STONINGTON - The same officials were reappointed to all positions during the reorganization of the Shamokin Township Board of Supervisors Tuesday night.
Tom Carl was re-elected chairman and Greg Rachau was appointed vice chairman. Stephanie McKinney was appointed secretary and treasurer with a $25 increase in pay per month.
Other appointments were: Jon Clements, roadmaster and council of governments (COG) representative; Jeff Murphy, assistant roadmaster and COG alternate; Jim Bathgate, legal counsel; Bob Swank, vacancy board chairman; Northumberland National Bank and Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust, depositories; Dr. Ken Young, sewage officer, driveway and building permit officer, township code officer, township engineer and flood plain management administrator; Berkheimer Tax Associates, delinquent tax collector and Act 50 Tax Hearing Officer; Stephanie McKinney, representative to the Northumberland County Tax Collection Committee, with John Klinger as alternate; George Wolfe, emergency management coordinator; Jack Epler, agriculture security board, and the supervisors as Right-to-Know liaisons.
The board also approved a 5 percent wage increase for the township's two road crew workers, Clements and Murphy, and a $120 uniform allowance per quarter, There was no change made in the vacation policy and paid holidays for workers. Terry Krebs was appointed to another term on the municipal authority board.
Following the reorganization meeting, the board held its regular meeting for January. In his report, solicitor Bathgate discussed an agreement by PennDOT involving the township and a private landowner to allow a contractor to come onto their properties to clean underneath a bridge along Route 61. Bathgate did not see anything wrong with the agreement, and noted that there was a clause for each party to retain property rights.
Wolfe, president of Stonington Fire Company, thanked the township for its contribution of $10,000 for the company's new brush truck. He then asked the board to approve its $2,000 fuel allowance for 2012. The board unanimously approved it and also picked up the $350.14 cost for fuel incurred during the Flood of 2011.
It was announced that Berkheimer will be printing the township tax bills for 2012, which will be received on time.