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BUCKS COUNTY CONSORTIUM
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Call to Order: A meeting of the Bucks County Consortium was held at New Britain Township on April 2, 2009 and called to order by Mr. Tieperman at 9:35 a.m.
Roll Call and Introductions: The following Bucks County communities were represented at the meeting:
Timothy J. Tieperman, Warrington Twp.
Eileen Bradley, New Britain Township
John Davis, Doylestown Borough
Joe Czajkowski, Newtown Township
Linda McNeill, Tinicum Township
Dana Cozza, Buckingham Township
Carolyn McCreary, Plumstead Township
Robert Pellegrino, Northampton Twp.
Stephanie Teoli, Upper Makefield Twp.
Jeffrey Vey, Milford Township
Jean Wagner, Milford Township
Greg Lippincott, West Rockhill Twp.
Stephen Seichriest, Richland Twp.
Gail Weniger, Warwick Twp.
William Cmorey, Bensalem Township
Sue Federsel, New Britain Township
Bill Jones, New Britain Township
Ted Taylor, Lower Southampton Twp.
Lloyd Vansant, New Britain Borough
Katie Braun, Warrington Township
Also in attendance:
Rick Borgerson, Citizens Bank
Brian Jeter, Comcast
Tom Hough, Hough Associates
Dave Matyas, Central Bucks School District
Ted Dorand, Peco
Approval of Minutes -
March 5, 2009:
Mr. Cjazkowski made a motion, seconded by Mr. Davis, to approve the Minutes 5 of March, 2009. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills
Mr. Tieperman presented the Treasurer’s Report for the month of March 2009. A motion was made by Mr. Davis and seconded by Mr. Pellegrino, to approve the Treasurer’s Report for March 2009. Motion carried.
Presentation:
David Matyas, Business Administrator for the Central Bucks School District, will discuss the new state mandate requiring County EIT collection and implementation deadlines (Act 32).
Mr. Matyas of the Central Bucks School District gave a presentation to the Consortium concerning Act 32. He passed out various handouts to the members and touched on the following areas: Act 32 Overview, Act 32 FAQ’s, Act 32 Delegate FAQ’s, Bucks County EIT Rate and Collectors, and P.E.L. Report of EIT Efficiency. His presentation was followed by a question and answer session.
Community Updates
Mr. Pellegrino stated that on the website, there are several contracts that are outdated and should be updated and asked that an email be sent out to get the updated contracts. Mr. Dorand stated that each municipality should have received an invitation to attend a seminar Peco is conducting on April 23, 2009 from 11-2 at the Spring Mill Country Club. He also stated that Peco will be transporting transmissions by way of a helicopter and that he wanted to let everyone know just in case a resident says something about it.
Ms. Weniger asked the Consortium if they would be interested in having Pat Harvey and his firm do a presentation on ADA compliance, FMLA compliance, discharge etc. for department heads who are involved in dealing with staff every day to go over all the rules and regulations. The members thought it was a good idea. Ms. Weniger stated that she emailed Pat Harvey to get a price on what this would cost to have a whole day workshop on it. She also reminded everyone about the Manager’s meeting scheduled on April 23 at Warwick Township.
Mr. Jeter mentioned that Comcast will be sending out letters to all of the municipalities requiring everyone to get cables boxes. He stated that this letter will be coming out in May and that Comcast will have to come out to each municipality to install the box. He mentioned that the boxes will be installed free of charge to all municipalities.
Adjournment
Ms. Weniger made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:40 a.m. This motion was seconded by Mr. Tate. Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
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