DAUPHIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Commissioners' Legislative Meeting
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 (10:00AM)

MEMBERS PRESENT

Jeff Haste, Chairman
Dominic D. DiFrancesco, II, Vice Chairman
George P. Hartwick, III, Secretary

STAFF PRESENT

Chad Saylor, Chief Clerk/Chief of Staff; Marie Rebuck, Controller; Bob Dick, Treasurer; Randy Baratucci, Purchasing Director; Kay Sinner, Personnel and Payroll Office; Mike Yohe, Director of Budget and Finance; Tom Guenther, Director of Information Technology; Kacey Truax, Commissioners' Office; David Schreiber, Personnel; Carolyn Thompson, Court Administrator; Mike Pries, Director of Security; Elke Moyer, Human Services Directors Office; William Tully, Esq., Solicitor; Gary Serhan, Deputy Controller; Julia Nace, Assistant Chief Clerk; Jena Wolgemuth, Commissioners' Office; Leila McAdoo; Solicitor's Office; Marielena Martinez, Commissioners' Office; Yvonne Fuhrman, Facilities Maintenance; Richie Martz, Commissioners' Office; Kim Robison, Director of Domestic Relations; David Daniels, AAA; Steve Suknaic, Director of Juvenile Probation; Jeff Patton, Juvenile Probation; Robert Hawley, Deputy Court Administrator.

GUESTS PRESENT

Mary Schwanger, Central Labor Council; Karla Hodge; M. Nichelle Chivis; Brad DeLancey; Elaine Barber; Helen Elliot; Clair Jones, NAACP;

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

Mr. Haste, Chairman of the Board, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

Everyone observed a moment of silence.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Everyone stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Mr. Haste: We have the April 19, 2006 Legislative Meeting Minutes, and the April 26, 2006 Workshop Meeting Minutes for approval.

Mr. DiFrancesco made the motion to approve the April 19, 2006 Legislative Meeting Minutes, and the April 26, 2006 Workshop Meeting Minutes. Mr. Hartwick seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carried.

Mr. Haste: We have the April 19, 2006 Salary Board Meeting Minutes for approval.

Ms. Rebuck made the motion to approve the April 19, 2006 Salary Board Meeting Minutes. Mr. Hartwick seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS HELD BETWEEN MEETINGS

Mr. Saylor: There were two Executive Sessions held. One was held on May 3, 2006 to discuss labor issues and one was held on May 11, 2006 to discuss legal and labor issues.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Ms. Claire Jones: Good Morning. My name is Claire Jones and I am President of the Greater Harrisburg NAACP. I come before you this morning in regard to Spring Creek. There are many NAACP members that are deeply concerned with the future of Spring Creek and whether or not it will continue to be county owned. I was there this past Monday for an NAACP member who is a resident there. She is 76 years old and has no other relatives and we are trying to figure out where she may go if Spring Creek does not continue. She said to me and I think this is the most poignant point, "Why doesn't America care more about what happens to its elderly? All of my life I have done the right thing, I paid my taxes, I was a good citizen, I worked hard, and now I need help. Why doesn't America care more?" The fact of the matter is I had to frankly say that we are not a society that is particularly good in cherishing our elderly. We tend to be, once people are not able to be productive, and give us something, in terms of taxes, or their ability to work, we tend to cast them off. It is a terrible thing. It happens far too often in America. I wish we cared as much for the elderly as we do of our ability for missiles to reign down on people. I wish we cared as much about them as we do about our ability to extract oil from the earth. I wish we cared about them as much as we care about the lobbyist on K Street. We often don't. Now we are in this terrible situation on whether we keep Spring Creek open. I have to say, having come here many times through the years, you three are one of the best Commissioners that ever sat in those seats. I know you care about your people, you are financially responsible, smart and compassionate individuals. That is a good thing because you are going to have to make a hard decision. You need all of those capabilities. We hope to dialogue with you, to help you in any way that we can. We know the major research on this has been done but we see the individuals out there and we know that they do not have any place that will care for them in a truly compassionate way if this safety net is withdrawn from them which is the county. One of the ladies I was talking to, I had to get her out of the Camp Hill nursing home. It took me two months to take her meals there because I did not like the way she was fed and I did not like what she had to smell or put up with before we got her out of that system who was not caring for her. The county provides a care that is much more superior for her and now it looks like she could lose that last refuge. We need to look at this very carefully and we want to assist. You have tremendous staff out there. I was impressed by a woman whose eyes did not reflect a particular cognition in them and she was pushing her down the hall and singing to her softly and I thought how wonderful, a song for someone who can no longer sing for themselves. I think that we have to do everything we can to keep Spring Creek open. I do not know what "everything" is but we certainly will try to help in any way that the NAACP can help. If this resource goes onto private management, and private ownership, I am very much afraid that I will be doing very much what I was doing in Camp Hill several months ago n terms of rescuing a person. Thank you.

