Lycoming County commissioners approve contracts, grant amendment and vendor payments
May 08, 2026 | Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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The Lycoming County Commissioners on Thursday approved a slate of routine agreements, vendor invoices and a grant amendment during their public meeting.
The board accepted an amendment to a Department of Health contract extending the grant through June 30, 2027, with the grant amount listed as $401,808.63. A county staff member told commissioners the contract terms and conditions would remain the same. The board moved, seconded and recorded the vote as "aye." The transcript does not provide a roll-call tally.
The commission approved a $13,345 renewal for Magnet Forensics, a forensics software agreement budgeted in the 2026 operating expenses for the district attorney's office. Commissioners also approved a continued agreement for an alcohol monitoring system (formerly PharmChem), which staff said included no substantive changes.
An equipment bill to Steven Brothers for $32,639.80 was approved; staff noted that roughly $9,256 of the total represented additional work discovered after prior repairs. The board also ratified routine personnel items, including conditional offers for corrections positions (Elia Bathurst and Ryan Long) with specified hourly rates and a Resource Management lead position for Timothy DeHart with a listed pay grade.
Other actions included approving a letter of engagement with Baker Tilly to perform the required grant audit for fiscal year 25/26 (noted as 100 percent grant funded); authorization to proceed with notification of customer intent for a PPL interconnection application to reconnect two generators to the grid (staff said design and approvals remain before construction); and approval of a public defender contract to engage Dr. Robert Meacham for competency and mental-health evaluations. The board also approved engaging McNerney Page Vanderlyn & Hall for upcoming union negotiations.
Motions were routinely moved and seconded and votes were recorded verbally as "aye" by the commissioners on the record. The transcript does not include individual roll-call votes or attendance-based tallies for these items.
The board cleared the agenda and adjourned, scheduling the next meeting in the transcript record.
The board accepted an amendment to a Department of Health contract extending the grant through June 30, 2027, with the grant amount listed as $401,808.63. A county staff member told commissioners the contract terms and conditions would remain the same. The board moved, seconded and recorded the vote as "aye." The transcript does not provide a roll-call tally.
The commission approved a $13,345 renewal for Magnet Forensics, a forensics software agreement budgeted in the 2026 operating expenses for the district attorney's office. Commissioners also approved a continued agreement for an alcohol monitoring system (formerly PharmChem), which staff said included no substantive changes.
An equipment bill to Steven Brothers for $32,639.80 was approved; staff noted that roughly $9,256 of the total represented additional work discovered after prior repairs. The board also ratified routine personnel items, including conditional offers for corrections positions (Elia Bathurst and Ryan Long) with specified hourly rates and a Resource Management lead position for Timothy DeHart with a listed pay grade.
Other actions included approving a letter of engagement with Baker Tilly to perform the required grant audit for fiscal year 25/26 (noted as 100 percent grant funded); authorization to proceed with notification of customer intent for a PPL interconnection application to reconnect two generators to the grid (staff said design and approvals remain before construction); and approval of a public defender contract to engage Dr. Robert Meacham for competency and mental-health evaluations. The board also approved engaging McNerney Page Vanderlyn & Hall for upcoming union negotiations.
Motions were routinely moved and seconded and votes were recorded verbally as "aye" by the commissioners on the record. The transcript does not include individual roll-call votes or attendance-based tallies for these items.
The board cleared the agenda and adjourned, scheduling the next meeting in the transcript record.
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