Schuylkill County commissioners on Wednesday appointed Robert Pitts of Tamaqua to the county planning commission.

Pitts will fill the unexpired term of the late Kenneth A. Lehman. The term runs through Dec. 31, 2015.In other matters, commissioners voted to buy mobile and new, hand-held radios for the sheriff's department on a lease/purchase agreement. The county will make five annual payments of $21,994 each.The purchase brings the department into compliance with the new state mandated narrowbanding requirements.The money will come from the sheriff's department budget.Commissioners also approved a $49,959 training agreement with A-T Solutions to provide the Emergency Management Agency's task force with advanced threat assessment training. The training will be paid for through a Homeland Security grant.They also approved an addendum to the contract between the Children and Youth Services agency and Clear Vision Residential of Montgomery, Lycoming County. The addendum adjusts the rate for Clear Vision's residential program to $185 a day.Commissioners also agreed to reimburse county retirees a total of $23,936 for their health insurance benefits, in line with county policy.They also approved a $1,086 change order with Alfred Benesch engineers, Pottsville, for a Community Development Block Grant project in West Penn Township.The project, originally priced at $7,900, made the rest rooms at the township park handicapped accessible, and built an Americans with Disabilities compliant path. The change order paid for additional engineering fees.