A four-year collective bargaining agreement between Kidder Township and its police union was unanimously approved by Kidder Township supervisors.

Negotiations were primarily about pay/cost of living, and were “cordial,” according to supervisors’ chairman Ray Gluck.

Wages increase 12% in 2024, 6% in 2025, 4% in 2026 and 4% 2027. A patrolman’s pay, about $34 per hour in 2023, will be $44.27 in 2027.

The township’s police department has been busy this summer, and as the call numbers mount, so too are letters of praise for work done well. Citizens have also offered compliments to the police in phone calls.

Kidder police are doing extra patrols this summer. Chief Matthew Kuzma reminds residents to not “hesitate to call (911) about fireworks.”

During June, the police department had 240 calls for service, and of those, 60 were traffic summons or traffic related.

The department has hired patrolman Michael Nikityuk as a part-time officer.

In other township business, citizen Tom Seva of Lake Harmony Estates asked about getting a crosswalk approved between Nick’s Lake House and the business parking lot so that traffic can be better controlled.

The township has approached the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation about doing this and was turned down.

Property owner and supervisor Louis Pantages said that he has also approached PennDOT and was turned down.

It was agreed to try again.

Kidders supervisors waived fees for installing an electronic sign at the Lake Harmony Fire Company. Fees were waived the previous month for Albrightsville Fire Company’s extension of bays at the fire house.

Roadmaster Noel Torres reported that there was some flooding on Kresge Lane because of a heavy thunderstorm.

Solicitor Robert Yurchak reported that the township had its lawsuit rejected in Commonwealth Court against McLogie for a property built too tall for township rules - having a fourth floor when only three were permitted. Yurchak was approved to pursue the township appeal of the ruling to the state Supreme Court.