First of Lycoming County offices to move from Executive Plaza to Third Street Plaza by end of October
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Two county offices will soon move from their current location on the fourth floor of Executive Plaza to the Third Street Plaza building as the relocation of offices to that site begins, it was announced at this week's Lycoming County commissioners' meeting.
The county, earlier this year, had finalized the sale of the Executive Plaza building to Horizon Federal Credit Union and was given until the end of the year to move county offices out.
The first county departments to be moved will be Purchasing and Veterans' Affairs, which will occupy the second floor next to the Wellness Center at Third Street Plaza. That move is expected to be sometime this month.
"As we start to move offices out of this building, we will be notifying the public in the very near future," said Commissioner Scott Metzger, noting that there will be parking spaces at the side of the building designated specifically for veterans.
"I think that's a very important issue also," he added.
In conjunction with the work being done on the first floor at the Third Street Plaza site, the commissioners approved $85,400 for architectural services for Anthony Visco Jr.
"Mr. Visco has been working hard on other parts of the building, he knows the systems in the building. We think it makes a lot of sense and his request for what he's doing is reasonable, so we think it makes a lot of sense to use him on the first floor also," said Commissioner Rick Mirabito.
Under informational items, it was announced that the county will be requesting proposals for construction management services for the new Coroner Building Project and also for the Williamsport levee system cross pipes rehabilitation project.
Bids for the project related to the levee system are due back by Dec. 1 and will be opened at the Dec. 7 commissioners' meeting. It was pointed out that this is not the relief well project, which in the past had been bid unsuccessfully with bids coming in above budget.
"These are the cross pipes that go underneath the levee that help relieve water and stormwater," Shannon Rossman, director of the county's planning and community development department.
"This is the bid for the construction. What we're doing is relining about 41 cross pipes throughout the Williamsport levee system," Rossman said. She noted that the project should begin in the early part of next year.
In other actions, the commissioners approved: an amendment to agreement with GEO Reentry Services LLC; the 2023-2024 Hazardous Material Response Fund Grant Agreement in the amount of $21,675; an amendment to the subrecipient agreement with First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania regarding their Act 13 project at Rider Park; and an agreement with Counsils Appliances regarding the extraction of freon from household appliances at the landfill.
Under personnel, the commission approved the following at the pay rates listed: Sharon Greene, full-time replacement administrative specialist in the courts, $18.83 per hour; Kayla Mull, full-time replacement correctional officer I at the prison, $20 per hour; Robert Harvey, full-time replacement recycling laborer at Resource Management Services, $14.50 per hour;
Peter Lovecchio, full-time replacement assistant Public Defender, $60,500; Alison Hunter, full-time replacement civil processing clerk in the Prothonotary's office, $17.17 per hour; Justin Losell, full-time replacement correctional officer II at the prison, $21.48 per hour.
The commissioners, acting as the board of assessments, approved a request for a real estate exemption from Loyalsock Valley Antique Machinery for a parcel at 182 Holly St. They also agreed to the denial of two tax exempt requests, one from the Pennsylvania College of Technology for a plot of vacant land on Second Street and from the Larry's Creek United Methodist Church for a site along Route 287.
During the meeting, a hearing was held to give the public notice that the Lycoming County Authority is seeking $40 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds which will be used by Lycoming College for various projects, such as the work on the baseball field and renovations to campus buildings.
Because of the instability of the bond market currently, it was noted that issuance of the bonds may not be sought until the market improves. The commissioners will vote on this measure at their next meeting. No tax dollars are involved in this process.
The next meeting of the commissioners will be at 10 a.m., Oct. 19, at the Commissioners' Board Room, 1st floor Executive Plaza, 330 Pine St.