Mr. DiFrancesco: Thank you for your very eloquent words. I want to assure you, that this Board cares very much that the individuals living out there and they are taken care of in a high quality way. In the past two years, this Board has taken steps to ensure that the quality of life has improved for those people. One thing is critical through this debate and I feel that there is some burden placed on the residents out there that they feel they may lose their home. I think it is important for that debate to continue on whether a private entity can perform the same or higher level than the county ownership. We cannot lose the fact that under any scenario, no one will lose their home. That is very important. I keep saying that to reassure the resident and at no point do I want them to have this additional burden of thinking they are going to have to move, because they are not. The question comes down to the quality of life. I can assure the public that this Board has a strong commitment to not take any step that would diminish the quality of life. We are trying to do our homework and make this a very open debate. We want to assure that any vendor or business that tells us they will do a good job. Also, we want to make sure they are not just idle words and that is tested and we have a track record to go with it because we do not want to take risks with these people. I will agree with your comments 100% that Americans have cast aside some of the best and brightest people because of the perception, that as they get older, they do not have anything to give back to society. As we look around this room, what people have to give to this community, has nothing to do with their age. Regardless of their age, they can give a lot to their community. It is also sad in today's society that so much of what government does is designed to pump economic development and business dollars and business tax cuts in areas where quite frankly the economy is great but we have a lot of communities that are hurting, a lot of children that are hurting. There are people with addictions that are hurting, a lot of health and human service issues that need to be addressed. Unfortunately, today, government has focused their attention on other places. Certainly I will not argue that a strong economy is important. It is also important to not turn your back on those people in our community who are facing a crisis and who are hurting. Often that is what government is doing and lost sight that government does have the responsibility to take care of people who have no place else to turn. I think it is very important to reassure the community that we do have the best interest of the people living at Spring Creek in mind. As we move forward, no sale would take place unless we are absolutely convinced that the service would be at least as good or even better. I am very happy today that the whole idea of closing the building is off the table, whereas, six months ago it was not off the table. We want to make sure that these people that are there now and the people who may need the home in the future have a great place to go. That is the goal of this Board. It is people first.

Mr. Hartwick: You are absolutely correct in saying that this Board is compassionate and have thoroughly examined the issue. Although we have all that compassion, we remain to be able to debate the issue without being disagreeable. We have the best interest of the seniors at that facility in our minds at all times. I believe it will be best served under county ownership and to retain that control. I also believe that there has been some great inefficiency at that facility that needs to be addressed. That is why I put together a task force and worked extremely hard to come up with a plan to reduce the county contribution to that facility to below what we have been paying on average since 1995. You asked what you could do to help, and in our plan which we worked very hard to do, there are about seven things that are critical components in the facility to provide the most efficient facility with the least impact to the taxpayers to continue the same quality of care under county ownership. Two of those issues are in the control of the legislature and one is in the hand of the union. The legislature has recently passed legislation that did not provide for an additional county carve out for higher reimbursements for county run nursing homes, which was a part of the plan, some additional revenue we were anticipating as a result of that legislative change. That has passed by both the House and the Senate. It currently sits on the Governor's desk which we expect him to veto. This means a fight on the county carve out. Contact your local legislators and elected representatives to advocate for the county carve out. That is one thing that you can do. I would be glad to give you the exact bill number and information. The second thing is that we need the union to come to the table. I do not know what the result was of yesterday's negotiation, but in my plan it called for a $920,000 savings in concessions by the union in order to operate that facility more efficiently. There is plenty of blame to go around but one of the things that we can control is trying to get to the table to try to provide those concessions in order to operate more efficiently. Those are two things that are in our control and there are other things that need to happen aside from that. In your advocacy with the labor unions and legislators, I want you to assist me in my cause to keep Spring Creek under county ownership. That is the only way we can assure the high medical assistance patients that currently exist at that facility will have a place to go in the future. There is discussion with the company about that and I prefer to run it efficiently and trying to bring the costs of that facility down significantly, because it has gotten out of control and to continue it under county ownership, those things that I outlined in the plan need to happen in order for me to have a solid argument to the remainder of the Board. Thank you for your comments.

