Lori Green, the wife Glenn Green, a Polk Township equipment operator/senior mechanic, addressed the Polk Township supervisors at the Monday night meeting.

She told them that she just watched them vote to pay the township bills totaling $75,000."How was it that you didn't see that the health insurance was not paid for two months and now we received notice our health insurance has been canceled? Who's going to pay my hospital bill?" she asked.Supervisor Nancy May, who also serves as secretary/treasurer, apologized and took full responsibility for the problem. She explained that she just learned of the cancellation Monday morning and immediately called Blue Cross Blue Shield.She had the money wired to pay what the township owed and made sure they were reinstated.Then she made arrangements with the township's bank First Niagara and Blue Cross Blue Shield to have the monthly payments electronically paid going forward.She explained that she had been ill and hospitalized last month. A bill had been in a big stack of papers. It was from a company other than Blue Cross/Blue Shield so she didn't pay it."As soon as I learned about the problem, I paid it. I take responsibility. Your hospital bill will be paid," she told Green.The board approved, 3-0, Ordinance 2014-02, which requires a moving permit for individuals moving in or out of the township.A moving permit application will require the name of person or persons moving to or from the township; their age, date of birth and current name and address of the employer for each person; the former address and intended address of each person; and the date upon which they moved into or departed the township; and it must be submitted within seven days of moving or departing.The penalty for failure to comply is $25, with each day of noncompliance constituting a separate violation.Resident Mark Tretter asked the purpose of such an ordinance.Supervisor Chairman Ahner said that some people move in and out of the township and never get on the tax record which results in the township losing revenue.Tretter said it sounded like Big Brother and wanted to know who would enforce this. Ahner said the zoning/codes officer would.May added that people with children move in and if the township doesn't know about them, they attend school paying no EIT, which a portion of is paid to the township.Ahner added that, "We're not trying to keep anyone out, we just want our fair share."The board then unanimously approved a resolution to specify the permit's fee of $2.The township was informed that it will receive $238,659.42 from the Liquid Fuels Allocation, which will be used toward road improvement, salt and equipment.May reported that the Great American Cleanup of PA is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. If anyone would like to participate in helping to clean up the roadsides, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will provide supplies if you apply. Applications are available at the township office.The township recycling center is looking into providing an area for residents to bring leaves. The township will store them until they can transport them to another township's composting area.The township will try to find a grant to help it build a storing area for the leaves. It is hoped that by providing this, residents will not burn leaves.It was reported that Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company responded to 12 calls in March.Gerald Zurat, zoning/ codes officer, said the township issued two final Certificate of Occupancy permits for new homes; has six permits pending; did 13 inspections; and received four formal and one informal complaints.The board unanimously approved appointing Mark Giunta of Kresgeville to the planning commission. Giunta is a civil engineer. He has lived in the township for the last seven years. He sees serving on the commission as an opportunity to serve the community and help it grow in positive ways.In other business the board approved, 3-0:• Resolution 2014-01, Management of the Retroreflectivity of Traffic Signs. In May 2012, the state mandated that there be a standard for minimum levels of retroreflectivity that must be maintained for traffic signs and that it gave until June 13, 2014, to comply.• granting a real estate tax exemption to Dolores McFarland of Kresgeville upon receiving a letter of request from the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.• to apply for a grant from Financial Assistance Program II of Monroe County in the amount of $16,665. Polk agreed to join Chestnuthill, Jackson, Eldred and Ross townships to form CJERP, a zoning ordinance and SALDO consistency project. Polk's shared cost for this is $16,665.