The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Mary Woznak. All stood and pledged allegiance to the flag and observed a moment of silence for the Troops overseas.
ROLL CALL: JOSEPH PERUSO-absent, ROBERT SPANKO-Present, ART THOMSON-Present, RANDY VOJTOWICZ-Present, MARY WOZNAK-Present. ALSO PRESENT: RUSS HEIPLE AND SHANNAN KESTER

GOOD AND WELFARE:
Vicki Spencer: where is the Auditors filing cabinet? Spanko- ask the secretary. Shannan- I didn't move them. Vicki - this is not the way I left it. It took me a whole week of my summer vacation to organize the filing cabinet. If someone was going to do this why didn't they call? That is just ridiculous. I wish someone would have called me. I don't appreciate it all. Woznak - who moved it? Vicki - I don't know.
Vicki- at the meeting before there was a motion made for carpet in the meeting room and linoleum for the hallway. It looks like all carpet to me. Spanko - it was cheaper to go with all carpeting.
Maryann Hicks- Can the Township do something about the dead animals on the road? Spanko - what road? Hicks - Parkhill Drive. Spanko - that is a state road the state has to do something. Woznak - we will put a call in.
Manny Pena-  You all have seen me over the last month or two and I just wanted to let you know I am running for Constable. I am running because we don't have an active Constable and we haven't had an active Constable and 12-15 years. We are in desperate need of one. I know a lot of you know Mickey Risko but I just wanted to let you know that I was running. Also with the zoning board I am having an issue, I'm trying to find the right attorney. We also need to have someone appointed as a zoning officer. If the township would consider I would volunteer to hold that position with no monetary value as a full-time zoning officer. Bob Ritchey- we need to look at the ordinances and see what they call for. Heiple - we need to look into the scope of the ordinance. Manny- we should have someone to do that. The supervisor shouldn't have to do any of the zoning. Heiple- we will look into it and see what the ordinance says.
Audrey Vojtowicz- I am reading the minutes from the meeting with Cathy and this is a disgrace. It was personnel issues was a closed or open? Heiple- if the person requests it can be made public. Audrey- I don't think is legal. Randy Vojtowicz- yes it was, it was advertised as a special meeting. Audrey- she is not safe to be a policeman. She should have been arrested for destroying township property. I think she is brought back it will be disgraceful. Manny- it was intentional to do that, that is illogical. Vojtowicz- I agree with you 100%. I was not at that meeting and I think it was handled piss poor. Manny- that is intentional destruction. What kind of message does that send? This lady should know better. Heiple- if you feel strongly you can call the DAs office and have them investigate it. Audrey- these supervisors are her boss. She needs to do what they tell her. This should not be left open I want to call the DAs office. Vojtowicz- I will call the DAs office as the vice-chairman and report it myself. Manny- as a township resident I am disgraced. Vojtowicz went over minutes from the meeting with Foust and stated that motion was made by Thomson and seconded by Spanko for no disciplinary action to be taken. Manny- you think you're going to take money out of my pocket to pay for her  vest. This is a disgrace. Audrey- I am actually scared for you to put a gun in her hand. That is scary. Vojtowicz- I agree with you. This was a piss poor decision.

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING OF 
Motion to accept the minutes of the September 2009 meeting made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion carried.

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009 SPECIAL MEETING
Motion to accept the minutes of the September 23, 2009 meeting made by Thomson. Second by Spanko. 3 Ayes. 1 opposed. Motion carried. (Vojtowicz opposed).

TREASURER’S REPORT
Motion made to accept the treasures report made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Spanko. Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.

BILLS TO BE PAID
Motion to pay the bills made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Spanko. Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.

