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On Friday, December 12, 2003; a meeting was held with Lynn Roche, Health Officer, David Dyer, Assistant Highway Superintendent, Gary Myers, Manager, Mark Vottero, Planning and Recycling Coordinator for DEP, and Daniel Lapato, Soils Scientist for DEP. This meeting was held to begin to implement a program where the township will begin to pick-up yard waste. The new program will begin in 2004. Another meeting was held between the staff here to begin the recycling of brush curbside in the fall of 2004. An additional meeting with DEP will be set up in February 2004 to implement the program. Another meeting was held on Friday, February 20, 2004 with DEP and Tom Stang from Waste management concerning yard waste collection and Christmas tree collection to be in compliance with Act 101. Another meeting with DEP is scheduled for Friday, April 30, 2004. We will be submitting an Act 902 Grant to purchase the equipment with 90% re-imbursement due back to us from the State DEP. The application has been mailed and are awaiting a response. On May 24, 2004; a meeting occurred concerning the new 902 Grant and the Recycling Center out at Fort Hunter. The application was mailed into to meet the Friday, June 4, 2004 and we are awaiting the response. On July 7, 2004; another meeting occurred with DEP about the Fort Hunter site and negotiations continue with the new owners to take over on August 7 and the Township. Another meeting also occurred on July 26, 2004 with attorneys for both of the Township and the Kennedy’s to further discuss the contract which will be drawn up to extend the use of the facility with DEP requirements. We are still working towards preparing for the Brush Clean-up which will occur during the week of September 13 through September 17, 2004 to begin to meet DEP requirements for curbside collection of brush and yard waste. The leaf collection went very well for the first time through and the next one will take place in May of 2005. We are still waiting on the grant for the equipment. At the endof December and through the month of January of 2005; we are picking up the Christmas trees and having them recycled at the site at Fort Hunter owned by Jim Hoffer. We are still awaiting results of the 902 grants which should be announced during the month of February or March. The grant was awarded to the township. Susquehanna Township received full funding to the total of $239,378.00 The actual check will awarded later in the Spring. The township was awarded $239,378.00 from the 902 Grant. The recycling grant will allow the township to purchase a recycling grinder which is very much needed to keep the township in compliance with Act 101. The township is conducting it’s Spring Brush Clean-up during the week of May 2 through May 6, 2005. The brush clean-up was delayed due to the fact that the newsletter was late going out. It was extended through the second week of May. Paperwork has been received for the re-imbursement of the funds for the horizontal grinder. We will be able to proceed with the purchase this summer. On July 11, 2005; a meeting was held with David Dyer, Highway Superintendent, Gary Myers, Manager, Lynn Roche, Health Officer, Mark Myers from Stephenson Equipment, Inc. and Mike Utterback, Bandit Industries. The horizontal grinder has been ordered and should be received in around September 1, 2005. Paperwork was sent in the grinder and now we wait for DEP to process the claim. The horizontal grinder arrived on September 27, 2005 and re-imbursement from DEP should arrive towards the end of October or the beginning of November. Re-imbursement was received in the amount of $194,295.82. on Thursday, October 27, 2005. The new Horizontal grinder will be put into operation in Spring of 2006 with the brush pick-up. The date of the Spring Collection will be May 8 through May 12. It has been posted in the upcoming newsletter which will be going out to residents right around the middle of April.

