Forks Supervisors to Discuss Sinkholes and Subcommittees

Tonight, Forks Supervisors will discuss two issues, one about sinkholes and the other about how the board makes decisions.

On the agenda (attached) for the 7:30 meeting is the persistent issue of a sinkhole in the Sycamore Swale. Another discussion item is whether or not supervisors want to abandon the board’s standing committees.

At the end of last year, supervisors passed a new written by the , but one resident of the Sycamore Hill development reminded the board on Jan. 9 that the township already had a sinkhole ordinance. And by not taking action to help fix the sinkhole there, the township was violating its own law.

Since then, the township engineer and public works department were to investigate the swale where the sinkhole developed and report to the supervisors tonight.

The board will also discuss abandoning its five standing committees – Finance & Administration, Parks & Recreation, Public Safety, Public Works and Community Relations – in favor of one workshop.

The committee structure can give the public more opportunities to comment on specific issues, though a workshop reduces meetings from five to one.

Supervisors will discuss the pros and cons of each tonight.