CORRESPONDENCES:
1. Letter from Terri Reed concerning Refuse bill
Motion to do nothing and let the credit bureau handle this situation made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion carried
2. The Christian Home of Johnstown donation request
Motion to donate $50 made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Spanko. . Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON-Mary Woznak
Chairperson Mary Woznak called an executive session at 7:44 PM for personnel issues.
The meeting was called back to order at 8:05 by Chairperson Mary Woznak. No decisions were made. Personnel issues were discussed.
Within the last month there has been $2069 collected for the refuse and $1881.71 came from the Johnstown credit Bureau.
I received a letter from Mark Cramer concerning his past due garbage. His situation is a little different. They stop picking up his trash for year. He contacted Pro about the situation and Pro didn't even go down that far to pick up his garbage. I asked him to put it in writing so I could present to the Board.
Motion made to take care of the situation with Mark Cramer's past due garbage bill made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Thomson.  Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE VICE-CHAIRMAN-Randy Vojtowicz
We had a dog that got picked up and the dog had gotten hit by a car and his leg was broken. An organization from Clearfield stepped in and payed for his vet bills and also offered to take the dog and find him home if need be. When a dog gets taken to the humane society we have to pay them $50.00. Who has the dog? Shannan- I still have him.
Motion to donate $50 to Orphans of the Storm made byVojtowicz. Seconded by Thomson. Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.

 REPORT OF THE ROADMASTER made by Bob Spanko. Joe Peruso was absent.
I have been getting some prices on a skid loader. The loader comes equipped with a broom. And the estimate I got was for about $32,000. The main thing we need is a broom. When doing the budget I would like to incorporate a broom for one of the vehicles.
We have problems with roads are not ours. We have been taking care of the snow removal on these roads for years. And we have come to find out that is not a township road. I think that we should send a letter to the residence and put in the specifications of what PennDot wants before they will take over a road. Heiple- we are sort of in a bind with the ones we have been doing. We shouldn't be doing any new ones. Spanko- the problem here was that we thought we owned these roads and we have maintained those roads. Vojtowicz- but we just receive notification that these roads are not township roads so if we were to maintain them would have to use money out of the General Fund not State Liquid Fuels. Bob Ritchey- you have established a precedent. Any letter that goes out you need for Russ to send it. Heiple- how much do we do on these roads? Spanko- mainly snowplow sometimes fill in potholes. Vojtowicz- I say send letters out to the residents that must they bring it up to specifications or we will not be maintaining their roads. Spanko- what do I do this winter? Vojtowicz- don't take care of it. But we have to give them a chance to bring up the specifications. That is fair; we did it to the residence on Pudliner lane. I think we need to send a letter like we did to Pudliner and they can let us know what their intentions are and they can sign a paper saying they are going to bring the roads up to specifications within a certain time frame. And if not it is no longer a serviceable Township Road. Spanko- so are we plowing? Vojtowicz- no not if they are not going to bring the road of the specification. They have to sign a paper stating that they will bring the road up to specifications in a certain time frame and if it is not brought up to specification within that timeframe we can surcharge them if we maintained it during that timeframe and it will no longer be a serviceable road. Spanko- what do we do until this gets taken care of? Vojtowicz- nothing, we are not plowing until it gets taken care of. Spanko- what if people need oil? Vojtowicz- tell them you cannot open the road for them. Spanko- what about someone who needs to go to the hospital? Vojtowicz- that is different. Any type of ambulance, fire or police you can open up any road to ensure the ambulance or Fire Department or police get there. Heiple- we set a precedent to take care of them. Vojtowicz- we did not know that these roads were not township roads until recently.

Motion made to contact residence on private roads to gauge the interest on bringing up these roads to state the specifications made by Vojtowicz. Second by Spanko. Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.

POLICE REPORT read by Mary Woznak.
217.1 gallons of fuel used for the month of September
$187.38 fine money for the month of September
3162 miles for the month of September
We have 5 vests on hold when we do we want to order them?
Motion made to order the five vests the end of December in order to get billed in January made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Spanko. Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried.
There was training to be set up for November for the visual alert system but there is a big problem with that. That guy that trains said he won't come on Saturdays and he is also charging us an extra $500 for traveling expense.
Motion made to call and cancel the training and get someone else to do it made by Vojtowicz. Second by Thomson. All  Ayes. Motion carried.
Also the officers carry MPT cards and we are learning a lot as to how they should be handled. MOPEC said these cards should be kept by the police chief and should only be issued to the officer when needed.
Motion for all MPT cards to be kept by the Chief of Police and only issued to an officer when needed and a sign-out Sheet to correspond with the cards made by Vojtowicz. Second by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE BUILDING SUPERVISOR- Bob Spanko
I just about have the building how we want it. I understand that some people are upset about the carpet in the hallway but when we compared prices with linoleum we found that the carpet was more cost-effective. 
I also changed about 12 fluorescent lights in the building on the rental side.
I also had to buy a vacuum cleaner. Vojtowicz- I hope you got a good one. Spanko- I got a Dyson.

