Ross Township will host its Christmas tree lighting ceremony and visit with Santa on Dec. 4.

The time of the event has not been set yet, Chairwoman Tina Drake said during Monday’s supervisors meeting.

Drake offered to hang the lights on the outside tree to the left of the building and help Secretary-Treasurer Danielle Romano decorate the inside Christmas tree.

“We are thinking of bringing the visit with Santa inside,” said Bernie Kozen, executive director of West End Park and Open Space Commission.

In 2020, the township canceled the tree lighting part and had the visit with Santa as a drive-thru event.

Families stayed in their vehicle and the kids received a goody bag through the window.

They had a chance to chat briefly with Santa and give them their wish list.

If COVID-19 cases spike, they might have to do a drive-thru option again.

In other business

• The township is hiring part-time snow removal drivers to plow township roads and township property. Applicants must have a CDL. The hours are as needed. To apply, call the township at 570-992-4990.

• The annual Halloween pet parade will be at 11 a.m. on Oct. 30. Drake will be one of the judges.

• Supervisor James Zahoroiko is researching fee schedules of neighboring townships. The Ross fee schedule needs to be updated. The supervisors hope to enact the new fee schedule on Jan. 1, 2022. They plan to discuss it in more detail next month.

• The township building will be used as an election polling site on Nov. 2.

• Supervisors will meet for a 2022 budget session on Oct. 19 at 5 p.m.

• Supervisors discussed the unsafe building structure at 1123 Pine Court, Saylorsburg. It was damaged by fire and has not been cleaned up yet, according to complaints from neighbors. The supervisors will ask the zoning officer to start the process to see if the place is unsafe.