Schuylkill County Commissioners approved a renewal of an agreement with a Lebanon County company for the 911 center.

The 36-month contract is with Candoris Technologies, Annville, for VMware licenses and a power edge server. Cost is $2,077.22 per quarter or $24,926.64. This is the first renewal contract, Schuylkill Communications Director Scott Krater said, adding the contract is for virtual machine licenses for several servers.

Commissioners also entered into a contract with Prodesign Plus, Shamokin, for a three year (2019-2021) home rehabilitation project, increasing the contract by $45,000 to include Wayne Township.

County Administrator Gary Bender said Prodesign Plus does the technical assistance for Minersville, and Schuylkill Haven borough and Butler Township.

“Wayne Township used to do their own housing rehab; they had selected Prodesign Plus to do it. It’s a CDBG project (Community Development Project),” Bender said. The company is taking over the housing rehab.

Several budget adjustments were approved for 2021, adult probation department, $827; tax assessment, $1,750; and mental health/developmental services $3,500. For 2020, Children youth, $5,000. Finance Director Paul Buber said the amounts did not involve additional spending but transferring budgetary authority with departmental budgets.

Four repository sales were also approved. One each in Gilberton and Minersville and two in Middleport.

Commissioners also took personnel actions. Connor Matz was transferred from election technology coordinator in the election bureau to senior programmer/analyst effective March 8. His rate of pay is $24.51 an hour.

Commissioners’ Chairman Barron “Boots” Hetherington commented on the anti-harassment training he attended in the board room previously, saying it was well presented by Human Resources Director Heidi Zula and Doreen Kutzler, former interim human resources director.

“It’s one of those things where you need to go back every so often and double check. I found it very informing to me,” he said.