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May 31, 2006 Minutes

May 31, 2006 Minutes

    DAUPHIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
    Legislative Meeting
    Wednesday, May 31, 2006 (10:00am)

    MEMBERS PRESENT

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

    STAFF PRESENT

    Bill Tully, Esq., Solicitor; Chad Saylor, Chief Clerk; Marie Rebuck, Controller; Bob Dick, Treasurer; Tom Guenther, IT Director; Dan Kern, Schaffner Center Director; Dave Schreiber, Personnel; Elke Moyer, Human Services; Julia Nace, Assistant Chief Clerk; MaryAnn Boyer, Registration and Elections; Leila McAdoo, Solicitor's Office; Diane McNaughton, Press Secretary; Randy Baratucci, Purchasing Director; Kay Sinner, Personnel; Mike Yohe, Budget and Finance Director; Scott Burford, Spring Creek Administrator; Carolyn Thompson, Court Administrator; Edgar Cohen, Facilities Maintenance Director; Lena Martinez, Commissioners' Office; and Jena Wolgemuth, Commissioners' Office.

    GUESTS PRESENT

    Nichelle Chivis, Chris Ordiway, Karla Hodge, David Gash, Mary Schwanger, Elaine Barbara.

    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 May 3, 2006 Legislative Meeting minutes and the May 10, 2006 Workshop Meeting minutes. Is there a motion to approve?

    It was moved by Mr. DiFrancesco and seconded by Mr. Hartwick to approve the May 3, 2006 Legislative Meeting minutes and the May 10, 2006 Workshop Meeting minutes. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    Mr. Haste: We also have the May 3, 2006 Salary Board Meeting minutes. The Salary Board consists of the three Commissioners and the Controller. Is there a motion to approve?

    It was moved by Ms. Rebuck and seconded by Mr. DiFrancesco to approve the May 3, 2006 Salary Board Meeting minutes. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    Mr. DiFrancesco: We also have the May 3, 2006 Election Board Meeting minutes. Is there a motion to approve?

    It was moved by Mr. Hartwick and seconded by Mr. Haste to approve the May 3, 2006 Election Board Meeting minutes. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    EXECUTIVE SESSIONS HELD BETWEEN MEETINGS

    Mr. Saylor: Commissioners as you know there were no Executive Sessions held between our meetings.

    Mr. Haste: Thank you.

    ELECTION BOARD

    complete summary of the Election Board minutes is on file in the Chief Clerk's office.

    PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

    Mr. Haste: We are at the point in time of the meeting for public participation. Is there anyone who would like to address the Board at this time?

    Mr. Taylor: For the record my name is Reverend Alvin Q. Taylor, CEO of Q-Nivla Network a new company here and also I'm glad you mentioned about the county committee people. I just got the letter last Friday, so I guess that is the lady I need to see.

    One of the things that I would like to address is the fact that I am having a program for the community on June 24, 2006. We are bringing in a gentleman by the name of Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, who is a presidential Medal of Freedom recipient that was awarded by President Clinton. Dr. Taylor has been one of the premier individuals in the early civil rights movement as he raised money for Dr. King through Aretha Franklin's father's church, Dr. C.L. Franklin. He is an 88 year old gentleman who will be 89 this week. We will be at the Wyndham Hotel. It is a gala event where we will be honoring Mrs. Grace M. Pollock who gave the money to the Camp Hill School District, the three funeral directors, Major Winfield, Wallace and Hooper, as well as Mr. Eddie Ruth, a local businessman and Elder Hines, who passed recently from Shiloh Church. It is a gala event and I have put my monies up and I am hoping, this is my first time event, that I can get support from the County. The Governor has signed on and others. It is something for the community. We always talk about the bad side of the community but this is a good event. I hope that not only would I get sponsorship support from the County, but also a proclamation for June 24th making that day Dr. Gardner C. Taylor day. We talk about losing Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King and all of those icons of the civil rights movement; well Dr. Gardner C. Taylor is probably one of the most pre-eminent ministers of that era and he is still alive with us. There probably won't be an event of this magnitude that I know with the persons who are on it coming to be honored. I would solicit your sponsorship support.

