Marino Construction Headquarters New Location Cemented

Skippack Board of Supervisors met Wednesday night to review a second round of revisions approved by the planning commission for the proposed headquarters of Marino Properties Management Corporation along 1200 Cressman Road.

The board approved the final plans with a couple of conditions. Pete Cokonis, engineer with Site Engineering Concepts, LLC, contracted by Marino, accepted the conditions for satisfying a private driveway proximity concern and sewer easements connecting to a neighboring property.

In another public hearing, New Cingular Wireless, PCS, LLC was approved to add three new antennae to its current tower on the PECO-owned property on Bridge Road.

Nick Cucé, counsel for New Cingular, previously addressed to the planning commission about adding three more antennae to the existing three, as well as adding privacy fences around the tower on the property, bringing it up to code.

New Cingular Wireless will also lower the tower, which is currently 112 ft., to the standard 110 ft. height.           

Township Solicitor, Edward A. Skypala proposed a recommendation of setting the interest rate for outstanding municipal claims to 6 percent. This increased interest rate provides an incentive for payment of past due invoices for township utilities.

Township Manager Ted Locker detailed an updated fee schedule that included increases in township facilities. Increases include the township soccer fields’ rental costs increasing to $1,000 a season and township baseball field rates increasing to $15 per use. “These fields will still be open to residents when not in use as well as many fields still being kept open for pick up games, ” said Locker.