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CHAMBERSBURG–Franklin County Commissioners will meet today, Oct. 10 beginning at 11 a.m. in the administration building. The agenda is as follows:

MEETINGS ARE ALSO LIVE STREAMED on Franklin County’s YouTube channel and at http://bit.ly/BOCCLiveStream at scheduled meeting times.

REVIEW/WORKSHOP SESSION (11:00 a.m.)

●       MOMENT OF SILENCE

●       PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

●       APPROVE AGENDA

●       PUBLIC COMMENT

●       CONVENE PRISON BOARD

●       PRISON BOARD PUBLIC COMMENT

●       APPROVE JAIL VOUCHERS

●       ADJOURN PRISON BOARD

●       APPROVE VOUCHERS

●       REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES –October 4, 2023

●       NEW BUSINESS

o   REVIEW BOARD ACTIONS – See attached listing

●       PRESS TIME

●       RECESS

RECONVENE FOR APPROVALS AND PRESENTATIONS (2:00 p.m.)

●       PUBLIC COMMENT

●       NEW BUSINESS

o   APPROVE BOARD ACTIONS – See attached listing

●       PRESS TIME

●       ADJOURN

BOARD ACTIONS (This is a draft contract list. After review, items may be deleted or
added at a Commissioners public meeting.)

  1. Department of Emergency Services – Motion to approve the Grant Agreement between
    the County of Franklin and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)
    for the FY2023-2024 Hazardous Materials Response Fund (HMRF) Grant in the amount
    of $12,608.00, for a performance period of July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
    The full term of the grant agreement is July 1, 2023 through October 30, 2024. Funds
    are to be used to develop, update, exercise and purchase equipment for response to
    hazardous material releases.
  2. Department of Emergency Services – Resolution 2023-17 to authorize the County
    Administrator to be the authorized signatory for agreements and invoices processed
    through the Commonwealth’s Single Application System and Keystone Login Service
    (eGrants). This resolution also authorizes the Administrative Officer to create and
    submit all needed applications on behalf of the Franklin County Department of
    Emergency Services.
  3. Department of Emergency Services – Agreement between the County of Franklin and
    the Vigilant Hose Company, Emmitsburg, MD to formalize First Responder’s access, use
    and associated responsibilities for third-party web-based remote alerting applications.
  4. Department of Emergency Services – Agreement between the County of Franklin and
    the Waynesboro Volunteer Fire Department to formalize First Responder’s access, use
    and associated responsibilities for third-party web-based remote alerting applications.
  5. GIS – Agreement between the County of Franklin and Pictometry International Corp. for
    the purchase of imagery flights and accompanying data at a cost of $444,938.00 for the
    period of October 11, 2023 through October 10, 2025. Images/data is used by a variety
    of municipalities, school districts, and LEOs, as well as County departments, including
    but not limited to 911, DTF, Sheriff’s, GIS, and Tax for many daily processes, including
    assessment and board appeals. These flights allow us to update existing GIS
    databases, answer questions for the public, provide clear directions for field Emergency
    Personnel, allow law enforcement (internal and external) to provide situational
    awareness during field visits, and also allow the Tax Office to perform assessments and
    provide evidence for board appeals.
  6. Grants – Grant Application to PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) to
    request funding from the 2024 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program
    Grant to allow the Franklin County Jail (FCJ) to expand the number of Sublocade
    injections that can be provided to participants along with previously established
    medication options used in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). The grant request is
    for the amount of $266,704.00 for the grant period of January 1, 2024 through December
    31, 2025.
  7. **Property Management – Quote from Privacy Glass Solutions to purchase 10 windows
    with the between the glass privacy blinds for courtroom doors at the New Judicial Center
    at a cost of $5,892.55. These will replace windows that are inoperable.
  8. **Property Management – Proposal from RA Hill, Inc. to provide snow removal services
    that will include plowing and snow removal at the Courthouse Complex, Administrative
    Annex, and Franklin Farm Lane on an as needed basis for an estimated cost of
    $5,000.00 for the period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
    **Chairman signature only
    OVER
    ACT 14, 67, 68 and 127 NOTIFICATIONS
    In accordance with PA Act notifications, martin and martin, inc. notified the County of a
    Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection PAG-02 NPDES permit being applied
    by KLS Investment Properties for preliminary/final land development plan on property
    located in the Borough of Mercersburg.
    In accordance with PA Act notifications, Rettew notified the County of a Pennsylvania
    Department of Environmental Protection general permit No. 5 (GP-5) being applied by UGI
    Utilities, Inc. for the Woodstock Road culvert gas main relocation on property located in
    Greene Township
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