    The other thing is he is a good friend of ex-President Clinton's. They are golf buddies and he did the inaugural prayer for ex-President Clinton. I was in contact with ex-President Clinton's office to see if he would sneak in without Dr. Taylor's knowledge to introduce him. That is the only part of the program that is not complete, and once I hear from them hopefully we will have a great event. If ex-President Clinton does not show up it will still be a great program, I just can't say enough about what it would do for our community after it is over. It is a lot of work. I started back in January. We have a very able committee. We sent out all of our information and between this week and the next two week's we will probably have the response. I think a response would always be a lot better when it comes from the top, that our county Commissioners are with the program. I did bring one of the information booklets along. Because it is a new endeavor and I am just learning how to do this, I have been a preacher for 30 years, but a lot of these sponsorship things are new, but I have always been an event planner with programs. I have done, most recently, the Martin Luther King program for the interdenominational minister's conference. This would be the first endeavor where I have gone out on my own. One of the things that we won't be doing is selling tickets at the door. That is new for church folks. They think they can wait until the last minute, but they can't. I am hoping that everything is there, the menu, the program itself and all of the particulars. I am soliciting the support of our county commissioners. I have asked the governors and the mayors. One of the things that I have done is contacted 6 different school districts and their superintendents, as well as, their Board presidents and ask them to be involved with this because it is a community effort. The business community has been notified and I am just hoping there is support that can be found somewhere to help this endeavor.

    Mr. Haste: This is a Friday evening, is that right?

    Mr. Taylor: No, this is a Saturday, the last Saturday in June, June 24th. We will have the reception at 5pm and the banquet will start at 6pm. Mr. Ron Martin will be our Master of Ceremonies. We hope that everyone can adjust their schedules and the numbers are there. The Paxton Herald has been so gracious that Annette Antoine has been on the committee as well as Deputy Secretary Peter Speaks and Brian Hudson with PA Housing. They have done a great job with giving me their input. We want to make this a fabulous occasion. It is about the community. It isn't about party politics. It is not that. It is an important time in the life of our Commonwealth in how we impact national elections. I think sometimes when we bring the community together in a positive way I think what happens is we learn from each other that there are some things we can all do to better our community environment. That would be my only request, support as well as a proclamation for that day.

    Mr. Haste: Is there a contact number?

    Mr. Taylor: Yes. My number is there at the bottom of the cover sheet, as well as on the inside and I also included my cell number because I have been running like a loose bird.

    Mr. Hartwick: Mr. Taylor we have met and you have also met with Kacey, as well as me.

    Mr. Taylor: Yes.

    Mr. Hartwick: Two things. First, I think you have already made a request for a proclamation and we are already doing that so that has already been taken care of. I think the issue is the Governor has signed on. The key is sponsorship money from what I am hearing from you.

    Mr. Taylor: Yes.

    Mr. Hartwick: One of the things that I suggested is that we probably wouldn't be able to do anything directly through county dollars, but we would be able to do something through our campaigns. That may be something that may be able to occur. Now that is always the challenge with these types of events because we receive a number of requests from various organizations and I am supportive of this particular event. I am supportive of yours specifically, but the key is trying to get money from the Governor. Did the Governor give you State dollars for this project?

    Mr. Taylor: It is coming through his minority, Ms. Toller's office. It is coming through there. I am not sure what he may do himself. We are just in a holding mode.

    Mr. Hartwick: Where are you at with the deadline? It sounds like you are running out of time.

    Mr. Taylor: No deadline, that's fine. Everything has been met but the church people have the mindset that everything will be done that night, or Friday night where the contracts for the hotel, the awards are very special they have to be in ahead of time. I have used my savings to offset that. I could have, if it wasn't for the advertisement and all of that, I could have paid for the banquet and gave the tickets out for free. But it is part of what I am doing for the community and what my business, as well as the ministry has always been for me. As I hear about a lot of the situations that affect our community from the standpoint of education to employment and things like that. We are trying to get them all in one setting so people can see these are the folks that represent you. These are the folks that make the decisions and these are the individuals who make the community. As clergy, sometimes we hear it all the time when it is negative and folks want us to put a band-aid on a problem rather than deal with the problem on the outset with good planning and things like this. This is a one person endeavor just to make a difference. That is all it is. I don't want that to be misconstrued.

