Meeting roundup
• Date: April 8
• Action: Council honored the retiring borough manager and a pair of high school sports teams. Terry Hazlett, borough manager for the past 11 years, was given a special award by Mayor David Rhome honoring his service. Hazlett, who is retiring at the end of the month, was credited with developing Canonsburg’s downtown and helping to implement the borough’s musical theme.
“I don’t know how he’s worked as long and hard as he has and still has a full head of hair,” said council President John Bevec.
Council honored two Canon-McMillan varsity athletic teams that won recent WPIAL championships. The boy’s soccer and wrestling teams were acknowledged for their 2012-13 seasons.
The council also voted to approve a transfer of an unassigned general fund balance of $52,515 to the capital projects fund.
• Next meeting: 7 p.m. May 6 in the borough building
• Date: April 8
• Action: The board voted to approve an updated permit fee schedule that would include mandatory escrow accounts for many nonresidential land use permit applications in the township.
Under the updated ordinance, anyone building residential or nonresidential structures will continue to be responsible for existing application and permit fees. However, in addition, many nonresidential builders submitting usage permits would be responsible for holding money in an escrow account that the township could use to pay for any expenses incurred by the township, including engineer and solicitor consultations.
Now, all conditional use permits, special exemptions and minor and major subdivisions will be required to maintain a $1,000 balance in an escrow account. Property line shift applicants will need to keep $500 in escrow.
Natural gas companies will now be required to keep $1,000 in escrow per well in addition to the $300 application fee and any required grading permits. Road restoration bonds will also carry the mandatory escrow.
A new light tax of $24 per property will be charged to residents in the township. Earlier in the year, supervisors received notice from the tax collector saying the township was losing money on the amount being charged to residents who have streetlights. The rate was previously based on a per-lineal-foot basis.
Contract were awarded to a number of companies for road department materials for the upcoming spring construction season. Edmonds, Lane Construction and Suite-Kote Corp. were awarded winning bids for stone, blacktop and emulsion products. The materials will be purchased with funding through liquid fuel and general funds.
• Next meeting: 7 p.m. May 13 in the municipal building.
• Date: April 8
• Action: Supervisors accepted the resignation of part time police officer Derek Dayoub.
In 2009, Dayoub was suspended without pay after being charged with assaulting two men while on duty. Those charges were dropped two years later at the request of former Washington County district attorney Steve Topriani. In February, he was again suspended for undisclosed reasons. Last month a closed hearing was held with township officials. No reason was given for Dayoub’s resignation.
• Next meeting: 7 p.m. May 13 in the municipal building