By James Roxbury
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Dauphin county commissioners have scheduled a vote to award more than $6 million in Local Share Gaming Grants.
Mark Stewart and George Conner.
The city of Harrisburg and administration fees.
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C. 2015-2016 Dauphin County Local Share Municipal Grant Awards:
(A Vote is Requested 2/17/16)
Host & Contiguous
1. East Hanover Township
($800,000 debt service for Public Works bldg.
$275,000 fire station debt service;
also received a $408,600 reallocation toward fire station debt)
- $1,075,000
2. South Hanover Township
(New municipal/fire complex) - $250,000
3. Derry Township
($250,000 fire station;
$35,000 Vista Foundation;
$20,000 Gemma’s Angels mobile market project;
$25,000MS Hershey Foundation gardens project)
- $330,000
4. Middle Paxton Township
($103,960 Fishing Creek Community Bldg.;
$74,000 Middle Paxton-Dauphin Joint Park Auth. baseball field improvements;
$17,000 fire company engine debt service reduction;
$20,650 Dauphin Recreation Association pool repairs)
- $215,610
5. West Hanover Township
($100,000 fire station debt reduction;
$100,000 SR 39 debt reduction)
- $200,000
Other Awards
1. Dauphin County Parks & Recreation
(Detweiler Park project) - $257,500
2. Susquehanna Township
(Public Safety Bldg. expansion) - $200,000
3. Lower Swatara Township
($52,000 bridge replacement debt;
$50,000 fire apparatus debt reduction)
- $102,000
4. Upper Paxton Township
(New municipal building) - $100,000
5. Millersburg Borough/Millersburg Fire
(Water supply/hose improvement project) - $65,938
6. City of Harrisburg
($57,500 Bur. of Police laptops; $104,000 HVAC Fire Station #1) - $161,500
7. Lykens Borough
(Fire truck refurbishment) - $20,625
8. West Hanover Township/Central Dauphin School District
(School safety improvement project) - $83,000
9. Lower Paxton Township
($50,000 Comprehensive Plan update;
$40,000 Devon Manor;
$40,000 Penn Colonial;
$25,132 Koons Park)
- $155,132
10. Londonderry Township
(Waterline infrastructure project) - $177,000
11. Jackson Township
(Fisherville Fire Co. firehouse improvements) - $142,000
12. Steelton Borough
($77,800 Washington St. stormwater improvements;
$37,083 firefighting equipment)
- $114,883
13. Swatara Township
(Chambers Hill Fire Co. station improvements) - $93,800
14. Hummelstown Borough
(New municipal building debt retirement) - $33,891
15. Penbrook Borough
(Elm Street Park improvements) - $28,178
16. Highspire Borough
(Fire station improvements) - $45,000
17. Wiconisco Township
(Water main replacement) - $35,600
18. Steelton Borough/Jump Street
(School to Table Greenhouse Project) - $114,773
19. Lykens Community
LP/Dauphin County Redevelopment Authority - (Union House Apartments redevelopment) - $200,000
20. City of Harrisburg/Harrisburg River Rescue
(Facility improvements) - $76,432
21. Susquehanna Twp./Susquehanna Twp. EMS
(1 new Ferno Powerflexx stretcher) - $10,338
22. Penn State Harrisburg
(CHOP program development; condition to coordinate review and implementation of program content with Dauphin County Drug & Alcohol Services) - $77,250
23. Arooga’s
(Equipment for expansion of manufacturing operations center)
$77,907
24. Humane Society of Harrisburg Area
(Facility improvements; match condition) - $50,000
25. West Hanover Twp./MDJ Court Administration
(MDJ buildings) - $200,000
26. Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
(SR 39 corridor study) - $235,000
27. Tri-County HDC
(Mulder Square project; condition for appropriate historic review)
- $75,000
28. Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 520
(Upgrade fume extraction system at training facility) - $80,000
29. Iron Workers Local 404
(New roof for training facility) - $87,000
30. MOSELF
(Hbg youth baseball field project; condition for field enclosure/non-multi-purpose) - $134,000
31. Lower Paxton Twp./Bishop McDevitt High School (Baseball facility improvements; condition that must coordinate with adjacent softball field and submission of facility community use program to Dauphin County for review and comment) - $75,000
32. Dauphin County General Authority
(maintenance equipment acquisition; received reallocation of $2,917.39) - $69,083
33. Salvation Army
(New headquarters and services facility) - $100,000
34. City of Harrisburg/Homeland Ctr (Generator project) - $90,000
35. City of Harrisburg/East Shore YMCA (Resident facility improvements) - $60,000
36. Catholic Charities (Elevator project) - $50,000
37. JT Dorsey Foundation
(After-school & mentoring program equipment) - $10,410
38. Keystone Human Services (2 service dogs; condition for persons in Dauphin County – priority to veterans) - $50,000
39. West Hanover Twp./M.A. Novosel Medal of Honor Vietnam Veterans of America (Handicap accessible van acquisition) - $25,000
40. Williamstown American Legion
(Veterans’ facility upgrades) - $45,000
41. City of Harrisburg /R.J. Veterans Cent er (ADA improvements to veterans center) - $11,000
42. Halifax Borough (VFW debt retirement) - $20,000
43. Millersburg Borough/Ned Smith Ctr.
(All-terrain emergency response vehicle) - $14,000
44. City of Harrisburg/Blackberry Street Associates (Technology Center & workforce development program) - $50,000
45. City of Harrisburg/Fair Housing Council (Facility renovations – completion of Phase III) - $83,380
46. Pillow Borough
(Water treatment plant upgrades) - $50,000
47. Middletown Public Library
(Facility repairs) - $7,500
48. DC Bar Foundation
(Legal Services campaign for children; match condition) -
$47,000
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Gaming Advisory Board Meeting 2.15.2016.
