The Carbon County commissioners approved or discussed the following items during their Oct. 16 meeting:

• Awarded the sole bid for the sale of a piece of property on Princeton Avenue in Palmerton that the county owned. Anthony Proscia of Palmerton bid $15,000 for the 0.189-acre lot.

• County Treasurer Kevin Zelienka reported that the county received a letter from the Mauch Chunk Trust Company advising that the variable interest rate paid on the county’s Premium Community accounts will decrease to 3.58%/3.64% APY, effective Oct. 1.

• Tabled the award of bids that were opened on Sept. 18 for the county Whole Home Repair program until Nov. 6 due to design delays for the contract.

• Approved a quote from Green’s Communications of Pottsville to repair and update the Simulcast paging/alert channel at the communications center and to provide engineering, provisioning, programming, installation testing, optimization and a one-year warranty at a total cost of $53,890. This is a COSTARS contract.

• Approved the fifth amendment to an agreement with Tu-Way Mobile Communications Inc. of Bethlehem to maintain and operate the Northeast Core Phone System and ESInet services for the region’s 911 communications. Maintenance includes hardware, software support and on-site services at a total cost of $90,396.83. This covers all of 2026.

• Approved a change to a proposal from Arthur A. Swallow Associates LLC of Allentown for survey services at John and Janet Degenhart’s Farm in Packer Township. The change adds $2,700 to the original proposal of $14,915 that was approved May 23, 2024.

• Approve three motions with the Pocono Counties Workforce Development Board for cost reimbursement agreements from July 1 through June 30, 2026. For Monroe, the total reimbursement is $2,849,814.15 for three different related programs. Pike’s reimbursement is $953,002.35 for three different related programs. Wayne County’s reimbursement is $150,000 for two youth related programs. Carbon County oversees the financial aspect of the four-county partnership.

• Adopted a resolution acknowledging the 20th anniversary of the United Way Community Schools in the Greater Lehigh Valley. The resolution states that this organization has helped advance student success, strengthened partnerships, shared a purpose and helped thousands of students and families thrive over the last two decades.