Meeting roundup
• Date: May 12
• Action: With the older tennis bubble nearing the end of its life, council authorized a $350,000 loan to the Peters Township Tennis Association for a new bubble at the tennis complex near the township library. The loan will run for at least 15 years and will include a new heating and air conditioning system. Council also awarded a bid to Architectural Innovations for $28,900 to design a replacement amphitheater in Peterswood Park. New playground equipment was purchased from Play and Park Structures for Rees Park in the amount of $48,198. No date was given for installation.
Council awarded a contract to the only bidder, Pavement Technology, for the pavement rejuvenator project, for $94,007.
Council approved a five-year contract agreement between the township and the International Association of Firefighters Local 4750. The firefighters previously approved the agreement, which will call for pay raises of 2.5 percent for the first two years, and 2.75 percent for the final three years. New firefighters will be required to pay a higher health care premium and wages for paramedics will be frozen throughout the contract.
• Discussion: The township received a $250,000 grant from the state to help cover the cost of purchasing large recycling containers for residents to use when a new form of collection is implemented. Residents will see an increase in collection rates, however, because of the grant the increase will be less. Some of the grant money will be used to purchase a cardboard container compactor.
Next meeting: 7:30 p.m. May 26 at the municipal building
• Date: May 15
• Action: At the request of the redevelopment authority, the board approved a lease between the county and Aeronational Inc. at the rate of $584 per month for the site known as the “Old Guard Hangar” at the county airport.
Commissioner Harlan Shober abstained from voting on a travel request from the county health center that Mark Simpson, Shober’s son-in-law, attend the Association of Linen Management Conference in Tampa Bay, Fla., June 9-11. The cost of the trip will be about $900. Commission Chairman Larry Maggi and Vice Chairman Diana Irey Vaughan voted in favor of the request.
The commissioners approved a contract for records storage at 20 South Main Street across from the courthouse with Joyce and Aaron Stimmell of Washington from June 1through May 31, 2019, at the rate of $4.52 per square foot, for a total monthly rent of $5,405 for 14,350 square feet, with the option to renew for two additional five-year terms at $4.64 and $4.76 per square foot. The Stimmells’ bid was the only one the county received.
• Appointments: Canvass board, primary election, Leona Alexis, Paulie Chappel, Charlie Watts, David Kresh, Cathy Kresh, Margery McKinley, Myrna Calabro, Patricia Davis and Carolyn Dunklin.
• Announcement: All county offices will be closed Tuesday for the Pennsylvania primary election and Monday, May 26, for Memorial Day.
• Next meeting: 10 a.m. Thursday, June 5, in the public meeting room of the Courthouse Square office building.