Peters Township Fighting Magisterial Realignment

In what has become a bit of a hot button issue, Peters Township council adopted a resolution opposing the current realignment plan of magisterial courts in Washington County. Township Manager Paul Lauer and Police Chief Doug Grimes met with President Judge John DiSalle and court administrator Patrick Grimm to voice their concerns and opposition to a plan that would move the court to Cecil Township and combine it with McDonald Borough. Township officials indicated to the court that their preferred choice would be an alignment plan previewed in January that showed Peters Township combining with North Strabane Township and Houston Borough. Court administration has offered to reevaluate the plan. In other business, the township awarded a contract for $146,548 to Pavement Technology, Inc. to apply pavement rejuvenator to township roads. They also rejected a bid of $886,865 from Alex E. Paris Contracting for a storm sewer project on Marlboro Dr. That bid was more than $330,000 over budget and will be rebid over the winter.