(File Photo of the Beaver County Courthouse)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver, PA) Several topics were discussed at today’s Beaver County Commissioners’ work session at the County Courthouse.
One of them was an update on the possible reopening of Achortown Road in Beaver Falls, which has been closed in Beaver Falls since 2018.
Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp informed the audience of a program at the Commissioenrs’ work session on August 5th that is called “The Takeback Program.”
The state of Pennsylvania has money to fix Achortown Road, but if the Commissioners apply for “The Takeback Program,” the state can fix it and then turn it back to the county.
However, the Commissioners will be working with Representative Kail in terms of Achortown Road as well.
Commissioner Jack Manning also praised the fact that Wildwood Road, which was previously closed since April 5th, 2025, has reopened.
County Solicitor Garen Fedeles mentioned that the mail-in ballots for the upcoming November 3rd general election should be mailed out next week.
Fedeles also went over some highlights of local resolutions for tomorrow, and these included most of them for Beaver County Behavioral Health, medical assistant transportation program for the Beaver County Transit Authority, and an LSA grant for the Neighborhood North Museum of Play.
The final resolution had to deal with St. Cecilia Church in Rochester and the possible transformation to senior care apartments, which are living facilities that is low-income.
Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp stated that this project in Rochester has been in the process for “five years or so.”
Fedeles also let the audience know that the Commissioners were presented with a propsed ordinace last week that regarded non-disclosure agreements.
According to Fedeles, “The request essentially was for the county to pass an ordinance that would require both elected officials and employees to not sign any type of non-disclosure agreement.”
Fedeles does not believe that the County Board of Commissioners can sign an ordinance that otherwise would prohibit what elected officials choose and choose not to say or do in their office or role.
This specifically dealt with data centers for its purpose, and Fedeles noted that the Board of Commissioners have stated “numerous” times, data centers do not have any oversight by Beaver County itself.
For example, Fedeles confirmed that water would be handled through the authority that is local and the use of land would be handled through the municipality that is local, and even the type regulations for electricity/power use would not be handled at the county level.
Therefore, Fedeles affirmed that the county itself is not on the front lines of being involved with or approving the recruitment of data centers.
