Upper Nazareth Township Meetings

Upper Nazareth Supervisor’s meeting – September 6, 2023

Absent – Mike Rinker

ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS

September 7^th, 8^th & 9^th – Community Days at Tuskes Park. Fireworks are scheduled for Saturday night

September 30^th – County Household Hazardous Waste Collection. Appointments are required;  https://www.northamptoncounty.org/PUBWRKS/ENVSVC/Pages/HHW.aspx

October 7^th –  Nazareth Memorial Library’s Touch-a-Truck event at the Bushkill Recreation Fields

October 28^th – 3:00PM Trunk-or-Treat event at Tuskes Park

December 1^st – Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Municipal Building

PUBLIC COMMENT

Residents from the corner of 1^st Street and Friedenstahl Avenue complained that they’ve experienced problems with flooding for the last 40 years, it’s getting worse and they don’t see how they could sell their house with its history. They’re not allowed to put in a curb and the berm they installed isn’t keeping out the water. The owner made an offer to the township – give him market rate for the property ($350K) and UNT can turn the land into a detention pond

Bill Bartlett from 4^th Street requested an update on the flooding recently reported by a Tatamy Road resident

Scott Sylvania said the land is so flat it makes a solution difficult and expensive. The Engineer said possible plans could cost up to $2 million. He is reaching out to the quarry to see if directing the water to the quarry would be a possible

MANAGER

Approval of Resolution No. 23-10, to apply for a Northampton County Local Share Account Grant for a body and car camera system for the Police Department

Approval of Resolution No. 23-11, to dispose of old records via shredding

Approval of Resolution No. 23-12 to apply for a Monroe County Local Share Account Grant for a new Police Department cruiser estimated to cost $49,840

Approval of the 2024 Police Pension Minimum Municipal Obligation

Approval of the 2024 Non-Uniform Pension Minimum Municipal Obligation

The 2022 Non-Uniform PMRS Pension Report is now available

MS-4

Approval of a Stream Clean-up program to be held at the end of October. The EAC will help organize the event. The township may pay $300 for an accident policy

RECREATION

Due to a new estimate, the Supervisors revisited a vote for the installation of a fence at Leibert Field. Approval to pay $16,590 for the fence

Approval to apply for a grant to install a Fitness Court at Leibert Field. The Fitness Court will have one side outfitted with fitness equipment and the other side will be open for Police training and activities such as Yoga classes.

EAC

Supervisors tabled a vote on an open space appraisal of Application #2023-02. They will vote when they have a full board.

Becky Bartlett covers these meetings because citizens have a right to know what their government is doing.