    Mr. Hartwick: I was all for the idea of the event. The issue is where is the money and the dollars coming from. I just want to be clear that we can make personal contributions, but I don't think it is something that we can do as a Board. That has been our tradition in the past of not doing county sponsorships for an individual event. Just to make sure you mentioned some national heroes, but there are three local heroes that should also be part of the event and they are C. Delores Tucker, who has recently passed, as well as, Legree Daniels and Jena East. All three individuals have provided a significant impact here locally that I think should also be a part of your evening's event.

    Mr. Taylor: Yes, I think you are right. This was started before that and I will have some things that have come out while some have not been recognized at the request of individuals. This is just a start. This is the premier endeavor of this sort. We do have folks here, you are absolutely right. Hopefully we can say to our younger people coming up through, these are the individuals who have served our community and have started a legacy that you have to run with the torch. It is so important that they understand that but what happens so many times is there is a disconnect in between what we know and what they are hearing. That was the intent of inviting the school board presidents and superintendents. They have complimentary tickets that I provided and I said why don't you sponsor a table for young people? Why don't you sponsor a table for seniors, those who don't normally attend? The banquet is a $50 meal and basically we are only charging $40 a ticket because I think it is more important that people attend and see and know that there are good things happening in their community rather than say this is the profit I want to make. It is an investment in our community. That is all I am trying to make, just one person. That's all I can do. I am hoping by the time we have this event and afterwards you will see the residual effect years after. It only takes one event. It only takes one time for people to realize that we have a nice community.

    I grew up in this community. I have lived many places and I am back home. When I come back home when I see what happened in Atlanta and Richmond and all of these places, I ask myself, why not here? A lot of times it is just an idea that you throw out to people and people support it and it becomes a success. Not because of you, but because it is an idea that found favor with a lot of people. We have some good people in our community. I didn't know about the meeting I actually came down here to see Garry on some other things and it is just coincidental, by God. I thank you for your time.

    Mr. Haste: Is there anyone else who would like to address the Board at this time? (There was none.)

    DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS/GUESTS

    1. Dan Kern, Director of Schaffner Youth Center
      1. Upgrade of the surveillance system at the Herbert Schaffner Youth Center.

    Mr. Kern: Morning Commissioners. We are here to request from the Board 2 separate things. We have a 15 year old surveillance security system, VHS style, currently in place. It actually creates more questions than answers. I was approached by Warden DeRose some time ago and he talked about the capabilities that his system provides his center. At a minimal cost we could feed off of that. We involved the IT Department and some other people. Essentially what we are asking for is it would cost $5,000 for the equipment needed to convert the cameras to digital. That is the overall cost. The first request is just to upgrade the VHS system to digital. Second request is to highlight or fix the dead spots. We had Mike Pries, Director of the Security Department, come in to the center and identify several areas within the facility that are not currently under surveillance, which is a security and safety risk. We have identified those spots and are looking to purchase some additional equipment. I think it is three additional cameras and the installation would run us approximately $9,000 in addition to the $5,000 that I had mentioned. To offset these charges we have approximately $20,000 of unspent money due to vacancies within the Cornell contract that we can offset these enhancements. Certainly safety and security are first and foremost. It is more conclusive recording. Again, the video creates more questions. There are a lot of dull areas and an inability to see close. It creates doubt. It will make it more accessible to you or me to operate the system. I believe Commissioner DiFrancesco has been out and been able to work through that system on several different occasions. The quality of the imaging would be superior and user friendly.

