Chestnuthill Township supervisors this week passed a motion to combine the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grants for the $7.8 million emergency services center to be built on Route 715.

The resolution is to combine two grants, the first grant for $1 million and the second grant for $500,000.

“We have submitted a third application for $500,000, so we might be doing this again,” said Commissioners’ Chairman Carl Gould.

The building will replace the current firehouse and bring the township’s emergency providers all into one facility.

The shared emergency facility has been in the works for Chestnuthill since 2018 and will soon break ground on the property on Route 715 across from the current fire company.

The goal is to build an emergency services facility that could also serve other neighboring municipalities in the event of a catastrophe in which emergency services in the other communities could not perform emergency operations that they usually would.

The 19,598-square-foot building has 13,630 square feet dedicated to the fire department and 2,781 square feet to the township’s emergency operations center. A West End Ambulance will also be housed there.

In other business

In other development business, a Highway Occupancy Permit for sidewalk improvements in the Mount Effort Plaza was approved and signed by the chairman.

A motion passed to approve the certified bid of $39,000 from Arborist LLC to cut down and remove trees that pose a hazard on the walking trails and park.

Supervisors approved a resolution for a banner to be hung in Brodheadsville to remind everyone to come out to the Dave Fleetwood Memorial 5K race/walk. The race starts at 9 a.m. on May 30.

The board authorized the sale of a 2004 Dodge truck and will advertise for bids for a mechanics truck.

The next Chestnuthill Supervisors meeting will be at 7 p.m. on May 4.

The May 18 meeting will be canceled due to the primary election.