PALMER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

MARCH 25, 2008

 

      A general business meeting of the Palmer Township Board of Supervisors was held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Palmer Library with all Supervisors in attendance.  Also in attendance were the Township Manager, Planning Director, Public Services Director, Police Patrolman, Township Engineer, Township Solicitor and Attorney Christy Schlottman.  Madeleine Mathias from the Morning Call and Colin McEvoy from the Express Times represented the news media.  Colver convened the meeting and led those present in the Pledge to the Flag. 

     

      Colver introduced George Kinney the township’s new Planning Director who is replacing Amanda Jensen.

 

2.   APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS – MARCH 25, 2008

 

      INFORMATION

 

      The report will be provided at the meeting.

 

      DISCUSSION

 

      On motion by Mitchell, seconded by Panella, and agreed by all, the Board voted to approve the disbursement of funds for March 25, 2008.

 

3.   APPROVAL OF MINUTES – MARCH 3, 2008

 

      DISCUSSION

 

      On motion by Smith, seconded by Panella, and agreed by three, Lammi abstained because he was absent at the meeting, the Board voted to approve the minutes of March 3, 2008.

 

4.   PALMER NORTH INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST AND PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAN REVIEW

 

      INFORMATION       

 

      The Board needs to approve/disapprove the conditional use request and the preliminary/final plan review.

 

      DISCUSSION

 

      Bruno said this meeting was advertised for two consecutive weeks in the Morning Call, as required by law, for a public hearing tonight.  Bruno entered the following items to the record:

 

T-1      Newspaper Advertisement

T-2      Conditional use application filed by the applicant

T-3      March 6, 2008 review letter by the township engineer

T-4      March 7, 2008 review letter by the township engineer

T-5      Letter of March 10, 2008 from the applicants counsel, Greg Davis

T-6      March 11, 2008 letter from the applicant withdrawing amendment

T-7      March 20, 2008 letter written by Amanda Jensen on behalf of the Planning Commission

T-8      Palmer Township departmental comment sheet dated March 10, 2008

 

      Attorney Greg Davis asked if the township had his letter dated February 19, 2008 that sought to amend the conditional use application.  Bruno said he did not.

 

      Attorney Davis distributed a packet of information to the Board of Supervisors and entered items A-1 through A-18 to the record.  Davis said each item would be discussed tonight.

 

      Davis said Verus Partners is the equitable owner of the property.  They intend to develop a 365,000 square foot manufacturing facility with warehouse space for Vanity Fair.  Davis said we want to demonstrate tonight how we comply with the township ordinances.  Davis said a warehouse is permitted by conditional use in a PO/IP zoning district but they are also requesting the building height be permitted at 45 feet.

 

Davis introduced Engineer Lewis Rauch, Engineer Larry Turoscy, Landscape Architect Dave Horn, and John Levicky, Vice President of Vanity Fair.

 

Lewis Rauch stated he was employed by Lehigh Engineering.  Davis stated exhibit A-2 outlines Mr. Rauch’s professional engineering experience.  Rauch reviewed the plan with the Board.  Rauch reviewed the road access to the facility and described the berm that will separate their property from the Highlands community to the back of their property.  Rauch said the building height will be 45 feet in the front of the building and taper to the rear of the building to take all the water to the rear detention area of the property.  Rauch said the facility has a twelve inch water line to the property and they will bring additional water lines onto the property and he stated the building will be sprinkled.  Rauch said there will be hydrants around the front, side, and rear of the building.  Rauch reviewed the lighting plan and said the poles will be 25 feet above grade in the parking area and they will include lighting shields.  Rauch said there will also be wall mounted lighting 20 feet high on the building.  Rauch reviewed A-5 the architectural rendering of the building, A-6 and A-7 which showed the building is 440 feet from the rear property line.  Rauch also reviewed the line of site plan from the Highlands community to the proposed building and reviewed the plantings that will be used for screening. 

 

Rauch said he attended meetings that Verus Partners held with the residents of the Highlands and we worked as best we could to alleviate the residents concerns.  Davis asked if the resident’s biggest concern was the view of the building from their complex.  Rauch said that is his understanding.  Rauch said they proposed moving the trees that were originally shown on the plan at the detention basin closer to the Highlands property line.  Rauch said Verus took it one step farther and hired a landscape architect to look at the proposal and asked for their suggestions on the screening.  Davis then had Rauch review how the plan complies with various township ordinances.

