The county commissioners at their meeting Wednesday morning:

Approved an expenditure of $3,000 for the county Growth Collaborative to enter into an agreement that will feature the county in INVEST Pittsburgh magazine. The remainder of the $15,000 cost is being paid by Butler County Community College, the county Tourism and Convention Bureau, the Butler County Chamber of Commerce and the county Community Development Corporation.

Approved a resolution to amend the county infrastructure bank’s loan agreement with Zelienople that will clarify how project expenses would be used in the next phase of the borough’s Main Street improvement project. Zelienople borrowed $500,000 from the county infrastructure bank for the project, said Mark Gordon, the county chief of economic development and planning.

Approved moving more than $48,000 from the rent, mortgage and utility assistance accounts in both Slippery Rock Township and Jefferson Township to owner-occupied housing rehabilitation. Wendy Leslie, the county’s Community Development Block Grant administrator, said no one is requesting rent, mortgage or utility assistance in those townships, but there are homes in need of rehabilitation.

Approved a request for proposals for a household hazardous waste and electronics collections company. Sheryl Kelly, the county recycling and waste management coordinator, said the proposals are needed since Environmental Coordination Services & Recycling of Forward Township abruptly ceased operations.

Approved an agreement in which Franklin County will pay Butler County $60 per day per inmate to house inmates in the Butler County Prison. The Franklin inmates would be housed in Butler in the event of overcrowding. Wil White, county solicitor, said one in four counties in Pennsylvania house inmates from other counties in their prisons. The commissioners also approved a mutual aid agreement with Lawrence County that would see the two counties’ prisons using one another for housing in the event of a prison emergency. Leslie Osche, commissioners chairwoman, said similar agreements are in place with Beaver and Mercer counties.

Approved a policy that would distribute 35% of the county’s annual Act 13 shale gas funds to technology or capital improvements and 55% to Butler County Infrastructure Bank (BCIB). The remainder will be distributed at the commissioners’ discretion. The commissioners said instead of adding the Act 13 revenue to the county’s general fund, they have allocated it for specific important projects in the county, such as the new 911 communications system and funding the BCIB. Commissioner Kim Geyer said very few counties allocate their Act 13 funds to specific projects, and that $40 million has been reinvested back into the county in the past three years through Act 13 funds.