, you need

[37:43] to get lab work done every so often.

[37:45] So whenever I go into the lab, I always make sure

[37:47] that I have a South Hills grad drawing blood.

[37:50] 'cause I know I'm not gonna leave there

[37:51] with a big welt on my arm.

[37:53] I'm gonna be treated properly.

[37:54] So thank you Bobby, for training them well,

[37:57] but we do have an announcement.

[37:58] It's not, it's not secretive.

[38:00] We've, we've started marketing for the program.

[38:03] I think it was back in December.

[38:04] We were given the green light, as many of you know,

[38:08] south Hills, the name South Hills School of Business

[38:11] and Technology suggests business programs, which we have

[38:14] and technology programs, which we have, we were thinking

[38:18] of changing the name, but it was gonna be too unwieldy.

[38:21] South Hills Business School

[38:22] of Business Technology and Health.

[38:24] It just started to get too long to put on letterhead.

[38:27] But as you can see with our medical assistant program

[38:31] and a program we're launching this fall,

[38:33] we have a substantial interest in supporting our

[38:37] community health providers.

[38:39] And in that regard, I'm very, very thankful to

[38:42] introduce Laura cio, who is our program director for

[38:46] our new respiratory therapy program

[38:48] that's starting this fall.

[38:51] And Laura is gonna share some of the wonderful opportunities

[38:54] that that program gives

[38:56] and some of the great partnerships that we've been able

[38:59] to realize

[39:00] with our community healthcare providers

[39:03] in launching this new program. So Laura,

[39:05] - Thank you so much.

[39:07] Hi. As Paul said, my name is Laura CIO

[39:09] and I am the respiratory therapy program

[39:12] director for South Hills.

[39:13] We are so excited to announce

[39:14] that we are having our first class in August of this year.

[39:18] So for those of you who may not know a respiratory

[39:21] therapist, we work alongside doctors

[39:23] and nurses to help patients

[39:24] that have heart and lung conditions.

[39:27] We are responsible for delivering medications, assisting

[39:30] with invasive procedures,

[39:32] and even managing ventilators when our patients are unable

[39:35] to breathe on their own.

[39:37] Our program is a two year associate degree program

[39:40] where our students will attend clinical rotations

[39:43] for more than half of their schooling.

[39:45] Our students have the opportunity to work

[39:47] with real patients at our clinical affiliate sites,

[39:50] and we have affiliations with health systems like UPMC,

[39:54] Geisinger, Penn Highlands, and more.

[39:58] Not only will our students have the opportunity

[40:00] to practice their hands-on skills

[40:02] and critical thinking in a fast-paced environment,

[40:04] but they will also be able

[40:06] to demonstrate their commitment to helping others.

[40:09] This often leads to a job offer from their clinical site

[40:12] or another within that health system,

[40:14] which means we're creating a student to employee pipeline

[40:17] to help meet the growing demand for respiratory therapists.

[40:21] So to give you some context, the Bureau

[40:23] of Labor Statistics projects respiratory therapy

[40:25] to grow at a rate of about 13%.

[40:29] Typically, healthcare fields grow at a rate of about 9%.

[40:32] So there's definitely a demand and there's also jobs.

[40:35] We have received overwhelming support from our community.

[40:38] We were able to establish 17 different hospital sites

[40:41] for our students to practice

[40:43] and develop their passion for caring for others.

[40:46] Of those 17 sites, our respiratory therapy

[40:49] directors have estimated they have three

[40:51] to five job openings right now,

[40:53] and they will have five to 10 new jobs open every year

[40:57] for the next five years.

[40:59] So we are truly looking forward to meeting

[41:01] that growing demand for respiratory therapists

[41:03] and by doing so, helping our communities to breathe better.

[41:06] Thank you so much.

[41:08] - Great. - Thank you Laura. Well, that sounds,

[41:10] - Sounds wonderful and amazing.

[41:12] You're launching a new program

[41:14] - And I just, I, again, I wanna thank this crew

[41:16] for, for joining me here today.

[41:18] But especially I want to thank all of you for

[41:20] recognizing the importance of career

[41:22] and technical education.

[41:24] There is no one size fits all school option that I see

[41:29] as the, the perfect thing for every student.

[41:32] I've got got five kids, two of them went traditional, two

[41:36] of them went technical.