DIRECTORS/GUESTS

1. Presentation of Emergency Medical Services Week Proclamation.

Mr. DiFrancesco: One of the best parts of being on this Board is to be able to honor the public servants who put so much of their heart and soul on the line everyday for their community. Clearly we have a whole lot of people in this community accepting responsibilities, not for what they are getting paid, because we know that would not be enough to attract. They do it because they care for their community; they care about people, and have a great compassion to serve others in need. This morning this Board has the opportunity to honor the men and women who provide professional services everyday in the field of emergency management. These are the folks who are driving and riding in the ambulances with a whole host of issues. Their work is not only difficult because they do not know what they are going to face as they walk in the door of a potential problem. Their life is also made difficult because of the financial burden that currently exists on the ambulance service in Dauphin County, across the Commonwealth and nation. We have had a lot of failure in ambulance services that have been forced to expand and stretch and every time that happens that puts others at risk. We all want to know that when we call 911 for a loved one or ourselves that someone is there to respond. The ambulance companies are struggling right now but the men and women who ride in them and do the job everyday care for our community a great deal and do a fantastic job! Today we have with us Brad Lancey, Chairman of Dauphin County EMS Council, and Chief Operations for Susquehanna EMS who does a great job and who was able to pull together a great group of people. Two years ago we did not have an EMS Council in Dauphin County, we had a bunch of companies that were operating individually and not communicating back and forth and basically that meant people did not fully realize when their neighbor was going to go out of business and all of a sudden another company would have to cover that community. Now we have an EMS Council who is very strong and meet on a regular basis and not only are seeking to support one another, they are also looking at ways to improve emergency management in Dauphin County and our region. We now have better planning and coordination. You may recall the tornadoes we had a few years back, what we had was a few people jumping in their ambulances to help out anyway they could in Campbelltown. What they did not realize was we did not have a comprehensive plan in place and all of a sudden the EMS units left the county and we had holes. If you called 911, it may have taken awhile to get an ambulance to you. Through the efforts of the EMS Council working with Dauphin County's EMA, we have better planning in place and these men and woman are truly professionals who dedicate much of their time. They also take continuing education courses to continue to serve us in our time of need. I would like to read the following proclamation:

Office of County Commissioner
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Proclamation

We, the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners, are honored to join friends, family members and fellow emergency personnel in paying tribute to the caring, capable men and women who provide expert emergency medical service to the injured and the ill in Dauphin County;

Whereas, the emergency medical service teams provide a vital public service, standing ready to respond to every cry for help in a moment's notice and to provide lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week;

Whereas, access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury, whether it is at the hands of a car accident, heart attack, crime, fire, or other jarring tragedy;

Whereas, the emergency medical services system consists of a myriad of professionals working together to provide life-sustaining and life-saving care, including physicians, nurses, medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators and administrators;

Whereas, members of Dauphin County's 15 emergency medical service teams, whether career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills, so that they can be at their very best in times of crisis, and when life and death decisions hang in the balance;

Therefore, we join with the 253,300 residents of Dauphin County in honoring these often unsung heroes who spring seamlessly into action in response to every frantic call to 9-1-1; we thank them for the work they do to keep Dauphin County safe and our citizens alive; and in grateful recognition thereof, we do hereby proclaim May 14-20, 2006 as "Emergency Medical Services Week" in Dauphin County.