On July 9, 2004; a Housing Code Inspection was conducted with a warrant for 2305 Canby Street after the owner of the property failed to allow the township to come in and access the
situation. Numerous violations were present and the owner of the property has until August 16, 2004 to reschedule another re-inspection or citations will be issued for each of the violations listed on the violation notice. A hearing also has been set for Monday, August 9 for the owner for two separate violations for not maintaining a maintenance program for the roaches in the property and also for not having a car which is road worthy. Another inspection did occur on August 26, 2004 and some of the violations were corrected; but some still remained. One more inspection has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 2:00p.m. to see if the remaining violations have been corrected. If not, citations will be issued. A full housing code inspection did occur on September 8, 2004 and none of the violations have been corrected and citations were issued for each of the violations being present. A hearing date has been set for the citations for Friday, November 12, 2004. At the hearing on November 12, 2004; the defendant did not show up for the hearing and DJ Shugars issued a warrant for her arrest for several citations from Lynn Roche, Health Officer, George Drees, Fire Marshall and the Police Department. A constable will try and bring the defendant in first and then the Township police will attempt to arrest the defendant. But the situation at the house still exists for clutter and roaches and mice. A court hearing with the Commonwealth at Dauphin County court was set for Thursday, January 6, 2005 and was continued by the defendant until Thursday, February 10, 2005. The case was continued by the defendant and has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 10, 2005. The case has been continued by the Judge hearing the case and it is now scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 5, 2005. The case did appear before Judge Scott Evans and the case was not heard. The reason is that the appeal date had passed and the case was thrown back to the decision that DJ Shugars made earlier. A new inspection was conducted on the outside of the property on May 2, 2005 for dog feces being present on the roof. The matter was not cleaned up and a citation was issued. A full housing code inspection is scheduled for Monday, June 6, 2005. A full housing code inspection was conducted and many violations were found again at the residence. A repeat inspection is scheduled for Wednesday, July 13, 2005. If the violations are still present, the house will be placarded as UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION and no one will be able to live in the residence until the whole situation is cleaned up once and for all. On July 13, 2005; a full Housing Code and Yard Inspection did occur at the property with Albert Wrightstone, Jr., Building Inspector, Lynn Roche, Health Officer, DJ Shugars, and Susquehanna Township police. The property was cleaned up much better than it has been; but there are still some violations present and another re-inspection is scheduled for August 17, 2005 at 9:00a.m. At the time of the re-inspection on August 17, 2005; Josephine Knoll was advised to clean up the basement or the house will be placarded and citations will be issued again. The final re-inspection has been scheduled for September 28, 2005. She asked to have the re-inspection postponed and it was postponed till Thursday, October 13, 2005. At the time of the re-inspection; some progress had been made. She will have one more re-inspection of the property on Tuesday, November 22, 2005. If all of the violations are not corrected; more citations will be filed. Plus the property could be posted UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION if the property goes back to the original state. On Tuesday, November 22, 2005; no Housing Code Inspection occurred. The defendant called and rescheduled for Wednesday, November 30, 2005. At the time of the re-inspection; very little progress had been made and a citation will be issued. The defendant was advised. Another housing code inspection will occur after the beginning of the year. Another housing code inspection was scheduled for Friday, January 27, 2006. At the time of the inspection; it was noted that if the next door neighbor saw anymore mice; a professional exterminator would need to be brought into the situation. The next door neighbor did call me on Monday morning and she has been ordered to seek a Professional Exterminator by Friday, February 10, 2006 or citations will be done. A copy of my letter was also sent to DJ Shugars. Another full Housing Code Inspection was conducted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 and it was determined by Orkin who was represented by Edward Murphy, Sales Manager that she did in fact have a major infestation and needed to have a professional exterminator. Another Housing Code Inspection was also conducted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 to see how the extermination treatment had effected the infestation of mice. Another inspection has been scheduled to see the conditions of the house on March 15, 2006. At the time of the inspection; some progress had been made with the level of clutter in the basement. Another inspection has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, 2006.

On July 26, 2004; a Yard Inspection was conducted at 3621 North 6th Street to look at the storage of salvage goods along the side of the house and on the back porch. The property owner has a large amount of salvage goods which needs to be cleaned up and a follow-up
inspection will occur towards the end of August. An inspection did occur on Friday, August 27, 2004 and some progress had been made; but another inspection is scheduled for Thursday,
September 30, 2004 to check on the situation. The inspection scheduled for this month was postponed due to the death in the family. Another re-inspection of the yard will occur in October. A re-inspection of the property is scheduled for Tuesday, November 9, 2004. At another yard inspection on November 9, 2004; some of the salvage items have been removed and some of the items were still present. Another re-inspection of the yard will occur in the spring of 2005. Another inspection is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, 2005 to access the progress on the salvage goods. Progress has been made but a final inspection will occur in May to close the case. I did inspect the property again on May 24, 2005 and some progress was made. I am giving the owner another chance because she is elderly to the end of July to have the matter resolved. A repeat inspection has been scheduled for July 14, 2005. A repeat inspection was conducted on July 14, 2005; and she was told that if the salvage goods are not cleaned up; I will be forced to issue citations. I will do another yard inspection in the early fall. Another inspection is scheduled for Monday, November 7, 2005. On Monday, November 7, 2005; a yard inspection was conducted and substantial progress was made. The case will be kept open due to the progress that has been made and will pick-up again in Spring of 2006.