[41:38] One she's not quite sure,

[41:40] but right now she's, she's doing well.

[41:43] But I think it's important that we have opportunity

[41:47] for our youngsters to really plug in where they see

[41:50] a passion and a proper fit.

[41:53] So CPI actually, one of my, one of my children is A CPI grad

[41:57] who is doing diesel mechanic work for haba.

[42:02] I have two children that went through South Hills, not

[42:06] that I twist their arms,

[42:07] they just chose to do that on their own.

[42:10] But I think it's important that we have those options.

[42:12] So I'm very grateful to all of you to getting

[42:15] that message out there.

[42:16] The career in technical education is a real viable,

[42:20] valuable resource for our community to continue

[42:22] to support. So thank you.

[42:24] - Yeah, thank you. Yeah.

[42:27] As we've discussed before, technical education is fast.

[42:32] You receive a certificate

[42:34] that will drastically boost your income

[42:37] in just a year or two.

[42:39] And as we found out from Colson,

[42:42] there are multiple different career paths

[42:45] that you can start from

[42:47] with your career in technical education.

[42:50] So the Commissioners have been very supportive

[42:52] of the multiple schools in the county that offer this.

[42:55] And always an exciting time for us in late January,

[42:59] early February to offer this opportunity

[43:02] for our various schools to talk about what they do

[43:05] and highlight their students and introduce new programs.

[43:08] So very much appreciate South Hills coming

[43:10] and Commissioner Concepcion.

[43:12] - Yeah, thanks for sharing about these programs

[43:14] and the, there's so many different kinds

[43:16] of jobs within medical fields

[43:17] that require specialized training

[43:19] and it's great to hear about this new respiratory program.

[43:22] And, you know, thank you for sharing your story of

[43:25] how you've got to the point of becoming a medical assistant

[43:29] and your future plans and seeing how South Hills programs

[43:33] and these other kinds of career

[43:34] and technical programs can really set students on a path

[43:37] for, you know, any number

[43:39] of different specializations within medicine.

[43:41] And, and these are really important fields.

[43:43] We know as our population is getting older, we're going

[43:46] to need, you know, more and more young people

[43:48] to be considering these, these health professions paths.

[43:51] So thank you very much.

[43:52] And I know you've got mi a range

[43:53] of other programs at South Hills,

[43:55] but it's great to hear about, you know,

[43:57] particularly these fields that are

[43:58] so in demand right now. So

[44:00] - Thank you Commissioner. Commissioner.

[44:03] - Well, I think it, it goes without saying, you know,

[44:05] thank you for coming in today

[44:06] because there's, there's so many kids that, as

[44:10] Paul indicated earlier, kind of decide what they want to do.

[44:13] And these are very viable options.

[44:15] And I, I think the medical medical arts certainly

[44:19] are about a stable of, of, of a,

[44:21] of a profession as you can pick.

[44:23] Because as Commissioner Concepcion indicated, we

[44:27] as we get older, we need more and more care.

[44:29] And I think it goes without saying again that, that without

[44:33] new, new hearts and minds out there learning the

[44:36] trade, we're in a bad way.

[44:37] So we appreciate what South Hills is doing,

[44:40] what CPI is doing

[44:41] and at State College, you know, providing these skills to,

[44:45] to our young folks and a maybe a little bit older folks

[44:48] that decide maybe a second

[44:49] or third career is in the opt

[44:51] that this is a good opportunity.

[44:53] And we would just wanna thank you for, for being here

[44:55] and sharing your stories with us

[44:57] and best of luck with your new program.

[44:59] Thank, thank you. I think, I think you're,

[45:00] I think you're safe in a safe zone of of learning there.

[45:03] Yes sir. Because we get older,

[45:05] we have those respiratory issues as well.

[45:12] - Our Mind Citizens Centre County government has $2,000 per

[45:16] year scholarships available for two years in a row

[45:19] to both CPI and South Hills.

[45:21] And the only requirements are you need

[45:23] to be a Centre County resident

[45:25] and you need to work for one

[45:27] of our emergency response organizations.

[45:30] So a lot of different options there.

[45:32] And we've given away tens of thousands

[45:35] of dollars in scholarships

[45:37] and would actually love

[45:38] to award more whenever possible. I'd

[45:41] - Like to think that they earned those. Yes,

[45:43] - That's scholar scholarships.

