Michele Lee Dick

The agenda covers both a Work Session and a Re-Organization and Regular Meeting. Key items for the re-organization include confirming elected positions, appointing or reappointing numerous township officials (such as Manager, Solicitor, Engineer, and various coordinators), and appointing a certified public accountant firm for the 2025 audit. Business for the regular session includes establishing 2026 office hours, employee pay rates, HSA contributions, and paid closed days. The board will also establish the 2026 regular meeting and work session schedules. Other discussions involve approving service agreements with Stiffler McGraw & Associates Inc. and Keller Engineer, approving a fuel allowance disbursement to Friendship Fire Co. No. 1, and reviewing financial reports and bill lists.

The agenda includes discussions on citizen concerns regarding the PA 36 & 164 intersection; engineering comments and concerns; supervisors' concerns encompassing invitation to bid for bathroom renovations, Clean Up Day, Snow Removal Ordinance, SALDO, and Comcast Cable Franchise Agreement; code enforcement concerns, including a monthly report; road workers' concerns, including a monthly report, 2025 road projects, parking lot sealing, a part-time application, payloader, Hoover's spraying, and logging; secretary concerns; treasurer concerns, including financial report #3 and bill lists #3; monthly permits issued; old and new business, including updates from Friendship Volunteer Fire Co. #1; and upcoming meetings.

The agenda includes an executive session (if applicable), approval of minutes, citizen recognitions, engineering comments (Barnes-Scenic Lane and Ritchey-Cabbage Creek Rd), supervisor comments (appointing a sewage enforcement officer, traffic signal maintenance agreement, excessive barking concerns, and notification of upstream regulated substances), code enforcement concerns (monthly report), road worker comments (monthly report, bridge inspections, 2025 road project, Steam Jennie, and speed limits), secretary comments (correspondences/updates), treasurer comments (financial report and bill lists), monthly permits issued, old/new business (Friendship Volunteer Fire Co. report), and upcoming meetings.

The re-organization meeting agenda included establishing appointments for various positions, setting the 2024 employee pay scale, approving paid days off, and setting mileage and cell phone reimbursement rates. Discussion topics also encompassed engineering concerns related to several roads and properties, legal concerns (to be addressed in executive session), supervisors' concerns about an employee handbook, solar ordinance, roads, and engineering firms. Code enforcement concerns included a monthly report and specific property addresses. Road workers' concerns included a monthly report and truck maintenance. The secretary and treasurer presented their reports, and monthly permits issued were reviewed. Other business included a report from the Friendship Volunteer Fire Co. #1.

The agenda includes citizen recognitions, engineering comments concerning several roads and subdivisions, legal concerns, supervisors' comments on a solar ordinance, auditor pay increase, and participation in the Blair Region Code Administration Committee. Other agenda items include the appointment of a chief administrative officer for the Township Pension Plan, code enforcement concerns, road worker comments, a clean-up day report, treasurer comments including financial and bill approvals, monthly permits issued, and discussion of the Friendship Volunteer Fire Co. and Faith Assembly Church.