The Franklin Township Regular Monthly Meeting was held in the Township Municipal Building on Tuesday, February 7th. The meeting was called to order at 7:04 P.M. by Chairperson Mark Creamer. Present at the meeting were Supervisors Mark Creamer, Dan Depue, Lee Burch and the Secretary/Treasurer. Also present were the people on the attached sign-in sheet.
The meeting was started with the pledge to the flag.
The minutes to the previous meeting were read. Mark made a motion to accept the minutes. Lee seconded the motion. The motion passed with 3 yes votes.
The Treasurer’s Report was read. Mark made a motion to accept the report. Lee seconded the motion. The motion passed with 3 yes votes.
Correspondence:
We received notification from Williams that Williams is now WPX Energy.
An Act 14 Notification for a Well Pad and Access Road was received from ARM Group for the Langstaff site.
The ARM Group sent an Act 14 modification notice for a Major Revision Application for the Snake Creek Gathering Pipeline.
An Act 14 Notification for Major Modification – Erosion and Sediment Control was received for the Mitchell Pad. Also an Act 14 Notification was received from Rettew for a Lateral Pipeline Project at the Mitchell site.
The PA DEP sent a copy of a Bluestone Small Non-coal Surface Mining Permit granted to Mahlon Winklebleck, Jr.
PSATS sent a copy of the bridge inspection on Bailey Road. Recommendations were made in the report about work that should be done within the next 2 years.
The Office of the Auditor Pension sent the Pension Portfolio Statement. The value as of 12/31/11 is $118,252.99.
New Business:
Only one bid was received for replacing the Municipal Building roof. Gary Johnson from Unique Building Systems bid was for $9800. Dan made motion to table for 1 month for financial reasons. Mark seconded the motion. The motion passed with 3 yes votes. Jeanne was asked to send a letter to Mr. Johnson explaining that the roof will be discussed at the next meeting.
Dan mentioned that the Ordinance to accept flood plain maps needed to be done.
Soil Conservation will have crews available to clean out streams where trees have fallen. They will only deal with dead trees. Residence should notify the Supervisors if they know where trees need to be cleared.
The Supervisors had a meeting with Williams on February 6th. Dan asked if the PR person would be available to attend a meeting. At the time of the meeting Williams didn’t have a PR person. He was told that a new PR person would be starting within a few days and that person would be available to attend a meeting in the future.
Roadmaster:
The gas company is having work done on Bailey Road and on the lower side of Hawk Road. Work is also being done on the back side of Forks Hill Road.
Roy, David and Roger Gillett are working on Bronson Hill and School Road. Williams had agreed that we will fix the roads and they will compensate the Township. The Supervisors are donating the Township employees, grader and dirt roller. Williams will pay for the materials, trucking and the subcontractor. Dan submitted a bill to Williams for $70,000.
They are now working on the corner of Pratt and School Roads.
The water trucks are running on Bronson Hill, School, Pratt, Booth and Hawk roads to the Valley View Pad. Then they will be moving to the Webster Pad and then to the Herman Pad.
On January 30th Dan signed and submitted the FEMA Grants. Hurricane Irene’s total was $7,104.17. Tropical Storm Lee’s total was $54,115.70. It will take approximately 60 days for the Township to receive the check.
The FEMA representative made the suggestion that an addition should be made to the Reorganizational Chart to state a rate for Supervisor pay when work is performed outside supervisory work. Carolyn Pratt, Auditor, said that the auditors set the rate of pay for these situations on a yearly basis. The auditors set it at $12.00 per hour for 2012. The rate will be added to the Chart.
Mileage of $.55 per mile will also be added to the Chart.
Vandalism was done to the Township Building on January 23rd. Paint balls were shot hitting the walls, a window was broken in the office area and a fire extinguisher was sprayed in the back barn. The barn is now locked at night. An incident report was filed with the State Police.
Lee and Dan attended the COG meeting on January 7th.
Jeanne reported she had contacted both lending institutions about the Township loans. There will be no penalty for early payoff with the State LGCP Loan. PNB said there is no penalty for additional payments on the principal of the big loan. It was decided that upon availability of funds, $1000 extra per month would be paid on the PNB loan starting February.
There will be an NTC Meeting on April 19th in Franklin Township.
Mark made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 P.M. Dan seconded the motion. The motion passed with 3 yes votes.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jeanne Sullivan
Secretary/Treasurer
| PNB General Checking | 187,050.49 |
| PNB State | 18,363.76 |
| Pennstar Capital Reserve | 55,274.19 |
| Pennstar Equipment | 45,857.66 |
| Pennstar Fire | 10.29 |
| Pennstar Small Cap Purchases | 1,000.00 |
| Pennstar State | 12,800.63 |
The following bills were paid during the month:
PNB General Checking:
Payroll Total: $6646.75 Check #s 7090, 7091, 9092, 7093, 7094, 7095, 7100, 7101, 7113, 7114, 7122, 7123
7096 – Waste Management 79.41
7097 – Staples 742.90
7098 – ACN Communications 21.41
7099 – Airline Petroleum 657.75
7102 – Tri-Cities Comm. 180.00
7103 – Dempsey 182.44
7104 – Bradco 428.00
7105 – Time Shamrock 58.01
7106 – Andre and Son 149.98
7107- Penelec 182.68
7108 – New Milford Hardware 31.09
7109 – Montrose Auto Parts 495.80
7110 – North Central Hydro 283.10
7111 – Milton CAT 242.99
7112 – EII Transport 891.71
7115 – Kelly Pratt Computer 100.00
7116 – Healthassurance PA 1351.51
7117 – Void
7118 – Fleet Pride 281.10
7119 – Frontier 78.47
7120 – Airline Petroleum 400.14
7121 – Postmaster 45.00
7124 – Penelec 171.81
PNB State Checking:
2065 – Airline Petroleum 647.85
2066 – Eastern Industries 1384.49
Deposits for the month:
PNB General Checking:
2/15/12 – M. Evans 926.10
2/2//12 – WPX 115,544.21
Respectfully Submitted,
Jeanne Sullivan
Secretary/Treasurer