Mr. DeLancey: On behalf of each and every emergency management provider that cares for every resident of Dauphin County, we would like to say thank you. The proclamation that you have given us today lets us know that our sacrifices are not overlooked and that we are cared about and that we are there for you, no matter what time or what type of weather.

Mr. DiFrancesco: We will continue to be there as a Board and Emergency Management to support you in your efforts. We understand it is tough to find volunteers and professionals and if there is anything this Board can do to help, just let us know.

Mr. DeLancey: The support you have given us this past two years has been instrumental and we cannot begin to thank you enough for that. The Emergency services have gotten closer together not only to support each other but to help maintain and improve the quality of care that we provide to the residents. A lot of that is due to the effort that you three have given to us in getting the council back together. Thank you.

1. Recognition of National Award received by Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging - NACO Acts of Caring Award recognizing the public-private transportation network between Dauphin County and nine local entities: Dauphin, Lower Paxton, Hummelstown, East Hanover, Middletown, Londonderry, Derry Township, Steelton/Enhaut/Bressler/Oberlin/Swatara. Guests: Ray Dively, Shirley Kanoff, Bob Henry, Beverly Danner, Larry Robbins, Susan Kline, Claire Zeiders and two volunteers from West Hanover. Lou Crippen and Jerry Pollack

Mr. Hartwick: It gives me great pleasure to address the majority of the seasoned, energetic volunteers that are here today. You have allowed us to receive a national award. Two of the founders that started and are the reason that we received the award are here today, Lou Crippen and Jerry Pollack. I have had the opportunity to speak with them briefly before the meeting and both are as enthusiastic, energetic and full of ideas as I think they were when they served. They were as humble as you could possibly be in saying that it is not who created this but it is the volunteers who are the ones who made it what it is. True credit to those two individuals and to the volunteers who, and quite frankly if you are not there for us in Dauphin County, we would not be able to operate in the way that we do, for our county citizens. I asked Bob Burns to put together some dollar figures, you know the Commissioners are always thinking about dollar figures, in quantifying the volunteer efforts in Dauphin County. We come to the conclusion that as many volunteer hours as we get from the senior citizens in AAA, at just the minimum wage, we save $1.5 million a year in volunteer services. For that, we want to give you all an applause. I would be remiss if I did not mention David Daniels and his involvement. Every time I go to the senior centers, Dave gives a smile with all responses and is a very exciting and energetic guy. I have not felt this much energy in this room, as I do today with the seniors. You look and feel like you are ready to jump out of your seats. Our senor citizens make up 20% of our population in Dauphin County and continue to grow. By the year 2010, we expect our senior population to be 70,000 and right now we are at about 53,000 out of 253,000 citizens in our county. As the senior citizen population continues to grow, and the need for your volunteer services continue to grow, we thank you for your hard work and efforts. As senior citizens age one of the most important needs for them is transportation. Often times they may no longer be able to drive and cannot always depend on relatives and friends to drive them to medical appointments, grocery shopping and other critical needs. Sometimes the need is simply to get together with others to socialize at a senior center.

In Dauphin County we were fortunate to have men of great vision, Lou Crippen and Jerry Pollack, who recognized this need. They created the very first partnership with a local entity to provide transportation services to our senior citizens. Today we have expanded this concept to include nine "public-private" entities which partner with us to fill this vital transportation need. These groups provide transportation to seniors in Dauphin, Lower Paxton Township, Derry Township, Middletown, Hummelstown, East Hanover, West Hanover, Londonderry, Steelton, Enhaut, Bressler, Oberlin and Swatara.

We are working hard to expand this partnership to include additional regions of the county.

This innovative initiative has now been recognized by national leaders. The National Association of Counties has awarded the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging with a National Acts of Caring Award for this public-private partnership. We are the only county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to win such an award this decade.

In this era of public cynicism of government this initiative is a true example of how government can partner with citizens to provide vital services at a limited cost. Dauphin County pays for the insurance on the vehicles and provides modest funding to each of the nine private entities. In turn these groups recruit volunteers to run the entire operation.

