Rush Township Municipal Building
\nHometown, PA\u00a0 18252<\/p>\n
Minutes of the Meeting of the Rush Township Board of Supervisors<\/strong><\/p>\n The meeting of the Rush Township Board of Supervisors was called to order by Chairman Stephen W. Simchak at 6 o\u2019clock p.m.\u00a0 Those in attendance were Vice-Chairman Shawn Gilbert, Supervisor Robert Leibensperger, Engineer Jennifer Kowalonek, Administrative Assistant Marie Skripnek, and Secretary\/Treasurer Terri Conville.\u00a0 There were approximately thirty-one people in attendance and two reporters.\u00a0\u00a0 The Pledge of Allegiance was then recited.<\/p>\n Public Comment Opening of bids for the 2011 road program \u2013 Lincoln, Frankford, and Locust Streets Chairman Simchak stated that at this time our engineer will review the bids and come back with a recommendation before the end of the meeting tonight.<\/p>\n American Water Services Report \u2013 John Teijaro read his report for the month as of June 21st, 2011.\u00a0\u00a0 Supervisor asked TJ if he was able to get one of the pumps rebuilt.\u00a0 TJ stated that the electrician is in the process of trying to rebuild it.\u00a0\u00a0 A motion was made by Vice-Chairman Gilbert to approve TJ\u2019s report.\u00a0 Supervisor Leibensperger seconded the motion.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n Minutes of Previous Meeting \u2013 May 17, 2011- A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to approve the meeting minutes. Vice- Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n Treasurer\u2019s Report as of May 31, 2011 \u2013 A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to approve the treasurer\u2019s report as of May 31, 2011.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Under the question, Gilbert asked Ms. Conville to read the balance of each fund.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n Correspondence – A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to accept and place on file the correspondence.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Under the question, Vice-Chairman asked Ms. Conville to highlight on the correspondence received for the month.\u00a0 The following items were mentioned:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Letter from Sunoco Logistics stating their inventory numbers of refined petroleum products. Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried. New Business<\/p>\n A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to allow Shawn Nunemacher, Glenn Laninger, and Corey Hamm to do ride alongs with our police department.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n Pat Tracy \u2013 wanted to know why the police report was not read and why Corporal Frederick has not been at the last few meetings.\u00a0 The Board noted the police reports are included under the municipal reports and Corporal Frederick is not on duty at the time of the township meetings.<\/p>\n A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to advertise for road materials for the following year.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to ratify the Rush Township Fire Police assistance with the Tamaqua Memorial Day Parade that was held on Monday, May 30, 2011.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to have Attorney Yurchak take whatever actions necessary to dissolve the sewer authority. Chairman Simchak seconded the motion.\u00a0 Under the question, Vice-Chairman Gilbert thought it was dissolved years ago.\u00a0 Attorney Yurchak stated it is still in existence, just not active.\u00a0 Attorney Yurchak stated it was enacted by an ordinance and so it has to be dissolved by an ordinance and then D.C.E.D. must be notified.\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to advertise the Meadow Avenue Reconstruction project.\u00a0 Chairman Simchak seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 Simchak and Leibensperger voted for the motion and Gilbert was not sure.\u00a0 Motion carried.<\/p>\n A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger\u00a0\u00a0 to approve Plan #FP-2011-003 Hy-Line North America, LLC Final Land Development as recommended by the Rush Twp Planning Commission.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Under the question, Supervisor Leibensperger asked if this was the plan to be done in two phases.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n Recommendation to award Road Program Bid – Jennifer Kowalonek, township engineer, recommended awarding the 2011 road program bid to Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Company in the amount of $115,730.00.\u00a0\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert asked Ms. Conville if all the funds would be coming out of our Liquid Fuels Account.\u00a0 Ms. Conville noted that the majority of the payment would be from Liquid Fuels and the balance would come from other accounts budgeted for new construction.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert made a motion to award the 2011 road program to Lehigh Asphalt in the amount of $115,730.00.\u00a0 Supervisor Leibensperger seconded the motion. Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n Chairman Simchak adjourned the meeting at 6:23 o\u2019clock pm.<\/p>\n Transcribed and attested:<\/p>\n ________________________________________ Rush Township Municipal Building Hometown, PA\u00a0 18252 Minutes of the Meeting of the Rush Township Board of Supervisors The meeting of the Rush Township Board of Supervisors was called to order by Chairman Stephen W. Simchak at 6 o\u2019clock p.m.\u00a0 Those in attendance were Vice-Chairman Shawn Gilbert, Supervisor Robert Leibensperger, Engineer Jennifer Kowalonek, Administrative Assistant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1.\u00a0 William J. Sanchez, Jr. \u2013 wanted to know if the Board received his correspondence about the restoration on Crest St because he is getting flooded out.