On August 18, 2004; a yard inspection was conducted at 3422 Schoolhouse Lane with numerous violations present and a re-inspection of the property will occur in September. A Re-inspection did occur on September 15, 2004 and a citation was issued. All of the trash bags in the backyard remained in the backyard and the outcome of the citation is still pending. This citation has gone to a warrant and still waiting to be settled. The citation was claimed and paid for; but the violation remains so I must start the whole process all over again. A violation letter will be going out shortly. A violation letter will also being going out on 6/2/05 for high grass and weeds at the property. Another series of citations were issued on the property. This makes two citations on this property within the last six months. If this situation doesn’t get cleaned up by the resident; the township will come in and clean up the matter and then bill the resident for the services of the highway department. The property finally got mowed by the owners of the property but I have sent out another notice concerning the trash to try one more time to get the owners of the property to comply. If not, the highway crew will be called into clean the property up and the owner be billed, as well as, cited for allowing trash to continue to accumulate. Another citation was issued for the trash accumulation and this is a second offense. The fine will be larger for the second offense. The citation that was filed in late June was paid for in full by the defendant. Another letter has gone out for the trash bags still being present in the backyard and are awaiting the outcome. Nothing has changed and another round of citations has been issued for the accumulation of trash in the backyard.

On October 18, 2004; a yard inspection was conducted at 106 Wood Street. The owner of the property is planning to demolish the house and put up a modular unit in the
beginning of 2005. I have given an extension to the property owner to determine when this is going to occur and he needs to report back to me by the beginning of December. I did not receive a call from the owner of the property at 106 Wood Street and a re-inspection of the property will occur in January of 2005. The project did not start as planned due to the weather
And cold temperatures. The project will not start to warmer weather towards the end of March or April. The property has been sold so the whole process will need to start over with the new owners to clean up the property. A letter will be going out to the new owners of the property. I have not received a response as of yet. A certified letter will be going out shortly. A certified letter did go out on June 28, 2005 by certified mail and the owner did reply via phone and I will wait till the middle of July 15, 2005 for an answer; then we will take whatever steps are necessary to have the matter resolved. The owner of the property did contact me and he is pursuing a loan to work on the project and needs to be wait for the response from the bank. Once I know the status of the loan request then I will put this project on a time frame. The owner of the property has until Wednesday, August 31, 2005 to submit what he plans to do with the property before citations are issued. A letter was submitted stating that a potential buyer maybe coming through. A re-inspection of the property indicated that no violations existed presently on the property. The owner of the property did call and speak with me and has received a loan for demolition of the property. The demolition permit has not been applied for and a letter will be going out to have a strict timeline and expected date of demolition to be listed. A demolition permit was obtained on November 15, 2005 to have the house demolished. The owners of the property are planning to have the structure demolished this coming Spring and a new home built there and then sell the property by the end of the summer. The home at 106 Wood Street has been completed demolished and removed from the property. Plans will be submitted to Albert for review within the month and a new home should be going up shortly.

On November 15, 2004; letters went out for the Roberts Valley Sewer project done by the Susquehanna Township Sewer Authority. The residents were granted an extension by Manager Gary Myers, Pam Winters, Sewer Authority Manager and Lynn Roche, Health Officer
due to the fact that winter is upon us. All residents must have the hook-ups completed no later than April 15, 2005. Pam Winter and I will meet during the week of April 18, 2005 to determine who has connected and who is deliquent. All of the residents have connected except one. This individual has received another letter informing them to connect. The resident of the property has requested that she be given an extension until the house is sold. I did grant this condition because the resident is elderly. No one is presently living in the house and will not be occupying the residence until the residence is hooked up to the Susquehanna Township Sewer.

On January 5, 2005; a yard inspection was conducted at 3609 North 2nd Street. Letters were sent out for violations for trash, salvage goods, and the vehicle. All of the violations ended
up with citations being issued for each violation. A total of 3 citations were issued. The trash has been collected and now the trash issue is closed. The citations for the salvage goods and the vehicle have gone into a warrant. The violations are still present. An additional letter has been sent out for high grass and weeds and salvage goods in the backyard continuing to accumulate. The grass has been cut; but salvage goods still remains and another citation has been issued. The two previous citations have gone to warrants. But the one for the vehicle doesn’t matter; the vehicle is removed. A second citation has been issued for the accumulation of salvage goods in the backyard. I am awaiting the outcome of the citation. More complaints have been received about the conditions of the yard and another round of letters did go out in February. Another inspection will be done shortly to access the situation and citations will be issued if matters have not been corrected.