ENVIROMENTAL REPORT- Bob Ritchey
Everything is finished with the water below the dam. The township owned property down there and I would like to get it cleaned up. Vojtowicz- we will get it next spring with the grant money we are receiving for down there.

SOLICITORS REPORT-Russ Heiple
Everything I had was taken care in executive session.
Vojtowicz- what's going on the Durango? Is there any way we can take it back and get our money back either that or get a brand-new car if not file a lawsuit against them? Woznak- I thought you were supposed to contact costars. Heiple- I will look into what we need to do to either return it or file a lawsuit.

NEW BUSINESS
1. Complaint and Notice of Hearing from the Labor Relations Board
The Board agreed to have Russ go through the conciliator stage and get everything set up for a meeting and then go from there.
2.  First Credit Bureau proposal for the collection of Delinquent Earned Income Tax
Motion to accept the proposal from First Credit Bureau to collect delinquent EIT tax made by Vojtowicz. Second by Thomson. All Ayes.
3. Budget Workshop
Motion to advertise to hold a budget workshop on October 24 at 9 AM made by Vojtowicz. Seconded by Spanko. Roll call vote: Spanko-Aye, Thomson-Aye, Vojtowicz-Aye, Woznak-Aye. All Ayes. Motion carried. 
4. Letter from Officer Janciga
Woznak- we received a letter from Officer Janciga good ideas concerning issues with procedures in the township.
Thompson- I would like to try and set up a meeting and see what is bringing this on. Vojtowicz- I think what he's saying is that there is some stuff that we need to get fixed. Woznak- this letter addresses some of our policies in regards to any kind of certifications or training at the officers have or don't have. Spanko- it is up to us to adopt these policies. Thompson- if we don't authorize them to use the stuff than they shouldn't be using it. Spanko- I feel the more training that they get the better.
Motion made to have Capt. Risko get copies of any certifications the officers have other than guns to also including the constable, to get it taken care of before the meeting made by Vojtowicz. Second by Thomson. All Ayes. 
5. Trick or Treat night is Oct. 29th from 6-8. Twp will be handing out candy again this year, need an amount to spend.
Motion to spend up to $500 on trick or treat night made by Vojtowicz. 
Spanko stated that this was too much money and that every year we spend more and more. Shannan stated that there is $9700 in the recreation fund. The recreation fund is to be used for the children in the township and that this is the only thing that the township does for these kids.
Motion second by Woznak. Roll Call Vote: Spanko- No, Thomson- No, Vojtowicz- Yes, Woznak-Yes. 2 Ayes. 2 No’s. Motion dies.
Vojtowicz- Everyone remember this when you vote. There'll be no Halloween thanks to Bob and Art. This is what I'm talking about this township is poorly managed and piss poor decisions are made. This is ridiculous. Bob can spend $400 on a vacuum cleaner but he won't allow up to $500 to be spent on the kids.
Manny- if you have over $9000 in the recreation fund what is the problem? If you are worried about any leftover candy here is what I will do, any leftover candy do you have I will buy from the township. Shannan- no, you should not have to do that, the money in the recreation fund is already your money from the taxes you pay. Audrey- this is terrible, this is ridiculous. Vicki- I can't believe you. So here's what we will do, the ladies auxiliary from the Parkhill Legion will donate $100 and we will have a big trick-or-treat night down at the Legion instead of here.

Motion to adjourn made by Spanko Second by Thomson. All Ayes. Motion carried.

            ADJOURNEMENT at 8:40

Respectfully submitted,
Shannan Kester