PT Council approves $18.5 million budget
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Peters Township Council members passed a more than $18.5 million budget Monday that does not include a real estate tax increase. Millage will remain at 13 mills. The assessed township property value is $336,925,629 for 2014, and each mill will bring in $331,871.
In addition to the 2014 budget, council also unanimously passed the 2014-18 Capital Improvement Program that establishes an estimate of the funds needed in the following five years for capital improvements.
In other action, council:
• Authorized John Smith, township solicitor, to begin legal action against residents on the private portion of Mt. Blaine Drive if the gate there is not opened by Dec. 20 and continuing discussions to have the gate removed have broken down. About eight residents on the private portion erected and closed a gate to restrict access to their portion of the street. The gate is not locked.
• Approved a 14-lot second phase of Whispering Pines, which will complete the plan. Council agreed to have only a pedestrian connection between Whispering Heights and Berry lanes. There will be no traffic connection at this time. The school district prohibits buses from traveling through Whispering Pines because it is not a circular plan. A pedestrian connection could permit students from Whispering Pines to walk to bus stops in the Woodlands development.
• Agreed to investigate traffic problems, such as speeding by a school bus and other vehicles, reported by residents on Thompsonville Road since the closure of Valley Brook Road for reconstruction of the ramp and realignment of the intersection of Old Washington Road.
• Awarded a bid for a fire rescue pumper to Toyne for $449,963.
• Authorized township manager Michael Silvestri to gather information on speciality banners that would be hung on utility poles along East McMurray Road.
• Thanked Councilman Michael McCaig for his five-month stint on the panel. McCaig, who previously served on council, was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death in July of longtime council member Robert Atkison.
Council will hold a reorganizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6.