EAST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS MEETING JULY 9th, 2009 7:00 P.M.

The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Mary Woznak. All stood and pledged allegiance to the flag and observed a moment of silence for our Troops overseas.
ROLL CALL: JOSEPH PERUSO-Absent, ROBERT SPANKO-Present, ART THOMSON-Present, RANDY VOJTOWICZ-Present. MARY WOZNAK-Present. ALSO Present: RUSS HEIPLE and SHANNAN KESTER.

Mary Woznak- Before we go into good and welfare I want to share something that I read. I was reading the Johnstown Magazine and there was an article in there about a Jessica Wagner from Echo, who is founder of Soup Warms the Heart which is a program that collects canned soup and then gets donated to help the less fortunate. I was very impressed to see this and we at East Taylor think this a wonderful program you started. It is great to see someone take initiative and do these kinds of thing. That said, the East Taylor Township Board of Supervisors would like to present Jessica Wagner with an Outstanding Citizenship Award for East Taylor Township. We would like to thank you and say keep up the good work. Jessica: Thank you very much.   

GOOD AND WELFARE:
Dolores Sako: Here with my granddaughter and to see what is going on.
Robin Wagner: Here with my daughter. I just want to say thank you.
Bob Stepien: 130 Davis Lane, here to follow up after the zoning meeting this week.
Lisa Hagerich: WestPoint: here also to follow up on the zoning meeting. 
Mary Woznak: We had a workshop on Wednesday to see about rezoning the area of West Point and we wanted to see how the residents of the area felt about. And one of the reasons for this was that Lisa Hagerich wants to raise Alpacas. Discussion on rezoning and Alpacas ensued. Motion made by Vojtowicz to allow Lisa Hagerich to raise Alpacas. 2nd by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion Carried.

Jack Foust: Supervisors sent the State Police to my house about a machine gun and I want to know why and who sent them. Woznak: The State Police came because of a comment that was made. Vojtowicz:  We are not discussing legal issues at a meeting, do you have anything else? Mr. Foust: Yes, I want to know why the police were at my house. Vojtowicz: I said we are not discussing legal issues at a meeting. So do you have anything else? Mr. Foust: Yes I want to know why they were there. Vojtowicz: I am not telling you again that we will not discuss this here, so you either have something else or you need to leave. Mr. Foust: So you are telling me that you don’t own that road and that you aren’t going to do anything about it. Spanko: We have been taking care if it for at least the last 3 years. Joe’s dad worked on it. If you maintain it, it is yours. We are going to tar and chip that road this summer ok Jack? Mr. Foust: Ok thank you.
Randy Cortez: Here to present a subdivision for Mary Kemp.  She currently owns a L shaped lot on Briggs Ave and wants to subdivide this for her niece to build a house.  Supervisors and Solicitor reviewed subdivision.. 
Motion to approve the Kemp subdivision pending the paperwork from the sewage and water authority made by Vojtowicz. 2nd by Spanko. All Ayes. Motion Carried.
Chris Selfridge: I am here again because of my pipe problem. It needs fixed. 
Motion by Vojtowicz to get Chris’s problem taken care of before the next meeting made by Vojtowicz. 2nd by Woznak. Roll Call Vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 
Vojtowicz: They will get it started next week.

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING OF June 11th, 2009 
Motion to accept the minutes for June 11th, 2009 made by Vojtowicz. 2nd by Spanko. All Ayes. Motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Motion to accept Treasurers report made by Vojtowicz.  2nd by Spanko. Roll Call Vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 

BILLS TO BE PAID
Motion to pay the bills made by Vojtowicz. 2nd by Thomson. Roll Call Vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 
                   
CORRESPONDENCES:
1. Greater Johnstown Watershed Membership for 2009
Motion to renew our membership with the Greater Johnstown Watershed in the amount of $100.00 made by Woznak. 2nd by Vojtowicz. Roll Call Vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 

2. PSATS Youth Award
Motion to nominate Jessica Wagner for the PSATS Youth Awards made by Woznak. 2nd by Vojtowicz. All Ayes. Motion Carried.

3. Fire Hall Letter
Send reply letter

REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON-Mary Woznak
Our Summer Youth Worker, Brianna, has helped us considerably. She helped me get out over 200 letters and in the past few days we have gotten about $2500.00 in payments, either in payments or payments in full. A lot of people are paying now. And we have a lot who never responded yet. 
Bob Ritchey: how do you know if people are paying now, since the Township is not handling the billing? Woznak- We can contact Pro and see if they will give us a list of non-payments.

REPORT OF THE VICE-CHAIRMAN-Randy Vojtowicz
Nothing to report

REPORT OF THE ROADMASTER-Joe Peruso 
Absent. 

Bob Spanko-Put in 80 feet of 15 inch pipe and culvert on Hunt and Hickston, which was paid for by the Dirt and Gravel Road grant we received. Woznak-How are the summer help?  Spanko- good when they show up. Overall they are doing well. Also I had a complaint about the Cruiser, the brakes are squealing. Vojtowicz-We need to take it to a regular Dodge Dealer or someone who specializes in brakes. Bob- Ken what’s your take on it? Ken- Nothing wrong with them, they just squeak, but they work fine. Vojtowicz- Take them and get them checked out first before we do anything.

POLICE REPORT-Given by Mary Woznak
236 calls for the month of June
Fine money for June $384.78
Fuel used for July 291.5 gallons

REPORT OF THE BUILDING SUPERVISOR-Bob Spanko
Would like to change out the lights in the meeting room. Vojtowicz- why don’t we just redo the meeting room.
Discussion on redoing the meeting room with the decision that Art Thomson will get the costs of redoing the meeting room. 
The board also decided to donate some of the old filing cabinets to businesses or nonprofit organizations in the area in the area as long as we receive some kind of thank you letter from them for our records.

ENVIROMENTAL REPORT-Bob Ritchey
What about the dry hydrants? Shannan- I called and talked to them and they said they don’t have any and they don’t know where you got it from that they had any. Bob Ritchey- I gave them the hydrants 4 years ago. I will call them and find out. 

SOLICITORS REPORT-Russ Heiple
Getting information on the Dodge Durango concerning the mileage issue.

OLD BUSINESS
Veteran Memorial update: 86 names and $3875.00 collected.

NEW BUSINESS
1. United States National Park Service: request for us to cut StapleBend Tunnel with boom mower
Motion made for the Township to cut the StapleBend Tunnel and only charge for fuel and a few man-hours made by Vojtowicz. 2nd by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 

2. Letter from attorney John Kuzmiak regarding Zoning Ordinance violation 
Motion made to revoke zoning permit to Mr. Shaffer made by Vojtowicz. 2nd by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion carried.

3. Motion to set up a mandatory training on Visual Alert and once training is completed the officers are to use it and no longer use the old program. Also if an officer cannot attend training, they will not be scheduled until they complete the training made by Woznak. 2nd by Vojtowicz. All Ayes. Motion Carried. 

ADJOURNEMENT at 8:15 P.M.      

Respectfully submitted,
Shannan Kester