[0:01] well it's 12 noon which is the
advertised time for our public hearing
[0:06] regarding
the Warren Central polling location I
[0:11] don't believe the decision is actually
intended to be made today is that
[0:14] correct this is just hearing yeah
um I believe the decision was set to be
[0:18] made in the election board yeah the
election board meeting was a media
[0:21] follows so all right so the public
hearing um is called the order I would
[0:27] ask if Crystal
to introduce the concept of
[0:31] moving the location and why sure
um so we do propose that the Warren
[0:37] Central location gets moved outside of
the courthouse due to safety concerns
[0:42] the single point point of entry has been
in place since 2016 and
[0:50] it's just not
[0:54] really feasible at this point in time
that both doors are open when it's a
[0:59] single point of entry any other
day that you come into the courthouse
[1:03] it's heightened security needed from the
sheriffs they're already extended as far
[1:09] as they can go and then we need them
here on Election Day to provide extra
[1:14] security we did talk to Salvation Army
Major Shane Bud he's more than on board
[1:20] with this his only question and concern
was how many more tables we need and if
[1:25] he could provide extension Awards so
they were more than apt to take on this
[1:29] polling location
[1:32] um
[1:34] the Holy Redeemer houses
3836 voters
[1:39] combining these together would only add
to
[1:44] 2156. so we already do it we're more
than capable of getting it done and I
[1:48] think with the judges of election that
we have
[1:51] elected
they'll do a fine job
[1:57] to clarify you're saying
that Holy Redeemer which has
[2:01] West
east Southeast and North the is about 3
[2:07] 000 voters correct it'll only be about 2
000 for the rest of the
[2:13] okay
any questions from the Board of
[2:16] Elections
very good at this time I'll open it up
[2:20] to public comments if you have something
you'd like to say about this potential
[2:24] change please state your name and uh
which Ward you live in
[2:30] anyone
[2:36] going once
[2:40] mustachi Jane got you with a question
would this begin this fall
[2:45] yes
[2:53] okay all right
hearing none no other comments we'll go
[2:58] ahead and adjourn the public hearing on
the election board
[3:03] item and then move directly into the
official election board meeting the
[3:08] meeting is being reported in an extent
of the meeting becomes part of public
[3:10] record there's no hold items of
discussion discuss however we do have
[3:14] the minutes from March 23rd which is the
last time that we met as an election
[3:17] board we had a chance to review them
[3:23] in comments Corrections make a motion to
approve the minutes is presented it
[3:28] and our second since presumably Camp
took the notes yes yeah okay the motion
[3:34] is made in seconded to approve the
minutes from March 20th third all those
[3:38] in favor please stay aye aye
the eyes have it moving on to the
[3:43] relocation of Warren Central polling
place
[3:46] I hear a motion to move the central
voting location from the courthouse to
[3:52] the Salvation Army
make a motion to move the Warren Central
[3:56] polling location to the Salvation Army
second question Maiden second any
[4:03] discussion
so for my part there's a couple things
[4:08] one is I vote and the central polling
place so I will be moving myself to go
[4:13] vote in Salvation Army
um so like I'm personally affected by
[4:20] this secondly
um
[4:24] to me this is although there's security
concerns
[4:28] my view more so is one of efficiency
you know it's better to be able to
[4:33] Monitor and set up one location for the
people that need to vote than to have
[4:39] multiples
there's a lot that goes on at the
[4:42] courthouse the day of the election so
this also runs interference for all the
[4:47] stuff that
day so and then as Crystal stated we
[4:53] have other polling precincts that are
far larger than this one will be when
[4:57] it's Consolidated so
[5:01] to me I don't know that there's a really
good argument against
[5:08] share that
[5:12] technically the
public hearing was just concluded
[5:17] however since you didn't have a chance
to say anything about it but state your
[5:21] name and what word you're from first
yes
[5:28] uh Karen Black Georgia elections Warren
Central
[5:32] we would like to speak in favor of
staying where we are
[5:37] in the front lobby because a we love it
which I realize is kind of irrelevant
[5:42] but still we've been there for a long
time
[5:45] but the other there are other questions
here that it's not as if that's a space
[5:50] that is used for anything else
that we're displacing anybody except for
[5:56] the occasional
people that come in for Boulder
