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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING (ACT 15 OF 2020 TELEPHONE CONFERENCE ONLY)

January 13, 2021 7:00 PM

Zoom Meeting Call-In Number: (888) 788-0099 (US Toll Free)

Conference ID: 391 592 5613 (Press # when prompted)

I. CALL TO ORDER – CHAIRMAN, RANDY HEARD

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. ROLL CALL – THOMAS PETRUCCI, TOWNSHIP MANAGER

1. Board of Supervisors Roll Call

In accordance with Governor Wolf’s ongoing COVID-19 pandemic emergency declaration by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plainfield Township officials are holding this regular meeting utilizing the Zoom authorized telecommunication device platform only. Remote meetings are permitted under the provisions of Act 15 of 2020 (Health Care Cost Containment Act). The Board of Supervisors will not be physically present at this meeting. This public meeting will be recorded. We kindly ask that all interested

parties participating via the dedicated conference call line to only speak during the sections of the meeting that are specifically reserved for public comment or when prompted by the Chairman and to also state your name each time you are speaking. Members of the public and all interested parties will have the opportunity to comment via the telephone conference call prior to any official action taking place and during the Citizen’s Agenda/Non-Agenda portion of the meeting. Anyone intentionally disrupting the

meeting will be promptly muted and/or ejected from the call.

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Randy Heard, Chairman Glenn Borger, Vice Chairman Joyce Lambert, Supervisor Jane Mellert, Supervisor Stephen Hurni, Supervisor David Backenstoe, Esq., Solicitor Katelyn Kopach, Treasurer Michael Kukles, P.E., Township Engineer Paige Stefanelli, Administrative Assistant Thomas Petrucci, Township Manager

2. Roll Call – Public Participants on the Call (Please state your name(s) one at a time so the Township can make sure that your participation is recognized)

IV. SECRETARY – THOMAS PETRUCCI: 1. Approval of the December 9, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes (DRAFT) 2. Approval of the January 4, 2021 Reorganization Meeting Minutes (DRAFT) 3. Swearing in of Fire Police for 2021 by Board of Supervisors Chairman:

Alex Cortezzo Richard Johnson Joe Hart Tanner Rutt Adam Farace Seth Yahraes Matt Waldmiller Mike Farace Alex Angel Dale Schlegel

4. Public Hearing (January 13, 2021) – Request of Plainfield Township Volunteer Fire

Company for Intermunicipal Transfer of Pennsylvania Liquor License LID # 3880 CC-5281 (Club/Catering License) from Allen Township Volunteer Fire Company located at 3530 Howertown Road, Northampton, PA 18067 to Plainfield Township Volunteer Fire Company located at 6480 Sullivan Trail, Wind Gap, PA 18091 (Social Hall use)- Advertised Public Hearing and Municipal Approval by Resolution is required by Section 461 of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code (47 P.S. 4-461)

5. Resolution #2021-08 - Approving the Transfer of Pennsylvania Liquor License LID # 3880 CC-5281 into Plainfield Township from Allen Township

6. Notification Received: Notice of Transfer of Control of a Parent Company of RCN Telecom Services (Lehigh) LLC- (120 Day Application Consideration Period Expires March 30, 2021)

7. 812 Bangor Road Fire Loss Escrow – Release of Portion of Funds (Reduce Amount Held from $31,900.00 to $19,860.00)

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V. TREASURER – KATELYN KOPACH: 1. Approval of the December, 2020 General Fund Disbursements ($146,752.99) 2. Approval of the December, 2020 Treasurer’s Report

VI. TOWNSHIP ENGINEER – MICHAEL KUKLES, P.E.:

1. 550 Male Road Land Development (Conditionally Approved to May 28, 2021) –

Consideration of Approval of Indemnification Agreement

VII. TOWNSHIP MANAGER – THOMAS PETRUCCI:

2. Slate Belt Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan – Monthly Update

No report.

3. Plainfield Township Act 537 Official Plan Update – Monthly Briefing

4. Plainfield Township MS4/Stormwater Management Program – Monthly Briefing

No report.

