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join me in the pledge of allegiance.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands, one nation
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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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Kim, if you would take note that two of
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the supervisors are here
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unsure of Ben's whereabouts.
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Uh we're going to start off with the
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induction of our new chief. Um just have
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a few words to say. Uh today we're proud
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to formally swear in Justin Cyel as the
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permanent chief of police for Lanster
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Township. Uh, Chief Cyel has served with
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distinction as our acting chief since
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January, providing steady and effective
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leadership during the critical early
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stages of establishing our independent
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police department.
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His commitment to professionalism,
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community safety, and departmental
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growth has been instrumental in building
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a strong foundation for the Langster
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Township Police Department. With
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extensive law enforcement experience and
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a proven track record of dedicated
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service, including his roles as
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successful in the successful launch of
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our new department, Chief Cyel is
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exceptionally wellqualified to guide our
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officers and continue prioritizing the
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protection and well-being of our
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residents. His promotion to permanent
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chief reflects the confidence of the
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board of supervisors and his vision,
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integrity, and ability to lead our
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department into the future. We look
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forward to the continued success of the
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Langster Township Police Department
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under his leadership.
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Now, for a little swearing in
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over here,
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» Raise your right. logo behind you. It
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might be a nice spot there.
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» There we go. Raise your right hand. I,
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Justin Cable, do solemnly swear
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» I, Justin Cyel, do solemnly swear
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» That I will support, obey, and defend
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the Constitution of the United States
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» That I will support, obey, and defend
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the Constitution of the United States
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» And the Constitution and laws of the
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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» And the Constitution and laws of
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Pennsylvania.
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that I will discharge the duties of my
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office as chief of police with fidelity.
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» That I will discharge my duties as chief
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of police with fidelity.
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» Will uphold, obey, and enforce the law
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without consideration.
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» Will uphold, obey, and enforce the law
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without consideration
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» To a person's race, color, sex,
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religious creed
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» To a person's race, sex, religion, or
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religious creed. color, orientation,
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age.
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» Color, orientation, or age.
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» National origin, ancestry, or
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disability.
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» National origin, ancestry, or
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disability.
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» And that I will obey the rules,
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regulations, and policies and
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procedures.
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» And that I will obey the rules,
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regulations, policies, and procedures
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» Governing the Lancaster Township Police
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Department.
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» Governing the Lancaster Township Police
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Department. Congratulations.
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It's okay. Nobody's watching.
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Watch your
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exit. Congrats again. Thank you. If you
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guys all want to go outside, take some
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pictures and Okay. Thank you.
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I'm
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All right, continuing. Uh, do we have
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any public comment on agenda items?
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Agenda items only at this point.
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None.
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Secretary report
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uh fund balances for May uh 8,700,694.98
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uh for the general fund investment escro
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and liabilities. The Highway 8 fund
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1,488,565.554.
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The Capital Reserve Fund 1,87,1345
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for a total made balance of
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11,996,273.97.
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» We will file that for audit bills.
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» Uh monthly bills, uh general fund total
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$459,26.86.
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86
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escrow fund total $2,69.32
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state highway fund $16,743.50
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capital reserve fund total zero for
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total bills of $478,55968.
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I make a motion that we pay the bills.
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» Second. It's been moved and seconded
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that we pay the bills. All those in
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favor signify by saying I.
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» I. I. Moving on to reports. Uh Lafayette
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Fire Company
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covers the east side of the township.
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The uh we did not have their report for
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May available for this meeting. Uh
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Langster Township Fire Chief. Uh 32
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calls for the month. Uh one call of
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significance. We had a gas explosion on
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Chadwick Circle. Um originally came in
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as the uh homeowner reporting that the
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hot water heater had been blown up. uh
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we got there and determined that was not
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the case. The uh was quite impressive.
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The uh structure itself sustained
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significant damage. The homeowner was
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alive and out front with a neighbor. Um
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she was in the basement of that
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structure when the explosion happened.
