December 21, 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:

            Lloyd Craig, Group Leader       Dean VonBlohn, ZO/UCC                  

Rick Shoch, Solicitor                Todd Keyser

Ted Oman                                John Eric, Press Enterprise

Dave Barron

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

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

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

SOLICITOR:  N/A

ZONING/UCC:  Submitted December report. 

POLICE DEPARTMENT:  November report submitted. 

STREET DEPARTMENT:  December report submitted.

DIESEL FUEL QUOTES: Two received; Farm & Home at .289 and Montour Oil at .18, Leighow Oil refused to bid on red diesel, however did offer a price on dyed fuel, which does not meet our specifications.  By motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston the board approved the purchase from the low bidder, Montour Oil.

ENGINEER’S REPORT:  Engineer’s Report for December required the following action by the Board:

T & S SUB-DIVISION- Country Club Terrace:  Both the engineer and planning commission recommend the Board grant conditional approval for the final plan so that once all of the engineer’s review items have been addressed, and financial securities are in place, the developer may proceed.  The Board motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston granted conditional approval.

FIRE DEPARTMENT:  At the request of Fire Chief Kevin Young, the Board approved advertising for bids for the sale of the 1995 Pierce Saber Engine/Rescue fire truck with bids being opened at the March meeting, motion in favor Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

OLD BUSINESS

SNOW REMOVAL ORDINANCE:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the solicitor was instructed to re-advertise the snow removal ordinance, which was adopted in March, however, was inadvertently missed in the minutes of the meeting. Same will be advertised to be readopted at the first meeting January 2010.

AMEND PARKING FINES:  By motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston the board instructed the solicitor to advertise an amendment to increase fines for parking in the institutional districts to be considered for adoption at the next regular meeting in January.

DANVILLE BOROUGH LETTER OF SUPPORT:  By motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston, the Board approved drafting a letter to support Danville and their application for grant funding for the Spruce Street Enhancement Project.

NEW BUSINESS

CHRISTMAS TREE PICK UP:  Set for Mondays in January beginning the 4^th to continue up to including February 1.  Mr. Miller motioned in favor of advertising same, Mr. Earlston seconded.

REORGANIZATION MEETING:  Set for Monday, January 4, 2010 at 5:30, the secretary was instructed to advertise, motion in favor Mr. Miller second Mr. Earlston.

SNOW REMOVAL:  Lloyd requested that the newspaper remind residents it is illegal to throw snow on township roads and those who do it after having been warned will be fined.

ANONYMOUS LETTER TO ZONING:  Dean also asked the newspaper to advise that this is an unnecessary practice, as all anyone need do is call us to report something that may have been missed, so that it can be handled properly, and he added that no one plays favorites or does favors for the public; if something is inadvertently missed, we can take proper action to correct the situation with a simple phone call.

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