During a meeting Monday morning, Walker Township supervisors reorganized. Bill McMullen will be the board chairman and Craig Wagner the vice chairman. Supervisor Leonard Ostergaard rounds out the board.

McMullen and Ostergaard also serve on the township's planning commission, with Randy Bensinger and Barb Koch. Members of the zoning hearing board are Jamie Passon, Bruce Leiby and Kent Heisler, with Ronald Farrell serving as alternate.Dana Brubaker will continue as township secretary/treasurer, with Kim Woodward assistant secretary. Township roadmaster Chad Felty will again serve as emergency management coordinator, with New England Fire Company Chief Dave Duffy assistant coordinator.The supervisors also adopted a revised employee handbook."The old employee manual was antiquated," Wagner said. "It hadn't been updated for more than 20 years."The supervisors also adopted resolution number one for 2015, setting the real estate tax millage at 4.79 plus 0.75 for fire and safety. To balance the budget at $416,733 for revenues and expenditures, the millage rate was raised by 0.5. The budget had been adopted during a special meeting Dec. 27.Other appointments made during reorganizing are: Alfred Benesch & Co., Pottsville, as township engineering firm, zoning officer and building code inspector; Mike Greek as solicitor for the township; William Brior as sewage enforcement officer; Bruce Dobash as assistant sewage enforcement officer; Kim Woodward as assistant zoning officer.