[6:01] uh the older days and they wander
through a little bit but that's in no
[6:05] way a hindrance
and since we seldom have any security
[6:10] anyhow
um the the argument for requiring more
[6:15] security doesn't seem to us to make so
much difference the size is ideal for
[6:21] the number of Voters we get
we almost never have a jam up
[6:26] unfortunately we would be happy to have
jam-ups but yet except on very heavy
[6:31] presidential election days it doesn't
happen
[6:34] and uh it just works very well and we
would rather not have it changed
[6:42] I'm Sally Eaton and I am
inspector of Elections for foreign
[6:51] and I'm also opposed to the idea of
moving
[6:56] um I've spoken with a number of people
in the precinct
[7:00] who have physical disabilities who are
used to uh basically just crossing the
[7:06] street and voting people on both sides
of the aisle by the way
[7:12] um
who are not in favor of this and I mean
[7:15] I could
could hopefully get a petition together
[7:19] or something like that because there is
there is some opposition to it also I'm
[7:24] not so sure about what the issue is or
might not be in terms of the sheriff's
[7:31] department and security for polling
places I know that there are a lot of
[7:35] polling places in Warren County that
don't have uh any Security in particular
[7:41] or maybe someone travels around from
place to place here in the courthouse we
[7:46] feel very safe
uh in terms of security for us might be
[7:52] uh
that you already are paying people
[7:57] to provide security for things like
counting the absentee ballot so they're
[8:02] right up the hall from us you don't have
to provide any extra security for an
[8:06] extra precinct which might could be a
budget issue I'm not really sure how
[8:11] you're working this out but anyway I
just want to say I'm on record and I'm
[8:15] sure there are a number of other people
who aren't really happy with the move
[8:20] thank you thank you
well I suppose since we're actually past
[8:26] the public hearing and into the
deliberation section of the election
[8:31] board meeting I would respond uh briefly
to those so first of all just to clarify
[8:35] what's going on with the security
um normally everyone has to go through
[8:41] single fundamentary at the back of the
building due to the election days we
[8:45] open the front door so that they can
come in the front
[8:48] and as a consequence that gives access
to the rest of the building
[8:52] if we didn't post a sheriff's deputy
there if the door just lock anyone from
[8:56] going
into the rest of the building there's
[8:58] also the concern about our law
enforcement presence because the
[9:03] law actually has rather strict
stipulations pertaining to law
[9:09] enforcement Presence at
location pulling locations and then
[9:15] actually one of the more very practical
reasons that um
[9:18] frankly the thing that really pushed me
over is the terrible parking situation
[9:25] we've had on multiple elections now in a
row where people have been complaining
[9:30] to us that they have not had been able
to park in the parking lot and gain
[9:33] appropriate access to the blind location
so you know actually for me
[9:38] um the security issue a couple days a
year I'm not that concerned about it
[9:45] um you know it's an added cost but it's
not so significant especially given the
[9:50] historic nature of the building I do
love that it's
[9:52] you know so the foyer is just such a
nice place to vote and
[9:56] that's neat but at the same time really
for me the parking situation just when
[10:02] people were complaining for the last two
elections to us about how hard it was to
[10:06] get in and vote that for me started to
make me wonder
[10:10] is there a better way so that we don't
have to
[10:15] be asking people to walk potentially
several blocks to vote because at that
[10:19] point I think you're restricting
people's access to both so
[10:22] from my perspective that's why I'm not
in favor of it
[10:25] anyone else from the Board of Elections
wanted to say anything
[10:30] okay
I guess
[10:33] again we closed the public hearing a
while ago but uh Jensen is the chair of
[10:39] the Republican party did you want to say
anything to the options board
[10:42] at the moment I'm here just to listen
okay very good
[10:47] there's no other discussion then I'll
call the question all those in favor of
[10:50] moving Central bullying location from
the courthouse to the Salvation Army
[10:54] that I I
motion carries
[10:59] again
[11:03] the decision is obviously been made but
you know the board is always willing to
[11:07] hear the public comments so for instance
you did have a petition
[11:11] you would certainly welcome
um seeing that not that it would
[11:15] necessarily change anything but
I would certainly be interested in
