Municipal News

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 October 2016 00:19

By Colette Dell

The South Park Board of Supervisors held their regular meeting on October 10 at 7 p.m. and covered the following topics:

The waiver request on Section 118.12.4.1, submitted by the developers of the Smith Consolidation Plan, located at 1041 Imperial Dr., was granted.
Ordinance No. 680, amending the Township of South Park code with regard to wireless communication, was approved.
The public hearing on Ordinance No. 679 regarding gas and oil activities was rescheduled from Monday, Oct. 10 at 6:15 p.m. to Monday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Action on the release of escrow funds, posted by South Park School District in the amount of $526.50, was granted to guarantee the completion of the grading permit activities in the vicinity of Brownsville Rd.
Insight Pipe Contracting submitted a third payment request, in the amount of $22,208.90, for the work completed to date, for the project identified as the 2016 Township-Wide Sanitary Sewer Project – Lining. The request was granted by the Township.

The following actions and resolutions were put forth and approved:

Action on the reduction of a bond, in the amount of $27,777.65, leaving the remaining balance of $343,970.38, was approved, for the project identified as the Montour Trail Phase 8A4 – Pleasant St.
Resolution No. 3-16 of the Township of South Park, certifying the South Park Theatre as being a civic organization under the provisions of the Act of December 19, 1988, P.I. 1262, No. 156, as amended, was ratified.
Action on the equal disbursement of the Fire Relief Association funds, in the amount of $74,922.22 between the Broughton Volunteer Fire Dept. and the Library Volunteer Fire Company, was approved.

In other news:

South Park School District also requested the release of the escrow balance in the amount of $18,932.62 to guarantee the completion of the construction activities associated with the demolition of the former high school located at 2178 Ridge Rd. The Board granted approval of the amount requested.

The Township of South Park accepted two proposals for the sale of two vehicles. One vehicle was a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria, which sold for $1,800.00 and the other was a 1993 Ford F350 utility vehicle, which sold for $400.00.

Resolution No. 5-16, was adopted, which supports the efforts of PennDOT to file an application with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for approval to install active warning devices at the railroad crossing on McElheny Rd.

The Board gave approval for Police Chief Dennis McDonough to attend a training session titled “Emergency Preparedness and Hazmat Response Conference” at Station Square on November 1-4 at no cost to the Township.

The Township now provides a monthly report called the MS4 Report, which provides the latest regarding local storm sewer systems and the proper management of those systems. In September, some of the activities accomplished includes the cleaning and reconstruction of catch basins, surveying and mapping of storm water inlets, sampling of dry weather flows for the outfalls, the collection of litter and the testing of storm water outflows at the Consol property where all illegal connections were repaired.