The Snyder Township Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss a possible \u2018Fire Service Agreement\u2019 with Tyrone Borough. Borough Manager Al Drayovich was unable to attend the meeting due to an illness, therefore Tyrone Borough\u2019s Director of Administration Phyllis Garhart filled in for Drayovich.
\nThe proposed Fire Service Agreement from the borough is asking for a 30-percent increase of contributions of Snyder Township. Presently, the township pays $15,327 yearly. The borough pays 75 percent to the fire company and keeps 25 percent for administration purposes. Each fire company receives $3,832 under the current agreement.
\nWith the 30-percent increase, the township will pay $19,925, but each fire company will receive $4,982 a year. The increase is for all service agreements with Snyder Township, Birmingham Borough, and Grier School, other than the borough.
\n\u201cThe current contract with Snyder Township went into effect in 1996,\u201d said Garhart. \u201cThere has been no increase to this contract to provide services from the three fire companies for the borough, which would be the Citizens, Hookies, and Neptune.\u201d
\nGarhart continued, \u201cThe borough has been experiencing an increase in insurance costs and capital contributions to both the companies, therefore we feel that an increase in the contribution of Snyder Township is warranted.\u201d
\nBut, the supervisors felt they didn\u2019t receive enough information on the increase and the reasons for it, so a decision was tabled by supervisors until more information was attained.
\n\u201cWe wanted to talk with them and get a few answers,\u201d said Chairman of the Board Jim Daughenbaugh. \u201cOur fire company was here to talk and they should of had somebody here from their fire company.\u201d
\nHe added, \u201cWe can\u2019t make no decisions today.\u201d
\nViola Dysart, secretary\/treasurer of Snyder Township, said the supervisors want something itemized because the borough keeps one-fourth of what the township gives for administration fees.
\n\u201cI think we want a breakdown of what they\u2019re doing with the fees they\u2019re keeping, to see what they\u2019re paying out for the fire companies to get a better idea of what exactly is going on,\u201d said Dysart.
\nThe Bald Eagle Fire Company has no problem with the proposed increase that the borough is asking for.
\n\u201cI think it is well worth it,\u201d said Bald Eagle Fire Co. Chief Scott Illig. \u201cHow can you put a price on fire protection? We definitely could use the extra money.\u201d
\nHe added, \u201cThings aren\u2019t cheaper in Bald Eagle compared to anywhere else. We need to climb with them too.\u201d
\nFire Marshal of Snyder Township Paul Morrison also agreed that the increase is appropriate.
\n\u201cWe think that Tyrone deserves it, we\u2019re in the same situation as they are, and we think that this increase is deserving,\u201d said Morrison. \u201cWe have a good relationship with Tyrone and we want to continue to do so, the only thing that we ask for is that we\u2019d be included in first calls on their box alarm.\u201d
\nGarhart said the proposed increase definitely benefits Snyder Township because it totally surrounds the borough. She also stated that she will put together all the information the township has asked for.
\n\u201cThe detail I\u2019ll be pulling out will be the increases the borough has since the early 1990s, as to what they\u2019ve been paying whether or not they have the breakdown on their apparatuses,\u201d said Garhart. \u201cThat\u2019s detail that I have to pull out still and put together.\u201d
\nIn other business:
\n\u2022 Snyder Township resident Joe Diehl questioned the township\u2019s secretary raise of $5 per hour, which totals a little more than $10,000 per year. Diehl said that the increase is unnecessary and that many other township residents feel the same way. Supervisors did not respond to the questioning of the secretary\u2019s pay increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Snyder Township Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss a possible \u2018Fire Service Agreement\u2019 with Tyrone Borough. Borough Manager Al Drayovich was unable to attend the meeting due to an illness, therefore Tyrone Borough\u2019s Director of Administration Phyllis Garhart filled in for Drayovich. The proposed Fire Service Agreement from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}