The Morris Township Board of Supervisors met for their regular meeting at the Municipal Building. Present were Supervisors Sam Bartolotto and Dave Dietrich, Zoning Officer Bob Sanders, Police Chief Will DeForte, Greg Dunn, Tim Hamilton, Randy Hamilton, Kevin Phillips, Bob Fisher, Mike & Billie Schwarz. The meeting was called to order at 8:03.
Public Participation: Bob Fisher spoke with the owners of 3 Minor Lane and made an offer to purchase the property. He has had no response yet. He asked about the letter from the Solicitor and it was explained that the owners have the opportunity to request a public hearing. If they do not, at the end of the agreed upon time to remedy the Ordinance Violation, the Township will be able to take action. Randy asked about the health insurance cost increase.
Financial report was available for review.
Road report was available for review.
Police report was presented by Chief DeForte.
Fire report: 18 calls last month, none were responded to during work hours.
Motion by Dietrich to accept the minutes from the previous meeting as written. Seconded by Bartolotto.
Old Business: Secretary contacted insurance company and was told that we are able to get mine subsidence insurance on the property that has been offered by Consol for the sewage treatment plant. There was a question from Mike Schwarz about potential issues with the creek and a brief discussion about that.
There isn’t anything new to report on the Act 537 planning. Pam will check to see what the completion time frame is.
New business: The playground is in desperate need of a mulch refresh. We are still waiting for the park grant that was postponed from last year but have the reimbursement money from the walking trail available to use until the new grant comes in. Motion by Dietrich to go ahead and order the mulch using those funds. Seconded by Bartolotto.
On the idea of the water filling station, we got a price for Harshman to evaluate a couple of site locations prior to making grant application.
Motion by Dietrich to accept bid by Information Technologies to purchase and install AV equipment with the ARC grant funds. Seconded by Bartolotto.
Reminder to consider ideas for Washington County Tourism grant. Randy Hamilton thinks it would be good to get more parking spaces for the Archer Schoolhouse. Motion by Dietrich to apply for grant. Seconded by Bartolotto.
Three estimates were received for fixing the Pie Ridge Slip. It was repaired by the Township about 22 years ago but is starting to slip again. The estimates were:
- TA Robinson – $46,385.00
- Wilson Outdoor Services – $30,000.00
- Apex Industries – $22,875.00
The estimates are for labor only, the township will provide the materials.
There was discussion on the differences in price. Motion by Bartolotto to award the bid to Apex Industries. Seconded by Dietrich.
Chuck Conaway (the summertime worker) asked for a raise in his hourly rate, but it was decided to wait until all Supervisor are present to make a decision.
Motion by Bartolotto to review and pay bills. Seconded by Dietrich. Meeting adjourned at 8:00