Eldred Township is moving forward on its plans to renovate a former school.

Sharon Solt, township Supervisor/secretary, told the board that everything has been submitted in applying for a LSA (Local Shared Account) grant in the amount of $95,500 to be used toward any renovations needed for the former Eldred Elementary School.One of those renovations will be air conditioning for some of the rooms.She said the township received 15 letters of support from the community.Supervisor Mary Anne Clausen, vice chairwoman, wanted to know if a more detailed financial form could be added to the monthly treasurer's report to include Eldred Elementary School expenditures. Solt said it could.Township solicitor Michael Kaspszyk said Pleasant Valley School District solicitor, Daniel Corveleyn, will be submitting the conveyance of the school building to the township to the Monroe County Commissioners for review, to be sure it is consistent with the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan.All inspections of the school have been completed and Kaspszyk expects a closing date to be announced at next month's supervisors' meeting.Clausen thought it might be a good time to begin soliciting for volunteers to work on the place an announcement on the township's website, bulletin board and send it out on its email list. The board agreed and will do so.Resident Bill Walters suggested the township prepare a press release and send it to local newspapers. Kaspszyk advised waiting until the township actually owned the building.Roadmaster Keith Kuehner reported that the road crew is working on cleaning out road pipes, cold patching and servicing equipment.The township's electronic recycling program ended Wednesday. It was hauled away in a 53-foot tractor trailer. Kuehner said the program was successful and the township is planning another one in the spring.In other business, zoning officer Ellerslie Helm, said he issued four building permits and did 12 site surveys in September.The board approved, 3-0, the Chris Bush lot joinder of two parcels, one 4/10 of an acre and 1.1 acre, on Cabin Lane at Princess Lake.The board will hold a budget and zoning workshop at 10 a.m. Monday to discuss the possibility of a suggestion from Helm about adding a commercial shooting range to one of Eldred's uses.Two other municipalities in the Chestnuthill-Jackson-Eldred-Ross-Polk Regional Comprehensive plan already have that use listed.Kaspszyk explained that townships can add uses fairly easily, but if a township wanted to delete a use, it was an 18-month procedure.