Heidelberg Township supervisors plan for 2025 paving

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The Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $307,468.60 bid from Pennsy Supply for the 2025 paving project at its regular meeting Tuesday, March 25.

The township plans to pave Sheep Hill and Spring Haven roads. In February, supervisors opted to seek bids for both roads and go over the budgeted $245,000 in order to catch up on paving.

As of February, supervisors expected to go around $100,000 over budget, but Pennsy Supply’s bid (one of six received) came in only around $60,000 over.

The board also unanimously selected Martin’s Paving to conduct this year’s seal coat for $28,675.64, which public works director Sean Weik said was under budget.

Also in public works, the board unanimously agreed to a stone and anti-skid quote from Pennsy Supply, which was selected both due to rates and proximity.

Supervisors also approved a request from the public works department to rent a boom mower for two weeks for around $6,400 to get caught up on trimming treelines back.

In parks and recreation, supervisors heard that PennDOT has accepted the township’s $13,120 offer for a .4-acre triangular parcel of land (80 percent of the land’s appraised value). The solicitor will proceed with obtaining legal ownership of the land, which will be used as a trailhead.

Documentation of ownership will be needed for a DCNR grant application applying partially to plans for that parcel. The board also unanimously approved a resolution modifying the application.

Supervisors also unanimously approved the purchase of bleachers from the Park Catalog for $11,909.10, as well as four benches for the park.

In other news, supervisors:

• Directed the township manager to post the current draft of a burning ordinance to the township’s website and solicit additional feedback from residents.
• Unanimously approved repairs to the K-ville Pump Station, totaling around $3,500.
• Unanimously agreed to redo a resolution seeking LSA grant funding for the fire company. While the township received the 2023 grant, costs have gone up since then, so the board is seeking LSA to make up the difference.
• Unanimously approved the budgeted purchase of five laptops to replace the township’s ten-year-old laptops, which have been malfunctioning.
• Approved a planning module for 150 Horst Road, with supervisor Ted Cromleigh abstaining.
• Unanimously approved a time extension for a property at 760 N. Market St.

Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. These meetings are open to the public and do not require prior registration.