    Mr. DiFrancesco: I am sure each of you is aware of the antiquated system that is currently out at Schaffner. The records that are kept are the stop action video, it takes a frame every 3 seconds, it is not a continuous feed like the digital system. What ultimately happens is amazingly the one thing that you want to see is on the other 2 seconds and by the time that third second pops up and it takes a picture the event is over. It really is. When Dan says it actually presents more questions than it answers it is true. I have been out there for a couple incidents already and viewed the video tape. What you wanted to see just wasn't recorded because of those few seconds that were missed. Clearly there are a lot of reasons for security and for some of the reasons that I believe Dan outlined in the past to each member of the Board in terms of situations where there are one-to-one watches and things of that nature where video could enhance and help for more efficient operations of the facility, for the safety and security of the children that are out there and for the safety and security of our employees. It is a good thing. Through the negotiation team that worked on the Cornell contract we are provided this opportunity to take some of the savings and invest those back into the facility. That is another nice advantage. These are dollars that in past years Dauphin County was not able to get back and through Cornell's agreement we are now able to turn around and reinvest some of these savings into the facility.

    Mr. Hartwick: That is the question that I had. When it came up last week I knew we had a mechanism that when you have efficiencies and savings through the managing of your budget it's going to go back into the facility rather than other places. The two questions I have are; do we have a listing of what the top priorities are for your capital improvements? I know we talked about that in a meeting that you and I had where we tried to list a number of priorities that you thought were necessary to improve the facility. I haven't seen that.

    Mr. Kern: I'll get that to you today.

    Mr. Hartwick: The other thing was is there a mechanism in place that we can track what those savings may be and how we can plan with your priorities as you listed from the capital side, maybe have Nick as the oversight take a look at what those capital needs are so we can plan if we need to budget money next year for those critical things that are necessary. Then we will have an idea of what they look like and know what your priorities are.

    Mr. Kern: I am going to be bringing in the financial book so to speak to Mr. Chad Saylor next week. I want to present it to the Board and whatever other party needs to get involved to take a look at that.

    Mr. Hartwick: So you are going to come in next week and review the contract, where you are at in savings, and then bring in the list of priorities.

    Mr. Kern: Right, during that time we can develop that mechanism that has not been used.

    Mr. Haste: I think the sooner you can move to this surveillance the better off you will be.

    Mr. Kern: Sure.

    Mr. Haste: We see it at the jail all the time and it has been a big help.

    Mr. DiFrancesco: The system at the prison is very impressive.

    Mr. Hartwick: So are you asking just to give them approval today?

    Mr. Haste: Yes.

    Mr. Hartwick: That's great.

    Mr. Kern: Thank you.

    PERSONNEL

    Ms. Sinner: Good morning. I just have a couple changes to the Personnel Packet. New hire #13 I am pulling and new hire #21 the hire in the Treasurer's office, of Sandra Holcombe, the start date is 6/1/06. Those are the only changes I have.

    Mr. Haste: Any questions? (There were none.) Is there a motion to approve the Personnel Packet as amended?

    It was moved by Mr. Hartwick and seconded by Mr. DiFrancesco to approve the Personnel Packet as amended. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    Ms. Sinner: Thank you.

    PURCHASE ORDERS

    Mr. Baratucci: In your Purchase Order packet this week are the two requisitions that I talked about last week from the Energy Consortium for the gasoline and fuel oil. Just make a note that the one for gasoline on page 6 shows that it is over budget, but actually there is a large encumbrance out there for the first 6 months of the year that will be liquidated once we make our final payment on the old contract that will put money back in to cover that according to Mr. Yohe. That will be taken care of. In addition on page 36 is another add that was approved by Commissioner Hartwick. This has to do with Trinity Youth and the Independent Living Program to provide 6 computers for some of the youth that are attending college. I would request that you add that to the packet.

    Mr. Hartwick: I would be glad to explain that. This is actually an expense that was recommended by our committee that deals with foster kids who are now moving on to college. There is a significant amount of additional money that is left over in this area where we don't have a whole lot of ability to cut out of the budget. This is a place where we need to spend these dollars down. Because we had such a high number of kids going to college this year it was a recommendation of the group to actually purchase a lap top computer for each one of the kids who are going on to college.

