Quiet January meeting for Kidder supervisors

by Seth Isenberg

Kidder Township’s board of supervisors made quick work of their agenda on January 24.

Supervisors voted to accept bids on 54 tax claim properties, most in either Holiday Pocono or Golden Oaks.

Electronic recycling dates were set for April 22 and October 7. Rules and fees will be publicized.

Township solicitor Robert Yurchak reported that the ordinance violator for their Laurel Lane property is slated to appear before District Judge Joseph Homanko on February 10.

Supervisors approved a fireworks permit for Big Boulder Ski Area (Jan. 28), approved placing ads seeing a new engineering firm and to seek tree trimmers for work this year. Last year no company replied to the tree trimming ad, even after three sets of ads were placed.

Lake Harmony Fire Company chief Ralph

Lennon reported bringing “a truck load of toys” and nearly $600 in cash for the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia just before Christmas. He also thanked Vail Resorts for their donation (photo elsewhere in this issue).

Bills of $134,942 were approved for payment. $54,624 was for taxes, pensions, insurances and similar; $28,589 pays for trash collection; $31,720 for various operating costs, fees, supplies, dues, office items, fuel for cars and trucks, propane, and winter roads maintenance; and $18,808 towards the fire companies, the vehicles fund, and the LH Rescue Squad.

Supervisors meet next on February 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the municipal building in Lake Harmony.

BIG CHECKS: Jack Frost/Big Boulder general manager Trent Poole presents checks of $23,618.28 to, at left, Lake Harmony Rescue Squad operations manager Scott Wuttke, and at right, Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Co. chief Ralph Lennon, along with JF/BB’s Kristen O’Neill. The checks are proceeds from the on-line auction of the old chair lifts at the resort, when the lifts were replaced this past summer. Chairs sold from $250 to $425 each, and are now dispersed throughout the area. The same amount went to the Epic Promise Foundation, which supports Vail Resorts employees and their dependents in times of need through emergency financial assistance, as well as for educational grants.