The delay in this year's state budget caused townships to put various projects on hold pending approval of state-funded or administered grants. Polk Township had planned on completing the Hell Hollow Road culvert this year but was unable to proceed due to the lack of commitment from the state.

During Monday evening's board of supervisors meeting Chairman Brian Ahner announced that the township had been awarded the grant for $150,000. The grant will be made from a Local Share Account. LSA grants are funded through taxes paid by casinos.Unfortunately, since the grant was awarded so late in the year, the work on the culvert will have to be put off until next year."We will start right after the new year," Ahner said. "We want to get an early start."Other work on Hell Hollow Road has been progressing this summer. The township road crews have done dirt and gravel work recently. The Monroe County Conservation District helped fund the work to try to keep the gravel and other road debris from washing into the woods when the rainwater runs down the mountainside.The township also passed two ordinances.Ordinance No. 5 of 2016 is an amendment to the township's zoning ordinance as it pertains to signage. Ordinance No. 6 of 2016 amends the zoning ordinance regarding single or two-family dwellings within the commercial district.Copies of both ordinances can be obtained by request at the township building.The date for the next township meeting has been changed toAug. 15.The West End Fair will start Aug. 21.Painting the town blueLongtime township resident Dorothy Jeker addressed the supervisors and made a request to enter the township's right of way to tie blue ribbons on utility poles lining the township roads."In light of what has been happening lately I just thought it would be a nice gesture if our police would see the blue ribbons when they drive down our streets," Jeker said. "We want them to know we appreciate them."Jeker's father, Thomas Richmond, was a sergeant in the Mesilla, New Mexico, marshal's office who was killed in the line of duty in July 1988.Richmond had stopped a car for speeding, unaware that the occupants had just committed a robbery."Every time I hear them flying up the road, I want them to know that I pray for their safe return," Jeker said.Some of the ribbons will include the blue ribbons provided by Concerns of Police Survivors.

C.O.P.S. provides resources to aid the families of those killed in the line of duty.