    Mr. Haste: There are only 6 going on to college?

    Mr. Hartwick: That is correct.

    Mr. Baratucci: We have actually done a number of these in the past. This just happened to come up as the Commissioner said at the end of their budget year and wanted to add it in to the current budget. That is what has been added since last week. I also have the BlackBerry requisitions that we talked about last week for Solid Waste and Kacey. Those need to be approved. We talked about them last week and said you would wait to approve them until this week.

    Mr. Haste: Is there a motion to approve the Purchase Orders?

    It was moved by Mr. DiFrancesco and seconded by Mr. Hartwick to approve the Purchase Order packet as presented. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    Mr. Haste: The two BlackBerry requests, is there a motion?

    It was moved by Mr. DiFrancesco and seconded by Mr. Hartwick to approve the BlackBerry request for Kacey Truax. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    Mr. Baratucci: The second one for Kelly as I explained last week it is her personal unit that she paid for herself, but she is asking for reimbursement for the monthly fee.

    Mr. Haste: There is only one being approved today.

    Mr. Baratucci: Thank you.

    REPORT FROM BUDGET & FINANCE - MIKE YOHE, BUDGET DIRECTOR

    Report from the Office of Budget & Finance

    May 31, 2006

    • May 19, 2006 transferred $2,332,851.83 to the Payables account from the County's Concentration account for checks issued that week. (approx. $900,000 RE Transfer Taxes and $1.1 million Delinquent Taxes)
    • May 26, 2006 transferred $7,180,981.40 to the Payables account and $1,904,968.12 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 4.940%
    • 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 $22,976,425.07 rate 5.005% (This rate equals today's 91-day T-Bill rate of 4.705% plus 30 basis points)
    • Balance today in Sovereign Bank investment account $41,750,803.30 rate 5.192% (This rate equals today's 1-month LIBOR rate of 5.092% plus 10 basis points)

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

    Mr. DiFrancesco: Why would we leave the $119,000 in Community when their rate is now lower than INVEST? I know we were going to leave the account open but why $100,000?

    Mr. Yohe: I had $100,000 in there.

    Mr. DiFrancesco: That is the first time that I have seen where their rate was actually lower than the INVEST.

    Mr. Yohe: Yes, yes it is. I think next month is going to go way up above INVEST again. Their rates lock per month and the Feds just raised the rate during the middle of this month, which their rate will follow. Next month it will go up above. INVEST changes daily and that is creeping up. That is the only reason.

    Mr. DiFrancesco: I know that is the first time.

    Mr. Yohe: That is the first time that INVEST has been higher than any of them that we have had.

    Mr. Hartwick: What is the status on the RFP's?

    Mr. Yohe: We sent 8 of them out, 6 came back, 2 chose not to bid. Of the 6 that came back Citizen's Bank and PNC who have never been in the mix came in once again well below the other 4. The other 4 have the spread right now at less than 4 basis points. Someone is not going to be happy. I am going to try and fine tune it. A case could be made that they are all pretty much equal. I don't know if they were comparing each other's rates, but it is pretty amazing. Even the ones that raised up their rates the other ones all raised them up too. All of their original basis points have gone up. I'll have that report, but I need to wait until we get some actual rates for May. By mid-June, since we don't have any new bank accounts we can wait until mid-June to make that decision. I will have a good report then. Someone is not going to be happy.

    REPORT FROM CHIEF CLERK/CHIEF OF STAFF - CHAD SAYLOR

    Mr. Saylor: Commissioners I have nothing to report unless you have any questions of me.

    SOLICITOR'S REPORT-BILL TULLY, ESQ

    Mr. Tully: Nothing to add to the report, but would be happy to answer any questions you might have. (There were none.)

