Police coverage update, no tax increase at Bald Eagle Township meeting
By Christopher Miller
BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP – Bald Eagle Township Supervisors met Monday evening for their monthly meeting at the township building.
Township Supervisors heard from resident and visitor Andrea Schenck regarding junk and abandoned vehicles on a neighbor’s property. With no code enforcement officer for the township, the job falls on to the township supervisors.
“We called and spoke to the neighbor and sent him a letter,” supervisor Steve Tasselli said. “Our next action would be to provide a Notice to Comply which would say how long he has to comply, and if in violation still after that it would go to a district justice for civil penalties, but when the notice goes out we would need to be prepared to go to court with pictures, videos, and a witness.” Tasselli told Schenck that they will proceed with the Notice to Comply.
Supervisors also heard from Brandon Coleman of Mill Hall Borough Police.
“We started the contract with the township to provide police traffic enforcement on November 1,” Coleman said. “We’ve had mixed reviews, the people we are stopping and holding accountable are not the happiest of course, but the people who live nearby are coming out to talk to us, saying they love seeing us here patrolling.”
“I do not have a report for you tonight because my report will cover an entire month, but I will come by monthly and report to you what has happened, but everything is going well so far. We have a third officer hired, and a fourth officer pending and should be ready for duty in two weeks. We think this will really make a change for the township.”
In other news…
The Wawa development is taking place. Sewer permits are out for the project and the progress is in motion and is under review with the engineer. A more detailed update is expected within a month.
Work has begun on the Take 5 oil change facility in the area of Sheetz and Lowe’s on Hogan Boulevard.
Township Supervisors are proceeding with an application for the Local Share Grant applying for $902,563 in various road projects around the township.
“The budget is looking really good for next year,” Tasselli said. “We are under in expenses and over in income and see no need for an impending tax increase.”
Supervisors opened bids for stone for the next year accepting all bids from Heidelberg Materials, formerly Hanson, in Salona, with the majority of bids coming in $2-$4 less per ton than Glenn O. Hawbaker.
Under new business, supervisors discussed purchasing new tires for their loader, or filling the current ones with foam to extend their life. “The price to do that is about $4,000 and so far we have paid that or more dealing with tire issues in the past,” Tasselli said.
Township officials also stressed the importance of not burning within the township and county limits.
“It is extremely dry right now and we are concerned, it is a bad time to have to fight a forest fire. We are following DCNR and the county burning ban. We are aware of rain possibly within the next few days to help moisten the ground.”
Supervisors will also be advertising their intent to have a CPA conduct the 2024 audit in place of the elected auditors.
