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1) Salary board minutes approval (salary board): Motion to approve minutes from the 04/08/2025 salary board meeting. Outcome: approved.

2) Summer intern/law clerk position (courts): Request from Judges Amberman and Cherry to create a summer intern/law clerk position to work 05/28/2025–08/31/2025 with pay described as an annualized $3,000 (approx. $1,000/month for the summer). Motion to approve the salary as presented. Outcome: approved.

3) Assistant District Attorney salary: Request to set the salary for an Assistant District Attorney at $57,500 per year effective 04/14/2025. Motion to approve. Outcome: approved.

4) Administrator, Children & Youth Services salary: Commissioners requested setting the starting salary for the CYS administrator at $75,000 per year. Motion to approve. Outcome: approved.

5) Warden starting salary (jail): Motion to set the starting salary of the county jail warden at $71,000 per year. Outcome: approved.

6) Approve minutes of previous commissioners meeting: Motion to approve minutes of the 04/22/2025 meeting. Outcome: approved.

7) Approval of bills: Controller reported bills across funds with a grand total of $6,170,412.26. Motion to approve the bills as presented. Outcome: approved.

8) Personnel changes: Motion to approve personnel changes presented on 05/13/2025, including new hires, transfers, separations and FMLA leaves. Outcome: approved.

9) Proclamation: Motion to approve the proclamation designating May 2025 as Mental Health and Stigma Awareness Month in Clearfield County. Outcome: approved.

10) ARC pre-application for Penn State DuBois LaunchBox: Motion to proceed with the ARC pre-application with the county as applicant and grant administrator. Outcome: approved.

11) Teamsters contract (corrections officers): Motion to approve the contract extension with the Teamsters covering corrections officers, including wage increases and shift changes to a 12-hour schedule; mandatory reopener set for 05/07/2026. Outcome: approved.

12) Service agreement with Viking Water Technology Inc.: Motion to enter into an annual service agreement for the county steam boiler system with no increase in cost from the prior term. Outcome: approved.

13) Appointment to Community Action Board: Motion to appoint April Covello to the Community Action Board. Outcome: approved.

14) Amendment to asset purchase agreement with Sinclair Child Services: Motion to approve an amendment allowing Sinclair to purchase an additional vehicle under terms tied to a CYS grant. Outcome: approved.

15) Purchase of service agreement with People Are Us Community Residential Services: Motion to approve a purchase-of-service agreement for specialized services to CYS for the prior fiscal year; the county reported it is no longer actively using the facility. Outcome: approved.

16) Electronic poll books (ES&S): Motion to approve the purchase of ES&S electronic poll books pending solicitor review; the vendor quote reported was $166,002.57 and staff recommended omitting optional thermal printers to save roughly $15,000–$16,000. Outcome: approved pending solicitor review.

17) Adjournment: Motion to adjourn meeting. Outcome: approved.

Where a motion's mover or seconder was spoken but not named in the transcript, mover/second are listed as not specified below. Vote records were recorded on the public transcript as \"Aye\" for each item.

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County elections staff explained the electronic poll books are Microsoft Surface-style tablets preloaded with the county voter roll and will allow poll workers to look up voters, check signatures electronically and export a memory device at the end of voting — reducing manual processing time and the paper-intensive post-election scanning the county now performs.

Staff said the vendor quote is $166,002.57. The county expects to pay for much of the purchase with state election-integrity grant funds (Act 80), which the elections office estimates at about $250,000 in available grant awards; officials discussed splitting the purchase over fiscal periods so grant timing and budget cycles align. Staff recommended omitting optional thermal printers on the tablet stands to save roughly $15,000–$16,000 in cost, calling them unnecessary equipment that adds weight and complexity to polling-site setup.

Officials said the units will not require Wi-Fi at polling locations; the tablets will be preloaded and the system will operate offline with the memory device used to transfer data back to elections staff. Elections staff estimated delivery and training would occur by late summer, allowing the county to use the tablets for the fall election.

