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Kidder Supervisors Meetings
Long-time Kidder supervisor LaFond steps down by Seth Isenberg
After seven and a half years of service to Kidder Township as supervisor, Bing LaFond submitted his letter of resignation at the township’s October supervisors meeting on the 15th. LaFond has sold his home
in and is moving to Maryland to be close to his children and grandchildren. He thanked the board and the professional staff of the township, and wished all good luck. The board and staff then thanked him. With reluctance supervisors voted unanimously to accept the resignation. It’s been only three months since the resignation of supervisor Barbara Franzosa. She was replaced by former super-
visor Ray Gluck that meeting night. To replace LaFond, supervisors added a special meeting on the 21st, ahead a previously scheduled budget meeting. On the 21st, supervisors got right to the business of nominating someone who will serve through the end of 2021. Five letters of interest were received. Of these, supervisors were unanimous on the nomination of Wilson Klotzman.
Klotzman, a long-time Kidder resident, now serves on the planning commission, and will continue to do so. He is also a director of the Lake Harmony Wilson Klotzman
Association for over six years, and on the Lake Association board. He was to be sworn in later that week. His first official meeting will be on November 5 when the supervisors go over the 2021 budget. The seat will be on the ballot next year for someone to serve out the remaining four years of the term. In other business during the regular meeting on the See KIDDER, page 2
Penn Forest Twp. supervisors busy in October by Seth Isenberg
was not worded properly, and convinced the supervisors to re-advertise. Nanovic created Penn Forest Township sua new ad, and that ad has since pervisors were busy at their October meeting. As the paving been run. The contract will get awarded at the November and road construction season meeting. draws to a close, supervisors Roadmaster Roger Meckes contracted with Shiffer Bitureported that salt has been deminous for paving the rebuilt livered, with anti-skid coming section of Forest Street into Beltzville Lake Estates, at a cost in soon. The dump truck has had its warranty repair. Paving of $9,900. The also approved on Stoney Creek Road is done, H&K Group for a $9,122 conand so are the pipe crossings. tract for shoulder work along Businessman Chris Rau, Stoney Creek Road to complete of Penn Forest Twp., attenda recent drainage project. ed the meeting for insulatThe township had advering business owner Joseph tised for a company to do Laschenski. Rau asked supersnow plowing and salting visors to approve Laschenson the township’s roads, as ki’s plans to build an office needed. One proposal came and warehouse building on in, from Shiffer Bituminous a commercial property along Services, the company who Route 903, across from 903 did the work last year. TownLandscape Supply’s property. ship solicitor Tom Nanovic The proposed structure, which felt the ad requesting bidders
would also include an apartment, will be 7,500 square feet. After some questions, the project was given conditional final approval. The conditions would be satisfied by meeting “any and all remaining items on the letter about the project from engineers from Barry Isett & Assoc. and also any remaining from the Carbon County planning commission.” These would be primarily getting an approved stormwater management plan and a highway occupancy permit. Supervisor Christian Bartulovich asked for approval of an upgrade to the township’s hard drive because the new Kronos timekeeping system needs something more robust than what the township already has. Cost is $470 and Millenia Computer will do the work. Meckes, in his township
park report, said the work Schiffer did on resurfacing the walking path “looks nice.” He reported that the first-ever movie night in the park was a success. The new ‘rebound wall’ will get built early this month, out by the woods. The wall will be where future movie night movies will be shown. Later in the meeting, Meckes spoke about expanding the transfer station, making a plan to fix the things there that are wearing out due to how busy it has been. At the start of the plan, the township wants to replace the ramp which is “falling apart,” and as also add another pad for another compactor. After that, putting a new roof over all the compactors would be looked at. The idea is to do the work in phases. See PENN FOREST, page 2