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January Meeting Minutes
Western Cumberland Council of Governments
Regular Monthly Meeting
Minutes of January 10, 2011
West Pennsboro Township Building
President Steve Oldt called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
CITIZENS’ COMMENTS
None.
MINUTES
The minutes of the December 13, 2010 meeting were approved on a Heine/Sangialosi
motion which carried.
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
The December 31, 2010 bank balances were as follows: Checking $1,400.32, Savings
$3,080.39 and Regional Code MMA $58,082.65.
The December UCC building permit fee commission totaled $981.00.
West Pennsboro Township earned $784.80
for building permit administration and the WCCOG earned $196.20.
The December Treasurer’s Report and the
January Bill List of $10,868.60 were submitted and approved on a Reeder/Parshall
motion which carried.
Members were asked to think about the possibility of submitting road salt
quantities to COSTARS in addition to advertising for bids.
Another option would be to solicit bids directly from COSTARS contractors
in an attempt to get a better price.
Resolution 2011-1 was adopted to authorize Bonnie L. Myers, Steve Oldt and Gary
Martin as signatories on the Orrstown Bank checking, savings and money market
accounts with two signatures required on all checks.
The resolution was adopted by a Reeder/Parshall motion and carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS – LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Walter Heine said that we should be mindful of State legislation which died with
the last session. We need to ensure that
legislation on issues affecting
municipalities such as prevailing wages and increasing bidding thresholds is
reintroduced.
STATE & COUNTY REPORT
Jeff Kelly, Cumberland County Planner, presented the county report for January
2011. Municipalities must make their
ordinances agree with the county stormwater ordinance and adopt an ordinance by
March, 2011. The County Planning
Dept. recently emailed ordinance information on regulation of wind turbines.
Other issues the county is providing information on include solar panels
and outdoor wood burning stoves.
Gary Martin said if municipalities would adopt ordinances consistent with
each other it could make things easier.
SOLICITOR’S REPORT
Marcus McKnight asked for a discussion on the landfill’s application for a 1,000
ton daily volume and maximum daily volume increases. Dave Parthemore spoke to
this and presented an update. Walter
Heine said he is on DEP’s citizen’s advisory board and believes DEP Secretary
Hanger was an environmentalist prior to his appointment to DEP.
He reported that sixty additional people have been hired at DEP just to
handle the Marcellus shale drilling issues and regulation.
MUNICIPAL REPORTS
North Newton – The Board of Supervisors reorganized. The Fish Hatchery Road bridge
replacement is complete including paving over the bridge and installation of
guide rail.
Cooke
– No news.
Dickinson – No news.
Shippensburg Borough – No news.
Newville – Bill Toth reported the Big Spring Senior Center Council has been
organized with officers and bylaws.
Bill thanked Dave Parthemore and John Epley for their roles in establishing this
partnership among Newville Borough, West Pennsboro Township & North Newton
Township. The borough took back a
portion of Big Spring Road from PENNDOT from the borough line to Green Ridge
Village.
West Pennsboro – The township has reluctantly levied a .25 mill fire tax effective
2011. They chose not to enact the
Local Services Tax.
Mount Holly Springs
Borough – The borough is updating an
ordinance on junk/unlicensed motor vehicles.
Yellow center lines have been extended into some intersections to make
them safer. They have signed a
contract with the Humane Society. A
resident committed suicide by setting his house on fire.
Shippensburg Township – The township is preparing for the snowstorm
predicted for tomorrow.
Penn
– No news.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
Walter Heine is interested in sharing our legislation concerns with the West
Shore COG.
Members were reminded of the upcoming Flagger Training on January on 18th
at Dickinson Township from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:04 p.m. on a Shildt/Reeder motion, which carried.
Respectfully submitted by Bonnie L. Myers, Administrator/Secretary/Treasurer
January 10, 2011 WCCOG Attendance Record:
Sam Sangialosi, Cooke Township
Ronald Reeder, Dickinson Township
Cork Shildt, Mt. Holly Springs Borough
William A. Toth, Newville Borough
Dave Parthemore, North Newton Township
Gary Martin, Penn Township
Earl Parshall, Shippensburg Borough
Steve Oldt, Shippensburg Township
Walter Heine, West Pennsboro Township
Richard Adler, West Pennsboro Township (non-voting)
Stephen Bloom, State Representative 199th District
Jeff Kelly, Cumberland County Planning Department
Ronald Glesner, Cumberland County Planning Commission
Peter Conlow, MDIA
Marcus McKnight III, WCCOG Solicitor
Bonnie Myers, WCCOG Administrator/Secretary/Treasurer
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