DUBOIS – Leak detections have been completed until mid-May, the Sandy Township supervisors announced at Monday night’s regular meeting.
Results have showed that 120,000 gallons of water daily are being saved with potentially as much as 145,000 gallons once work on the remaining leaks is done.
The municipal authority was being charged for these gallons of water and, according to Supervisor Dave Sylvis, the savings will be passed along to the township’s water customers.
In other business, Supervisor Kevin Salandra reported the Water and Sewer Joint Agreement negotiations are continuing and going well.
He said some initial ideas have been pitched to DuBois City, and these are currently “small talking points” for the two municipalities to work out.
Sylvis also addressed a recent “Right to Know” request, filed by the DuBois Courier-Express, to learn about some municipal planning discussions during an executive session.
“We need to negotiate this in committees,” said Sylvis.
In reference to a comment made by DuBois City Manager John “Herm” Suplizio, Sylvis reiterated the municipalities would come to terms, and then vote during public meetings. He added that the joint agreement will not be voted on “in the paper.”
The supervisors also voted to start preliminary work on a new municipal building, located on Oklahoma-Salem Road, and to implement the noise ordinance.
Supervisor Jim Jeffers, Township Manager Shawn Arbaugh and Township Engineer Perry Bowser were absent from the meeting.