The Foster Township Supervisors passed a number of resolutions
Monday evening and heard from one resident of Bells Camp Road about
a continuing problem with a business near his home.

John Johnson said the only time the problems with Universal Well
Services Inc., had gotten better was when they shut down recently
due to weather.

Johnson and another resident had voiced concerns about
discharged silica sand in the air and noise coming from the
business and its employees at all hours of the day and night at a
December supervisors meeting.

“Now, there’s all kinds of mud on the roads. It’s not better
except they shut down,” said Johnson. “We’ve got mud a half-mile
each direction. I have mud on my garage and I have a paved
driveway. And I heard they want to double the size of the
building.”

Supervisor Chairman Robert Slike Jr. said he had gone up to the
area on Wednesday and “it was a mess.”

“But didn’t the state go up there with a sweeper?” asked
Slike.

Johnson said it was better, but he wasn’t sure why except the
company is not working at this time.

“I have been there 25 years and lived with Kendall and everyone
else,” said Johnson. “When I moved out there it was nice quiet
country. I invite you to come out to my driveway and look down –
it’s the most atrocious thing you can see.

“It’s a cryin’ shame. You take a neat little residential area
and let a company destroy it,” he added.

Johnson said the area looked like a “junkyard” and said if the
company builds another building he “couldn’t imagine what it would
look like.”

Slike asked Johnson if he had complained to the state because
the road is not owned by the township.

Johnson said he had and a neighbor, Jason Campbell, had been
calling every day.

About the tracking of the mud, zoning officer Ralph Skaggs said
the company is supposed to put down a dustless material, and that
he understood the company planned to pave at least one portion of
the area.

As for the silica in the air, Johnson said when he spoke to
“Frank,” the boss, he was told that the filters did have holes, but
they would be fixed.

“This is something I would like to be watched and you to be
aware of,” said Johnson to the supervisors.

Slike said Skaggs would go out and talk to the company again to
see if they could get gravel to put down to fill in to prevent the
mud. He added that Supervisor M. Chris Wolcott would likely talk to
the company as well.

In other business, the supervisors passed an ordinance amendment
to the emergency ambulance service agreement. This amendment
changes the amount the township will pay to the city from $16,800
to $14,560 for ambulance service to the township.

The supervisors agreed in a resolution to allow David White to
lease a space in the municipal building for his business, DJ White
Kitchen Refacing.

The supervisors also agreed to pass a resolution to purchase
eight acres of land adjacent to the Tuna Cross Road area to be used
at a future date as an extension to the recreation area there.

A resolution was also passed allowing the township to apply for
allocation of liquid fuels funds to purchase anti-skid material to
be used on the roads.

Also, the supervisors passed a resolution to exonerate the tax
collector in the township from collecting per capita tax and enable
the uncollected taxes to be sent to collection by Statewide Tax
Recovery Inc.

The supervisors also talked about a recent meeting that
Supervisor Cary Kaber attended to discuss the possibility of
creating a master plan for the Bradford area.

According to the discussion, the cost of such a plan could be as
much as $250,000 to $300,000.

Kaber said he knew there was a meeting to be held on Thursday to
discuss the idea further, but knew little else about it, except it
would cost money to create.

Wolcott mentioned that he believed there had already been a
master plan created three or four years ago, and that if a new one
would have a cost that they discuss the issue. He also added that
he understood there were state grants and funds to help pay for the
cost.

Slike said they would find out more and let their residents know
about it and have a voice before any decisions would be made
regarding their participation in it.

At the January meeting of Bradford City Council, Mike Glesk,
executive director of the Bradford Area Alliance, had approached
council to discuss the need for a master plan.