{"id":436,"date":"2012-02-08T12:55:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2012-02-08T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:55:31","slug":"valley-supervisors-respond-to-resident-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"Valley supervisors respond to resident requests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regency Drive dedication seen as unlikely; tax collection hours questioned<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By Jamie Richard<\/strong>, Correspondent, CoatesvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Valley Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Patrice Proctor (left) and board member Yolanda R. Beattie review issues with residents during Tuesday night's meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

VALLEY \u2013 The Township Board of Supervisors tackled several community issues in a three-hour meeting on Tuesday evening, ranging from concerns about tax collection to whether a small road could be handed over to the township by a developer after more than two decades.<\/p>\n

Resident Kathy Amer came before the board in hopes of having her property reclassified from an apartment to a single-family dwelling.\u00a0 Amer\u2019s property contains two rental units, both of which are under the same roof as her home.\u00a0 The rental units have been vacant for ten years and Amer is hoping the reclassification will alleviate some of the costs for maintaining her property.<\/p>\n

\u201cI currently pay three sewer and three garbage bills and it\u2019s just not cost-effective for me,\u201d said Amer.<\/p>\n

Amer assured the board that she has no intention to rent the units again and will use the spaces for storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting a little older; I can\u2019t put up with the shenanigans of renting units,\u201d said Amer.<\/p>\n

The board informed Amer that they would look into the procedures needed to fulfill her request, but assured her that her request would be granted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have an issue with it; I just want to make sure we do things right,\u201d said Vice Chairman Christopher Lehenky.<\/p>\n

Carl Chetty of Chetty Builders also came before the board to ask if the township would be interested in dedicating a road, Regency Dr., in Valley.\u00a0 Regency Drive is a small road within Regency Apartments that connects Marquis Drive to E. Glencrest Road.\u00a0 Township Solicitor Alan Jarvis informed Chetty that the township is unable to dedicate the road, citing a law that that states a road cannot be dedicated by a township if it has remained undedicated for 21 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if we even have the ability to dedicate this road,\u201d said Jarvis.<\/p>\n

Even without the law, the board appeared to have little interest in dedicating and maintaining the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would we want to maintain a road that doesn\u2019t benefit our residents?\u201d said Lehenky.<\/p>\n

The board also expressed concerns over tax collection at the township building.\u00a0 Since many township residents pay taxes at the township building in cash, the board believes there is a large liability in allowing the money to be handled by township employees other than the elected tax collector, Janet Steen.<\/p>\n

Steen was previously scheduled to be in the township office to collect taxes on the following dates: Feb. 17, Feb. 29, Mar. 29, Mar. 30, May 30 and May 31. Chairwoman Patrice Proctor felt that these dates were insufficient for the needs of the taxpayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe needs to be here, at some time, every week,\u201d said Proctor.<\/p>\n

The board resolved to speak with Steen and tentatively scheduled her to be available at the township building every Monday and Friday through the tax season.<\/p>\n

Other business included setting dates for several community events, including trash pickup, community yard sales and a township cleanup day.<\/p>\n

The Board of Supervisors will next convene for a regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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