July 28, 2005 The meeting of the Supervisors of Franklin Township, held in the Township office, was called to order by Chairman John Sachar at 0806 hours with the Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Sachar, Jarrett Miller and David Henderson. Secretary/Treasurer Bonnie Bernhardt is off on sick leave. VISITORS/PUBLIC COMMENT No visitors present. MINUTES Miller moved to approve the minutes of 7/12/05 as presented. Sachar seconded. Carried. REPORTS Roadmaster – Mowing has finally resumed after three weeks waiting for repairs. Some grading was done. Fry, West Stancliff east of Silverthorn and Silverthorn north of Stancliff were graded. Brine is in very short supply and may become a problem if more is not available. It was noted that Rick was not here this week as he was with his wife attending to a family emergency in Arkansas. The Athey has been refurbished to allow it to be used for some Township work and to trade work with Girard Township. We will use their jetter truck to clear out a few critical cross pipes. Agility, Falls Road Bridge #1, CDL Driving Hours, Equipment repairs, Grader sharing agreement with Washington Township - Nothing. Anti-Skid Building – Dave will give the PennDOT assistant another call about the price of the block. Dirt and Gravel Roads Program Grant Application – The application has been submitted and we are waiting for word. Francis Road Cross Pipe Replacement Grant Application – The DCED grant application is in progress. An updated estimate was presented with a new total of $86,587. As soon as possible, the engineer will revisit the site and make sure that all previous assessments remain the same. Add Carbury Road Bridge to County 12-Year Plan – A motion was made by Miller and seconded by Sachar to have the Carbury Road Bridge design added to the end of the 12-Year County Plan. Carried. The estimated remaining life of this bridge is 20 years. This will put us in a position to replace it as needed in about 16 years. FINANCIAL AND TAXES Bills –Miller moved to approve the bill list for payment totaling $4,541.61 general fund. Sachar seconded. Carried. Payroll – Henderson moved to approve payroll #15-05 as presented. Miller seconded. Carried. Tax Collector, Clean & Green – ECATO may receive information on the County criteria for Clean & Green at tonight’s meeting. Henderson will call the ECATO President to discuss the possible position of ECATO. None of the Supervisors are able to attend the meeting this evening. PLGIT P-Card – We will wait until the Secretary returns to the office to proceed with the program. EMS Tax and Employee Benefits – Nothing. Solicitor George Schroeck arrived at 0850 hours PLANNING, ZONING, RECREATION, SAFETY, SANITATION/RECYCLING, HEALTH AND THE COMMON GOOD Planning Commission Minutes, Storage Trailers –The Supervisors considered the recommendation from the Planning Commission. Henderson will write their suggestions into updated points for the Ordinance and circulate them around again. Non-construction temporary storage should not be allowed. An escrow/bond should be collected up front and returned at the end if not needed. If someone wants to place a storage container on his property as a permanent building, this would be allowed if the normal zoning/assessment/building permit process were followed and the building was permanently attached to the ground meeting all UCC requirements. Regional Planning Commission – Motion was made by Sachar and seconded by Miller to hold a hearing on the adoption of the Regional Comprehensive Plan and to advertise same for a meeting date and time established by the Regional Planning Commission. Carried. History Grant, Recycling, Edinboro Lake Watershed, Industrial Park/KOZ – Nothing. Ordinance Compliance – it appears that Zachary Smith has made some improvement to his property and a further review should be made before sending a violation notice. Shooting Range – Two complaints were received by the office regarding the shooting range starting firing at 7 a.m. Monday. Firing also started at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. A letter had been sent to the residents by Les Fetterman about the days that shooting would occur but nothing was mentioned about the time. Sachar pointed out that Fetterman had previously indicated that there would be no shooting before 9 a.m. A letter is to be sent to Fetterman inquiring about why this was done when the residents had previously been told that no firing would occur before 9 a.m. The Solicitor is to send a letter to Public Safety Director Joe Weindorf to inquire about the status of the building proposed by the County for housing the shooting range. A copy is to be sent to Chief Bowers of the Erie P.D. SOLICITOR Vittorio – The Solicitor advised that the complaint for the collection of the Vittorio lien for the Eureka Road paving is ready to submit to District Court. Motion was made by Sachar and seconded by Miller to authorize Supervisor Henderson to sign the complaint and to authorize payment of the court costs. Carried. The Solicitor left the meeting at 0905 hrs. Junk Yard/Swanson Property at 9648 Mohawk – The office received two additional complaints about the conditions on the property. Large piles of wood are now on the property and the neighbors are concerned about the nuisance created thereby. The neighbors have been advised that they will need to investigate possible actions under the Nuisance Ordinance. Noise Complaint Denny’s Bar and Banquet regarding Monday Bike Night – A neighbor across from Denny’s Bar and Banquet at Old State and Rt 98 complained to the office Tuesday about noise from bikers that remained at the Tavern until 4:30 a.m. The complainant stated that the State Police had been contacted and they sent him to us for resolution of the noise problem. The Supervisors discussed the reason why the State Police would not have undertaken a complaint of disturbing the peace. This issue is to be taken up with Sergeant Lacey when he next visits our meeting. In the mean time, the Supervisors directed that a letter be sent to Denny’s to advise him of the complaint, to ascertain the facts, and to enlist his support to eliminate these problems as soon as possible. OLD BUSINESS Internet Survey/Verizon Proposal – The Board further discussed the Verizon DSL project. It was also indicated that Coaxial Cable had begun high-speed cable modem service and the Township had just been hooked up. PA One Call – Nothing. NEW BUSINESS NIDMA – A meeting will be held tonight. A motion was made by Henderson and seconded by Miller to replace Kevin Raines with the alternate Peter Barry. Carried. A motion was made by Miller to table the appointment of an alternate unless necessary. Seconded by Sachar. Carried. CORRESPONDENCE ECATO Picnic – Jarrett and Dave will attend. ADJOURN The meeting was called adjourned at 0917 hours. David G. Henderson, Assistant Secretary