North Strabane Reorganizes Departments

October 26, 2022 4:02 am

North Strabane Township Supervisors moved through a lengthy agenda Tuesday night. There were 24 action items to consider, all of them passed with 3-0 votes. Absent from the meeting were supervisors Harold Close and Marcus Staley. The biggest items passed regarded new organization charts for township administration and appointments for new positions. The new Public Safety Department will be headed by Current Public Safety Director Mark Grimm. The new organization calls for Grimm to head the administrative duties of the police and fire departments. Daily operations will be handled by Assistant Fire Chief Richard Yosi and newly appointed Police Captain Matthew Mancini (pictured). Mancini has been with the North Strabane Police Department for more than 20 years. He replaces the recently departed Police Chief Brian Hughes. A new Community Development department was also approved. It will combine the offices of the Planning/Zoning department and the Code Enforcement office. Current Planning and Zoning Director Anthony Asciolla will become head of that department at the beginning of 2023. Supervisors also approved updates to its zoning map and approved changes to zoning ordinances offering updated guidance on the keeping of chickens and bees. Ordinances regulating properties offered for short term rentals that are often found on websites like Airbnb and VRBO were also tightened.