[0:00] Please stand for the pledge of
allegiance.
[0:02] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:06] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:12] justice for all.
>> Silence.
[0:17] [clears throat]
[0:19] Okay, be seated.
I guess I need to call the order of the
[0:23] meeting. Tuesday, September 1st,
and uh we have a new
[0:31] what are what would we call your speaker
or what tonight?
[0:36] [cough]
>> Now you're on.
[0:38] » Okay. Um citizens input on agenda items
only.
[0:43] » None.
Motion is needed to approve and dispense
[0:47] the reading of the minutes of the
commissioner's public meeting held on
[0:50] Tuesday, August 11th, 2026. So moved
second
[0:54] » on the question. All in favor state I.
I. Motion carries.
[0:58] » A [snorts] motion is needed to pay all
county and liquid fuels payrolls as
[1:02] submitted by the human resource office
for payroll number 17 in the amount of
[1:06] $740,410.93
[1:10] and payroll number 18 in the amount of
$745,983.39.
[1:17] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:18] » On the question, all in favor state I.
motion carries.
[1:23] » A [snorts] motion is needed to pay all
county and liquid fuels bills as
[1:26] submitted by the county controller in
the amount of 5,37,4332
[1:33] from August 8th, 2026 to August 28th,
2026.
[1:38] » Moved second.
>> The question all in favor state I. I.
[1:41] Motion carries.
>> Okay. Announcements. A work session will
[1:45] be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026,
beginning at 10 a.m. in the
[1:50] commissioner's conference room. The next
regular public meeting will be held on
[1:54] Tuesday, October 6th, 2026 at 1 p.m. in
the public meeting room at the
[1:58] administrative administration center,
399 Stadium Drive, Sunberry. The next
[2:04] prison board meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026 at 11:00
[2:08] a.m. in the public meeting room at the
Administration Center, 399 Stadium
[2:12] Drive, Sunbury. The Northland County
Courthouse, Administration Center, and
[2:17] related county facilities will be closed
on Monday, September 7th, 2026 in
[2:22] observation of Labor Day.
Okay. Okay. A motion is needed to
[2:27] approve the commissioners to sign the
state tax equalization voucher for
[2:31] transfers of all real estate for the
month of July 2025 as submitted by the
[2:35] assessment office.
>> Move second.
[2:37] » On the question all in favor state I.
Motion carries.
[2:41] » A motion [snorts] is needed to approve
the employee status sheet list of new
[2:45] hires, individuals no longer employed,
promotions, demotions, and transfers as
[2:50] items number 1 through 17.
>> Moved second.
[2:52] » On the question, all in favor state I.
I. Motion [clears throat] carries.
[2:56] » A [snorts] motion is needed to approve
the following reports. Coal royalty
[3:00] report as submitted by the county
engineer. Four operators reported
[3:04] collections of $7,195.95
for the month of July 2026.
[3:11] Tax claims Bureau reported a total of
$540,28541
[3:16] collected in taxes for period of July
28th, 2026 through August 24th, 2026.
[3:24] Monthly fiscal status reports for the
month of July 2026 as submitted by the
[3:28] weatherization department DOE July 2026
DOE I J A BIL July 2026 LI HEAP
[3:37] cumulative report 2026 and LIE HEAP
standard 2026.
[3:42] » So move
>> on the question all in favor state I
[3:46] motion carries. A motion is needed to
authorize the commissioners to execute
[3:50] the right of entry agreement for the AO
AAA waterline extension ratification.
[3:55] » Move second.
>> No question. All in favor state I. I.
[3:59] Motion carries.
>> A motion is needed to authorize the
[4:03] commissioners to execute the children
and youth needsbased plan and budget for
[4:06] fiscal year 2027 2028. Ratification.
>> Moved. Second.
[4:11] » On the question. All in favor state I.
I. Motion carries. A motion is needed to
[4:16] authorize the commissioners to execute
the 2026 housing agreement with the
[4:20] Columbia County Prison. So moved. Second
on
[4:23] » the question. All in favor state I.