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Um the hot water heater was intact. So
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there was a there was a gas leak that
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occurred and some ignition source and it
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found its way to an ignition source and
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exploded. Um township codes did come out
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and take a look at it. So, we appreciate
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their help. Uh, as far as you know, she
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is, uh, last known condition is she's
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still alive. She was taken to LGH with
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burns to the face and legs and then
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transferred to Lehigh Burn Center. Um,
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we had one firefighter that was injured
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trying to get a cat. Cat bit him out of
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an abundance of caution. We sent him for
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evaluation and, uh, the paperwork was
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submitted to the township office. Um,
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our rescue continues to be out of
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service this week. Uh it's in the body
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shop getting some minor body repair done
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from a accident that that had occurred a
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few months ago. Um in previous meetings
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I talked about some of our training and
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u we had four personnel successfully
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pass their national registry EMT test.
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Uh we still have one that is testing
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this week. Um
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the fire department is now set up with
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NOX. the the township has a uh a
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voluntary voluntary
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um program with Knox that uh businesses
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can can request one. Um we are now set
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up online with a self-service ordering
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function so that those uh those
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individuals wishing to get a Knox can do
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so online. They don't need to fill out
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the old paper forms anymore. So um
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that's all I have. Any questions for me?
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» None for me. Thank
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» Thank you.
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Uh recycling report for April uh 20.84%
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safety committee meeting safety
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committee meeting minutes uh sewer
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reports Lassa and SLassa printed copies
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are available township office for a
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nominal fee to view and printed on the
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website.
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Workshop reports planning and zoning.
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» Can we pump Sergeant Carpenter up so he
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can go join it?
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» Yeah, we could definitely do that. Let's
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go to the police court. All right. Uh,
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for the month of May, we had 433 calls
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for service. We had 26 vehicle crashes,
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157 traffic enforcement stops, 84
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traffic citations issued, 10 written
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traffic warnings issued, 63 verbal
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traffic warnings issued, 18 misdemeanor
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felony offenses, three DUI arrests, six
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non-traffic citations issued, zero auto
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thefts, and 55 vehicle steering wheel
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locks were issued year to date. Uh in
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response to resident complaints,
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officers continued to conduct speed
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enforcement throughout the township. Um
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officers participated in career day uh
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hosted by the school district of
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Lancaster where they displayed patrol
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vehicles and equipment and engaged with
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students at Burough's elementary school.
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We have currently transitioned our
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report writing system from the Cody's
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record 6 to the new Cody's uh pathfinder
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which is web- based. Um and with our
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annual training officers completed uh
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their mandatory inservice training
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modules for 2026. Half of the department
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completed firearm qualifications and
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first aid training. The remaining
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officers will complete uh this training
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in June.
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And we have a open position posted till
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the end of the month.
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» Correct.
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» Hey, thank you.
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» You're excused.
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» Now, Mr.
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» Thank you.
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Um, so the grass violations are piling
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up. Uh, the growing season is well upon
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us. Uh we've actually gotten to the
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point I think we've mowed uh three
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properties now with two of them just
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being today. Uh so for a total of three
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so far this year.
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Uh and those are properties that we've
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given the the polite nice letter saying
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hey maybe you forgot the miller grass uh
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and that went on to a notice of
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violation and that was still ignored and
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we've gotten to the point where we've
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had to take action. So just a little
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background there. Uh I don't have a
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number for you off the top of my head.
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We're uh we are using um for code
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violations. We're using uh the new uh
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computer system tracer for that. Uh
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we're still learning some of the
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reporting features of that to be able to
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to split out just the grass violations.