5. Specifications for Collection, Disposal, and Recycling Services for Municipal Solid Waste from Residential and Municipal Establishments (Current Single Hauler Contract Expires June 30, 2021) – Initial Discussion

6. Zoning Ordinance Amendment Recommendation: Municipal Uses (Permitted Uses vs. Special Exception Uses)

7. Resolution #2021-09 – Appointment of Certified Public Accountant Firm to Conduct the 2020 Fiscal Year Audit of the Accounts of Plainfield Township and the Officers of Plainfield Township; Affixing the Compensation of Certified Public Accountant Firm (Legal Advertisement was published in the December 14, 2020 issue of the Express-Times)

8. Notice of Intent to Remediate Received December 10, 2020: 991 W Pennsylvania Avenue

9. Eagle Scout Project: Trail Recreation Mile Markers and Distance Markers 10. Authorization to Remit Payment to DeAngelo Brothers, LLC (DBI Services) in the

amount of $208,239.29 for 2020 Guiderail Replacement Project (project completed with no change orders required) (Capital Reserve Fund 438.400)

11. Approval of 2021 Janitorial Services Project Contact- Vanguard Cleaning Systems 12. Consideration of Approval of 2021 Trick or Treat Night – Thursday, October 31,

2021 (6:00 PM to 8:00 PM) (Rain or Shine) 13. Approval of Administrative Assistant/Building Code Official Health Insurance Opt-

Out Payment for 2021

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VIII. BOARD AND FIRE COMPANY and AMBULANCE REPORTS: 1. Planning and Zoning Report- December, 2020 2. Road Department Report- December, 2020 3. Recreation Board Report- December, 2020 (None) 4. Fire Company and Ambulance Report- December, 2020

IX. SLATE BELT REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT:

1. Slate Belt Regional Police Department Monthly Report- December, 2020

X. CITIZEN’S AGENDA/NON-AGENDA (There is a 5-minute time limit for speakers.

Please state your name prior to addressing the Board of Supervisors)* *In addition to direct public participation during the meeting, written comments concerning any listed agenda items may be submitted to the Township Manager by way of an email to manager@plainfieldtownship.org or via U.S. Mail C/O Township Manager, Plainfield Township, 6292 Sullivan Trail, Nazareth, PA 18064.

XI. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REPORTS: 1. Glenn Borger 2. Joyce Lambert 3. Jane Mellert 4. Stephen Hurni 5. Randy Heard

XII. SOLICITOR’S REPORT – (DAVID BACKENSTOE, ESQ.)

XIII. ADJOURNMENT

Plainfiled Twp. EMS ReportDecember 2020

Total Mutual Aid Calls 93Call Number Create Date Arrival Time Call Type Address Venue District Unit

191 12/1/20 6:23 PM MVA EMS Request Plainfield E361 27EU7191 12/1/20 6:51 PM MVA EMS Request Plainfield E361 27EU5267 12/1/20 8:26 PM 12/1/20 8:40 PM ALS - QRS Plainfield E362 27EU26575 12/2/20 11:48 AM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU26575 Plainfield E363 27EU5575 12/2/20 12:05 PM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU4639 12/2/20 1:11 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU26972 12/2/20 10:06 PM MVA Unknown Injurie Plainfield E363 27EU34972 12/2/20 10:25 PM MVA Unknown Injurie Plainfield E363 27EU4