As we go forward we strive to be a national leader in operating in an innovative and cost effective manner. We are proud that a national organization such as NACO has recognized our efforts. We are even prouder of the individuals in this room and the countless volunteers that service our seniors in our county. Thank you and we would like to present you with this award.

Mr. Haste: I know that Jerry and Lou have been working on this for 25 years, so I hope it does not take another 25.

Mr. Crippen: To the Board of Commissioners and AAA, I want to thank you first for the opportunity to come before the Board of Commissioners. When I was the Director of AAA in 1976, they already started a program in Derry Township to provide transportation for seniors. I thought to myself that it was such a good idea that I decided to adopt it as a county program and went after various communities to start the transportation program. It was interesting and something new at that time for the County Commissioners to do something directly for the elderly. For example, we bought the first van for one of the areas, and we also covered the insurance. The Commissioners asked me why they should pay for insurance and I said there are two reasons. The first one is that you can get fleet insurance and second you cannot rely on volunteers for certain things and they may forget to put the insurance payments in the mail. You know what could happen and someone could have an accident, they'll look in the glove box and the County Commissioners would be fighting the insurance company, so you would be protecting yourself. Immediately, they said of course and I think they have ever since. This award is for the volunteers who everyday get in those vans and pick up the people and have not forgotten to pick up anyone or we would of heard about that. Elderly try to avoid isolation and when they are beyond the age of their capability of driving an automobile, they have nothing to do but sit at home and wait for someone to come see them. We have been extremely fortunate in Dauphin County and I feel we have a program that is different from the others in this state.

Mr. Hartwick: I would be remiss if I did not honor one of our employees who assisted a great deal in the process and who spearheaded getting the application in and following through, Ms. Eileen Carson. Thank you, Eileen.

SALARY BOARD

(A full report of Salary Board minutes is on file in the Chief Clerk's office.)

PERSONNEL

Ms. Sinner: I have an addendum just requesting permission to waive the benefit waiting period for four part-time telecommunicator trainees who have been transferred to full time. They actually have been working full-time hours since the start of their employment in December.

In the personnel transactions that I have given last week, I need to make a change to new hire number 20. The name should be Emerson Bennett, Jr.

Mr. Hartwick made the motion to approve the Personnel Packet as amended. Mr. DiFrancesco seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carries.

PURCHASE ORDERS

Mr. Baratucci: There are a couple of changes since last week. We deleted an item from Facilities Maintenance, page four. Parks and Recreation covered bridge change order that we discussed last week is now on page 43. One item was added since then, on pages 26-27 for DJ Postelle. There was a memo that came from Bob Hawley that requested we add these items for all furnishings for that office and wanted them ordered to keep on the time schedule. Budget items were fixed and the packet is there for your approval.

Mr. Hartwick: Is the DJ items consistent with the specs?

Mr. Baratucci: As far as I now, Bob was the point man. From my point of view price wise, it is all consistent with what we have purchased before and now all the items will be ordered and on time.

Mr. Hartwick made the motion to approve the Purchase Order Packet. Mr. DiFrancesco seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carries.

REPORT FROM BUDGET & FINANCE - MIKE YOHE

• May 5, 2006 transferred $217,601.22 to the Payables account from the County's Concentration account for checks issued that week.
• May 12, 2006 transferred $6,339,913.55 to the Payables account and $1,860,078.52 to the Payroll account from the County's Concentration account for checks issued that week.
• Total Term Investments - N/A
• Balance today in INVEST account $128,463.67 rate 4.86%
• Balance today in Community Banks investment account $119,971.70 rate 4.930% (This rate equals today's Community Banks 91-day TBill rate of 4.780% plus 15 basis points)
• Balance today in Graystone Bank investment account $20,094,688.71 rate 5.170% (This rate equals last month's average 1-month LIBOR rate of 4.920% plus 25 basis points)
• Balance today in Commerce Bank investment account $24,001,425.07 rate 5.040% (This rate equals today's 91-day T-Bill rate of 4.740% plus 30 basis points)
• Balance today in Sovereign Bank investment account $48,300,230.46 rate 5.181% (This rate equals today's 1-month LIBOR rate of 5.081% plus 10 basis points)

No T.R.A.N. Line of Credit required for 2006.

