Ross Township supervisors received bids from two companies for this year’s roadwork during their monthly meeting on Monday.

They reviewed bids from the H&K Group and Hanson Aggregates. Hanson’s bid of $285,090 was about $50,000 less than H&K Group’s.

Supervisors voted 3-0 to accept Hanson’s bid to pave Rolling Hills to Dogwood overlay, sections of Ramble Wood Drive and Crestwood Court, and Oakwood Court and Pine Court, which are both cul-de-sacs.

Both bids included the cost for line painting, but the supervisors opted to stay with the Council of Government’s line painter, which is only 18 cents per mile. This saved the township $2,200.

“We have about $254,000 in the liquid fuels account to pay for roadwork,” said Vice Chairman David Shay.

The remaining estimated $30,000 will come from the township’s general fund.

In other business

• Supervisors gave Road Foreman Ethan Brewer approval to purchase a $400 pump for a fuel tank they have on-site. They will fill it with on-road diesel to fuel the township vehicles. This will save the township 35 cents per gallon of diesel compared to what they would spend at the gas station down the road. Its diesel prices continue to skyrocket. They will keep their account at the gas station active in case of emergencies.

• Shay was nominated as the Ag Committee chairperson and accepted the position. The position has been vacant since former Chairwoman Tina Drake’s term ended Dec. 31 and new Supervisor Randy Detrick came aboard in 2022. The committee can meet monthly or as often as Shay deems necessary, said Roger Christman, chair of the planning commission.

• Drake asked about the progress of the park bench that supervisors voted to purchase in 2021 in honor of their late tax collector and friend, Sharon Steen. Brewer said it was ordered but delayed.

• Supervisors voted to upgrade the full-time and part-time secretaries’ computers at a cost of about $500. The upgrade will make the two computers five times faster. Their current email program is lacking storage space, so they voted to create a Gmail account and upgrade the storage amount for $2 per month.

• Supervisors said the people living at 217 Collins Ave. in a trailer without running water and borrowing electricity from the neighbor were told to leave. According to photos taken by inspectors, there is fluid discharging from the trailer and a long extension cord running from the neighbor’s house to the trailer, which is how they got their electric. Township officials have to return to 204 Collins Ave. because people evicted in February are still there.

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