West Penn Township supervisors reorganize

West Penn Township will run under the same management in 2020.

Supervisor Tony Prudenti was reappointed as board chairman, while Supervisor Tim Houser will again serve as board vice president.

The board also welcomed newcomer Glenn Hummel as its third supervisor.

Also as part of its reorganization, the board approved the following:

• Karen Wittig, treasurer

• Katie Orlick, secretary, meeting/recording secretary for board of supervisors and planning commission meetings, right-to-know officer

• Herb Woodring, part-time secretary

• Paul Datte, solicitor, board of supervisors and planning commission

• Lehigh Engineering LLC, primary engineer, and ARRO Consulting Inc., alternate

• Lehigh Engineering LLC, primary UCC Building Code Administrator, and Arro Consulting Inc., alternate

• Robert S. Frycklund, zoning hearing board attorney

• A resolution appointing for Uniform Construction Code Enforcement, and adoption of the fee schedule

• William Brior, sewage enforcement officer, Robert Fugate, Ralph Hummel, and Bill Anders, alternates

• A resolution establishing SEO procedures and fees

• Clint Schock, flood plain administrator

• Clint Schock, roadmaster

• Jeremy Frable, road crew leader

• Jeremy Frable, Brian Reeser, Nathan Henry, road crew — full-time drivers/laborer, Joseph Fritz, Jeff Bradford, Jordan Georgis, seasonal

• Brian Johnson, chief of police

• Jason Lorah, sergeant, full-time

• Cpl. John Kaczmarczyk, Christopher Fischi, Paul Vlcek, Dean Deem, Todd Woodward, James Bonner, Frank Lorah, part-time patrolmen

• Ronald Calarco, James Dean, David Imschweiler (new term will expire Dec. 31, 2022), zoning hearing board, William Varano, Singleton Harvey, Herb Woodring, alternates

• Dean Meiser, RoseAnne Georgiades, Thomas Ackerman (finishing Dave Morgan’s term Dec. 31), Robert Miller (expires 2020), David Fredericks, planning commission, Tory Graver (term expires Dec. 31, 2023) alternate

• James Dean, James Akins, Glenn Hummell, Eastern Schuylkill Recreation Commission

• Blaine Seip (new term will expire Dec. 31, 2023), Marlin Zehner (new term will expire Dec. 31, 2023), Dennis Kabana, Scot Dietrich, Darryl Fritz, Bruce Zehner, Robert Neumoyer, Paul Barth, Bill Tuckett, park commission

• Joann Kunkle, cleaning person, office

• Fred Gimbi, ground maintenance, parks

• Ted Bogosh III, John Conahan (term expires Dec. 31, 2022), William Varano (one-year term), property maintenance appeals board, Larry Wittig (term would expire Dec. 31, 2022), Delroy Haas, alternates

• Tabled a motion to adopt a resolution concerning the establishment of the fire chief and assistant fire chief

• Approved the West Penn Fire Company’s activities for 2020

• Brian Johnson, emergency management coordinator

• Kevin Mengel, assistant emergency management coordinator

• Chester Snyder, vacancy board chairman

• Supervisors Prudenti, in charge of office, Hummel, in charge of police, and Houser, in charge of road crew

• Tim Houser, 2020 PSATS Delegate, Glenn Hummel alternate

• Approved paid holidays for the full-time union employees and full-time nonunion employees

• Approved the board of supervisors’ evening meetings for 6:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month and the morning meetings for 10 a.m. the third Monday of each month

• Approved the planning commissions’ meetings for 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month

• Approved the zoning hearing boards’ meetings for 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month as needed

• Hired Berkheimer to collect local taxes for those taxing bodies located within the Tax Collection District

• Established the treasurer’s bond in the sum of $1,000,000 for the term of office beginning on Jan. 24, 2020, and ending on Jan. 4, 2021.