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Sharon S. Laverdure

Commissioner2020-01-01 to 2028-01-01 (month-level start: January 2020 continuous service, first listed 2020-2023 per Monroe County 'Commissioners Past to Present' table (monroecountypa.gov getmedia 953442b7; four-year blocks); month-level end: January 2028 per the four-year block in that table; statute text not read)

No biography on file yet.

At a glance

News mentions
0

Term ending Jan 1, 2028.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
13
Total speaking time
31:28
Avg per meeting
2:25
Segments
354

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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)

high→Jan 2026[55]

Opioid settlement recovery grants

$166,300 from opioid settlement funds — no new taxpayer cost.

medium→Mar 2026[22]

Rally against sexual violence

No county cost identified.

low↑Nov 2026[10]

Correctional facility safety equipment

$12,654.56 from capital funds.

medium↓Apr 2026[10]

Student survey privacy concerns

Contracts referenced total $295,000 and $695,000, with $31,500 also cited.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

School bus safety — Operation Safe Stop

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Jail drug and alcohol counseling contract

Up to $99,840 of county funds for inmate counseling services.

high↓Apr 2026[7]

287(g) immigration agreement follow-up

high↓Sep 2026[6]

Downtown Stroudsburg public safety concerns

Not quantified, but the speaker cited a need for more police officers amid a recruiting shortage.

medium↓Sep 2026[5]

CodeRed emergency alert system renewal

No cost to the county; covered by the NEPA Regional Counter Terrorism Task Force.

medium↓Jun 2026[4]

Courthouse security upgrade

More than $536,000 combined across the roof, parking deck and security projects.

high↓Jan 2026[3]

Gun safety youth survey and PCCD funding

A $695,000 three-year grant is tied to the program.

high↓Aug 2026[2]

July 4th storm recovery resources

SBA loans and a $50,000 state Realtors Relief grant are available; residents can get up to $1,000 each.

medium↓Jun 2026[2]

Flock camera locations and surveillance contracts

medium↓Jul 2026[2]

Byrne JAG re-entry grant for Cornerstone Community Initiative

Grant amount to be determined by PCCD; no county funds committed.

medium↓Jul 2026[2]

Commodity flow survey for emergency preparedness

$10,950, covered by the federal HMEP grant.

medium↓Jun 2026[2]

West Nile virus detected in Monroe County

medium↓Jun 2026[2]

Veterans Affairs office recognition

medium↓May 2026[2]

Youth emergency preparedness club

medium↓Jan 2026[1]

Human trafficking awareness

high↓Jan 2026[1]

Hazard mitigation plan adoption

FEMA estimates every dollar spent on mitigation saves about $6 in future disaster recovery costs; the plan was seeded with a $157,000 federal grant.

Decisions during term (0)

Recorded while Laverdure was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.

No decisions found matching Public Safety.

Voting record (0)(Public Safety)

No votes found matching Public Safety.