On January 6, 2005; a Pre-Bid Meeting with held with Lynn Roche, Health Officer, Bruce Foreman, Township Solicitor, and Gary Myers, Manager to discuss the upcoming bid specs for the new trash contract to begin in 2006. On February 15, 2005; a second pre-bid
meeting did occur with Bruce Foreman, Township Solicitor, Lynn Roche, Health Officer, and Gary Myers, Manager. Another draft has been completed and a third pre-bid meeting will occur on Thursday, March 3, 2005. Another meeting occurred with possible haulers for obtaining the contract on Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Comments are due back from the haulers by April 15, 2005. Comments were received by all three haulers and they have been evaluated by our Solicitor, Bruce Foreman and changes have been made. Another meeting was held after the Health Board meeting on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 12:45p.m. Final revisions are being made and the final bid specs should be going to the Board of Commissioners at the June meeting. The bid specs did go out to four haulers and a mandatory pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for Monday, August 1, 2005 and the opening of the bids will be on Monday, August 8, 2005 at 3:30p.m. There was a technicality with the bid from Penn Waste and the Board of Commissioners elected to re-bid the trash contract. The new bids will be opened on Friday, September 2, 2005 at 9:30a.m. and hopefully awarded at the Board of Commissioners Meeting on Thursday, September 8, 2005. The bid was awarded to Penn Waste. We are working with the new hauler to make the transition as smooth as possibly can be made. A flyer will be going out to the residences in the middle of November about the new changes to the contract and their date of collection. The flyer will be mailed to residents of the township about the new trash contract by the end of the week on December 2, 2005. The recycling bins will start being delivered during the week of December 5, 2005. Another flyer will be going out with the recycling containers informing the residents of when there trash and recycling will be collected. The flyer did go out with the new recycling binds and a meeting with the new drivers and loaders was held on Wednesday, December 22 to prepare for the new contract. The new contract begins on Monday, January 2, 2006. The new contract seems to be proceeding very well. Minor problems but for the most part things are going quite well. The woody waste issue and some other minor problems still needs to be worked out. A woody waste proposal will be decided at the April Board meeting on April 20.

On March 1, 2005; a Housing Code Inspection was conducted at 4742 Tuscarora Street and the conditions of the property are very bad. Letters have gone out to consider demolition of the property. The property is completely unfit for habitation until the property is either completely rebuilt or demolished. The owners of the property are working on the property to clean up the property and the violations. The owners of the property are continuing to work on the property.

On March March 7, 2005; a Housing Code Inspection was conducted at 3645 North Front Street and the owner of the property did not show. A warrant will be obtained to determine if any violations do exist inside the property. Other issues have also developed including high
grass and weeds and a violation letter is being sent out. The high grass and weeds were cut by the township and a bill will be sent to the owner. If it is not paid; a lien will be placed upon the property. The property was cut by the highway crew, a citation was issued for the property owner and a lien has been placed on the property because of non-payment for the services rendered. The highway crew again had to mow the grass and a letter has been sent to the owner of the property to pay for the services rendered or another lien will be placed on the property. The property has been cut again and another series of bills has gone out. If the bill is not paid; then another lien will be placed on the property Liens did have to be placed on the property and the highway crew is maintaining the high grass and weeds on the property. An additional letter will be going out following another inspection to the property on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 to seal the property up for the winter. I am looking at trying to gain access to the dwelling either voluntarily or with the aid of a warrant. Another inspection will be done at the property before applying for the warrant. Another inspection of the property will be scheduled for late March. I have recently talked with the owner of the property and he is planning on having the siding removed; dumpsters will be on site to hold siding and other construction materials. The whole foundation under the house will also be removed from the property. This whole process should be completed by the end of March weather permitting. A recheck will be done in April.

On April 19, 2005; Pam Winters, Manager for the Sewer Authority and Lynn Roche, Health Officer sat down and discussed the Roberts Valley Road project. It was determined at the time of the meeting that everyone had connected to the sewer project except
on residence. A letter was sent out to the resident to comply. We are waiting until the property is sold.

