Ross Township supervisors on Monday discussed the seven bids for black top and two bids for tar and chip projects that they received.

“We got more bids this year than ever before because we used a website called PennBid, and our usual method of advertising in local newspapers for bids,” Supervisor Dave Shay said.

The website streamlines the bidding process and “notifies all relevant bidders by service type and location, reaching the maximum number of qualified bidders,” the website says.

The bids are sent electronically, whereas those who respond to newspaper advertisements mail in a bid packet of paperwork.

Road foreman Ethan Brewer discussed the various bids with Shay and Supervisor Randy Detrick.

They said that James D. Morrissey Inc. had the lowest bid, at $233,467, for black topping a section of Rolling Hills Road. Pocono Spraypatching Inc. had the lowest bid, at $74,977.20, to tar and chip the portions of Bonser Road, Brick Church Road and Young Road that are in Ross Township.

The supervisors voted unanimously to award the bids to James D. Morrissey and Pocono Spraypatching. The township has about $247,000 from this year’s budget and liquid fuels account plus money left from last year to pay for roadwork, Shay said.

In other business:

• Martha Rezeli, secretary of the Ross Township Historical Society, announced the museum will be open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s free to tour the museum. Society member Marsha Beers will be there to translate German documents into English. If there are many things to translate, Beers will take it home and set up a time to meet with the resident later. The historical society is hosting a French & Indian War demonstration on Sept. 7 from 12 to 4 p.m. There will be a camp set up for French soldiers, a camp for Indians and a camp for colonists. There will be musket firings.

• Kayla Heckman was appointed as the part-time secretary. She will work 20 hours per week and earn $16 per hour until her probation period ends. Then she will receive $18 per hour.

• The free permit yard sale for Ross residents will be Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4. Residents hosting a yard sale may give their address to the township secretary to post on the yard sale announcement listed on the website.

• Spring cleanup will occur Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is a $20 per item disposal fee for major appliances, bigger items and tires.

• The primary election will be held May 20, with voting from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the township building and at the township’s other polling place, Mount Eaton Church.