Lebanon County commissioners awarded three contracts Thursday totaling $171,000 to fight opioid addiction, funded by opiate settlement funds from a state lawsuit against drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its distributors.
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Lebanon County resolves conflicted court case issue for indigent defendants
Lebanon County Commissioners entered into an agreement with two law firms to provide legal services for conflicted cases.
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County to apply for ARPA funding for affordable housing renovations
Commissioners seeks affordable housing funds, address change orders for new 911 Center and select new mail-in ballot vendor at bi-weekly meeting.
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County Commissioners pivot on mail-in ballot plans; reorganize boards for 2023
Lebanon County’s plans for 2023 mail-in ballot services are up in the air after a confusing chain of events on Thursday and Friday. Here’s what we know.
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Commissioners approve tentative 2023 budget, avoid millage bump
Lebanon County Commissioners on Thursday approved a tentative $100.5 million county fiscal budget for 2023, which does not include a tax increase.
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County Commissioners accept several grants at relatively light regular meeting
Lebanon County commissioners approved Thursday, Nov. 17, the county’s ongoing participation in a nine-county South Central Counter Terrorism Task Force.
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Commissioners stick to lesser of 2 percent or CPI for row office salaries
The Lebanon County Commissioners set salaries Monday at a special meeting for a number of row officers elected in 2023 and who will begin their four-year terms in 2024.
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Lebanon County expects a record number of mail-in ballots for Tuesday’s midterms
Lebanon County commissioners learned Thursday that the county’s election bureau expects to receive a record number of mail-in and absentee ballots for the midterm election on Tuesday.Â
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Swatara State Park to expand thanks to gift of land by conservation nonprofit
The size of Swatara State Park is about to grow by more than 130 acres thanks to the transfer of two parcels of land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Â
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Commissioners approve tax abatement on luxury apartments in Palmyra
Lebanon County Commissioners approved Thursday a 10-year LERTA tax abatement for a planned 92-unit luxury apartment building in Palmyra.
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County to underwrite improvements at fairgrounds with $1.6M of ARPA funds
Two days before the county fair was about to launch its 2022 edition, the Lebanon Valley Exposition Center and Fairgrounds and Lebanon Area Fair both received American Rescue Plan Act funding totaling $1.6 million.Â
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Lebanon County in good shape to spend ARPA funds by 2024 federal deadline
There’s only about $2.5 million of the $27 million received by the county through the federally funded American Rescue Plan Act that’s not yet been earmarked.
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Lebanon County to outfit probation officers with body-worn cameras
Lebanon County plans to purchase 30 body-worn cameras for its adult and juvenile probation officers, pending approval of a federal grant application to be filed in the coming weeks.
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County to establish transitional residence
Lebanon County is getting a transitional residence to provide housing for up to three former offenders who have been released from prison but have no place to live.
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County’s juvenile detention capacity expanded through regional agreement
An ongoing shortage of available detention beds to house local juvenile offenders across Pennsylvania has prompted the county to take corrective action.
