2021 reorganization: Polk Twp. supervisors hold reorganization meeting
Polk Township supervisors held their reorganization meeting on Monday evening.
The employee appointments were: Brian K. Ahner, chairman and roadmaster; Michael D. Hurley, vice chairman; Carl S. Heckman, supervisor; Beverly Christman, treasurer to the board; Rebecca Tippett, secretary to the board; Mary Beth Serfass, full-time office assistant; and Tracy Herman, zoning officer.
The Teamsters Local 773 full-time employees are: Harold Touni, road crew; David Novajovsky, road crew; Thomas Longyhore, road crew and solid waste center; William C. Tippett, road crew; and Troy Meckes, road crew. The Teamsters Local 773 part-time employee is Gilbert Blaine Borger, recycle and solid waste center.
The township will pay 56 cents per mile, which is the federal rate.
Gary Bruch is the vacancy board chairman. The Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeal members are: Greg B. Mackes, Robert E. Serfass and Dennis A. Smale. Carl Heckman is the AG security chairman. AG security board members are: Dennis Smale, Bryan Baumgartner, Dominick Strohlein, Dwight Christman and Robert Serfass.
The Zoning Hearing Board and Nuisance Hearing Board members are Thomas Milewski, Carl Scorsone and Michael Lalli. Dwight Christman is the alternate for both boards.
The park and recreation board members are: Robert Butler, Greg Mackes, Brett Moyer, Vincent Morello and Nancy Wright.
The planning commission members are: Michael Hurley, Mark Giunta, Gary Bruch, Carl Heckman and William J. Tippett.
These professional service positions were appointed: accountant Ellen Gnandt; township engineer Russell R. Kresge, Jr. of Keystone Engineering; James V. Fareri, supervisors’ and planning commission’s solicitor; attorney Dave Martino, zoning hearing board and nuisance hearing board’s solicitor; attorney Thomas Heimbach, labor counsel; Base Engineering Inc., UCC residential and commercial codes enforcement officer and Lehigh Valley Inspection Service is the alternate; Jonathan Shupp, sewer enforcement officer and Scott Policelli is alternate.
These positions were designated by motion: Delbert Zacharias, caretaker for nature park; West End Community Ambulance, primary emergency responder; William J. Tippett, regional emergency center delegate; Barry Borger, emergency management coordinator; William J. Tippett, emergency management coordinator assistant; Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company, Chief William C. Tippett and President Chad Snyder; Berkheimer, earned income tax collector; KeyBank, East Stroudsburg, PLGIT as depositories; Laura Hoffman, real estate tax collector; auditors Lucille Piggot Prawl, Shirley Haydt and Candy Burger; Mary Beth Serfass, Right to Know official; Rebecca Tippett, Right to Know alternate; Michael Hurley, supervisors voting delegate; and William C. Tippett, Polk Township Constable.
Rebecca Tippett is the Pocono Mountains Council of Governments delegate, and the alternate is Brian Ahner. The CJERP delegate is Michael Hurley, and the alternate is Mark Giunta. The Monroe County Tax Collection Committee is Beverly Christman and the alternate is Shirley Haydt.