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North Versailles commissioners approve hires, vehicle purchase, audit and vacant‑property actions
Summary
At its March 19 meeting, North Versailles Township commissioners approved multiple personnel hires in public safety, engaged an auditor, authorized participation in county housing programs, approved two vacant‑property dispositions and authorized purchase of three police vehicles with partial LSA grant reimbursement.
North Versailles Township commissioners on March 19 approved a slate of routine and operational measures, including multiple public‑safety hires, an audit engagement, two vacant‑property dispositions through Allegheny County programs and purchase of three police vehicles.
The board approved hiring Ashley Bolen as a part‑time dispatcher under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. It also approved hiring Matt Smith as a police officer and hiring Thomas Carnahan as a police officer contingent on completing required testing. The minutes record each hire as carried; numerical vote tallies are not provided.
Commissioners authorized Hosack, Specht, Muetzel & Wood LLP to perform the township's 2025 audit for $11,830.00 and approved participation in Allegheny County's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs for program years 2027'2029 under a motion recorded as Resolution 2026‑1.
The board approved resolutions to acquire and subsequently dispose of two vacant parcels through the Allegheny County Vacant Property Recovery Program: Parcel 458‑E‑62 (324 Palma St.) and Parcel 458‑D‑113 (Greensburg Pike). The minutes list the parcel numbers and addresses and record both motions as carried.
On equipment and finance, commissioners authorized the purchase of three 2026 Ford Police Explorers from Jim Shorkey Auto Group for $137,850. The minutes state $78,037 of that amount will be reimbursed through an LSA grant; the township also authorized temporary transfers from the PLGIT account to the General Fund to provide cash flow until real estate tax receipts arrive. The minutes do not record a numerical vote count for these motions.
Other business approved by the board included authorizing payment of bills from the General Fund ($176,185.64) and Liquid Fuels Fund ($22,904.90), approving monthly Fire Tax disbursements to Crestas VFC #4 ($3,291.85) and West Wilmerding VFC ($4,359.27), appointing Glenn Engineering as an Authorized Township Building Code Official and setting occupancy permits at $150. The board also accepted the resignation of an employee identified in the minutes as Employee 3629.
The minutes list public commenters scheduled for the meeting (Elizabeth Didiano — agenda; Linda Rossi — paving; John Conners — motions 9 and 16; Dave Kaminsky — NVTSA sewage bill) but do not include verbatim comments or outcomes tied to those remarks. The meeting adjourned at 7:48 p.m.
The motions are recorded in the minutes as carried; specific roll‑call tallies are not provided in the meeting minutes and mover/second information appears only as initials. Where the minutes contained a clear typographical error in an occupational title, this article uses the ordinary, commonly understood title ("police officer").
