AGENDA – Draft 2 WORK SESSION BLAIR COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

AGENDA – Draft 2
WORK SESSION
BLAIR COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PUBLIC MEETING ROOM, BLAIR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014, 10:00 A.M.
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CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – OCTOBER 14 AND OCTOBER 21, 2014
PUBLIC COMMENT (PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY)
COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS
CONSENT AGENDA
Resolution 307-2014
a.
Payment of bills lists dated 10/20/14 through 10/24/14 in the amount of $.
b.
2011 Bond Issue/065 Reserve Account/Assessment Office Renovation
Project: Requesting approval for payment of an invoice received from
Contract Hardware and Supply Inc., in the amount of $290.00 for 1 door and
passage set.
c.
NBIS Bridge Inspection: Requesting approval for payment of Invoice #31
received from Stiffler McGraw in the total amount of $3,350.63 for inspection
of the following Blair County Bridges: Bridge #17, Rebecca Furnace Road
over Clover Creek, $1,483.55 and Bridge #18, Furry Mill Bridge over Clover
Creek, $1,867.08. Expenses will be paid out of the Act 44 Reserve Account
(No. 059) and are 80% reimbursable.
d.
Blair County Bridge #43, Tyrone 12th Street: Requesting approval for
payment of Construction Estimate #7, received from Wen-Brooke
Contracting, Inc., in the amount of $13,025.12. Expenses are 100%
reimbursable, and will be paid out of the Act 44 Reserve Account (No. 059).
e.
Terminations: Demetrius L. Davis and Marcus G. Hepborn, Fill-In Correction
Officer’s, Prison, ineligible for rehire, effective 8/15/14 and 10/20/14
respectively.
7.
PROCLAMATION (Blair County Children, Youth and Families)
Adoption of a Proclamation proclaiming the month of November as “National
Adoption Awareness Month” in the County of Blair.
8.
STAFF REPORTS & SPECIAL BUSINESS
A. Blair County Human Resources:
a.
Requesting approval of a collective bargaining agreement between the
County of Blair and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, CTW, CLC (Building
and Grounds, Highway) effective January 1, 2014 through and including
December 31, 2016.
b.
Requesting approval of a settlement agreement and release between the
County of Blair and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, CTW, CLC, and its
members for unpaid, unused, accrued vacation, sick, holiday and personal
time accrued by bargaining unit members prior to the June 1, 2013
transfer date of Valley View Home to Reliant Valley View, LLC.
B. Blair County Department of Social Services:
Requesting approval of seven (7) FY 2014/2015 Renewal Contracts between the
County of Blair and the following:
1. Blair County Community Action Program for Representative Payee, Housing
Assistance Program – Maximum contract amount: $60,000
2. Blair Senior Services for Guardianship Protection Service, Durable Power of
Attorney, Domiciliary Care, Human Service Development Fund, Housing
Assistance Program – Maximum contract amount: $200,000
3. Contact Altoona for Peer Outreach and Mentoring Team and Reassurance
Calls, Human Service Development Fund – Maximum contract amount:
$100,000
4. Home Nursing Agency for Outpatient Services, Administrative Case
Management Resource Coordination, Blended Case Management, Housing
Support, Social Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Family Support,
Partial Hospitalization, Outpatient Psychiatric, Community Residential and
Peer Specialist Services – Maximum contract amount: $1,600,000
5. NAMI Blair County Affiliate for Family Support Services, and Peer
Recovery Conference – Maximum contract amount: $31,500
6. Skills of Central PA for Employment Services, Facility Based Vocational
Rehabilitation, and, Housing Support– Maximum contract amount: $405,590
7. UPMC Altoona for Administrative Case Management/BSU, Consultation and
Education, Student Assistance Program, Resource Coordination, Emergency
Services, Crisis Intervention, Family-Based Mental Health, Outpatient
Psychiatric and Children’s Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services – Maximum
contract amount: $1,525,000
C. Blair County Planning Commission:
Requesting approval to enter into Sub-Recipient Agreements between the County
of Blair, Blair County Planning Commission and the following organizations in
order that they may receive funding under the County of Blair’s Pennsylvania
Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund (PHARE) Grant
Agreement, administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA):
o Blair County Community Action Agency $
o Blair Senior Services $
o Catholic Charities $
D. Blair County Veterans’ Affairs Office:
Requesting approval of an additional thirty-six month (36) Lease Agreement to
the Costars Master Lease Agreement dated August 15, 2011 between the County
of Blair and Word Processing Services, Inc., (WPS) for the lease of one (1) Savin
5200S copier, printer, scanner, fax unit for the Veterans’ Affairs Office, in the
amount of $83.03 per month for 3,000 copies per month with an overage cost of
$0.01300 per page.
E. Blair County Purchasing:
Requesting approval of an addendum change to the existing agreement between
the County of Blair and Burgmeier’s Hauling Inc., for the exchange of one (1)
four (4) cubic yard rear-load dumpster to one (1) eight (8) cubic yard rear-load
dumpster with side door, at the Blair County Highway Department, at no
additional charge.
9.
OLD BUSINESS
None
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TABLED ITEMS
None