CHAMBERSBURG–Franklin County Commissioners will meet today, July 26, beginning at 11 a.m. in the administration building. The agenda is as follows:
FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BEING HELD AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 272 N. SECOND STREET, CHAMBERSBURG, PA
MEETINGS ARE ALSO LIVE STREAMED on Franklin County’s YouTube channel and at http://bit.ly/BOCCLiveStream at scheduled meeting times.
REVIEW/WORKSHOP SESSION (11:00 a.m.)
● MOMENT OF SILENCE
● APPROVE THE AGENDA
● PUBLIC COMMENT
● APPROVE VOUCHERS
● REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES –Wednesday, July 19, 2023
● NEW BUSINESS
o REVIEW BOARD ACTIONS – See attached listing
o SALARY BOARD
▪ Approval of Salary Board minutes from July 5, 2023.
▪ The Board will consider the creation of an Adult Probation Officer Supervisor in the Adult Probation Department.
▪ The Board will consider reclassifying an Administrative Assistant position from full-time to part-time in the Property Management Department.
▪ The Board will consider deviating from the County’s Pay Grade Change Policy to increase the starting rate of pay offer to a candidate for the Accreditation Compliance Manager position at the Franklin County Jail.
● PRESENTATIONS – Teresa Beckner, Chief Financial Officer, will meet with the Board to provide a fiscal report.
● PRESS TIME
● RECESS
RECONVENE FOR APPROVALS AND PRESENTATIONS (2:00 p.m.)
● PUBLIC COMMENT
● NEW BUSINESS
o APPROVE BOARD ACTIONS – See attached listing
● PRESS TIME
● ADJOURN
BOARD ACTIONS (This is a draft contract list. After review, items may be deleted or added at a Commissioners public meeting.)
1. Children and Youth – Updated contract listing for additional contracts and addendums for Fiscal Year 2023/2024 for the Children & Youth department. Contract listing is maintained for proper accounting of all contracts to include vendor name and address, type(s) of service provided and rate(s) charged for services.
2. Community Connections – Agreement between the County of Franklin and Mental Health Association of Franklin and Fulton Counties to provide the Peer Support Program which is a program that links certified peer specialists with qualifying individuals who have a mental health diagnosis or co-occurring disorder and wish to further their own recovery at a cost of $9,030.00 for the period of August 1, 2023 through August 1, 2024. The participants in the HUD Permanent Supportive Housing program are able to utilize the peer support program to develop recovery skills and to assist with the transition from homelessness.
3. Community Connections – Agreement between the County of Franklin and Service Access and Management, Inc. (SAM) to provide Mental Health Case Management services for participants of the HUD Supportive Housing programs at a cost of $15,000.00 for the period of August 1, 2023 through August 1, 2024. Mental Health Case Management for participants in the HUD Supportive Housing programs grant includes Blended Case Management (BCM) which is targeted to serve adults with serious and persistent mental illness.
4. Community Connections – Agreement between the County of Franklin and Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority aka rabbittransit, provides transportation to appointments for adults who are participants in the HUD Supportive Housing programs at a cost of $5,000.00 for the period of August 1, 2023 through August 1, 2024. Persons served by the HUD Supportive Housing programs grants via this contract are able to access the needed services, supports, and supplies which enable them to move forward in their recovery to housing stability allowing for them to exit the programs within a (5) five-year time frame.
5. Community Connections –Lease agreement between the County of Franklin and WACCO Properties for the HUD Permanent Supportive Housing Lease Program (Shelter Plus Care PA0649) that covers the total rent plus any landlord covered utilities for their program participants at a cost of $7,440.00 for the period of August 1, 2023 through August 1, 2024. The County holds the Lease with the landlord and the program participant subleases from the County. Program participants are responsible for utilities that are not included in the lease/rent. The rent and utilities cannot equal more than 30% of the program participant’s adjusted gross income for the year. Participants are linked with Supportive Services and case management to assist them with maintaining permanent stable housing.
6. **Department of Emergency Services – Order Form Contract from Lumen to replace and program a non-functioning phone at a position at the 911 Center, at a cost of $300.00. A current back-up phone will be used, this is for moving and programming the phone.
7. District Attorney – Agreement between the County of Franklin and Cellebrite to provide premium technology that allows law enforcement personnel access to the newest locked, encrypted, and updated mobile devices to collect digital evidence such as phone logs, chat messages, emails, images and other information that is locked and encrypted to aid in investigations. The cost is $17,470.69 for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
8. **Fiscal – Engagement Letter from MaherDuessel, Certified Public Accountants Acceptance – PEMA has contracted with and requested MaherDuessel Certified Public Accountants to audit the program financial statements of the 911 Program of Franklin County, which comprises the program statements of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance and the related notes to the program financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 in conformity with the reporting provisions of PEMA on the regulatory basis of accounting. Specified supplementary information accompanying the financial statements will also be subjected to the auditing procedures applied to the financial statements. Audit reports are expected to be issued no later than December 31, 2023. This is a requirement of PEMA and there is no additional cost to the County for this service.
9. **Information Technology Services – Quote from PhiVTech Solutions LLC to complete all the new network wiring in the Courthouse Annex renovation at a cost of $171,457.00. This quote also includes a study to determine how many and where to place Wireless Access Points and an estimate for the work to install the wiring for them as well.
10. **Planning – Agreements as part of the bridge replacement project for County Bridge #26, carrying Leafmore Road over Back Creek, temporary construction easements and permanent right of way is needed. These agreements set forth purchase of the necessary property in consideration of $1.00 for each for the following property owners in Chambersburg, PA: Leslie Gene Smith & Elizabeth A. Basiliko-Smith at 3413 Leafmore Road; Samuel P. & Barbara A. Yoder at 3420 Leafmore Road; Corey G. & Rachel E. Martin at 4159 Leafmore Road.
11. **Planning – Agreements between the County of Franklin and Charles T. Crider as part of the bridge replacement project for County Bridge #63, carrying Hickory Run Road over Conodoguinet Creek in Lurgan and Southampton Townships, temporary construction easements is needed. These agreements set forth purchase of the necessary property in consideration of $1.00 for each agreemen
