November 19, 2009 

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:

            Dave Shope, Chief of Police              Lloyd Craig, Group Leader   

            Dean VonBlohn, ZO/UCC                 Rick Shoch, Solicitor             

            Gina Morton, Danville News              John Mazich, Uni-Tec

            Bob Lenig                                           Stephen Bellott, Lyric

            Matt Novakovich, Lyric                     Seth Kozeo, Lyric

            Samuel Haulman, CATV

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

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

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

SOLICITOR:  N/A

ZONING/UCC:  Read November report.  Mr. VonBlohn also requested that the Board of Supervisors approving advertising and accepting bids to clean up the Pickins property on Sidler Hill, as he has passed his date to bring the property into compliance.  The money to pay for the clean up would then come from the fines imposed on him by the District Magistrate.  The solicitor advised waiting for the order to come from the magistrate before going out to bid.

POLICE DEPARTMENT:  October report read. 

STREET DEPARTMENT:  November report read

ENGINEER’S REPORT:  Engineer’s Report for November was read and required the following action by the Board:

ADMIRE SUB-DIVISION:  Both the engineer and planning commission recommend the Board grant conditional approval for this project providing all the engineer’s review items are addressed, and to also grant a waiver from the requirement to submit a preliminary plan; the Board motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston granted conditional approval and the waiver for a preliminary plan.

FIRE DEPARTMENT:  N/A

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business to be addressed by the Board this evening.

NEW BUSINESS

STOP SIGN AMENDMENTS FOR STRAWBERRY FIELDS:  Prepared by the solicitor are now ready to be advertised for adoption at the next regular meeting, and by motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller, the Board instructed the solicitor to advertise same.

LYRIC RESOLUTION:  The Board heard a presentation this morning regarding this company obtaining stimulus grant money to bring hi-tech fiberoptic lines through several surrounding municipalities over several counties.  As Mr. Miller missed the workshop, Lyric went over the highlights of their program and CATV was given an opportunity to discuss their feelings about the project.  In the end, the Board agreed that competition and new technology would be a good thing for the residents and businesses alike, and agreed by resolution to work with Lyric to help obtain grant funding.

GMC TRAFFIC STUDY:  Chief Shope advised that the traffic study for the intersection of Powdermill and Red Lane is complete and more information to implement the four way stop will be available at the next regular meeting.

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