[11:19] seeing what kind of opposition there
might be
[11:24] at this time there's nothing else on the
agenda for the election board so I'll
[11:28] stand that as adjourned and turn over
the regular commissioner meeting with Mr
[11:32] Durbin okay thank you we'll begin the
Warren County Commissioners meeting with
[11:37] the call to order first the Pledge of
Allegiance then a moment of silence
[11:52] for all
[12:03] see thank you
so it's part of the announcements just
[12:08] the first is this meeting will be
recorded
[12:11] and then we have had one executive
session which was on Monday since the
[12:17] last commissioner's meeting
we do have one item of Correspondence it
[12:23] was a letter from Mr Wilson
um into the UPA that was referencing
[12:30] some positions and opinions regarding
the proposed kayak and canoe launch
[12:36] with that said those are all the
announcements I have out
[12:41] is there anyone from public here like we
had a second executive session on the
[12:47] 19th oh I'm sorry okay yeah so we had
two executive sessions thank you
[12:52] stay corrected
okay I'll take any public comments at
[12:57] this point in time
according to commissioner's meeting very
[13:01] good
unheard all right we'll move on to the
[13:05] consent agenda the first item in the
consent agenda is the minutes from the
[13:09] June 14th meeting both the public
hearing and the public meeting
[13:14] in your packet if there are any changes
or things that need to be addressed so
[13:19] hear from them at this point
if not okay we'll move on I do not see a
[13:26] finance report and our Lisa Hagberg our
finance person is on vacation
[13:33] um and then the next item on the consent
agenda is the pre-trial probation and
[13:38] parole supervision week
commissioner Katherine would you be
[13:42] willing to share that
sure where is pre-trial probation and
[13:47] parole officers and agents are dedicated
employees who are charged with the duty
[13:50] of helping to preserve the safety of
citizens of Pennsylvania by maintaining
[13:53] contact with Parolees supervising the
behavior ensuring their strong adherence
[13:57] to mandated conditions including an
appearance support and assuring
[14:01] appropriate interventions for
non-compliance foundational parole
[14:04] conditions
[14:08] and whereas probation pre-trial and
parole supervision week is a time to
[14:14] recognize and celebrate the dedicated
and caring individuals in the community
[14:17] who work tirelessly to make
neighborhoods safer and more vibrant
[14:21] places to live and raise families and
work to give Parolees a second chance
[14:26] and to be productive members of society
the Commissioners hereby declare July
[14:30] 16th through the 22nd as pre-trial
probation and parole supervision week
[14:34] and we encourage all citizens to honor
those probation parole officers and
[14:37] agents and Community Corrections
professionals to recognize their crucial
[14:42] roles in the criminal justice system and
their achievements towards the safer
[14:46] Community thank you very much for your
service
[14:50] before I became commissioner and
realized what what an important role you
[14:54] had I recognized that it was there but I
really appreciate all that you do and
[14:59] thank you for coming and attending
in recognition
[15:05] any other comments
[15:09] to read your picture yeah I'll make a
motion to approve the consent and
[15:13] including that
[15:17] do you guys want to
I don't know if anybody was prepared for
[15:21] that definitely not prepared for a
picture
[15:28] right
[15:59] balance it out here
we go
[16:05] it's all right it's all good
[16:10] all right all right thank you thank you
very much thank you for everything you
[16:14] do there you go thank you thank you
[16:25] all right
the next item of business at the consent
[16:30] agenda is all business
uh which there are two items
[16:36] keep three items uh the first is to
approve additional County match funds to
[16:40] the transit authority
so we have received a letter from the
[16:45] trees Authority saying that conowonga
Township did not approve their requests
[16:49] to include talk in their budget and so
they're requesting additional 750
[16:54] dollars to meet their local match
requirements set by state
[17:00] move to a group can I have a motion to
approve all right I will suck at that
[17:03] all those in favor signify by saying aye
aye okay
[17:07] the next item is appointment to the
transit authority board this came to us
[17:13] in May and we had a resignation on that
Transit Authority board they have asked
[17:19] us to consider David Diamond who has
expressed interest and that would be
[17:25] effective immediately meaning
June 30th through effect immediately
[17:33] through June 30th of 2026.