[45:44] They earned them. Good point.

[45:46] Just like with the Eagle Scout Awards.

[45:49] But yes, they did earn them by

[45:51] public service doing difficult coursework

[45:54] and by doing the public service as well.

[45:57] So unless there's anything else, I think we'll do the photo

[46:01] and then do the proclamation.

[46:04] - Sounds good. Thanks for coming in. Thanks. Come on up.

[46:09] And Laura, thank you.

[46:15] Oh, we'll get you through this.

[46:18] I'm gonna

[46:20] thank Thank you very much.

[46:23] Was a job still, you still have your sonogram program?

[46:28] You're on this side.

[46:37] Just Tanya.

[46:40] Oh, beautiful Directions and everything. Great.

[46:45] Great.

[46:50] Thank you

[46:57] for Thank you so much.

[47:02] Thank you Luck everything. Thank you. Thanks Paul.

[47:12] - Well for the folks at home, this took a little while,

[47:14] but it's a very important topic and one that is near

[47:19] and dear to the commissioner's heart.

[47:21] So let's adopt that

[47:22] - Proclamation. I will

[47:23] - Move that we adopt Proclamation five of 2026,

[47:26] proclaiming February, 2026 as Career

[47:29] and Technical Education month in Centre County.

[47:32] - I will second that with a big congratulations

[47:34] to all three programs for a fantastic job of educating

[47:38] so many people in our community.

[47:40] So thank you. Thank you.

[47:41] - So we have a motion to second

[47:43] to adopt population number five, claiming February as career

[47:47] and Technical education month in Centre County.

[47:50] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Nay.

[47:54] Motion carries. Well thank you for coming. Thank you.

[47:57] You don't need to stay. I know you're all very busy. No,

[47:59] - Thank you very much. Thank

[48:00] - You.

[48:01] You're welcome. Thank you. And in a minute here we will move

[48:05] over to Glenn, the warden

[48:07] of the Centre County Correctional Facility who

[48:10] actually runs his own training

[48:13] program in Centre County.

[48:16] Maybe not as extensive do not as extensive,

[48:18] not as extensive as some others.

[48:20] Definitely important so that our, our

[48:23] corrections officers can stay here in the county.

[48:27] Yes. While they're, while they're working.

[48:31] All ready? Yeah. I think we're ready. Yeah, we're good.

[48:35] Before you today I have a contract,

[48:37] or excuse me, a memorandum of understanding with PA Care

[48:42] doing business with State College Medical

[48:44] or the Pinnacle treatment centers

[48:46] to provide outpatient treatment

[48:48] and medications for the opioid use disorder.

[48:50] The MA MAT program. Yeah.

[48:52] The reason for this MOU is according to DEA laws

[48:57] or certain medications that we're not allowed

[48:58] to store at the Correctional Facility,

[49:01] them being a licensed outpatient treatment center,

[49:04] they can store those medications there

[49:06] and then our medical staff picks up

[49:08] what we need about once a week.

[49:09] So they basically bill prime care

[49:12] and then prime care in turn bills us Okay.

[49:15] With no upcharge for those medications.

[49:18] So we have to have this in place.

[49:20] The treatment center needs to know

[49:22] where the end user's going to be.

[49:26] - Makes sense. - Great.

[49:27] Well thanks for covering this Glenn.

[49:29] We do appreciate their support for our medical

[49:33] assisted therapy program, which appears

[49:36] to be PEG dividends.

[49:38] So far the number of individuals, unfortunately

[49:43] perishing from drug overdoses in Centre County appears

[49:46] to be on a slow

[49:47] but steady downward number, which is where we want to be.

[49:52] Yes. Commissioner Concepcion.

[49:54] - Yeah, thanks. This is important program, so glad

[49:57] to have a partner in it.

[49:59] - All good, - Thank you.

[50:01] - I'll move to add the memorandum of agreement

[50:03] with PA Care LLC Do Doing Business as State College Medical

[50:07] or Pinnacle Treatment Centers to next week's Consent Agenda.

[50:10] - We'll second - It. We have a motion to second to add the

[50:13] memorandum of agreement

[50:15] with PA care LLC doing businesses state college medical

[50:19] or Pinnacle treatment Centers to next week's Consent Agenda.

[50:23] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[50:26] Nay. Motion carries. Great. Thanks Glenn. All right, thanks.

