Foster Township will hold its annual spring cleanup this Saturday.
Township supervisors made the announcement at their regular meeting on Monday. Cleanup will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the same location on Tuna Cross Roads as it usually is held. Residents should go around to the back side of the ball field and down to the building.
The township is not taking electronics this year because they have no way to get rid of them, said Supervisor Chairman George Hocker.
Also at the meeting, the supervisors accepted bids for two paving projects. Glenn O. Hawbaker submitted the lowest bid for both. The bid for paving on East Main Street is $135,260, and the bid for the upper end of Bolivar Drive starting at the firehall is $183,468.50.
Hocker explained that the amount budgeted will cover paving of East Main and only half of Bolivar Drive, so they plan to do the lower end of Bolivar next year.
They accepted bids from IA Construction for antiskid at $14.50/ton and washed stones for $18.50/ton. Also, they agreed to pay $170 per cut to Michael Stuck to mow in Foster Brook.
Also, supervisors voted on the sale of four properties from the McKean County repository.
They approved the sale of a Bates Road property for $250 and a Seaward Avenue property for $330. They voted to table two other sales: they want to check that the new use of 16 Rew Road would meet township ordinances, and they want to check if the buyer’s plan to put a camp on a South Kendall Avenue property meets township ordinances.
All three taxing bodies — the township, McKean County and Bradford Area School District — must approve repository sales before they move forward.
Supervisors accepted the resignation of one employee, effective April 30, and passed a motion to advertise, interview and hire a police officer prior to the June meeting.
Supervisors approved a motion to open a claim to recapture $87.40 in taxes from Columbia Gas for KOZ noncompliance.
They gave their approval for a single equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) for Bradford Retail LLC at 50 Foster Brook Blvd., too. Supervisor Gus Crissman explained that is the new telephone building.
Under the police department report, Chief Tom Munn said that in April officers responded to 216 complaints, 11 of which were motor vehicle accidents, issued 23 citations, conducted 15 criminal investigations and patrolled 5,162 miles.
Road Foreman Chad Babcock said they did work in April including cleaning the beaver dams that were causing problems in the township. Other tasks included sweeping all roads, washing all bridges and plowing and sanding one time.
Code Enforcement Officer Kevin Shaffer said the department received two new complaints in April. Regarding a Lambert Drive complaint, he “chased” the individual around for about two weeks before he caught up with him, and that individual has 30 days. He also handled a complaint on Bolivar Drive in which garbage was blowing into a neighbor’s yard. A camper that had been parked on Interstate Parkway for a long time is now gone, too.
The public meeting for June has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. June 14, which is a week later than normal.
