Blair County commissioners accept road-preservation bids, approve bridge inspections and greenlight hazardous materials grant application

Blair County commissioners approved a series of staff recommendations Thursday to move forward on road maintenance, bridge inspections, public-safety equipment and a hazardous materials grant.

County staff asked the board to accept the bids received for the County Road 101 preservation project and to allow award per county code. The motion passed with one commissioner abstaining; no mover or seconder was recorded by name in the transcript.

The board approved a proposal from Keller Engineering, Inc. for safety inspections of 15 county-owned bridges at a total cost of $33,250. Meeting materials originally listed two entries for 'bridge 76'; the record was clarified during discussion that there is only one Bridge 76.

In public-safety business, staff requested acceptance of bids for public-safety-grade small unmanned aerial systems. During discussion a commissioner asked Grant, the public-safety staff member, which bid price the county would approve — the base unit price or the price that included optional equipment. Grant responded that the action at this point was to accept the bids and that choices about optional equipment would come later.

The board also authorized submission of a 2027 Hazardous Materials Emergency Grant application to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency for $17,650.

The meeting then adjourned. The board scheduled its next meeting for April 9, 2026.