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I haven't just haven't quite figured
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that out yet. So, uh but they're they're
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rolling in pretty regularly with the
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grass storm. And then uh the fire chief
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already stole some of my thunder with
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the the uh explosion at the house. Uh it
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was uh it was rather uh I don't know if
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impressive was a good word to use for
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it, but it was really amazing what uh
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the force of that explosion did to the
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to the house itself, the structure. Uh
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it was pretty clear even to a
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nonstructural engineer guy like myself
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that this house wasn't safe to to keep
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people in. So we did condemn that. Uh I
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did actually speak to the resident um I
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think it was that following Monday. Uh I
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had contact with her and and met her in
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person then uh to talk about some
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concerns she had. Uh she was out of the
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hospital obviously at that point but uh
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last I heard she was doing well. I
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haven't heard from her since then but uh
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she was doing well relatively at that
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time. So uh that's all I have for you
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questions for me. Uh
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if memory serves me correct, uh based on
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the photos that I saw from the incident,
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the property that is right that is
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literally right there next to
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the property that almost floated was
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under construction as well.
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» Uh they are doing
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» Or they were like
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» Currently doing some uh siding, maybe a
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roof.
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» Okay. Uh, and then I think they have
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some plans to do some other work, but
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they haven't started that yet. It's just
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been the to my knowledge just the siding
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so far.
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» Okay. But like that property was not
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» Uh we we
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recommended that they get someone maybe
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through their insurance company to to
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come in and you know take a better look.
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Uh someone who's more education and
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experience than I have uh for for
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judging that. But uh I there was nothing
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that stuck out to to myself and even
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some of the fire guys uh had taken a
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look at it too and and there it seemed
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like the blast actually pushed the
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opposite side and um so they were pretty
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fortunate.
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» That's all I got.
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» Thank you, sir.
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» Township engineer Ben Weber.
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» Good evening. Uh we've got several
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construction projects that are
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continuing on. Southern Village phase 4.
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Milligville Apartments is wrapping up.
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Wallbank Road Self Storage is wrapping
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up. Burrows Elementary should be wrapped
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up by the end of the summer. Um, and uh,
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the county prison is the largest thing
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we have in the in the hopper for
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planning processing, but uh, it's
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looking like it might be before you at
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the July meeting. Um, if it goes through
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the planning commission uh, for a
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recommendation. Um,
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don't have any other real large projects
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that have come through the door just
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yet. a few small things, but um keeping
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up with all of it. It's still a busy
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time, so that's all I've got.
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» All good. Thank you.
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» Public works. Deon,
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» Good evening. Um a few things to touch
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on on the report here. Uh so we're
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continuing to work on the new yard
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facility. We just um have some checks
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tonight. We signed for resubmitting of
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the MPDS permit. Um with that new
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update, obviously, like I said, last
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month that got a little complicated. we
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had to pull that back, do some more
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testing and uh and um rework in the
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plan. Got that all ready to submit that.
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So, um we're we're hopeful to to see
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some uh some stuff back here in the next
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couple of weeks, two months. Um on that
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one, uh we are getting ready to start
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the storm water improvements, uh
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replacements in the Kensington project.
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So, we did our first um Lazak, our our
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foreman, did his first complex project
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meeting out there uh with all the
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parties um and that went off uh very
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well. Um brought Kenzie the club um up
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to speed with some of their requirements
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as a utility owner uh as well cuz they
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had private utilities in that
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development. So, that was uh good all
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the way around. Uh the playground at St.
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Joe's is open uh opened May 21st before
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Memorial Day, that lovely beautiful
[20:19]
weather weekend we had. Um but luckily
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the few weekends after that I've seen
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some kids uh playing in there and
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they've been uh doing great. Uh the
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playgrounds have been doing great. Um
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the damage flasher from uh what it we
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assume uh to be a dump truck with it up
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on New Damble Pike has been repaired. Um
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we're ready to submit that for
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insurance. Uh and the guys are currently
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uh working on Honeysuckle Lane um to
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make some improvements to some swim
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water out there. Um before you tonight
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will be the uh park ordinance that we
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had talked about last month. Um
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and then uh one last thing before I move
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on is we had uh one of our uh staff
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members, Tim Heller, uh take and pass as
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of Friday. Uh he is now a certified
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playground safety inspector. Um which
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will help keep all of our playgrounds up
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to the safety standards um that we all
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but but to the te with the
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certification. So, I'm happy to have
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that unless you guys have any questions.