Motion carries.
[4:27] » A motion is needed to authorize the
chairman to execute the lease agreement
[4:31] with Pittney Bose for the following
posted postage machine ratification. The
[4:36] department MDJ Mount Carmel $122 or I'm
sorry $100.22 a month for 60 months.
[4:44] Moved.
>> Seconded.
[4:45] » No question. All in favor state I. I.
The motion carries.
[4:49] » A motion is needed to authorize the
chairperson to execute the sales order
[4:53] agreement with top business solutions
for the following copier, scanner or
[4:57] printers. Ratification.
Um,
[5:00] » that's fine. Just
>> Okay. For the total cost is $6,930
[5:05] and it was for the controller.
>> No question. All in favor state I. I.
[5:11] Motion carries. A motion is needed to
authorize the chairman to execute the
[5:15] indemnification agreement between
Northland County and Dempsey Uniform for
[5:20] the temporary use of the Celotex parking
lot. Ratification.
[5:23] » Moved.
>> Seconded.
[5:24] » The question.
>> All in favor state I. I. Motion carries.
[5:28] » A motion is needed authorizing or
acknowledging travel request and
[5:32] attendance at the following workshop
seminars and the in accordance with the
[5:37] county's personnel manual travel
reimbursement policy. Juvenile Courts
[5:41] for November 4th through the 6th. JCJC
conference on juvenile justice in
[5:46] Harrisburg.
Are aging um October 13th to the 15th
[5:52] for the P4A quarterly in State College.
BHIDS October 26th to the 29th Open
[5:58] Minds Technology and Analytics Institute
in Philadelphia. BHIDS September 15th to
[6:05] the 17th um trauma symposium alone in
Altuna. Tax claims October 14th to the
[6:12] 16th. Um PA claims bureau association
fall conference in Pocono Manor, PA.
[6:18] » So moved.
>> Second.
[6:19] » No question. All in favor state I.
>> Motion carries.
[6:23] » Okay. A
>> motion is needed to approve the
[6:24] following projects and allocations for
FFY 2026 CDBG funding consideration as
[6:31] follows. North umberland County
barrierfree living 173,100
[6:37] HC elimination of slum blight phase 5
36,367
[6:44] Ceda Cog administration 30,800 Northland
County Administration 15,000 for a total
[6:51] of 255,267
[6:55] Delaware Township East District Road
area reconstruction phase 379,364
[7:01] 4. Sedakog administration 17,400 with a
total of 96,764.
[7:09] Milton Burrow Storm Weather Mitigation
Sugar and Mills Sugar and Mill Alleys
[7:15] 69,984.
Slum Blight Removal 29,990.
[7:21] Cedakog Administration 21,850
with a total of 121,824.
[7:29] Mount Carmel Bureau Burrow 6th Street
Tot is 92,67.
[7:35] Sedakog administration is 20,150
with a total of 112,217.
[7:43] Ralpho Township Housing Rehabilitation
54,840
[7:48] demolition 23,52
Cedakog Administration 17,150
[7:55] with a total of 95,492.
I'll move
[7:58] » second
>> on the question why you only see these
[8:02] uh smaller burrows or whatever you don't
see Shimokin or you don't see the uh
[8:08] Cole Township or Sbury is the CBDG money
goes through them themselves so these
[8:14] are the ones that go through the county
that's the difference got that Francis
[8:19] okay
>> oh I just wanted to remind you okay so
[8:23] » we have two cities in the county
basically uh Shimoken and Sunbury and
[8:27] they have their own
>> Milton. Is Milton a city?
[8:30] » No, that's a burrow.
>> Oh, it's not. You better get more people
[8:33] moving in there.
>> Okay. All right.
[8:38] That it? Yeah. Any anything else you
want to add?
[8:40] » No, I just wanted to clarify that. Yeah,
>> I didn't know that. That's good to know.
[8:46] » I thought Brady was a city.
>> No, it was actually called Johnson City
[8:51] back in the 20s.
>> See, it was a city then.
