Springfield supervisors swear in Worcester, approve slate of officers, appointments and resolutions

Charles Worcester was sworn in and the Springfield Township Board of Supervisors quickly adopted a slate of officer elections, committee appointments and administrative resolutions at its annual organizational meeting.

Judge Todd Platts administered the oath of office to "the newly reelected supervisor Charles Worcester," after which the board called the meeting to order and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. A brief public-comment period produced no speakers.

In short votes, the board elected Mark Swanley chairman, George Dvorak vice chairman and Charles Worcester assistant secretary-treasurer. The board confirmed that all members would serve as delegates to the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors annual convention and reaffirmed Worcester as the voting delegate.

The board adopted a package of resolutions to name legal and technical advisors. Resolution 2024-01 appointed MPL Law Firm LLP, James R. Sanders, Esquire, as township solicitor; Resolution 2024-02 named Campbell Durant PC and Patrick J. Harvey as personnel and labor counsel. First Capital Engineering (John Musiani, PE) and Diana Young, PE, were appointed under Resolutions 2024-03 and 2024-04 respectively for civil and environmental engineering services. South Penn Code Consultants LLC and John Luciani, PE, were designated sewage enforcement officer and alternate under Resolution 2024-10.

The board also filled internal positions and committee seats: Dory Bowers was appointed township secretary (Resolution 2024-05); Teresa (Terry) Hummel was appointed treasurer (Resolution 2024-06); Jeffrey Lobach, Esquire, was named vacancy board chair (Resolution 2024-07); and Mark Hodgkinson was appointed chief administrative officer for both the nonuniform employee pension fund and the police pension fund (Resolutions 2024-08 and 2024-09). The board approved…