A motion to approve the ES&S purchase, pending solicitor review, passed unanimously. Commissioners and staff emphasized transparency about election changes and noted that several other counties that have adopted electronic poll books reported improvements and did not revert to paper-based processes.","Clearfield County moved to acquire electronic poll books from ES&S to replace paper poll books, a purchase funded in part by state election-integrity grant funds; commissioners approved the quote pending solicitor review and discussed removing optional thermal printers to save costs.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6557812,"County approves Teamsters contract for corrections officers; 12-hour shifts and wage increases included",192,1474000,1666000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281106-ca604488f3d1df1480bda99a769897ec&start=1474&end=1666","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281106-ca604488f3d1df1480bda99a769897ec/thumbnail_1474000.jpg","/articles/6557812/Clearfield-County/Pennsylvania/County-approves-Teamsters-contract-for-corrections-officers-12-hour-shifts-and-wage-increases-included","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6557812-ae480dccc42d12dbee26ec9c825b55f7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770514891&Signature=O8afGC6OHoXURmRb02YUViIHSbUk~wk0QymBw2wmw4Xkfz~oReoaAcbdAXI5DWKy8b8KSkHY-e~UZyyg2WWuu3qanux-njZ6Q24JvEAuCNUjQS0mU~JOCO1g520xG562NQoD04CYmmpjnSLDNBMNCRUNHaYjyLQIoKMUxV-QlBcQ0wA-CZA1ClbC6rG7FVL1vE0CFSVsfTKomIf1wAiYT5C~royP6SF7eKwx~6oWE2pkXoAb1-pgZs-i-M4qAPa9SFgpdNikipwJFAeTTXqL3UuCcHBj87HXdI1vVuefCAdaKGy0Npr9pHhbhIJYT6k7Rnekd9kPeNwEF1Ai1YEDkA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Clearfield County Commissioners voted May 13 to approve an extension of the collective-bargaining agreement with the Teamsters covering county corrections officers. The contract extends labor terms through 2027 and includes a switch to 12-hour shifts and across-the-board wage increases for bargaining-unit employees.

Officials said the contract was ratified by union members and negotiated with county representatives. Under the agreement described at the meeting, the county will move corrections staff to a 12-hour shift pattern: employees work four 12-hour days in one week and three 12-hour days the next, producing alternating weekends on and off. The contract includes a mandatory reopener specifically to review the 12-hour shift arrangement on May 7, 2026, when both sides must meet to discuss its operation.

The county negotiator reported the starting wage for corrections officers was $15.60 and that the contract raises the starting wage to $18.50, with additional incremental increases described in the ratified agreement. County officials also said that health-care cost-sharing changes applying to newly hired employees mirror provisions adopted in other recent county contracts (higher premium share and higher deductibles for future hires) and would not alter benefits for current employees.

Commissioners and staff described the shift change and pay adjustments as intended to align the corrections-unit contract with other county agreements and to create scheduling simplicity; both labor and management representatives were described as supportive during negotiations. A motion to approve the contract carried without dissent.

The board said small procedural items in the contract would be handled administratively and thanked union and county negotiators for completing the multi-year process.","Clearfield County approved a contract extension with the Teamsters covering corrections officers that moves employees to a 12-hour shift schedule, raises starting wages and includes a mandated reopener to review the shift change in 2026.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6557817,"Commissioners agree to submit ARC pre-application to support Penn State DuBois LaunchBox equipment request",201,1121000,1322000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281106-ca604488f3d1df1480bda99a769897ec&start=1121&end=1322","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281106-ca604488f3d1df1480bda99a769897ec/thumbnail_1121000.jpg","/articles/6557817/Clearfield-County/Pennsylvania/Commissioners-agree-to-submit-ARC-pre-application-to-support-Penn-State-DuBois-LaunchBox-equipment-request","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6557817-ec5df8c97cf7594e057be1c0a7eeeb1d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770514891&Signature=Wadsbz7ArRzjcqefemcdWw67w-ONWgc3SDGTzCtlQP6VReaoD7fIl96YSRxPvq51h2UnEsGPrK0zK2wMN2EbI9opbhpfSCVL-FlWtzPzf1ecEo6euQoc5jzfwvNHXX-LrknpPXGee3AZowyROEx2cRg~B9tVREjWpDLHpB6wAu3zBSQvW3WPyuq0Tb5ZueK3~GYpcWH25VPcVj8ITO9pGDAmzug1uUf0ikORt-ref3HPJO3JGueO~7TgAxfKaB-6a70pus8FmpWaiaBMOvRBKlXyxdF2p2LBEWBPT15ic~~uM7cTF-wg9MeuwCuhS2JB-l3Na5DI4Iag4tBarbSvqg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Clearfield County Commissioners voted May 13 to serve as the applicant on a federal Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) pre-application submitted on behalf of Penn State DuBois’s North Central Pennsylvania LaunchBox seeking equipment for workforce training.

County staff presented the request as a pre-application only — a short, two-page submission that, if accepted by ARC, would invite a full application. The LaunchBox requested $750,000 in ARC funds to purchase robotics and manufacturing-inspection equipment for an Industry 4.0 academy aimed at preparing high school seniors and nontraditional students for careers in advanced manufacturing technology. County staff said the project would be a 50/50 match, with approximately $750,000 of existing equipment or in-kind contribution identified by Penn State DuBois.