 

Colver asked if there was any fuel storage proposed for the site.  Rauch said no.  Colver asked how trash would be handled.  Rauch said there would be two trash compactors on site.  Lammi asked if the proposed loop for fire protection was a full loop or if it would stop at the southwest corner of the building.  Lammi also asked if the insurance company accepted that proposal.  Davis said he didn’t believe they are at that point yet with the insurance company.  Lammi asked what the back of the building looked like.  Rauch reviewed the plan drawing.  Smith asked why they had two retention ponds in the rear of the building.  Rauch said one was a biodegradable retention pond.  Rauch said the bio-retention pond was part of the water quality process.  Panella asked how many docks were proposed.  Rauch said a total of 16.  Mitchell asked if all the water would be retained on site.  Rauch reviewed how the water would be held on site and where it would drain to the main channel.

 

Charles Young, 33 Glasgow Way, asked for the height of the building.  Rauch said it is 32 feet at the rear of the building.  Davis said we are looking at 42 feet in the front of the building but are asking for 45 to allow us some leeway.  Young asked if that height includes air conditioning units on top of the roof.  Davis said that height is the building height with no units on top.  Davis said there is no definitive design of where those units will be located as yet.

 

Richard Milberg, 36 Edinburgh, said the two Highland lots the engineer used in their site view are two ideal houses that are already shielded by the berm.  Milberg said you should have used one of the units that do not have coverage from the berm.  Rauch said we picked two properties that were close to the property line. 

 

Mike Miller, 2310 Newlins Mill Road, said you talked to the Highlands residents about lighting, but how will it affect my property on the north end.  Miller said you don’t show a line of site for my property.    Rauch said there will be shielding on the back of the lights to shield your property.  Rauch said he believes the architect may be able to address his concerns better.

 

David Behar, 18 Lower Way Road, asked for clarification because it was said this is a manufacturing facility but you are also talking about a warehouse trucking facility.  Rauch said it is a manufacturing warehouse facility but the ordinance states if there are more than 45 trucks per day we need to address that.  Davis said we are showing we comply with the trucking terminal regulations also.

 

Lammi asked if the warehouse was an accessory to the manufacturing.  Rauch said they will manufacture and store the product in the warehouse until shipped.  Lammi asked if site lighting would be on all night long.  Davis said that question would probably be best for the Vanity Fair representative to answer.

 

Larry Turoscy, Director of Engineering at Lehigh Engineering stated he was a licensed professional engineer and surveyor.  Turoscy said he is the traffic engineer for this project.  Turoscy said his office prepared the traffic study showing car and truck traffic.  Turoscy reviewed exhibit A-10 of the packet.  Turoscy said there would be approximately 670 employees and approximately 38 trucks arriving and leaving the site throughout the day.  Turoscy said the employee’s hours are staggered to alleviate traffic coming into the facility all at one time.  Turoscy said the trucks would be arriving primarily between 6 AM and 6 PM.  Turoscy reviewed the road improvements on exhibits A-11 & A-12.  Turoscy said their traffic study includes other projects in the area, i.e., the Chrin development, Prologis, 2251 building, and hospital traffic.  Turoscy said they projected for a 10-year period and found that in 10 years the existing roads would not handle the increase in traffic.  Turoscy said we looked at signing plans for the traffic to avoid residential neighborhoods and looked at what improvements needed to be made to the roadways.  Turoscy then explained the plan and road improvements that included widening, turning lanes, and signalization at VanBuren and Newlins Mill Road.  Turoscy said he met with the township engineer several times to make sure they agreed on the necessary improvements.  Turoscy said he feels the road improvements will adequately accommodate the Verus project and more.

 

Colver asked the township engineer if the proposed plan was satisfactory.  Dillman said for the most part yes and they will work out others minor details.  Lammi asked if the intersection at VanBuren and Hollow Road would have a turn lane.  Turoscy said they did not have to make improvements at that intersection.  Turoscy said he would think future developers in that area would be required to make those improvements.

