April 15, 2019 – Legislative Digest
Hi, Neighbors. We had an Aleppo Legislative Meeting last week and I wanted to tell you what happened.
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:
- We heard what the police department has been doing. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to view our Police Blotter online.) #Police
- Our Emergency Management Coordinator updated us about our ongoing compliance. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Emergency Management
- Our Public Works Director told us with the township crews have been doing. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PublicWorks
- We heard an application for a subdivision of a lot that is half in Osborne and half in Aleppo. We will be voting on this application during our May meeting, so if you have any feedback on this issue, please let us know by reply email. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to see the plan.) #PlanningCommission
- We voted (5-0) to refund several taxpayers. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #TaxCollector
- We continued our discussion of the potential sale of vacant lot 422-G-351 and heard that there are some questions that need to be answered about the procedure to sell this property. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PlanningCommission, #BingoLots
- We voted (5-0) to authorize the Solicitor to draft an amendment to our fracking Ordinance to include seismic survey, injection wells, and use table default for unlisted uses using the Bell Acres ordinances for reference. #Solicitor
- We voted (5-0) to authorize Manager Patterson to contact the owner of the property at 690 Glen Mitchell Road to say that if the request to remove tires within 30 days is not met, we have no option but to contact DEP regarding the tires and other potential hazards at 690 Glen Mitchell Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #GlenMitchellRoad
- We voted (5-0) to permit the placement of a geocache on Aleppo Township’s Property. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Geocache
- One of our residents asked questions about fracking and her sewer bill. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Sewage
- We had a lengthy conversation about a resident’s concern about his neighbor. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #CitizenParticipation, #Resident
- One of our residents asked questions about development on Weber Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #WeberRoad
- A neighbor asked a question about our statement regarding development. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PlanningCommission, #Development
Our meeting will be on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:00 PM. If any of these issues are important to you, please feel free to join us. 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