LOCK HAVEN — The Clinton County Board of Commissioners accepted its planning director’s retirement this week.
Katherine “Katie” de Silva, who’s worked for the county for a decade, will complete her time on Oct. 28.
Board Chair Miles Kessinger and member Angela Harding reluctantly approved de Silva’s retirement during the board’s voting session on Thursday. Commissioner Jeff Snyder was attending a County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania committee meeting during the session.
Kessinger and Harding both commented on de Silva’s retirement.
“I just can’t explain how much we’re going to miss Katie. She’s been a phenomenal force for the Bald Eagle Valley Trail and for everything else that planning does in this county,” Kessinger said. “She’s going to be very hard to replace, but we’ve got a replacement coming in and starting a week from Monday. So hopefully things will continue to roll as they have.”
Harding wished de Silva the best. “I’m honored that I had the opportunity to get to know her and work with her,” she said.
In late August, the board hired Stephen P. Gibson, a resident of Woodward Township, to take over the position.
Gibson will serve as a hybrid director of planning and engineer. The board reworked the position to cut down engineering costs.
Gibson has been a resident of the county since 1980 and holds a bachelor’s in civil and environmental engineering from Penn State University. He received his post graduate studies in geotechnical engineering from the University of Maryland. In his 28 years in the field he has experience in planning, funding, design, permitting, bidding, construction and operation of site infrastructure and building projects.
Gibson was recently employed by Montoursville-based McTish, Kunkel and Associates. He also served as Lock Haven City Engineer and with BrinJac Engineering.
In other business the commissioners:
— Tabled a Memorandum of Understanding between the county and the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership to pursue a feasibility study regarding the future use of the Lock House. This was contingent upon the board’s approval of an agreement between the county, SGP and property owner Nancy Renninger that would grant the partnership two years to have the study done. “There have been several issues that have come up since Monday’s work session that we need to address,” Kessinger said. The MOU will be on the board’s agenda on Oct. 6.
— Allocated American Rescue Plan Act funds to Colebrook Township ($7,700) and Pine Creek Township ($7,000). Colebrook will use its funds for ADA modifications in its park. Pine Creek Township will use its funds for a speed display/message board trailer.
— Approved a bid contingent upon approval from the county’s planning commission. The bid, from Keystone Rail Recovery, involved the rails and related equipment salvaged from the Katie’s Crossing project — the Bald Eagle Valley Trail bridge that crosses the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Keystone Rail offered $480 per gross ton and would load the material on its own trucks on an “as-is, where-is” basis. Kessinger said he felt it was a fair bid, noting others that came in were closer to $200 per gross ton.
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