 

Gil Greene, 32 Edinburgh, asked about the easterly portion of Newlins Mill Road.  Greene said since most of the employees will be coming from the Bangor area they may be coming in from this direction.  Turoscy said the employees would be working staggered shifts to help the traffic flow.

 

Don Gebhardt, 78 Moore Drive, said he had two concerns.  Proper signage south of Van Buren for trucks to follow, and he asked if the plan is approved tonight, will there be anything done to reroute construction traffic with Hollo Road being closed.  Turoscy said they will be doing proper signage during construction.  Colver said there is going to be a lot of construction in this area in a short amount of time.  Colver said Hollo will be open before the building is in operation but during construction they would be required to go north of Hollo Road. 

 

Richard Milberg, 36 Edinburgh, said trucks are not permitted to make left turns on Newlins Mill Road off of Tatamy Road.  Milberg asked how they plan on having the construction traffic flow.  Colver said an upcoming witness will testify to that.

 

David Behar, Lower Way Road, said you mentioned local trucks making a left turn from Newlins Mill Road onto VanBuren.  Turoscy said it would be local trucks only.  Like furniture and appliance deliveries that would need to get into the neighborhoods.

 

Tom Meagher, Senior Vice President with the Norwood Company, said we will stipulate the construction traffic use all truck traffic routes that currently exist for the industrial park.  Meagher said construction hours of operation will be 6 to 6:30 in the morning and continue throughout daylight.  Some days may carry over into early evening hours.  Meagher said concrete needs to be poured during the cooler hours of the day, early mornings or early evening hours.  Meagher said this would also be for a fairly short period of time.  Meagher said they will comply with township ordinances.  Supervisor Smith asked when the road is torn up and reconstructed would a lane remain open for through traffic.  Meagher said yes.  Panella asked if Hollo Road would be opened by the beginning of construction.  Dillman said the culvert still needs to be completed.

 

David Horn, Landscape Architect of the project, said he is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree and he is licensed in five states.  Horn said he received a call from the project engineer and was asked to review the buffer area between the site and the neighboring community and the northern buffer area of the site.  Horn said he reviewed the existing berm and the quality of the existing plantings and got a feel for the soil.  Horn said the soil type helps us determine selecting the correct plantings.  Horn reviewed exhibit A-15 with the Board.  Horn said the existing berm is 5 to 6-1/2 feet in height.  Horn said Verus gave him free reign to come up with a solution to supplement the existing buffer on the south end of the property and to create a new buffer on the northeast corner.  Horn said he reviewed the township guidelines and what was required.  Horn then reviewed exhibits A-16 that shows the southern buffer and A-17 shows a portion of the south eastern portion and the north east buffer.  Horn said they propose a buffer that will eliminate gaps, with the exception of where there are easements.  Horn said the plants will be six to eight feet in height at the time of planting in both the southern and northern buffer.  Horn said the resident in the northeast does have a slightly higher existing perch and we are using a smattering of various evergreen and residues trees that will give character and color.  Colver said from a Boards standpoint it appears you did and excellent job.

 

Don Gebhardt, 78 Moore Drive, thanked the Planning Commission for working with them to come up with this plan.  Gebhardt asked about long term maintenance of the buffers.  Davis said the township will require the property owner to maintain the property and the property owner is fine with that.  Colver said that will fall on the Vanity Fair people.  Davis said Vanity Fair is the tenant so the owner of the property, Verus Partners, would be responsible. 

 

Charles Young, 33 Glasgow Way, said the intent of the regulations was to have a screening after a three year period.  Young asked if that has been accomplished with the existing berm.  Horn said no.  Young said he would like to point that out to the Board because you see the plan on paper but after it happens the developer does not do what he is responsible for.  Colver said because the development is not built out yet the berm has not been inspected.  Dillman said they have been out to look at it and there are plants missing and they have made some changes.  Dillman said they have not had a final inspection yet and the township still has security in place.  Young said his point is not how many units are there but did they fulfill their requirement.  Colver said they may not have been required by ordinance to do it.  Young said they said they would do it and they have not. 

 

Richard Milberg, 36 Edinburgh, said back when they received conditional approval for the Highlands they said the trees would be four to nine feet high.  Milberg asked the landscape expert if he examined the existing landscaping plan for the Highlands.  Milberg asked if the condition of the existing planted trees will affect his effort.  Horn said no.

