Penn Forest Township supervisors repealed the annual per capita tax for residents.

Last week supervisors passed an ordinance eliminating the yearly $4.90 per person tax.

The former Camp Adams property, now under local ownership, came before the board to get the property re-opened as a tourist cabin camp. There are a variety of issues to work through, and after some navigating, including an agreement to return shale trailer campsites their original states, the 450-acre Camp Pocono can move ahead toward being open this summer. It will start with 34 renovated cabins – originally built in the 1970s.

A letter from long-time township emergency management coordinator David Michael III was accepted with regret, and a hearty thank you for a good job. He is heading out of state.

Jesse Brennan was appointed as emergency management coordinator. Brennan recommended Mike Bourke to be assistant EMC, and he was also appointed.

It was agreed to send Code Enforcement and Zoning officers Greg Loftus and Josh Kase to the PA Assoc. of Township Supervisors Zoning Academy to be held in East Stroudsburg on May 21 and 22. Cost is $249 each plus meals.

Pallets of field chalk, Turface, and two truckloads of infield mix were bought for the park. Some $300 worth of soccer field painting items missed the agenda, and were needed right away. Supervisor Scott Lignore of Twin Builders offered to pay for them.

The Carbon Amateur Radio Club field day will be overnight June 22 to 23, at the park.

Just over half of the monthly general fund payments, $51,615, went toward the tree trimming project, this bill for along Behrens Road. Taxes and insurances, and services made up most of the rest. Of note, $14,149 from Barry Isett & Assoc. for UCC building permits, and only $438.75 for zoning work.

The township made a $1,000 donation toward the Jim Thorpe Rotary Club’s 28th annual summer recreation program.

Supervisors’ chairman and roadmaster Roger Meckes reported the tree cutting work is nearly completed. Town road crews are now mowing.

Crews have also completed putting new pipe into crossings on Smith Road, with two more to go. A new pipe is needed for a crossing under Old Stage Road as the pipe there is rotting away. One thousand dollars will be set aside to buy the pipe, and the township crews will do the digging and replacing. The road will get paved this summer including over this cut.

Three lot consolidations were approved, two in Towamensing Trails and one along Route 903. Zoning issued 49 zoning permits, did 56 inspections, and issued 24 certificates of occupancy. The department made 102 construction inspections. Five permits were issued for new homes.

A citizen asked about the proposed trails project. Supervisor Dr. Pat Holland and fellow trails proposal leader Talon Fogal are working to blend the new committee for the project. He invited public to attend the meeting the afternoon of the first Monday in July, and to monitor progress on Facebook and in the newspapers.

The park and recreation committee will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 15, at the park beginning at 6:30 p.m.