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» Thank you, sir.
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» Township manager.
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» Uh, last month uh uh Devin did an
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excellent job of talking about the
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public works facility and um its history
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and the status of uh the current
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facility as as it sits. Um if you
[21:36]
recall, we went to bid um last year for
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the public works building when we
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thought that it was going to come in at
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five or six million $6 million. the bids
[21:44]
came in significantly more than that.
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It's caused us to go back and um revise
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uh the drawings with the eye towards
[21:52]
rebidding and hoping to get a better
[21:54]
price. Um but as uh we go through that
[21:59]
process, we recognize that that while we
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may not get to, you know, the nine or
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$10 million that we were looking at
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before, we're going to end up somewhere
[22:06]
in the middle. So, that's going to make
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us have to make or you have to make some
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tough decisions about how much of our
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reserves we spend. We don't have any
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debt in the township, which is a real uh
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oddity uh in today's uh local government
[22:21]
scene. So, um we're probably going to
[22:23]
have to take on debt for the first time,
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and that may necessitate some increased
[22:27]
tax revenue. Um so, just out out of an
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abundance of caution and transparency,
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last month we had a report on the old
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building. This month I'm gonna ask Devin
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to get up now and give a little report
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on what the new facility looks like and
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how it differs from the old design. And
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next month we'll do uh a little
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discussion about uh the financing side
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of things. Um a lot of times uh we go
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through this process and folks come in,
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you know, when in January or February or
[22:56]
budget time and and say that they didn't
[22:58]
have a chance to weigh in, that they
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hadn't heard anything about this, that
[23:01]
we weren't transparent. not not really
[23:02]
us, but I mean that's the local I mean
[23:04]
that's the that's the typical criticism
[23:06]
of local government. So I want to make
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sure although this gets a little tedious
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that we give everyone a chance to both
[23:12]
online or in person uh learn about what
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we're doing and why uh to weigh in as
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part of the process um so that we make
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uh a good decision um with as much
[23:22]
public input input as possible. So if
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you would
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» Great uh thank you. So um just to start
[23:30]
off here I want to do a little bit of
[23:31]
background uh on the next slide about
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how we got to this point. So uh just a
[23:35]
comparison here uh 1990s versus today
[23:37]
when when the public works building that
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exists today uh was built um uh we had
[23:43]
approximately 40 mi of roadway um and
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Gable Park, Wedgewood, Benton Lane uh
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were just new uh or being built uh
[23:51]
neighborhoods. Um uh parks were just
[23:54]
starting to be added to the township.
[23:55]
the township didn't even didn't even own
[23:57]
parks back then. Maybe Window Landing in
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the '90s was just new with that
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development, but even Hamilton Park at
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that time was privately owned um by the
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the Hamilton Plug Park Club, I think is
[24:08]
what was called.
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» Um and Community Park didn't didn't even
[24:11]
exist yet. Um it was a farm to my
[24:14]
knowledge back then. And also the MS4
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storm water requirements um were were
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not in existence. Um we now have over 50
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mi of local road uh five parks with over
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100 acres to manage. uh MS4 uh is up and
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running and a lot of what we do is based
[24:30]
around that with storm water concerns uh
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today. Uh not to mention about a 50%
[24:36]
population increase since n since the
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early 1990s. Um and we've highlighted
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some of those roads and uh in color
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there you can see that not the state
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roads in blue, but the reds and yellows
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were roads that weren't weren't here
[24:48]
were just recently developing uh when
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this the current building was was built.
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Um um so just a little example uh of how
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that's impacted storage. So just remind
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you of that photo and how that
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complicates things. Um so just just
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taking in mind here with the size of
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that building and how that looks um when
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we go through the next slide here. Um so
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so this is the design for the new
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building. Um and the current building
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sits in approximately a quarter of this.
