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Lake Township

Re-organization Meeting

Agenda

January 5th, 2026

 

Call to Order

 

Pledge to the Flag

 

Chairman declares all offices vacant and appoints a temporary Chairman and temporary Secretary.

 

Nomination of Chairman

 

Chairman assumes the chair and calls for nomination of Vice-Chairman

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Motion to appoint David May as supervisor for two-year term.

 

Motion to appoint Carlene Price as Secretary/Treasurer and Building Permit Liaison at a salary of $17641 per year.

 

Motion to set bond at $500,000.00 for the Treasurer Carlene Price.

 

Motion to appoint a Road Foreman at $29.64 per hour and Laborers for the Road Department at $28.03 per hour.  All to receive Highmark Insurance, and vacations and holidays as follows: 2 Personal days, 8 paid holidays, two employees to receive 10 vacation days and one to receive 15 vacation days. Employees will contribute 3% to Highmark.

 

Motion to appoint a supervisor to be in charge of the Road Department, supervisor to be in charge of the SEO and a supervisor to be in charge of administration and applying for grants.

 

Motion to authorize any Township Supervisor to be paid as a part time employee hourly for additional work in addition to supervisors’ monthly salary of $156/262.08, after approval from the Board of Supervisors according to the rate established by the township auditors.

 

Motion to appoint McNealis Law Offices as solicitor to be paid a fee of $200.00 per hour.

 

Motion to appoint Steve Egenski as Sewage Enforcement Officer to be paid on an established fee schedule.

 

Motion to appoint BIU to continue being our third-party building code official.

 

Motion to appoint _____________ as Code Enforcement Officer @ $28.03 per hour.

 

 

Motion to adopt Resolution 26-01 to appoint HallockShannon PC., a Firm of Certified or Competent Public Accountants to examine all the accounts of the Township for the fiscal year 2025.

 

Motion to adopt Resolution 26-02, WHEREAS, PennDOT and the Township of Lake, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania have agreed to use the DotGrants on-line reporting system to file the required Liquid Fuels forms annually; including, but not limited to the MS-965, MS-329 and MS-999 forms.

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Motion to appoint Gerald Price as Acting EMA Coordinator, and to Re-appoint the following individuals to the Back Mountain Regional Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between Dallas Borough, Jackson Township, Lehman Township and Lake Township:

  1. Harry Vivian as the Back Mountain Regional EMA Chief Coordinator representing Dallas Borough

  2. John J. Wilkes as the Back Mountain Regional EMA Deputy Chief Coordinator representing Jackson Township

  3. James Welby as the Back Mountain Regional EMA Assistant Coordinator representing Lehman Township

  4. Gerald Price as Back Mountain Regional Acting EMA Assistant Coordinator representing Lake Township.

 

Motion to appoint PennEastern Engineers, LLC, an Engineer, to work on projects as needed.

                                                                                                                                                           

Motion to appoint Bob Halowich as Chairman of the Vacancy Board

 

Motion to appoint Vito Pilosi, Thomas Grundowski, Brett Raspen, Tony Hudack, and Kenneth Gronski as the Unified Construction Code Appeals Board.

                                                                                                                         

Motion to appoint the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust and M&T Bank as depositories of the Township funds.                                                                                                                  

 

Motion to set the mileage rate at 72.5 cents per mile for reimbursement expenses for all Township personnel who use their own vehicles for Township business other than coming to work.

                                                                                                                           

Motion to set the regular monthly meeting dates for the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM with work session starting at 6:00 PM and the regular office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Budget meeting will be Nov 2nd at 4:30pm.

 

Motion to authorize Secretary to pay the following bills on or before the due dates:  UGI, BRC, insurance premiums, withholding taxes, fuel bills, and any other routine bills that may come due prior to the next meeting.

 

Motion to authorize the Secretary to certify DEP reimbursement forms with the Township seal.

 

Motion to name the Secretary as the Chief Administrative Officer for the purpose of certifying information to the Office of the Auditor General for the pension fund.

                                                                                                                                     

Motion to approve the minutes of the December 10th meeting.

 

Motion to accept the following reports:  Road Foreman’s and Financial.

 

Motion to approve the list of bills.

 

Communications:

 

  • Recycling Saturday is January 10th, 10-12.

  • In event if snow, Secretary’s office will follow Lake Lehman School District’s delays and cancellations.

 

Motion to accept the communications as read.

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Roadmaster’s Report

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Code Enforcement Report

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Other business

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Hearing of visitors

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Motion to adjourn

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