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Grant funding approved

LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County Commissioners approved an agreement with West Wayne Township Sewer Authority for 2016 Community Development Block Grant funding at the board’s regular meeting on Thursday.

According to Jim Lettiere, the county’s community development administrator, the $105,600 project involves the replacement of 340 feet of sewer line under Miller Lane and Prospect Lane and six public lateral replacements, as well as reconstruction of an existing sewer line.

The board also approved a preparation and administrative agreement between the Mifflin County commissioners and the Wayne Township supervisors to apply for a CDBG competitive grant for another project in Wayne Township.

Lettiere said they would be requesting $500,000 in funds.

Additionally, the board also approved an intergovernmental agreement between Mifflin County and the Pennsylvania State Police, allowing Mifflin County to access the Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network.

The agreement would allow the county to share resources with the state and would allow the county to be eligible for funding more upgrades in the future.

Commissioners also took the following action:

¯Approved a request for exoneration of 2018 county real estate tax bill and relieve the tax collector from collecting the bill for a property in Lewistown Borough. The value of the property has been reduced.

¯Approved a professional services agreement with GeoDecisions, in Camp Hill, for geographic information systems upgrades for $1,800.

¯Authorized Juniata Valley Behavioral and Developmental Services to advertise for the county mental health/intellectual disabilities/early intervention administrator position.

Commissioner Rob Postal noted that the position has been filled by an interim administrator for more than a year and due to a lack of qualified applicants, the requirement that the candidate must reside in Mifflin or Juniata counties has been changed from a requirement to a preference.

¯Accepted an award letter for the Mifflin County Reentry Strategic Plan Grant in the amount of $14,378.

¯Approved grant agreements for the Homeless Assistance Program amounting to $27,491.

¯Approved Human Services Department Fund Agency Contracts for July 1 through June 30, 2019, amounting in a total of $50,000.

¯Amended the retirement date of Donald Howell, GIS analyst, to Sept. 28.

¯Hired part-time corrections officer Philip Kyle.

¯Hired part-time corrections officer Brandon Platzer.

¯Accepted the resignation of Daniel Kearns from his position as part-time corrections officer.

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