d Sy Vo 100 No. 19 "A Centennial Edition Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 17, 1989 35 Cents $ Dallas Twp. planners set June 6 meeting on subdivision By CHARLOT'M. DENMON Staff Writer The lack of a quorum at the Dallas Township planning and zoning meeting Monday night made 4 it necessary to schedule a special meeting June 6, at which time the commission will take some action on the preliminary plans presented by Michael Dombrowski on the ‘Maples’ development. The proposed development submitted by Dombrowski is for 31 homes to be constructed on a 43-acre parcel of land located behind the Paul Klug home on Upper Demunds Road across from Glendalough. “It was impossible to take any action on the preliminary plans submitted by Dombrowski,” ex- plained chairman Charles Kish- baugh fellowing the meeting. “Lack of the quorum was due to the resignation of Jack Tinner from the planning commission and our other member having a previous commitment. PNG “We have had some communi- <i \\ 3 cation from DER .and.from our : engineer Lee Sweinberg and there are some points to be cleared up on the proposed development.” = ge The request for a variance by ’ Robert Popielarz to flip-flop his yard for a 40-foot front and a 30- I foot back to make more convenient larz when property measurement by the zoning officer revealed that a small section in the front was in the residential area of the town- ship and not in the business area. Popielarz withdrew his appli- cation and will build in order to conduct his business within the legal business district. parking was withdrawn by Popie- Eagle dance by Thunderpony An American-Cherokee Indian, Thunderpony, who is also an educator-teacher from Wallenpaupak, danced the Eagle Dance to the delight of area Scout troops during their graduation meghing at the Luzerne County Fairgrounds last Friday. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Proposed Lake-Lehman budget hikes taxes By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Lake-Lehman School Board .. approved a tentative budget of k 4 $10.6 million for the 1989-1990 school year by a 6-3 vote at the May 9 meeting held at Ross Town- ship Elementary building. The $10,610,338 budget would raise taxes five mills in Luzerne County areas of the district to a total of 133 mills, and in Noxen of Wyoming County the millage would remain at 158. A mill is $1 tax on every $1,000 of assessed property value. The tentative budget for 1989- 1990 is an increase of more than $900,000 over the current budget of approximately $9,700,000. The state mandates that a vote must be taken on the final budget by June 30. Until that time, the di- rectors will continue to work to try to cut corners on the plan. Board members Edward Mark, Joseph ‘Red’ Jones and Robert Emery voted against the tentative : 4 pudget. * In his report, district superin- tendent Charles Borchetta told the board that the budget included maintaining all present educa- tional programs, including pur- chase of new textbooks. recycling of textbooks, continued instruc- tional and non-instructional equip- ment and the current pupil to teacher ratio, allowance for capital improvements and the establish- ment of a capital account for fu- ture construction. In other board action, the direc- tors: e Approved Madlyn Koch as mathematics teacher for the 1989- 1990 school year. ¢ Approved protessional status for Michelle Medura by an 8-1 vote with Robert Emery voting no. * Approved 173 graduates for the June 8 graduation ceremony. * Approved a resolution to op- pose Gov. Casey and the State Vr : 5° 3 t \ VR - Board of Education's recommen- dation for changes in the LIU fund- ing disallowing adequate funding for special education which would mean dropping specific specialists and using individual high school's special education instructors, dis- allowing part time aids, social workers and allowing only one therapist to 1600 students. e Approved the summer basket- ball program, conditioning pro- gram, boys volleyball, girls volley- ball, marching band, and elemen- tary instrumental music. » Approved present junior high wrestling coaches Tom Williams and Phil Lipski as senior high wrestling coaches by a 7-2 vote, Emery voting no and Thomas Wil- liams abstaining. » Congratulated the junior high math team for placing second in the six-county math competition. Ben Fiore placed first in individual competition and the team of Fiore, Jeff Gold, Jesse Goble, Mark Danuski and David Lewis placed second. e Congratulated the Lake- Lehman High School Band for its performance at Virginia Beach for placing first in parade and field, second in concert and in jazz band; taking the Sweepstake Trophy for highest combined points in field and parade; first in color guard, percussion, jazz section and drum major. » Approved a one-year contract for Carl Search, superintendent of maintenance and operations, for the year July 1, 1989 to June 30- ,» 1990. e Accepted the asbestos envi- ronmental plan of Environmental Abatement Associates at a cost of $11,000 by a 7-2 vote with Emery ‘and Edward Mark voting no. » Appointed Raymond C. Bow- ersox as board secretary with Emery voting no. .