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So, that tells you the the the the much
[25:21]
needed space that we'll be able to
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create. Um uh to uh have uh additional
[25:27]
storage, uh the ability to to to get
[25:30]
vehicles in and out without moving 30
[25:32]
pieces out to get one piece. Um not to
[25:35]
mention just the just the overall safety
[25:37]
of being able to move around freely
[25:38]
without tripping over a trailer hitch or
[25:40]
or or what um whatever may be sticking
[25:43]
out of the back of a truck after a
[25:44]
workday. Um, in addition to that, we'll
[25:48]
have a a separate wash bay, uh, which
[25:50]
will allow us to to wash vehicles and
[25:52]
not get everything else musty and dirty.
[25:55]
Uh, and a mechanics bay, which will will
[25:57]
be separated from the the maintenance
[26:00]
storage area. Um, we'll have uh have
[26:04]
completely separated the the lunchroom
[26:08]
areas, the break room areas, all of
[26:10]
those things, the offices from the
[26:13]
maintenance space, which as most people
[26:16]
know tend to be a little bit more
[26:17]
dirtier uh with some positive air uh
[26:20]
which would would uh negative would
[26:22]
decrease the amount of dust and dirt
[26:23]
that you see in the office spaces and
[26:25]
lunchrooms. And then above that uh which
[26:27]
you can see at the top there is the
[26:30]
mezzanine which would be the
[26:33]
I don't even know how how much more
[26:34]
space it would be. It'll be all of the
[26:36]
dry storage that we have for filters and
[26:38]
recycle bins and all those things that
[26:40]
we just currently have stocked in
[26:42]
storage containers here and there and
[26:44]
everywhere else. Um
[26:47]
and then u and then this is the
[26:49]
oversight plan. Um uh we did um
[26:54]
we had Bill had mention about changing
[26:55]
the the scope of this. Uh we did go
[26:58]
through and and make some changes to
[27:00]
this. So, the original building layout
[27:02]
plan did have uh an excessive overhead
[27:04]
crane throughout it for for mounting
[27:07]
plows and all of those things. Uh we've
[27:09]
completely uh removed that through the
[27:11]
majority of the building with the
[27:12]
exception of the maintenance uh area
[27:14]
where we can use that to to put the
[27:16]
plows and salt spreaders on um and not
[27:19]
need to have that throughout the entire
[27:20]
building which is which was a
[27:22]
substantial cost. Um and in addition to
[27:25]
that by removing the back place uh the
[27:28]
place where the red circle is um which
[27:30]
would uh be additional outdoor storage
[27:32]
and um some vehicle storage for the
[27:36]
police uh which had an excessive amount
[27:38]
of rock removals to be uh to be done
[27:40]
there. Uh by removing that we saved a
[27:43]
lot of money as well and then we we
[27:44]
would move those things off site. Um so
[27:48]
just a couple of things that we looked
[27:49]
at um that substantially decreased the
[27:52]
cost. Um there were there were
[27:54]
oversightes when we talked to the
[27:55]
designers originally. So um so we we
[28:00]
anticipate these changes to save the
[28:02]
project about 1.3 to 1.5 million um and
[28:06]
uh bring the total project cost down to
[28:08]
about 7.8 million to to 8 million. Um uh
[28:11]
like Bill has mentioned before the last
[28:13]
the lowest bids with the last round was
[28:15]
about $9.3 million. So, we're hoping
[28:18]
that these savings, uh, these reductions
[28:21]
can help save the project overall.
[28:24]
So, uh, any questions?
[28:30]
» Great.
[28:30]
» Thank you.
[28:31]
» Thanks.
[28:47]
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026, 7 p.m.
[28:51]
Planning Commission meeting here at
[28:52]
12:40 Maple A. Uh, Tuesday, June 23rd,
[28:56]
2026, 7 p.m. zoning hearing board
[28:58]
meeting here at 12:40 Maple A. The
[29:03]
township office will be closed on
[29:05]
Friday, July 3rd to recognize the July
[29:09]
4th holiday. And our next board of
[29:12]
supervisors meeting will be Monday, July
[29:14]
13th, 2026.
[29:17]
Uh, is there a reason that says 6:30,
[29:19]
not 6?