 

Davis introduced John Levicki, Vice President of Supply Chain for Magestic Athletic, Vanity Fair Imagewear.  Levicki said he currently works at the Bangor facility.  Levicki said they are licensed to work for the Major League Baseball teams.  Levicki said they will manufacture, decorate, and ship from the Newlins Mill Road warehouse.  Levicki said there will be sewers, office staff, a decorations area, etc.  Levicki confirmed the staggered hours for employees and the amount of trucks traveling each day.  Levicki said they will post signs that tractor trailers will not be permitted to idle on the property.  Levicki said there will not be any smoke leaving the building and no vehicles would be maintained or repaired on site.  Levicki said some aerosols would be stored on site in cabinets.  Colver asked if the site lighting would be lit all night long.  Levicki said he does not believe that has been discussed at this point but he would think the lights would go to a lower level in the evening.  Colver asked about security.  Levicki said in Bangor we currently have a security guard on site at night.  Levicki said it has not been discussed yet for the new facility.  Colver asked if there was any fencing on site other than around the retention pond.  Levicki said just around the pond.  Lammi asked if the warehouse was strictly to support the manufacturing.  Levicki said it is storing what we manufacture before shipping it out.  Levicki said it is normally a five day work week but there may be occasions where they will need to work six or seven days during the busiest time of year.  Smith asked if there would be any retail on site.  Levicki said no. 

 

David Behar, 18 Lower Way Road, asked for confirmation of what would be done on site since nothing will be released into the air.  Levicki said it is mostly sewing and decorating.

 

Bruno asked the audience if anyone would like to make a statement at this time. 

 

Gil Green, 32 Edinburgh, asked the Board to consider defining the companies normal hours of operation in an ordinance so it is on record and to include that no delivery trucks would be allowed to idle over night, and that there would be no hazardous chemicals on site as the tenant has indicated. 

 

Tony Ganguzza, 6616 Rupskill Road, asked if the Board would be voting on the conditional use now.  Colver said yes.

 

Attorney Davis asked to have his letter dated February 19, 2008 on behalf of the applicant added to the record as exhibit A-19.   

 

Terry Fall, representing Vanity Fair, commented regarding Mr. Greens comment regulating business hours by ordinance.  Fall said Vanity Fair could not commit to specific hours because there are always busy times that come along and we will need to work some extra hours.  Fall said Vanity Fair would not be able to comply if it was a condition. 

 

On motion by Lammi, seconded by Smith, and agreed by all, the Board agreed to close the hearing for deliberation.

 

      Lammi made a motion to approve the conditional use request for the Palmer North Industrial site for the intended use by Vanity Fair/Magestic. Bruno recommended the engineer comments be satisfied by the applicant as part of the conditional use approval.  Lammi amended his motion to include that the applicant fulfill the comments outlined in the township engineer’s letters dated March 6 & 7, 2008, and the applicant fulfill the comments outlined in the township departmental comment sheet dated March 10, 2008.  The motion was seconded by Smith, and agreed by all.  Attorney Davis asked if the approval of the 45 foot building height should be included in the motion.  Bruno recommended it be added to the motion.  Lammi amended his motion to include approval of a 45 foot building height.  Smith seconded the amendment, and it was agreed by all. 

 

      Colver stated round two of this process is the preliminary/final land development plan review.  Colver said at this time we typically get into the township engineer review letters and if there are any outstanding issues that either party feels cannot be addressed.  Dillman said any issues we have are being worked out between the two parties.  Dillman said at this point there is nothing insurmountable that cannot be addressed.  Turoscy said on both engineering and traffic improvements, we will be able to comply with the comments noted on the township engineer letters.  Bruno noted there are also two waivers and deferrals being sought.  Lammi questioned item nine on page five of the March 6, 2008 township engineer letter regarding geotechnical review of the bio-retention basin.  Rauch said to address this item we are going to line the bio-retention basin just as they will line the retention basin.  Lammi asked if the geo-technical engineer responded back as far as your geo-tech’s evaluation noted on page ten, item nine.  Dillman said he didn’t know if the township received their geo-technical engineers comments yet.  Dillman said he did not have a chance to check with Paul Hosking regarding extending the sewer in the area.  Rausch said he did have a conversation with Hosking but he is uncommitted at this time.  Rausch said they are under the assumption that they may need to extend the sewer line.  Lammi said it needs to be done prior to the new road going in.  Rausch said it would be completed before the road is reconstructed.  Lammi said this needs to be resolved with Paul Hosking and the Sewer Authority.

