Chestnuthill Township Supervisors
Chestnuthill Township completed its yearly reorganization on Monday. Chuck Gould will continue as chairman. Christ Eckert will once again serve as vice chairman. Tim McManus, of Cramer, Swetz, McManus and Jordan, was reappointed solicitor to the supervisors as well as the planning commission.
Township manager David Albright was reappointed for 2016 and will also serve as the township's representative to the COG. Albright was also called upon to handle public relations in an emergency situation.Cathy Martinelli was reappointed to the position of secretary/treasurer and open records officer. Martinelli's duties also include earned income tax liaison, alternate COG representative, and she will handle finances and administration in an emergency situation.David Scheller will continue as roadmaster. Auditor for 2015 will be Riley and Company. Zelenkofske Axelrod was appointed as the CPA consulting firm.Other appointmentsSewage enforcement officer, H.M. Beers Inc.; attorney for sewage enforcement, Todd Weitzmann; alternate sewage enforcement officer, Jeryl Reinhart; soil scientist, Mark Mills of Soils Resource Limited; sewage enforcement secretary, Andrea Kennedy; township engineers, Reilly Associates - Chris McDermott; alternate township engineer, Keystone Engineering - Eric Snyder; planning/zoning director and secretary, Matt Neeb; attorney for zoning, H. Clark Connor; zoning hearing board attorney, Joseph P. McDonald; building code inspector, Lehigh Valley Inspection Service; information/technology coordinator and grant writer, John Mathews; data coordinator, Ryan Schlogl; earned income tax collector, Berkheimer; vacancy board, BOS and Kim Lutz; special counsel for bargaining agreements, Mike Carr of Stevens and Lee Law Firm; special counsel, Michael Collins; buildings-grounds keeper and assistant zoning officer, Adam Thieling.Reappointment to the five-year term of the zoning hearing board, Jim Serfass. Reappointment to the four-year terms on the planning commission, Roger Kutzler and Sherry Harding.Dick Rodenbach was reappointed to the West End Park and Open Spaces Commission.Chuck Gould will be the board member delegated to the CJERP Regional Planning Commission, Sherry Harding will be the planning member delegate. Attorney Jim Fareri will act as CJERP solicitor for the township. Karen Hayes was reappointed to the CJER Regional Joint Building Code Board of Appeals.Nonunion contracts were approved for Albright, Martinelli, Scheller, Neeb, Thieling, Mathews and Schlogl.The township will continue to hold its board of supervisors meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.