[29:21]
» Mistake.
[29:22]
» Should be 6.
[29:23]
» 6:00 p.m.
[29:24]
» My bad.
[29:26]
» It's okay. Uh, at at 6 p.m. here at
[29:29]
12:40 Maple Lab.
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» Old business.
[29:35]
Uh, ordinance number 2026-04,
[29:38]
ordinance of the township of Lancaster,
[29:40]
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, adopting
[29:41]
new uh parks, public property, and
[29:44]
recreational space ordinance. Uh, Mr.
[29:48]
Chair, I make a motion that uh that we
[29:51]
approve ordinance number 2026-04,
[29:54]
adopting a new parks, public property,
[29:55]
and recreational spaces ordinance.
[29:58]
» Second. It has been moved and seconded
[30:00]
to approve ordinance number 2026-04.
[30:04]
All those in favor signify by saying I.
[30:06]
» I.
[30:07]
» I.
[30:09]
» Planning and zoning
[30:11]
» Uh LTPC272 Southern Village Phase 4
[30:14]
financial security reduction. Uh I make
[30:16]
a motion that we approve a request from
[30:19]
Dennis uh Del Ro uh Hunter Creek
[30:23]
Builders for a reduction of the
[30:25]
financial security for the southern
[30:26]
village phase force subdivision and land
[30:28]
development plan. Uh this request was
[30:30]
received by township by the township on
[30:32]
April 26, 2026. Uh in his letter dated
[30:36]
May 14, 2026, township engineer Ben
[30:39]
Weber recommended the township approved
[30:41]
the request but only reduce the amount
[30:43]
of the financial security of the
[30:45]
financial security by $55,41863
[30:50]
to a new amount of $2,35,537.93.
[30:55]
» Second. It's been moved and seconded uh
[30:59]
to for the financial security reduction
[31:02]
uh LTPC 272. All those in favor signify
[31:05]
by saying I.
[31:07]
» I.
[31:07]
» I.
[31:10]
» LTPC 311 Lancaster County Correctional
[31:13]
Facility time of extension. I make a
[31:15]
motion that we acknowledge receipt of
[31:17]
the time of extension from David Miller
[31:19]
number two on behalf of the county of
[31:21]
Lancaster until September 30th, 2026.
[31:23]
the approval of the land development
[31:25]
plan for the Lancaster County facility.
[31:27]
» Uh it's just a recognition of the time
[31:30]
extension.
[31:33]
» Uh LTPC 334 1944 Mill Road time
[31:37]
extension. Uh this is just another
[31:40]
acknowledgement of receipt of 3month
[31:42]
time extension from G. David uh Kenir J
[31:45]
D Kenir LLC on behalf of Iris Key for
[31:51]
the approval of the storm water
[31:52]
management site plan for 1944 Mosul
[31:55]
Road.
[31:56]
» That is acknowledged. Moving on to new
[31:59]
business.
[32:01]
» All right. New business. Uh draft
[32:03]
ordinance 2026-05, an ordinance of the
[32:05]
township of Lancaster, Langster County,
[32:08]
Pennsylvania, amending the zoning
[32:09]
ordinance to permit nonpicular
[32:12]
campgrounds in the industrial eye
[32:14]
district by conditional use in the
[32:16]
campus/open space district by special
[32:20]
exception and establishing regulations
[32:22]
and standard for such uses.
[32:26]
» You will direct bill not to advertise.
[32:30]
» Yep. Uh, I'm asking be uh that you guys
[32:33]
direct uh myself and the solicitor to uh
[32:36]
uh to advertise the draft ordinance and
[32:38]
send it to the local uh planning
[32:41]
commission as well as the county
[32:42]
planning commission for review.
[32:44]
» Let's do that.
[32:45]
» Okay.
[32:47]
Resolution
[32:49]
uh 2026-5, a resolution authorizing the
[32:52]
conveyance of certain real estate to
[32:53]
Manor Township and authorizing the
[32:55]
execution of all documents and papers
[32:57]
and the taking of all actions required
[32:59]
and and necessary to actuate the state.
