Cranberry Township is asking the Venango County Land Bank for some funding to help defray costs associated with the demolition of a house at the bottom of Seneca Hill.
“The county may have another pot of money to help with that demolition project,” township manager Chad Findlay said at Thursday’s township supervisors meeting.
The township voted last month to hire Gahr Excavating at a bid of $8,400 to raze the home at 1147 E. Second St.
In lieu of the grant funding, supervisors voted to use township funds to do the work.
The supervisors voted to direct Findlay to submit an application for reimbursement.
In other business Thursday, the supervisors deferred action on a request to hold the Oil Country Half-Marathon on April 11 on the Justus Bike Trail.
Previous requests from other organizations to use the township’s bike/walking trails have not required formal approval by the supervisors because of pandemic-related health directives that impose requirements.
Ben Breniman, the township’s zoning and code enforcement officer, reported two building permits have been filed with the township in the past month. The estimated construction value is pegged at $71,688.
Breniman said one of the permits involved the installation of solar panels.
And township tax collector Carol Wilson asked the supervisors to consider allowing public access to her office for residents paying their property taxes. She said the tax bills are issued March 1 and requested that her office be allowed to be open to the public starting that day.
The supervisors said they would consider the request and make a decision by their Feb. 25 meeting.
