Chester Government Update
The Chester Township Board of Trustees began a special meeting at 4 p.m. Nov. 23 with the approval of several financial transactions followed by an executive session to discuss employee and personnel matters. Fiscal Officer Patricia Jarrett, Road Superintendent John Onyshko and Trustee-elect Craig Richter were invited into the session with the board.
Upon returning to public session, a motion to approve the hiring of Scott Pengov as full-time road worker was approved along with wage increases for the township’s administrative staff, including fire, road, board of zoning appeals, zoning commission, board of trustees administrative assistant and part-time fiscal officer assistant.
In other motions, Bart Ziganti was re-appointed to another term of the Chester Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), resident Deana Sritalapat was appointed to fill an open term on the BZA and Eric Wittine was appointed to serve as BZA alternate. The board greatly appreciates the time and effort of these volunteers serving on this important board.
The special meeting concluded at 5:21 p.m.
Submitted by Ken Radtke Jr., Chester Township Trustee
