TOWNSHIP OF MONAGHAN
Web Site: www.monaghantownship.com
Community Newsletter
MEETING TIME
2010 MEETING SCHEDULE
Board of Supervisors @ 6:30 PM
Meet the 2nd Monday of each Month
Planning Commission @6:30 PM
Meet the 4th Monday of each Month
Zoning Hearing Board @ 7PM
Meet the 3rd Monday of each Month as necessary
Additional meetings may be scheduled at the call of
the Chair of the respective Boards or Commissions.
Residents should watch for advertisements in the
Legal section of the Patriot News, or Dillsburg
Banner or check the outdoor Bulletin Board.
____________________________________________
CAMP REIMBURSEMENT
If you have a child attending the Northern
York Community Services Summer Playground
Program and are a resident of Monaghan Township
you may be eligible for a reimbursement. The
Township will pay up to 50% per child attending
camp. We will need to see the attendance certificate.
Call the Monaghan Township Office for all the
details.
__________________________________________
VACATION SECURITY CHECKS
If you are going on vacation and would like to have
the Carroll Township Bureau of Police check on
your property call the Monaghan Township office
for a form or check the web site. There is no charge
for this service and it can make your vacation more
enjoyable knowing someone is checking.
__________________________________________
TAX COLLECTOR
All Tax Bills must be paid by 12-31-10 NO
Exceptions. Postmarks after 12-31-10 will not be
accepted. Post dated check will not be accepted.
Collection Schedule 2010 - Home Office Hours.
April 6 - 5pm to 7pm
April 8 - 5pm to 7pm
April 10- 9am to Noon April 12- 5pm to 7pm
April 13 - 5pm to 7 pm April 15- 5pm to 7pm
All Tax Bills must be paid by 12-31-10.
April 2010
If mailing and a receipt is desired, return both
Taxpayers’ and Tax Collector’s portion of tax bill
and enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. All
taxes paid on rebate or face periods must be
postmarked no later than date due. Collection costs
incurred for any
and all unpaid taxes after final date for payment as
indicated on the tax bills.
Charles (Doug) Hoffman, 228 North Grantham
Road, Dillsburg, PA 17019 (717)-697-1283.
__________________________________________
WEST NILE VIRUS
A web site about West Nile virus - through
the PAPowerPort at http://www.state.pa.us or
directly at http://www.WestNile.state.pa.us
has
been established to provide citizens with
background information.
__________________________________________
What are Real Estate and Property
Taxes?
The Real Estate tax is the only tax
authorized by law to be levied by all classes of local
government in the state. Every property owner pays
real estate taxes to three independent jurisdictions:
the county, the municipality, and the school district.
The tax is the assessed value multiplied by the
millage rate.
Assessment consists of placing a value on
real property and applying an assessment ratio.
Assessment laws provide for valuing property at full
market value for the base year used in the
assessment. The law provides different methods for
determining market value, but all properties within
the taxing district must be uniformly assessed.
Monaghan Township has not changed their
millage rate for thirteen years and will again in the
year 2010 be at a millage rate of .9 mills.
Where do my taxes go?
Northern School District - 13.87 mills
York County
- 4.15 mills
Monaghan Township
.9 mills
One mills is equal to $1.00 per $1000 of
assessment
DON’T LET STORM WATER RUN An Ounce of Prevention.
OFF WITH YOUR TIME AND Rain that falls onto construction sites is likely to
carry away soil particles and other toxic chemicals
MONEY!
present on construction sites (oil, grease, hazardous
The construction industry plays an important role in
improving our community’s quality of life by not
only providing new development, but also
protecting our streams and rivers through smart
business practices that prevent pollution from
leaving construction sites.
What is Storm Water?
wastes, fuel). Storm water, if not properly managed,
carries these pollutants to streams, rivers, and lakes.
Erosion and sediment control practices can serve as
a first line of defense minimizing clean up and
maintenance costs, and the impacts to water
resources caused by soil erosion during active
construction. Erosion controls can reduce the
volume of soil going into a sediment control device,
such as a sediment trap, therefore, “clean out”
frequencies are lower and maintenance costs are
less. When possible, divert water around the
construction site using berms or drainage ditches.
Storm water is water from precipitation that flows
across the ground and pavement when it rains or
when snow and ice melt. The water seeps into the
ground or drains into what are commonly called
storm sewers. These are the drains you see at street
corners or at low points on the sides of streets. In addition, use pollution prevention and “good
Collectively, the draining water is called storm housekeeping measures” to reduce the pollution
water runoff.
leaving construction sites as well. This can be as
simple as minimizing the pollution source’s contact
Storm water runoff leaving construction sites can with rainwater by covering it, maintaining a “clean
carry pollutants such as dirt, construction debris, oil site” by reducing trash and waste, and keeping
and paint off-site and into storm drains. In our vehicles well maintained.
community, storm drains carry storm water runoff
directly to local creeks, streams and rivers with no Our community is preventing storm waste pollution
treatment.