1265 12/3/20 10:47 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU31265 Plainfield E361 27EU91265 12/3/20 11:01 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU341519 12/3/20 4:38 PM MVA Injuries Plainfield E362 27EU31519 Plainfield E362 52841519 Plainfield E362 E271519 12/3/20 4:58 PM MVA Injuries Plainfield E362 52841528 12/3/20 4:45 PM MVA Entrapment Plainfield E364 50841528 12/3/20 5:02 PM MVA Entrapment Plainfield E364 27EU31623 12/3/20 7:16 PM MVA Injuries Plainfield E363 27EU31623 Plainfield E363 27EU51623 12/3/20 7:27 PM MVA Injuries Plainfield E363 27EU41728 12/3/20 11:06 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU51728 12/3/20 11:20 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU42306 12/4/20 5:01 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU32306 12/4/20 5:10 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU52503 12/4/20 10:25 PM 12/4/20 10:41 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU52574 12/5/20 3:39 AM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU122574 12/5/20 3:58 AM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU122574 12/5/20 4:02 AM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU63076 12/5/20 9:50 PM 12/5/20 10:03 PM ALS - QRS Plainfield E361 27EU53181 12/6/20 3:02 AM 12/6/20 3:19 AM BLS Plainfield E362 27EU53230 12/6/20 7:22 AM Fire Dwelling Plainfield E364 27EU33230 Plainfield E364 27EU53230 Plainfield E364 35813230 12/6/20 7:37 AM Fire Dwelling Plainfield E364 27EU63231 12/6/20 7:28 AM 12/6/20 7:45 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU53356 12/6/20 12:45 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU63356 12/6/20 1:02 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU53624 12/6/20 8:00 PM 12/6/20 8:41 PM ALS - QRS Plainfield E364 27EU53917 12/7/20 11:02 AM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU33917 12/7/20 11:23 AM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU93932 12/7/20 11:26 AM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU33932 Plainfield E364 50843932 12/7/20 11:39 AM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU13936 12/7/20 11:28 AM 12/7/20 11:36 AM BLS Plainfield E362 27EU34064 12/7/20 2:49 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU14064 12/7/20 2:57 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU344135 12/7/20 4:17 PM 12/7/20 4:37 PM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU94382 12/8/20 1:39 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU14382 Plainfield E361 27EU44382 12/8/20 2:00 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU14506 12/8/20 8:57 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU94506 12/8/20 9:13 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU54857 12/8/20 5:30 PM CO Alarm/Incident Plainfield E363 27EU264989 12/8/20 10:56 PM ALS Plainfield E364 E274989 12/8/20 11:10 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU15095 12/9/20 5:55 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E361 27EU15095 12/9/20 6:11 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E361 27EU55168 12/9/20 8:41 AM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU345168 12/9/20 8:56 AM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU125337 12/9/20 11:50 AM MVA Unknown Injurie Plainfield E363 52845337 Plainfield E363 E275348 12/9/20 12:02 PM 12/9/20 12:35 PM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU95826 12/10/20 6:28 AM Fire Alarm Plainfield E363 27EU126059 12/10/20 1:21 PM MVA Unknown Injurie Plainfield E361 27EU346059 Plainfield E361 27EU66783 12/11/20 1:54 PM 12/11/20 2:11 PM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU36913 12/11/20 4:07 PM 12/11/20 4:19 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU56998 12/11/20 5:45 PM BLS Plainfield E361 52846998 Plainfield E361 E276998 12/11/20 6:03 PM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU57290 12/12/20 8:55 AM 12/12/20 9:07 AM BLS Plainfield E362 27EU57478 12/12/20 2:15 PM Fire Alarm Plainfield E361 27EU57884 12/13/20 2:19 AM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU57884 Plainfield E364 27EU67884 12/13/20 2:51 AM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU5

