William Lawhead is pleased to announce his bid for re-election to the position of Lawrence Township Supervisor on the Republican ballot. He first assumed office in January 2000.
Bill is a founding member and President of the Montgomery Run Watershed Group. This group has been awarded grants from the Department of Environmental Protection to study acid mine drainage in Montgomery Run and to build a passive treatment system to clean up mine water that is polluting the creek.
He is secretary/treasurer of the Centre Cemetery Association; member of the Old Town Sportsmen’s Association; Past Exalted Ruler of Lodge Number 540 of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks and currently is the President of the Clearfield County Association of Township Officials.
He has strived to provide the people of Lawrence Township with a stable and competent voice in their local government. The Township has established a good working relationship with our local industrial and economic development agencies and works to promote our area as a tourist destination.
As a member of the Lawrence Township Board of Supervisors, he has been instrumental in eliminating over 20 pieces of surplus army trucks; which when originally purchased were relatively inexpensive, but became too expensive to maintain. They have replaced these army trucks with used PennDOT trucks, which are easier to service and maintain. The majority of the Mechanical work is done in the garage at the Township’s Municipal building and most of the parts can be obtained locally when needed.
Lawrence Township has recently partnered with Bradford, Decatur and Woodward Townships for an energy grant for the Township Building. This grant bought new windows, doors, lights and insulation for the building to cut heating, cooling and electrical costs.
The township was also awarded an energy grant through Penelec to update the lighting at the Target Building in Hyde which houses the Lawrence Township Police Department; the township Recreation Board’s batting cages; Clearfield Soccer Association indoor soccer field; Starz Cheerleading and the Area Transportation Authority’s bus garage.
The Lawrence Township Board of Supervisors has also applied for and received grants, which have provided improvements to the Lawrence Township Recreation Park and the dirt and gravel roads.
Through a joint recycling effort with Clearfield Borough, township residents can now use the recycling facility in the borough and borough residents can use our facility on Mann Road for yard waste, brush and tree trimmings. Lawrence Township also received a grant to purchase the large grinder at the compost site and the mulch produced has been sold and sometimes traded for road materials but is always free to township and borough residents.
“When I ran for office, I did so because I wanted to change some things in this township; not because of any personal vendetta or secret agenda. I do so again because I see positive things happening here.”
“Conditions in the township have improved quite a lot but we must keep moving forward. I welcome the challenge to continue this work and hope that you the citizens of Lawrence Township will allow me the opportunity to do so.”
He has two children: Zac and Amy, and four grandchildren: Zoe, Josh, Beth and Brandon. He resides in Hyde with his wife Bev and their two dogs, Popeye and Polly.
He can be reached at work at 765-0176 or ltbos3@atlanticbb.net. Also, visit the Web site: www.lawrencetwp.net.
Bill is running on the Republican ballot but can be written in on the Democratic ballot.
“I thank you for your support and I will see you at the polls.”