 

      Lammi made a motion to approve the preliminary/final land development plan for Palmer North Industrial conditioned upon the applicant fulfilling the items outlined in the township engineer’s letters dated March 6, 2008 and March 7, 2008, the applicant fulfilling the township departmental comments dated March 10, 2008, applicant prepare a subdivision improvements agreement to the satisfaction of the township solicitor, the applicant provide financial security in a form acceptable to the township solicitor, waivers were granted related to Section 165-59.F(3)(b) regarding minimum length of vertical curve on Newlins Mill Road and Van Buren Road, Section 165-63.K(2)(c) regarding emergency spillway being constructed of reinforced concrete, mortared in-place riprap or concrete rubble, deferrals were granted for Section 165-69 regarding installation of sidewalks along property frontage, and Section 165-75 regarding installation of curbing along property frontage.  Bruno noted the township solicitor prepares the subdivision improvements agreement and the developer enters into the agreement to the satisfaction of the township solicitor.  Lammi amended the motion to note the developer will enter into a subdivision improvements agreement to the satisfaction of the township solicitor and pay a recreation fee of $3,000 per acre in accordance with the township ordinance.  Smith seconded the amendment, and it was agreed by all.

 

5.   DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TOWNSHIP SHORT TERM DISABILITY PROVIDER

 

      INFORMATION       

 

      The Board needs to approve/disapprove changing short term disability providers. 

 

      DISCUSSION

 

      Bob Anckaitis told the Board the township’s existing short term disability provider informed us of an annual increase in premium of $11,899.80.  Anckaitis said Brown and Brown went out for new proposals and Unum is willing to offer us the same plan for $4,478 less a year.  Anckaitis said Unum’s proposal also guarantees us the same rate for a two year period.

 

      On motion by Panella, seconded by Mitchell, and agreed by all, the Board approved changing short term disability providers from Eastern Life and Casualty Insurance to Unum effective April 1, 2008 with an annual premium of $31,221.24.

 

6.   TOWNSHIP ENGINEER CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE

 

      INFORMATION       

     

      The township engineer will update the Board on the status of all capital projects.

 

      DISCUSSION

 

      Engineer Dillman said the last slivers of right-of-way properties that we need cleared for the Greenwood Avenue project are in process and should be wrapped up shortly.  Dillman distributed a comprehensive list of all projects the engineer is working on for the township.  Lammi said when he saw the list yesterday in a meeting he thought it was very helpful for the supervisors to see the complete list of projects. 

     

7.   PUBLIC COMMENT

     

      None

 

8.   REPORTS

     

      Solicitor

·        Bruno had a resolution for acceptance of right-of-way’s in Somerset Village for South Nulton, Camden Street, Springfield Way, Gorham Road, Sonesta Lane, Palmetto Drive, and Carrington Circle.  On motion by Mitchell, seconded by Panella, and agreed by all, the Board approved the resolution accepting the right-of-way’s for Somerset Village.

·        Bruno had storm sewer easement agreements for Somerset Village requiring signatures.  On motion by Lammi, seconded by Smith, and agreed by all, the Board authorized the Chairman to sign nine storm sewer easement agreements for Somerset Village. 

·        Bruno had the Somerset Village maintenance agreement approving them entering into their agreement retroactive to April 1, 2007 and running for an 18-month period from that date.  On motion by Smith, seconded by Panella, and agreed by all, the Board authorized the Chairman to sign the maintenance agreement

·        Bruno had an extension request from Fox Run Estates requesting an extension until June 30, 2008 to complete public improvements.  On motion by Lammi, seconded by Smith, and agreed by all, the Board authorized the Chairman to sign the extension agreement.

·        Bruno had an extension request from Frank Bubba, Lot 9, Northwood Industrial Development requesting an extension until February 28, 2009 to complete improvements.  On motion by Smith, seconded by Panella, and agreed by all, the Board authorized the extension request.

