The Rush Township board of supervisors reorganized Monday with the result that virtually all key personnel from 2015 will remain intact.

At a meeting held inside the municipal building at 104 Mahanoy Ave., Shawn Gilbert was re-elected chairman; Robert Leibensperger, vice chairman; and Jeaninne Motroni, who was unable to attend the meeting, was re-elected supervisor.All are part-time positions.Katie Orlick will remain as full-time secretary/treasurer at $15 an hour and Kelly Giodano, part-time administrative assistant at $13.50 an hour.Christopher Riedlinger was appointed solicitor at $100 an hour; Peter Fagan, planning commission at $120 an hour; Burke & Burke, solicitor for the zoning hearing board at $85 an hour; and Mauch Chunk Trust as official depository.Additionally, Arro Consulting will assist zoning and code enforcement as needed and serve as the engineering firm as needed, including service to the planning commission.Each member of the planning commission will receive $20 per meeting. Zoning hearing board members will receive $10 per meeting, as will each township auditor.William Brior was appointed sewage code enforcement office at $45 an hour. Barry Ruch will serve as full-time equipment operator, CDL truck driver, road foreman and part-time sewer department worker at $18 an hour.Elden Neifert was hired as full-time equipment operator/CDL truck driver/laborer at $18 an hour; as well as Lance Frantz and Anthony Sfarra at $17.50 an hour.Michael Zimmerman was appointed sewer department employee at $20 an hour.Police Sgt. Duane Frederick was reappointed at $24.99 an hour.Twelve part-time police officers will serve at $17 an hour. They include: Bradley Hess, Corey Herring, Richard Sinton, Douglas Litwhiler, Robert Bechtel, Ryan Rehatchek, Joseph David, Lucas Fox, Elliott Burlett, Alexander Kosatschkow II, Christopher Conarty and Brigdon Odhner.With that move, resident Pat Tracy questioned why so many part-time officers are being hired, as opposed to full-time officers."We're working on it," said Gilbert.In other action, the board appointed Lorraine Brill as emergency management coordinator and David H. Clewell Sr. as EMA assistant and representative to the ESRC.Joseph P. Leonzi Jr. was named to the vacancy board.Valley Grafix was named computer consulting firm, TeamLogicIT as consultant for the website, and the Times News as the newspaper of the township.The board set meeting dates as the third Thursday of each month except in February when the session will take place Feb. 25.