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Township approves routine bills, grants and a septic waiver; manager outlines grant and road priorities
Summary
Supervisors approved routine bills and a septic-isolation waiver for 538 Walnut Drive, passed Resolution 2025-5 on police records destruction, and heard manager updates on CDBG and GroNorCo grant submissions, road bids and an insurance renewal.
The Lehigh Township Board approved routine financial items and handled several administrative matters at its April 22 meeting.
Supervisors voted to approve General Fund checks 28640–28671 and State Fund check 1620. The Board unanimously approved a septic isolation-distance waiver for 538 Walnut Drive conditioned on the property owner signing an indemnification agreement, and it passed Resolution 2025-5 allowing scheduled police records destruction.
Manager Alice Rehrig reported the CDBG grant submission is due in mid-May; rough engineer estimates put proposed work on Timberline, Spring, Deer Path and Carl Drives at over $500,000. Rehrig said there is funding in the Timberline Road Fund and recommended advertising the road-repair and oil-and-chip project for bids; the Board raised no objections to placing the project to bid.
Rehrig also noted a GroNorCo matching grant program (50/50 up to $50,000) and recommended applying for a programmable LED sign replacement for the municipal building; she has filed an insurance claim for damage to a flashing warning-sign cabinet (replacement estimated at $3,500).
The township will receive a $123,000 deposit as reimbursement through the RACP grant; Rehrig said that payment will reduce the interim loan for the public works building to about $19,000, with a $60,000 holdback until the state completes its final audit.
On insurance, Rehrig said the renewal premium will be $70,386, an increase of about 7 percent. Resident John Knoblach asked how many carriers refused to quote; Rehrig said three carriers declined because of the township's loss history. Monica Brown asked whether the premium included workers' compensation coverage; Rehrig said workers' comp renews separately and the township participates in a pool for that coverage.
Public comment elsewhere in the meeting included a neighbor complaint about a camper placed at the end of Teel Road and requests to revisit yard-waste site Sunday hours; the yard-waste hours request was placed on the next meeting agenda.