[50:28] Thank you. And now we have

[50:31] Chris from planning come on up.

[50:34] I, I think Lisa got everything back and running again.

[50:37] I tried to interrupt your video presentation. Yes,

[50:40] - Great attempt. Yeah,

[50:41] - It was the best I could do in short order.

[50:43] - Thank - So you have an MOU for a self-storage unit.

[50:48] - Yes. Thank you then. Good morning.

[50:50] As Commissioner Higgins said, this is

[50:52] for a self-storage unit

[50:53] and just a real quick reminder of what this memorandum

[50:57] of understanding is, it's being presented today

[50:59] and this is a two party agreement

[51:02] and it's between, it's, it's a two party agreement

[51:05] between a developer

[51:06] and a county whereby the developer will agree

[51:09] to reimburse the county for the costs associated

[51:12] with the county engineers reviewing

[51:14] and processing of the plan.

[51:15] So basically it's just making sure that the developer will

[51:18] reimburse the county for the county's engineering's review

[51:22] and processing improving of the plan.

[51:25] The plan, the plan is the Eagles

[51:29] Landing self storage unit, land development plan

[51:32] and it's in Houston Township and it's about two

[51:36] and a half miles east of the sky, top Mountain Road,

[51:41] south Eagle Valley Road interchange.

[51:43] So when you come off the Skytop Skytop Mountain Road,

[51:46] you can take a left and go toward Port Matilda

[51:48] or you can take a right and about two

[51:50] and a half miles there's gonna be a site

[51:52] that has some existing buildings there already

[51:56] and where they're proposing the 4,000 square foot

[51:59] self-storage building is along the eastern side of the

[52:03] property that's being developed

[52:05] with the existing buildings located there on.

[52:08] And the portion of the plan that was repaired

[52:10] by the engineer is up on the screen

[52:12] and just again showing the 4,000 square foot self-storage

[52:16] building and where they're going to access is

[52:18] through the existing gravel area to gain access to that.

[52:21] And there's gonna be roughly 24 units was,

[52:25] which is about 12 square feet per unit.

[52:30] And so that is the memorandum of understanding

[52:32] that's being presented today.

[52:35] - Great. Well thanks for covering that Chris.

[52:37] Looks like it's before juliete though.

[52:39] - It's alright. - Any questions from the

[52:42] Commissioners on this? Nope, sounds good.

[52:45] - Alright, I'll move to add the memorandum of understanding

[52:48] for the Eagle Landing Self-Storage Unit

[52:50] to next week's Consent Agenda. We'll second that

[52:52] - We have a motion a second to add the memorandum

[52:55] of understanding for the Eagle Landing Self-Storage Unit

[52:58] to next week's Consent Agenda.

[53:00] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[53:03] Nay. Motion carries. Great, thanks Chris. Thanks

[53:05] - Chris.

[53:06] Thank you. Have a great day. You

[53:07] - Too.

[53:08] Thank you. And then now we have Quentin here from Aging with

[53:14] sort of acute program.

[53:16] Hopefully our Big O Sharks will, will take advantage of it.

[53:20] - Yep. I'm requesting consideration for approval

[53:24] of a contract with Exercise Innovations LLC

[53:27] to implement bingo size in the senior centers.

[53:30] Bingo size is a multi-week evidence-based health program

[53:34] promotion program, which combines exercise health education

[53:39] with the familiar game

[53:40] of bingo while encouraging participants

[53:42] to move and socialize.

[53:44] The contract total is $1,735,

[53:49] which includes a two year license,

[53:51] three facilitator trainings and game supplies.

[53:54] It'll run from

[53:57] January 27th, 2026

[54:00] to January 27th, 2028.

[54:04] With the health promotion programs, it can be difficult

[54:07] to get older adults to,

[54:10] to participate in these evidence-based programs.

[54:13] And this is a program that was recommended to us that

[54:17] the older adults do enjoy in the senior center.

[54:19] So that's why we have selected it as we are required

[54:23] to provide health promotions in our senior centers.

[54:27] - Great. Well it sounds like a good idea Quentin.

[54:29] Sounds like a lot of fun and we definitely want

[54:32] to encourage our seniors to move around and to socialize.

[54:37] Yeah. Push Concepcion.

