Salisbury Township Commissioner Alex Karol was sworn in to represent Ward 2 at the Jan. 5 township reorganization meeting.<\/p>\n
Karol was elected in the Nov. 4 General Election. District Judge Kyle B. Miller, District 31-1-08, administered the oath of office.<\/p>\n
At the reorganization meeting, Board of Commissioners President Debra J. Brinton was reelected president by a 4-0 vote by her peers. Karol nominated Brinton, seconded by Commissioner Heather Lipkin.<\/p>\n
Lipkin was elected as board of commissioners vice president by a 4-0 vote. Lipkin was nominated by Commissioner Alok Patnaik, seconded by Karol.<\/p>\n
Patnaik was elected President Pro Tempore by a 4-0 vote. Patnaik was nominated by Brinton, seconded by Lipkin.<\/p>\n
A commissioner to represent Ward 4 is to be appointed. Rodney Conn, who represented Ward 4, did not seek reelection. It is believed two applicants to represent Ward 4 were interviewed during an executive session 6 p.m. Jan. 8 before the regular 7 p.m. meeting. An appointment could be made at the next commissioners meeting, 7 p.m. Jan. 22.<\/p>\n
Appointments made by resolution by 4-0 votes at the Jan. 5 meeting include:<\/p>\n
Salisbury Township Manager Cathy Gorman, township secretary<\/p>\n
Shemaine Wilson, assistant township secretary<\/p>\n
Tamara Smarch, township treasurer<\/p>\n
Tammy Hensinger, assistant township treasurer<\/p>\n
Gross McGinley, LLP, township solicitor<\/p>\n
Masano-Bradley, township conflict solicitor<\/p>\n
Keystone Consulting Engineers, township engineer<\/p>\n
Hanover Engineering Associates, township alternate engineer<\/p>\n
Scott Beiber, Lehigh Soils and Wetlands, sewage enforcement officer (SEOs); Alternate SEOs: Ian Farrell, Lehigh Soils and Wetlands and Chris Tayloe, Luke Eggert, Jacob Schray, Hanover Engineering<\/p>\n
Barry Isett & Associates, Building Code Official; Michele Lopez Gudino and Kerry Rabold, Alternates<\/p>\n
Kyle Watson, fire marshal<\/p>\n
Kerry Rabold, flood plain administrator<\/p>\n
Kerry Rabold, community development director<\/p>\n
Appointments made by motion and a 4-0 vote were:<\/p>\n
Jessica Klocek, planning commission, nominated by Karol, seconded by Lipkin<\/p>\n
Richard Hassick, planning commission, nominated by Lipkin, seconded by Karol<\/p>\n
A Ward 4 representative is to be nominated upon appointment of a Ward 4 commissioner<\/p>\n
Mark Waverka, zoning hearing board, nominated by Lipkin, seconded by Karol<\/p>\n
Michael Taylor, civil service commission, nominated by Patnaik, seconded by Lipkin<\/p>\n
A Ward 4 representative to the civil service commission is to be nominated upon appointment of a Ward 4 commissioner.<\/p>\n
A Ward 3 representative to the vacancy board is open.<\/p>\n
Joshua Buckallew, environmental advisory council, nominated by Lipkin, seconded by Karol.<\/p>\n
Maria Rodale, environmental advisory council, nominated by Karol, seconded by Lipkin.<\/p>\n
A Ward 1 representative to the building code board of appeals is open.<\/p>\n
A Ward 4 representative to the recreation advisory committee is to be nominated upon appointment of a Ward 4 commissioner.<\/p>\n
A Ward 2 representative to the recreation advisory committee is vacant.<\/p>\n
Before the Jan. 8 meeting, two public hearings were held after which commissioners voted 4-0 to approve:<\/p>\n
– Vacating a portion of East Trout Road between Gilmore Street and South Halstead and vacating a portion of an unnamed right of way behind 1801 Broadway.<\/p>\n
– An ordinance to designate sections of Vortman Avenue, Salisbury Road, Ash Street and Vermont Avenue as parking prohibited on one side from every November to March.<\/p>\n
– An ordinance establishing a township sewer lateral inspection and repair program.<\/p>\n
January Salisbury Township Municipal meetings in the meeting room of the municipal building, 2900 S. Pike Ave., include: 7 p.m. Jan. 14, zoning hearing board; 7 p.m. Jan. 22, board of commissioners and 7 p.m. Jan. 28, planning commission.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY PAUL WILLISTEINSalisbury Township Commissioner Alex Karol, left, is sworn in as Ward 2 representative at the Jan. 5 township reorganization meeting by District Judge Kyle B. Miller, right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salisbury Township Commissioner Alex Karol was sworn in to represent Ward 2 at the Jan. 5 township reorganization…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-87945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}