Eldred Township reorganizes
Gretchen Gannon Pettit will remain as Eldred Township supervisor chairman for 2015. The board of supervisors held its annual reorganizational meeting Monday night.
For 2015, the vice chairman is Mary Anne Clausen. Sharon Solt remains secretary/treasurer and Michael Kaspszyk is the township solicitor.Other township positions are filled by: Brien Kocher of Hanover Engineers Associates Inc.; Russell Kresge, alternate engineer; Keith Kuehner, roadmaster; Jake Schray, Hanover; Darcy Gannon, administrative assistant; Ellerslie Helm, zoning and codes officer; Marilyn Ludwig of Hanover, Building Code Official; Bruce Gower, CJERP joint board of appeals committee member; Berkheimer, earned income tax collector; Mary Anne Clausen, earned income tax collection liaison; Monroe County Tax Collection Committee, earned income tax appeals officer; Gary Hoffman, Emergency Management coordinator and vacancy board chairman; Helen Mackes and Kevin Silliman, Planning Commission members until Dec. 31, 2018; Dan Lyons, Planning Commission solicitor; H.A. Thompson, Treasurer's Bond and Employee Bond; Al Aumack, Zoning Hearing Board member, term expiring Dec. 31, 2017; Chad Martinez, Zoning Hearing Board attorney; Mary Anne Clausen, voting delegate to state convention; Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Company will cover Eldred Township as will the West End Community Ambulance; First Niagra Bank and PLGIT, depositories for township funds; Sharon Solt, open records officer; Rich Salter and Virginia Salter, constables as security officers; Mary Anne Clausen, Pocono Mountains Council of Governments representative; Sharon Solt and Kevin Silliman, CJERP Regional Comprehensive Plan Committee members.Township employees will receive a 2 percent increase in wages: Keith Kuehner, roadmaster, $19.28/hour; John Smith and Ray Miller, full-time road crew, $17.02/hour; Robert Christman and James Smith, part-time road crew, $14.99/hour; Sharon Solt, secretary/-treasurer, $19.28/hour, suggested, but is set by the elected auditors; Ellerslie Helm, zoning and codes officer, $14.99/hour; Darcy Gannon, administrative assistant, $14.48/hour; Debra George, maintenance/-indoor, $14.48/hour.All benefits will remain the same.Mileage reimbursement rate is the federal 2015 rate of $0.575 per mile for an employee's personal vehicle on township business.