A main road will be paved soon, and issues with a few other roads in Schuylkill Township are being handled.

Wednesday night, the supervisors voted to enter into a $22,400 contract with Ronnie C. Folk Paving, Shoemakersville, Berks County, to pave approximately 3,000 feet of Sunny Drive, from South Main Street to approximately Back Street.

The price quote included a provision to tack on a $4 per gallon fuel surcharge on top of the price. Since the price has to remain the same to stay under the legal bid limit, the supervisors decided to ask the contractor to waive the fuel charge. If the company cannot, the supervisors said they could ask the company to pave as far as the $22,400 will take them.

The supervisors wanted to finalize the parking ordinance for Valley Street, but revisions made last month with the solicitor were not incorporated into the ordinance, so the supervisors tabled action on the final language until next month.

The supervisors also wanted to award a contract to paint lines on township roads, including showing people where to park on Valley Street.

“Lines would be painted from the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Tamaqua to Brockton,” said Supervisor Gary Feathers. “Roads definitely need to be lined. They are unsafe. They are not going to do it next week, but we have to get on their schedule.”

Since the Valley Street issue is not resolved, the supervisors also tabled the issue until June.

Signs establish a weight limit on Sanderson Street have been posted because tri-axle trucks are regularly using the road, but the township police are not able to weigh the trucks.

The supervisors had planned to partner with the West Penn Township Police Department, whose officers are trained to weigh trucks. The West Penn officers were to train Schuylkill Township officers on vehicle weighing procedure, but liability insurance concerns have forced the Schuylkill supervisors to look elsewhere for the training.

After meeting in executive session, the supervisors voted to keep the annual garbage fee at $200 for the year, but Supervisor Chuck Fayash warned the price will be going up - maybe doubling - in the next few years.

The supervisors also voted to advertise for a temporary secretary-treasurer for the township because the current one is ill.

Another issue tabled was whether to grant a franchise agreement to Comcast to provide cable television and internet to township residents

“They have refused to take care of all township residents,” Feathers said. “They don’t want to serve Tuscarora Mountain. We are wasting our time. They won’t give us a better deal than we have now.”

Fayash recommended Comcast be asked again if it would serve Tuscarora Mountain, so the matter was tabled pending an answer.

Also after the executive session, the supervisors said no to a proposal by Ron Novak, who owns the property that abuts the township property in Mary D, to purchase part of it to build a pole building for storage.

“I don’t think it’s feasible,” Feathers said. “Then, we can’t put up a pole building ourselves.”

The supervisors are considering buying another Jeep police vehicle. North Union Township is selling a 2009 Jeep Durango with 54,000 miles on it. The three supervisors will look at the Jeep before considering its purchase.