Four bids were opened by the Schuylkill County Commissioners for demolition of the vacant property at 292 S. Third St. in Coaldale Borough.

Bidding were: Madonna Enterprises, Inc., Port Carbon; Northeast Industrial SVCS Corporation, Shamokin, $16,770; Penn Earthworks, Inc., Beaver Meadows, $17,150; and Knoeppel Demo and Construction Company, Coal Township, $118,400.The same four companies also submitted bids for demolition of the property at 227 E. Mahanoy Ave., Girardville. Their bids were: Madonna, $17,280; Knoeppel, $20,400; Penn Earthworks, $20,900; and Northeast Industrial, $37,974.The demolition projects will be funded from the county's Community Development Block Grant. The bids were referred to a committee for study and recommendation for action at a future meeting.At the work session, the commissioners approved an agreement for a computer aided dispatch system with Logistic Systems, of Missoula, Mont., under a Pennsylvania Costars contract to replace the current system in existence since 1998. The cost is $404,540. Scott Kratert, director of the 9-1-1 Center, said the payments will be spread over a four-year period.Frannie Brennan, director of the county election bureau, received approval to renew the software license for 2014 with Election Systems and Software Inc., at a cost of $25,770.Maggie Maskerines, Pottsville, was appointed to the Children and Youth Advisory Board for a three year term, effective Dec. 18 through Dec. 17, 2016.Ken Porter, Juvenile Department, informed the commissioners the county has been notified it will receive a grant-in-aid from the state's Juvenile Court Judges' Commission in the amount of $250,042 for improving the juvenile justice services in the county.Commissioner Frank Staudenmeier announced the courthouse will be closed next Wednesday in observance of Christmas and the commissioners public meeting, normally held on a Wednesday, will be held Thursday, Dec. 26.President Judge William E. Baldwin announced the swearing in of Christine A. Holman as district attorney and Joseph G. Groody as sheriff (re-elected) will taken place in Number One Ceremonial Courtroom on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 10 a.m.