NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP



|NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP |

|Supervisor's Meeting August 6, 2019 |

|Bank Balance 07/01/19 |Receipts & Credits | Expenditures |Bank Balance 07/31/19 |

|$794,382.11 |$393,366.72 |$285,606.80 |$902,142.03 |

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|The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors, held at the Township Municipal Building, was called to order by Chairman Greg Happ at 6:30 P.M. Present were |

|Vice-Chairman Duane Rape, Supervisors Tom Applequist, Brian Giles and Fritz Retsch. Also present were Manager Walter Beighey Jr., Secretary Patricia Pfaff, Treasurer |

|Elois Nadzak, Solicitor Chris Reese, Engineer Kevin Brett, Police Chief Ron Leindecker, Road Foreman Tom Milligan, Mike Phipps, Theresa Magness, Wess Magness, Chuck |

|Bates, Charles L. Bates, Jamie Mahoney, Hailee Mahoney, Karen Carlino, Rachael Cashdollar, Michael Cashdollar, Amy Gonzalez, Jessi Drutarosky, Jen Fessler, Bob |

|Schwertz, Lorie Schwertz, Jaime Loschinskey, Mike Loschinskey, Becky Kretschmann, Dave Bauman, David Dixon, Michelle Dixon, Ronnie Sines, Mark Harding, Albert E. |

|Horn, Daniel Swartz, Hailey Zeidler, Lyn Zeidler, Brian Perry, Buddy Meade, Doug Martin and Jenny Fessler |

|PLEDGE |The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. |

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|MINUTES |Motion by Rape, seconded by Applequist, to approve the minutes of the July 2, 2019 regular meeting as written. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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| |Chief Leindecker presented the Nights of Justice Plaque and a letter from the Police Hall of Fame to the following recipients for their |

|AWARDS |outstanding public service. |

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| |Bridgewater Fire Department – Chuck and Charles Bates were two of five firemen from Bridgewater who came to the Township’s aid to assist our|

| |fire departments during the heavy storms. |

| |Charles said they could hear on their radios that our firemen had been out for over 24 hours without assistance and wanted to help so that |

| |our responders could get some rest. |

| |Keystone Tree Tech Service – Michael Cashdollar, a resident of the Township, assisted the police and fire departments by removing fallen |

| |trees from roads throughout the Township on the night of the heavy storm. |

| |Hufnagal Veterinary – Chief Leindecker explained that K9 Beny had a torn ACL and Dr. Hufnagal performed stem cell surgery on him for A |

| |minimal fee. |

| |Dr. Hufnagal said it is the first responders, police and firemen who are his heroes. |

| |Hailee Mahoney – Hailee is a 15 year old resident of the Township. Hailee decided to have a lemonade stand and sell hot dogs and cookies. |

| |She raised $200.00 and donated it all to the New Sewickley Township K9 fund. |

| |Hailee explained that she has had some medical issues over the years and wanted to do something good for others. |

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| |The Board of Supervisors thanked all of those who received awards for their public service. |

| |Motion by Applequist, seconded by Giles, to pay the bills from the General Account, July 3rd through July 31st for $215,523.67 and as of |

| |August 6th for $110,403.55 with the signing of the checks following the meeting. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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| |Mike Phipps requested the Supervisors set a date to meet with the Township Residents at the Big Knob Grange to inform them about MS4 and |

| |what DEP is requiring the Townships to do. |

| |The Board agreed to set November 13th as a tentative date if the Grange is available. |

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| |Mark Harding, 1325 Thorne St, reported that alongside of the road in the 1300 area of Thorne Street, the road is washed out. He asked if a |

| |storm drain could be installed. He was advised the Road Foreman would come take a look at it. |

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| |Mike and Jaime Loschinskey, Snyder Drive, voiced their concern about how dangerous the intersection is at Route 68 and Glen Eden Road. They|

| |explained that recently there were two separate accidents where serious injuries had occurred. They said we need to come together as a |

| |community and try to get it fixed. |

|BILLS |Police Chief Ron Leindecker advised he has contacted Senators Vogel’s office and will be meeting with them to see about getting some type of|

| |assistance. |

| |Manager Beighey feels a blinking light of some kind may help. |

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| |Township Treasurer Elois Nadzak, read the Treasurer’s report for the month of July. |

|PUBLIC | |

|COMMENT |Motion by Retsch, seconded by Giles, to hire Tracy Boyer as a part time administrative assistant at $12.00 per hour. Vote of 5 to 0 in |

|MS4 |favor. |

|PHIPPS | |

| |Supervisor Applequist reported the remaining portion of Freedom Road Upgrade Project will begin in the Spring of 2020. |

| |He also advised that PennDOT will be fixing the slide on Lovi Road in area of Lucky Paws and have asked Lucky Paws to install pipe at the |

|HARDING |bottom of their driveway. Also, the proposed turning lanes at the intersection of Lovi Road and Freedom Crider Road is No. 4 on PennDOTS |

| |list. |

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| |Supervisor Applequist thanked the office staff for the work they did in the meeting room and hallway. |

