(File Photo of the Beaver County Courthouse)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) Several topics were discussed at the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning at 10 a.m. at the Beaver County Courthouse in Beaver. One was the Beaver County budget, which Beaver County Financial Consultant Corey Troutman noted was around $23 million. There was also a very close election result in Beaver County from last week because the race for the North Sewickley Township supervisor between Democrat Emmitt J. Santillo and Republican Beth Meteney ended in a tie. During the Solicitors’ report of the session, Beaver County Solicitor Garen Fedeles stated: “there were five provisional ballots that were just counted right now, it looks like that there was a victor by one vote in that particular race.” According to Beaver County Director of Elections Colin Sisk, the unofficial result was a win for Santillo with 876 votes over Meteny with 875 votes. Commissioner Jack Manning also gave an update on two Beaver County bridges during the Commisioners’ report of the session as they will be on the tip for 2026. One of the two bridges that Manning mentioned is the Aliquippa-Ambridge bridge, which will have financing for a study in 2026 to figure out the process of how to replace it. The other bridge mentioned by Manning was the Country Club Bridge on Route 65 which will have financing to be replaced in 2026. Some of the recent resolutions mentioned by Fedeles during the solicitors’ report included a Liberty Bell being put up at the Beaver County Courthouse to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States of America in 2026 and an agreement to continue lease some space at the Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca for the Senior Center there.