Hi, Neighbors. We had an Aleppo Legislative meeting last week and I wanted to let you know what happened. It was a long one that covered lots of ground. If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of particular interest to you.
Here’s what happened:
- Our police chief told us about police activity in our township. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #police
- We discussed our ongoing efforts to improve our Emergency Management. Specifically, we voted (5-0) to approve Sally Shipley as Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator and discussed plans for notifying residents of emergency situations. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #emergencymanagement
- Our fire chief updated us about the Volunteer Fire Department’s activity. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #firedepartment
- Our Public Works Director told us what our crews have been up to. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #publicworks
- I read an email from a resident concerning the deer population. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #deer
- Our Treasurer told us how much we have collected in taxes and how much money we have in the bank. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #taxes
- We voted to pay our bills. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- I explained what is going on at the COG, including updates on recycling events, GIS data management, and creating an inventory of municipal assets. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- Our engineer updated us on the status of this year’s road paving projects, our long term road-study, and plans to improve Sewickley Heights Drive. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #sewickleyheightsdrive
- Our engineer gave an excellent presentation about MS4. If you’ve been hearing this term “MS4” and you don’t really know what it means, I highly recommend watching this talk. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #ms4
- We continued to discuss the ongoing Leetwood Avenue property complaint. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #leetwoodavenue
- Our township manager updated us about the abandoned vehicle on Weber Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We continued to discuss adoption of an electronic document management solution. Specifically, we heard about options for cyber-liability insurance. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We talked about whether our future paving plans should include removal of the islands on Sewickley Heights Drive and agreed to defer making a decision on the subject at this point. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #sewickleyheightsdrive
- We voted (5-0) to appoint Mary Carolyn Nash to the Quaker Valley Ambulance Authority Board. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #quakervalleyambulanceauthorityboard
- We discussed a vacancy on Zoning Hearing Board. If you are interested in this position or know someone who would be a good fit, please let me know. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #zoninghearingboard #vacancy
- We voted (5-0) to remove the speed limit signs on Rockledge Drive and Sewickley Heights Drive. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #rockledgedrive #sewickleyheightsdrive
Our next Workshop meeting will be on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 7:00 PM at the Township Building (note that the Workshop Meeting being held at Masonic Village has been changed to October 9). If any of these issues are important to you, please feel free to join us and voice your opinion. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me by email and I will be sure to convey your feelings to the other commissioners.
As always, thanks for making Aleppo a great place to live.
Best wishes,
Matthew Doebler
Aleppo Township Commissioner