At 11:25 Wednesday morning Dauphin County Commissioners Haste, Hartwick, and Pries voted to approve grants recommended by the Gaming Advisory Board in the amount of $7,507,000.

The commissioners without any public comment or notice voted to approve more than $4.6 million in grants to the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) as an administrator of said grants.

One of the grants is to the NRA sponsored Great American Outdoor Show for $58K.

Commissioner Mike Pries. Congratulations to commissioner Jeff Haste for outstanding leadership related to the Outdoor Show.

From Wednesday's Dauphin County Commissioners Meeting Agenda.

Approval of the Gaming Advisory Board recommendations, including all proposed conditions and grant reallocations, and award, allocation and appropriation of gaming funds to the following recipients, in the following amounts, and subject to any additional noted conditions, each, where appropriate, to be memorialized in a grant agreement in a form substantially similar to the grant agreements presented herewith, which agreements are approved by the Commissioners, and the Commissioners, as well as the employees, representatives and agents of the County, are authorized and directed to execute, deliver and take any and all actions necessary and appropriate in connection with the same and in order to effectuate the purposes and carry out the intent of this motion, with the execution and delivery of any such additional documents or the taking of any such action by the same conclusively evidencing the due authorization and approval thereof by the County:

Host & Contiguous.

1. West Hanover Township (fire station debt reduction- $130,000 and heavy rescue vehicle - $340,000) - $470,000.

2. Middle Paxton Township (debt service for shared municipal services building - $125,000 and reduction of debt for fire apparatus - $26,518) - $151,518

3. Rush & Jefferson Townships (guiderails for Carsonville Road - $103,100 and Zoning Project - $15,100) - $123,100 (plus $4,900 reallocated from prior grant)

4. Derry Township (fire apparatus debt reduction - $155,716, People Movers van - $32,000 and Hershey/Derry Historical Society improvements - $25,000) - $212,716

5. East Hanover Township (Public Works building and Reduction of firehouse debt)

- $1,550,000 (plus $606,208 reallocated from prior projects completed under budget)

6. South Hanover Township (Municipal complex & Emergency Services Center construction) - $100,000

Other Awards.

1. City of Harrisburg (new tower engi ne and police records management) - $545,841

2. Susquehanna Township (Public safety building expansion) - $250,000

3. Swatara Township (Bridge replacement and fire apparatus debt reduction

4. Middletown Borough (Streetscape an d improvement project) - $250,000 (conditioned on receipt of all other project funding)

5. Hummelstown Borough (new municipal complex) - $270,000

6. Steelton Borough (Adams Street storm water improvements) - $100,000

7. Highspire Borough (Road improvements) - $156,138 8. West Hanover Township (new facility for MDJ Witmer) - $200,000

9. Londonderry Township (new pumper engine) - $250,000 (conditioned on borrowing for remaining project cost)

10. Lykens Borough (fire apparatus refurbishment) - $100,000

11. Wiconisco Township (municipal/fire complex design and temporary structure) - $74,210 (plus $11,789 reallocation of prior grant)

12. Lower Swatara Township (new fire boat, trailer and truck) - $126,329 (plus$14,471 reallocation)

13. Halifax Borough (mobile generator and trailer unit) - $40,000

14. Berrysburg Borough (sewer system improvements) - $100,000 (conditioned on borrowing for remaining project costs)

15. Elizabethville Borough (sewer system improvements) - $70,000 (conditioned on borrowing for remaining project costs) 16. Pillow Borough (water system improvements) - $80,000

17. Williamstown Borough (water system improvements) - $125,000

18. Susquehanna Township EMS (2 new ambulances) - $112,512

19. Pinnacle Health System (new ambulance) - $89,000

20. Dauphin County EMS Council (technology improvements) - $124,620

21. Greenbelt/Dauphin County Parks & Recreation (Wildwood to Fort Hunter Extension) - $250,000

22. Lower Paxton Township (HVAC replac ements for Friendship Center) - $161,444 (plus $138,556 reallocation from prior grant)

23. Conewago Township (Conewago Park improvements) - $66,770

24. Gratz Borough (Gratz Area Park improvements) - $100,000

25. Hummelstown Borough/Lower Dauphin Sc hool District (field house project) - $50,000

26. R.J. Veterans Center (elevator for veterans center) - $48,000

27. Halifax Borough (park and recreation improvements) - $34,484

28. CONTACT Helpline (emergency gene rator for Helpline operations) - $10,800

29. Shalom House (furnishings for women’s and children’s shelter) - $5,000

30. African American Chamber – JET (Junior Entrepreneur Training) Program - $15,750

31. Bethel AME (facility improvements related to County Neighborhood Reporting Center) - $16,200

32. CAT (Market Square improvements) - $60,000

33. Community Action Commission (Allison Hill parking lot project) - $55,000

34. YWCA (Kunkel Center renovations) - $100,000 (conditioned on matching funds)

35. American Red Cross (Disaster relief vehicle) - $30,000

36. Lower Paxton Township (lighting for public field/park) - $55,000

37. Salvation Army (Disaster relief vehicle) - $75,000 38. Jackson Township (Firehouse improvements) - $59,000

39. Whitaker Center (Facility improvements) - $100,000

40. Lower Paxton Township (park improvements and memorial project) - $180,000

41. Boys & Girls Club (lighting of public field) - $100,000

42. Lower Paxton Township (public pool improvements) - $50,000

43. State Street Improvement Association (Streetscape improvements) - $25,000

44. HACC (Campus security improvements) - $11,000

The commissioners also voted to approve Item #45.

45. Dauphin County Industrial Development Authority to administer the following projects:

a. Stampede - $50,000

b. PHR Baseball - $8,000

c. Three Star Foundation - $15,000

d. Advanced Training - $25,000

e. ARC - $40,000

f. The Mt. Calvary Multi-Cultural Child Care Center - $7,500

46. Dauphin County Sheriff’s Office (vehicles) - $113,300

47. Dauphin County Parks & Recreation (capital improvements projects) - $185,000

48. Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging - $100,000

40. Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency - $3,000,000

50. City of Harrisburg - $12,000

51. Dauphin County Facilities Maintenance - $125,000

52. Dauphin County Department of Purchasing (warehouse safety equipment) - $30,000

53. Great American Outdoor Show - $58,000

54. Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office and Dauphin County Public Defender’s Office (Criminal Justice Project) - $323,600

55. Dauphin County Industrial Development Authority (Administration) - $515,000

X. Approval of the form and language of the Dauphin County Local Share Municipal Grant Agreement.

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