Chadds Ford Township supervisors voted to spend money on filing cabinets, fire equipment and on bridge design during their Aug. 7 meeting.
The board held the session with one member absent. Supervisor Keith Klaver was home recovering from a heart attack. According to Supervisors’ Chairman Deborah Love, Klaver is doing well.
Love and George Thorpe voted to spend $6,900 on a filing system for the office. That system is really no more than filing cabinets.
“I know that’s a lot of money for filing cabinets,” Thorpe said, “…We just can’t get away from paper even with documents on CD.”
The board also voted to spend $2,265 on fire equipment for Fire Marshal Mike Daily. Law requires the fire marshal to be properly clothed with full safety gear when responding to incidents.
Money will also be spent on clearing out invasive plants and on bridgework for the proposed Harvey Run Trail. The trail will connect the township property with the Brandywine Conservancy.
Up to $4,000 is earmarked for the design of pedestrian bridges across wetland areas and up to $2,500 will be spent to clear out the invasive autumn olive plants.
Herbicide will be used to get rid of the autumn olive. Weeds Inc. will do that work.
The board also voted to donate $10,000 to the first ever Brandywine Battlefield 5K run scheduled for Nov. 2. Race organizers are looking for sponsors for the run with proceeds going to the Friends of the Brandywine Battlefield. One other sponsor, David Dodge, is already on board.
Other business
Supervisors made it official. They formally voted on a resolution to hire Judy Lizza as the permanent township supervisor. Her salary will be $82,000 per year.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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