LIGHT BULBS, GARAGE FLOORS, AND "THE BENJAMINS"

A couple of other "tidbits" from the last Board meeting:

The Board hired Supervisor Mark Ceminsky to perform "Town Hall maintenance." (Agenda item "Other Business, H., Township Hall Maintenance")  This assignment comes with an "up to $5,000 a year" potential price tag.  Ceminsky's first assignment, given to him by Supervisor Miller. was to change some light bulbs.
It was unclear to me what other "projects" or "tasks" this role might include.  It was also unclear to me at what rate this work is to be performed. Maybe I missed it? Perhaps Supervisor Ceminsky has a (standard) hourly rate he will charge? Not sure what that is.  I trust it won't be at the "special meeting" rate of $70 per "meeting," no matter how long or how short, that has been utilized often so far. (It might be of interest to you to check out sometime how much Supervisor Ceminsky is receiving as Road Supervisor.  Compare that to what former-Supervisors Dan Rogers and Jeff Otto or Supervisor Budenski received for the same task. Just ask the Clerk for the records.)

In the past, various citizens have volunteered their time in a number of different efforts.  For example, former-Commissioner Sharon Buckley volunteered many hours helping Clerk Nanett "tidying up" and organizing the Township files. Sue Rogers, former-Supervisor Rogers' wife, generously volunteered her time to vacuum the Town Hall.  Former-Supervisor Gloria Belzer washed the Town Hall windows when it needed to be done.  Then-Supervisor Rogers brought in the salt for the water softener, not to mention the countless big packs of bottled water he consistently donated to the Township for citizens' benefit at meetings. Someone else donated two waste receptacles for recyclable items and CD discs to the Township.  I am quite certain there have been many others over the years who have done likewise. Not one of these asked for recognition, much less for compensation.  Isn't there someone out there who would be willing to volunteer to change light bulbs to save taxpayer money?

Isn't there a rap song called "It's All About the wBenjamins, Baby?"  


Under "Other Business, N., New Garage," Commissioner Hansen presented the Board with some information concerning the building of the new Township storage garage that was voted on by citizens at the last Annual Meeting.  Commissioner Hansen volunteered to be the "general contractor" for the Township in an effort to hold down costs. The Board was okay with his being in that position.  It was my take-away that Hansen is not going to be paid for this role.  It is unclear to me which particular contractors Commissioner Hansen might be going to have the Board solicit quotes from (not bids, so it doesn't have to be published, nor awarded to the lowest bidder. This option is due to the dollar amounts involved.) Which contractors might not be known at this time.  Presumably, Hansen does have to go back to the Board for its approval of his selections/suggestions before they put out these requests, not just for the awarding of the business per portion of the construction, such as the in-floor heating.

Food for thought...???