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North Versailles commissioners approve series of motions on budget, grants, equipment and personnel
Summary
The North Versailles Township Board of Commissioners on Feb. 20 approved 21 motions including payment of bills, acceptance of an $85,000 grant for community center repairs, purchases for the police department and the appointment of multiple committee members; minutes record motions as carried but do not list individual vote tallies.
The North Versailles Township Board of Commissioners approved 21 motions at its Feb. 20 meeting, covering bills and payroll, grants, equipment purchases, personnel actions and committee appointments.
The board approved payment of bills from the General Fund totaling $177,864.08 and from the Liquid Fuels Fund totaling $49,678.48. Commissioners recorded approval of a GP‑4 permit waiver for New Naser Road through HRG for $3,000 and accepted an $85,000 2024‑GEDTF‑267 grant to fund community center repairs.
Other approvals included consenting to disposition of three township parcels to the TRICOG Landbank; a website upgrade contract with GOVUNITY for $3,200; a Voluntary Overtime Shift Call Off Policy for the police department; and an upgrade to the Police Policy Manual with LEXIPOL for $33,067.80. The board also authorized the purchase of seven desktop computers for the police department from Norman Alan for $7,139.86.
The commissioners approved purchasing a 2025 Ford F‑150 police vehicle from Jim Shorkey Auto Group for $49,787.00 plus an uplift amount of $11,942.06 through Mosside Auto. They authorized advertising the sale of parcel 458 F‑255 on Old Farm Road and approved monthly Fire Tax payments to West Wilmerding VFC ($2,209.82) and Crestas VFC #4 ($4,612.65).
Personnel actions recorded by the minutes included increasing the Code Enforcement pay rate to $30.00 per hour (the minutes note Commissioner Saula abstained on this motion), hiring Erick Lakin as custodian at $16.00 per hour, and accepting the resignation of Officer Nathan Swiercosz effective Feb. 19, 2025.
The board approved a traffic cabinet agreement with Traffic Systems & Services for $20,650 for Route 30 and Navy Marine Corps Way, articles of agreement for fire services consolidation with the Governor's Center for Local Government Services, and an advertisement for erosion and sedimentation control/site grading tied to relocation work for People’s Natural Gas needed to complete HOP work at New Naser Road and U.S. Route 30.
Votes at a glance: the minutes record all motions as "Carries" or "Carries X." Motion movers and seconders are recorded in the minutes only by initials (for example, entries such as "SJ _GT_ Carries X"). The minutes do not provide complete roll‑call vote tallies for each motion except to note the one abstention on the Code Enforcement pay increase by Commissioner Saula.
The meeting also approved a Junior Commissioner Program and made the committee appointments listed in the minutes. The meeting was adjourned at 7:53 p.m.
The minutes do not expand on debate or public discussion tied to each motion; where attachments or a detailed agenda are referenced (for example, the committee appointment list) the minutes direct readers to the attached materials rather than including full text in the public minutes.