Jody, a county economic-development staff member who presented the request, said the county’s office would serve as the administrative pass-through and that her office has prior experience administering a similar ARC grant for LaunchBox. Jody said that at this stage no cash match from the county is required and that the pre-application deadline was imminent.

Commissioners asked about campus continuity after a question referencing a circulated “leak list” that mentioned campus changes; staff said they had heard from Penn State personnel that LaunchBox commitments would proceed even if campus configurations change, but that full agreement terms would be addressed if the project is invited to a full application. Commissioners noted the limited commitment required by a pre-application and approved a motion to proceed.

The approval was framed as authorization for the county to submit the ARC pre-application and to administer the grant if awarded; any detailed agreement on placement of equipment or long-term site arrangements would be negotiated later if the project advances to the full application stage.

County staff said a copy of the pre-application materials would be left with the commissioners. No county financial obligation was recorded at this meeting beyond grant administration responsibilities if the award is made.","Clearfield County agreed to act as applicant for an ARC pre-application on behalf of Penn State DuBois LaunchBox seeking $750,000 in equipment for an Industry 4.0 academy; the pre-application is a brief two-page submission and does not commit county funds beyond administrative responsibilities.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6557822,"Clearfield County proclaims May 2025 as Mental Health and Stigma Awareness Month",170,754000,924000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281106-ca604488f3d1df1480bda99a769897ec&start=754&end=924","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281106-ca604488f3d1df1480bda99a769897ec/thumbnail_754000.jpg","/articles/6557822/Clearfield-County/Pennsylvania/Clearfield-County-proclaims-May-2025-as-Mental-Health-and-Stigma-Awareness-Month","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6557822-fbabcbac3459dec6ece4f1078763011e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770514891&Signature=nnrutBxIDono3xdhC9xAktLqscdRNkHydMG8luSWhO87tMaYDQYeHAgwoR7C3g-pfSVq4ANR~amcYMAQ24qw4pjT7Ix8ym1KFEhpNbYWPMqa~Bfq7O2ONC9Ac-zeGfZ9MAb1n~JRFtJmt5dTdXFFvW9z8ikx6OGTNiXsgtREal1StTzbrvs1YfgD~l9mtB-9nVOaPGRep1p40FW9JafR-Gt8EMMiorbuRvnH8re0YwY1WGWJxWhvnheq7tYjJL5N72dxyErjTSgAMFGq3qUJgt63N8Im48Tp60iL0Ay5uBeRnNjgkman9XjUDmrHPcg5afp3oX27KRAI2bkpRw4QCA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Clearfield County Commissioners on May 13 unanimously approved a proclamation designating May 2025 as Mental Health and Stigma Awareness Month in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

The proclamation, read at the commissioners' regular meeting, says mental health is an essential part of overall well-being and calls on residents to “educate themselves and others about mental health conditions, treatment options, and available resources.” It also urges residents to “challenge stigma by speaking respectfully and inclusively about mental health.”

Brooke Gunning, cofounder of the local nonprofit Hit the Stigma and a counselor-advocate at an area sexual-assault awareness agency, told the commissioners the proclamation “is extremely meaningful to us and to the community. It sends a very quick message that mental health matters, that stigma must end.” She described the organization’s third annual Pick the Stigma event, scheduled for Saturday the 17th at DuBois City Park with kickball and pickleball tournaments and speakers on topics including autism and foster care.

A motion to approve the proclamation carried without dissent. Commissioners posed no substantive amendments to the language and signed the proclamation, which the board said would be shared with event organizers.

The board encouraged residents to attend community events tied to the proclamation and to seek local resources if they or someone they know is struggling with mental health challenges. Commissioners also noted other community events that weekend, including a regional Relay for Life at the fairgrounds.

The proclamation directs residents to seek help when needed and to support organizations that provide mental health services and advocacy.","Clearfield County Commissioners unanimously approved a proclamation recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health and Stigma Awareness Month and highlighted a weekend community event, Pick the Stigma, at DuBois City Park.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Clearfield County Commissioners meeting, May 13, 2025

Commissioners approve purchase of electronic poll books from ES&S pending solicitor review

County approves Teamsters contract for corrections officers; 12-hour shifts and wage increases included

Commissioners agree to submit ARC pre-application to support Penn State DuBois LaunchBox equipment request

Clearfield County proclaims May 2025 as Mental Health and Stigma Awareness Month