Eldred Township's board of supervisors held its annual reorganization meeting Jan. 3 with few changes.

Clair Borger was reappointed as chairman, Gretchen Gannon Pettit as vice chairman and Sharon Solt as secretary/treasurer. Michael Kaspszyk remains the township solicitor.Other appointments that were approved 3-0 include:• Hanover Engineering Inc., specifically Brien Kocher and Chad Peters as township engineers, at the rate specified in their Dec. 16, 2011 letter• Russ Kresge as alternate township engineer• Borger as road master• Hanover Engineering, specifically Jacob Schray, Scott Brown, Janice Buskirk, Jeffrey Huff and Christopher Taylor as township sewage enforcement officers, at the rates specified in their Dec. 16 letter• Pettit as administrative assistant• Ellerslie Helm as zoning and codes officer• Marilyn Ludwig of Hanover Engineering as building code official (BCO) and any certified third party inspector to administer the UCC inspection• Bruce Gower as UCC Joint Board of Appeals officer• Berkheimer Associates, via the Monroe County Tax Collection Committee, as the Earned Income Tax Collector• Solt and Pettit as Earned Income Tax Collection Liaisons• Monroe County Tax Collection Committee Appointee as Earned Income Tax Appeals Officer• Gary Hoffman as Emergency Management coordinator• Gary Hoffman as Vacancy Board chairman• Archie Craig and Philip Marano, Planning Commission, to four year terms expiring Dec. 31, 2015• Daniel Lyons as Planning Commission solicitor• Albert Aumack as Zoning Hearing Board member, with the term to expire Dec. 31, 2014• Chad Martinez as Interim Zoning Hearing Board solicitor, until the board convenes and holds its reorganization meeting• Solt as voting delegate to PSATS State Convention• Pettit as the Open Records officer• Solt and Craig as members of the CJER Regional Comprehensive Plan CommitteeThe board also approved:• to secure a Treasurer's Bond in the amount of $200,000 from Traveler's Casualty and Surety Company of America, from H.A. Thompson• to secure a Public Employee Bond from Traveler's Casualty and Surety Company of America, from H.A. Thompson• Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Company as the primary designee, subject to the 9-1-1 Center assessment of need to cover Eldred Township• West End Ambulance as the primary designee to cover Eldred Township, subject to the 9-1-1 Center assessment of need• the township funds are to be deposited in First Niagara Bank and PLGITSolt made a motion, seconded by Pettit and it was voted 3-0, to currently keep the township employees wages at the 2011 level, except for an increase to one of the part-time road crew since he is now working on a regular basis. (It was noted that the working supervisors' wages are subject to the auditors approval.)The 2012 wages are:• Roadmaster: $20.00 (working supervisor)• Full-time road crew: Employee #1, $17.70; Employee #2, $17.29; Employee #3, $16.14• Part-time road crew: Employee #1, $13.84; Employee #2, $13.00• Secretary-treasurer: $17.81 (working supervisor)• Zoning officer, $13.84• Administrative assistant, $13.77 (working supervisor)• Maintenance: Employee #1, $11.53• Planning Commissioners and Zoning Hearing Board members: $25.00 per meeting.The board approved 3-0 to retain the benefits as outlined in the employee policy handbook and retain the current Blue Cross PPO for eligible employees, as designated in the Employee Policy Handbook: 13 holidays; two sick days per year; this can be carried over to the following year(s).• All other benefits as designated in the Employee Policy HandbookIt was voted 3-0 to use the IRS mileage rate of 55.5 cents per mile.It was voted 3-0 to keep the first Wednesday of each month as the supervisors' meeting date, at 7:30 p.m., held in the municipal building.