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Work Session #21 - 2007 A Work Session of the Whitpain Township Board of Supervisors was held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at the Whitpain Township Building, 960 Wentz Road, Blue Bell, PA at 7:30 PM for the purpose of reviewing the agenda of the November 20, 2007 Supervisors' Meeting. Chairman Leigh Narducci was present with Supervisors Joseph J. Palmer, Brian W. Young, Anthony F. Greco, and William L. McKernan III. Township Solicitor J. Peirce Anderson, Police Chief Mark A. Smith, Director of Finance M. Elizabeth McBride, Director of Public Works Ronald J. Cione, Director of Code Enforcement Michael E. McAndrew, Fire Marshal David M. Camarda, and Parks and Recreation Director Kurt W. Baker were also present. Township Manager Phyllis C. Lieberman and Assistant Township Manager/Township Engineer Roman M. Pronczak were absent. One resident was also present. The Supervisors reviewed the agenda discussing the budget work session of November 14, approval of all expenditures on the October 2007 voucher list, two releases of escrow, one for Deerfield at Whitpain and the other for Deer Lake Development, and authorization for the township manager to advertise bids for the Morris Road and Penllyn Blue Bell Pike Intersection Improvement Project. Mr. Baker gave the Supervisors a status report on the work of the Trails Committee. Mr. Palmer asked Mr. Baker to inquire if the remaining Open Space Grant funding from the County could be used to pay the Township's share of the Farmland Preservation for the Walbridge Property. Then the Supervisors left for the public meeting. At approximately 8:15 PM, the Work Session was reconvened and immediately adjourned. M. Elizabeth McBride
The regular meeting of the Whitpain Township Board of Supervisors was held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at the Whitpain Township Building, 960 Wentz Road, Blue Bell, PA. Supervisors Leigh P. Narducci, Joseph J. Palmer, Brian W. Young, Anthony F. Greco, and William L. McKernan were present. Township Solicitor, J. Peirce Anderson, Director of Finance, M. Elizabeth McBride, Park and Recreation Director, Kurt W. Baker, Fire Marshal, David M. Camarda, Mr. Adam Zucker, Esq. and Recording Secretary, Michele Alifano were also present. Township Manager, Phyllis C. Lieberman, Township Engineer/Assistant Township Manager, Roman Pronczak, Code Enforcement Officer, Michael E. McAndrew, Director of Public Works, Ronald J. Cione and Police Chief Mark A. Smith were absent. There were 3 members of the public in attendance. Due to the small number of attendees, the meeting was held in the Board Room, as opposed to Meeting Room "A", and the Pledge of Allegiance was waived. Chairman Narducci called the meeting to order. An announcement was made regarding the dates for the upcoming regular Board of Supervisors' meetings which are scheduled for Tuesday, December 4, 2007 and Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. A motion was made by Mr. McKernan, duly seconded by Mr. Palmer, and unanimously passed to approve the Treasurer's Report for the month of October, 2007. A motion was made by Mr. Greco, duly seconded by Mr. McKernan, and unanimously passed to approve the minutes of the November 7, 2007 Board of Supervisors' Meeting. The Board of Supervisors announced the proposed 2008 Budget at the last meeting on November 7, 2007. The Board of Supervisors met on November 14, 2007 at 9AM to discuss the Budget further. That meeting was open to the public. As a result of that meeting, the following is now being proposed: 2008 2007 Increase General
Fund
1.35
1.14
0.21 Debt Service 0.73 0.66 0.07 Fire
0.17
0.15
0.02 Fire Hydrant 0.05 0.05 Mr. Narducci commented that there is a slight increase in this year's Budget being spread out over the General Fund, and the allotments for the larger categories have been attached to and made part of these minutes. Mr. Narducci called for any comments or questions regarding the proposed 2008 Budget. There were none. He announced that public comment would be taken at the next Superviosors' Meeting on December 4, 2007, and the Board intends to adopt the proposed 2008 Budget at the December 20, 2007 meeting. A motion was made by Mr. Greco, duly seconded by Mr. Palmer, and unanimously passed to authorize the Township Manager to advertise for bids for renovations to the main floor of the administration and police areas of the township building. A motion was made by Mr. Young, duly seconded by Mr. Greco, and unanimously passed to authorize final release (Release #5) from the escrow fund for Woodfield (Spahr Tract). One confirming motion was made by Mr. Greco, duly seconded by Mr. McKernan, and unanimously passed to release $66,002.25 (Release #4) from the escrow fund for Deerfield at Whitpain (former Wistar property), and to release $63,629.55 (Release #5) from the escrow fund for the Deer Lake Development (Anderson / Lake Tracts LD-8-04), located on the southeastern corner of Morris and North Wales Roads. A motion was made by Mr. Palmer, duly seconded by Mr. Young, and unanimously passed to authorize the Township Manager to advertise bids for the Morris Road and Penllyn Blue Bell Pike Intersection Improvement Project. There being no further business to come before the Board, on motion made by Chairman Narducci, the meeting was adjourned at 8:04 PM. Respectfully submitted, Brian W. Young, Secretary
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