On May 2, 2005; Housing Code Inspections did occur at 2305 and 2307 Canby Street concerning an accumulation of dog feces in the backyard at 2305 Canby Street and also on the roof off of the one bedroom. A re-inspection of the property did occur on May 9, 2005 and the dog feces remained on the roof and in the backyard. A citation was issued for the accumulation of feces on the property creating a nuisance for the neighbors. A full housing code inspection has been set up with Lynn Roche, Health Officer and George Drees for Monday, June 6, 2005 at 9:00a.m. to re-examine the whole situation. A hearing is set before District Justice Shugars for Thursday, July 7, 2005 at 2:00p.m. to determine the outcome of the citation. At the time of the hearing; DJ Shugars decided to wait until after the full housing and yard inspection to take place. He also accompanied Lynn Roche, Health Officer, Albert Wrightstone, Building Inspector with police assistance to inspect the whole house and backyard. At the time of the inspection; the yard was completely cleaned up and the charges on the dog feces was dismissed. The accumulation of trash and salvage goods in the basement had accumulated and a re-inspection is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, 2005. The house will be placarded UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION if the conditions did not improve more as before. A re-inspection is scheduled for September 28, 2005 and citations will be issued if not totally cleaned up. It was postponed until Thursday, October 13 for court reasons for her. At the time of the re-inspection; some problems still remained and another housing code inspection is set up for Tuesday, November 22, 2005. At that time; all of the violations must be corrected or citations will be issued again for the violations remaining. A re-inspection of the property did not occur as previously set up on November 22, 2005; no one answered the door. The defendant did call and requested a new housing code date and time. The housing re-inspection was conducted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 9:00a.m. There was no significant change in the situation. A citation will be issued and re-inspection of the house will be done in January of 2006. A full housing code re-inspection was conducted on Friday, January 27, 2006 at 2305 Canby Street. At the time of the re-inspection; it was determined that she was having some mouse trouble. It was noticed that there were bate boxes and sticky boards present throughout the house. It was made clear to the owner of the property that if the neighbor was experiencing a mice problem that a professional exterminator would have to be obtained. I received a phone call from the next door neighbor on Monday, January 30, 2006 and at that time she stated that she has killed 4 additional mice over the last weekend. It was stated in a letter that she needs to obtain a professional exterminator by Friday, February 10 or citations will be issued until the matter is resolved. A full new housing code inspection was also conducted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 with Ed Murphy from Orkin assisting with the inspection. From the inspection it was determined that the property at 2305 Canby Street had a major infestation of mice and needed to have a professional exterminator be contracted to get rid of the problem. Another housing code inspection also occurred on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 to access how the first treatment for extermination went and if any new activity was seen. Another inspection occurred on March 15, 2006 and the clutter in the basement had diminished about 40%. More improvement is needed and another inspection is scheduled for April 19, 2006.

On July 12, 2005; a full housing code and yard inspection was conducted at 2224 Walnut Street. Assisting with the inspection was Lynn Roche, Health Officer, and Albert Wrightstone, Jr.,Building Inspector over the living conditions at the residence. The situation is very bad and a 5 page letter went out with violations giving the owners of the property a chance to correct the problem. A meeting has been called for Wednesday, August 3 to discuss placarding the apartment complex as UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. This is a 9 unit apartment complex and also tenants would need to leave within a 24 hour period. The tenants may come and go but cannot stay in the apartments overnight until all of the violations have been corrected. On August 3, 2005; a meeting was held at 2224 Walnut Street with Barbara Cartwright, Realtor representing the owners of the property, and Lynn Roche, Health Officer. The property was placarded on Thursday, August 4, 2005 as UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. A meeting was held with the owners of the property on August 9, 2005 concerning the property with Lynn Roche, Health Officer, and George Drees, Fire Marshall. 14 citations were filed against the owners for the property. George Drees, Fire Marshall and Lynn Roche, Health Officer assisted the management and tenants on where to go. Another inspection occurred on August 18, 2005 for the purpose of assistance with the police, Barbara Cartwright representing the owners to have an inspection per apartment to get estimates to have the work completed. It has been brought to my attention that the property will possibly be sold in October; however, 14 citations have been appealed and this date is on October 17, 2005 to see what happens with the citations. At the time of the hearing; a continuance was granted to see if the sale of the property took place on October 28, 2005. I am awaiting a call from the Realtor as to the status. The prospective buyers have asked for an extension until December 15, 2005 to finalize the deal. I will need to wait and see who the new buyers are to proceed with the violations. I am waiting on a phone call from the realtor of the property to check on the status of the property and proceed from there. I have received a phone call from the Realtor informing me that the original deal of the sale of the property has fallen through and now the property is back on the market for sale. All of the violations are still present but are not affecting anyone since the property is unoccupied and will remain so until the property is sold.

