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An upgraded security system for Lycoming County Magisterial District Judge Deniese Dieter in Jersey Shore was approved by the county commissioners for $39,254.
In requesting the funds, Leslie Kilpatrick, an IT operations director with the county, said that the current system is outdated. She explained that $19,000 of the amount will be reimbursed from AOPC (Administrative Office of PA Courts) with the balance coming from capital expenses.
Kilpatrick also noted that if the commissioners had not approved the request for funds before April 1, the cost would have been 60 percent higher due to increases in costs for technology because of data centers going in as well as AI (Artificial Intelligence) being "big right now." Memories and hard drive spaces are also going up in cost, Kilpatrick said.
In other actions, the commissioners approved: an amendment to a proposal from CCAP Travelers with the Hartman Group for the Lycoming Tax Collector Program in the amount of $50,392 for four years due to the addition of a municipality with the county billing the municipality tax collectors for the bond; an on the job training agreement with Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation at no expense to the county; an amendment to the agreement with Cornerstone Discovery due to an increase in hours from 40 to 80 for the Bailey death penalty to be paid through operating expenses under the Bailey account number.
An update to the GEO Drug Testing Costs due to an increase in the cost of one test with funds coming from operating expenses and an Intermediate Punishment Grant; an agreement with retired judge Marc Lovecchio, to serve as a special master presiding over veterans and mental health court at a cost of $1,460 per month to be paid out of operating expenses; an agreement with Bret Southard, Esq, to serve as solicitor for the Sheriff's Department; and an agreement with Gillum Psychological & Counseling Services to evaluate new deputies in the Sheriff's Department.
Three agreements for the Juvenile Probation Office were approved to be paid from operating expenses, plus a third amendment to an agreement with Eagle Response Services, the hazmat response team was also approved.
Other agenda items okayed by the board were: approval of two change orders, one in the amount of $34,340, which is funded by grants, with Coppola Services, which has been working on the crosspipe project at Maynard Street; PHARE 2024-25 subrecipient monitoring agreement with the YWCA Northcentral PA, Liberty House Program for $150,000; a three-year agreement with Contrast Professional Services to come out of operating expenses; the purchase from Vicon in the amount of $39,254 funded by Act 13 funds; an agreement with Entech Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $26,900 for zoning and subdivision updates funded through DCED MAP grant and Act 13 funds; a 2025 Agreement with Whitmoyer Cattle, LLC in the amount of $3,800 for work done last year for harvesting to be paid out of the county's farm operating expenses; and an agreement with Gregory A. Stapp to replace Justin Houser for an ongoing litigation with the county.
Under personnel, the following people were hired as full-time correctional officers at the Prison, union positions, at $20 per hour; Trey Mummey, Colt Gregerson and Adam Smith.
The next commissioners' meeting will be at 10 a.m. April 2 at the Commissioners' Board Room, 3rd floor, Third Street Plaza, 33 West Third St.