Clarion County commissioners have approved a collective bargaining agreement between the county and the United Mine Workers union, which represents the county’s 11 probation officers and employees.
The five-year agreement runs from this year through 2025 and includes salary hikes ranging from 2 to 3 percent each year. Longevity bonuses were altered and the starting salaries were also negotiated.
Commissioners also approved several contracts at their first business meeting of the year on Tuesday.
A woman’s restroom will also be installed and the current men’s room moved. The new restrooms will be to the right and left of the courtroom entrance.
The current men’s room will be used for storage.
A contract with the EADS Group was approved for the new playground at the Clarion County Park in Shippenville. The $390,000 ADA playground will be for children of all ages and abilities.
Playground equipment will be mounted on an approved rubber surface that will fall safe and adaptive.
The playground will be located near pavilion one, and Tharan it is hoped that work can start in the spring.
Commissioners also approved a $30,000 contract with Delta Development for consulting services that will run until Jan. 11, 2022. Delta aids the county in identifying projects and finding funding for the projects.
The board filled two vacancies in the assessment office for two field assessors through a contract with Evaluator Services and Technology Inc. County land services manager Tim Cochran said the contract will allow the county to assess properties by people who are certified while “we begin recruitment for those two vacant positions.”
That contract runs through Dec. 31 and isn’t to exceed $12,500.
In other business, Dawn B. Reed was appointed to a county auditor position, Tabby Shah was named to fill a vacant seat on the Conservation District board, and the resignation of Mary Lutz, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabled transportation director, was accepted effective May 3.
The panel’s next business meeting will be a Zoom session at 10 a.m. Jan. 26.