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The Regular Meeting of the Doylestown Township Board of
Supervisors was held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at
the Doylestown Township Municipal Building, 425 Wells Road,
Doylestown, PA. Members of the Board of Supervisors is
attendance included Barbara N. Lyons, Chairman; E. Thomas
Scarborough, Jr., Vice Chairman; Jeffrey Bennett; Cynthia Philo;
and Barbara Eisenhardt. Others in attendance included Jeffrey
Garton, Township Solicitor; Sgt. Zartman, Police Department;
Mario Canales, Township Engineer and Stephanie Mason, Township
Manager.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Ms. Lyons announced that this evening the Board interviewed
residents for appointments to the various Boards & Commissions
positions.
VISITOR/PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Ryan Jones, senior at CB West High School made comments to the
Board. (See attached Exhibit “A”).
Ms. Lyons indicated that she would be happy to help with this
effort.
Solicitor Garton asked how are donations made for this cause?
Mr. Jones replied the money can be donated to the Guidance
Counselor, Mrs. Blankenburg, who runs the STAND Program at CB
West.
Joe O’Malley, 138 Rogers Road, commented that in an effort to
keep all residents safe and to show that we have not given up
the fight to protect all of the people of our area; we, the
residents, of Rogers Road place this petition before the Board
signed by 167 of the Board of Supervisors’ constituents (See
attached petition, Exhibit “B”). This document requests the
closure of Rogers Road to all traffic except emergency vehicles.
The traffic plan set forth by Pennoni Associates at the last
Planning Commission meeting has been deemed unacceptable. The
plan by Pennoni dismissed the concerns and safety of all area
residents. We request that the Board of Supervisors enter into a
dialog with residents to arrive at a satisfactory resolution to
all safety issues.
James Bingler, Turkey Lane, asked about the results of the DEP
hearing.
Ms. Mason replied there has been no response by DEP yet.
Mr. Bingler asked how many residential homes in Doylestown have
TCE?
Mr. John replied 9 in Furlong.
Marylou Streznewski, 22 Brook Drive, commented that she feels
she has not been treated with respect because she has stood up
and said she wants her neighborhood to be run a certain way. She
requested that the Board of Supervisors send out a memo to
everyone who serves on a Board or Commission in Doylestown
Township to remind them to treat citizens with respect and
politeness because we are not troublemakers.
Henry Strawn, 12 Kuhn Drive, commented that he received by mail
the Salute by the U.S. Army, which he read to the Board of
Supervisors. He indicated that Veterans may salute the flag even
if not in uniform.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ms. Lyons announced that the next meeting of the Board of
Supervisors is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2009 and
Daylight Savings Time starts on March 8, 2009. Clocks get set
one hour ahead.
MINUTES APPROVAL:
Mr. Scarborough made a MOTION, seconded by Mr. Bennett to
approve the minutes of the February 17, 2009 Board of
Supervisors meeting.
Ms. Philo corrected Page 2, which should read Ms. Philo.
MOTION was ADOPTED 4-0-1. Ms. Eisenhardt abstained.
CORRESPONDENCE: No report.
REPORTS:
Solicitor: No report.
Police Chief: No report.
Township Manager: No report.
Supervisors:
Ms. Eisenhardt asked that residents be updated on the Keeley
Avenue project in conjunction with Doylestown Township.
Ms. Lyons replied Ms. Philo, Ms. Mason, Mr. John and she will be
meeting with officials of New Britain on Friday and we will
report back after that meeting.
Ms. Eisenhardt commented that all members of the Board did not
agree on recommendations she made in this past year’s budget,
which she did not vote to approve because there were items that
should have been taken out of the budget. Regarding the
requirements of the Second Class Township Code, which indicates
that the Supervisors are the only one who has the authority to
approve seminars and conferences for employees who attend, and
expenses for reimbursement are limited to transportation going
to and from the meeting, and other expenses the Board would need
to approve. Since expenses are limited to registration fees and
mileage only, she asked that any requests for employees to go to
conferences and seminars are submitted to the Board so we can
review the expense before they attend.
