Hi, Neighbors. We had our bi-annual “Reorganization Meeting” Monday night. That’s a fancy, government term for a meeting that is legally required by the First Class Township Code where we make appointments (or re-appointments) to certain positions. It’s largely a formality, but if the goal is for Aleppo residents to be better connected with your government, knowing what happened at this meeting is probably worthwhile. Most of what happened at our Reorganization Meeting was maintaining the status quo–we had very few changes.
If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to use the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of particular interest to you.
- We voted (4-0) to elect me as President of the Board of Commissioners. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to elect Commissioner Jones as Vice-President of the Board of Commissioners. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Harlan Stone of the law firm of Dickie, McCamey, & Chilcote, P.C. as Township Solicitor. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint committee chairs. This was one area where there was a slight change. Here is a table indicating the committee chairs from last year and who they will be in 2018 (click here to watch this portion of the meeting):
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Kimberly A. Koskey as Township Secretary. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Benjamin Gilberti of Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. as Township Engineer. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Jordan Tax Services as Township Real Estate Tax Collector. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Pennsylvania Municipal Services as Township Delinquent Real Estate Tax Collector. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Keystone Collections Group as Township Earned Income Tax Collector. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Berkheimer as Township Local Services Tax and Business Privilege Tax Collector. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint PNC Bank as our Official Depository and PLIGIT as our Official Savings/Investment Institution. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint The Times as our Official Newspaper. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Sally Shipley as Vacancy Board Chair for a 1-year term ending on 31 December 2018. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Fred Gregorich to the Planning Commission for a 4-year term ending on 31 December 2021. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint Len Kinter to the Aleppo Township Authority for a 5-year term ending 31 December 2022. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
- We voted (4-0) to appoint William Barnes to the Zoning Hearing Board for a 3-year term ending on 31 December 2020. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.)
If anybody has any questions about any of these elections or appointments, feel free to let me know.
Otherwise, we will meet again this coming Monday 8 January 2018 for a Workshop Meeting at 7:00 PM at the Township Building. Feel free to join us or send me an email if you have something to say and you can’t attend the meeting in person.
Thanks!
Best wishes,
Matthew Doebler
Aleppo Township Commissioner