Busing was on the agenda for the Monroe County commissioners.

The commissioners approved the 2024-25 Medical Assistance Transportation Program third quarter report at their meeting on May 7. It showed expenditures in the amount of $151,002.72.

Commissioner John Christy said, “We have members of the Transit Authority here today. One of the many things they do is take care of medical assistance transportation. I know it is not an easy job, but it is a vital job, and I thank you for the work that you do.”

The commissioners also approved a local match for the Transportation Authority for State Operating Financial Assistance in the amount of $241,074 for 2025-26. Christy asked the authority to speak about what the money goes toward.

One of the members explained that “the funds actually match $5.2 million worth of grants that we get from the federal and state government to run our system, so that will basically help us to provide fuel, wages, parts and all the other things that go into running the buses on a daily basis.”

In other business, the commissioners also approved the following items:

• Change orders: Ratified one with South Shore Construction LLC for $21,750 for additional traffic top coating to the helix on the parking garage; new contract totals $663,890. And approved one with Ryland Construction Co. Inc. for $6,575 for additional spall repairs, barrier open joint repair and county barrier return for concrete maintenance; the final contract totals $134,030.

• Services agreement with Compressions from the Heart LLC for CPR, first aid and blood-borne pathogens training for $1,302.

• Maintenance and technical support services at the Monroe County Corrections Facility with ODIN Technologies from April 10 to April 10, 2026 for $24,000.

• Office of Emergency Management: Ratify submittal of the Emergency Management Performance Grant for $207,154 ($103,577 grant and $103,577 local match) from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2026.

• The Emergency Food and Shelter Program 2025 Sub-recipient Allocations: Monroe County: $64,668 to CSS Shepherd’s Maternity House, Jo’s Outreach, Meals on Wheels, Pocono Area Transitional Housing, Pocono Services for Families and Children, Resources for Human Development, Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church, The Salvation Army, Metamorphosis, and Safe Monroe; Pike County: $21,518.84 to Jo’s Outreach, Holy Trinity Food Pantry, Bushkill Outreach.

• ESG 2024-26 Sub-recipient contracts for $279,125 for Emergency Shelter, Homelessness Prevention, Rapid Rehousing and Street Outreach to Family Promise, Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church, Safe Monroe, Pocono Area Transitional Housing, and Resources for Human Development.