George Hocker will remain supervisor chairman in Foster Township.
Supervisors voted on that several other township posts during its 2019 reorganizational meeting Monday night. Gus Crissman will remain supervisor vice chairman and Shannon Morgan, secretary/treasurer.
The meeting began with the swearing-in of four fire police officers before talking about the township’s appointments.
Appointments include Gus Crissman as road master; Carl McCracken, police liaison; George Hocker, sewer liaison; Chad Babcock, road foreman; Tom Munn, police chief; Mark Grassi, zoning officer; Bob Baker, code enforcement officer; Stapleford & Byham LLC, township solicitor; Cafardi, Ferguson, Wyrick, Weis & Stotler, labor solicitor; Stiffler, McGraw & Associates Inc., township engineer; Buffamante, Whipple & Buttafaro, certified public accountant; Todd Fantaskey, sewage enforcement officer; and Nick Melnick, alternate sewage enforcement officer.
Donald Fredeen was appointed for a five-year term as a representative to the Bradford District Flood Control Authority; Chris Burkhouse, a three-year term, Uniform Construction Code Appeal; Barbara Price and William Hallock, one-year terms, auditors.
Other township representatives in 2019 include Jon Barrett, Derrick City fire chief; Stephanie Scrivo, Derrick City Fire Department president; Todd Burkhouse, Rew fire chief; Amanda Jackson, Rew Fire Department president; Sally Scrivo, Foster Township emergency management coordinator; Shannon Morgan, Bradford Area Public Library; Pete Gardner, McKean County Planning Commission; and Shannon Morgan, McKean County Tax Collection Committee.
Shannon Morgan was authorized as the voting delegate at the annual state educational conference of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.
Also at the meeting, supervisors passed a motion to re-advertise for bids for work on the Foster Brook traffic signal upgrade.
The project was previously bid out twice, and both times the sole bidding contractor submitted a bid was higher than the township was able to pay. Township officials received permission from the state to postpone the deadline by which they had to use a grant set for the project.
In other news, the state has postponed the deadline by which the township has to use grant money for a new traffic light at the intersection of East Main Street and Derrick Road.
To use the $65,000 grant, the township was supposed to have the project completed and finalized by June 2019.
During the public discussion portion of the meeting, resident Donald Tracy asked if address signs, like the ones residents have to put by their own homes, could be put by the pump stations on Summit Road in case an emergency vehicle needs to find them.
Officials agreed to find out if they have address numbers; if not, they will put signs labeling them as Pump Stations 1 and 2.
Later in the meeting, another resident asked when sewer bills will come out.
Hocker wasn’t sure, as they are waiting on the printing company. While he said residents won’t be charged late fees for payments that are late due to the prolonged bill printing, residents can still make payments without the ticket. Officials noted residents should know when the payment is due and how much it will be, as sewer fees are the same as 2018.
During his report on the police department, Chief Tom Munn gave statistics for the department’s work in 2018: the department received 2,660 complaints — 132 of which were motor vehicle accidents, issued 265 citations, completed 87 criminal investigations and patrolled 47,174 miles.
Supervisors passed several housekeeping-type resolutions for 2019, too.
In 2019, supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the municipal building, and work sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month. The times for any special meetings will be advertised as legal notices in The Era.
