AVOCA, Pa. — Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties reached a tentative two-year agreement with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to continue staffing the airport with police officers, Luzerne County manager Romilda Crocamo said Wednesday.
The agreement is slated for consideration at Thursday’s meeting of the bi-county airport board. It goes into effect as soon as it is signed, Crocamo’s office said.
The agreement staffs the airport with police officers seven-days a week between the hours of 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. The airport covers 50% of the incurred cost for the officers and the two counties split the other half.