The Board of Supervisors met last week. Here's what happened:
- The meeting began with the 2010 audit presented by Cypher & Cypher. According to the presentation, the township ended the year with a general fund balance f $753,234 and other various fund balances as well.
- The board also discussed the option regarding the township's 10-year-old street sweeper unit that is in need of repair. According to township manager, Don Gennuso, the unit requires between $15,000 and $20,000 in repairs. Gennuso recommended that rather than try to fix the outdated piece of machinery, the township invest in a new one at a cost of $224,285. The board instructed Gennuso to look into three year financing plan when combined with the $142,771 cost of a new dump truck they discussed purchasing in March.
- In other business, Joe DeNardo of JND Properties requested permission to modify the allowable maximum street grade permitted from 12 percent to 15 percent for a section of Windance Drive in the Timber Run housing plan. According to DeNardo, after construction had begun they were informed by Duquesne Light that the roadway was too close to the existing power lines. After discussing several other options with Dinardo, the board instructed him that it would allow a 13 percent grade, but that plans must be approved by the township engineer before they could proceed.
- DeNardo also requested permission to install five, 6-foot street lights along that stretch of Windance Road, with the cost of energy and maintenance to be paid through the homeowner's association. One resident of the development does not feel this is fair to those who live in the development. “This is a legacy cost that was not planned for by the home owners. We will be saddled with the cost here,” he said. Board chairman, Mike Debbis, asked DeNardo to find the actual cost of the lights for the homeowners before any decision is made on this issue.
- The board scheduled a series of public hearings to be held at 6 p.m. August 22 to discuss various conditional-use applications for Southpointe II, as well as a request by the Washington County Authority regarding clarification of the use of property from residential to commercial/office for a parcel located at the end of Woodcliff Drive.
- Finally, the board selected approximately 3.9 miles of roadway to get formal bids on for repaving.