A late summer concert is coming up Aug. 20 at Morrison Park.
The free event features a car show and bluegrass music by the local Pine Valley Boys. A DJ will be playing music from the fifties and sixties.
“You’re all welcome to come out and enjoy Morrison Park,” said Fred Buckholtz, a Cranberry Township supervisor.
The announcement came at Thursday’s supervisors meeting attended by Buckholtz, Harold Best and Jerry Brosius.
In other business, the officials heard reports from township departments and handled a number of business items in quick order.
Cranberry residents’ water usage has increased with the hot weather, utilities supervisor Mike Erwin said.
“Use goes up a little bit when it’s hot and dry but we’re keeping up real good,” Erwin told the supervisors.
The township’s wells are performing well, he went on to say.
Road crews spent several days tarring and chipping township roads, said Ted Williams, road supervisor.
The recent heat has brought tar in the roads bubbling to the surface and road crews responded by spreading limestone dust, he said.
Road workers are also keeping the grass mowed along the Samuel Justus trail from Oil City to Franklin, Williams said.
The township sold a total of 10 construction permits last month for a total of $92,600 in building costs, said Koah Pentz, the township’s coding enforcement and zoning officer, in his report to the supervisors.
The breakdown of permits includes two for a home addition, four for a porch deck, two for signs and two for other building. There were no fireworks, heavy hauling or driveway permits issued this month, Pentz said.
The township’s planning commission is continuing its review of Cranberry’s comprehensive plan, Pentz went on to say.
After some discussion with the supervisors, Pentz clarified that the plan still in its draft form is available for anyone from the public to review. He noted that because the plan is still a draft it is subject to change.
Pentz made it clear that zoning changes will not be included in the comprehensive plan. The plan does contain a land use map but that document does not outline any zoning regulations, he said.
“It’s just a plan. It’s not changing anything,” Pentz said. “The land use map illustrates the highest and best use of land in the township. It does not indicate a zoning change at this time.”
Once the planning commission finishes its review of the plan the document will head to the supervisors for final approval and there will be another period for public comment, he said.
In other business, the supervisors approved a $1,000 donation to the Cranberry Festival after hearing from township manager Chad Findlay.
After Findlay’s report, supervisors also agreed to participate in the festival’s Touch-a-Truck event where youngsters can explore trucks and other heavy equipment.
A motion was made and passed to allow the Oil City YMCA to use the Justus Trail Nov. 19 for its Turkey Trot.
A number of Cranberry departments also participated in a workday at the Venango County Fair this week.
The next meeting of the supervisors will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at the municipal building in Seneca.
