Centre County commissioners OK numerous contracts

BELLEFONTE — Routine business dominated the Oct. 18 meeting of the Centre County board of commissioners.

During the meeting, the commissioners:

■ Approved a contract between the county and David M. Maines Associates for Temple Court roof repairs. The contract total is $11,699.

■ Approved a liquid fuels application in the amount of $20,000 for tar and chipping of township Route 312 in Worth Township.

■ Approved a contract addendum between the county and Crossroads Counseling to allow money to provide additional drug and alcohol outpatient services in the amount of $5,557 increasing the maximum from $128,144 to $133,701.

■ Approved a contract between the county and Bethany Christian Services of Western Pennsylvania to provide foster care services to dependent/delinquent use. The contract total is $6,000.

■ Approved a contract renewal between the county and Cornell Abraxas to provide residential services to dependent/delinquent youth. The contract total is $186,820.

■ Approved a contract renewal between the county and Children’s Center for Treatment and Education to provide shelter/foster/residential services to dependent/delinquent youth. The contract total is $3,000.

■ Approved the purchase of equipment between the county and CDW-Government for offsite redundancy of data, programs, files and server backups for disaster recovery and equipment failure purposes. The contract total is $32,171.19.

■ Approved a proposal for replacement of the WEBIA (Web Information Access) system between the county and RBA/MIS. The replacement system will provide a number of improvements and necessary security and technical updates over the existing system, which has been in operation for 12 years. The contract total is $96,900.

■ Approved a lease agreement between the county and Pitney Bowes for lease/rental of a postage machine. The lease total is $347.29 monthly.

■ Approved a Renewal of Maintenance Contract between the county and Pitney Bowes for a letter folder. The contract total is $554.04.

■ Approved an Intergovernmental Housing Agreement between the county and Crawford County to house tenant inmates at a rate of $65 per day.