    MATTERS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

    Mr. Haste: We have Matters Requiring Board Action. I have been asked to bring one before the Board that you don't have. I think you were both at the Criminal Justice Committee Meeting when it was discussed. Terry Davis brought it up and Judge Lewis has signed off on us applying to the State Department of Corrections for a grant for a re-entry coordinator. Terry has identified an employee who is going to retire that they would contract with to be the coordinator. The re-entry coordinator would target 50 offenders, probation folks, and 20 prisoners. This would be the start of, or a pilot, a re-entry program here in Dauphin County. The person would be paid $37,469.00. There would also be funds for various out-patient treatment programs. All of which would be reimbursed by the Department of Corrections. They have not to exceed amounts in here. I was asked to add this to the agenda items today. I would recommend we approve this contingent upon review by the Solicitor's office. If that is okay we will add that to the packet.

    Mr. Hartwick: That would be item T?

    Mr. Haste: It would be T, yes. We have items A, with the inclusion of this, through T. Are there any items that need to be pulled out and discussed separately? (There were none.) Is there a motion to approve items A through T?

    It was moved by Mr. DiFrancesco and seconded by Mr. Hartwick to approve the Matters Requiring Board Action. All were in favor. Motion carries.

    1. Training Packet
    2. Approval of FY06/07 Per Diem Rates between Children & Youth Agency and: (per distributed list)
      1. Alternative Rehabilitation Communities, Inc
      2. Glen Mills School
      3. Youth Services Agency
      4. Bowling Brook Preparatory School, Inc.
      5. YWCA of Greater Harrisburg
      6. Western PA Child Care
      7. Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg, Inc.
      8. TW Ponessa and Associates
      9. National Mentor Health Care, Inc.
      10. New Passages
    3. Ratify a Radiation Emergency Response Fund Application and Grant Agreement between Dauphin County EMA and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $36,654.00.
    4. Change Orders for construction of District Justice Office #12-2-05:
      1. Change Order #2 with Total Heating & Cooling, Inc., Mechanical contract, in an add amt. of $523.00.
      2. Change Order #3 with Total Heating & Cooling, Inc., Mechanical contract, in a deduct amt. of $214.00.
      3. Change Order #4 with Shannon A. Smith, Inc., Electrical contract, in an add amt. of $3,353.98.
    5. Upgrade of the surveillance system at the Herbert Schaffner Youth Center.
    6. Commissioners Approval for Tax Assessment Appeal Settlement of Highspire School Apartments Associates for property located at 221 Penn Street, Highspire, Tax parcel #30-010-009, 43 rental units, HUD subsidized.
    7. Commissioners Approval of Master Operating Lease Agreement Schedule - 36 months at $57,779.18 with Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Company for 59 personal computers and 2 laptops for Information Techonology.
    8. Approval of Service Agreement for Administration of Self-Insurance Program with INSERVCO - 6/06/06 thru 5/31/07 for Third Party Administration of General Liability claims
    9. Purchase of Service Agreement between the County of Berks through the Berks County Youth Center and Schaffner Youth Center for bed space at the Berks County Detention Center for Dauphin County juveniles.
    10. Software and Services Agreement between Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging and Synergy Software Technologies, Inc.
    11. Approval of Internship Agreement between Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging and Bloomsburg University.
    12. Purchase of Service Agreements for FY06/07 between Children & Youth Agency and:
      1. Halifax United Methodist Church, Inc.
      2. Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg, Inc.
      3. Program for Female Offenders, Inc. of Greater Harrisburg Area, Inc.
      4. Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
    13. Adoption Assistance Agreements:
      1. #18-2006
      2. #19-2006
    14. Purchase of Service Agreements for FY06/07 between Mental Health/Mental Retardation and:
      1. Pennsylvania Counseling Services, Inc.
      2. Visiting Angels of Greater Lebanon Valley
    15. Real Estate Tax Refunds/Exonerations:
      1. Refund of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 real estate taxes to Pennsylvania National Turf and Club, P. O. Box 32, Grantville, PA 17028, East Hanover Township, for parcels #25-005-010, #25-005-034, #25-005-035, #25-005-038, #25-005-045, #25-005-066, #25-008-003, #25-008-004, #25-008-023, #25-008-024, in the amt. of $179,572.23.
    16. The Fatherhood Task Force Awareness Campaign Advertisement Agreement between Dauphin County and Cumulus Media.
    17. Satisfaction Pieces for the following individuals:
      1. Taneya R. Butts for property located at 527 Monroe Street, Steelton.
      2. Kim H. Pham for property located at 4100 Rawleigh Street, Harrisburg.
    18. Verizon Service Agreement between EMA and Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. for a yearly maintenance contract for Plant Equipment MagIC Software.
    19. Contract between Dauphin County and GRUPO MANDO for musical entertainment Dauphin County Cultural Celebration held on Friday, June 2, 2006.
    20. Approval of applying to the State Department of Corrections for a grant for a Re-entry Coordinator. This will be coordinated through Terry Davis and the Dauphin County Adult Probation Department. The Re-entry Coordinator would target 50 offenders on probation and 20 prisoners. This would be the pilot for a re-entry program in Dauphin County. The Coordinator would be paid $37,469.00. There would also be funds for various out patient treatment programs, all of which would be reimbursed by the PA Department of Corrections.

