Keiper & Blanche Price parks to benefit from Tobyhanna

by Seth Isenberg

Tobyhanna Township was awarded a $760,000 LSA grant through the hard work of township grant writers Penn Strategies. The money will be spent for a major upgrade to Keiper Park, as well as improvements and repairs to Blanche Price Park.

The March 20 Tobyhanna supervisors meeting started with the Neighborhood Improvement District Authority (NIDA) meeting. To start, township supervisors Rachel Schickling and Brendon Carroll were reappointed to the NIDA board. Michelle Bisbing was appointed chairman, John Kerrick vice-chairman, Crystal Butler secretary, Brendon Carroll treasurer and attorney Harry Coleman as solicitor.

NIDA business included

Township LSA grant

approving Zelenkofske Axelrod to do the 2022 audit, and a review of the Assessment Report and its figures by Sam Metcalfe of MuniCap, Inc.

In regular township business, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police time used is over 98 hours from predicted use, and five new police vehicles are due to arrive.

Pocono Mountain Regional EMS is down an ambulance it needs an engine. They covered 54 of 56 shifts last month.

The Tobyhanna Township Bureau of Fire is receiving applications for firefighters. Supervisor Joseph Colyer asked for $30,000 to buy firefighter equipment. This was agreed to unanimously.

The Pocono Summit Volunteer Fire Company received a grant. Details will be gone over, and more in- formation shared at the next meeting.

The Pocono Mountain Council of Governments is going over their bid for road salt.

The township’s Dept. of Public Works had no major vehicle repairs to report. As they have time, they are beginning to work on getting the mowers ready for spring use. Supervisor David Carbone told the foreman that the township got compliments from citizens about the roads after the recent snows.

• A request to host a wedding in Blanche Price Park’s Main Lodge in April of 2024 will be considered. The park usually opens in May. The party would supply rest rooms if needed.

• It was agreed to install a key fob system for the side

See TOBYHANNA TWP, page 16