Polk Township supervisors held their reorganization meeting on Tuesday evening.

The leadership remained Brian Ahner, chairman; Mike Hurley, vice chairman; and Carl Heckman, supervisor.

The employee appointments are: Brian Ahner, roadmaster; Rebecca Tippett, secretary to the Board; Pamela Thompson, treasurer to the Board; and Tracy Herman, zoning officer.

The Teamsters Local 773 full-time employees are: Harold Touni, David Novajovsky, William C. Tippett, Troy Meckes and Derrick Burger, road crew; and Thomas Longyhore, road crew and solid waste center. The Teamsters Local 773 part-time employees are Gilbert Blaine Borger and Frank Jonke, both at recycle and solid waste center.

The township will pay 67 cents per mile, which is the federal rate.

There are 13 paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, General Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and employee’s birthday.

Gary Bruch is the vacancy board chairman. The Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeal members are Dennis A. Smale, Michael Held and Tomasz Slowik. 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, Robert Serfass, Michael Lalli. Dwight Christman is the alternate for both.

The park and recreation board members are Robert Butler, Greg Mackes, Nancy Wright and Latasha Anthony. There is one open board position.

The planning commission members are Michael Hurley, Mark Giunta, Richard Courtright, Carl Heckman and William J. Tippett.

The Veterans’ Memorial Commission members are Joan McKinsey, Sally Jablonski, Candy Burger, Mary Beth Serfass and Connie Haydt.

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 Keystone Consulting Engineers is the alternate.

These positions were designated by motion: Delbert Zacharias, caretaker for nature park; Lehigh Valley Health Network EMS, primary emergency responder; William J. Tippett, regional emergency center delegate; Tracy Herman, emergency management coordinator; emergency management deputies William J. Tippett, Patrick Soucy, Brian Ahner and Rebecca Tippett; William C. Tippett, fire chief of Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company; Wendy Cronshey, fire company president; Berkheimer, earned income tax collector; First Northern Bank & Trust, East Stroudsburg Savings and PLGIT as depositories; Angela Schwartz, real estate tax collector.

Also, auditors Candy Burger, Dennis McMahon and Trenton Schaffer; Rebecca Tippett, Right to Know official and Tracy Herman is alternate; Michael Hurley, supervisors voting delegate; Brian Ahner, Pocono Mountains Council of Governments delegate and alternate is Rebecca Tippett; and Monroe County Tax Collection Committee is Pamela Thompson.

Before the meeting, William C. Tippett resigned as Polk Township Constable.

Their next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22.