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Apolacon Twp..
Bridgewater Twp.
Choconut Twp.
Forest Lake Twp.
Franklin Twp.
Jessup Twp.
Liberty Twp.
Middletown Twp.
Rush Twp.
Silver Lake Twp
Friendsville
Little Meadows
Montrose

Meeting Minutes - September 2008

Apolacon Township
September 18, 2008

The meeting was opened by chairperson David Darrow with the pledge of allegiance.

See sign-in sheet for those present at meeting.

Roll Call showed a quorum was present.

Minutes from the August meeting were not completed. They were reviewed and tabled until the October meeting.

The Treasurer report showed  the NTC had a balance of $8566.99 and the Composting Fund had a balance of $9377.35. Bob Boyanowski made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report with a second from Ted Plevinsky.

Public meetings were recently held by Silver Lake, Middletown & Bridgewater Townships and their reports are as follows:

Tom Swan has reported that Silver Lake has formed an ad hoc committee of 6 citizens and are working with the planning commission and supervisors to re-vamp the Ordinance to be more suitable for their township.

Tom Curley gave a report for Middletown which had between 20-25 attend their meeting. Many questions were asked and answered. Mary Long confirmed this and said it was a good meeting.

Chuck Mead reported on Bridgewater’s meeting which had 14 residents and 8 non-residents present. Many good questions were asked. a concern about why Bridgewater is the only one with Commercial/Industrial. Many do not understand why this is. It was noted that Susq. Co  plan has the same area as the designated growth area. This is where the infrastructure and KOZ areas are. Several residents voiced concern about being only area with adult businesses and this is an issue to be resolved.

Chuck Mead  asked why no other municipalities have C I district, Perhaps the Route 267 corridor should have one. No answer was given.

Carson reported municipalities are at different stages so perhaps those ready should go ahead with public hearings. He also noted that there would  have to be a 45 day review period for Susq. Co. Planning Commission.

Question asked about Intergovernmental Agreement and what happens if not all municipalities participate. Carson reported that we should try to do the best we can.

Bill Stewart asked if Choconut goes first and no one else follows what is the impact?  Carson said Bridgewater is key as they have only commercial/industrial  district. The fall back position would be to allow all uses in other municipalities.

Finance Committee report was given by Chuck Mead. They reviewed work done on fees to date with executive committee and Carson on 9/26/08. Carson had a sample from other municipalities and we feel we need to establish more fees to cover hearing board activities ie: special exception, residential variance & ordinance interpretation. They will continue working on fee structure to include different situations.

David Darrow noted that there will be L-tap class on road repair agreement on Sept. 30. He stated that perhaps NTC could work together on this. He also stated that the county convention is scheduled for Oct. 23 at 3pm and on Oct. 30 there will be a posting & bonding seminar.

Public Comment:

Lori Raub from Liberty Twp. asked if we had hired a zoning officer yet and what the pay scale would be. She was told we have not hired anyone yet and are looking @ paying between $15-$20  per hour part time. She presented her plan which assumes full time.

Tom O’Reilly addressed his objections to zoning and asked Bob Templeton how zoning would effect the Susq. Co. Planning Commission. Bob gave explanation of what the planning commission can do and what zoning would do.

Larry O’Reilly addressed survey results, He said let 267 be commercial and that he felt the Middletown meeting was orchestrated.

David King from Little Meadows addressed issues he has, mainly  additional times required to obtain permits, impact on his business and the area.

Bill Stewart made a motion to adjourn the meeting with a second from Tom Curley.

Respectively submitted,
Mary J. Mead
Acting secretary

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