The Franklin Township Regular Monthly Meeting was held in the Township Municipal Building on Tuesday, December 6th at 7:13 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Mark Creamer. Present at the meeting were Supervisors Mark Creamer, Dan Depue and the Secretary/Treasurer. Also present at the meeting were the people on the attached sign-in list.
The meeting was started with the pledge to the flag.
Mark made the announcement that this would be the last meeting of the year. This meeting will be a combined meeting with the end of the year meeting.
The Minutes from the previous meeting were read. Mark made the motion to accept the minutes. Dan seconded the motion. The motion passed with 2 yes votes.
The Treasurer’s Report was read. Mark made the motion to accept the report. Dan seconded the motion. The motion passed with 2 yes votes.
Correspondence:
An Act 14 notification for a permit application was received from HRG Inc for a well site on Olszewski Road. Two notifications were received dated November 4th and November 14.
Notice was given by Williams that the company has filed a Notice of Intent with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission seeking approval for the consumptive use of water for drilling and development of natural gas wells in the Township.
An Act 14 was received from Borton Lawson for an Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit for Earth Disturbance for the proposed gas well located 900 feet west of Pratt Road.
The PSATS Pension Disclosure statement was received.
A driveway permit received from Williams for the Pratt Road well.
Arm Group applied for 3 road crossing permits for the pipeline.
An amendment was made to resolution 2011-4 to state that the per capita tax had been dropped.
Resolution 2011-7 to adopt the 2012 Budget was signed. No changes had been made from the previous budget.
The Fire contracts were signed and will be mailed to Columbia Hose and Snake Creek fire companies.
The Reorganizational Meeting will be held on January 3rd at 7:00 PM and the Regular Monthly meeting will immediately follow.
The Auditors Meeting will be held on January 4th at 5:30 PM.
Road Masters Report:
The gas company is working on Hawk Road. Valley View Road has been topped. The gas company paid for materials and the Township did the road work. Road work is about done with the exception of cleaning some ditches
Dan has been working on FEMA paperwork due to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The paperwork for Irene is complete done for a total of $5326.70. The paperwork for Tropical Storm Lee will be complete by the 27th. The amount should be about $45,000.
Dan also met with a representative from FEMA about a possible Mitigation Project in the Township.
Truck traffic to and from pads have designated routes to follow. If residences have concerns about traffic they can contact Dan or Williams.
The Supervisors will advertize for bids to replace the roof on the township building.
Mark made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Dan seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:16 PM.
| PNB General Checking | 94,683.53 |
| PNB State | 22,404.07 |
| Pennstar Capital Reserve | 54,984.78 |
| Pennstar Equipment | 45,568.75 |
| Pennstar Fire | 490.33 |
| Pennstar Small Cap. Purchases | 1,000.00 |
| Pennstar State | 12,799.55 |
The following bills were paid during the month:
PNB General Checking:
Payroll Total $5270.87 – Check #s 7015, 7016, 7017, 7018, 7019, 7020, 7027, 7028, 7032, 7033, 7046, 7047, 7059, 7058
0 – IRS 1444.36
0 – PA Dept. of Revenue 211.05
7021 – Warren Tompkins S & S 558.00
7022 – Paul Augenti 135.00
7023 – Chemung Supply 1202.62
7024 – Airline Petroleum 127.44
7025 – ACN Communications 14.98
7026 – Waste Management 80.01
7029 – Montrose Auto Parts 448.62
7030 – New Milford Borough 244.00
7031 – LGCP 395.00
7034 – Fleet Pride 84.76
7035 – G’s Excavating 4120.00
7036 – Frontier 77.99
7037 – R. Niederberger 150.84
7038 – Times Shamrock 30.72
7039 – A & S Auto Parts 35.98
7040 – Dempsey 264.50
7041 – Airline Petroleum 11.99
7042 – Binghamton Truck & Tire 452.00
7043 – Jeff Sammon 80.00
7044 – Eastern Industries 3140.50
7045 – EII Transport 3580.18
7048 – Airline Petroleum 984.80
7049 – Hawk Bussing 100.00
7050 – Penelec 82.42
7051 – Airline Petroleum 519.23
7052 – Healthassurance PA 1351.51
7053 – PNB 9116.78
7054 – Waste Management 79.33
7055 – ACN 13.74
7056- Staples 127.73
7057 – PSATS Membership 642.00
PNB State Checking:
2062 – PNB 2009.92
2063 – PNB 2009.92
Deposit for the month:
PNB General Checking
12/01/11 – PA Dept of Revenue 1566.81
12/10/11 – M. Evans 2112.88
R. Niederberger 2443.21
Stoney Mountain 2500.00
Total 7056.09
Pennstar Capital Reserve
12/10/11 – R. Niederberger 257.18
Pennstar Equipment
12/10/11 – R. Niederberger 257.18
Pennstar Fire
12/10/11 – R. Niederberger 347.23
Respectfully Submitted,
Jeanne Sullivan
Secretary/Treasurer
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