RICHLANDTOWN BOROUGH
COUNCIL MINUTES
The
regular meeting of Richlandtown Borough Council was held on
On
a motion by Roy Schulenberg, seconded by John Calder and passed by Council, the
minutes from the November 9 were approved as received.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
Nothing to Report
MAYOR’S
REPORT
After serving over 30 years, the Mayor said that it
was a please to serve the community.
SOLICITOR’S
REPORT
HINKLE – The
Equity action filed in the Court of Common Pleas is still pending.
SMITH – Mr. Goodwin has filed a complaint action in Equity in the Common
Pleas court. He can not find Mrs. Smith to serve papers on her.
ORDINANCE #250 – ZONING
ORDINANCE AMMENDMENT - On a motion by John Calder, seconded by Floyd Bless
and passed by Council, Ordinance # 250, updating the Zoning Ordinance to
include provisions for cellular equipment was adopted.
MANAGER’S
REPORT
2010 CENSUS – The Manager received a visit from the local US Census
Bureau, requesting to use the office as a part-time facility to do office hours
for the upcoming census. This could help the borough get a “better return” from
the census questionnaires.
SNOW STORM REPORTS – the Manager will distribute reports on time and
materials used to fight off wintry conditions.
OPEN SPACE MONEY – the funds have been received from the County.
BOROUGH DINNER – We will look to have the Borough Dinner in late
January.
FEE SCHEDULE – we are working on a draft of the updated Fee
Schedule for 2010.
FIRE
COMPANY REPORT
NEW FIRE ENGINE - The Fire Company is currently getting the lettering
done on the new engine, and hopes to take it on the Santa Run in about a week.
They have also received notification from the state that they have been awarded
the grant for the replacement of the roof. The amount of funds to be received
is still unknown.
FINANCE
RESOLUTION #2009-10
– 2010 TAX LEVY – on a motion by Jim Bowman, seconded by Floyd Bless, and
approved by all, Resolution # 2009-10, setting the property tax levy at 1.25
mills, was adopted.
RESOLUTION #2009-11 - 2010 BUDGET – on a motion by Jim Bowman, seconded by John Calder, and approved by all, Resolution # 2009-11, adopting the 2010 Budget, was adopted.
EIT RULES – The Richland Township EIT Office was wondering if we wanted to add some additional rules to the collection. These rules would bring our EIT collection rules in line with theirs. The proposed rules are:
Council
has decided to table the discussion for another time.
PUBLIC
WORKS
STORM SEWER CLEANOUT - some
E-W laterals along
WATER SUPERINTENDENT REPORT – On a motion by John Calder, seconded by Roy
Schulenberg, and passed by Council the
Water Superintendents report was accepted as written.
ARSENIC – The
well is being brought back online at Pumphouse 3. We also need to come to a
solution with regards to the backflushing of the filtering media, and will pay
a visit to the BCWSA offices.
PARKS
& RECREATION
NON-PROFIT STATUS – We may be interested in creating a non-profit group, to enhance our
fundraising abilities, by obtaining a small gaming license.
PUBLIC
WELFARE
NEW
BUSINESS
FIRE INSPECTIONS – The Bucks County Fire Marshall sent a letter to see if we were
interested in doing any fire inspections of commercial properties. We will look
into the matter.
PAYMENT
OF BILLS
On
motion by Jim Bowman, seconded by Jim Bowman and passed by Council, the November
expenditures were paid.
ADJOURNMENT
On
motion by Floyd Bless seconded by Roy Schulenberg and passed by Council, the
meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully
yours,
Joseph
Geib