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Supervisors Meeting, Live and Zoom Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 7pm
The Bridgeton Township Supervisors will have their regular monthly meeting Wednesday, Nov. 9th at 7 pm. This meeting will be held live and on Zoom.
Link to Attend Virtually https://zoom.us/j/97643226924
BRIDGETON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
December 14, 2022
Virtual Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 976 4322 6924
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE Regular Meeting, November 9, 2022
APPROVAL OF BILLS/PAYROLL –
APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT – November, 2022
REPORTS
1. Fire Company –
2. Open Space –
3. Solicitor –
4. Planning Commission –
5. Secretary/Treasurer – Liquid Fuels audit was conducted on November 30th and December 5th; results will be released in a few months.
6. B/N/T Groundwater Committee –
7. Roadmaster –
8. Zoning Officer –
9. Emergency Management –
OLD BUSINESS
1. Act 57 Tax Resolution
NEW BUSINESS
1. Motion to adopt Resolution 2022-3, Designation of Agent Resolution, to appoint Sheryl Patterson, Secretary/Treasurer as the agent for concluding DR-4618 Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ida.
2. Motion to adopt Resolution 2022-4, A Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Bridgeton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Establishing the Annual Millage Rate on Real Property Within Bridgeton Township and Providing for the Adoption of the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2023.
3. Adoption of 2023 Budget.
4. Motion to Appoint CPA Howard Levin of Impact Group PC to perform 2022 Municipal Audit.
5. Motion to release $ 500 to the Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center.
6. Motion to approve the holding tank agreement for Shawn Evans, 1736 Narrows Hill Road.
PERSONS TO BE HEARD
1. Ebby Ridge – Asst. Fire Chief for Upper Black Eddy Fire Company – asking for fees and escrow to be waived for removal of old fuel oil tank & installation of new tank.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Regular / Reorganization Meeting January 3, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday, Dec. 6th at 7:30 pm, Township Building
The Bridgeton Township Planning Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting this Wednesday, December 6th at 7:30pm at the Township Municipal Building.


Supervisors Meeting Thursday, December 12th, 7pm
The Bridgeton Township Supervisor’s will have their regular, monthly meeting Thursday, December 12th at 7 pm at the township building, 1370 Bridgeton Hill Rd Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972
2020 Township Budget Resolution
Planning Commission December Meeting Minutes
BTPC meeting minutes – Dec 3 2014
Bridgeton Township Planning Commission
Minutes of Dec 3rd, 2014 Meeting
Bridgeton Township Building, 1370 Bridgeton Hill Rd, Upper Black Eddy, PA Present: Glenn Philips (presiding), Terry Brown, Mike Doyle, C.C. Hopf, and Roger Keller.
I. Call to order
Glenn Philips called the meeting to order at 7.34 pm.
Review & Approval of Minutes
- C. Hopf moved to approve the minutes of the Aug 27th meeting. The motion was seconded by
Roger Keller and approved unanimously.
III. Revision of the Township Floodplain Ordinance
Tim Fulmer of C. Robert Wynn Associates (the Township engineers) reviewed the status of revisions (minor) to the current (1999) BT Flood Plain Ordinance as required by FEMA. The new version, copies of which were available at the meeting, must be approved by the Supervisors and reviewed by FEMA before March 16, 2015 in order to maintain FEMA flood insurance coverage for the township. Most of the revisions involve ensuring internal consistency of terms and definitions between the revised ordinance and other existing zoning ordinances and that all such terms are as used by FEMA.
Tim discussed the ‘appeals process’ under the new ordinance in Section 8.02. Appeals go through the BT Zoning Hearing Board. But what is allowed or not is constrained by FEMA regulations. New FEMA floodplain maps will be publically available before March 15, 2015. Mr Fulmer stated that, based on his preview of these maps, the floodplain boundaries were generally better defined and
more consistent with actual flood history but that little had changed in Bridgeton.
Terry Brown said that while he was the zoning officer he had developed a checklist of issues concerning the FEMA regulations pertinent to construction permits that was helpful to homeowners. Tim Fulmer said that he would contact the Zoning Officer, Dan Jenkins, to see whether this checklist was on file and whether it needed updating.
The members of the Commission having reviewed the revised ordinance, Terry Brown moved to recommend that the Supervisors accept and approve the revised ordinance as prepared and presented by Wynn Associates. The motion was seconded by Glenn Phillips and approved unanimously.
- Election of Officers and Schedule for 2015.
CC Hopf moved, with Roger Keller seconding, that the existing officers be re-elected for 2015. The motion, being agreeable to all, was passed unanimously.
CC Hopf moved, seconded by Terry Brown that the existing schedule of meetings be retained for
2015; namely the 4th Wednesday of each month Jan-Oct and a combined Nov/Dec meeting on the first Wednesday of December. The motion passed unanimously.
- Continuing Discussion of Noise Ordinances & Related Business
Mike Doyle recapped an earlier discussion that a critical problem with the existing ordinance concerning noise (Section 508 of the Zoning Ordinance) was that there was no enforcement capability. A solution would be to appoint an enforcement officer. This could be any existing officer so designated.
Terry Brown questioned whether this was necessary since a ‘stand-alone’ noise ordinance, to which all Commission members are in agreement on the prior recommendation of the Township Solicitor, should make it possible for residents with a noise complaint to access the District Magistrate directly.
Terry moved that the existing Section 508 (‘noise’) in the Zoning Ordinance, as is, be put into a stand-alone format and forwarded to the Supervisors for approval. There was no second for this motion.
Mike Doyle pointed out that the existing noise ordinance contains prohibitions solely in terms of objective criteria, i.e. the quantitative sound level (in dBA) with several exemptions based on specified noise sources (e.g. power tools during daytime hours). It does not cover situations involving
‘nuisance’ noise such as barking dogs where peak sound levels may be below prohibited dBA levels yet constitute a nuisance by their repetitive nature. These situations would require subjective evaluations by a third party (i.e. an official).
Roger Keller moved that the Commission request: 1) guidance from the Township Solicitor as to the exact procedures of how a complaint of a stand alone noise ordinance would be filed, how it would be investigated and evaluated, and ultimately how it might be eventually brought before the District Magistrate for enforcement. 2) guidance from the Township Solicitor concerning restrictions on
‘nuisance’ noise sources based on frequency, duration, and hours of the noise. This motion was seconded by C.C Hopf and approved with one abstention.
- Public Comments
Barbara Prowker asked when these requests (above) would be forwarded to the Supervisors. Chairman Phillips replied that this would happen as soon as the minutes of this meeting were prepared and approved and that this would be done as soon as possible.
Terry Kuntz of the Bridgeton Township Sportmen’s Association gave a written statement of the goals and objectives of their organization with details of the good value it provided the community in ecology and outdoor preservation. He gave a verbal description of ways the club has served as a
good neighbor by mitigating potential noise disturbance through plantings and earthworks. He stated
that their property is surrounded mostly by State Gamelands and an EPA superfund site. He offered his organization’s assistance to cooperate with the BTPC in development of the revised Noise Ordinance if needed.
VII Adjournment.
Upon a motion by the Chairman, seconded by Roger Keller, and approved unanimously, the meeting was adjourned at 8.55 pm.
Michael Doyle, Secretary
January 3, 2015