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POTTER TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MEETING OF JUNE 1, 2009

The first regular monthly meeting of the Potter Township Board of Supervisors was held on Monday, June 1, 2009 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, Zoning Officer Jeff McClellan and Secretary/Treas. Brenda Burd.

Also in attendance were Eric Lundy, Tom Hazel & Chris Stotish, PennDOT, Mel Sammis, Mary Ellen Whalen, Sandra Rishel, Warren Decker, Karen and Kurt Sampsel, Kenny Strouse, Norma Crater and Charles Herr.

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

Approval of minutes

· Minutes of May 4, 2009 were approved as re-presented on a motion by Jake, seconded by Bob, carried unanimously.

· Minutes of May 11, 2009 were approved on a motion by Dick with one correction-at Planning Commission ‘wind tunnels’ should be ‘wind generators’, seconded by Bob, carried unanimously.

Citizen’s Concerns

· Mary Ellen expressed her gratitude at the good job the road crew did with trimming trees on Airport Road.

· Mel commented on the lack of site distance when exiting Sinking Creek Road because of the guiderail along SR 144.

Charles Herr

· Chuck presented preliminary information on the hearing that will be held 6/4/09, and said the hearing is for the 5-part proposed ordinance only.

Zoning Officer’s Report – Jeff

· Presented May’s zoning report.

· Tom asked Jeff to re-write Ordinance 2-2006 and give to the planning commission for 30-day comment period. Jeff agreed. Brenda was told to advertise a public hearing for July 13, 2009 for the revised ordinance.

Eric Lundy – Nittany Engineering for CCP

· Asked if the Board had a response from The Meadows. Bob Rayman has and will report on it at the 6/8/09 meeting.

· Presented a Highway-Occupancy-Permit application for 4” sewage force main in SR 45 right-of-way for signature. Bob made a motion, seconded by Dick, for Tom to sign the application.

· Reported they received the testing permit.

PennDOT

Tom Hazel and Chris Stotish presented facts on the SR 45 widening. Bids will probably be let in August with an award made September or October 2009 with maybe some prep work being done this fall. Actual construction should take 3-months but that will depend on the contractor. A completion date will apply. Most of the work cannot be done at night for safety reasons and it would significantly increase the cost to work at night. They cannot work on the left side of SR 45 because of a historic house and bats.

Kurt Sampsel spoke on the impact to the Township entrance and their driveway, impact of one neighbor losing all their front trees and another elderly neighbor losing most of her driveway. He objects to night work.

Brenda Burd expressed concern with Oakwood Lane being the only road in and out of a development of about 30 homes.

Bob C. said with all the horse shows, etc at the fairgrounds and they must use Homan Lane because of a usage restriction on Gate 3, he suggested that if PennDOT could release that restriction it would help eliminate some traffic on SR 45 into the fairgrounds.

Fire Tax Committee – Norma C. and Kenny S.

Tom reviewed Bob Rayman’s comments on the committee’s suggested changes to the cooperative agreement. Norma and Kenny would like to see both tax committees merge into one and a budget prepared before the municipalities have to prepare their budgets. The Supervisors all agreed to give a copy of Bob Rayman’s memo on agreement revisions to the fire tax committee. Norma reported their next meeting is June 17^th.

Roy and Mark Rupert – CCP monthly report

· Received and handed out by Brenda. The Board still would like it typed.

Subdivisions

Budd presented 2-changed Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) applications for Agnes Homan subdivision for the Board’s review and comments. Ron made a motion to approve pending PennDOT HOP approval, seconded by Jake, carried unanimously.

Secretary’s Report – Brenda

· Presented Resolution #14-2009 to pay J J Powell from Fire Protection for the Fire Co. June fuel bill. Ron made a motion to approve, seconded by Jake, carried unanimously.

· Presented information on a Public Forum on 6/3/09 “Protecting Goundwater thru Proper Installation of Residential Wells & Geothermal Heat-Pump System Boreholes” at Patton Township.

· Park & Ride update: Greg Kausch reported on 6/1/09 that he will incorporate Township and Legion comments into the original agreement and notify those involved. He had no new news except FHWA is still reviewing the agreement and no signatures can be obtained until their review is completed.

· The Township received a manual on “Using PA Natural Heritage Program Data for Wind Energy Planning.” I should give it to Planning Commission for their review.

Correspondences I copied to Board 6/1/09:

1. Email from B T Schwier on budget/Real Estate tax increase meeting on 6/3/09

2. Letter from PennDOT thanking us for our Dogtown Road letter of concern and the petition

3. Centre Hall Fire Co. Minutes of 4/14/09

Old Business

· Proposed Sewage Management Plan – Public Hearing is set for Thurs. June 4, 2009 at Centre Hall Lion’s Club.

· Township building addition – I was told to take this item off the Old Business.

· Establish CCP water tap fees, then do Resolution – no discussion

· Establish CCP sewer tapping fees, then do Resolution – no discussion

· Appoint a voting delegate to EIT Committee by 9/15/09. Brenda Hile is our alternate delegate.

· Park & Ride Agreement –update under Secretary’s report

· Internet banking and credit cards – applications were signed tonight (6/1/09).

· Proposed revised Fire Co. Agreement – update under Fire Tax Committee

New Business

· Tom presented information on a presentation to be given by Mike Bloom on ‘growth forecast in our area’. If it suits Jeff, it will be held at the Township building Thurs., 6/11 sometime in the afternoon. Tom will ask Lynda Powell if she could attend for the Planning Commission. One or two of the Supervisors will attend.

· Budd’s and Junior’s reviews are due in June to determine whether the new scheduling and new positions are working and whether the increase in salary due 7/1/09 is justified. Ron and Jake will do the review.

· Tom said a couple employees told him they would like different safety vests and sun glasses. It’s in the budget for Budd to get.

· Budd said he has a guy interested in mowing part time for the Township. Supervisors said okay.

· Tom commented on Volunteer help. Bob Rayman recommended we have a description on what a volunteer can or cannot do in case someone does question their presence. Brenda had written a draft job description for volunteer work for Tom. Bob Corman asked Brenda to email Bob Rayman’s email recommendation to the Supervisors. Jake thanked Sandra for her volunteer help.

· Budd asked if they had any comments on the Colyer 4^th of July parade permit. No; proceed.

· Budd reported he got a $15,000 grant to rebuild a section of Black Hawk Road.

Open Discussion

· Tom asked for an update on the tractor. Jake said it’s due in July. Bob C. pointed out dissention from one of the tractor bidders claiming they did not have the same bid information as the other bidder. Henceforth, be sure all written bid information is mailed certified to all bidders so they all have the same information & we have proof that they have it.

· Dick asked if the Board wants an information table for Grange Fair again. Yes.

Adjournment

At 9:20 P.M. Jake made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Ron, meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Brenda K. Burd

Secretary/Treasurer

CCP – Country Club Park

FHWA – Federal Highway Administration

EIT – Earned Income Tax

THE MINUTES POSTED HERE ARE NOT OFFICIAL. THE MINUTES ARE POSTED ON THIS SITE AS A CONVENIENCE TO TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS. THE OFFICIAL MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE FOR REVIEW.

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