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Harris Township approves 2025 slate of officers, appointments and fee schedule
Summary
The Harris Township Board of Supervisors approved the 2025 chair nomination, dozens of committee and professional appointments, adopted a revised fee schedule (Resolution 25‑02) and approved vouchers totaling $565,932.47 during its Jan. 6 meeting.
The Harris Township Board of Supervisors completed its annual reorganization and approved a broad slate of appointments and administrative measures at its Jan. 6 meeting.
Board members nominated Bruce Lord as chair for 2025 and confirmed the current presiding member as vice chair; Lord was not present but had indicated his willingness to serve. The board appointed Mark Bockel as township secretary/treasurer and set the treasurer's bond at $1,000,000; Tracy Moriarty was named assistant secretary/treasurer.
The board also approved a series of professional and advisory appointments: municipal engineering support, a traffic engineer, a primary and alternate sewage enforcement officer, township solicitor and alternate, zoning‑hearing solicitors, an Act 511 tax collector, planning commission regular and alternate members, Parks & Recreation and Shade Tree commission members, and representatives to regional bodies. Specific appointees named during the meeting included Jeff Dirr, Bob Igoe, Peggy Johnson, Maria Spencer, Peter Irish, Tom Long, Charles Graham (vacancy board chair) and Harmony Schmidbauer (library board representative), among others. All appointments were made by motion, second and a unanimous ‘Aye’ vote where recorded.
On finance matters the board adopted Resolution 25‑02 to set the township fee schedule, with staff noting highlighted items reflected changes discussed during budget meetings. The motion included a commitment to revisit selected fee lines at a future meeting.
Finally, the board approved voucher sheet No. 20412 in the amount of $565,932.47. The motion to approve vouchers was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The board recessed briefly to executive session during the agenda and reconvened to complete the appointments and votes. Several items on the agenda (notably a land‑development approval and an intergovernmental agreement extension) were handled in separate discussions and are reported in standalone articles.