On July 27, 2005; a yard inspection occurred at 619 Lucknow Road and a violation letter has been sent out with numerous violations for the structure and the yard in an abandoned house. If the violations are not corrected; the highway crew will be asked to clean the yard up and secure the structure. Citations were issued in August against the owner and on August 30, 2005; the Highway crew did clean up the property after numerous inspections and no contact with the owner. The property is cleaned up and will be boarded up to be secure. The property has been made secure and bills have gone out to the owner of the property and I am waiting for a reply. The owner did not pay the bills and a lien will be placed upon the property. This lien will have to be satisfied before a clean title can be acquired for the property at the sale of the dwelling. The owner of the property did not respond and pay the bills. Liens will be placed for the clean-up totally of the property. The property will be monitored as we go into Spring.

On September 7, 2005; an inspection occurred in the yard and the alley at 3703 Green Street. Another inspection occurred on September 26, 2005. But at that time it was postponed until Friday, September 30, 2005. At the time of the inspection; the yard had some of the salvage goods removed and we were able to see inside the other two apartments. A letter was sent out giving the owner of the property until November 30, 2005 to comply. Another re-inspection will occur at the end of the month to see if all of the violations have been corrected. Another re-inspection is scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2005. A yard inspection was conducted and the items in question were removed. A re-inspection of the inside of the property needs to take place to close the case. A re-inspection of the property will occur at the end of April.

On September 12, 2005; a Housing Code Inspection occurred at 3242 Walnut Street in Apartments #1 and #2. Numerous violations were present at the time of the inspection and a re-inspection is scheduled for October. At the time of the re-inspection of the property on October 24, 2005; none of the violations had been corrected. Citations were issued for the violations and are awaiting the outcome of the citations. Another re-inspection did occur on November 14, 2005; more violations were found. Another letter of violations went out and the
owner of the property is requesting a hearing before the Health Board. This matter will be brought up at the December Health Board Meeting on Thursday, December 15, 2005. At the time of the health board meeting; hearing notice was approved and will be heard at the January Health Board Meeting. A hearing for the previous violations is before DJ Shugars on Monday, January 9, 2006. At the hearing on Monday, January 9, 2006; the defendant was ordered by DJ Shugars to fix all of the repairs. A continuance has been set up for April 3, 2006. A re-inspection of the property will occur at the end of March to see the status of the work. A re-inspection did occur on March 31, 2006 to access the situation for the April 3, 2006 hearing at DJ Shugars office. At the time of the re-inspection; some work had been completed but I am requesting a continuance to ensure that all of the work is totally completed.

On September 12, 2005; a re-inspection of the property at 2317 Canby Street occurred and the violations were still present for high grass and weeds and vehicles still being present. Citations were issued. The defendant did pay the citation. A re-inspection of the property will occur to see if the vehicles have been removed or if they are still present. If the vehicles are still present; then an additional citation will be issued for a second offense .A second citation has been issued. Also a letter for accumulation of trash and loose trash at the property as also been sent out. The trash has been cleaned up but I am still waiting on the outcome of the citation. Additional letters went out concerning more vehicles being present on the property. Additional citations will also be done if the vehicles are not removed. The property has been sold and a letter has been sent out to the new owner of the property and the time limit is up on April 12 and Lynn Roche will see if the vehicle has been removed. If the vehicle has not been removed; then a citation will be issued.

On November 15, 2005; a Housing Code Inspection was done at 3501A Walnut Street to check on lead issues at the home. A call has been made to the Department of Health to assist with this situation. A full housing code report will be going out shortly to the landlord of the property. A re-inspection of the property will occur in March. An inspection did occur and all of the violations were corrected and the case is now closed.

On November 16, 2005; a meeting was held with Scott Wagner, President of Penn Waste, Ed Ward, Municipal Manager, Gary Myers, Manager, and Lynn Roche, Health Officer to finalize the mailer for the public and discuss the yard waste situation. A proposal will be going before the Board of Commissioners in their packets on December 2, 2005. The woodywaste will discussed in early 2006 to determine where the resident’s woody waste will go. A final decision on the woody waste proposal will come in February. A meeting was held on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 and things are still being discussed. Another meeting was held on March 8, 2006 concerning the Woody Waste with a proposal presented and a recommendation will be going before the Board of Commissioners at the April meeting.

