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The North Lebanon Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the draft 2025 budget and associated items at its meeting Monday.
The budget, which maintains a general tax of 1.59 mills and a fire protection tax of .402 mills, plans for a Lion’s Lake Restoration Project and the replacement of the Jay Street Wall in 2025, as was detailed at supervisors’ November meeting.
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Supervisors also unanimously agreed to direct Steve Sherk to move forward with final design and bid specs for the wall and solicitor Amy Leonard to prepare easement agreements.
Work on Lion’s Lake is expected to begin in February while the wall replacement will, township manager Lori Books estimated, begin around May.
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The board also passed a variety of routine end-of-year resolutions, including setting pension obligations, dispensing funds to fire companies, and setting meeting dates.
North Lebanon and North Cornwall are also in the final stretch before the launch of the Lebanon County Regional Police Department in January.
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Accordingly, the board unanimously agreed to advance the department $20,000 for start-up costs, to be taken out of the second monthly payment to the department.
Supervisors also unanimously approved a lease agreement for 7,440-square-foot of office space at $8.50 per square foot to the Regional Police Commission.
The North Lebanon police building will serve as the department’s HQ, with a satellite location in North Cornwall.
The board also unanimously agreed to authorize the solicitor to prepare a one-year intergovernmental agreement with the Regional Police Commission for the department to utilize NLT’s mechanic at the rate of $75 an hour. After that time, they may revisit the price.
In other news, the board unanimously voted to:
- Hire John Brenner — who has been serving as code enforcement officer through West Lebanon Township but will be retiring at the end of the year — to the position part-time, independent of West Lebanon Township.
- Remove public works employee Bradyn Aurentz from his probationary period, making him full-time and giving him a 50 cent raise.
- Approve the financial security and several associated agreements for the already approved Flexopack plan.
- Approve a revised minor subdivision plan for the Stanley Martin property, including a correction from the already-approved plan.
- Accept a time extension for the Manor View Estates plan.
- Approve minutes and reports.
North Lebanon Township meets the third Monday of each month. These meetings are open to the public and do not require prior registration.
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