Peters Twp Approves $10 Million Bond

Peters Township Council tackled an aggressive agenda at their meeting on Monday night. Council approved a $10 million bond issue to cover several items, most of them related to the construction of Rolling Hills Park. With this bond council will reimburse the township for expenditures already incurred with the purchase of Rolling Hills Park and the Phase I design stage of the park. That phase will include the road, utilities, restrooms, picnic shelters and a maintenance facility. Also covered by the bond will be the purchase of a new fire truck later on this year. Council also started to take steps toward the inclusion of a Township non-discrimination statement. Council approved the unification of language between its Administrative Code and Employee Handbook. The handbook language was more expansive and was used to modify the Administrative Code to bring both into compatibility. With this motion, resident Julie Cantrell who has been lobbying for a non discrimination statement with regards to the LGBTQ community is hopeful that the township will add a statement to the township website expressing that non discrimination practice.