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   Posted January 21, 2011 at 11:13 AM

   Reorganization meetings
   By: THE HERALD-STANDARD Herald Standard

   At this time of year, local govermnent bodies hold reorganization meetings to set the course for the new year by electing officers, setting meeting dates and times and other items of business.

   The following is a roundup of some municipal bodies that held reorganization meetings recently.

   Supervisor Walter “Deb” Wiltrout retained his position as chairman along with fellow supervisors Scott Keefer as vice chairman and Bill Geary as secretary/treasurer, during this week’s reorganization.

   Wiltrout was also reappointed as pension coordinator with the supervisors assuming their duties as roadmasters with Wiltrout covering District 2, Geary, District 1 and Keefer, District 3.

   The supervisors also reappointed Jeff Wadsworth as office clerk at a salary of $26,200 that includes limited benefits, a 14-percent pension, life insurance, vacation and sick days.

   Other appointments included Dave Panzella as vacancy board member, Bill Etling to a five-year term on the Pleasant Valley Water Authority board, Tim Lewandowski to a five-year term on the Bullskin Township/Connellsville Township Joint Sewerage Authority, Dave Bukovan as primary sewage enforcement officer and Bob Killinger as alternate sewage enforcement officer, Roger Adams, primary code enforcement officer, Kyle Quinn as emergency management coordinator and Jeff Kelley and Jim Hammaker as deputy emergency management coordinators.

   Additionally, supervisors agreed to retain Donald McCue as solicitor at $350 per month, Widmer Engineering as the township engineer and Centax as the local tax collector while setting the treasurer’s bond at $480,000 and designating Scottdale Bank and Trust and PLGIT as its depositories.

   Medic 10 was named the township’s ambulance service for the north end and Fayette EMS for the south end.

   A legal services fee resolution was adopted and mileage reimbursement set at 50-cents in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service.

   A motion to allow elected supervisors to attend state conventions with Geary named as voting delegate was approved along with those that are members of the Fayette Association of Township Officials to attend the county convention.

   The supervisors agreed to continue meeting the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the municipal building.

   Bullskin Township’s three supervisors/road masters will not receive pay increases this year as township auditors agreed at Thursday’s reorganization meeting to keep the supervisors’ wages at $19 an hour, along with the same fringe benefits and pension contribution.

   Auditors Jeff Hann, Leeann Boring and Norma Brown also retained their positions as chairman, vice chairman and secretary/treasurer, respectively.

   According to the auditors, the supervisors/road masters will continue to receive 14 paid holidays and 10 personal/sick days, with a pension contribution of 14 percent of their annual salaries.

   Brown’s salary as secretary/treasurer also was set at $2,500 and the treasurer’s bond at $480,000.

   Hann said the road masters were paid for overtime last year at time-and-a-half, however the amount of hours has yet to be determined.

   The auditors agreed to start the audit for 2010 at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 11.

   The Bullskin Township/Connellsville Township Joint Sewerage Authority held its annual reorganization meeting Wednesday and is retaining the same officers for 2011.

   Pat Stefano will serve as chairman, John Dilworth, vice chairman and Fred Robbins, secretary/treasurer.

   Julie Paull was retained as office manager at the same annual salary of $30,000, plus benefits.

   The treasurer’s bond was set at $250,000 and Charleroi Federal will continue to serve as the authority’s depository.

   Also retained was John Cupp as solicitor at a fee of $150 a month, Widmer Engineering of Connellsville as the authority’s engineering firm and Defurio Mongell of Connellsville as the insurance carrier.

   There is no change in the billing rate of $18.25 for metered customers per month and a flat fee of $41 charged to residential customers per month.

   The authority agreed to continue meeting the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Dilworth Place on Route 119.

   Rick Adobato was elected as chairman of the Connellsville Township Board of Supervisors with Tom Cesario to serve as vice-chairman during the recent reorganization meeting.

   Supervisors appointed Leah Brothers as township secretary at an annual salary of $17,540 and Supervisor Bob Carson as roadmaster.

   Officials agreed to meet at the Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Co. social hall on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. until the McCoy Hollow Road township building is completed.

   Attorney Ben Goodwin was named township solicitor and will receive an annual retainer fee of $1,020 and an hourly rate of $85 for additional legal services.