\n2. Marion Lazur- asked if she could hear the municipal reports.\u00a0 Ms. Conville mentioned reports engineers including zoning, road department and police department.\u00a0 A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to place on file all municipal reports for public review.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.\u00a0 Ms. Lazur asked if she could hear the bills for the month of June.\u00a0 Ms. Conville gave Ms. Lazur the list of bills to be approved for the month to review during the meeting.\u00a0 A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger to approve all township and sewer bills for the month of June.\u00a0 Chairman Simchak seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 Simchak and Leibensperger voted for the motion and Gilbert voted no.\u00a0 Motion carried.
\n3.\u00a0 Pat Tracey \u2013 asked Attorney Yurchak about the contents of the certified letter to Robert Romanick. Attorney Yurchak stated that Mr. Romanick still has in his possession items belonging to the township.\u00a0 A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger for Attorney Yurchak to send Robert Romanick a certified letter asking him to return items belonging to the township.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion.\u00a0 Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.
\n4. Charles Shamonsky \u2013 had a question about the Meadow Avenue Project.\u00a0 Chairman Simchak suggested that Mr. Shamonsky talk to our engineer after the meeting tonight.
\n5. George Pinkey \u2013 stated that the agenda does not allow the residents an opportunity to voice their grievances and that is in violation of the 1st amendment of the constitution.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chairman Simchak stated that is a business meeting and he is welcome to come to the office and fill out a form listing any grievances he may have.
\n6. Len Tunilla \u2013 also asked about what will be done on Crest Street.\u00a0 Chairman Simchak stated that the Board has not had any discussions about that project yet.<\/p>\n
\n1.\u00a0 Hazleton Site Contractors \u2013 base bid amount $126,947.25 and a bid bond included.
\n2.\u00a0 Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co. \u2013 base bid amount $115,730.00 and a bid bond included.
\n3.\u00a0 Pennsy Supply Inc\/Slusser Brothers \u2013 base bid amount $178,099.00 and a bid bond included.<\/p>\n
\n2.\u00a0 Letter from Attorney Richardson Todd Eagen stating he has filed a petition for review of the Police Tenure Act Adjudication on behalf of Robert Romanick.
\n3.\u00a0 Letter from the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce about their monthly transportation committee meeting.
\n4.\u00a0 Letter from the Tamaqua Public Library looking for donations for their Summer Reading Club and Program.
\n5.\u00a0 Letter from Penn Dot stating a form needs to be filled out to hold a special event in which a state road would need to be closed down.
\n6.\u00a0 Letter from Mauch Chunk Trust listing their pledge requirements.
\n7.\u00a0 PSATS Legal Defense Partnership Spring newsletter
\n8.\u00a0 Townships Today quarterly newsletter.
\n9.\u00a0 Notice of payment for the township\u2019s state police fines and penalties for the first six months of this year.<\/p>\n
\nAttorney\u2019s Business \u2013 A motion was made by Supervisor Leibensperger authorizing Attorney Hludzik to continue with the appeal on Robert Romanick.\u00a0 Vice-Chairman Gilbert seconded the motion. Ms. Conville polled the Board.\u00a0 All members voted in favor of the motion, carried.<\/p>\n
\nTerri Conville
\nSecretary\/Treasurer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"