hearing in January<\/a> where members of the public voiced opposition to the proposal.<\/p>\nAbout a dozen residents attended the supervisor\u2019s regular monthly meeting and clapped when the board denied the request to rezone the large, wooded area between Market and Main Street, from residential and mining to industrial.<\/p>\n
The property is owned by Forza Holdings LLC and was sold to the company in the spring of 2025 for $1 million, per county property records.<\/p>\n
According to attorney Samuel Falcone, who represented Forza Holdings at the public meeting in January, the developers wanted to reclaim the mined land, which has culm banks in excess of four stories high, and level it.<\/p>\n
However, they did not yet know what they intended to use the land for, and several residents at the hearing took issue with that.<\/p>\n
Data center ordinance<\/p>\n
Also at Wednesday\u2019s meeting, the board authorized Assistant Zoning Officer Ronald Giza to begin advertising an ordinance regulating data centers.<\/p>\n
A public hearing where residents can review the ordinance, make suggestions, and ask questions, will be held about 45 days from Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n
Supervisor Chairman Stanley Rovinski said the location of the meeting has not been determined yet, as the board is still looking for a place that will accommodate a large crowd.<\/p>\n
Giza briefly explained that the ordinance would create an overlay district where data centers would be permitted in the center point area of the township, on the other side of the turnpike.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to try and keep it up in the industrial area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The proposed ordinance would allow data centers as a conditional use, which means any applicant would have to go before the board of supervisors<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s important to note that Jenkins Township cannot pass an ordinance that restricts data centers 100%. That\u2019s illegal,\u201d Supervisor Robert Linskey said. \u201cWe have to designate some area to let them potentially put \u2014 potentially \u2014 put a data center.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other regulations in the proposed ordinance will be explained at the public meeting.<\/p>\n
Giza stressed that this is a proactive move, and no one has submitted an application for a data center in Jenkins Township.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have to address this because if we don\u2019t, we\u2019re gonna be in trouble. Not saying we have anything coming, but if something does come, we\u2019re ready,\u201d he told residents.<\/p>\n
Meals on Wheels donation<\/p>\n
Additionally, the board approved a $1,000 donation to the Greater Pittston Meals on Wheels due to their refrigeration system malfunctioning, which volunteer Jim Falzone said resulted in losing $2,500 worth of food.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreliminary estimates are that the freezer is completely shot and we need a new unit,\u201d Falzone said, which will likely cost upwards of $15,000.<\/p>\n
The donation from Jenkins Township will come out of the UCC funds, which are made up of fees collected from businesses doing construction or remodeling, instead of taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n
The Greater Pittston Meals on Wheels, first established in 1969, is not federally funded.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we do not receive federal funds, we have not missed a day of deliveries in all of that time,\u201d Falzone said. \u201cBecause during COVID, all Meals on Wheels were forced to shut down by the federal government. We never did.\u201d<\/p>\n
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