September 18, 2011

The regular monthly meeting of the Mahoning Township Supervisors was held this evening at the Township Municipal Building at 4:30 PM.

Members of the Board present:

            Christine DeLong, Chairperson

            Ron Miller, Vice-Chairman

            William Earlston, Supervisor

Also attending was:               

            Lloyd Craig, MTSD                            Dean VonBlohn, ZO/UCC                

Rick Shoch, Solicitor                          Dave Barron

            Robert Stoneback, Daily Item                        Todd Gibson, Fire Chief

            Wayne Myers                                      Marvin Jones

            Carl Rice                                             Robert Lenig

Executive session held Wednesday, August 17, 2011 for personnel, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 for legal matters.

The Board thanked everyone, especially the Volunteer Fire Department, who helped during the flooding which occurred the week of September 5^th.

PUBLIC COMMENT

FLOODING:  Marvin Jones and Carl Rice came to discuss the problem caused by the R F Rentals property overflowing the creek and flooding Bloom Road and neighboring properties on Bloom Road.  The supervisor will try to set a meeting with DEP, PA DOT, neighbors, R F Rentals and Kurt Masser’s office to determine a solution.

MINUTES & TREASURER’S REPORT:  Minutes of the previous meeting of August 15, 2011 were approved with no alterations or corrections, motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.  Treasurer’s Report for the month of August 2011 was accepted by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

SOLICITOR:  INSTITUTIONAL PARKING:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the Board instructed the solicitor to draft an amendment to the institutional parking ordinance, which would add coverage for ticketing other Geisinger properties.

ZONING/UCC:  Mr. VonBlohn presented his report.

POLICE DEPARTMENT:  September monthly report submitted.

STREET DEPARTMENT:  Submitted September workshop report from this morning.

LINE PAINTING:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the Board agreed to have the line painting done by Interstate Road Management at $5,410, as they were the low quote.

ENGINEER: September report from workshop this morning and the following action was required by the Board:

GMC HELIPORT RENOVATIONS:  The Board acting on the recommendation of their engineer and the Planning Commission granted conditional approval for the heliport renovations contingent on comments in the engineer’s letter of August 31, 2011 being met, motion in favor Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

WEIGHT RESTRICTION ORDINANCE:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the Board agreed to have the engineer submitted his report to PA DOT for approval on weight restrictions.

BARSH/YODER PROPERTIES:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the Board agreed to have the solicitor research what action could be taken to resolve the problems on these properties.

FIRE: August Report submitted.

OLD BUSINESS

VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE ORDINANCE:  The Board by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston adopted this ordinance based on the one obtained from Bloomsburg to stop habitual parking violators by booting the vehicle.  By motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston the Board set the processing fee of $100 by resolution for violation

NEW BUSINESS

TRICK OR TREAT:  October 31^st falls on Monday this year, therefore the Board agreed to have residents Trick or Treat on Monday, October 31, 2011, dusk until 9.

LEAF COLLECTION:  Set to begin October 17^th from 7 AM to 3PM, Mondays and Fridays, continuing up to Tuesday, November 29, 2011 to make up for the lapse in coverage over the Thanksgiving holiday.

COPIER:  By motion of Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller the Board agreed to purchase a copier with service through ISS and return the rental equipment through North Central Digital.

BENECON RENEWAL CONTRACT:  Reviewed and accepted with all new health care reform information, motion to approve Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

EXONERATION: Request for exoneration of Statewide Tax Recovery for Tiffany Fallon who is deceased was approved by the Board, motion in favor Mr. Earlston, second Mr. Miller.

MMO’S: Minimum Municipal Obligation worksheets were presented to the Board for approval by the secretary, and they were approved by motion of Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

2012 BUDGET:  : Having been discussed, prepared, and presented, the final proposed budget was available this evening for tentative adoption with no tax increase, Mr. Miller motioned in favor of advertising the proposed budget open for public inspection with the intent of it being adopted at the next regular meeting in October, Mr. Earlston seconded.

Mr. Miller motioned in favor of authorizing and approving the payrolls and bills for September 2011 and also to adjourn, Mr. Earlston seconded.