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Leacock Township supervisors approve routine financial items, development extensions and designate polling place
Summary
At its Jan. 6, 2026 meeting the Leacock Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved routine financial items, authorized sale of a 2010 Mack dump truck, changed polling-place arrangements for 2026–2027, approved several developer time extensions, and heard reports from township staff and local fire companies.
Frank Howe, a Leacock Township supervisor, called the Jan. 6 meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. and the board recorded Donald Gentzler, Carl Smucker and James Donovan as present. There were no public visitors or comments.
The board unanimously approved the Dec. 15, 2025 meeting minutes, the Bills to Pay list and the Treasurer’s Report. James Donovan moved to approve the minutes; Donald Gentzler moved to approve the bills; motions to approve the Treasurer’s Report were made and seconded by board members and passed unanimously.
Township Manager Chris Slaymaker reported that work on the meeting room has begun (lumber was cut the day of the meeting) and said construction activity will ramp up next week. He said he will meet with the Penny Saver to review how residents can sign up on the township website and noted the PSATS convention is scheduled for April 19–22.
Chief Tony of the Pequa Valley Fire Company reported 33 EMS calls in December and 459 EMS calls for 2025 as a whole, plus five fire calls in December and 44 fire calls during 2025. Steve Deinner, chief of the Intercourse Fire Company, said his department had 192 calls in 2025 (tying the previous year) and reported $373,000 in fire loss; he also noted officer changes and that Merv Esh is the new assistant chief.
On motions, the board approved several routine and development-related items. Carl Smucker moved to list the township’s 2010 Mack dump truck on Municibid; Donald Gentzler seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The board approved a motion by Donald Gentzler designating the Leacock Township Municipal Building as the polling place for 2026 and naming the Intercourse Fire Company as the polling place beginning in 2027; the motion was seconded by Carl Smucker and passed unanimously.
The board took multiple actions on developer financial assurances and plan deadlines. It approved reducing the Letter of Credit for Emanuel Esh at 3157 Harvest Drive from $36,289.89 to a retained amount of $5,892.50 (motion by Carl Smucker, seconded by James Donovan). The board also rescinded a Dec. 15, 2025 motion to release an escrow account of $3,001.97 plus interest for Lapp Valley Farm (4040 Old Philadelphia Pike) and instead approved releasing the related Letter of Credit for $2,300.00; the rescission and release were recorded as prompted by a Hanover Engineering mix-up.
The board approved time extensions for several land plans: a 90-day extension to April 20, 2026 for Alvin F. King Final Subdivision Plan (139 Colonial Rd, Plan #LEA25-26); a 90-day extension to April 7, 2026 for Kings Painting Final Land Development Plan (100 S. Harvest Rd, Plan #LEA-22-10) with the stipulation that it be the last extension granted without the applicant’s engineer attending a meeting; and a 120-day extension to May 18, 2026 for the Samuel & Rachel Stoltzfus Final Land Development Plan (91 Soudersburg Rd, Plan #LEA25-25). All extension motions passed unanimously.
Zoning Officer Joe Kennedy briefed the board on upcoming zoning hearing cases and presented a 2025 zoning report summary and graph. He said the zoning office is receiving many inquiries about vacation rentals and that staff is creating a new database to track zoning work related to those calls.
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 P.M. Respectfully submitted minutes list Jenifer Baxter as office manager.
