Hello Aleppo Residents and Friends –
This digest contains the updates from both the October Workshop Meeting and the October Legislative Meeting.
Meeting Location Change: the November 11, 2019 Workshop Meeting will be held at the Aleppo Township Fire Station located at 131 Weber Road. As always, the meeting is open to the public and we welcome your attendance.
Reminder: the Commissioners are still accepting letters of interest from residents to serve on the Board. (If you recall, Commissioner Michelle Duplaga resigned her seat in September.) The Board is requesting that letters of interest be submitted by November 11, 2019. Letters can be mailed to the Township Office at 100 North Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143, emailed to aleppomgr@aleppotownship.com, or hand delivered.
First, the October 14, 2019 Aleppo Workshop Meeting:
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 interest to you.
Here’s what happened:
- The Commissioners discussed Committees assignments and will revisit the assignments at the Reorganization Meeting in January 2020. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Committees #Reorganization
- The Board heard an update about the drainage request from the property owner at 990 Glen Mitchell Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #GlenMitchellRoad
- The owner of the AirBnB/Short Term Rental property has agreed to stop renting the property out as a short term rental. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #AirBnB
- The Township website has been updated to include a Latest News button for timely Township updates. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Website
- Letters of interest are being sought for the current Commissioner vacancy. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Commissioners #Vacancy
- The Board adopted a Resolution entering into an agreement with PennDOT for winter maintenance on state-owned roads for 2019-2024. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PennDOT #Resolution
- Meeting Location Change – the October 21, 2019 Legislative Meeting was held at Masonic Village, and one November meeting will be held at the Aleppo Township Fire Station. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #MeetingLocationChange
And now, the highlights from the October 21, 2019 Legislative Meeting:
The audio quality from this meeting is somewhat off. (The meeting was held at Masonic Village, and this was our first attempt at filming the meeting off-site.) The voices are often distorted, and do not sync up exactly with the video, but they are generally understandable.
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:
- Chief Hanny of the Ohio Township Police Department gave his report and shared information about some recent scam phone calls that have been happening in our area. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Police
- The Board heard about some of the activities of the Public Works department this past month. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PublicWorks
- Several emails from residents and property owners were shared during the Communications report. The Latest News button on the website was also explained. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Communications
- Commissioner Williams gave the Quaker Valley Council of Governments (QVCOG) report, including an update on the Route 65 Corridor Project. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #QuakerValleyCOG #Route65CorridorProject
- The Route 65 Corridor Project was further discussed during Citizen Participation. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Route65CorridorProject
The next Workshop meeting will be on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM at the Aleppo Township Volunteer Fire Station. If any of these issues are important to you, we welcome your attendance at the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me via email and I will be sure to pass your comments along to the Commissioners.
Gwen Patterson
Aleppo Township Manager
aleppomgr@aleppotownship.com
412-741-6555 x19