LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING

December 23, 2019                                                                                                         7:00 PM

AGENDA

1. Call to Order by President Black. Proof of Publication.

2. Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

3. Approval of Meeting Minutes: December 2, 2019 Budget Meeting Minutes
                                                       December 9, 2019 Regular Meeting Minutes

4. Audience Participation: Any item on the agenda.

5. CONSENT AGENDA
Any Commissioner, Staff member, or anyone in attendance who would like to have an item on the Consent Agenda removed for further discussion can request so now. Is there a request for the removal of an item(s) on the Consent Agenda?

Accept motion to approve the items on the Consent Agenda, which are listed as follows:

a. The Department Reports for the month of November for Community Development, Fleet Maintenance, Township Engineer, Public Works, and Public Safety.

b. Tax Collectors Report for November 2019.

6. PRESIDENT BLACK

a. Motion to approve the Check Register of December 20, 2019 in the amount of $1,430,819.34.

b. Motion to accept the resignation of Public Safety Officer Bryan Dunbar effective January 22nd, 2020.

c. Motion to adopt Resolution 2019-R-47, establishing fees and charges authorized by various ordinances and statutes for administration of Township business in accordance with these ordinances and statutes.

d. Motion to adopt Resolution 2019-R-48, appointing Zachary J. Walters as a Police Officer, effective January 2, 2020.

e. Motion to enact Ordinance 2019-03, fixing the tax rates for the year 2020.

f. Motion to enact Ordinance 2019-04, appropriating specific sums estimated to be required for the specific purposes of the municipal government, hereinafter set forth, during the fiscal year 2020.

g. Motion to enact Ordinance 2019-05, amending the codified ordinances of Lower Allen Township, 1997, as amended, Section 32-7, dealing with compensation of the Township Manager.

h. Motion to move Joshua Schware from probationary to regular full-time employment status in the position of Paramedic in the Emergency Medical Services Department effective December 24, 2019.

i. Motion to move Jodi Etter from probationary to regular full-time employment status in the position of Paramedic in the Emergency Medical Services Department effective December 24, 2019.

7. Any business pertinent to the Township. Discussions will be limited to fifteen (15) minutes per person.

8. TOWNSHIP ENGINEER

a. Discussion and possible action: Approving payment No. 3 for SSM Industries, Inc. In the amount of $8,501.31 for Plumbing Construction on the Public Works Building Addition Project.

b. Discussion and possible action: Approving payment to Buckeye Partners, L.P. in the amount of $25,346.81 for pipeline casing work associated with the Gettysburg Road Relocation Project.

c. Discussion and possible action: Approving payment of Invoice No. 7878710119121608 to PennDOT in the amount of $26,601.36 for inspection costs associated with construction of roundabouts.

9. PUBLIC SAFETY

a. Discussion and Possible Action: Staff requests permission to begin advertising in January for a Public Safety Officer to replace Bryan Dunbar and for a pool of Part-time PSOs.

10. MANAGER

a. Employee Performance Awards.

11. COMMISSIONERS REPORTS

12. Adjourn.