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8218 12/13/20 5:27 PM Fire Alarm Plainfield E361 27EU38376 12/14/20 12:17 AM 12/14/20 12:27 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU48920 12/14/20 9:01 PM 12/14/20 9:07 PM MVA Unknown Injurie Plainfield E362 27EU59263 12/15/20 12:05 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU69263 12/15/20 12:24 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU59417 12/15/20 3:26 PM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU59417 12/15/20 3:42 PM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU69577 12/15/20 7:47 PM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU59577 Plainfield E364 27EU99577 12/15/20 8:04 PM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU99771 12/16/20 2:28 AM 12/16/20 2:44 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU59787 12/16/20 3:52 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E362 27EU49787 12/16/20 4:05 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E362 27EU59944 12/16/20 11:21 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU49944 12/16/20 11:37 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU11025 12/17/20 4:42 PM 12/17/20 5:45 PM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU51122 12/17/20 7:25 PM BLS Plainfield E364 E271122 12/17/20 7:41 PM BLS Plainfield E364 52811328 12/18/20 8:21 AM 12/18/20 8:40 AM ALS Plainfield E362 27EU51369 12/18/20 9:21 AM 12/18/20 9:34 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU41508 12/18/20 12:34 PM 12/18/20 12:51 PM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU61785 12/18/20 6:28 PM 12/18/20 7:28 PM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU31827 12/18/20 7:34 PM 12/18/20 7:48 PM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU92118 12/19/20 10:02 AM 12/19/20 10:21 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU52511 12/19/20 9:10 PM Fire Alarm Plainfield E361 27EU32632 12/20/20 6:05 AM 12/20/20 6:26 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU52886 12/20/20 4:13 PM 12/20/20 4:27 PM BLS Plainfield E362 27EU42932 12/20/20 5:49 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU62932 12/20/20 6:03 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU33102 12/21/20 1:05 AM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU53102 Plainfield E364 52813200 12/21/20 8:54 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E361 27EU33200 12/21/20 9:12 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E361 27EU323275 12/21/20 10:27 AM ALS Plainfield E362 27EU13275 Plainfield E362 27EU323275 12/21/20 10:39 AM ALS Plainfield E362 27EU323700 12/21/20 10:38 PM 12/21/20 10:55 PM BLS Plainfield E362 27EU54035 12/22/20 1:12 PM 12/22/20 1:22 PM ALS Plainfield E362 27EU14258 12/22/20 5:42 PM MVA EMS Request Plainfield E362 27EU124258 Plainfield E362 27EU34258 Plainfield E362 27EU54363 12/22/20 9:31 PM 12/22/20 9:42 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU44829 12/23/20 3:25 PM 12/23/20 3:32 PM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU55112 12/24/20 12:00 AM ALS Plainfield E361 E275112 12/24/20 12:14 AM ALS Plainfield E361 27EU35112 12/24/20 12:18 AM ALS Plainfield E361 35835125 12/24/20 12:34 AM 12/24/20 12:47 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU265608 12/24/20 6:42 PM ALS - QRS Plainfield E362 E275608 12/24/20 7:13 PM ALS - QRS Plainfield E362 50875817 12/25/20 12:15 AM 12/25/20 12:23 AM Tree Down Plainfield E362 27EU55942 12/25/20 6:58 AM Fire Alarm Plainfield E364 27EU35942 12/25/20 7:18 AM Fire Alarm Plainfield E364 27EU325983 12/25/20 9:17 AM 12/25/20 9:32 AM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU326016 12/25/20 10:10 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E364 27EU266016 Plainfield E364 27EU326458 12/26/20 6:37 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E364 27EU36458 12/26/20 6:48 AM ALS - QRS Plainfield E364 27EU266596 12/26/20 12:31 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU266596 Plainfield E364 27EU326596 12/26/20 12:50 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU326596 12/26/20 1:08 PM ALS Plainfield E364 52816596 12/26/20 1:25 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU327202 12/27/20 2:02 PM 12/27/20 2:17 PM ALS - QRS Plainfield E364 27EU37523 12/28/20 4:58 AM 12/28/20 5:10 AM ALS Plainfield E363 27EU47581 12/28/20 8:31 AM MVA Fire Request Plainfield E362 27EU47581 12/28/20 8:52 AM MVA Fire Request Plainfield E362 27EU57797 12/28/20 1:34 PM 12/28/20 1:49 PM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU58209 12/29/20 2:21 AM 12/29/20 2:31 AM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU128226 12/29/20 5:43 AM 12/29/20 6:11 AM MVA Entrapment Plainfield E361 27EU128451 12/29/20 12:51 PM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU48451 12/29/20 1:10 PM BLS Plainfield E363 27EU58487 12/29/20 1:26 PM 12/29/20 1:51 PM MVA EMS Request Plainfield E361 27EU58543 12/29/20 2:46 PM Fire Alarm Plainfield E361 27EU58778 12/29/20 10:53 PM 12/29/20 11:06 PM BLS Plainfield E361 27EU58928 12/30/20 9:55 AM 12/30/20 10:05 AM BLS Plainfield E364 27EU39187 12/30/20 3:36 PM Fire Alarm Plainfield E361 27EU329187 Plainfield E361 27EU59415 12/30/20 10:49 PM Fire Alarm Plainfield E361 27EU49415 Plainfield E361 27EU59912 12/31/20 5:32 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU39912 12/31/20 5:41 PM ALS Plainfield E364 27EU9

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