Municipal News

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 January 2016 19:49

By Colette Dell

The South Park Board of Supervisors held their regular meeting on January 11, at 7 p.m. and covered the following topics:

A 2016 junkyard license was approved for Advanced Auto Recyclers.

A public hearing was scheduled for the Conditional Use Request made by Svnty Svn LLC., with regard to the property located at 6374 Library Rd., the former library post office, to allow for a portion of the building to be used for warehousing and storage. The hearing will take place on Feb. 8, at 6:45.

There was an action to release a Performance Bond in the amount of $55,574.20 that was posted by the developer to guarantee the completion of site improvements at the site of the Hidden Ridge Condominiums.

The Post Gazette and the Tribune Review have been appointed as the official newspapers for South Park Township for the year of 2016.

There was a motion to authorize the preparation and advertisement of an ordinance revising pre-treatment standards for existing and future industrial users, for the discharge of wastewater into the collection system, operated by South Park Township with regard to the interceptor system and sewage treatment plant operation by the Pleasant Hills Authority. The action on this ordinance is scheduled to take place on Feb.8th .

The Township will be sending Sgt. David Starzynski to two seminars. He will be attending, “Crisis Response and Management,” held at the Monroeville Training Center on Feb. 2 and “Human Trafficking,” held at the same location, on March 10.

A proposal was submitted by Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc., with regard to the project identified as the Abandoned Properties Demolition Project to perform a structural analysis, to determine if the abandoned houses at 2910 Highland Ave. and 2503 grove Rd. should be demolished. South Park approved Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. to do the job at a total cost of $4,000.00.

The proposal submitted by the Township’s engineering firm, HRG, in regard to the preparation of the bid documents for the 2016 Township-Wide Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project-Point Repairs, should not exceed the cost of $24,500.00. The bid documents for the lining of the sanitary sewers will also be prepared at a cost not to exceed $24,500.