Thursday, April 3, 2008

Meeting Minutes

Call to Order:

A meeting of the Bucks County Consortium was held at New Britain Township on April 3, 2008 and called to order by Mr. Tieperman at 9:45 a.m.

Roll Call and Introductions:

The following Bucks County communities were represented at the meeting:

Bill Cmorey – Bensalem Township
John Davis – Doylestown Borough
Stephanie Mason – Doylestown Township
Ted Taylor – Lower Southampton Township
Jeff Vey – Milford Township
Cathy Kichline – New Britain Township
Joe Czajkowski – Newtown Township
John Boyle – Newtown Township
Bob Pellegrino – Northampton Township
Brian Shapiro – Northampton Township
Dan Olpere – Perkasie Borough
Mark Fournier – Telford Borough
Linda McNeil – Tinicum Township
Joe Golden – Upper Southampton Twp
Tim Hagey – Warminster Authority
Bob Tate – Warminster Township
Tim Tieperman – Warrington Township
Vivian Bell – Warrington Township
Gail Weniger – Warwick Township
Greg Lippincott – West Rockhill Township
Eileen Bradley – Wrightstown Township

Also in attendance:

Rick Lee – D.V.H.I.T
Chuck Barrett – Commerce Bank
Ted Dorand – PECO

Approval of Minutes - March 6, 2008:

Mr. Czajkowski made a motion, seconded by Mr. Davis, to approve the Minutes of 6 March 2008. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills:

Mrs. Bell presented the Treasurer’s Report for the month of March 2008. A motion was made by Mr. Pellegrino and seconded by Mr. Lippincott, to approve the Treasurer’s Report for March 2008. Motion carried.

Presentation: Lafayette College Meyner Center for the Study of State & Local Government by David Woglom:

David Woglom who is Associate Director for Public Service for the Lafayette College Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government presented. Mr. Woglom talked to the membership about the Meyner Center. The Meyner Center provides municipalities with assistance to comply with state and federal regulations, conduct executive search services for positions of manager, secretary, police chief, and other officers, negotiate labor contracts, prepare studies and financial analyses, help prepare salary/benefit, utility rate, and trash collection surveys, and prepare grant applications and administer government programs. The Meyner Center can also sponsor educational sessions for local and state officials, create and organize training programs for municipal officials and staff, and sponsor and host speaker presentations for officials and the general public. Mr. Woglom answered questions from the membership.

Mr. Woglom encouraged members to contact him with any questions. He can be reached at 1-610-330-5856. His e-mail address is woglomd@lafayette.edu. You can also visit The Meyner Center on the web at www.lafayette.edu

A motion was made by Mr. Olpere and seconded by Mr. Czajkowski to have Mr. Woglom prepare a proposal for a salary and benefits survey not to exceed $6,000.00. Motion carried.

Announcements for Knowledge:

Mr. Pellegrino announced that Christopher Christman has been appointed as the Hilltown Township Manager.

Mr. Olpere announced that Perkasie Borough has started the interview process for an Assistant Borough Manager. If any municipality has any interested candidates he asked the membership to please submit them to him.

Mrs. Weniger asked the membership about the recent audits by DEP for the recycling grants. The membership decided that the June meeting should be dedicated this topic.

Adjournment:

Mr. Czajkowski made a motion, seconded by Mr. Davis, to adjourn the meeting at 10:50 a.m. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

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