[33:02]
» Uh can uh can um uh after your motion uh
[33:08]
and before you vote, if you can give Ben
[33:10]
an opportunity to weigh in on this, I
[33:12]
think it's useful. Mhm.
[33:14]
» Would you make some motion to just that
[33:18]
number?
[33:18]
» Oh, what the? I'm sorry.
[33:20]
» Number
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» The resolution numbering.
[33:23]
» Yeah.
[33:23]
» Oh, 2026-0
[33:26]
something 6.
[33:27]
» You already adopted 05.
[33:29]
» Oh jeez.
[33:30]
» No, that was an ordinance.
[33:32]
» That's ordinance 05. This is resolution
[33:34]
05.
[33:34]
» Okay, I'll calm down.
[33:36]
» Okay,
[33:38]
thanks.
[33:40]
» Make a motion. Um,
[33:43]
I'll make a motion that we approve
[33:44]
resolution 2026-05 authorizing the
[33:47]
conveyance of real estate to Matter
[33:48]
Township and authorizing the execution
[33:50]
of
[33:52]
second.
[33:52]
» Okay. Well, then I'll go ahead and speak
[33:54]
to it then. This is a bit unusual.
[33:56]
There's a there's a uh there's a small
[33:58]
piece of land that's owned by Lancaster
[34:00]
Township in Manor Township on the other
[34:03]
side of the river. My guess is that at
[34:04]
some point or another the river moved
[34:06]
and the earth didn't. Um,
[34:10]
» You want the history on it or no?
[34:12]
» This be enough. And uh, and so we had
[34:15]
hoped to convey this land to Matter
[34:17]
Township because they're over there
[34:18]
mowing it. It's on their side of the
[34:20]
creek. Um, when we when we did the land
[34:22]
development plan for the public works
[34:24]
facility, we were going to convey that
[34:25]
land to them. But, uh, since there's
[34:28]
been a delay in the land development
[34:29]
plan for public works, we still have an
[34:32]
opportunity to do this by resolution.
[34:34]
And, uh, this just tidies up the
[34:35]
borders, conveys the land over to them.
[34:37]
It'll still be a public park. Um, but it
[34:40]
gives them a chance to kind of develop
[34:41]
it on their side the same way we've
[34:43]
developed on our side with with a trail
[34:45]
system, etc., etc.
[34:47]
» All right. It has been moved and
[34:49]
seconded uh to approve resolution
[34:52]
2026-05.
[34:53]
All those in favor signify by saying I.
[34:56]
» I.
[34:57]
» I. Resolution
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2026-06,
[35:01]
a resolution uh to consider Lancaster
[35:03]
County's request for a revision of the
[35:05]
township's official sewage facilities
[35:06]
plan to provide for sewage disposal for
[35:09]
new land development of the proposed
[35:11]
Langster County Correctional Facility.
[35:13]
Uh I make a motion that we approve
[35:15]
resolution uh 2026-06.
[35:17]
There is a request by Langster County
[35:19]
for a revision of the official sewage
[35:21]
facilities plan of the township to
[35:23]
provide for a sewage disposal for new
[35:25]
land development of the fosed Lancaster
[35:27]
County commercial correctional facility.
[35:30]
» Second.
[35:31]
Uh it's been moved and seconded to
[35:34]
approve resolution 2026-06.
[35:37]
Uh all those in favor signify by saying
[35:39]
I.
[35:39]
» I.
[35:40]
» I.
[35:42]
» Resolution 2026-07.
[35:44]
a resolution to adopt to I'm sorry to
[35:46]
approve request by Lancaster City for a
[35:49]
multi- municipal joint grant application
[35:52]
to seek funding for potential
[35:53]
improvements to pedestrian and bicyclist
[35:55]
facilities along rank road from Gtown
[35:59]
Road to Rank Avenue. I make a motion
[36:02]
that we approve resolution 2036-7.
[36:06]
» Been moved and seconded to approve
[36:08]
resolution. Excuse me. I didn't second.
