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The second monthly meeting of the Potter Township Board of Supervisors was held Monday, December 10, 2001 at Township Building #2 with Supervisors Paul Zerby, Monty Strouse, Robert Corman, Tom Sharer and Allan Darr present. Also attending were Budd Brooks, Road Superintendent, Jeff McClellan, Zoning Officer and Robert Rayman, Solicitor.
•The meeting was called to order at
•On a motion by Bob Corman, seconded by Paul, we accept the financial report and the minutes with the following corrections. Under Bill Tobin, “parking lot should be Park and Ride lot. ELA Group should be “were present” instead of “was present” from ELA Group and gave a presentation. The NSF Check information should not be in the minutes. The HOP of the #1 Cycle Center, we were waiting for the Planning Commission to review it. On the last page, Bob Corman wanted to know why Lynn Dutrow is on the CHPSA Board. Vote carried unanimously. We will define the abbreviations at the end of the minutes.
•CITIZENS CONCERNS – There were no concerns.
•COUNTRY CLUB PARK BIDS – Ameron was the only bidder. Their bid is $100,450.00. On a motion by Paul, seconded by Allan, we reject the bid because it was in excess of the estimated cost. We will re-advertise after Pellegrini has a chance to review the bid and make a recommendation. Vote carried unanimously.
•PELLEGRINI ENGINEERS – Ken Szala and Gabriel Pellegrini were present to discuss their services and some problems with the contractors and developers in the year 2001.
•PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT – Tom gave the report. They reviewed the Kelly Minor Subdivision and had no comments.
They reviewed the Evans/Lingle Subdivision Planning Module was signed.
The Yost Subdivision had no representation. Things have not been handled. Linn Auman stated that the deeds need to be recorded. He received 2 UPI numbers from the County Assessment Office and 1 was denied. Linn should be able to record them soon.
The Planning
Commission supports a newsletter to give information and educate residents on
Planning Issues. Bob Jacobs from
The Planning Commission is looking for new members for the Planning Commission Board.
•ZONING OFFICERS REPORT – Jeff issued 16 permits.
•SUBDIVISIONS – Linn Auman presented the Evans/Lingle Subdivision Component I Planning Module. On a motion by Paul, seconded by Allan, accept the Transmittal letter, Resolution #10-2001 and the Sewage Facility for the Evans/Lingle Minor Subdivision. Vote carried unanimously.
Linn submitted a
letter regarding the HOP for the #1
Tommy Songer presented an agreement for trees being placed on the right of way. On a motion by Tom, seconded by Monty, we accept the agreement for Penns Manor. Vote 3-2. Paul and Bob Corman opposed.
•OLD BUSINESS – Solicitors Report – On the Municipal
Response Request form for the Yost Subdivision we should include that this
property is currently subject to Sheriff Sale.
Judge Brown was out of town and Judge Grine
gave Mr. Yost another 30 days to remove it.
That time will expire the end of this week. We should state this in our comments to the
County. We need to respond tomorrow to
this Municipal Response Request. Sheriff
Sale on this property is
The Amusement Tax Ordinance is set up in the court order that the 50/50 split will take place at the beginning of the year 2002.
Tom asked if we should be concerned about this Sheriff Sale. Bob Rayman stated that we should be interested if we want to bid on it. The Supervisors agreed that we should bid on this property. Bob Rayman will do a lien search tomorrow. On a motion by Paul, seconded by Bob
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Corman, we will bid on the property if Bob Rayman finds everything in order. Vote carried unanimously. After the information is received from Bob Rayman, Allan will call the other Supervisors. Allan and Tom will go to the sale. The Supervisors set a maximum amount for Allan and Tom to bid.
Secretary’s Report – On a motion by Bob Corman, seconded by Allan, we accept Resolution #8-2001 to accept the Annual Budget for 2002. Vote carried unanimously. On a motion by Bob Corman, seconded by Paul, we accept Resolution #9-2001 to accept Tax Rate for Year 2002 with no tax increases. Vote carried unanimously.
Bruce Homan sent an E-mail. He wanted something done regarding the intersection of SR322/144. On a motion by Tom, seconded by Bob Corman, we will write a letter to Penn Dot for relocation of the warning sign and ask them to prepare bid documents for flashing lights for East and West, as suggested by George Khoury from Penn Dot and to cut the trees. Vote carried unanimously.
On a motion by Bob Corman, seconded by Paul, we accept and award the 2002 Truck bid to Noerr’s Garage, Inc. Vote carried unanimously.
We need to comment on two Municipal Request Responses, Evans/Lingle Subdivision and Kelly Subdivision. There are no comments on either of these.
The Secretary presented two letters for signatures.
Tom wanted to bring up the Ag Zoning
Changes. The
•ROAD SUPERINTENDENT – Budd ordered the flag pole. We should have it next week. The flag will be coming from Rep. Benninghoff’s office. Budd is going to apply for the Dirt & Gravel Road Grant again this year.
•NEW BUSINESS – Vouchers – Bills to be paid.
Mike Clitherow gave an update on the internet access. Our website address is up for renewal this month. Our current provider charges $25/yr. We own www.pottertownship.com and .net, also. On a motion by Paul, seconded by Allan we will keep www.pottertownship.org renewing for 2 years and cancel the .com and .net. Vote carried unanimously. Mike will stay as contact person and will write an article for the CDT to publish to make residents aware of the website.
•OPEN DISCUSSION – Paul gave an update on the meeting of the Community Advisory Committee.
Allan wanted to thank the volunteers from the community. The Supervisors appreciate everything the volunteers do for the community and Supervisors.
Allan also stated the he thinks it is a good idea to bring in an alternate for engineering services.
Tom stated that if we are the successful bidder on the Yost property, we will need an emergency meeting.
On a motion by Monty, seconded by Bob Corman,
we adjourn
Sincerely,
Connie McClenahan, Secretary