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Dickinson supervisors approve draft 2024 budget, accept salt bid and authorize $223,832 road payment
Summary
At its Oct. 16 meeting the Dickinson Township Board of Supervisors voted to accept a delivered salt bid at $84.50/ton, approved a $223,832.54 payment for 2023 road chip-seal work, and approved an amended draft 2024 budget for public inspection that includes ARP-funded capital work and changes to emergency-services pay.
Dickinson Township Board of Supervisors met Oct. 16 and approved a package of procurement and budget actions, including a salt purchase, a road-contract payment and an amended draft 2024 budget to be advertised for public inspection.
The board unanimously accepted the West Central Chester County (WCCOG) salt bid from Eastern Salt at $84.50 per ton delivered for the Nov. 1, 2023–Oct. 1, 2024 contract period. Chairwoman Lorelei Coplen moved the motion, and Supervisor Rob Kole seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
The board also authorized payment of Contract 1 in the amount of $223,832.54 to Russell Standard for the township’s 2023 chip-seal surface treatment. The motion to approve payment passed unanimously.
Manager Larry Barrick summarized revisions made to the draft 2024 budget that the board approved, as amended, for advertisement and public inspection. Among the changes Barrick cited were increasing pay for Emergency Services Administrators from $425 to $525 per quarter and adding mileage reimbursement for those administrators; reducing the township’s contribution to Yellow Breeches EMS from $35,000 to $25,000; and separating a bridge line item from road-project expenses. Barrick told the board he would provide a 10-year view of capital expenditures upon request.
The board also directed use of American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for several identified capital needs, including repairs to garage grates, installing doors and a concrete floor in the maintenance shed, paving and expanding the township building parking lot, and office expansion. Barrick noted questions remain about a separate request to provide a vehicle for Emergency Services Administrators — including who would pay for the vehicle, insurance and liability — and that answers were not available in time for the current draft.
The draft budgets approved for advertisement included the Liquid Fuels Fund, Emergency Services through the Fire Tax Fund, and the Capital Savings Fund (which incorporates ARP funding). The board voted unanimously to advertise the amended draft 2024 budgets for public inspection.