[54:38] - Yeah, sounds good. I like the idea of gamifying

[54:41] - It.

[54:42] Yes. Commissioner Dershem.

[54:44] I just have to check this out when it actually occurs. Yeah,

[54:47] - Well you're certainly invited

[54:49] - Not to play.

[54:50] I just wanna watch. Oh, alright. You can always play Steve.

[54:55] I think I'll just watch. Alright, well

[54:58] unless there's any, any questions from Tim on this?

[55:01] No. Alright. Looks like we take a motion,

[55:03] - I'll move that we add the contract

[55:05] with exercise innovations LLC to next week's Consent Agenda.

[55:09] - I will second that we have a motion

[55:10] and a second to add the contract

[55:12] with exercise innovations LLC to next week's Consent Agenda.

[55:17] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[55:20] Nay. Motion carries. Great thanks. Thank you.

[55:23] And now Julia's got a couple of items for us for,

[55:28] it appears to be intellectual disability

[55:30] and maybe drug and alcohol.

[55:32] - Correct. So good morning.

[55:34] So the first is a letter of agreement

[55:36] with IFC services Incorporated

[55:38] to provide intellectual disability services including

[55:41] residential in,

[55:45] in-home community supports and behavioral supports.

[55:48] This contract is for one individual.

[55:50] So we have one individual that we have staying with IFC

[55:54] in their residential services.

[55:57] He's there for a short term while we are awaiting a waiver.

[56:02] So this is expected to be a, a short term.

[56:05] This is actually a, a collab of clients between children

[56:09] and new services and mental health.

[56:12] They took a look at who made the most sense to fund the stay

[56:17] and it turned out to be mental health.

[56:19] So it's nice that those departments work together to make

[56:22] decisions regarding what makes the most sense financially

[56:25] and obviously for the, for the individual.

[56:28] Yeah. The second is contract addendum with cadenza.

[56:32] This is for a six month extension.

[56:35] We actually had somebody utilize cadenza as inpatient

[56:39] between November and December.

[56:41] So we needed to extend the contract

[56:43] so we'd be able to pay for their stay.

[56:46] - Great. Well thanks for covering those Julia.

[56:48] And thanks to the county departments for working together

[56:52] to find the most cost effective

[56:55] and highest quality option for the, for the individual.

[56:59] Any questions from the commissions on

[57:00] these couple items? No.

[57:02] - Alright. I will move to add the M-H-I-D-E-I-D-N-A items

[57:05] one and two to next week's Consent Agenda. Second,

[57:08] - We have a motion to second to add the two items

[57:11] for M-H-I-D-E-I, drug

[57:13] and alcohol to next week's Consent Agenda.

[57:15] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[57:19] Nay. Motion carries. Great, thanks Julia. Thank you.

[57:22] Got kind of an average size Consent Agenda today.

[57:25] - I'll move to approve the Consent Agenda. I

[57:27] - Will second that we have a motion to second

[57:29] to approve this week's Consent Agenda.

[57:31] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[57:35] Nay. Motion carries.

[57:36] And John, we have a upcoming community event

[57:42] that we're gonna sponsor the taping of CA.

[57:45] - Yes. Good morning Commissioners

[57:46] before you for consideration is the sponsorship

[57:49] of the annual Ron

[57:51] and Mary Maxwell Community Spelling Bee, which is scheduled

[57:54] to be held on Wednesday, September 30th.

[57:59] - Have to sponsor it as long

[58:00] as Commissioner J mentioned it earlier.

[58:02] I don't have to participate as long as you don't have spell.

[58:07] I usually eliminated first,

[58:08] second round at best you skill that

[58:11] - You're, you're pretty good at knits.

[58:15] - Any questions on, on this item? Sounds

[58:17] - Good.

[58:18] I will move that we approve the CNET sponsorship

[58:19] for the 2026 Ron and Mary Maxwell Community spelling bee.

[58:23] - Second we have a motion

[58:24] and second to approve the CNET sponsorship for the 2026.

[58:28] Ron and Mary Maxwell community

[58:31] spelling be all those in favor do so by saying aye a.

[58:34] Aye Opposed nay. Motion carries.

[58:37] And Commissioner I'm assuming

[58:39] - Can have a Check Run.

[58:40] We do have the Check Run. The check that I'd like

[58:42] to point out today on the Check Run is

[58:43] to send Clear Child services.