[8:53] » It was Johnson City. And then I went to
Ransaw Brady. So there's a couple
[8:58] different names. It's like Union Town
where the Shimoken Hospital is. It was
[9:02] Goss Town, Tharp Town, and then it grew
together and hence they called it Union
[9:09] Town.
>> That's pretty neat.
[9:12] » That's a little That's I'm done today
teaching. [laughter]
[9:17] » Okay. What did Where we at the qu on the
question? All in favor state I. Motion
[9:22] carries.
>> Okay.
[9:23] » Yep. We gave you I wanted to give you a
break, D.
[9:26] » Thanks. Thanks. [laughter]
>> Go ahead.
[9:28] » A motion is needed to resend motion
number 27 from the August 11th, 2026
[9:33] public meeting revising $19,416
from the FFY 2022 Elderly Veterans
[9:40] Housing Project to the H Hearnden
Burough Jackson Township Joint Municipal
[9:45] Authority Water Waste Treatment Plant
Gener Generators.
[9:49] » Move the question. All in favor state I.
Motion carries. [snorts]
[9:55] » A motion is needed to revise the $19,416
from FFY 2022 C0000000084673
[10:04] from Elderly Veterans Housing to the
Maran Heights Storm Water Improvement
[10:09] Project.
>> So moved.
[10:10] » Seconded.
>> No question. All in favor state I. I.
[10:14] Motion carries. A motion is needed to
reallocate $50,254
[10:19] from the FFY 2023 C00000089625
[10:25] East District Road area reconstruction
phase 2 project to the East District
[10:29] Road reconstruction phase 3 project
$66,520
[10:34] from Town Park Improvements to Sixth
Street Tot and $4,49.3
[10:41] from demolition 2023 to demolition in
phase one.
[10:46] » So moved.
>> Second.
[10:47] » No question. All in favor state I. I.
Motion carries.
[10:51] » A [snorts] motion is needed to
reallocate $65,29
[10:55] from FFY 2024 C0000930002
[11:01] from Town Park Improvements to 6th
Street Tot.
[11:05] » So moved.
>> Second.
[11:06] » No question. All in favor state I. I.
Motion carries. A motion is needed to
[11:12] authorize the commissioners to execute
the child welfare information system
[11:16] data sharing agreement. So
>> moved second question. All in favor
[11:22] state I. I. Motion carries.
>> Motion is needed to authorize the
[11:26] chairman to execute the elevator state
inspection agreement with bureau
[11:30] verita's ratification.
[11:35] » So moved.
>> Seconded.
[11:38] on the question. All in favor state I.
I. Motion carries. A
[11:43] » motion is needed to authorize the
commissioners to execute the agreement
[11:47] between Northland County 911 and Yodar
Communications LLC for a 911 tower
[11:52] feasibility study.
>> Moved.
[11:55] » Seconded.
>> The question.
[11:56] » I did want to make a mention of that is
I think this is um this is a really
[12:00] great move forward. It's a very
inexpensive study that actually might be
[12:03] able to save us uh a sign significant
amount of funding from the general fund
[12:08] uh for 911. So here is hoping that that
is successful. But hopefully have the
[12:12] results from that in a couple months.
>> That's all I have. All
[12:16] » in favor state I I. Motion carries. I
don't know. Linda, did any of you want
[12:21] to speak about the We just did all the
CDVG money and transfers. We just missed
[12:26] it, but
>> I'm sorry. We were meeting about
[12:29] » Oh, that's okay. I didn't know if he was
wanted to say anything. No, we're good.
[12:34] » Okay.
>> Well, apologize for being here.
[12:41] » Okay. Okay. Great.
>> All right. Thank you. Sure.
[12:46] » A motion is needed to authorize the
commissioners to execute the collective
[12:50] bargaining agreement between the
Fraternal Order of Police North
[12:54] Thumberland County Probation and Parole
Association FOP for the period January
[12:58] 1st, 2026 ending December 31st, 2027.
[clears throat]
[13:03] » So moved.
