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Connection Fees, Quarterly Rates Set
Warwick Township Sewer
System Financing Completed
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Mayror Raymond Reedy (left) presents certificates of appreciation to Officer
Charles Shenenberger (center) and Robin Reist, who were honored at Tuesday's
Borough Council meeting for saving the life of Donald E. Farmer, 140 Liberty
St., on April 26.
Lititz Borough Council
To Borrow Funds
For Water Expansion Plant
Lititz Borough Council
agreed Tuesday night to
borrow up to $600,000 for its
water plant expansion
project.
This decision marks the
first step in council’s bid to
expand the plant. Council
must receive quotes from
local lending institutions and
is requesting approval from
the Department of Con­sumer
Affairs to initiate the
loan.
An ordinance will be
prepared to advertise an
increase in water rates ef­fective
with the September 1
billing. There wDl be no
increase for customers using
less tlhan 500 cubic feet,
however, those parties using
more than 500 cubic feet will
have an approximate in­crease
of $10 to $12 per year.
The water plant loan will be
taken out for 15 years if
approved.
Receive Awards
Robin Reist, a Warwick
Ambulance volunteer, and
Officer Charles Shenen­berger,
Lititz Borough
policeman, were the
recipients of two awards
Tuesday night. They were
honored by the Borough and
Red Cross for having saved
the life of Donald E. Farmer,
140 Liberty St., Lititz, an
employee of Long and
Bomberger Home Center.
The awards were presented
by Mayor Reedy and Mrs.
Sue Witmyer of the
American Red Cross.
Farmer was attempting to
fasten a shipment that had
been loaded on to a truck
when the chain broke and the
momentum threw him off
the truck on to the ground.
He suffered head injuries
and ai broken neck in the
accident which occurred
April 26 at 11:30 a.m.
Officer Shenenberger was
cruising by and observed
people gathering. He
stopped, called the am­bulance
and, when he
noticed Farmer’s breathing
and heart had stopped, he
administered mouth-to-mo-uth
resuscitation.
Robin Reist came to the
scene after he heard the call
for the ambulance at his
home. He is a registered
nurse and certified through
the Red Cross for Cardio­pulmonary
Resuscitation
(CPR).
Upon arriving on the
scene, Reist immediately
began administering CPR.
By the time the Osteopathic
Ambulance arrived, Farmer
was breathing naturally, and
his life had been restored. He
was transported to the
Lancaster General Hospital,
where he is recuperating.
Farmer sent his ap­preciation
to the two men.
According to doctors at
LGH, Farmer would not be
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Police Seek Information
On Broken Windows
The Lititz Police Department is investigating several
incidences of broken windows which occurred in down­town
Lititz over the holiday weekend.
According to Police Chief George Hicks, the display
window at Glassmyer’s, 23 N. Broad St., and three win­dows
at Bingeman’s Restaurant, 35 N. Broad St., were
broken with smali stones between 3 and 4 a.m. on May 27.
The glass in the front door of the Police Station, 7 S. Broad
St., was broken with a rock during the same time.
Five windows were also broken at Cellu Products
sometime during the holiday weekend, police said.
Anyone with information on these incidents is asked to
contact the Lititz Police Department at 626-0231.
By Dick Anglestein
The Warwick Township
Municipal Authority com­pleted
action Tuesday night
toward the financing of a
sanitary sewer system,
including the establishment
of connection fees and
quarterly rates to be
charged users.
Financial closing for the
sewer project is scheduled
for Thursday, signalling the
official start of construction
on the 40-mile system.
The tap-on fee to be levied
on township property owners
for connection to the system
was set at $700.
The quarterly rate to be
charged residential users
was fixed at $70 per dwelling
unit.
Commercial rates will
vary according to the type of
business and are geared to
the anticipated amount of
sewage expected to be
generated.
Additional action taken by
the Authority centered on
the approval of the issuance
of bonds and notes to finance
the project.
The issuance includes
$7,100,000 in Guaranteed
Sewer Revenue Bonds and
$4,600,000 in Sewer Project
Notes.
The bonds are to be repaid
over a 40-year period at
interest rates which range
from an initial 7.4 percent to
9 percent by the year 2020.
The notes, which mature
in November, 1982, carry an
interest rate of 7.75 percent.
Financing of the sewer
project had to be restruc­tured
during the past month
to conform to revised
m u n ic ip a l b o rrow in g
guidelines from the U.S.
Treasury Department.
Originally, the Authority
was to borrow sufficient
funds to cover the entire
project cost. Revised
guidelines reduced the
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Warwick Slates
Baccalaureate,
Commencement
The Baccalaureate
Service for the Class of
1980 of Warwick High
School will be held
Sunday evening at 7
p.m. in the high school
auditorium.
The 24th annual
Commencement of
Warwick High School
will take place Monday
at 7 p.m. at the WHS
athletic field, weather
permitting.
Dave McKinney, right, president of the Lititz Sertoma Club, is shown
presenting an AM-COM I, portable telephone/typewriter for the hearing im­paired,
to Susan Moyer, right center, and Lori Moyer, left center. Mrs. Jean
Moyer, left, the girls’ mother, looks on.
