CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Brady Township — the smallest municipality in Clarion County with about 55 residents and .45 miles of roads in 2.2 square miles — needed some help with a road project and approached the Clarion County Commissioners for some help on Tuesday morning.
Commissioners Ed Heasley, Ted Tharan, and Wayne Brosius voted to provide $10,000.00 from Liquid Fuels for this year’s Brady Township Seal Coat Project.
Brady Township Treasurer Cheryl Bresso thanked commissioners for their support.
“On behalf of the township, I would like to thank you for approving our request,” said Bresso at the meeting. “It’s going to be greatly, greatly appreciated.”
Brosius also provided some details about the project.
“This was kind of an emergency project that came up at the last moment because PennDOT was doing a project, and it connected to some township roads down there,” said Brosius.
“To fix the whole thing right, the township had to do some things, as well as the state. The work will eliminate a constant problem of drainage from a portion of the road.”
Over $250,000 in leases for old hospital building approved
A total of $251,687.00 in the lease and contract renewals for the Human Services Building were approved with terms of July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. Budget Director Rose Logue said the rates were going up $16,000.00 because the square footage rate was $7.25 the prior year and the new contract includes a $7.70 rate.
Tharan pointed out that all of the funds are generated from the old hospital building.
“I might add that we only have a couple of rooms left, and we’re are moving people around to make more room for Justice Works. Clarion Vocational Service also took over two additional rooms in the basement.”
Renters include the following:
- Center for Community Resources – Cost: $321/month ($3,852/year)
- Community Guidance Center – Cost: $1,425/month ($17,100/year)
- Justice Works Youth Care – Cost: $1,365/month ($16,380/year)
- Clarion Co. CYS – Cost: $9,516/month ($114,191/year)
- Clarion Co. Promise – Cost: $860/month ($10,320/year
- Center for Community Resources – Cost: $2,173/month ($26,076/year)
- Roads to Recovery – Cost: $1,146/month ($13,752/year)
- Clarion Co. MHDDEI – Cost: $1,954/month ($23,448/year)
- Human Services Dept. – Cost: $518/month ($6,216/year)
- Clarion Vocational Services – Cost: $1,696/month ($20,352/year)
In other business:
• Director of Elections Cindy Callihan reported a change of a polling location for Clarion District #3 (Marwick Boyd is unable to be used) to Rhea Building, 840 Wood Street, near the Clarion Borough Public Works Building.
• Commissioners changed the deadline for filing a property tax appeal from September 1 to August 1. More information is available on the Clarion County web site.
• Commissioners approved a resolution that Clarion County is a Fair Housing participant.
• Commissioners approved the hiring of Doug Marshall to fill the vacant position of part-time Park Ranger at $9.49 hour, effective May 1.
• Tharan announced Sheriff Rex Munsee moved Austin Barney from part-time sheriff’s deputy to full-time sheriff’s deputy, effective May 22 at a rate of $12.01 per hour. The Clarion County Salary Board previously approved the salary rate for the position.
• Commissioners approved a Memorandum of Understanding and Easement Agreement for the opening of the Brady Tunnel as reviewed and approved by the County Solicitor.
Chris Ziegler of the Allegheny Valley Land Trust Brady Tunnel explained, “The rehabilitation of the East Brady Tunnel is directly under the overlook, half mile railroad tunnel, and we want to open it back up for pedestrian use and it will connect five miles of the Northern Trail and 30 south. It is an integral part of the Erie to Pittsburgh trail.”
• Commissioners proclaimed May 2018 as Foster Family Month.
• Commissioners proclaimed a celebration the 200thAnniversary of the United States District
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and offering gratitude to those who have served and are currently serving as public servants.
• Commissioners approved a letter of support for the Karns City Communities That Care and their application to use Justice Assistance Grant funding.