motion to approve that particular
[17:38] appointment
all right I'll second that all those in
[17:41] favor signify by saying aye aye okay and
then the next item on the agenda under
[17:46] all business is a Natural Gas Energy
contract yeah I think I mentioned on
[17:51] Monday that
I thought it was advantageous for us to
[17:55] just keep it on the agenda to authorize
whenever
[17:58] pricing looks at most advantageous
we got some pricing this morning but
[18:03] my recommendation would be to I motion
to postpone
[18:09] decision on Natural Gas and energy
contracts second
[18:13] the favorite signifies okay and then
just we were talking
[18:18] um
commissioner capital and I this morning
[18:21] about how one would be able to enter an
agreement that would maybe have a an
[18:26] agreement that's not to exceed so that
we can take advantage of commodity
[18:30] pricing at the point in which we you
know would be able to flip the
[18:41] or it actually
so something to think about maybe
[18:47] consider
okay well we can discuss yeah yeah so
[18:51] very good all right we'll move on to new
business
[18:56] um the first is to approve the agreement
with wolf Port Inc
[19:00] um and doing business as data Cloud
Solutions this is some software that is
[19:06] required
um for the assessment
[19:11] department and the agreement is in your
packet do I have a motion to approve
[19:16] this okay all right any discussion
all those in favor signify by saying aye
[19:24] and then the next item on the agenda is
actually adding a school resource
[19:30] officer addendum to the agreement that
we have right now actually adding
[19:35] resources if uh necessary and the school
district chooses it
[19:42] um can I get a
prove a motion to ratify that agreement
[19:48] I will I will move
okay I can explain from the work session
[19:53] this is uh this essentially ratification
of the agreement that covered the 2019
[19:59] to 2022 time period that the agreement
signed that time didn't include some of
[20:05] the language about the hourly rate and
some other reimbursements so this is
[20:10] this is a corrected version of the
agreement that everyone
[20:14] adequately performed and we're basically
just voting on it today for purpose of
[20:20] making sure our books are correct in
case the grant ever gets on it okay okay
[20:23] very good
in favor signifies AI opposed
[20:30] all right and then we now have before us
a memorandum of understanding between
[20:35] war and force Economic Opportunity
Council Warren County Commissioners and
[20:39] Dean if you just want to do a quick
overview of this yeah
[20:44] so this is relation to our whole whole
repairs Grant
[20:49] we the mou is just a roles and
responsibilities outline which states
[20:54] what the EOC will do in their capacity
well I will do in my capacity as a grant
[20:58] administrator and it established a fee
for my time put into my part of the
[21:04] process and this just kind of locks in
for a year as we spend the money that
[21:09] you're given to fix moves
[21:15] all right second last second any
discussion all those in favor signify by
[21:20] saying aye all right and then the next
item on the agenda is resolution three
[21:26] two four nine
um this is an allocation of 1.1 million
[21:31] dollars of Warren County art of funds to
um applying for Broadband infrastructure
[21:39] Grant
so we talked about this in the Monday
[21:44] meeting
and the impact that this could possibly
[21:47] have in a positive manner we have
received I think comments and interests
[21:54] for five internet service providers
currently in Warren County there is a
[22:01] match that is required for this
particular Grant application which is
[22:05] due on August 10th and so we are
proposing that we set aside 1.1 million
[22:12] dollars of that
to apply towards that match
[22:18] I have a motion to approve resolution
3249 I make that motion