[36:11]
I will second. It has been moved and
[36:13]
seconded uh to approve resolution 2026
[36:16]
destroy 7. All those in favor signify by
[36:19]
saying I.
[36:20]
» I. I.
[36:23]
» Guest recognition and participation. Do
[36:25]
we have any non-aggenda items that
[36:28]
anyone would like to speak to?
[36:31]
Speak now.
[36:33]
Uh please come up to the podium with
[36:35]
your name and your address
[36:39]
for the record.
[36:44]
Uh Patrick Goldlock, 2540 Honey Lane. I
[36:48]
have a quick question on the building
[36:50]
right here. The when when we when we be
[36:53]
getting closer to the financial end,
[36:57]
you know, knowing what the bid's going
[36:59]
to come in and for the the tax base and
[37:01]
the increase for the you know, the
[37:03]
residents.
[37:03]
» We'll make that presentation at next
[37:05]
month's meeting. Um based on the cost
[37:08]
estimates that we're showing tonight,
[37:09]
this $1.8 8 to $8 million.
[37:11]
» Uhhuh.
[37:12]
» And then, uh, the board will have to
[37:13]
decide if they want to bid it. Um, and
[37:16]
if so, how much reserves will be used
[37:19]
and how much will be a tax increase and
[37:20]
how much the tax increase will be spread
[37:22]
out over time. So, that's that'll be an
[37:24]
on ongoing discussion
[37:26]
» For next month.
[37:27]
» Well, I'll present all the information
[37:29]
next month and then
[37:30]
» Uh at some point we'll have to start to
[37:32]
make that decision. Yeah.
[37:33]
» Uh and then we've got to put the bid out
[37:35]
and the bids could always come in,
[37:38]
» I don't know, $12 million, in which case
[37:41]
then
[37:41]
» We'd have to go back to the drawing
[37:42]
board again.
[37:43]
» Yeah. Okay. And the other thing I uh
[37:46]
down on Rice Road, there used to be a
[37:48]
sign down there. It had uh children at
[37:50]
play. It was very
[37:53]
nostalgic, authentic at the time when
[37:55]
that neighborhood was built. Um where
[37:58]
did that go?
[37:59]
» No idea what you're talking about. We
[38:01]
can take a look at it and try to find
[38:02]
out.
[38:02]
» No, it's a street sign, but the street
[38:04]
sign went missing, but a new sign went
[38:06]
up. It just said watch children.
[38:08]
» Okay.
[38:08]
» And I just, you know, for being historic
[38:10]
Lancaster County, it was so strange to
[38:12]
see something that's been there since
[38:14]
Willis Rice was there probably before.
[38:19]
» Well, Pendot has a standards manual for
[38:21]
signs and they change it. When they
[38:22]
change it, we change our signs
[38:24]
accordingly.
[38:25]
» But we're not part of Pendot.
[38:27]
It's that's like a that's not a state,
[38:29]
right? That's
[38:30]
» Right. The pendot dictates the the terms
[38:33]
of what signages can be used in all
[38:35]
public roads.
[38:37]
» It's not a private road. It's
[38:38]
» No, it's a it's a public small secondary
[38:41]
really small road.
[38:42]
» Yeah. So, we go by the Pendot standards.
[38:44]
The Pendot issues a manual for all
[38:45]
signage.
[38:46]
» Okay.
[38:47]
» Based on reflectivity.
[38:49]
So, there's uniform signs around the
[38:51]
Commonwealth.
[38:51]
» Yeah.
[38:52]
» Yeah.
[38:52]
» Okay. I just wondered it just it's been
[38:54]
there for since the 50s or 60s. It's
[38:56]
like
[38:58]
looked nice. that caught your attention
[39:00]
more than the new one did, you know.
[39:03]
» Not accord not according to PENDO.
[39:05]
» Yeah. Well, yeah. Or for the state, but
[39:08]
all righty. I think that's about it.
[39:11]
» Thanks. Thank you. Anyone else?