>> Seconded. on the question. I just would
[13:06] like to thank uh the unions that were
dealing with this uh you know for their
[13:10] agreements and uh we we worked pretty
hard on that, Jennifer and Ben and uh
[13:16] myself. We agreed to a 2 and a half%
increase with no retro which was very
[13:21] good for and and uh so it's a two-year
contract. So we're very happy with that
[13:26] and we appreciate the unions cooperating
with us.
[13:31] » All in favor state I. I. Motion carries.
>> A motion is needed to grant permission
[13:36] to advertise the following. A request
for bids for the sale of county-owned
[13:40] vehicles ratification. Request for
proposals for weatherization, HVAC
[13:45] system, and replacement work
ratification.
[13:48] » So moved.
>> Seconded.
[13:49] » The question. All in favor state I. I.
Motion carries. A motion is needed to
[13:54] authorize the commissioners to execute
the rail transportation assistance
[13:58] program RTAP grant application as
submitted by Cedakog Joint Rail
[14:03] Authority.
>> So moveification
[14:06] » on the question. All in favor state I.
I. Motion carries.
[14:10] » A motion is needed to authorize the
chairman to execute the 2027 Rights and
[14:14] Services Act RASA grant as submitted by
victim witness coordinator ratification.
[14:20] » So moved.
>> Second.
[14:21] » No question. All in favor state I. I.
Motion carries.
[14:25] » A motion [snorts] is needed to authorize
the commissioners to execute the
[14:28] election integrity program post election
report ratification.
[14:32] » So moved.
>> Second.
[14:33] » On the question.
>> All in favor state I. I. Motion carries.
[14:37] A motion is needed to authorize the
chairman to execute the amendment of to
[14:41] motion number 33 from the November 18th,
2025 public meeting adding additional
[14:46] lines to the Pentella data contract as
submitted by information services
[14:51] ratification.
>> Moved second.
[14:53] » On the question, all in favor state I.
Motion carries. A [snorts] motion is
[14:58] needed to authorize the county to enter
into an agreement with Daveheim to
[15:02] provide temporary professional
assessment counseling consulting
[15:07] services to the county including but not
limited to assistance with assessment
[15:11] appeals the countywide reassessment
related assessment matters office and
[15:16] programmatic oversight management
appeals present representation budget
[15:23] reconciliation training or for new hires
coordination with Taylor or I'm sorry,
[15:28] Tyler Technologies in North Thumbland
County Assessment Office and other
[15:32] duties as necessary at a rate of $31 per
hour not to exceed 30 hours per week for
[15:38] a term commencing September 9th, 2026
and ending not later than June 30th,
[15:44] 2027 unless earlier terminated pursuant
to the agreement.
[15:49] » So moved.
>> Seconded the question. I just want to
[15:52] make sure everybody understands that
rate is not including any medical, any
[15:56] benefits, any retirement,
[clears throat]
[15:58] anything. That's just the rate is that's
all. So that's where it will be at. All
[16:03] in favor state I I. Motion carries.
>> So let's [snorts and clears throat]
[16:07] report Mr. Roto.
>> Mr. Mr. Chairman, we need a motion to
[16:10] adopt resolution R24-26,
the adoption of the Fair Housing
[16:15] Resolution to ensure compliance with the
federal housing law and the Pennsylvania
[16:19] Human Relations Act as submitted by
Cedakog.
[16:23] » So moved.
>> The question all in favor state I.
[16:27] Motion carries. Need a motion to adopt
resolution R25-26,
[16:32] adoption of section 504, officer
resolution to establish grievance
[16:37] procedures for enforcing the
rehabilitation act of 1973
[16:41] as submitted by Cedakog.
>> So moved.
[16:44] » Any question? All in favor state I. I.
Motion carries. Need a motion to adopt
[16:49] resolution R26-26.
The adoption of North umberland County's
[16:54] FFY2026
community development block grant
[16:58] application to the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic
[17:02] Development is submitted by Cedakog. So
moved.
[17:05] » Any question? All in favor state I.
