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March 16, 2009
The regular monthly meeting of the Mahoning Township Supervisors was held this evening at the 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: Rick Shoch,
Solicitor Gina Morton, Daily Item
Executive sessions were held prior to this evening’s meeting on March 12th & March 16th, 2009 for personnel matters.
MINUTES & TREASURER’S REPORT: Minutes of the previous meeting of February 9, 2009 were approved with no alterations or corrections, motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston. Treasurer’s Report for the month of February 2009 was accepted by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS SOLICITOR: COG REFUND: Rick advised the Board that the COG will meet on Wednesday, and he should have a release and agreement to refund the townships money in place by our next meeting.
ZONING/UCC: Mr. VonBlohn presented his report at workshop this morning.
PERMIT FEE: Dean requested Board clarification on the fee schedule which looked to be a typographical error under roadside stands. The Board, motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston, soon clarified and unanimously agreed that fee should read $50 not $500.
DANVILLE DRIVEWAY FEE: As a means of intermunicipal cooperation, the Board saw fit to waive the $25 permit fee for this driveway access to a soccer field, motion in favor Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.
POLICE DEPARTMENT: February monthly report submitted.
STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Eyer’s report was submitted at workshop this morning. Items requiring action were:
SALT PURCHASE: The Board motion Mr. Miller second Mr. Earlston agreed to join the CoStars Cooperative purchase for salt.
SPRING PAVING BIDS: The secretary was instructed to advise based on the quote supplied by Penn Dot Municipal Services Representative with bid opening at the next regular workshop, April 20, and to be considered for award that evening at meeting. Mr. Miller motioned in favor, Mr. Earlston seconded.
ADA SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS: The Board, by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston, awarded the sidewalk repairs for Academy Avenue on the south side of Bloom Road, which would be done in conjunction with the spring paving project, but in fact as a separate project, to Robert Young Inc. in the amount of $2925.00.
STREET SWEEPING scheduled to begin the week of April 6th.
BID SALE OF TRUCK: Bids have been advertised for the sale of our 1995 Ford L-8000 with bid opening at our April meeting.
ENGINEER: John presented his March report. Action was required by the Board on the following project:
MARIANO COMMERCIAL BUILDING: All comments have been met and John recommends approval, by which Mr. Earlston voted for approval and Mr. Miller seconded.
FIRE DEPARTMENT: N/A
OLD BUSINESS SERVICE ELECTRIC PHONE SERVICE: After discussion with numerous other agencies that have changed over to this service as a potential means of saving money, the Board found many satisfied customers and the Board agreed to again discuss the proposal with Service Electric.
ROOF REPAIRS: Three quotes were obtained to repair the existing township building roof due to the numerous screws that have rusted. The Board accepted the low bid from Zartman Construction at $2400. Motion made by Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.
NEW BUSINESS AMEND BURNING ORDINANCE: After discussion at workshop this morning the Board by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston instructed the solicitor to work with the Zoning Officer to draft an amendment to the burning ordinance to regulate outdoor furnaces.
GROUP LEADER RESIGNATION: Letter from Mr. Eyer resigning the Group Leader position as of today March 16, 2009 was accepted by the Board, motion in favor Mr. Miller, second Mrs. DeLong. Mr. Earlston was opposed.
GROUP LEADER APPOINTMENT: According to union contract, each member of the street department by seniority was asked if they were interested in the position and Lloyd Craig, Jr. did express interest in the position, therefore, by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mrs. DeLong, Lloyd Craig, Jr. was appointed to Group Leader. Mr. Earlston was opposed.
ORCHARD AVENUE: An anonymous letter was received requesting that the Board fix the potholes in Orchard Avenue, unfortunately, Orchard is a privately owned road, not a township road, and since we have no way of responding to the anonymous letter, the Board felt that perhaps the paper could report this information.
Mr. Miller motioned in favor of authorizing and approving the payrolls and bills for March, 2009 and also to adjourn, Mr. Earlston seconded.
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