[58:45] They're one of our partners in early intervention

[58:47] among other departments.

[58:49] And with that I'd like to move

[58:51] that we approve the Check Run dated January 23rd.

[58:54] - Second we have a motion

[58:55] and a second to approve the Check Run dated January 23rd.

[58:59] All those in favor do so by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[59:03] Nay. Motion carries.

[59:04] And Don, you just did the administratives report last

[59:07] week so Sure. We're not gonna

[59:08] - Have one and nothing to, nothing to report at this time.

[59:11] - Alright, and Commissioner Concepcion,

[59:12] I believe we don't have a Voter

[59:13] - Registration Report.

[59:14] Don't have a Voter Registration Report

[59:15] - This week.

[59:16] Alright, so I'll use those couple seconds

[59:18] to thank the county 24 7 shops.

[59:21] It's not just the Correctional Facility N 9 1 1

[59:26] and emergency management,

[59:27] but a number of our human service agencies

[59:31] do operate 24 7 probation's always on call.

[59:35] Several other court departments as well

[59:38] and facilities was what I was gonna finish with.

[59:42] Not usually a 24 7 shop,

[59:45] but we do appreciate them volunteering to work in shifts

[59:49] to keep all of our facilities 24 7 facilities open

[59:53] during the storm and to get things cleaned up

[59:56] after the storm for all the other county departments.

[59:59] I have no idea where they're putting the snow

[1:00:02] in downtown Belline.

[1:00:03] I'm not sure we want to know

[1:00:07] - Or that - So anything else you'd like to add, John?

[1:00:10] - No, it's just like you said, the, the team was out on the,

[1:00:15] throughout the storm and,

[1:00:17] and just tried to keep up with pushing snow out of the way

[1:00:20] and we were able to open up this morning

[1:00:23] and hauling operations are now underway to, like you said,

[1:00:27] to to get them out of, you know, the pals out of the way to

[1:00:32] completely open up our, our lots and places like that. So.

[1:00:36] - Yep. - And it's going

[1:00:37] to be blistering cold over the last, next several days,

[1:00:39] so make sure that you look out for the

[1:00:42] vulnerable folks in our community, particularly the elderly

[1:00:45] and keep your pets inside. Yeah.

[1:00:47] - Drifting snow, - Not to mention.

[1:00:49] Yeah, I heard on Friday night the low is negative 13,

[1:00:56] - Friday and Saturday.

[1:00:58] Oh man. Oh boy.

[1:01:00] Yeah, so definitely pets outdoors for a couple minutes,

[1:01:02] do their business and back in.

[1:01:04] Yeah. Yeah.

[1:01:06] Alright, so moving on to a slightly related announcement.

[1:01:10] The Centre County America two 50 PA kickoff event

[1:01:15] will take place tomorrow at 6:30 PM at the Centre County

[1:01:20] Courthouse steps.

[1:01:21] However, if you would please monitor the weather

[1:01:25] and watch our social media for any updates.

[1:01:29] I believe we'll be meeting shortly

[1:01:30] after this to figure out exactly

[1:01:32] what we might be doing with that event.

[1:01:35] Obviously we need to double check with the courts,

[1:01:37] the Sheriff and the America two 50 organization,

[1:01:41] but I believe the low tomorrow night will be three.

[1:01:46] So

[1:01:47] - The parking situation in the Borough as well.

[1:01:50] Yes, with, with all the snow.

[1:01:52] So parking could be compromised. Right.

[1:01:55] - So we will, we will have updates on that here in the

[1:01:59] not too distant future if, if you're press contact JJ

[1:02:03] and as soon as we have info available,

[1:02:05] he'll, he'll let you out.

[1:02:07] Do we have any executive sessions to report or hold Jim?

[1:02:11] - None to report. However, there is a need

[1:02:12] to hold an Executive Session for a personnel matter.

[1:02:15] - Alright. The remainder of our public meeting schedule on

[1:02:19] Thursday, we have the finance committee meeting at one

[1:02:23] Tuesday, February 3rd, the board of Commissioners at 10,

[1:02:26] and then Thursday, February 5th, the combined salary board

[1:02:29] and board of Commissioners meeting at 10.

[1:02:32] And we'll do our best to answer questions from the press.

