October 4, 2011

A special meeting of the Mahoning Township Supervisors was held this afternoon at the Township Municipal Building at 2:00 PM.

Members of the Board present:

            Christine DeLong, Chairperson

            Ron Miller, Vice-Chairman

            William Earlston, Supervisor

Also attending the meeting was:                                           

            John Mazich, Uni-Tec                         Dean VonBlohn, ZO 

Jack Gerst, Commissioner                   Rick Shoch, Township Solicitor

Karen Venditti,J Gordner’s Office     Jerry Ward, Commissioner

            Trevor Finn, Commissioner                 Harold Hurst, Rep Masser’s Office

            Gerald Wentz, PA DOT                     Wayne Myers

            George Grose, DEP                            Cindy Hoffman

            Jesse Fetterman, RF Rentals               W. Kim Hill, RF Rentals

            Robert Switzer, RF Rentals                Brian Bankes, R F Rentals

            Marvin Jones                                       Steve Venarchik

            Carl Rice                                             Bill Shultz

            Tyler Sevrose, Soil Conservation        Kim Leshock, Soil Conservation

            Chris Hall                                            George Wagner, Rep Montour Mutual

            Leslie Young, Deputy Fire Chief       Todd Gibson, Fire Chief

            Paul Rinehart                                      Tammy Wertz

            Ashlee Hall    

An overall summary of the topic being addressed was given at the beginning of this special meeting, the Board also set ground rules for the tone of the room during the discussion; adding that everyone would be given a chance to speak, but acknowledging that everyone must be respectful of each other addressing their concerns, as this is an explosive subject which has been ongoing for many years, and that mud throwing and name calling will not help us resolve this situations which is what our goal is today, before we ever leave this room, to have a plan of action solution in place.

George Grose, DEP, Gerald Wertz, PA DOT, John Mazich, Township Engineer and Dean VonBlohn, Township Zoning Officer asked and were excused to go on site to determine what would be necessary for an emergency permit.

After much discussion, the Board agreed to sign the DEP emergency permit with indemnification from all property owners along the stream and have temporary maintenance agreements in place. Motion Mr. Miller, second Mr. Earlston.

Mr. Miller then motioned in favor of adjourning, Mr. Earlston seconded.