Meeting recap
• Date: Dec. 15
• Action: As expected, the commissioners approved the Washington County Hospital Authority’s issuance of tax-exempt hospital revenue notes totaling $20 million to be used by Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. for the acquisition and development of a medical mall center. No county funds are required, and there is no liability to county taxpayers in the issuing of the bonds.
• At the request of the county Planning Commission, the board approved two supplemental contracts. One is for $6,703 with Gary Metzinger, cement contractor, for additional work on the roadway for Kings Creek Bridge No. 2, in northwestern Washington County. The additional amount brings the total contract to $352,458, to be paid from the Act 13 impact fee on unconventional natural gas wells. The other is for $7,550 with Greater Lakes EZ-Dock for work stemming from additional survey, site and concrete work necessary for the dock installation in Charleroi. The revised contract cost of $144,162, which also includes docks in Fredericktown and Monongahela, will be paid from gas lease funds until the county receives a grant. The docks are designed for kayaks and canoes.
• The county entered into an agreement with the Washington County Transportation Authority to manage the Medical Assistance Transportation Program, for which the authority will be receiving $1,668,849 from state taxpayers through June 30.
• The commissioners entered into a $148,780 purchase-of-service agreement with the Washington City Mission for the Shelter Plus Care program for the homeless through Sept. 30. The grant of federal taxpayers’ money through the Department of Housing and Urban Development was renewed several months ago.
• At the request of the Purchasing Department, the county entered into an agreement with the Washington Physician Hospital Organization Inc. to provide health care for jail inmates at a cost of $84,231.
• Announcement: County offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, for the Christmas holiday and Monday, Jan. 2, for the New Year holiday.
• Next meetings: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, salary board reorganization; 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, first regular meeting of 2017, both in the public meeting room of the Courthouse Square office building.