Supervisors decide to advertise new ordinance

A private company may be OK'd by the township to do building code inspections.
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Union Township police have begun unannounced sporadic enforcement of speed limits in Union Township.
Supervisor Steve Galizia said coverage has been stepped up and "we are asking people to start obeying speed limits." Supervisor Pat Angiolelli said motorists have had plenty of warning and should not complain if they are cited.
Speeding, especially in the U.S. Route 422 commercial district and on Wilson Road, has long been a source of complaints from residents.
During a meeting last week, supervisors announced they will advertise two paving projects for bids. These involve paving Wilson Road and paving the main entrance of Scotland Meadows Park to the circle, as well as widening the drive to allow spaces for parallel parking on both sides.
Another long-pending project, the installation of storm drains and culverts on West Washington Street, is being advertised for labor. The equipment has already been purchased. The project is being done with a 2002 Community Development Block Grant.
Galizia said the advertisement is to determine whether outsourcing the job may be cheaper than using township workers.
Inspection ordinance
Supervisors also agreed to advertise an ordinance to join the Lawrence County Council of Governments to use Code.Sys Code Consulting of Bath, Pa. as the township's inspector for the new statewide building code. Initially, supervisors announced they would use state inspectors. However, Galizia decided that it was taking too long and holding up construction on projects including a restaurant that wants to locate in the township.
He said Code.Sys guarantees to inspect residences within 2-3 days and commercial establishments within two weeks of the request.
Guinaugh asked why $1,230, which was paid to Robert Brown for materials to seal the parking lot at the sewer authority building, wasn't brought before supervisors for approval before the work was done. Galizia said the work was a "maintenance issue" and that the township has handled such expenditures this way for years.
Clair Damon, who won the Democratic nomination this week for township supervisor and will run against Galizia in November, said rumors are circulating that if elected he will abolish the township's police department and merge it with another local department. He said this is absolutely untrue.
Guinaugh said he also wanted to state publicly that any rumors that he has the same plan are likewise untrue.