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Schuylkill commissioners seek bids for Coaldale stormwater project

Schuylkill County commissioners on Wednesday agreed to seek bids for a stormwater drainage improvement project in Coaldale.

The project would improve drainage along East Phillips Street in the borough.A total of $44,800 in Community Development Block Grant money is allocated for the project, said county grant writer Gary Bender.Bids are due in the county Controller's office by April 14, and will be opened on April 16.In other matters, commissioners reappointed Sharon Chao of Mahanoy City as a member of the Children and Youth Services agency advisory board through March 18, 2007.They also approved a one-year agreement with Clinical Outcomes Group to provide abuse intervention services for male perpetrators of domestic violence.Commissioners also approved a proposal from Martin J. Carroll, Auburn, and Lynne Neal, Pine Grove, both certified corrections counselors, to provide violence prevention group programming to court-ordered clients of the Adult Probation department.In other matters, commissioners approved a resolution at the request of Controller Christy Joy to increase the caps on several contracts for the county nursing home at Rest Haven.The contracts are with JDM Medical, an increase of $8,000; McKesson Medical, an increase of $10,000; Manheim Medical, an increase of $10,000; and Orwigsburg Ambulance, an increase of $20,000.The ongoing upgrades to the county's 911 system continue to roll along as commissioners approved the purchase, through the county court's supervision fee fund, of $25,935 worth of digital radios for the Adult Probation office. The two mobile and four portable Motorola radios will be bought from Green's Communications.In other matters Wednesday, commissioners announced they will hold the first of two evening meetings at 6 p.m. April 9.The other evening meeting will be held in October.