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|LOSCHINSKEY |Supervisor Applequist announced that he will be hold a budget meeting with all department heads including all the Township committees on |

| |August 23rd at 9:00 am., for the purpose of obtaining information of what they will be needing next year. |

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| |Motion by Retsch, seconded by Giles to approve the Engineer to create an Official Township Map. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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| |Motion by Happ, seconded by Rape, to cancel the August 27th Agenda Meeting. The meeting falls on the first night of the Big Knob Fair and |

| |the Supervisors will be attending the opening ceremonies. |

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| |Motion by Happ, seconded by Applequist, to approve a small flow treatment facility at the Ronald Wakefield property, located at 182 Miller |

|TREASURER’S |Road. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

|REPORT | |

| |Motion by Rape, seconded by Giles, upon a request from the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, to exonerate Milen Cokrlic Jr’s., Real|

|HIRE |Estate taxes for 2019. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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| |Motion by Rape, seconded by Giles, to accept the resignation of part time police officer Kevin Reese. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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|STATE ROAD |Motion by Giles, seconded by Applequist, to hire two part-time police officers with their names being announced at next month’s meeting. |

|INFO |Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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| |Motion by Retsch, seconded by Giles, to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between Freedom School District and the Township to place a |

| |School Resource Officer in the Freedom Middle School. Vote of 4 to 1 in favor. Rape voting NO. |

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| |Motion by Happ, seconded by Giles, to sell the 2010 Dodge Charger and the 2008 Crown Victoria on Municipal Bid with a starting bid of |

| |$500.00 for each vehicle. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

|MEETING RM | |

| |Police Chief Ron Leindecker read the police department’s monthly report for July 2019, which included the number of police calls vehicle |

| |maintenance, arrests and citations issued. |

|BUDGET | |

|MEETING |Buddy Meade, from Pine Run Fire Department, read their report for the month of July of all the calls they responded to. |

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| |Chief Leindecker reported on the advantages of residents signing up for the Beaver County Swift 911 Notification System. He advised this |

| |system would notify residents of any emergency in Beaver County. Residents can do this by going onto Beaver County’s website. |

|OFFICIAL | |

|MAP |Chairman Happ thanked all the Township Emergency Responders and Bridgewater Fire Department for everything they do for their community and |

| |neighboring communities. |

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|AGENDA |Supervisor Applequist reported on a training that he and representatives from Big Knob Fire Department and Pine Run Fire Department |

|MEETING |attended. He said the training was informative and topics included staffing, consolidation, strategic planning, counties needing to step |

| |up, operations and liabilities. |

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|WAKEFIELD |Motion by Rape, seconded by Giles, to accept the Council of Governments 2019-2020 Winter Commodities Bids. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

|SFTF | |

| |Road Foreman, Tom Milligan, read his department’s monthly report for the month of July that included projects they completed and are |

| |currently working on. |

|TAX EXON | |

|COKRLIC |Foreman Milligan reported he is unable to locate the stormwater pipe along 750 Park Quarry Road. He asked if the Board would allow the |

| |solicitor to draft a water easement agreement with the property owner, Jeff Giles. |

| |The Board was in agreement to have the solicitor draft the agreement. |

|POLICE | |

|RESIGNATION |Engineer Kevin Brett reported on the following tasks performed during the month of July. |

| |He reviewed the Jenny Plan Revision No. 2 and submitted comments to the Township and surveyor. |

|HIRE |Met with representatives from ETC regarding their driveway on Lovi Road. ETC is to provide a complete submission to the Township for |

| |conformance to applicable Township Ordinances. |

| |LSSE assisted the Township Fire Departments and EMS with Act 13 grant applications. Next Grant Committee meeting is August 16th. |

| |A Road Study table was provided to the Township and was reviewed with Township staff. |

|MOU |They received the Turnpike Plans for the water issues in Green Valley Park. He prepared and submitted a response to the Turnpike and is |

|FREEDOM |waiting for their approval. |

|MIDDLE SCH |He also revised a parking layout at Green Valley Park for Township’s consideration. He will have it for next month’s meeting. |

| |Outfall screening for the MS4 will be scheduled along with MS4 training. Annual Progress Report is due on September 30th. |

