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LOCK HAVEN -- The Clinton County Commissioners put a bow on 2020 at their final meeting of the year.
All three commissioners said they looked forward to turning the page to 2021.
Commissioner Angela Harding noted that Clinton County's COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. She asked that all residents remain vigilant when it comes to battling the virus.
"Please continue to practice the mitigation efforts … social distancing, wearing masks and washing your hands," Harding said. "Our COVID numbers -- if you pay attention to those things -- are rising. Some days aren't as bad as others. I know the Department of Emergency Services has told us that a lot of the data that we see are 'data dumps' from the Department of Health. So, sometimes when the days are extremely higher than others, it's the Department of Health sending that information in one big package."
Clinton County finished 2020 with 1,942 cases of COVID-19. A total of 24 Clinton County residents have died from the virus.
"It's real, it's here and we really truly need to protect each other from the pandemic," Harding said.
Harding also said that Union County will be offering free COVID-19 testing next week. Testing will be taking place at the from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day starting Monday, Jan. 4 through Friday, Jan. 8 at the Four Bells Church in Mifflinburg. On Wednesday, Jan. 6, testing will run from noon until 6 p.m. Harding noted that you do not have to be a resident of Union County to get a test.
Commissioner Jeff Snyder said that he was "not sorry" to see 2020 "becoming history." He said that he was pleased the county did not have to increase taxes and is looking forward to the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine.
"We continue to have weekly discussions with the (Pennsylvania) Department of Health to find out when the vaccines will become available for Clinton County. Not only for our first responders, but for all of our citizens," Snyder said.
Commissioner Miles Kessinger echoed the sentiments of his fellow commissioners.
"I think we are all looking forward to better times in 2021," he said.
In other business Thursday, the commissioners:
-- Adopted Resolution No. 26 of 2020, which accepted the bid proposal for the 2021 tax revenue anticipation note. The tax anticipation note with Jersey Shore State Bank comes with a fixed interest rate of 0.58 percent.
-- Approved the 2021 Savin maintenance and service agreement with the PA District Attorney's Institute, effective Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2021. The agreement comes at no cost to the county.
"I think the commissioners are very familiar with it," Clinton County District Attorney Dave Strouse said of the agreement. "It is being offered at no cost once again thanks to the Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency."
Strouse said that it's the same program that provides "almost immediate notification" to victims of crime whenever an offender is released, transferred, paroled or escapes.
-- Approved the 2021 Aumentum Technologies end user license agreement for use of the Marshall and Swift cost data tables in Manatron Inc.'s cama program on a cost per parcel basis, effective Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2021.
-- Approved a memorandum of understanding between Clinton County and AFSCME Council 86, regarding application of a negotiated policy for mandating overtime for corrections officers, which was made effective Dec. 7, 2020.
-- Approved the transfer of IV-D funds to the general fund in the amount of $34,079 for reimbursement of August 2020 expenses.
-- Approved county bills in the amount of $373,268.71 for the two-week period ending Dec. 31, 2020 and net payroll in the amount of $279,617.80 for the two-week period paid on Dec. 23, 2020.
-- Named Cyndi Walker to the county's zoning hearing board for a three-year term.
The commissioners will continue to meet bi-weekly. Until further notice, all meetings will be held virtually and streamed live on the Clinton County Government's Facebook page.