[22:32] a second okay all those in favor go
ahead my only caveat is the top
[22:38] you know
prior to
[22:41] like this is a commitment from the
county of sum of money to be used as a
[22:46] match for a grant application
um
[22:50] the county should be able to approve the
application before it
[22:54] 100 commits to the project because of
someone
[22:58] you don't understand what I'm saying
that it's not just a kind of a blank
[23:02] check yes
um I just want to make that clear that
[23:05] the county is going to oversee any
[23:10] yes and we're working with our
consultant that we hired CTC to vet any
[23:15] of those
applications that come to us and then
[23:19] just another comment and that would be
that this money would only be spent if
[23:25] the grantee was awarded the particular a
great particular Grant so
[23:33] um so if you know we agreed to a match
with uh internet service provider and
[23:38] they did not get awarded funding from
the Broadband infrastructure Grant then
[23:43] this money would not be spent
all those in favor of this signify by
[23:48] saying aye opposed
all right the next is an agreement of
[23:55] sale uh to the war enforce EOC for two
properties the 11 and 13 Madison Avenue
[24:01] attorney Schmidt do you have any
comments yeah the the board here
[24:05] approved uh the conveys and the
properties to the OC eocs our Council
[24:10] they asked us to do an agreement of sale
just for the formalities around a real
[24:14] estate closing I reviewed it I made one
or two edits uh just to help with an
[24:20] efficient process for the EOC so the the
board to
[24:25] approve this agreement with edits and
and closely with their uh with buyer's
[24:33] Council and I can add on a related note
I just spoke to
[24:38] representatives for the RDA and um
indeed that I prepared for 414 Laurel is
[24:45] acceptable so that convenience is going
to happen here this week as well okay
[24:49] great
very good do I have a motion to approve
[24:53] this agreement of sale second
pose
[25:00] [Music]
[25:08] you can stay after the meeting we'll
have the Deeds for you okay good evening
[25:14] and then I see here also resolution
32 8 I believe
[25:21] um
which is the convenience of the property
[25:24] trade with the lapc so this one this one
I don't think needs a resolution I spoke
[25:29] with director McPherson this was
discussed at work session as well
[25:34] there's no air packs that are being that
the lepc is the owner of or to be
[25:41] transferred to to the fire department
yeah
[25:44] yeah
um the lapc is the owner and either what
[25:48] he and I have agreed is that I'll draft
some language
[25:51] uh sort of in this
an assignment of sale
[25:57] for just this personal property and have
some language in that disclaims the
[26:03] little signal warranties that that may
still be in existence for these but
[26:08] otherwise disclaims and waves liability
against the LNG County because they're
[26:14] not technically brand new you know off
the shelf from the manufacturer I don't
[26:18] think the the
Board needs a needs to take a vote on
[26:22] this this is just something that I've
been prepared to be like you see the
[26:26] other side of that exchange was
um
[26:30] that uh the fire department would gift
essentially to the county uh a car
[26:36] trailer engine for car trip I think
18-foot car made trailer yeah
[26:41] um you know the
county code authorizes the Board of
[26:46] Commissioners to accept as gifts you
know property
[26:50] um I don't believe a resolution is
necessary but I think you could take a
[26:54] motion here to accept that that gift as
a trailer if you wanted that trailer as
[26:59] a gift
great
[27:08] um that is the last item under new
business
[27:12] so in closing are there any commissioner
comments today
[27:18] very good second all in favor
thank you thank you everyone stay coming
[27:24] to the meeting