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|SELL |Motion by Happ, seconded by Rape, to adopt Ordinance No. 215 Prohibiting the use of E-Cigarettes and Vaping Devices by all minors and |

| |prohibiting the use of E-Cigarettes and Vaping Devices by everyone inside the Schools on the property of the Freedom Area School District |

| |and within New Sewickley Township property. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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|MONTHLY RPT |Solicitor Chris Reese reported on the following: |

| |Chris advised before he advertises for the Police Pension Plan, he will be meeting with the Township Manager later in the week to obtain |

| |more information. |

| |He submitted a draft for the “Do Not Knock Ordinance”, but will need additional time table information from the manager. |

|PRFD |Chris submitted a draft for an Ordinance so the Fire Department can bill the insurance companies. The ordinance would include false alarms. |

| |Chris recommended a separate Resolution creating the penalty fees. There was discussion with the fire chiefs and police chief of the first |

| |offensive being a $100.00 penalty and second offense a $200.00 penalty. |

|SWIFT 911 | |

| |Supervisor Rape suggested making the fees part of the Township Fee Schedule at the first meeting of the year. |

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| |There was a motion by Applequist, seconded by Happ, to reapprove the Amy Nicely Plan due to the 90 day time frame expiring. Vote of 5 to 0|

| |in favor. |

|THANK YOU | |

| |Motion by Retsch, seconded by Giles, to approve the Jenny Plan Revision No. 2, contingent upon DEP approval and the applicant complying with|

| |the Engineer’s comments. Vote of 5 to 0 in favor. |

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|PSATS |Al Horn, Chairman of the Planning Commission, informed the Supervisors that currently Energy Transfer is not required to submit pipeline |

|TRAINING |projects to the Township for approval. He said it was discussed at the Planning Commission meeting and it was the consensus that ETP should|

| |be submitting plans for all pipelines and any other project they do within the Township, and that none of their projects should be started |

| |until they have been approved. He asked the Supervisors for their support. |

| |It was agreed that the Township Manager, the solicitor and engineer will draft a letter and send it to Energy Transfer advising them of |

| |this. |

|ROAD | |

|COG |Al Horn also reported that there has been an effort to get waterlines into the Township. He said he has met and talked with representatives|

| |from different departments and they talked about the advantage the Township has of having larger parcels or property located close to |

| |neighboring municipalities that have public water. He said the Township needs to be pro-active. |

|MONTHLY | |

|RPT |Dave Bauman, Representative of the Recreation Board reported on the following: |

| |Community Day was a success |

| |There were approximately 200 people at the last movie night |

|WATER | |

|EASEMENT |Manager Beighey advised there was only one bid received for the Amphitheater. It was submitted by John Byler in the amount of $96,000.00. |

|GILES |The bid was given to the Township Solicitor to review. |

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| |Motion by Retsch, seconded by Giles, to appoint John Everette to the Recreation Board to fill the unexpired term of Earline Bugay. Vote |

| |of 5 to 0 in favor. |

|ENGINEER | |

| |It was reported that the fire departments submitted their Fire Department Act 13 grants. |

| |The next grant committee meeting is scheduled for August 16th at 9:00 a.m. |

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| |The Board of Supervisors received a monthly report of all the building permits that were issued in the month July. |

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| |Supervisor Retsch expressed what an honor it is to live in a community like New Sewickley Township. He thanked the staff and the residents |

| |for what they do for the Township. |

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| |Supervisor Applequist informed the Board that the PSATS Regional Fall Forum is scheduled in October at South Pointe. |

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| |Motion by Happ, seconded by Giles, to go into executive session to discuss police negotiations and adjourn the meeting from there. Vote of 5|

| |to 0 in favor. |

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| |Meeting ended at 8:10 P.M. |

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| |Respectfully, |

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| |Patricia Pfaff |

|ORD NO.215 |Secretary |

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|PLANNING | |

|NICELY PLAN | |

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|JENNY PLAN | |

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|ETP | |

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|RECREATION | |

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|COMMITTEE | |

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