[1:02:37] - Yeah, just kind of curious how the county prepared for

[1:02:40] that storm since we knew several days

[1:02:42] in advance that was coming. Right.

[1:02:44] - Well the Commissioners met with many

[1:02:47] of the affected departments, especially facilities.

[1:02:50] We also coordinated closely with the court system,

[1:02:54] which actually calls their schedule slightly

[1:02:56] differently than ours.

[1:02:58] I believe. They did end up having to move

[1:03:01] around some jury trials

[1:03:03] because obviously we we're not gonna be able

[1:03:05] to have a whole bunch of jurors show up at eight in the

[1:03:07] morning on Monday, much less where they put their cars.

[1:03:12] We also prepared

[1:03:15] with our 9 1 1 department,

[1:03:17] with our emergency management agency and with Pima

[1:03:21] and knock on wood, thanks.

[1:03:24] In large part to the facilities department,

[1:03:26] at least at the county operations level, we didn't appear

[1:03:30] to have too many, too many issues.

[1:03:31] And I think it's the biggest snowstorm

[1:03:33] we've had in five or six years.

[1:03:36] So, great question. And

[1:03:38] - Talking like kind of how it is now, I know it's mainly up

[1:03:41] to the municipalities for snow removal.

[1:03:43] Yes. But kind of on a county-wide basis,

[1:03:46] how is that process going?

[1:03:48] - Well that, as you mentioned, is more up

[1:03:50] to the municipalities and that will will vary tremendously.

[1:03:55] Some of our larger downtowns such as Phillipsburg, Beon,

[1:03:58] and State College, possibly even mulheim,

[1:04:02] have issues in terms of where they're gonna put the snow

[1:04:05] after they even plow it.

[1:04:07] But obviously all the merchants are back open again.

[1:04:11] There are at least some spots available.

[1:04:14] So, you know, please do your, your shopping

[1:04:17] to keep our downtown spot.

[1:04:20] Thank you. Thanks. Anything. Alright.

[1:04:24] Unless there's anything else

[1:04:25] would be good to the order that night?

[1:04:26] I think we can Adjourn at 1104.

[1:04:30] - I'll, well, I guess Executive Session.

[1:04:31] Second Executive Session. We enter Executive Session at

[1:04:33] - 1104, second motion

[1:04:35] and second enter Executive Session at 1104.

[1:04:38] All those in favor do so by saying Aye. Aye. Aye.

[1:04:41] Opposed May. Motion carries. We are in Executive Session.

[1:05:17] - CRPR manages two state-of-the-art community pools

[1:05:20] that offer water features not found

[1:05:22] anywhere else in Centre County.

[1:05:24] Water slides, spray features, lap pools, diving boards,

[1:05:28] climbing wall, and concessions are at both locations.

[1:05:31] The WT Floating Obstacle course can be found at both pools

[1:05:34] periodically throughout the summer.

[1:05:36] We offer swim and dive lessons to swim teams,

[1:05:38] aquatic fitness classes, and more by one season pass.

[1:05:41] And it is good at both pools.

[1:05:43] Two different pool experiences.

[1:05:44] For the price of one, visit crpr.org for more info.

[1:05:49] - So you wanna vote in Centre County to be eligible

[1:05:52] to vote in any election,

[1:05:53] you must be registered in the county 15 days or more

[1:05:57] before set election.

[1:05:59] You can check your registration status@vote.pa.gov.

[1:06:03] Click on register to vote,

[1:06:05] then check your voter registration.

[1:06:11] You can register online to vote@vote.pa.gov.

[1:06:15] Click on register to vote, then select Register

[1:06:18] to vote online to complete

[1:06:20] and submit your registration online.

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[1:06:25] click on register to vote, then register to vote.

[1:06:29] You can also download the form straight to your computer,

[1:06:33] print it out and mail it directly.

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[1:06:39] you'll be required to show id.

[1:06:41] You can verify authorized types of id@vote.pa.gov.

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[1:06:55] Additionally, if your address changes,

[1:06:57] you must update your registration.

[1:06:59] This could change the location where you go to vote.

[1:07:02] You can update your registration online

[1:07:04] as well@vote.pa.gov.

[1:07:08] Remember, if you wanna vote in Centre County,

[1:07:10] you must be registered in Centre County for your ballot

[1:07:13] to count.

1/27/26 Centre County Board of Commissioners

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