Some fire calls may cost you

DINGMAN — Dingman Fire Chief Bill Mikulak recently called for an ordinance that will allow the department to collect fees for non-emergency calls. Mikulak reported to the supervisors in January. “For instance we got called out to retrieve a car that had gone through the ice on one of our township lakes. The police ask us to get the car out because private wrecking companies won’t go out on the ice,” said Mikulak. He went on to say, “The same should hold true for false alarms. We don’t mind going on a false alarm once or twice, but when we have to go more than three times to the same residence or business we need to get paid.” “The State Police can write summonses after they answer the third false burglar alarm so why not us?” questioned Mikulak. In other business at the meeting, the supervisors had two letters, one from David Snyder and the other from David Ruby, seeking appointment to the vacancy on the planning commission left by Duane Kuhn. Supervisor’s Chair Tom Mincer asked Township Secretary Karen Kleist to send a letter to both applicants regarding having them come in for an interview. Township Sewage Enforcement Officer Chris Wood said, “Our recycling center on Fisher Lane needs to serviced more frequently because many people come there and find the recycling containers full. We can’t expect town residents to come back again and again in hopes of finding a recycling container that they can put their recyclables into,” Wood remarked. Mincer responded, “We need to have a second site available for recycling containers. Our township is growing rapidly and one location is not enough.” Mincer recommended an area at the front of the new park that would be suitable. The county’s recycling hauler also needs to make more frequent pickups so people don’t either have to come back more than once or leave their recyclables on the ground, he said.