At Wednesday’s meeting, the commissioners approved a lease agreement with the Clearfield County Economic Development Corporation for Suite 1 at the former FCI building, which will soon become the new home for the Penn State Cooperative Extension Office.
According to Commissioner Chairperson Joan Robinson-McMillen, the county code mandates that they provide office space to the Penn State Cooperative Extension even though it doesn’t fall under the county’s umbrella. She also mentioned that Suite 1 would be used for county storage purposes.
Robinson-McMillen said that the Register & Recorder and Prothonotary offices have “moved into the 21st century” and have the capabilities to scan paperwork and store and retrieve them from office computers. However, they are still required to maintain hard copies of these files, she said.
“They have a paper trail longer than you can imagine. There’s a need for storage space that will be close enough that they can have access to it,” Robinson-McMillen said.
She said the Clearfield County Conservation District will be vacating its office at the Multi-Service Center and moving into the first floor offices at the courthouse annex. She said it will be housed in the former human resources room, part of the commissioners’ office and conference room.
Although it wasn’t an action item on the agenda, the commissioners approved pending the solicitor’s review for Magisterial District Judge Richard Ireland’s Office to move into the CP Realty LLC building, which is located at 900 Leonard Street, Clearfield.
Robinson-McMillen said the commissioners wanted the Multi-Service Center empty by month’s end, while the last electric bill was approaching $6,000. She said electric was only $1,154 for the new Clearfield County Administrative Offices.
“That was a savings of over $4,000 in one month. We’re not paying another electric bill (at the Multi-Service Center). We’re not doing that to our taxpayers,” she said.