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Thursday, April 21, 2005

Oxford Tribune - News - 04/21/2005 - East Nottingham elects new treasurer

Oxford Tribune - News - 04/21/2005 - East Nottingham elects new treasurer: "East Nottingham elects new treasurer
04/21/2005
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East Nottingham Township held its board of supervisors regular meeting, April 11. Last month, Treasurer Pam Mason, resigned from her position after informing the board she would be moving out of the Township. Thus, the board nominated Sue Hamlin to be the new treasurer at a cost of $30 per hour.
Mason has agreed to stay on as a consultant to ease the transition. The Township also took out a $2.25 million bond to insure against liability. Mason will officially resign later this month and at that time, Hamlin will be sworn-in as treasurer. At that time, an audit will be done for all records dating back to Jan. 1 of this year.
A new Open Space Committee has been formed for the township with Cliff Lee as the chairman. Other committee member's include: Ellen Mason, Courtney Peterson, and Paul Smoker. The committee will hold a spot for a rotating member of the Amish community. The Amish community was contacted because they are a large part of the agricultural community and the farming community.
'I felt we needed to have citizens who didn't serve on a board already,' Lee said. 'They are defacto members or sponsors. These applicants best filled the guidance and guidelines.'
The committee will draft initial guidelines by June or July.
The supervisors received a letter from the county asking them to join in the Mutual Aid Agreement. The agreement asks each township in Chester County to lend its emergency services to its neighboring townships in cases involving police, fire and paramedics. The main reason behind the agreement is to eliminate liability on t"

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