* Appointed Atty. Peter Savage as solicitor at an annual salary o of $5,000. * Approved by a 6-3 vote a sixth grade class trip to attend an edu- cational environment trip to the Mount Tone Environmental Cen- ter, Lake Como, Wayne County in October, 1989. Emery, Jones and Mark voted against the trip which Carrying the colors i was recommended by Superinten- dent Borchetta. : Dr. Borchetta announced there would be a public meeting, May 31, to discuss the renovation pro- posals recommended by Smith, Miller Associates. Donnald Dossey, Tunkhannock, and Donald Holdredge, Dallas, proudly carried the colors for their troop at last Friday's Scout graduation ceremony. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Sunrise Estates allowed to keep water connection By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff Tamanini Industries has been authorized to connect the water systems of two sections of Sunrise Estates, but not to use the water. That ruling was made by the Kingston Township supervisors at last Wednesday's meeting, in re- sponse to an application of waiver submitted by the developer. In March, Tamanini Industries connected the water supply sys- tem from Phase I to Phase II of the Sunrise Estates development with- out authorization from the town- ship. The interconnection resulted in protests from Phase I residents, who feared the connection would result in lower water pressure and less supply for their homes. $5 million Sunrise Estates Homeowners’ Association President Clinton McMullen claims existing homes have experienced low pressure and inadequate supplies in the past, and fear the interconnection would increase the problems. At Wednesday's supervisors meeting, Joseph J. Savitz, Ta- manini’s attorney, admitted the connection was in place, but added, “There is no desire to use the water from Phase I to supplement Phase II. It is only to be used in an emer- gency.” Savitz said that in an emer- gency, Phase II's more powerful well would probably service Phase I 7 * “Phase 1 will give you about 40,000 gallons of water per day. See SUNRISE, pg 2 project will expand DAMA's capacity, quality By SCOTT A. DAVIS ; The - Staff Writer CF The Dallas Area Municipal Au- thority is planning a $5 million expansion of its treatment plant to remove a harmful nutrient from waste water. Following a mandate by the Department of Enviromental Re- sources, DAMA is upgrading from a secondary treatment plant to an advanced treatment plant. The advanced treatment plant will be capable of removing Ammo- nia Nitrogen from waste water. “Ammonia Nitrogen is a nutri- ent which uses up oxygen in streams,” explained plant manager Thomas J. Bagley. He said the oxygen depletion is harmful to fish in the streams. The expansion will allow the plant to extract most of the nutri- ent. The remainder can be ab- sorbed safely by the stream, ex- plained Bagley. Along with expansion plans, DAMA will enlarge the plant to handle more waste flow. The present plant handles 2.2 million gallons of water each day. Kingston Twp. takeover now By SCOTT A. DAVIS Staff Writer Kingston Township is still in negotiation with the state in hopes of gaining control of Pioneer Ave- nue. “We feel the township could provide better service on Pioneer Avenue than is currently being offered by Penn DOT,” said King- ston Township Manager Jeffrey Box in a recent interview. The changing of Pioneer Avenue from the state to the township involves a state program which will han day. Engineers estimate the cost of the project to be about $5 million. 55 percent ofithe money will come from federal grants. The remain- ing 45 percent will be paid locally. DAMA is not sure if customer Adordige to Bagley, the new plant oe le 3 million gallons each rates will be raised to help pay for the expansion. “We actually raised the rates in January anticipating the large capital expense,” Bagley explained."As to the final, bottom line, we do not know at this time.” The expansion plan was sup- posed to begin in March of this year, but was delayed because DER did not give their final approval in time, Bagley said. Construction of the plant has been re-scheduled to begin in1990. The construction of the new plant is not expected to interrupt service for customers at any time. “The existing plant will be main- tained while the addition is being 'constructed,” Bagley said. “Our main concern is insuring the contractor will safeguard existing equipment” so there are no inter- ruptions in service. Pioneer Ave. at ‘standstill’ returns or turns over control of state highways and roadways to the local municipalities. As an incentive for the munici- pals to accept control of the roads, according to Box, the state offers an annual payment for roadway maintenance. “Our main goal is to provide better service for the community,” Box explained. “The turn-back funds are not a windfall of the municipality.” The township has received many complaints year round regarding See PIONEER, pg 2 Inside The Post Calendar......14 Classified.....13 Editorials....... 4 Obituaries.....2 Police News..2 Communily.............. 36,8 Real Estate.............. 12; Religion........... eis 5 Schook........coiieeneiins 10 SPOONS... i. ies 11 Coming up: BACK MOUNTAIN WATER COMMISSION - Thurs., May 18, 8 PM, Kingston Township Municipal Bldg. HARVEYS LAKE ZONING BOARD - Tues., May 23, 7 PM, Harveys Lake Municipal Bldg. LEHMAN TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY - Mon., May 22, 8 PM, Lehman Township Municipal Bldg. / le AY
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