Sunday, May 22, 2011 THE:DALL AS POST PAGE 5 DALLAS BOROUGH Council adjusts police pension fund )y By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Borough council continued to make adjustments to its police pension fund at a meeting Wednesday night. An ordinance was passed to remove killed-in-service benefits for police officers’ families due to Act 51 of 2009, which makes the state responsible for paying these benefits. The board also approved an ordinance to rewrite terms and definitions stated in the police pension fund to coordinate with language found in Act 600, the municipal police pension law. “We tweaked the definition of service and the definition of mil- itary service,” said Carr. “It hasn’t caused an issue yet, but we want to make sure the lan- guage is exactly the same as it is in Act 600.” Council also approved a mo- tion to continue its participation in the Luzerne County Office of Community Development Pro- gram for fiscal years 2012-14. ~The cooperative purchase of a speed trailer between the bor- ough and Dallas, Jackson, Leh- oman and Kingston townships Was approved. The borough will contribute $1,725 to the pur- chase. The following roads will be paved in Dallas Borough pend- ing state Department of Trans- portation approval: sections of Machell Avenue, Reservoir Road, Deer Meadow Drive and Powerhorn/Fawn Drive. Carr announced curbside yard waste collection is underway and said residents need to pur- chase permits to participate in the program from the borough office on Main Street. The road department can col- lect an equivalent of two 25-gal- lon yard waste containers on THE LANDS AT The borough plans to resurface West Center Hill Road from above Gerald Avenue to Route 415 and East Center Hill Road from Route 415 to Lake Street from May 23 through mid-June. After the project is completed, the borough will not approve any pave cuts to these roads for purposes other than emer- gencies for the next five years. Mondays and Tuesdays weekly throughout the season. Yard waste collections exceeding this limit will not be collected, and residents are reminded not to place containers in road right-of- ways. The borough plans to resur- face West Center Hill Road from above Gerald Avenue to Route 415 and East Center Hill Road from Route 415 to Lake Street from May 23 through mid-June. After the project is completed, the borough will not approve any pave cuts to these roads for purposes other than emergen- cies for the next five years. The summer recreation pro- gram will begin on June 13 and end August 12 and will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. week days at the Kenneth Young Memorial Park on Burndale Road. The program is for up to 100 resident children aged 6-12. Registration will be held at the borough of- fice on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 23-27 and from 10 am. to 12 p.m. May 28. There will be an activity fee of $25 for the first child per family and a $15 per additional child. The annual Memorial Day pa- | rade will commence at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 30 at the Daddow- Isaac American Legion Post 672. .* Built-in Filtration DALLAS TOWNSHIP Current ordinance deemed inadequate for gas By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Supervisors were given rea- sons why the current township zoning ordinance is inadequate to deal with the onslaught of ap- plications for natural gas devel- opment at a meeting Wednes- day night. Before supervisors could ap- prove the resolution prepared by Solicitor Thomas Brennan, Supervisor Glenn Howell an- nounced to the audience that he and his wife had signed a pipe- line easement with Williams Field Services LLC last August and recused himself from any decisions regarding natural gas development that could poten- tially be considered a conflict of interest. Williams has two applica- At its May 3 meeting, the board struck down a proposed zoning ordinance amendment to provide regulations on the natural gas industry. 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