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Lower Paxton board approves audits, EMS renewal, pension MMOs, grants and several routine items
Summary
Supervisors voted to extend the township auditor contract, renew EMS service to 2027, adopt winter-maintenance and right‑to‑know resolutions, approve a CDBG consultant amendment, adopt pension MMOs and authorize HRG as grant writer for fire radios; most motions passed by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies recorded.
At the Sept. 16 meeting, Lower Paxton supervisors approved a package of routine but consequential business items by motion and voice vote.
Key votes and approvals included:
- A contract extension with Zelenkovsky Axelrod to serve as township auditor for the 2025 and 2026 audits (motion carried by voice vote).
- A renewal agreement with South Central EMS to extend services through 2027 with no change in cost.
- Adoption of Resolution 25‑08 authorizing the chair to sign the winter maintenance services agreement covering state roads the township maintains.
- Adoption of Resolution 25‑59 amending the township right‑to‑know policy to add Shelley Smith as a designated Right‑to‑Know officer replacing Jack Scherzer.
- Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the professional‑services agreement with Mullen Lonergan Associates to extend CDBG consultant services for one additional year to support the 2026 annual action plan; HUD procurement-cycle guidance (3–5 years) informed the recommendation.
- Adoption of Resolution 25‑10 accepting the minimum municipal obligations (MMOs) for the police and nonuniformed employee pension plans; staff said the MMO filings must be completed before the end of September.
- Authorization to use HRG as the township’s grant writer for a state LSA grant application to pursue up to $1,000,000 toward a $1,300,000 fire‑radio replacement (49 mobile radios and 136 portable radios); HRG’s fee for grant work was $3,500.
All items were approved by motions that were seconded and carried by voice votes; the record shows no roll‑call tallies and no formal defections were recorded. Several supervisors and staff noted that some approvals had been previewed and discussed at earlier workshop meetings.
The board also approved payment of the township and authority check registers and made a note that a SWIF (State Workers Insurance Fund) firefighter workers’ compensation bill had been paid and would be ratified on the next check register.
