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Votes at a glance: Lower Paxton board approves improvement guarantees, advertises fire-lane ordinance, approves change order and payments
Summary
At its July 21 meeting the Lower Paxton Board approved improvement-guarantee actions, authorized advertisement of an ordinance aligning fire-lane fines to $50, approved a $4,218 asbestos abatement change order for a sewer facility, and approved township and Sewer Authority payments totaling roughly $2.6 million combined.
The Lower Paxton Township Board of Supervisors took several formal actions at its July 21 meeting.
Minutes: The board approved the minutes of the June 2, 2026 business meeting by voice vote.
Improvement guarantees: Staff presented five improvement-guarantee matters related to Estates of Forest Hills (Phase 8), Estates of Autumn Oaks (Phase 1B), a Colonial/Linglestown Road land-development project and two single-family stormwater items. The board moved and approved the staff recommendations to release or extend guarantees as presented.
Vacancy board chair resignation: The board considered accepting the resignation of vacancy board chair Jay Purdy but rejected acceptance on a roll-call vote (Lindsay: Aye; Shibe: No; Campbell: No; Thompson: No); the resignation therefore was not accepted.
Ordinance advertisement — fire lanes: The board authorized advertising Ordinance 2026-O4, amending Ordinance 2003-01 to align the fire-lane fine with the fee schedule at $50. Staff said the advertisement will include the ordinance name and a brief summary; full text will be provided to the newspaper.
Change order — sewer facility floor: The board approved Change Order No. 1 for the sewer operations facility floor replacement to abate asbestos-containing adhesive. The contractor’s change order was $4,218; the original contract was $60,752 and the new contract total became $64,970. Staff recommended full removal and abatement to preserve warranties and avoid future moisture-related movement.
Payments: The board approved township payments of $1,691,801.18, checks-on-demand (17 checks totaling about $12,000), and Sewer Authority payments of $894,110.32.
All items were moved, seconded and approved by either voice vote or roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes; where a roll-call was recorded the transcript supplies the recorded votes.