Developers,
contractors
and through a comprehensive storm waster management
homebuilders can help to prevent storm water program. This program addresses storm water
pollution by taking the following steps:
pollution from construction, but it also deals with
1. Comply with storm water permit requirements. new development, illegal dumping to the storm
2. Practice erosion control and pollution prevention sewer system and municipal operations. It will also
practices to keep construction sites “clean.”
continue to educate the community and get everyone
3. Conduct advanced planning and training to involved in making sure the only thing that storm
ensure proper implementation on-site.
water contributes to our streams is ------ water!
Storm Water Permit Requirements for Pennsylvania
Construction Activity.
District’s:
Association
of
Conservation
Planning and permitting requirements exist for http://www.pacd.org/default.html
construction activities. These requirements are
intended to minimize storm water pollutants leaving Pennsylvania Handbook of Best Management
construction sites.
Practices for Developing Areas:
http://www.pacd.org/products/bmp/bmp_handbook.html
Knowing your requirements before starting a project Storm Water Manger’s Resource Center:
and following them during construction can save http://www.stormwatercenter.net
you time and money, and demonstrate that you are a
partner in improving our community’s quality of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
life. For more information about these programs, Protection:
contact your local county conservation district office http://www.dep.state.pa.us
or the Department of Environment Protection.
Severe Winter Weather
December brought a couple of reminders that the Volunteers and staff lining up as part of the drill.
time to prepare for severe weather is ahead of the
storm. On December 5th, a winter storm dumped up
to 8 inches of snow in our area. While the storm
didn’t cause a widespread emergency, it was a sign
of things to come. On December 19th, a second
storm system moved through York County with
some areas receiving about 20 inches of snow.
Northern York Emergency Task Force
Swine Flu
Conducts POD
Monaghan Township’s Emergency Management
Coordinator is a member of the Northern York
Emergency Task Force, which meets to plan and
hold drills to prepare our local area in the event of
an actual emergency. Our most recent drill was a
Point-Of-Dispensing (POD) facility, which was held
last fall at the Northern York High School
Auditorium in Dillsburg. It was part of a multimunicipal, all-hazards
emergency management
training exercise. The scenario of the drill was the
Governor, through PEMA, the PA Dept. of Health
and the York County Office of Emergency
Management, activated the Northern York County
School District POD to dispense antibiotics to the
general public in response to a deliberate spread of
Anthrax-laced powder at PA polling locations.
Through established PEMA channels the
community was notified to send a head-ofhousehold to the site to pick up the appropriate
medications.
In addition to the 50+ multidisciplinary staff, citizen “actors” from the
community were recruited to attend, be screened
and receive the “medications”.
Though this
scenario was an Anthrax attack, the broader mission
is to train a multi-disciplinary volunteer team to
efficiently dispense supplies, medications or
vaccines to the community in response to several
types of natural or man-made disasters using a Point
of Dispensing facility.
Many experts believe a third wave of H1N1 Flu
could strike in February-March
time frame.
Therefore, efforts to combat the illness continue in
full force.
Community Emergency Response Team
Training
The Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) program helps train people to be better
prepared to respond to emergency situations in their
communities. When emergencies happen, CERT
members can give critical support to first
responders, provide immediate assistance to victims
and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster
site. A CERT course is taught twice a year in the
Dillsburg area and includes disaster preparedness,
disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical
operations, light search and rescue operations and
terrorism awareness.
Kurt
Eastep,
Emergency
Management
Coordinator
OLD EYE GLASSES - Please drop them at the
Monaghan Township Office 202 S. York Rd.,
Dillsburg, PA. They will be donated to the Lions
Sight Program.
Monaghan Township Office, 202 S. York Road, Emergency Management Coordinator Kurt
Dillsburg, Pa. 17019
Eastep
Open 10AM until 5 PM
Administration
e-mail:monaghantownship@comcast.net
Linda Altland, Secretary/Treasurer
(717)697-2132 FAX (717) 795-0604
Tricia Gwozdecki, Zoning, BCO Officer
Board of Supervisors:
Jody Pratt, Administrative Assistant
Charles W. Junkins, Chairman
Tax Collector Charles Douglas Hoffman
Edward Hartman, Vice-Chairman
Auditors William Billett, Robert Secord,
Linden Shoffner, Supervisor
Ronald Hoffman
Planning Commission
Road/Highway Department
John Whitehouse, Chairman
Road Foreman Steven Wirfel
Harold R. Coover
Road Crew Gary Zook, Anthony Baker
John Busch
Police Chief
Vi Nissly
John Francis, Carroll Township Police
Chris Hoover
Dept.
Zoning Hearing Board
Sewage Enforcement Officer
Patricia Devlin
Brian McFeaters, S.E.O.
G. Thomas Miller, Chairman
Township Solicitor
Brad Bock
Dave Lenox, Esq. The Wiley Group
Township Engineer
Greg Rogalski, Pennoni Asso.