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TOWANDA — County Commissioners discussed a possible purchase of a burn building for county use at their Feb. 25 meeting.
A memorandum of understanding between Bradford County and the Bradford County Fire Association, to provide grant funding for a burn building at a cost of $700,000.
Election board
Commissioners authorized the clerk to advertise a legal ad concerning the primary election.
They also discussed ballot questions that will be on the ballot this spring.
The first is “Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to change existing law so that: a disaster emergency declaration will expire automatically after 21 days, regardless of the severity of the emergency, unless the General Assembly takes action to extend the disaster emergency; the Governor may not declare a new disaster emergency to respond to the dangers facing the Commonwealth unless the General Assembly passes a concurrent resolution; the General Assembly enacts new laws for disaster management?”
The second ballot question to be added is: “Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended by adding a new section providing that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of an individual’s race or ethnicity?”
“Go vote. These items have huge impacts on our lives as we know it,” said Commissioner Daryl Miller.
Commissioners brought on Matt Williams to speak about the county’s vaccination program. The county is currently working with Guthrie as well as local pharmacies to get vaccinations out.
Other news
County Commissioners also approved the following:
• The renewal of an agreement between Bradford County and Angela Ayers as concessionaire for the 2021 park season at the Sunfish Pond County Park, effective March 1, 2021 through April 1, 2022.
• Providing a letter of support for the proposed ALDI commercial development Right in Right our access to Golden Mile Road.
• The renewal of a maintenance agreement with Paperless Solutions for one year at a cost of $11,404.
• An agreement with Bradford County and the Bradford County Conservation district to administrator funds for a Stream Maintenance Program, which will cost $200,000.
• An agreement between the Progress Authority and Bradford County to administer the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program Grant.
• An agreement between Bradford County and the State Tax Equalization Board (STEB) to forego payments required under section 1709.1509(b) of the Act for a period of ten years to allow STEB to redirect these payments toward the development and maintenance cost of a statewide database system, in return the county will have access to information in the system and the ability to extract, sort and create reports, and authorize the chairman to sign.
The next Bradford County Commissioners meeting will be on Thursday, March 11, at 10 a.m. For more information, go to https://bradfordcountypa.org/commissioners.