Schuylkill County commissioners did their part Wednesday to move along a Pottsville hospital’s plans to renovate a senior behavorial health unit.

Commissioners adopted a resolution authorizing Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill to submit a $2 million grant application to the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.

The money will be used to improve the unit at the 420 S. Jackson St., Pottsville campus.

Commissioners had to take the action on behalf of the hospital because only municipalities can apply for the grants.

Last year, commissioners approved a $2 million RCAP grant application on the hospital’s behalf to reconfigure its two merged medical centers.

Lehigh Valley-Schuylkill is the merged Lehigh Valley Health Network and Schuylkill Health System, the former Good Samaritan and Pottsville hospitals, which joined in 2008.

Lehigh Valley partnered with the Schuylkill Health System in April 2016.

The hospitals are now called Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill East Norwegian Street, and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill South Jackson Street.

In other matters, commissioners announced they will hold their April 25 meeting at 6 p.m. in the board room in the county courthouse annex.

Meetings are typically held at 10 a.m., but are held at 6 p.m. in April and October to give more people the opportunity to attend.

Also on Wednesday, commissioners approved warden Eugene Berdanier’s request to enter into a contract with Direct Energy Business to replace a contract with New Jersey Resources for the use of natural gas energy at a cost of $4.285 per mmBTU from April 1 through Oct. 31, 2018, or until canceled by either party.

Commissioners also approved increasing the cap amount of a $99,626 contract for an insurance policy with Midwest Casualty Company for excess workers’ compensation cost by $6,330, increasing the cap to $105,956.