These items were approved by the Monroe County commissioners recently:

• Ratify the opening of the Monroe County Conservation District Restroom Renovation bids — Plumbing Construction: K.C. Mechanical Services Inc., $61,000; Bognet Inc., $42,200; D & M Construction Unlimited Inc., $70,000; awarded to Bognet Inc.; General Construction: C.M.G. of Easton Inc., $142,500; Bognet Inc., $107,930; D & M Construction Unlimited Inc., $150,000; awarded to Bognet Inc.; and Electrical Construction: no bids.

• Drug, Alcohol and Counseling Services at the Monroe County Correctional Facility request for proposals on Oct. 8 — Forensic Counseling Associates, $165 per hour, yearly amount not provided; Recovery Revolution, $80 per hour, $99,840 per year; Pyramid Healthcare, no hourly fee provided, $275,928 per year; and award contract to Recovery Revolution.

• Change order No. 2 with Sealcrete Contracting LLC for additional helix repairs on the parking deck, $49,840.

• Proposal from E.F. Possinger and Sons Inc. for one day of test pit digs at the proposed parking lot at Sixth Street and Quaker Ally, $1,800.

• Proposal from Mid Atlantic Storage Systems Inc., new water tank and installation, $1,843,047.

• Proclamations and certificates — Domestic Violence Awareness Month October, Safe Monroe; Fitzmaurice Community Services, 60th anniversary; John Paul II Polish School of the Poconos, 20th anniversary; Gillow’s Tax Service and Where the Needs Lead Us, grand opening; Nettario’s Coffee & Tea, grand opening; Michele Haydt, retirement; the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 678, POW/MIA Recognition Day.

• To advertise the availability of requests for funding proposal applications for the Community Services Block Grant 2027.

• Invoice for labor to complete tree and shrub removal and disposal from the Leavitt Dam slope including weed whacking of guard rail and entrance gate wire barrier for $1,750.

• To accept CCAP Insurance Program Volunteer Special Risk Accident Coverage Insurance, $448.50, from Oct. 1, 2026 to Oct. 1, 2027.

• Lease extensions from Jan. 1, 2027, to Dec. 31, 2031, with a 4% increase in year one — C & Y, 730 Phillips St., 720 Phillips St., Suites 100, 101, 102 and 103, $21,572.98 per month rent; Area Agency on Aging, 724 Phillips St., Suite 102, $7,197.37 per month; Penn State Cooperative Extension, 724 Phillips St., Suite 201, $4,862.23 per month.