Upper Providence Township Board Notes

The Upper Providence Township Board of Supervisors held their regular monthly work session on Monday evening. They voted on a few items of business that had been discussed at previous meetings. 

• The board voted unanimously to award a contract for township-wide curb replacement to R.J. Sell Excavating. R.J. Sell had the lowest bid at $86,506.
• A motion passed to amend a conditional use order for Providence Town Center. The amendment stipulates contributions that the center will be making for township-sponsored concerts at the center. 
• The board approved an agreement of sale for a property at 1350 Black Rock Road, which will allow the township to build a trail at the rear of the property. The current owner receives life tenancy of the home on the property, with an extension of five years granted to the owner's children after the current owner's passing. 
• A resolution was passed approving a Department of Environmental Protection planning module for a project on Old State Road.
• Finally, the board passed an agreement to extend an amusement tax on the Expo Center at Oaks. The previous agreement ended in 2011, and the tax was extended to the end of 2012. At the end of 2012, the township wil have to decide how to adopt or readopt an amusement tax that would affect other businesses in the township.