General Elections are being held today, Tuesday Nov. 3rd. Polling place for Bridgeton Township is the UBE Firehouse. Polls are open from 7 am – 8 pm. Below is the official sample ballot from the Bucks County Board of Elections, with links to the County and State results page.
http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ENR_NEW
http://www.buckscounty.org/government/communityservices/BoardofElections
The Bridgeton Township Supervisors approved two new ordinances at the October 8th Supervisors Meeting.
Ordinance 2015-5 is a Mutual Aid Agreement between Bridgeton, Tinicum and Nockamixon townships for Emergency Management.
Ordinance 2015-6 amends Article III, Section 306 “Table of Uses” in the Township’s Zoning Ordinance to remove Townhouse Use in the Village Residential District. It will now be solely permitted in the Village Center (VC) District with approved central water and sewer service.
The regular monthly meeting of the Bridgeton Township Board of Supervisors was held on September 10, 2015, as advertised, at the Township Building, 1370 Bridgeton Hill Road, Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania. Present were Supervisor/Chairman Gard Holby, Supervisor Roger Keller and Supervisor Michael Lynch. David Shafkowitz, Township Solicitor was also present. An Executive Session was held prior to the meeting to discuss a matter of personnel.
Supervisor Holby called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
Supervisor Holby called for public comment on the regular meeting agenda. No public comment was received.
PERSONS TO BE HEARD:
MINUTES: Upon motion by Supervisor Keller, seconded by Supervisor Holby, which carried 2-0, the July 9 and August 13, 2015, minutes were approved. Supervisor Lynch abstained.
BILLS/PAYROLL: Upon motion by Supervisor Keller, seconded by Supervisor Lynch, which carried 3-0, the expenditures and payroll reports for August 2015 were approved.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Upon motion by Supervisor Holby, seconded by Supervisor Keller, which carried 3-0, the treasurer’s report for August 2015 was approved.
REPORTS:
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comment was received from CC Hopf with regard to parking during fire company carnival and shooting at the Sportsman’s Club.
Being no further business, upon motion by Supervisor Keller, seconded by Supervisor Holby, which carried 3-0, the meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm, with the next meeting to be held on October 8, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the Township Building.
Respectfully submitted,
Tammy Macaluso
Secretary/Treasurer
This unique fundraising event, featuring the work by 21 local artists, has the goal of preserving open space and building awareness for natural resource protection in Upper Bucks. Join us at Rising Sun Farm for viewing pleasure, music, bidding, and fun.
http://www.grwabucks.org/ArtistsOfTheGallowsRun
The New
York City Department of Environmental Protection website shows that the main reservoirs attached to the Delaware River have significant voids in advance of what is expected to be a significant rain event with the approach of Hurricane Joaquin.
The Canonsville Reservoir is at 55.6% of capacity, the Pepacton at 74.9% and the Neversink is at 76.1% as of Sept. 30.
For authoritative information on the forecast for Hurricane Joaquin, here is the link for the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center:
The deliberations on how to repair the collapse of the beautiful 1840 stone arch tunnel that carries High Falls Creek under the canal, which has caused the loss of water through UBE (and points south) since March 29th, have been completed.
The scope of the project expanded in July when it was discovered that the repairs to the collapsed portion would not be sufficient, as the remainder of the 175-year-old stone culvert was not structurally sound.
The consultant, Bi-State Construction of Easton, PA., has determined that a metal sleeve can be inserted the whole length of the stone arch culvert, serving as a permanent repair. This allows the project to move forward as a maintenance project, without having to proceed through a time-consuming new permitting/design process. An Erosion and Sedimentation (E&S) plan will need to be submitted for County approval, though. Park Manager Rick Dalton is optimistic about this development, but cautious about announcing a timeline for repair completion until the E&S plan is approved, which will then trigger the review of the newly developed repair plans.
Bridgeton To
wnship ordinances are now available as PDFs for public access on the township website.
Working with FILE-X Document Imaging Services, the old paper copies were scanned with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to make the entire text of every page searchable by word. An index was built, equivalent to a Table of Contents, with hyperlinks to allow easy navigation and quick retrieval of specific items. These features are not available for online viewing. The documents need to be downloaded in order to access these features.
Future ordinances will be created electronically, with paper copies as a redundant record.
The Delaware Riverkee
per Network has created an online petition to ask that the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) hold separate meetings concerning the PennEast pipeline, not joint meetings, as now planned, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which has ultimate authority over the pipeline application.
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/act-now/urgent-details.aspx?Id=188
Bridgeton Township has passed a resolution opposing the PennEast pipeline over concerns for the health and safety of our residents from upstream work on the Delaware River and potential impacts to water quality for recreational purposes and possible groundwater contamination.