Motion carries. In a motion to adopt
[17:10] resolution R27-26,
the adoption of the 2026 home investment
[17:16] program through the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic
[17:19] Development in coordination with the
Housing Authority of North umberland
[17:23] County.
>> So moved.
[17:24] » On the question, all in favor state I.
Motion carries. We need a motion to
[17:29] adopt resolution R28-26,
agreements, amendments, revisions,
[17:35] grants, leases, and reports between
Northland County Commissioners on behalf
[17:39] of human, senior, and social services
and the name providers listed 1 through
[17:46] 20.
>> So moved.
[17:50] » Seconded. Sorry.
[17:55] » My apologies. At first I didn't hear you
and then I was like maybe
[17:59] [laughter]
>> I can't hear you.
[18:01] » Cleveland, did you hear him? I didn't
hear him. No, he didn't hear you.
[18:04] [laughter]
>> Let's Let's go over. You want to read it
[18:07] all again, Vince? No.
>> All right, we have a motion.
[18:10] » I think everybody in the county we
should bring in a aologist to get a
[18:14] hearing test [laughter]
because there might be a deficiency
[18:18] here. You know, one other lesson,
listening and hearing, hearing is
[18:24] passive. Listening [clears throat] is
active. You do not listen very well. You
[18:30] need to actively listen to the what's
going on.
[18:32] » I thought you were done teaching us
today.
[18:34] » Well, that's it. I just gave you a
listen. The difference between listening
[18:37] and hearing.
>> Listening actually process what's being
[18:41] said. Okay. Thank you. [laughter]
[18:46] » All right. Where are we at?
>> All business.
[18:48] » Where we at? All business. Did we have
to vote on anything?
[18:52] » Just vote.
>> Did we miss anything?
[18:53] » Well, we made the motion. business.
>> Yes.
[18:56] » A second. All in
>> all in favor state. I I motion carries.
[19:01] » Is there any old business?
>> Um just one thing just to go back on to
[19:04] the agenda um at number 18 which was all
those um great projects um under SEDA
[19:09] call that we're working on um funding
for. I just want to bring especially
[19:12] attention to the barrierfree living um
which you know is just a line item on an
[19:17] agenda but I would say it was a very
innovative program that's been brought
[19:21] to life by the our housing authority and
one of our members of the uh area
[19:25] agencies area agency on aging staff um
to basically make uh all of our I
[19:30] believe it's all of our um housing
complexes um uh bar bathrooms barrier
[19:38] free. So, converting those um bathtubs
to like walk-in entry um so that those
[19:43] are all accessible. So, I think that's
just a huge huge move and um a really
[19:48] great opportunity. Um and then under new
business, I'm going to throw Tina a
[19:52] surprise and we're going to do something
we haven't done before [laughter]
[19:55] and I'm going to um ask I'm going to
make a when you get to new business, I'm
[19:59] going to ask to add a a item to the
agenda.
[20:02] » Okay.
>> All right.
[20:04] » Or new business.
>> New business.
[20:06] » Okay. Okay, I'm I'd like to um make a
motion to add to the agenda um the a
[20:12] letter of support for Camp Lavine um
that uh the Camp Lavine has requested
[20:17] that we give them a letter of support.
Um they are seeking fundraising uh to
[20:21] upgrade their camping sites um which is
actually a requirement of the Penn State
[20:24] Cooperative Extension Agency. So I just
want to help support them in that
[20:28] movement.
>> Camp Lavine is in Montour, right?
[20:31] » It is, but our um our Northland County 4
is
[20:33] » we also use it, right? Camp Lavine is in
Columbia County. It's up on
[20:37] » Is it in Columbia? I thought it was
>> It's up above Benton.
[20:40] » Okay.
>> Cuz I'm an Eagle Scout. I been there.
[20:44] That's another issue. [laughter]
>> Did you like it?
[20:48] » I did.
>> I was at Camp Victory.
[20:51] » That's something different. That's not
affiliated with the Boy Scouts. The
[20:54] scouts actually. It's not the When I was
It was Boy Scouts now.
[20:58] » Is there a second? I guess.
