Chief Wolbert Hoping to Retire
By ANNE HOLLIDAY
WESB/WBRR News Director
Foster Township Police Chief Jeff Wolbert is hoping to retire next year.
Wolbert made the unofficial announcement during Monday’s Foster Township supervisors meeting after a question by Interstate Parkway resident Joe Piganelli.
Piganelli said, because they know he attends the township meetings, several people asked if he knew anything about Wolbert retiring.
Wolbert said he hopes to retire in January. He’ll be retirement age in November.
Piganelli then asked if the supervisors had a plan to name a new police chief.
“We’ve had some discussions” supervisor Chris Wolcott said.
Piganelli asked if the discussions would be just among the supervisors, or if the public would be involved.
“I don’t see that the public needs to be necessarily involved at this stage,” Wolcott said, adding that the supervisors are willing to take comments and suggestions.
“We don’t even have a plan right at the moment,” Wolcott said. “We’ve had some discussions but, actually Jeff’s never really indicated that he’s going to retire until just now.”
Also during Monday’s meeting, Wolcott talked about FEMA’s new flood insurance maps, which are supposed to show a more accurate flood zone.
He said the biggest thing he’d like to impress upon residents is that their house may not have been in a flood plain before, but it may be in one according to the new map.
He said that’s important as far as flood insurance goes because $100,000 coverage on a house not in a flood plain is $264; in a flood plain it’s $3,000.
Wolcott said it’s his understanding that if people take out flood insurance before the new maps takes effect, they will be grandfathered in at the lower rate. He said it will be several more months before the new maps go into effect, so people have time to find out if they will be in a flood plain or not.
In another matter, Wolcott said, “You probably noticed the purple boxes in the trees again.”
He explained that they are emerald ash borer traps that the US Department of Agriculture and DCNR use to track the destructive beetle, which has destroyed more than 70 million trees in the United States.
Wolcott also talked about the US Census, noting that the township’s participation rate is 84 percent, the same as in 2000.
Supervisor Chairman Bob Slike asked Wolbert if there were any problems with last week’s Bradford Mall Spring Carnival.
“It was probably the best one we’ve ever had,” Wolbert said. “No complaints. Everybody said it was nice and clean.”
He added that some of the businesses said the carnival workers bought “a lot of stuff from them. It brought some business in.”
WESB/WBRR News Director
Foster Township Police Chief Jeff Wolbert is hoping to retire next year.
Wolbert made the unofficial announcement during Monday’s Foster Township supervisors meeting after a question by Interstate Parkway resident Joe Piganelli.
Piganelli said, because they know he attends the township meetings, several people asked if he knew anything about Wolbert retiring.
Wolbert said he hopes to retire in January. He’ll be retirement age in November.
Piganelli then asked if the supervisors had a plan to name a new police chief.
“We’ve had some discussions” supervisor Chris Wolcott said.
Piganelli asked if the discussions would be just among the supervisors, or if the public would be involved.
“I don’t see that the public needs to be necessarily involved at this stage,” Wolcott said, adding that the supervisors are willing to take comments and suggestions.
“We don’t even have a plan right at the moment,” Wolcott said. “We’ve had some discussions but, actually Jeff’s never really indicated that he’s going to retire until just now.”
Also during Monday’s meeting, Wolcott talked about FEMA’s new flood insurance maps, which are supposed to show a more accurate flood zone.
He said the biggest thing he’d like to impress upon residents is that their house may not have been in a flood plain before, but it may be in one according to the new map.
He said that’s important as far as flood insurance goes because $100,000 coverage on a house not in a flood plain is $264; in a flood plain it’s $3,000.
Wolcott said it’s his understanding that if people take out flood insurance before the new maps takes effect, they will be grandfathered in at the lower rate. He said it will be several more months before the new maps go into effect, so people have time to find out if they will be in a flood plain or not.
In another matter, Wolcott said, “You probably noticed the purple boxes in the trees again.”
He explained that they are emerald ash borer traps that the US Department of Agriculture and DCNR use to track the destructive beetle, which has destroyed more than 70 million trees in the United States.
Wolcott also talked about the US Census, noting that the township’s participation rate is 84 percent, the same as in 2000.
Supervisor Chairman Bob Slike asked Wolbert if there were any problems with last week’s Bradford Mall Spring Carnival.
“It was probably the best one we’ve ever had,” Wolbert said. “No complaints. Everybody said it was nice and clean.”
He added that some of the businesses said the carnival workers bought “a lot of stuff from them. It brought some business in.”
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