The Monroe County commissioners provided details about different aspects of county finances at their meeting on Wednesday morning.

Chief assessor Deborah Storman reported that there was a subtraction of $54,559,060 in order to correct the duplicate, which is the certified tax bills. Commissioner Chairman John Christy explained the situation for the public.

Christy said that it stems from two court cases over property assessments; one with Centurion Foundation Inc. and the other with HRP. The amount of lost property tax money from losing the lawsuit was about $13 million with Centurion and about $48 million with HRP.

“That hit to the county is $216,998, and I’m sure to the school district it was in the millions,” he said.

Christy said that the case with HRP had been going on for some time.

As for Centurion, according to its website, Centurion is a nonprofit organization based in Georgia that helps other nonprofit organizations develop, arrange, finance and lease facilities. A public hearing announcement in May on Monroe County’s website stated Centurion was involved in funding for the Monroe County Hospital Authority in order to purchase several health care facilities in Monroe, Lehigh, Luzerne and Northampton counties. Following the acquisition, the facilities would be leased to Lehigh Valley Hospital Inc. and/or its affiliate Lehigh Valley Health Network Inc.

Also in finances, the commissioners ratified the Budget Adjustment Report dated Dec. 6 that totaled $67,280. Christy said that money was used for trays at the correctional facility and was for Millennium Access Control Technology Inc. in Deer Park, New York. The trays are used to transfer items to prisoners in seclusion.

The commissioners approved the Budget Adjustment Report dated Dec. 12 that totaled $339,523. Christy said most of that is funding is for the Monroe County Area Agency on Aging. It totaled almost $35,000, and the agency also got another grant for about $135,000.

“A big part of that is for nutritional services from the federal government of $223,484; $188,000 of that will go for home delivery meals,” Christy said.

The remaining amount in the budget adjustment is for the following: District Attorney, $500, a lease; Emergency Services, two invoices of $2,500 each, datum products; Human Services, $264, renewal of an annual membership for the human resources director; Information Services, $3,000, for Zoom; Maintenance, $7,000, building maintenance and repairs; Risk Management, $850, first aid safety boxes; Sheriff’s Office, $3,600, desktop computer and monitor; Voter Registration, $101, mileage to a conference, and $367, food during the election.

The commissioners also ratified a settlement agreement and release of claims with County of Monroe, TWK Construction Inc., CGL Companies LLC, Nelson Worldwide LLC and Lobar Inc.

For the Office of Emergency Management, the commissioners approved a FEMA closeout of COVID-19 Grant Small Project in the amount of $33,651.77. They also acknowledged an amendment of the 2023 911 Statewide Interconnectivity Funding Grant Award PEMA 2023-116 extension to Dec. 31, 2025.

“Monroe County is the only county in the state that does not own 911, so any money that the state or federal government gives 911 is a pass through the county directly to 911,” Christy said.

Under capital purchases, the commissioners ratified the Capital Purchases Report for Dec. 4 totaling $67,280, which refers back to the trays at MCCF; the Computer Capital Purchases Report for Dec. 12 totaling $1,197.73; and approved the Computer Capital Purchases Report dated Dec. 12 totaling $6,594.61.