SPRING CREEK WATERSHED COMMISSION
January 18, 2012
Spring Township Municipal Building
7:00 pm
1. CALL TO ORDER - The Host municipality (Spring Township) will be asked to call the meeting to order, lead the Pledge of Allegiance and conduct the Election of Officers
2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
A. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS - Establish which municipalities are present
B. BYLAWS - ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS, TERMS & ELECTION - Section 1. The officers of the SCWC shall be Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson must be elected officials from participating Municipalities.
The newly elected Chairperson will conduct the remainder of the meeting
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Take action on minutes from the November 16, 2011 meeting.
4. CITIZEN COMMENTS - The public is invited to address the Commission on items not on the agenda. (5 minutes per comment)
5. OLD BUSINESS
A. Groundwater Table Status report from Todd Giddings.
B. Spring Creek Watershed Association Report
1. Watershed Sustainability Initiative
2. Informational brochure on geothermal and well bore holes
3. Other tasks
C. Stormwater Authority - continue discussion, as appropriate
D. PA Source Water Protection Program - continue discussion, as appropriate
E. Critical Recharge Areas Study - continue discussion, as appropriate
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. Open
7. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Financial Report and Vouchers - The financial report for November 2011 is as follows:
Beginning Balance: $10,613.87
Income n/a
Expenses (staff time) -95.26 (staff time, supplies/ postage, mtg announcement)
Ending Balance $10,518.61
An invoice from SF-Ventures in the amount of $211.00 was received for continued support of the Commission's website.
B. Once Around the Watershed - Each municipality present is asked to provide some interesting news from their municipality.
C. Remaining Meetings - The following meeting dates remain for 2012: February 15, March 21, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, November 21, December 19.
D. C-NET Air Times - This meeting can be viewed on C-NET on the following days/times:
Monday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 25 at 10 a.m.
Thursday, January 26 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, January 28 at 12 a.m. & 8:30 a.m.
Thank you to the State College Borough for sponsoring the airing of the January meeting.
8. ADJOURNMENT