Ms. Lyons asked Ms. Eisenhardt to outline that provision in a
memo to the Board for review.
Mr. Scarborough commented that the Telecommunication Board has
been working to upgrade our TV system and they put it together
in the last two weeks. He applauded them for upgrading the
system so that now each Supervisor has their own microphone.
Ms. Philo commented that it is a good thing that we have so many
residents who are interested in this community. Regarding the
presentation made by Ryan Jones, one of the things that we can
do is to make sure that we are not investing in the community of
Darfur.
Mr. Bennett thanked Mr. John and staff for doing a great job
clearing the roads of snow.
Ms. Lyons commented that she had a request made today from the
Vice President of Doylestown Hospital asking for the Board’s
support in writing for several grants they are applying for,
which is equipment for their emergency room.
Mr. Scarborough made a MOTION, seconded by Ms. Philo to approve
that the letter be sent from the Board of Supervisors in support
of Doylestown Hospital applying for grants for equipment for
their emergency room.
MOTION was ADOPTED 5-0.
Ms. Lyons made a MOTION, seconded by Mr. Scarborough to appoint
Jordan Yeager to the Agricultural Security Committee; Arnie
Feldman and Don Richardson to the EAC; Harry Mondal and Robert
Klovekorn to the Historical Architectural Review Board; Harold
Johns to the Open Space Committee; Joe Van Houten and Dave
Williams to the Public Water Sewer Advisory Committee; Joe
O’Malley Voting District #3 and Doug
Rowe Voting District #5 to the Traffic Advisory Committee; and
Ed Ebenbach to the Ways and Means Committee.
MOTION was ADOPTED 5-0.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None.
NEW BUSINESS:
Eagle Scout Proclamation:
Mr. Scarborough made a MOTION, seconded by Ms. Eisenhardt to
approve the Eagle Scout Proclamation for Benjamin Davis Smith of
Troop #6.
MOTION was ADOPTED 5-0.
2009 Fee Schedule Amendment – Fees for VHS Tapes and USB:
Mr. Scarborough made a MOTION, seconded by Ms. Eisenhardt to
approve Resolution #1450 - 2009 Fee Schedule Amendment for Fees
for VHS Tapes and USB.
MOTION was ADOPTED 5-0.
Ms. Eisenhardt suggested that the Board look into a DVD burner
so people can play it.
Mr. Scarborough replied we can take that up with TAB, but they
would need to buy equipment for it which would be a budget item
and we don’t have the money to do it.
Mr. Paternostro suggested that the VHS tape be copied to a DVD,
which costs about $20.
Ed Ebenbach, TAB, clarified that we don’t have the capability of
burning DVD’s. We would need to buy a more capable computer for
a cost of $500 or spend several hundred dollars to install a
drive in the current computer and there is no money in the
budget for those items. We have VHS tape recorders and a USB
copy is free. Also, anyone can tape this program from the air
when it is broadcast twice a day for two weeks following the
Supervisors’ meeting.
Local Government Municipal Records – Disposition of Township
Records
Mr. Scarborough made a MOTION, seconded by Mr. Bennett to
approve Resolutions #1451 and #1452 - Local Government Municipal
Records – Disposition of Township Records.
Ms. Philo asked is there is a deadline for when records will be
disposed of?
Ms. Mason replied in the next three weeks.
PennDOT Electronic Access Agreement:
Mr. Scarborough made a MOTION, seconded by Ms. Philo to approve
Resolution #1453 – PennDOT Electronic Access Agreement.
MOTION was ADOPTED 5-0.
2009 Sign and Post Bid:
Ms. Eisenhardt made a MOTION, seconded by Ms. Philo to approve
the 2009 Sign and Post Bid to Garden State Highway Products,
Inc. in the amount of $1,433.00; Hall Signs, Inc. in the amount
of $150.00; and US Municipal Supply, Inc. in the amount of
$1,395.50.
MOTION was ADOPTED 5-0.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ms. Lyons announced that the next meeting of the Board of
Supervisors is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2009 and
Daylight Savings Time starts on March 8, 2009. Clocks get set
one hour ahead.
ADJOURNMENT: 7:31 p.m.
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