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BELLEFONTE -- As the month of June heads into the homestretch, Centre County Government employees are gearing up to return to their offices.
During Tuesday's Centre County commissioners' meeting, county administrator Margaret Gray reminded those on the Zoom call that a full "return to office" will take place on Monday, June 28. In-person meetings -- such as the weekly board of commissioners -- will commence on Tuesday, July 6.
"Just a reminder that this Friday, June 25, will end our employees' work status of rotation in and out of our offices with a full return to office on Monday, June 28," Gray said. "Then followed by a full meeting in person on Tuesday, July 6. That is just around the corner and I want to remind everyone that starting Tuesday, July 6, we will be meeting in person."
Chair Michael Pipe said: "Two huge milestones we're looking forward to."
County offices will be closed on Monday, July 5 in observance of Independence Day.
In other business Tuesday, the commissioners approved:
-- A contract addendum 2 with Community Services Group to allow for additional funds for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2020/2021 to provide mental health community residential services in the amount of $18,476. This increases the contract total from $479,759 to $498,235 for the period of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
-- A contract with HelloSign to provide e-signature software for the Centre County Human Services Departments. The contract total is $9,504, which will be funded by the Human Services Block Grant (HSBG) for the period of June 22, 2021 to June 21, 2022.
-- A contract with CDW-G for the renewal of Palo Alto threat detection services. The contract total is $11,450 for the period of Aug. 12, 2021 to Aug. 11, 2022. The contract was also added to next week's consent agenda.
-- A work statement with the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH), Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) to establish a connection between Centre County's Coroner's Office case management software to the DOH's Electronic Death Reporting System (EDRS). This agreement allows for up to $5,000 in approved expenditure reimbursement to the county. The item was moved to next week's consent agenda.
-- The submission of an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries (BHSR) to transmit death data via the PA EDRS Bridge.
-- A professional and administrative services agreement amendment 1 with SEDA Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) in the amount of $18,200. This allows for the following changes in services for the following Federal Fiscal Year 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects:
1. Environmental Review -- a. the Haines-Aaronsburg Water Well Rehab $4,000; b. Penn Township Water Storage Tank Rehab $4,000; c. OBO Bellefonte Streetscape Safety Improvements $4,000.
2. Davis-Bacon Related Acts/ Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act -- a. Penn Township Water Storage Tank Rehab $3,100; b. OBO Bellefonte Streetscape Safety Improvements $3,100.
This increases the contract total from $82,000 to $100,200.
There were also several ABC appointments. They were: Ag Land Preservation Board -- Cindy Harding, reappointment; Rob Hoover, reappointment; Thomas Songer III, reappointment; Frederick Moore, resignation. MH/ID/EI Advisory Board -- Kristie Kaufman, appointment (to fill the unexpired term of Melissa Pell); Tim Derstine, appointment; Gregory Gaertner, reappointment.
The commissioners will meet again at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29. The meeting will be held via Zoom and televised live on C-NET.