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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MEETING OF
The second regularly
scheduled meeting of the Potter Township Board of Supervisors was held on
Also in attendance were Mary
Ellen Whalen, Mel Sammis, Sandra Rishel, Todd Bowersox, Ann Glaser & Alan
Decker.
At
Approval of the minutes
· Minutes of
·
Treasurer’s
Report of
John Mazich – Centre Hall-Potter Sewer Authority –
none
Planning Commission – none
Zoning Officer’s Report was presented
Subdivisions – none
· Bob reported he needs the information on the public
hearing to be held December 5. Brenda
should ask Jeff for the information for him and all 5 Supervisors.
· He prepared a draft agreement between the Township and
Brenda Hile on compensating her beginning 2012.
· The Earned Income Tax public hearing will be held at
· He asked the status of the codification. Dick reported Jeff has not yet completed his
comments.
· Reported John Miller, Jr. had no comments on the
proposed temporary business ordinance. It
will be discussed at the January 2012 Fire Co. meeting.
· He’s reviewed the UniTec contract and sees no problems
with it.
Mr. Sharer asked Mr. Decker & Mr. Foust about their meeting
with Budd and UniTec and was told it was a very positive meeting. Pat Ward still recommends 33 gallons per
minute minimum total capacity & recommends continuing to use this value as
a required minimum number. He also
advises developing extra capacity by adding a second well; and recommends
additional system storage. Mr. Foust
made a motion to approve UniTec’s $2,000 contract, seconded by Mr. Corman, motion carried 5-0.
Brenda was asked to draft a letter to Nittany Engineering
for Tom’s or Dick’s signature that they fully support UniTec’s findings &
recommendations for CCP water.
· Presented preliminary budget for 2012. Mr. Corman made the motion, seconded by Mr.
Foust to tentatively approve the preliminary budget, motion carried 5-0.
· Presented bills to be paid list for review &
approval. All bills approved by all 5 Supervisors.
(Secretary’s Report cont’d)
· Reported on the PennVest problems of the past
week. Received a delinquent notice with
a delinquent charge; discovered they prorated back to June 1, 2011 but never
told us, they said they will auto deduct the prorated amount back to June 1st
from the construction fund on Dec. 1st but it has very little money
& I need to change that ACH form from construction fund to CCP regular
account. I’m working with Dave Henning, PennVest, to get to the bottom of their
not notifying us sooner & the delinquent charge. Mr. Decker made a motion
for Brenda to change the ACH form from construction fund to CCP regular account
for CCP PennVest operations, seconded by Mr. Foust, motion carried 5-0.
All correspondence was copied
to the Board.
Road Superintendent’s Report – Budd Brooks
· Rebuilt the hills that wash out on
·
· They started putting up snow fence today (11/14).
· He applied for a 2012 County Liquid Fuels grant for
bridge maintenance.
Old Business
· Code comments – Dick reported Jeff has not completed
his comments.
· CCP water rate – Brenda’s working with Rick Bair who’s
also working with PennVest.
· Drop box – tabled until we’ve moved into new office.
· Potters Mills 537 study – Mr. Decker met with John
Mazich & they revised the 537 submittal info.
At 7:32 P.M. the meeting was
recessed for a public hearing on Proposed Ordinance #5-2011 Earned Income Tax
Ordinance Levying a Tax on earned income and net profits; requiring tax returns;
and requiring employers to withhold and remit tax; and related provisions.
At
Mr. Foust made a motion to
approve Ordinance #5-2011, Earned Income Tax Ordinance, seconded by Mr. Corman,
motion carried 5-0.
Old Business continued
·
· New Office floor – Jeff is working on.
· Proposed Ordinance for Temporary Business – nothing
new.
· New computers –nothing new – Tom will call Mike.
· Final completion certificates for CCP – Budd has
talked with PennDOT but they haven’t yet inspected Harger’s repaving along SR
45. Mr. Tanis made the motion to approve
4M Construction and Dave Kronenwetter’s final certificates, seconded by Mr.
Decker, motion carried 5-0. Hold Harger’s.
· Denny Foust presented the Fire Company proposed budget
to end 2011 & for 2012.
· Dick Decker reported he has letters for the Potters
Mills income survey he’d like the Supervisors to help hand deliver to the
residents. Dick, Denny, Bob C. & Mel
Sammis volunteered.
New Business
· Mr. Tanis asked about employee gift certificates for
this year. He was told to do the same as last year but to also include the part
time mower.
· Brenda was asked to check whether any fees paid to us
from the District Justice were for
Open Discussion – none
Adjournment
At
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda
K. Burd
Secretary/Treasurer
CCP –
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