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POTTER TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MEETING OF JUNE 2, 2008

The first monthly meeting of the Potter Township Board of Supervisors was held on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. at the Township Building, 124 Short Road, Spring Mills, PA with Supervisors Tom Sharer, Jake Tanis, Bob Corman, Dick Decker and Ron Sweitzer present. Also attending were Road Superintendent Budd Brooks and Zoning Officer Jeffrey McClellan. Secretary Burd was absent.

Also in attendance were Stan Wallace, Mark Torretti, Mary Ellen Whalen, Kathy Mothersbaugh, Ann Glaser, Sandra Rishel, Rebecca Strouse, Alisha Jordan and Tara Harlos.

At 7:00 P.M. Chairman Sharer opened the meeting by asking everyone to stand and pledge allegiance to the flag after which he called the meeting to order.

Additions and corrections to minutes/financial report

· Minutes of May 5, 2008 were approved as presented on a motion by Bob, seconded by Dick, motion carried unanimously.

· Financial Report for April 30, 2008 was approved as presented on a motion by Bob, seconded by Ron, motion carried unanimously.

Citizen’s Concerns – none

Tara Harlos – would like to sponsor a 4.7 mile run at Colyer Lake on August 16, 2008 for her Senior project. She provided a copy of her application/disclaimer. Ron made a motion to approve her project, seconded by Jake, motion carried unanimously.

Subdivisions

· Stan Wallace presented Component II, Planning Module for Seven Mountains Wine Cellars. Bob made a motion to approve, seconded by Ron, motion carried unanimously.

· Stan Wallace presented a Resolution for the winery planning module. Dick made a motion to approve the next numerical # resolution, seconded by Ron, motion carried unanimously.

· Mark Torretti, PennTerra asked approval for Centre Ridge Lane for the Hooper Subdivision. Bob made a motion to approve the name, seconded by Jake, motion carried unanimously. Brenda will follow up with a letter.

Zoning Officer’s Report – Jeff

· Handed out May’s report.

· Tom asked progress of zoning office. Jeff needs to put in a step and the hand rail and he can call Harry for inspection.

· Tom reported he tried calling Rick Hampton and Rick has yet to return his calls. Tom will ask Bob Rayman how to proceed. Dick commented that every effort should be made to resolve this with Rick H. to avoid legal action and the cost involved and that Dick is willing to meet with Tom and Rick to resolve the issue.

Secretary’s Report – Budd

· Received the endorsement from EMC adding the farm land to the policy. Tom said a bill for $679 should be sent to Beth to pay from the farm account and that Steve Grieb paid $8,000 so they have about $12,000. They are still waiting on John Miller to review the agreement.

· Reported that an agenda item for next meeting (6/9) will be a letter from PennDOT dated May 20^th that needs to be an agenda item with comments recorded in the minutes and sent to PennDOT.

· Asked to establish a public hearing date for a proposed ordinance for mandatory hook-up for the sewer extension from Spring Twp. to the top of Centre Hall Mountain. Tom received a letter from DCED that the grant we applied for has been approved for $500,000.

· Employee anniversary dates were handed out to the Board.

Old Business

· Health Insurance – Tom reported there was discussion at the PVRPC meeting regarding a ‘combined’ policy for all municipalities. Tom will have Brenda ask some brokers for quotes.

· Proposed Ordinance – Chapter 18 on lot sewage disposal. The Planning Commission meeting May 20^th went well. Dick believes people need educated to understand the need.

· Township Building addition – some discussion/ideas were tossed around including leasing an office and conference room instead of building.

· Update Zoning Map – Dick said their recommendation has gone to the Board

· Update Zoning Ordinance for farming – Dick said their recommendation has gone to the Board

· Occupancy permits – Tom will continue to try to reach Rick

· Liquid Fuels payroll – Brenda will work with Xochi Confer on getting a clean cut off effective July 1, 2008

· Establish tap fees – Nittany Engineering needs information to proceed

· Centre Hall Mountain sewer extension – the grant was approved. Public Hearing on mandatory hook-up will be July 14, 2008 at 8:00 P.M.

Open Discussion

· Tom reported the Centre Hall, Gregg, Potter land needs a master plan for which they will look at grants. They need by-laws of which Bob R. provided a sample. Two members of each municipality will sit on the board.

· Kathy M. asked status of Park and Ride. The Historical Society is holding up things and PennDOT is looking to increase the lease by 10-years. Tom said to contact the Legion about parking in their back parking lot.

· Ann G. reported PA Groundwater Assoc. will hold a demonstration well drilling on Friday, June 6^th at Rock Springs.

· Ann reported Penns Valley Conservation Assoc. will hold a ribbon cutting 6/26 for the wetland education center – invitations will be mailed.

At 8:15 P.M. Chairman Sharer recessed the regular meeting for executive session on personnel.

At 8:45 P.M. Chairman Sharer closed the executive session and reconvened the regular meeting.

Jake made a motion, seconded by Ron to hire Dean Smith full time. A letter should follow for the Board to sign.

Adjournment

At 8:50 P.M. the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Sharer.

Respectfully submitted,

Brenda K. Burd

Secretary/Treasurer

DCED – Dept of Community & Economic Development

PVRPC – Penns Valley Regional Planning Commission

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