The Lincoln Township Planning Commission spent a substantial portion of its December meeting pressing for clarity on a pending JBI land‑development submission and whether ongoing on‑site work is compliant with temporary allowances.

Commission members said an earlier October motion recommended a six‑month extension for JBI but that recommendation had not yet been placed before the Board of Supervisors. “We voted to recommend to the Board of Supervisors a 6 month extension, and it never went before the board,” one planning commissioner said, noting that without supervisory action the current deadline could expire Feb. 6. Commissioners agreed the supervisors must act in January to prevent automatic expiration.

Planning staff reported they expect JBI’s engineer to submit revisions to the NPDES/NPDS plan “next week” and that the applicant expects to request an extension that could run through May to cover the land‑development plan and a pending highway‑occupancy permit tied to a contested third truck driveway. A planning‑commission member said, “When I spoke to Dave, he understands that, and he’ll have the paperwork in here toward the end of next week.” The engineer named in the meeting was identified as Dave Habowski.

Several commissioners raised compliance concerns about earthwork already underway at the JBI site. One commissioner urged closer monitoring: “There’s a lot happening,” and asked the township engineer Scott to keep a closer eye on work so the commission will not later find significant expenditures were made on work that should have been disallowed without a final plan. Scott said he had inspected the site, submitted an inspection report to staff and that the fill appearing on site was clean.

The commission agreed to request a progress update and to invite JBI’s engineer to the next planning commission meeting so commissioners and supervisors will have the paperwork and a clear timeline before the extension deadline. There was no formal vote on the extension at this meeting; the planning commission’s role is to recommend extensions to the Board of Supervisors, which must take the formal action.

What’s next: Planning staff will circulate JBI’s forthcoming submission and the commission will invite the applicant’s engineer to the January meeting for a status update before the supervisors act.