BBB BTR Sr We he ME We Ws le ARs b y Ja boas a aa a _ rr STT sy Te ET ar el Fe Re PY FNL Le EE al Lt EB TE a ae BRERA Fh SS oh ‘ik lel ) = PRESEN o FE SRE aE Sa EE | may PR pa ne Ch oh oe or hig ESPEN SE The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 6, 1991 5 antag So NL htt a A NN N 4 # x k h 7, fs p 55 / ih ty % > : 5 4 gre <7 va Z 7 Z 7 4 pS, 7 7 ~ Ag 4 7 9 Wz 74 ik £4 7% 77 “7 awe rg x ‘50 2 8 28) ateeel, ‘ Nl ans REA vay, hn 3 . § 3 # % XX , e%% E hy S 2 \ o LE ; SESE ale X Ra % % % OX SOU Yea 5 SBE Pale hos x teks 2 0% JX Teta 2% 3 REL. X te XX > xX 2 5 > , aS 928 il RS is] iad TORR » NEWS ITEM - The Cross Valley Expressway, linking the Back Mountain with Interstate 8, opens to traffic November 8. Safe trick-or-treaters A group of trick-or-treaters who visited the Franklin Township Fire Hall for the fire company’s “Trick or Treat Safely” Halloween party included, front row from left: Amy Vodzak, Julia Kvashay, Megan Vodzak and Ana Burrell; back row from left: Kristen Vodzak, Jason Vidzak, Karl Kvashay, Donna Kvashay, Aileah Kvashay, Heather Vodzak and Susan Vodzak. (Post Photo/Grace R. Dove) & robo Lg6d8 } ymm Center (continued from page 1) s@t a fight with them. I'd rather sé&¢ them stay and sit down with us.” [4 BEN Lage &} > said Sabol. “I don't want to Sabol also disputes the charge that the Back Mountain Commu- nications Center gives poor serv- ice. “All of our calls are handled by priority,” said Sabol. “We've never had a written complaint from them.” The Back Mountain Communi- ‘cations Center approved its budget at.a meeting on October 14. Har- ville Lake's representatives, Police Chief Lionel Bulford and Mayor Joseph Boyle, were not in atten- dance. Three funding options were discussed at the meeung. One would base the amount each municipality pays on the assessed valuation of the property in the municipality. Under that proposal Harveys Lake would pay $14,793 - $6,709 less than the $21,502 the borough paid in 1990. ' "Another would base each mu- nicipality’s payment on its popula- tion. Under that proposal, Harveys Lake would pay $13,752.30 - $7750 less than what was paid in " “The option chosen by the Com- munications Center Board was one ‘which simply had each municipal- ity pay the same percentage of the lotal budget as it had the year before. Under this option, Harveys Lake's requested payment in- ‘creased by $4,309. The principal reason given by the officials for choosing the per- centage increase option for fund- ing was that the other two would add huge amounts to the pay- ments from Lehman and Jackson townships, which have large popu- lations, but few emergericy calls. 7" “It wouldn't break it, but it would “make it tough for us,” said Sabol of 'the ‘possibility of Harveys Lake yeah }it pulling out of the Communications Center. Sabol pointed out that Harveys Lake signed a contract with the Communications Center in 1988 that stipulates that the borough give six months notice before pull- ing out. If the borough pulls out, Sabol said they would still have to pay for half a year. “If we have to stay with them for six months, then we'll stay with them for six months,” said Boyle, who added that the borough's so- information on, according to Sabol. Macekura projects that the county communications center will not have 911 for another three or four years. The next meeting of the Back Mountain Communications Cen- ter Board is November 12 at 7 p.m. in the Dallas Borough building, and Mayor Boyle says that he will be at this meeting, and he expects to be joined by some councilmen. licitor would have to check the contract to find out what the bor- ough’s responsibility is. . “Itisn’t definite,” said Boyle. “I'd be a lying fool ifI told you it was. As of today, the feedback I get from council is they'd like to do it. Jeep- ers, we're talking about a four-year savings of $100,000.” Boyle said that he’s unable to make the regular Communications Center meetings because he trav- els so much for work. An extra step would be added to 911 calls Sabol points out that the Luzerne County Communications Center handles more than 200 police, fire and ambulance serv- ices, and wonders how Harveys Lake would get the same level of service that they get from the Back Mountain Communications Cen- ter, which serves six 'municipali- ties. One service that the county communications center does not offer yet is 911. If Harveys Lake abandons the Back Mountain Communications Center, and borough residents dial 911, dispatchers who receive the call at the Back Mountain Center will have to call the County Com- munications Center to pass the J+ Its tapes play in your VHS recorder with included Playpak™ adapter Riis % Free Carry Case A Video Letter L.. 3899.90 AUMICK AUDIO VISUAL |. 16 - 20 East Main St., Plymouth, PA 18651 iB (717) 779-4950 Panasonic PV-21 Palmcorder™ i VHSC Camcorder * Digital Fade « Color Enhancement Light .] : 8:1 Power Zoom Lens Do you need... X-1ays Lab tests EKG Ser Diagaotfi Center 199 Lake St. - Dallas, PA 18612 When your physician orders diagnostic tests, you don’t have to travel into town to have them done. You can have x-rays taken or blood drawn at a location close to home. The Mercy Diagnostic Center in Dallas is staffed with trained professionals to take care of all your diagnostic needs, without having to leave the Back Mountain area. HOURS: Monday - Friday 7:30AM-11AM and 1:00PM-5PM 675-8599 DALLAS, PA Kingston Twp. begins budget plans Proposal calls for 1.8% hike in spending By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff Anyone who came to Kingston Towriship’s first-ever open budget work session on October 30 ex- pecting spine tingling drama was disappointed. > The meeting was dull. Which isn't to say that it wasn’t