LAKE TOWNSHIP LUZERNE COUNTY
December 10th, 2025, Meeting Minutes
On Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, the Lake Township Board of Supervisors held its monthly meeting at the Municipal Building. Chairman Jerry Price called the meeting to order at 6:58pm.
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Meeting Attendees: Jerry Price, Kenneth Scavone, and Secretary J. Carlene Price.
All joined in the pledge to the flag.
Scavone moved to approve the minutes of the November 12th monthly meeting.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
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Scavone moved to accept the following reports: Road Foreman’s, Financial, Seo’s and Tax Collector’s.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Scavone moved to approve the payment of the list of bills.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Scavone moved to adopt the apportioned tax rate of .5 mils for 2026.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
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Scavone moved to accept 2026 budget.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Scavone moved to adopt Resolution 25-08 Increasing Auditor Compensation.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Scavone moved to advertise the reorganization meeting scheduled for Jan 5th 2026 @ 7 PM and the auditors meeting scheduled for Jan 6th, @ 5 PM as well as the monthly meeting dates for the year 2026.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
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Communications:
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Supervisors Christmas gift for the Road Crew-boots
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State Police Fines-$760.18
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Dec Hours for the Tax Collector- Dec 15 & Dec 31, 2-4pm
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Saturday Recycling this weekend 10-12
Scavone moved to accept the communications as read.
Seconded by Price –Scavone, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Roadmaster Report
Blower has arrived. Trees have been cut on Cemetery Road.
Code Enforcement
County zoning has been contacted regarding properties on Hickory Tree Rd and Outlet Rd. Solicitor sent letter to Browns on Maple Tree regarding clean up.
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Other Business
Whitman, Requardt and Assoc. were here to answer questions regarding the bridge replacement on Pine Tree Road. Project will take place late 2027-early 2028. We received approval of $70,657 for the Sorber Mountain D&G Road project which will begin in the Spring of 2026. Work is progressing on vacating a portion of Greenbriar Rd. Should have an agreement ready to be signed in January.
Hearing of Visitors
Rep Walsh was on hand to discuss data center ordinances. He’s working to get ordinances in place to protect small townships.
Scavone moved to adjourn.
Seconded by Price.
Price declared the meeting adjourned at 7:37pm.
J. Carlene Price
Lake Township Secretary/Treasurer
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THE FOLLOWING MINUTES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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January 5th, 2026, Meeting Minutes
On Monday, January 5th, 2026, the Lake Township Board of Supervisors held its monthly meeting at the Municipal Building. Chairman Jerry Price called the meeting to order at 7.03pm.
Meeting Attendees: Jerry Price, Jason Jones, Solicitor Mark McNealis, and Secretary J. Carlene Price.
All joined in the pledge to the flag.
Chairman Price declared all offices vacant and appointed Jerry Price as temporary Chairman and Carlene Price as temporary Secretary.
Price called for a nomination for Chairman. Jones nominated Jerry Price.
Seconded by Price – Price, “Aye”, Jones, “Aye”. Nomination Carried.
Price nominated Jason Jones as Vice-Chairman.
Seconded by Jones – Price, “Aye”, Jones, “Aye”. Nomination Carried.
Jones moves to appoint David May as supervisor for two-year term.
Seconded by Price – Price, “Aye”, Jones, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint J. Carlene Price as Secretary Treasurer and Building Permit Liaison at a Salary of $17641 per year.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, abstained. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to set bond at $500,000 for Treasurer Carlene Price.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
May moved to appoint Supervisor Jason Jones to be in charge of the Road Department, Supervisor Jerry Price to be in charge of the SEO and Supervisor David May to be in charge administration and applying for grants.
Seconded by Jones – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint McNealis Law Offices as solicitor to be paid a fee of $200.00 per hour.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint Steve Egenski as Sewage Enforcement Officer to be paid on an established fee schedule.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint BIU to continue being our third-party building code official.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint David May as Code Enforcement Officer @ $28.03 per hour.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint Jerry 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:
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Harry Vivian as the Back Mountain Regional EMA Chief Coordinator representing Dallas Borough
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John J. Wilkes as the Back Mountain Regional EMA Deputy Chief Coordinator representing Jackson Township
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James Welby as the Back Mountain Regional EMA Assistant Coordinator representing Lehman Township
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Jerry Price as acting Back Mountain Regional EMA Assistant Coordinator representing Lake Township.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint PennEastern Engineers, LLC, an Engineer, to work on projects as needed.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint Bob Halowich as Chairman of the Vacancy Board.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint Vito Pilosi, Thomas Grundowski, Brett Raspen, Tony Hudack and Kenneth Gronski as the Unified Construction Code Appeals Board.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to appoint the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust and M&T Bank as depositories of the Township funds.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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 9am to 1pm. Budget meeting will be Nov 2nd, at 4:30pm.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to authorize Secretary to pay the following bills on or before the due dates: UGI, Frontier, Insurance Premiums, Withholding Taxes, fuel bills, and any other routine bills that may come due prior to the next meeting.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to authorize the Secretary to certify PA DEP reimbursement forms with the Township seal.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved 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.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to approve the minutes of the December 10th meeting.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to accept the following reports: Road Foreman, Financial.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Jones moved to approve the payment of the list of bills.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried
Communications:
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Recycling Saturday is January 10th, 10-12.
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In event if snow, Secretary’s office will follow Lake Lehman School District’s delays and cancellations.
Jones moved to accept the communications as read.
Seconded by May – Jones, “Aye”, May, “Aye”, Price, “Aye”. Motion Carried.
Road Master’s Report
Plowing and salting the roads are ongoing.
Code Enforcement
Solicitor sent letter sent to Brown property with no response. May will look into it. Price will contact zoning regarding Hickory Tree Rd and Outlet Road issues
Other Business
Mark will review information on Greenbriar Road vacation to write up agreement with landowner.
Jones moved to adjourn.
Seconded by May
Price declared the meeting adjourned at 7:49pm.
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J. Carlene Price
Lake Township Secretary/Treasurer