May 11, 2009
Meeting Minutes of the
Donegal Township Board of Supervisors
Regular Monthly Meeting
5:00pm
All three Supervisors in attendance; Tom Stull, Jr., Henry Hoffer, Floyd Snyder, Jr. And Sec. Trudy Harkcom
Tom brought meeting to order
Motion by Floyd to approve last months meeting minutes, sec. By Tom all agreed.
Motion by Henry to pay bills, sec. By Floyd, All agreed.
Public in attendance: Kerri Schott, Barry Harcum, Marilyn Forbes (Mt Pleasant Journal)
Public Comment period: Mrs. Schott stated she had talked with Mr. Ed Callagahan of the Forestry dept. and he had told her about meeting he will be having with the Twp. To discuss the snowmobile /ATV’s usage of twp roads.....she also said that her club had done a clean-up on Tunnel road and in a matter of days there was trash on it again...Tom stated that if they can find any names on the garbage..that they could convict that person for littering... No other public comment.
Tom opened the bids received for 3,100tons of DSA and 3,000gallons of emulsion oil…New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co…DSA..Plant pick-up $12.00 p/ton
Delivered…$15.90
Total of bid was $49,290.00
New Enterprise had no bid for emulsion oil
Russell Standard bid for 3,000 gallons of Emulsion oil…42.19 per gallon..total bid $6,570.00
Floyd motion to award the DSA bid to New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. for the 3,100 tons of DSA… for total bid of $49,290.00 .and award the 3,000 gallons of emulsion oil to Russell Standard for total bid of $6,570.00…Henry seconded…all agreed.
Tom motion to approve to authorize the Twp. Solicitor to prepare an Intergovernmental Agreement with Donegal Twp., Cook Twp., and Saltlick Twp. For purchase of a BOMAG Recycler and Soil Stabilizer machine. Also to do bid spec’s to place advertisement in local paper for bids & submit an application thru DCED for grant funding….Floyd sec. all agreed.
Floyd motion to authorize Twp. Solicitor and Twp. Engineer to contact DEP on the Act 537 plan update….Henry sec. all agreed.
Motion by Tom to re-new the Highmark Blue Cross Blue shield (Select-Blue) health plan beginning July 2009 thru June 30, 2010…sec. by Henry..all agreed.
Motion by Tom to re-new United Concordia Dental Plan effective July 1, 2009 thru June 30, 2010…sec. by Henry…all agreed.
Other new business; Tom mentioned the Arts & Crafts and free Swim program that is available to all Donegal Township children thru the Mt. Pleasant Twp. Recreation program..This is free of charge…
Also mentioned was the Twp collecting glass for recycling….clear and colored glass will be accepted by Donegal Twp….also the twp is restarting the newspaper collection bins….no shiny print ……just newspapers only.
Tom mentioned that the Twp. Got a letter from DEP stating that the enforcement of the Act 537 reimbursement program has no money available for the year 2008 applications. Donegal Township will lose $1,380.00 in refund.
Tom motion to increase the sewage application fee from $350.00 to $450.00 (current sewage enforcement officers fee). This is due to the DEP reimbursement program being stopped, and Twp having to pay the difference. Floyd sec. all agreed.
Floyd stated that the Spring Clean-up for the Twp/Boro., (Dumpster week), was good….
No other business;
Motion by Floyd to adjourn, seconded by Henry…All agreed
5:15pm