Dauphin county gaming advisory board met Monday morning to discuss and review 2015-2016 local share gaming grant applications.
A total of $6,161,730 in grants were recommended for approval to the Dauphin county commissioners.
Mark Stewart, Eckert Seamans
Harrisburg's request for administration fees.
Dauphin county and sponsorship.
Why grant Bishop McDevitt high school $75K for improvements to a baseball facility.
Mike Musser
That's why we have public meetings.
Host & Contiguous
East Hanover Township $1,075,000
Public Works building debt
Reduction of firehouse debt
South Hanover Township $250,000
Construction of new municipal/fire complex
Derry Township $330,000
Fire Station
Vista Found
Gemma's Angels
M.S. Hershey Foundation
Middle Paxton Township $215,610
Fishing Creek community building
Dauphin-Middle Paxton Jnt. Park Auth
Fire company apparatus debt
Dauphin Rec. Association
West Hanover Township $200,000
Reduction of firehouse debt
SR 39 debt reduction
Subtotal $2,070,610
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Municipal Recommended Funding
Subtotal $4,091,120
Grant Total Recommended $6,161,730
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Published minutes of the meeting
DAUPHIN COUNTY GAMING ADVISORY BOARD 112 Market Street, 7th Floor
Harrisburg, PA
Monday, February 15, 2016 9:00 a.m.
Call to Order
David Craig, Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m. Members Present: David Craig, Matt Tunnell, Keith Umberger and Jim Szymborski
Others Present: Also present were Mark Stewart, LaToya Bellamy, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC; Michael Musser, II, Community Networking Resources; George Connor and Deb Laudenslager
Absent: Larry Cooney
Public Participation: Skip Memmi, Jim Roxbury and Jim Young
Mr. Memmi announced his retirement from Dauphin County and wanted to thank the Board. The Board members also gave their thanks to Skip.
Hollywood Casino Financial Summary & Projections
Mr. Stewart reviewed the year end 2015 summary of financial performance for the casino. The casino was up slightly in 2015 compared to the previous years in terms of gaming revenue. It did not have a material difference and approximately the same amount of funds are available this year as last year.
The County’s direct local share is up $17,824.00 over last year. The category of excess minimum annual local share is down $6244.00 and that amount does decrease each year because the East Hanover Township direct share increases. This year their share was a little less because of a mistake that was made by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
For the year, there is a little over $5,000.00 more available this year over last year. The month over month break down was distributed to the board members. Statewide the revenues were up.
The gross terminal revenue number total is $215 million. In 2012, it was $250 million. It has gone down over time. Last year it was $213 million. Not sure if we will ever get up to the $250M again. Tough economic years and competition are some of the issues that affect these numbers.
Review of 2015-2016 Recommended Gaming Applications
As in the past years, the Chairman formulated his list for the Board members to review and use as a guide.
Mr. Stewart reviewed the recommendations with the Board as they were outlined in the handout distributed at the meeting.
A discussion was held about the City asking for administrative fees which would go towards the salary of the City Grants Coordinator. There is not a lot of administrative burden on grant awards. A question was raised as to whether or not we can strengthen our guidelines so that this situation does not occur again.
A motion was made to recommend to the Commissioners that verbiage should be added to the grant agreements that the municipality should not charge and/or collect a fee for the sponsorship of applications.
Motion: Mr. Tunnell
Second: Mr. Umberger
Motion passed 4 – 0, 1 absent
Several of the grants were recommended with conditions. These were clarified and discussed.
Jim Young, a parent and a spokesperson for the Bishop McDevitt baseball field project spoke and clarified what the use of the field would be for. It would be used for tournaments, to improve ADA access. The money would not be used for maintenance of the fields. It would be used for bathroom improvements, concession stands and stands for fans.
Mr. Musser did say that there were a lot of conversations with the applicants this year about phasing their projects or decreasing the project costs down a little so that there was a better chance of their grant being funded.
A motion was made to recommend the list as provided to the Board with the conditions that are stated. The conditions were: Penn State Harrisburg to coordinate with the county, Lower Paxton/ Bishop McDevitt conditioned on coordination with the adjacent softball field in addition to a submission to DCED for review of a community use program report. An additional recommendation was made that none of the local share dollars awarded should be used for municipal administrative fees related to sponsorship and that no municipal sponsorship fees be permitted.
Motion: Mr. Tunnell
Second: Mr. Szymborski
Motion passed 4 – 0, 1 absent
Board Comments
The presentation to the Board of Commissioners will be made on Wednesday, February 17 at 10:00 a.m.
Adjournment
Mr. Craig made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:20 a.m.
Motion: Mr. Tunnell
Second: Mr. Szymborski
Motion passed 4 – 0, 1 absent