Mr. Yohe: The RFP's went out and are due next Friday. There were a couple of banks that I got word that will not be participating. I am not sure what we will get.

REPORT FROM CHIEF CLERK/CHIEF OF STAFF - CHAD SAYLOR

Mr. Saylor: I was just on the phone with Mr. Chiavetta getting an update on the elections. He is out picking up the machines. Everything went smoothly. We had an ADA compliant machine in every polling place. He estimates there were not a lot of votes cast. Everything went well.

SOLICITOR'S REPORT-BILL TULLY, ESQ., SOLICITOR

Mr. Tully: Nothing to add but would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

MATTERS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Mr. DiFrancesco made the motion to approve Items A through M. Mr. Hartwick seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carries.

1. Training Packet
2. Approval of FY05/06 & FY06/07 Per Diem Rates between Children & Youth Agency and:
   1. Delaware Valley Mental Health Foundation FY05/06 RTF $283.73/day
   2. Children's Center for Treatment & Education FY05/06
      1. RTF-Bradford $219.03/day
      2. RTF-Towanda $269.66/day
      3. RTF-Warren $272.27/day
      4. RTF-Juvenile Sex Offender-Bradford $272.27/day
      5. Clothing $ 1.23/day
      6. Personal Allowance $ 0.53/day
   3. Delaware Valley Mental Health Foundation FY06/07
      1. RTF $283.73/day
   4. Bradley Center, Inc. FY06/07
      1. RTF-Robinson Campus $316.73/day
      2. RTF-South Campus $225.00/day
      3. RTF-Mt. Lebanon Campus $309.96.day
      4. Therapeutic Foster Care $ 76.99/day
   5. Children's Center for Treatment & Education FY06/07
      1. RTF-Bradford $219.03/day
      2. RTF-Towanda $269.66/day
      3. RTF-Warren $272.27/day
      4. RTF-Juvenile Sex Offender-Bradford $272.27/day
      5. Clothing $ 1.23/day
      6. Personal Allowance $ 0.53/day
   6. St. Michael's School, Inc. FY06/07
      1. RTF-Level I $270.04/day
      2. RTF-Level II $245.32/day
      3. Personal expenses & allowances $ 2.00/day
3. Real estate tax refunds/exonerations:
   1. Refund of 2006 real estate taxes to Cumberland Court Associates, c/o Deloitte PTS-DEPT. 208, 6363 N. State Highway 161, Suite 800, Irving, TX 75038 for parcel #05-008-001, 1111 Capitol St., City of Harrisburg, in the amt. of $2,096.12.
   2. Refund of 2004 and 2005 annual real estate taxes to Charles & Margaret Polk Foundation, 129 Market St., Millersburg, PA 17061, for parcel #46-019-003, 301 North St., Millersburg Borough, in the amt. of $99,497.23.
   3. Partial refund of 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 real estate taxes to Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Co., 300 Park Blvd., Hershey, PA 17033 for parcel #24-009-009, 100 West Hershey Park Dr., Derry Township, in the amt. of $937,728.14.
   4. Exoneration of 2006 and delinquent real estate taxes for five mobile homes located in Chesapeake Estate Mobile Home Park in East Hanover Township, parcel #25-009-008-057-0057, #25-008-008-186-0186, #25-008-008-128-0128, #25-008-008-124-0124, #25-008-008-158-0158, in the amt. of $4,483.90.
4. Appointment of Deborah Lewis to the MH/MR Advisory Board. (Term will expire December 31, 2008)
5. Satisfaction Pieces with the following individuals:
   1. Awilda Amadeo for property located at 2479 Harris Terrace, Harrisburg.
   2. Dean Straight, Sr., for property located at 233 N. 2nd. St., Harrisburg.
6. Subordination Agreement for Shelly Clark for property located at 2330 Green St., Harrisburg.
7. Commissioners Approval to contribute the County's pro rata share ($890.00) for appraisal services and trial costs need to ascertain the true value of property located at 621 Kreider Lane - tax parcel #36-006-030.
8. Approval of a Subrecipient Agreement between Dauphin County Community & Economic Development and Tri-County Housing Development Corporation for HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds in the amount of $94,572.00 in FY05 and $106,928.93 in FY06 totaling $201,500.93.
9. Adopt Resolution No. 13-2006 authorizing the increase in Project Delivery Costs for the HOME Rehabilitation Program from $4,200.00 to $5,000.00.
10. Approval of FY06/07 Foster Care Rates.
11. Amendment #1 to FY04/05 Purchase of Service Agreement between MH/MR and the Pennsylvania State University.
12. Approval of 2006 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Application for MH/MR.
13. Family Center Grant Agreement for FY06/07 between the Dauphin County Human Services Director's Office and the PA Dept. of Public Welfare.