    FORMER BUSINESS

    (There was none.)

    NEW BUSINESS

    (There was none.)

    COMMISSIONERS' DISCUSSION & ACTIONS

    Mr. Haste: Any other points of discussion by the Board? (There were none.)

    CORRESPONDENCE

    Mr. Haste: We have correspondence that has been received by the Board, items A through K, which will be handled by the staff appropriately.

    1. Notification from Brinjac Engineering, on behalf of the Department of General Services, indicating they intend to submit an application to DEP for a GP-5 Notice of Intent for a utility line stream crossing at the PSU MSH Medical Center Campus, Derry Township.
    2. Notification from Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc., on behalf of the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners, indicating they have submitted an application to DEP for a General Permit BWM-GP-11 for Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement of Water Obstructions and Encroachments in reference to Bridges No. 7, No. 12, No. 13, and No. 17.
    3. Notification from Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc., indicating that Legacy Landing intends to apply to DEP for a NPDES permit for discharge of stormwater associated with construction of 10-lot residential subdivision, Derry Township.
    4. Notification from Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc., on behalf of Real Estate Investments, indicating they intend to apply to DEP for a Water Quality Management Part II Permit to construct new gravity collection sewers, a new pumping station and replace an existing force main to service new residential homes in Colonial Village, Lower Paxton Township.
    5. Notification from the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection indicating they have reviewed a proposal from Meadowbrook Coal Company, Inc., located in Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County in reference to surface mining and find the proposal acceptable
    6. Notification from the PA Dept. of Transportation indicating they intend to utilize an approved water obstruction and encroachment permit for proposed activities in Lykens Township, Dauphin County.
    7. Notification from Light-Heigel & Associates, inc., indicating Henry N. & Nancy E. Keiter intend to apply to DEP for a NPDES permit for stormwater discharges associated with construction of a 1-lot residential subdivision, including home and driveway located at Millers Church Road, Jackson Township, Dauphin County.
    8. Notification from Benham Companies, LLC indicating the Pennsylvania Army National Guard is applying for a General NPDES permit for stormwater discharges associated with construction activities at the Pennsylvania Army National Guard Training Center, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
    9. Notification from United Water indicating they intend to apply to DEP for a NPDES permit for stormwater discharges associated with construction activities for the new water treatment facility being constructed on Wall Street, Hummelstown.
    10. Notification from AmerGen indicating they intend to renew an existing State Only Synthetic Minor Air Operating Permit that covers existing air sources associated with the operation of TMI Unit I.
    11. Notification from Skelly & Loy, on behalf of the Borough of Highspire, indicating they intend to submit an application to DEP and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a General Permit for a proposed streambank stabilization project along Burd Run within the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County.

    PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

    (There was none.)

    ADJOURNMENT

    It was moved by Mr. DiFrancesco and seconded by Mr. Hartwick to adjourn the meeting. All were in favor. Meeting adjourned.