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Newton Township Home - Meeting Highlights 2006
Work Session (April 5, 2006)

Board Members in Attendance

John Pardue, Gary Martenson, and Ron Koldjeski

Board Guests in Attendance

Scot Haan, CEO; Francine Miller, Secretary

Meeting Called to Order

7:30 PM with Pledge of Allegiance.

New Business

  • Skatepark - Greg Pascale came before the Supervisors to give an update and present the Board with a preliminary lease agreement that has been forwarded to Sileo for review. He will be present at the Planning Commission meeting with a revised set of plans.
  • Rotary Club Fireworks - The Rotary Club wants a mass gathering permit for the annual fireworks display at the Abington Heights Middle School on July 1, 2006 with a rain date of Monday, July 3, 2006. Everything is the same as years past. Motion by Koldjeski to approve the mass gathering permit, 2nd by Martenson. Motion voted, all in favor. Motion by Martenson to waive the fee, 2nd by Koldjeski. Motion voted, all in favor.
  • Kochmer - Martenson to see about getting gradall and operator for job. He will get back to the Board for Monday night’s meeting.
  • Township Website - Miller reported to the Board that Tom Rose will keep the minutes updated on the website for approx. $45 per quarter. Motion by Koldjeski to allow him to do the updates on the website, 2nd by Martenson. Motion voted, all in favor. Pardue would like Miller to ask Rose if he can put a zoning map on the website and let them see how it would look before posting to see if the detail can be seen.
  • Florey Development (South Abington Township) - Letter to be sent, signed by the Supervisors, to South Abington Township to request they discuss the Township’s concerns with rain water run-off should this development take place.
  • Rec Center Fuel - Miller to contact Sandy LaCoe about getting prices from other fuel companies for bulk heating oil.
  • Piggyback Aggregate - Miller to contact H&K to get price list and list of materials before Board decides on participating on the piggyback program.
  • Joint Zoning - Miller to contact Donato to see if disc is available yet of the ten communities participating in the joint zoning with the property delineations.
Bills were signed and discussed. PO’s were signed.

Being no further discussion, Martenson motioned to adjourn, 2nd by Koldjeski. Motion voted, all in favor.

Meeting adjourned 9:45PM

Respectfully submitted, Francine Miller