May 29, 2014 2 min read

• Date: May 27

• Council heard from residents of Spring Street off Pleasant Avenue, who expressed displeasure at a proposed residential development on 24 acres currently owned by Forest Lawn Garden. Twenty-nine lots are proposed, with sole access via Spring Street. No application has been filed.

• Council learned of another proposed development on the corner of Washington Road and the southern entrance of Old Oak Road for a 4,000-square-foot building for one tenant. No action was taken.

• Council approved a $250,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection to purchase a cardboard compactor and wheeled recycling carts for residents’ use when automated recycling begins in 2015.

• Council awarded a three-year contract to eLoop for free recycling of electronic items not permitted for curbside pick up.

• Council approved a tent sale for Levin Furniture, 3664 Washington Road, June 4-16, and approved a fundraiser for Howard Hanna Real Estate June 18, to benefit the Children’s Free Care Fund.

• Council approved a five-year loan with PNC Equipment Finance at an interest rate of 2.47 percent with annual payments of $96,770 to purchase a new fire truck to be delivered later this year.

• Council announced West Penn Power Co. and First Energy Corp. will be trimming trees along transmission lines on Sugar Camp Road, in Peterswood Park, on Simmons Farm and along Hidden Valley Road to Cecil Township. Property owners have been notified. Council also discussed the effects of ash borer disease and damage to trees in the township. No decision was reached.