Installing a dry hydrant into Lake Harmony at Wood Street has been a yearslong effort.

Kidder Township supervisors approved an agreement last week between the Lake Harmony Estates Property Owners Association and the township to get it done.

The next steps are buying the parts, then finding an excavating company to install it. Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company chief Ralph Lennon and other fire company members went to Sioux Falls to inspect the new fire truck. He said it should arrive in early April to be put into service.

Supervisors approved participating in a police regionalization study with Penn Forest Township. The study is to explore operations, costs, and steps toward a potential regional police department for both townships.

The Old Stage Road bridge replacement project is to start March 20, reported police chief Matt Kuzma. The work is planned to take six months, to be completed no later than Oct. 3. The road will be closed with detour signs in place.

Township solicitor Robert Yurchak reported the property owners of the nuisance property on Laurel Lane in Albrightsville reached a settlement over multiple code violations on that property, offered just before the issue went before District Judge Joseph Homanko. The owners paid $2,000 toward township expenses and made a firm promise to have the property cleaned up within 45 days.

Township manager Suzanne Brooks announced an electronics recycling event the morning of April 22 at the municipal building.

During public comments, Kristina Heaney of the Monroe County Conservation District spoke about stormwater management and updating the township’s Act 167 by May 22. She noted that the Tunkhannock Creek flows from Monroe County into Kidder.

Kara Edmonds of the Dimmick Memorial Library gave a presentation on what the library gives back to the community and the programs it offers. She asked supervisors to consider making a $2,500 donation toward the Penn-Kidder Library’s operating expenses.