# Lackawanna County Commissioners 10-7-26

At the Lackawanna County Commissioners’ regular meeting on October 7, 2026, commissioners approved the listed payables: $6,783,328.47 in general-fund payables and $8,947,277.69 in electronic fund transfers, including payroll. They approved a $270,477 Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency grant for four probation and parole officer salaries, with no added county cost; aging-services contract amendments and an FY2026–29 agreement with NDF Consulting; a 12-week Beam Up US case-notes transcription pilot funded through an IT grant with an approximately 37% county share; and a Bear Foundation foster-care provider renewal, reimbursed 80% by the state. Commissioners also approved homelessness-assistance amendments reallocating prior-year state block-grant funds to Catholic Social Services and United Neighborhood Centers, with no county match, and awarded Baker Tilly Advisory Group a countywide salary study funded by a DCED grant, with no county cost.

Other approved items included a railroad-construction reimbursement agreement involving the Commonwealth and Electric City Trolley Museum, described as having no county cost; a three-year HVAC-controls maintenance renewal with NRG Controls North, with contract increases of 3%; and a repair and upgrade construction contract for county holiday vendor huts with Reclamation Industrial Furnishings (the contract amount was not clear in the transcript). Commissioners discussed that prior tent rentals had cost about $90,000 for a large tent and roughly $50,000–$60,000 in later years. They also approved a CDBG cooperation agreement with the Borough of Olyphant and a $169,950 award to Leeward Construction, Inc. for Jackson Street underground utility and sanitary/storm-water separation work; a later paving phase remains. The board authorized Local Share Account grant applications for county and community projects, but no award amounts were stated. A separate discussion referenced a speaker payment of $10,000, with a further $10,000 due and a total estimated at just over $20,000; the final amount was to be confirmed. A possible reopening of Scranton senior centers was discussed, but no funding or procurement action was taken.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Professional Services
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 07, 2026

### Sources
- [Lackawanna County Commissioners 10-7-26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGmHt465WaA) - ECTV