·        Bruno said the school district’s Binney and Smith property currently has a temporary certificate of occupancy that expires on March 31, 2008.  Anckaitis said it originally expired in December and we extended it until March 31st.  Anckaitis said when the Planning Director checked on this it appears all the school district has been working on is the inside work and the handicapped accessibility.  Anckaitis said they have not done anything related to the safety issues. Anckaitis said they are stopping busses and loading and unloading student’s right out in the street.  Anckaitis said the township engineer gave them information on how to deal with this issue and we feel they may totally ignore that information.  Anckaitis said he recommends we grant them an extension until the end of June or July but that we draft a letter to the school district stating if they do not have all the issues resolved by that date there will be no more extensions.  Dillman said they sent a letter in February and they have done virtually nothing to address the items in their letter.  Dillman said how they are loading students on Edgewood Avenue is not permitted by ordinance.  Colver said he does not have a problem sending the letter with an end of July due date.  Lammi suggested the middle of July as the deadline.  The Board agreed.  Bruno said he will draft the letter but he will need a copy of the outstanding items.  Dillman said he would get that for him.  On motion by Lammi, seconded by Mitchell, and agreed by all, the Board granted an extension of the temporary certificate of occupancy until July 15 and agreed to have the solicitor send a letter as discussed.   

·        Bruno said everyone is aware of the favorable decision with conditions for the IDI project.  Bruno said they have a right of appeal that will expire around March 28.  Lammi suggested the Chairman send a letter to the Lower Nazareth Board thanking them for taking our comments into consideration.

·        Bruno had one litigation item for executive session.

 

      Manager

·        Anckaitis said he will be at the three day PELRAS conference beginning tomorrow.

·        Anckaitis said he received notice from Jean Tilwick and Jim Young that they will be retiring effective April 30, 2008.

·        Anckaitis said he has 32 applicants for the community center position.  He is interviewing nine candidates that appear to be very good on paper.  Anckaitis said some have experience running a community center and/or YMCA. 

 

      Planning Director

·        Kinney asked the Board if there were any items of concern to discuss on the upcoming Zoning Hearing Board agenda.  Colver said the neighbors in the Tracy School area are ready to attend the meeting and oppose the school districts project of expanding the bus terminal.

 

      Public Services Director

·        Adams suggested in keeping the utility relocation project moving on the Greenwood Avenue project it might be prudent to separate the tree elimination portion to get it done before the construction starts.  Adams said he believes it would cost about $15,000 to $20,000.  Colver said he thinks we should move ahead with that concept.

·        Adams said he failed to put in this year’s budget to do the last mile of the Bushkill bike path.  Adams said rough numbers are about $400,000 for the project and our portion would be about $200,000 if DCNR would match 50/50.  Adams said the grant needs to be in by the end of April.  Lammi made a motion to process the grant application.  The motion was seconded by Smith, and agreed by all.

·        Adams said last year we put money in the budget to paint the pool but it could not be completed in time for Memorial Day.  Adams said $12,000 was budgeted in buildings and ground that was not spent.  Adams said the pool is making about $5,000 a year and he recommends some of that money be used for water blasting and painting.  Adams said there is also a leak in the diving well that needs to be repaired at a cost of $3,000.  Adams said some money would need to be allocated from the general fund.  On motion by Mitchell, seconded by Smith, and agreed by all, the Board authorized the repair work.

 

      Supervisors

·        Lammi said at the ESC meeting last week they were working on amendments to the contract regarding the recycling center now accepting additional types of plastic. 

·        Lammi said the ESC advertised in the newsletter and website that they are looking for new members.  Lammi said he would like to recommend appointment of Terry Cooper, 4300 Embur Terrace, and Christopher Briglia, 4009 Freemansburg Avenue to the Environmental Steering Committee.  Lammi made a motion to appoint Terry Cooper and Christopher Briglia to the Environmental Steering Committee.  The motion was seconded by Smith, and agreed by all.  

·        Panella had one personnel item for executive session.

 

      On motion by Mitchell, seconded by Panella, and agreed by all, the meeting was adjourned at 10:50 p.m. with one personnel and one litigation item for executive session.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Robert G. Anckaitis

Township Manager