February 8, 2010

The regular monthly meeting of the Mahoning Township Supervisors was held this evening at the Mahoning Township Municipal Building at 5:30 PM.

Members of the Board present:

            Christine DeLong, Chairperson

            Ron Miller, Vice-Chairman

            William Earlston, Supervisor

Also attending were:

            Lloyd Craig, Group Leader                John Mazich, Uni-Tec

Rick Shoch, Solicitor                          Todd Gibson, Fire Chief

Gina Morton, Daily Item                    Dave Barron

Marlene Gunther                                 David Gunther

Steven Burke                                      Joseph Burke

An executive session was held this morning following the work shop and by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston the Chief’s employment agreement was amended to delete Section (a) of Article 8.

PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment this evening.

MINUTES AND TREASURER’S REPORT for January were approved by the Board with no alterations or corrections, motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

SOLICITOR:  N/A

ZONING/UCC:  February report submitted

POLICE DEPARTMENT:  January report submitted. 

STREET DEPARTMENT:  February report submitted.

STREET SWEEPING:  Lloyd advised receiving three quotes for per hour work; Robert Young, $114.90, Don Bower, $119 and HRI,$150.  Mr. Miller motioned to accept that of Robert Young, Mr. Earlston seconded.

ENGINEER’S REPORT:  Engineer’s Report for February submitted and required the following action by the Board:

MJM:  The Board by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston instructed John to write and advise the sisters that he was instructed to review their overall development with regard to some of their run off concerns.

FIRE DEPARTMENT:  Fire Chief read the January report.

OLD BUSINESS

AMEND PARKING FINES:  By motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston the board approved an amendment to the ordinance for parking in the institutional districts which removes having the fines set by ordinance and rather allows them to be set by resolution.

By motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston the board approved an amendment to the fee schedule to provide for parking fees and in fact, increase fines for parking in the institutional districts to effective March 1, 2010.

STOP INTERSECTIONS – STRAWBERRY FIELDS/GMC:  Mr. Miller motioned, Mr. Earlston seconded approving the amendments to the traffic ordinance creating stop intersection in Strawberry Fields and along Red Lane.

SNOW REMOVAL ORDINANCE:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the board adopted an amendment which was previously adopted in March of 2009, however, was inadvertently missed in the minutes.  The amendment prohibits residents from throwing snow from walks back into the township roadway.

MATERIAL BIDS:  Opened at workshop this morning were as follows:

PAVING MATERIAL:  Two Bids received, prices per ton:

                                                Eastern Industries                 HRI-Bloom

9.5MM                                    61.25                                       48.20

19 MM                                    52.80                                       50.25              

25 MM                                    50.65                                       59.00

STONE:  Two bids were received, prices are per ton, both delivered and F.O.B:

                                                Eastern Industries                 Hanson Aggregates

                                                FOB -  Delivered                    FOB -  Delivered

2RC                                         5.50     9.73                             6.50     9.50                

1B                                           8.60     12.83                           10.75   12.45

2B                                           8.25     12.48                           8.75     12.15

3A                                           8.25     12.48                           9.15     12.15

2A                                           6.85     11.08                           7.50     10.90

#4                                            8.25     12.48                           9.15     12.15

Anti-Skid                                8.50     12.73                           9.15     12.40

Gabion                                   9.20     14.91                           12.00   14.50

R-4                                          9.20     14.91                           12.00   14.30

Mr. Craig’s recommendation to the Board was to accept the bid of HRI and to award a secondary bid to Eastern Industries for paving material.  Based on his recommendation, Mr. Miller motioned in favor and Mr. Earlston seconded.

Mr. Craig then recommended the Board accept the stone bid of Hanson and based on his recommendation Mr. Miller motioned in favor, Mr. Earlston seconded.

NEW BUSINESS

DELINQUENT COLLECTORS were named to handle collection of the delinquent 2009 per capita taxes and recycling fees turned over by the Township Tax Collector.  Mr. Miller motioned in favor of Statewide Tax Recovery collecting the 2009 delinquent per capita taxes, and Mr. Earlston seconded.

Mr. Miller named Central Credit Audit to collect the 2009 delinquent recycling fees, and Mr. Earlston seconded.

DOG LICENSE:  County Treasurer, Jim Petro will be issuing dog licenses at the Township Municipal Building on Saturday, February 20^th from 9AM until 12 Noon.

With no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Miller motioned in favor of paying the bills and payrolls for February and also to adjourn, Mr. Earlston seconded.