   Supervisors appointed K-2 Engineering Inc. of Uniontown as the township engineering firm, sewage enforcement officer, zoning officer and Uniform Construction Code officer for 2011.

   Joe Ambrose was appointed as the township code enforcement officer with John Cole appointed to the township zoning hearing board and David Elcock reappointed to the planning commission.

   Supervisors named Fayette EMS as the township ambulance provider, Bob Lieberger as the township emergency management coordinator and appointed Elizabeth Merchant to the vacancy board, in other reorganization business.

   Supervisors agreed to maintain PNC, Scottdale Bank and Trust Co. and the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust as the depositories for local and state funds, in other reorganization matters.

   William Groves was re-elected chairman of the Cumberland Township supervisors at the supervisors’ recent reorganization meeting.

   William Nicholson was re-elected vice chairman and all three supervisors, including James Sokol, were reappointed as roadmasters. Debbie Rush was reappointed secretary/treasurer.

   The supervisors voted to continue holding monthly meetings at 3 p.m. on the first Monday except in June, July, August and September when the meetings begin at 4 p.m.

   Pay raises of 25 cents an hour were approved for all seven full-time employees and three part-time employees and raises of 50 cents were approved for all four full-time and five part-time police officers.

   Lloyd Richard was appointed to the vacancy board, Dennis Makel was rehired as the solicitor at a fee of $95 an hour and $105 an hour at meetings, K2 Engineering of Uniontown was retained as the engineering firm on an as-needed basis with not retaining fee and Community Bank was named the depository.

   Dennis Osborne was reappointed to the Carmichaels-Cumberland Sewage Authority, Evan Williams was appointed to the planning commission and Chris Shaffer was appointed to the parks and recreation board.

   The Cumberland Township Board of Auditors increased the township supervisors’ salaries to $21.15 an hour for this year.

   The auditors approved raises of 25 cents an hour for the three supervisors at their recent reorganization meeting.

   The supervisors gave 25-cent raises to street department and office employees and 50-cent raises to police officers this year.

   Larry Mayros will again serve as chairman of the Dunbar Township Board of Supervisors, with John Tabaj as vice chairman and Ron Keller as secretary/treasurer for 2011, according to action taken at a recent reorganization meeting.

   All supervisors will serve as roadmasters and attend the April Pennsylvania State Township Association of Supervisors convention in Hershey.

   Supervisors will receive 50-cents per mile when using personal vehicles for township business.

   Meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the municipal building located on Township Road.

   Supervisors appointed attorney Donald McCue as the township solicitor and set a $6,000 annual retainer for the position.

   In other reorganization matters, Widmer Engineering Inc. of Connellsville will serve as the engineering firm for the township with James Rabatin as sewage officer.

   Supervisors named Roger Adams as the code enforcement officer at an hourly salary of $13 and designated Eugene Frazier as a member of the vacancy board.

   Officials set the real estate transfer tax at one-half percent and a similar amount for the earned income tax rate with CENTAX designated to collect the earned income tax.

   The First National Bank and the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust will serve as the depository for local and state funds.

   Supervisors set the secretary’s bond at $500,000.

   In Fairchance, Howard McGhee was re-elected as borough council president and Robert Ellsworth was re-elected as vice president at Monday’s reorganization meeting.

   Council voted to continue holding monthly meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday in the borough building on Route 857.

   In addition, council retained engineering consultant J. Scott Bush and solicitor Simon John.

   The Fayette County Salary Board recently reorganized for 2011, with the officers remaining the same as were in 2010.

   Commission Chairman Vincent Zapotosky will remain as chairman; Commissioner Vincent A. Vicites will remain as vice chairman and Controller Sean P. Lally will remain as secretary. The salary board includes the three county commissioners, the controller and the elected official in charge of their respective office when voting on matters involving that office.

   The salary board will meet as needed for the remainder of the year, with the meetings to be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays at the call of the chairman.

   German Township supervisors retained their positions at the 2011 reorganization meeting held Monday.

   Robert Croushore will continue as the board chairman, Floyd “Buster” Gladman will serve as vice chairman and Daniel Shimshock will continue as secretary/ treasurer and grant writer for the township. Martha Babic will retain her position as assistant secretary and right-to-know officer.

   All three supervisors will serve as road masters.