FORMER BUSINESS

(There was none.)

NEW BUSINESS

(There was none.)

COMMISSIONERS' DISCUSSION & ACTIONS

(There was none.)

CORRESPONDENCE

1. Mr. Haste: You see the items of correspondence received by the Board lettered A through K that will be handled by the staff appropriately. Notification from Environmental Compliance Management, Inc., indicating Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc., has applied to DEP for renewal of their State Only Operating Permit No. 22-03022.
2. Notification from Glace Associates, Inc., on behalf of the Berrysburg Borough Municipal Authority, indicating they intend to apply to DEP for a NPDES permit for the Authority's waste water treatment plant which discharges into an unnamed tributary of the Wiconisco Creek in Berryburg Borough.
3. Notification from CET Engineering Services indicating the Lower Paxton Township Authority intends to submit an application to DEP for the General NPDES Permit for storm water discharges associated with construction activities for the replacement of approximately 5,600 feet of sanitary sewer.
4. Notification from Innovative Engineering Testing Construction, on behalf of TecPort Partners, L.P., indicating they intend to apply to DEP for a General Permit GP-5 to perform underground utility service for the TecPort (Phase III) Project.
5. Notification from Madden Engineering Services, Inc., on behalf of Charles L. and Janice M. Paulvir Subdivision, indicating application is being made to the Dauphin County Conservation District for a NPDES Permit for a project consisting of the subdivision of 4 single family building lots located at the northwest corner of the intersection of SR 147 (River Road) and SR 4014 (Million Dollar Road) in Halifax Township.
6. Notification from Raudenbush Engineering, Inc., on behalf of the Elizabethville Borough, indicating they intend to apply to DEP for a water quality management Part II permit for the Elizabethville Baseball Field which will include the construction of a little league baseball field and enclosure of a small mountain stream.
7. Notification from J. Michael Brill & Associates, Inc., on behalf of HUB Business Park, LP, indicating they will be applying to DEP for a General NPDES Permit for construction of a proposed 150,000 square foot warehouse facility to include paved parking areas and a storm water management facility on the HUB Business Park Lot #1, Swatara Township.
8. Notification from Dawood Associates, Inc., indicating they intend to make application to the Dauphin County Conservation District for an NPDES General Permit for the subdivision of an existing 61.515 acre farm into 28 single-family home lots in Wayne Township.
9. Notification from the PA Dept. of Transportation indicating they plan on utilizing an approved water obstruction and encroachment permit for proposed activities in reference to the Market Street Bridge Restoration, City of Harrisburg.
10. Notification from Glace Associates, Inc., on behalf of the Williamstown Borough Sewer Authority, indicating they intend to apply for renewal of a NPDES Part I Permit and the expansion of the existing facility. The waste water treatment plant discharges into the Wiconisco Creek in Williams Township.
11. Notification from Kairos Design Group, LLC indicating they intend to apply to DEP for a General NPDES Permit for storm water discharges associated with construction activities for the Pennsylvania Lottery Headquarters, Lower Swatara Township.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

(There was none.)

ADJOURNMENT

Mr. Haste: Is there a motion to adjourn?

Mr. Hartwick made the motion to adjourn. Mr. DiFrancesco seconded the motion. All were in favor. Meeting adjourned.