Polk Township supervisors held their reorganization meeting on Tuesday evening.

The leadership remained: Brian Ahner, chairman; Mike Hurley, vice chairman; and Carl Heckman, supervisor.

The employee appointments are: Brian Ahner, roadmaster; Beverly Christman, treasurer to the board; Rebecca Tippett, secretary to the board; Tracy Herman, zoning officer; and Pamela Thompson, full-time secretary.

The office employees received a cost-of-living adjustment raise of 8.7%.

The Teamsters Local 773 full-time employees are: Harold Touni, David Novajovsky, William C. Tippett, Troy Meckes and Derrick Burger, roadcrew; and Thomas Longyhore, road crew and solid waste center. The Teamsters Local 773 part-time employee is Gilbert Blaine Borger, recycle and solid waste center.

The township will pay 65.5 cents per mile, which is the federal rate.

There are 13 paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, General Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the employee’s birthday.

Boards

Gary Bruch is the vacancy board chairman. The Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeal members are Dennis A. Smale, Michael Held and Tomasz Slowik. Carl Heckman is the AG security chairman. AG security board members are Dennis Smale, Bryan Baumgartner, Dominick Strohlein, Dwight Christman and Robert Serfass.

The zoning hearing board and nuisance hearing board members are Thomas Milewski, Robert Serfass, Michael Lalli. Dwight Christman is the alternate for both.

The park and recreation board members are Robert Butler, Greg Mackes, Vincent Morello, Nancy Wright and Latasha Anthony.

The planning commission members are Michael Hurley, Mark Giunta, Richard Courtright, Carl Heckman and William J. Tippett.

The Veterans’ Memorial Commission members are Joan McKinsey, Sally Jablonski, Candy Burger, Mary Beth Serfass and Connie Haydt.

These professional service positions were appointed: accountant, Ellen Gnandt; township engineer, Russell R. Kresge Jr. of Keystone Engineering; supervisors’ and planning commission’s solicitor, James V. Fareri; zoning hearing board and nuisance hearing board’s solicitor, Dave Martino; labor counsel, Thomas Heimbach; UCC residential and commercial codes enforcement officer, Base Engineering Inc., and Lehigh Valley Inspection Service is the alternate; sewer enforcement officer, Jonathan Shupp, and Keystone Consulting Engineers is the alternate.

These positions were designated by motion: Delbert Zacharias, caretaker for nature park; Lehigh Valley Health Network EMS, primary emergency responder; William J. Tippett, regional emergency center delegate; Barry Borger, emergency management coordinator; William J. Tippett, emergency management coordinator assistant; Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company, chief William C. Tippett and President Bryan Beck; Berkheimer, earned income tax collector; First Northern Bank & Trust, East Stroudsburg Savings and PLGIT as depositories; Angela Schwartz, real estate tax collector; auditors, Shirley Haydt, Candy Burger and Dennis McMahon; Rebecca Tippett, Right to Know official and Tracy Herman is alternate; Michael Hurley, supervisors voting delegate; Brian Ahner, Pocono Mountains Council of Governments delegate and alternate is Rebecca Tippett; CJERP delegate is Michael Hurley and alternate is Mark Giunta; Monroe County Tax Collection Committee is Beverly Christman and the alternate is Shirley Haydt; and William C. Tippett, Polk Township Constable.

Other business

• The treasurer’s bond will remain at $1 million and is through H.A. Thompson.

• The township millage rate stayed at 0.62 percent, like it was in 2022.

• The short-term rental permit increased from $300 to $600.

• All three supervisors will attend the state conference on April 23 to 26 in Hershey.

• They will advertise the ground source heat pumps and zoning amendments, which can be found on www.polktwp.org, under the proposed ordinances section.

• The next meeting is 7 p.m. Jan. 23.