>> Yes, there is a second.
[21:01] » Okay. Hey, all in favor for the support
letter uh say I. I. Motion carries.
[21:08] » Is there any um
>> other new business?
[21:10] » Just have some announcements. So um
under new business um we have um
[21:17] um there was a request to um do a letter
of support for Brett's Adventure. Um I
[21:22] don't believe we're acting on that as uh
as a board. Um but I believe
[21:26] individually we are supporting um uh the
um
[21:32] that sorry that the state has made a
three-person provider rule and that's
[21:38] creating some havoc for some of our
families in the county. So, we're going
[21:41] um I think personally we're going to do
letters to support those families um
[21:45] with the um remember the name of the
office office of um do you recall the
[21:51] name of it? Okay. Um but developmental
services maybe um but they that um
[21:57] there's a three person that basically
each uh these families were required to
[22:01] become a provider to be able to support
their family, but now they're now being
[22:04] required to service at least three
individuals and that's creating a
[22:08] hardship for several families within the
county. So I know I'm at least going to
[22:11] be helping to support that. Um in
addition additionally
[22:15] » to that Megan before we but we also met
last I think it was last week with
[22:20] » with se Senator uh uh Glover Glover
>> Senator or Representative Stirr and uh
[22:27] Stender and they also are writing
letters also along with us. So we all
[22:32] met together at the same time and we
talked about it. So this is something
[22:35] that we all felt was something we needed
to do, not only for supporting our
[22:39] county, but for supporting, you know,
all the people in in the state that that
[22:44] uh would it would be a hardship to do
this. So So be it. Okay, Megan, go
[22:49] ahead.
>> Um the other thing is also in regard to
[22:52] SEDCOG, um they are currently going
through a five-year plan for community
[22:57] and economic development across their
entire region. Um they are asking for
[23:00] input. So there will be a QR code on our
website under the press releases area so
[23:06] that people can go there. So please do
go to our website and um fill out that
[23:12] uh fill out that survey so that we can
make sure that our county is represented
[23:16] well and people here uh in through the
study the things that we are looking for
[23:21] for our county. Um lastly um uh there we
had a salary board meeting the other
[23:26] week that um you know was a little bit
contentious. Um there was we're making
[23:31] some pretty dramatic changes. We've also
seen a lot of um recent resignations
[23:36] when we're losing a huge amount of
institutional knowledge. Um so I'm we
[23:41] are making uh one more standardization
of policy. we're not going to move on it
[23:46] as a board because it's more of a staff
policy, but that we're going to require
[23:51] exit interviews for all staff resigning
from the county and those be attached to
[23:55] our status sheet so when we approve
them, we know what the situations are um
[24:00] with with within the county. We just
have more knowledge about it uh and um
[24:05] transparency so that we can be aware of
issues in the departments if if there
[24:08] are any issues that we can hopefully
address and move forward with. the other
[24:12] I'm trying to push forward a county wage
enroll study, a test pilot study, so we
[24:16] can see what work people are doing, how
much we're paying comparatively to other
[24:21] places. Just a pilot study so that we
can see if it's something we can do more
[24:24] broadly across the county. Um, and thank
you very much. That's all I have. If
[24:30] you're adding anything with that pilot
study, guys, I also in that pilot study
[24:35] would like the medical benefits and
retirement included in that because that
[24:40] makes a big difference in North
umberland county compared to other
[24:44] county when we pay almost $40,000 for
family insurance for every individual in
[24:49] the county that gets it. That's a big
added amount to their regular salary.
[24:55] » Absolutely. And on that note, um there
are a number of very good positions
[24:59] available at the county with medical
benefits. So please check out our
[25:03] website um for um position potentially
available positions if you know someone
[25:07] looking for a role that has stability
and benefits.
[25:12] » So before we adjourn, I want to thank
Tina. She did an outstanding job. Thank
[25:16] god Mr. Clebon did not teach her in
school. [laughter]
[25:21] Don't we are done talking
>> meeting? She did an outstanding job. She
[25:27] did