On November 21, 2005; a re-inspection was to have occurred at 3800 Elmerton Avenue at Parktowne Apartments at Apartment #2 but the tenant was being evicted. The management company just has taken possession of the apartment and we are allowing them to have time to make the necessary corrections. A repeat inspection will occur towards the end of December or early in 2006. Repairs are still being made and a re-inspection will occur either later in January or February of 2006. Repairs have not been completed and should be finished by the end of March with a re-inspection occurring shortly there after.

On December 22, 2005; a housing code re-inspection occurred with the property at 3242 and 3244 Walnut Street. Violations were still present and a hearing is set up for Monday, January 9 to hear the first set of citations. A second round of citations has been done. At the court hearing on January 9, 2006; DJ Shugars required the owner of the properties to correct all of the violations and obtain the necessary permits and a continuance has been issued for April 3. A re-inspection of the two houses will occur in late March before the continuance hearing in DJ Shugars office. A re-inspection did occur on Friday, March 31, 2006 to see if the repairs had been made and some of the repairs had been done; but more needs to be done. At the hearing on Monday, April 3, 2006; Lynn Roche requested a continuance. The continuance was granted till July 10, 2006 to finish the job.

On January 9, 2006; a meeting with Janet Straw about her neighbor’s cats and try to come to a solution to the problems of stray cats in the neighborhood. In February, an additional letter went out to help with the situation. A citation was issued in March against the neighbor for feeding all the cats in the neighborhood and I am awaiting the outcome of the citation.

On February 7, 2006; a full housing code inspection occurred at 3631 Brookridge Terrace, Apt. #102 for accumulation of mold and mildew throughout the apartment.
A follow-up re-inspection is scheduled for Friday, March 17, 2006. A re-inspection did occur and all of the violations have been corrected. The case is now closed.

On February 7, 2006; a Woody Waste meeting was held with Commissioner Wendy Johnson and Commissioner Sean Sanderson, Gary Myers, Manager, David Dyer, Highway Superintendent and Lynn Roche, Health Officer. A follow-up meeting will occur in March.

On March 6, 2006; a Court hearing over the Parktowne Apartments situation with one of the tenants and I was subpoena for the situation in the boiler room. DJ Shugars found in favor of Parktowne Apartments.

On March 8, 2006; a Woody Waste meeting was held with Gary Myers, President Jackie Patton, Commissioner Ira Shapiro, Lynn Roche, Health Officer, Bruce Foreman-Solicitor, and Scott Wager and Edward Ward with their Attorney representing Penn Waste.

On March 9, 2006; a Skunk was shot by our officers in the Montifort and Smokehouse Lane area in Commissioner Sherri-Levin McConnell’s ward and the skunk was aken to the Dept of Agriculture’s lab. The skunk was analyzed and did come back positive for Rabies.
No human exposure was noted. The Department of Health was notified.

On March 14, 2006; a meeting over Woody Waste was held with Lynn Roche, Health Officer, Gary Myers, Scott Wagner and Edward Ward from Penn Waste along with Commissioner Wendy Johnson about a proposal for the woody waste issue.

On March 15, 2006; a Housing Code Re-Inspection occurred at 2305 Canby Street with Commissioner David Pugh, Albert Wrightstone, Jr.., Lynn Roche, Health Officer, George Drees, Fire Marshall representing the township attended the inspection.

On March 16, 2006; Lynn Roche attended the quarterly CASA meeting in Myerstown.

On March 17, 2006; a re-inspection of the property at 3631 Brookridge Terrace, Apt. #102 to recheck the mold, tiles missing and the presence of roaches. All of the violations had been corrected and the case is now closed.

On March 17, 2006; a meeting with Architects about the former Pizza Hut location on Walnut Street about converting over to a Sports Bar.

On March 21, 2006; Albert Wrightstone and Lynn Roche went around to pick-up overgrowth in the alleys and notices have been sent out.

On March 29, 2006; Lynn Roche hosted an Executive Board meeting of CASA to plan for the up coming convention in Gettysburg.

On March 30, 2006; a Major roach assessment was done at Great Wall Restaurant with the assistance of Ehrlich. A re-inspection and total treatment of the whole structure will be conducted on Thursday, April 6, 2006.

On March 31, 2006; a Housing Code Re-Inspection was conducted at 3242 and 3244 Walnut Street to see how work was progressing on the repairs to the structure. A court hearing is set for Monday, April 3, 2006.