No Tax Increase for Foster Township
Car Show May Move to the Bradford Mall
By ANNE HOLLIDAY
WESB/WBRR News Director
Foster Township residents won’t see tax or sewage rate increases in 2012, but they may see the Autumn Daze Car Show move into the township.
During Monday night’s meeting supervisor Dale Phillips said he has been working with the owners of the Bradford Mall and Street Dreams Car Club president Gary Hoy about moving the show from downtown Bradford to the mall.
“It looks very good so far, knock on wood,” Phillips said, adding that Hoy was submitting all the necessary information to the mall’s management company.
Phillips said the car club would be teaming up with the township’s volunteer fire departments and 100 percent of the proceeds would go to them.
The show is scheduled for September 9.
Also Monday, Bolivar Drive resident Bill Hallock asked about the $216,000 “error” made in the funding process for the sewer project, saying he believes the supervisors are taking the situation too lightly.
“We should be up in arms,” Hallock said.
“We’re taking it very seriously,” said supervisor chairman Jim Connelly Jr. Both he and supervisor John Sullivan said they are weighing their options and trying to come up with the most cost-effective solution.
Also, supervisors passed their Hazard Mitigation Plan. Sullivan explained that the most important aspect of passing the plan is that the township has to have a plan in place to get funding if there is an emergency.
In other matters, road superintendent Mike Fox said his crew is “trying to get ahead of some of the things we’ve been falling behind on” while the weather holds up.
He said they have also gotten the township’s building on Tuna Crossroads “squared away and cleaned up.” He said the overhead door will be installed on Wednesday “so we can start utilizing that space instead of just letting it sit there looking bad.”
Phillips added that Bob Baker of Baker Construction did repairs on the building and did “a real good job.”
Connelly asked Fox if he ordered all the good weather.
“I’m doing the best I can,” Fox said. “The power of prayer … after last year …”
Zoning/building officer Mark Grassi said one of the permits he issued was for the new Verizon store at the mall, and welcomed them to the township.
Code enforcement officer Jim Robinson said he hadn’t received any new complaints but added he knows he will get some this month because he was told earlier in the meeting by township resident Barb Price that when she went to the township building to fill out a complaint form, there were no forms in the box.
Also Tuesday, Connelly thanked the township residents who regularly attend meetings and work sessions. He said it’s been a good year for the township and one of the things he enjoys the most is seeing the people who attend the meetings.
“You do care about our township,” he said.
He also thanked Fox, township secretary Shannon Morgan and Police Chief Tom Munn, who all started in their new positions last fall.
“You do an excellent job,” Connelly told Munn. “You’re an excellent chief. You’re an excellent team player.”
Connelly also talked about people doing their holiday shopping locally. He said for every $100 a person spends locally, $68 returns to the community by the way of taxes, payroll and other expenditures.
“Whether you visit Main Street in Bradford, Wal-Mart or our mall,” he said, “I urge you stop at some of the stores we have locally before you go to Erie or go to Jamestown.”
At the beginning of the meeting Connelly asked for a moment of silence to honor former supervisor Cary Kaber and retired road superintendent Joe Sweet who both died late last week.
The original news leader of the Twin Tiers ...
since 1947
By ANNE HOLLIDAY
WESB/WBRR News Director
Foster Township residents won’t see tax or sewage rate increases in 2012, but they may see the Autumn Daze Car Show move into the township.
During Monday night’s meeting supervisor Dale Phillips said he has been working with the owners of the Bradford Mall and Street Dreams Car Club president Gary Hoy about moving the show from downtown Bradford to the mall.
“It looks very good so far, knock on wood,” Phillips said, adding that Hoy was submitting all the necessary information to the mall’s management company.
Phillips said the car club would be teaming up with the township’s volunteer fire departments and 100 percent of the proceeds would go to them.
The show is scheduled for September 9.
Also Monday, Bolivar Drive resident Bill Hallock asked about the $216,000 “error” made in the funding process for the sewer project, saying he believes the supervisors are taking the situation too lightly.
“We should be up in arms,” Hallock said.
“We’re taking it very seriously,” said supervisor chairman Jim Connelly Jr. Both he and supervisor John Sullivan said they are weighing their options and trying to come up with the most cost-effective solution.
Also, supervisors passed their Hazard Mitigation Plan. Sullivan explained that the most important aspect of passing the plan is that the township has to have a plan in place to get funding if there is an emergency.
In other matters, road superintendent Mike Fox said his crew is “trying to get ahead of some of the things we’ve been falling behind on” while the weather holds up.
He said they have also gotten the township’s building on Tuna Crossroads “squared away and cleaned up.” He said the overhead door will be installed on Wednesday “so we can start utilizing that space instead of just letting it sit there looking bad.”
Phillips added that Bob Baker of Baker Construction did repairs on the building and did “a real good job.”
Connelly asked Fox if he ordered all the good weather.
“I’m doing the best I can,” Fox said. “The power of prayer … after last year …”
Zoning/building officer Mark Grassi said one of the permits he issued was for the new Verizon store at the mall, and welcomed them to the township.
Code enforcement officer Jim Robinson said he hadn’t received any new complaints but added he knows he will get some this month because he was told earlier in the meeting by township resident Barb Price that when she went to the township building to fill out a complaint form, there were no forms in the box.
Also Tuesday, Connelly thanked the township residents who regularly attend meetings and work sessions. He said it’s been a good year for the township and one of the things he enjoys the most is seeing the people who attend the meetings.
“You do care about our township,” he said.
He also thanked Fox, township secretary Shannon Morgan and Police Chief Tom Munn, who all started in their new positions last fall.
“You do an excellent job,” Connelly told Munn. “You’re an excellent chief. You’re an excellent team player.”
Connelly also talked about people doing their holiday shopping locally. He said for every $100 a person spends locally, $68 returns to the community by the way of taxes, payroll and other expenditures.
“Whether you visit Main Street in Bradford, Wal-Mart or our mall,” he said, “I urge you stop at some of the stores we have locally before you go to Erie or go to Jamestown.”
At the beginning of the meeting Connelly asked for a moment of silence to honor former supervisor Cary Kaber and retired road superintendent Joe Sweet who both died late last week.
The original news leader of the Twin Tiers ...since 1947
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