(File Photo of the Beaver County Courthouse)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) During the audience participation segment of the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning at the Beaver County Courthouse in Beaver, audience member Fabiola Gargerich of Harmony Township asked the Commissioners if they would consider the possibility of having an artificial intelligence (AI) data center or a mechanism or ordinance for one in Beaver County so things like the people there can be safeguarded. Commissioner Jack Manning responded to her suggestion by saying: “I am very supportive of a data center going into the Bruce Mansfield site,” while still stating that he understands what the concerns about this endeavour are and that there is still work that can be one with AI. In other business, Beaver County Solicitor Garen Fedeles went over some of the highlights among the thirty-two resolutions that are scheduled for tomorrow in the solicitors’ report of the session. Fedeles mentioned that some of the resolutions include a community development grant for the update of the library elevator in Ambridge, a library con event to be held on October 18th at the Community College of Beaver County in Monaca, one to help hazardous waste management cleanup at Brady’s Run and a contract with Bickerstaff Landscaping to handle bridgewater crossing and prevent knot weeds and weeds from showing up in the local area. Commissioner Manning also talked about some training that was done this morning at Penn State Beaver in Monaca by some local emergency services unit, emergency response and behavioral health professionals. Manning stated that the training was a course that was “intended to prepare emergency response personnel to handle, organize, and reunite individuals who experienced an emergent event, regardless of cause.”