impor- tant. About ten people sat through the two-and-a-half-hour session atwhich supervisors discussed the township's budget line by line. Before the budget discussions started however, the supervisors voted to authorize solicitor Ben- jamin Jones III to draft an amend- ment to the township's zoning ordinance which would allow mobile homes outside mobile home parks. The township's present zoning ordinances, which only permit mobile homes in mobile home parks, have been challenged by Collette Heck. - Heck owns a property on Rice Street which has both a house and mobile home on it. Heck's challenge however, is to the township's ordinance in gen- eral. Even if the ordinance were to be changed, her property is still in violation of several zoning and building code violations, accord- ing to township manager Jeffrey Box. Supervisor Benjamin Franklin was alone in voting against draft- ing the proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance. Franklin earlier made a motion to reject Heck’s proposed curative amend- ment - but the motion received no second. “If that’s what you're going to do, the court will draft your ordi- nance,” said Jones of Franklin's motion. “She raised the issue generally. Any homeowner in the township could have raised it. If the ordinance is changed, mobile homes will be treated as any small home would be, and will still be required to meet the town- ship's zoning and building code ordinances. Herbert Hill, chairman of the supervisors said that Heck's amendment would be brought up at the next meeting, which will be held November 13 at 8 p.m. Back to the budget The 55 page budget, prepared by township Manager Jeffrey Box calls for a $90,000 cash balance at the end of the year. Box said however, that the town- ship's revenues are running ahead of expenditures. For 1991, 79% of the township's budgeted revenues have been collected, while only 73% of the budgeted expenditures have been made. Box said that he could carry over a surplus of between $100,000 and $140,000 into 1992. The total proposed budget for 1992 is $1,097,019, including a $95,000 cash balance at the end of the year. : That is an increase of $19,416, or 1.8 percent, from 1991. In the 1992 plan, Box proposed that the township begin paving its dirt roads to eliminate the cost of applying calcium to them (budg- eted for $5,500 in 1992). The cal- cium is put on the dirt roads to harden them and reduce dust. Box also said that the road department would be able to plow paved roads of snow better than they are able to . plow dirt roads. The budget also proposes that dry fire hydrants be installed throughout the township at a cost of $60,000, at least $50,000 of which would come from a grant from the state’s Office of Commu- nity Development. Dry fire hy- drants allow fire departments to draw water from lakes and streams without having their hoses clogged with material from the water bed. Hydrant locations in Kingston Township would include Frances Slocum Lake, and along Toby's Creek. The budget tentatively calls for resurfacing of parts of Highland Avenue, parts of Terrace Avenue, Vonderheid Street, Zinn Street, and Stafford Street. Another budget meeting will be held November 7 at 7 p.m. The budget will be read the first time on November 13, and a second time on December 11. On December 15, it will be submitted to the state's Department of Community Affairs. Odds and ends Other news from Kingston Township: e The annual pickup of bagged leaves has been scheduled for November 11 through November 15. Residents are advised to have leaves bagged and placed at the curbside for pick up. The pick up is limited to bagged leaves only. Township crews will be conduct- ing the pick up between the hours of 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. : Road Superintendent Robert Chamberlain asks the cooperation of residents in refraining from sweeping leaves into gutters and roadways. The leaves block storm drains and this poses a serious maintenance problem to the Road Department. A township ordinance also prohibits this practice. Residents are also reminded that burning of leaves requires a town- ship burning permit. Also, no burning of leaves in gutters along township roadways will be permit- ted because of the damage to the asphalt. If anyone has questions about the fall leaf pick up, please call the township office at 696-3809. e The 1991 street surfacing program has been completed. The township annually resurfaces eight to 10 streets at a cost of between $100,000 and $150,000. In 1991, ten streets were resur- | faced. Kenilworth, Wellington, Hillcrest, Youngblood, Cedar and Harris Hill Road were resurfaced by the township road crew. An outside contractor paved Harford, Hillside and Davis Streets and Bunker Hill Road. * Kingston Township Police Chief Paul M. Sabol reminds residents that the Winter Parking Ordinance isin effect as of November 1 through March 31, 1992. Under this ordi- nanceresidents are prohibited from ‘parking vehicles on township streets between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. each day. The ordinance is designed to keep the township streets open so the road department can plow the, streets when there is a snow storm. Mrs. Casey's visit to area postponed Pennsylvania first lady Ellen Casey's visit to the Back Mountain Memorial Library has been post- poned. ; Mrs. Casey had been scheduled to visit the library November 6, but will now arrive at 10 a.m. on Tues- day, November 12. She is planning to read to children and attend a reception celebrating the library's - “Chefs and Artists” cookbook. Following her visit to the library, Mrs. Casey will travel to Lake- Lehman High School. 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