   Supervisors retained Douglas Sepic as township solicitor and Widmer Engineering Inc. of Connellsville as the township’s engineering firm.

   Croushore and Shimshock, who have been certified through the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), will be the municipal inspectors for the landfill.

   Gladman will serve as the 2011 delegate for the annual supervisors convention that will be held April 17- 20 in Hershey. Croushore will serve as the alternate.

   Gladman will serve as the representative for the Fayette County Tax Collection Conference, with Croushore and Shimshock as alternate representatives.

   Shimshock will be the 2011 representative for the Southwest Regional Tax Bureau, which also will handle the township’s wage and occupational privilege taxes. Croushore will serve as the alternate. Croushore will be the representative to the local chapter of PA CleanWays.

   Supervisors appointed Dave Bukovan as primary sewage officer and James Rebatin as the alternate.

   The supervisors voted to keep Fayette County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for the handling of animal control.

   Parkvale Bank of Masontown will serve as the township depository.

   Supervisors also set the rate for a municipal lien letter and driveway permit at $25.

   Meeting times and dates will remain 6 p.m. second Tuesday of the month, except during November when the meeting will be held 6 p.m. Nov. 1 because of Election Day.

   The next regular meeting of the township will be held on Tuesday. The sewage authority will hold their reorganization and regular meeting at 3:30 p.m. the same day.

   The Luzerne Township supervisors re-elected Ted Kollar as their chairman for 2011, with John Marshall serving as the vice chairman and Gregg Downer continuing as secretary/treasurer.

   The supervisors reappointed Pat Ballon to a five-year term on the Luzerne Township Sewage Authority, Jamie Gammon to a five-year-term on the Brownsville-Luzerne Park Board and Jerry Wertz to a five-year term on the Luzerne Township Municipal Authority (water).

   The solicitor will continue to be Davis and Davis, with Widmer Engineering as the engineer, PNC Bank as the depository and Higbee Insurance as the township’s insurance carrier.

   The supervisors will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Luzerne Township Municipal Building, except in November when the meeting will be held on the third Tuesday.

   The Luzerne Township Sewage Authority retained Pat Ballon as chairman for 2011, with Joe Terravecchia service as vice chairman and Dave Smith named secretary/treasurer.

   Davis and Davis Law Firm was retained as the authority’s solicitor, Widmer Engineering as the engineer and Jeff McCue as the auditor.

   Meetings will continue to be held at the Luzerne Township Municipal Building the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

   Menallen Township supervisors retained their respective offices at the 2011 reorganization meeting held Monday.

   Robert “Tweety” Yatsko will continue as chairman, Joe Petrucci will remain vice chairman and assistant secretary/treasurer and John Yantko will hold the secretary/treasurer position.

   The supervisors retained the current solicitor for the township, Douglas Sepic, at a rate of $200 a month. John Over of K2 Engineering Inc. of Uniontown will remain the township engineer, and Myron Naypaver will continue as the zoning and code enforcement officer.

   The supervisors voted to keep the regular monthly meeting date of 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month.

   The North Union Township Board of Auditors approved pay raises that increase the township supervisors’ salaries to $26.25 an hour this year.

   The auditors approved the raise of 50 cents an hour for the three supervisors at their recent reorganization meeting.

   The amount of the raise is equal to the raise the township’s unionized employees will receive through their contract.

   Perry Township Supervisor A.J. Boni was named chairman of the board for 2011 during the township’s annual reorganization meeting Monday.

   Boni was also named road master.

   Supervisor Clarence Johnson was appointed vice chairman, and Supervisor Janet Galla was appointed secretary/treasurer with a treasurer’s bond set at $250,000.

   Johnson was also appointed as the township’s representative to the Southwest Regional Tax Bureau, with Boni named as the alternate.

   All supervisors held the same appointments in 2010.

   Longtime solicitor Don McCue of McCue & Husband Law Firm of Connellsville was reappointed to his position.

   Widmer Engineering of Connellsville was reappointed township engineer.

   Supervisors voted to approve the millage rate for property taxes at 1.127 mills, which represents no tax increase, and set the commission paid to tax collector Donald Pidanich at 5 percent.

   Centra Bank was appointed depository of funds for the township, and a one-year contract with Fayette County SPCA for animal control was approved.

