At the Monday meeting, the Towamensing Township supervisors reorganized for the coming year.

Penny Kleintop was renamed both the chairman of the board of supervisors and the treasurer.Tom Newman is vice chair and emergency management officer.The roadmaster is Scott Mosier. Brenda Drew is the secretary for both the township and planning commission. She is the open records officer.Tom Nanovic of the Nanovic Law Offices will continue as solicitor.Carl Faust, zoning officer, is also the uniform building code officer and uniform building code inspector. Jim Melber is the alternate Uniform Building Code inspector.The township engineering firm is Carbon Engineering.Richard Workman fills the dual role of chairman of the vacancy board and Agility watchdog.Sean Corey of Codemaster is sewage enforcement officer with Scott Beiber as alternate.The zoning hearing board and planning commission solicitor is Jenny Cheng,The elected auditors are Eva Dugan, Julia Castello and Mildred Leaman. However, the township audit will be done by an accounting firm, not yet named.Greg Haas will be the joint board of appeals representative.Each check will need the signature of two supervisors. The mileage rate for use of a private car is set at 56 cents.Members of the zoning hearing board are George Karas, William Acierno and Karl Pellmeier with Don Bonnett as alternate.Paul Hoppel is considering membership on the planning commission. There is an open position.Historical Commission members are Karl Rolappe, Tom Newman, MaryBeth Beers, Dick Bieling, Paul Hoppel, Brenda Drew and Lora Nothstein.Supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month, planning commission meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month, recreation board will meet at 7 p.m. April 16 and Dec. 17, and the historical commission meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month.A staff meeting is held monthly on the fourth Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with the supervisors, secretary and roadmaster present.In other business: Donations were approved for Carbon County Home Health Care, $2,000; Palmerton Area Library, $4,000; and Towamensing Township Volunteer Fire Company, $5,000.QuickBooks has not been updated annually as it should, secretary Brenda Drew said. The cost will be $1,440.Linda Christman, speaking for the five-member committee that is discussing ways to stop the pipeline, said since Towamensing is the most-affected township, it is appropriate for the supervisors to take the lead in protecting its residents.Others on the committee are Tammy Plevretes, Diane Conner, Prateek Patnaik and Susanna Bullrich.Christman presented changes to the anti-pipeline resolution. She enumerated the farms that are preserved and those in the ag security area that would be directly affected.She said 70 percent of the rights of way will be fresh cuts though easements are available such as one in Hickory State Park and several in Towamensing.Clear cut or chemical cut maintenance was discussed. No one wants chemicals used to keep the easement cleared, and it should be specified in any papers that are signed.Christman will combine the changes with the original and present copies to the supervisors. She said if the supervisors approve the resolution the committee can go to homeowners associations and people in the local watersheds to get new members.A nonprofit group, "Save Carbon County Pennsylvania," is being formed. Regardless of what happens with the pipeline, she said the group will remain and be ready to face future environmental issues. There is a lot of interest, she said.