WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Council appointed more than 20 county residents to seats on county boards and authorities on Tuesday — including three seats on the community college board of trustees, for which 11 citizens applied.

Council started the process of filling seats on authorities, boards and commissions, known as ABCs, two weeks ago. On Tuesday, most of the seats council filled drew more applicants than the number of seats available.

Council Vice Chairman Brian Thornton, speaking of the community college board of trustees, thanked the applicants and said they were all qualified. Council did not permanently reject those who were not appointed, Thornton said.

“There are a lot of great people” among the applicants, he said.

The three appointed to the board of trustees were Joseph Long, Susan Unvarsky and Joseph Oprendick. Long and Unvarsky held board seats that expired at the end of last year.

Three other applicants were nominated for the three open seats: Arthur Breese, Bernard Graham and Brian McBride.

Council also appointed Ralph Sharp to the county housing authority; Lynette Villano and Dennis Driscoll to the transportation authority; and Tim McGinley, Ronald Knapp and Karen Martinelli to the industrial development authority.

In other business, council approved a five-year contract with The Master’s Touch LLC for the printing of county tax bills.

Council also approved modifications to American Rescue Plan-funded projects requested by the county flood protection authority and the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, in Wilkes-Barre.

Both plan to reallocate funds to different categories within the overall scope of work of the approved projects. The only funds impacted will be the Rescue Plan allocations council approved in 2023, with no impact to the county general fund.

Also, council voted to sell two vacant county-owned parcels off Delaney Street in Hanover Twp. to the flood protection authority. The sale prices for the parcels, near the levee that provides flood protection along the Susquehanna River, were $14,000 and $8,500.