   Supervisors named Sage Point Financial as depositor for pension assets and voted to appoint Steve Feaster as pension consultant at a yearly rate of $500.

   Southwest Regional Tax Bureau was appointed the township’s earned income tax collector at a rate of 1.5 percent, and Southwest Regional Tax Bureau and North Fayette County Municipal Authority were appointed water debt collectors.

   William Rittenhouse Insurance Agency was named the township’s insurance broker. EMS Southwest was reappointed ambulance provider.

   Roger Adams was appointed the township’s code enforcement officer at a rate of $10 an hour.

   Other appointments included Boni as emergency management coordinator, Stanley Glumac as sewage enforcement officer, Bob Killinger as alternate sewage enforcement officer and Dewayne Johnson to the vacancy board.

   Katherine Petrosky and Clarence Johnson were reappointed to five-year terms to the Perry Township Municipal Authority, and Paul Kmetz was appointed to a two-year term on the Perry Township Joint Sewage Authority.

   Supervisors voted to continue holding township meetings at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the municipal building, located at 1 Township Drive in Star Junction. If Election Day or a holiday falls on the first Tuesday of the month, the meeting will be held at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month.

   Redstone Township supervisors reorganized with no changes in the officers or appointees for the panel.

   Ralph Rice will continue to serve as chairman of the supervisors, with Larry Williams serving as the vice chair and George Matis as the secretary/treasurer.

   Davis and Davis was retained as the solicitor and Widmer Engineering as the township engineer. All three supervisors will continue to serve as road masters. The township will use Centra Bank and PNC Bank as its depositories.

   The supervisors reappointed Ray Paris to a five-year term on the Redstone Sewer Authority and Doyle Patterson to a five-year term on the Colonial Joint Sewer Authority.

   The supervisors will meet the second Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at the township building on Twin Hills Road.

   The Redstone Township Sewer Authority made no changes in leadership as it reorganized for 2011.

   Richard Stogran will remain the authority’s chairman, with Ray Paris as the vice chairman and Robert Shaw as the secretary/treasurer.

   Davis and Davis was retained as the authority’s solicitor, with Widmer Engineering remaining the engineering firm. Jeff McCue was retained as the authority’s auditor and Parkvale Bank was named as the depository.

   The authority set the mileage reimbursement rate for employees at the federal level, which is currently 50 cents a mile and adopted the federal cost of living rate as the pay increase for the office administrator.

   Meetings will continue to be held the first Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the authority office on Main Street in Republic.

   Jim Means and Jack Lewis were re-elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Wharton Township Board of Supervisors at the supervisors’ recent reorganization meeting.

   All three supervisors, including Joe Henning, were appointed as roadmasters and Carrie Morrison was reappointed as secretary/treasurer.

   The supervisors agreed to continue meeting at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month.

   Supervisors approved 25-cent raises in employee hourly wages and recommended no increase in their own pay. This will be the second consecutive year the supervisors didn’t receive a pay raise.

   Ricardo Cicconi was reappointed solicitor, Earthtech Inc. was appointed the primary engineer and McMillen Engineering of Uniontown was appointed the alternate.

   Frank Campbell was reappointed to the vacancy board, Rob Jackson was reappointed as park committee chairman and Tom Cesarino was appointed to the planning commission.

   Charles Gentile was reappointed to the zoning hearing board and John Rohlf was appointed as an alternate member.

   A mutual aid resolution for the Farmington Volunteer Fire Department was approved.

   Lewis was appointed as the representative to the Southwest Regional Tax Bureau board and the chief administrative officer of the police and non-uniform employee pension plans. Henning was appointed the alternate representative to Southwest Regional.

   Clyde Braun was appointed as the primary sewage enforcement officer and John Holt was appointed the alternate officer.

   Jim McChesney was appointed sewage enforcement officer.

   Southwest Regional was appointed as the collector of earned income, Emergency Municipal Service, amusement and delinquent per capita taxes.

   The Wharton Township Board of Auditors increased the township supervisors’ salaries to $16 an hour for this year.

   The auditors approved the raises of 25 cents an hour for the three supervisors at their recent reorganization meeting, even though the supervisors did not request a raise.

   This is the second consecutive year the supervisors haven’t requested a raise.

   The supervisors approved 25-cent raises for employees this year.

   January 07, 2011
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