Lititz Sertoma Club Presents TTY
For Hearing Impaired To Local Girls
In keeping with the
national sponsorship of
Sertoma Clubs, hearing and
speech, the Lititz Sertoma
Club, at its last meeting
presented Susan and Lori
Moyer, daughters of Mrs.
Jean Moyer, 309 S. Cherry
St., Lititz, with an AM-COM
1, a p o r ta b le t e l e ­phone/
typewriter for the
hearing impaired. Dave
McKinney, president of the
club, made the presentation.
Susan, 15, and Lori, 12,
were bom with tumors in
both ears. According to
doctors, the condition is not
hereditary. When they were
young, many thought they
were retarded until it was
learned that they had a
hearing deficiency. At first
they were able to use
hearing aids, so they were
able to learn speech, a
fortunate stroke of luck in an
unfortunate situation. As
their hearing loss became
total, they were cut off from
the audio world.
The gift of this machine,
according to Mrs. Moyer,
“has opened a whole new
world to the girls. We are so
grateful to the Sertoma
Club.” Susan and Lori are
the youngest persons ever to
receive this innovative
amount of funds that could
be borrowed to a total to
cover only the local share of
financing plus an amount
sufficient to tide the
Authority over until federal
grant money is received.
But in the interim, interest
rates dropped and the
restructured financing
permits keeping the original
schedule of connection fees
and quarterly user rates.
In connection with the
quarterly user rates, the
Authority also approved a
schedule of penalties for
delinquent customers.
The quarterly rates are to
be billed on the first days of
January, April, July and
October. Due dates will be
the 30th day of the billing
months.
Bills paid by the due date
will be at the net amount
shown on the bill.
After the due date, a five
percent penalty will be
added. Bills still unpaid 30
days after the due date will
be subject to another 10
percent penalty.
An additional interest
penalty of one-half percent
per month will be'assessed
on bills unpaid 60 days after
the due date.
Timing of the payment of
connection fees and the start
of quarterly user billings will
depend on the progress of
construction of the system
and work on the Lititz
treatment plant.
Notices to township
property owners to begin
connections to the system
are not expected to be issued
until the Spring of 1981.
Property owners located
in areas to be sewered within
150 feet of the system will be
required to connect.
Construction work over
the next year is expected to
proceed in all areas of the
township to be sewered.
In all, more than 40 miles
of gravity sewer lines and
force mains, plus 15 pum­ping
stations are to be
constructed.
The pumping stations are
to be built by Garden Spot
Construction, Inc., Lan­caster,
under a $1,947,119
contract.
The sewer lines are to be
installed by Lisbon Con­tractors,
Inc., Danboro, Pa.
under contracts totalling
$8,871,202.70.
The project will cover the
basic populated areas of the
township.
A special printed report on
the project from the
Authority and Township
Supervisors is expected to be
distributed in June among
affected property owners.
Public Meeting Held Tuesday
School Budget Projects
4 Mill Tax Increase
At the public hearing to
discuss the proposed 1980-81
school budget Tuesday
night, Dr. John Bonfield
announced that revenue
increases from local sources
will add some $40,000 to the
proposed budget and that
should, with the present
projected expenditures,
reduce the suggested tax
increase from 6 mills to 4
mills.
The additional monies
were found within the in­come
which the school
district receives locally
through the “Act 511 Taxes”
which is the one percent tax
on earned income received
quarterly. The Borough is
entitled to take one half of
that one percent, and
Warwick is one of only four
districts which still receives
the entire amount.
The “Act 511 Taxes”
account for a proposed
$1,168,047 for 1980-81, and
loss of half of the one percent
could amount to over
$500,000. The amount varies
from year to year and the
District is never certain
exactly how much it will get
until almost the last minute,
but it is the area where
enough revenue was picked
up to account for the 2 mills
less in the proposed tax
increase.
Revenue from local
sources represents about 60
percent of the total income
for the school district, and
covers such areas as current
real estate taxes, which
accounts for the largest
chunk of income, and
miscellaneous revenue such
In This Issue
as truancy fines, which
accounts for the least.
Dr. Bonfield explained the
budget category descrip­tions,
showed the projected
expenditures for each, and
compared the Warwick
School District t'ö its
neighboring districts, for
expenditures. “Within IU 13,
of the 22 other districts,
Warwick is certainly not
being extravagant,” Dr.
Bonfield said.
The District ranks second
of the 22 in expenditures for
Debt Service which includes
the spending for benefit
received in “prior, present
or future fiscal periods,”
according to Dr. Bonfield.
“It includes,” he explained,
“the payment of authority
rentals and sinking fund
payments on buildings, and
interest on temporary loans
are also included in this
budget area.” He feels that
this takes a large bite out of
the budget, but is gradually
decreasing.
Dr. Bonfield further ex­plained
that when a new
school is built or remodeled,
an authority is created to sell
bonds to raise the money to
build, and the debt service
section of the budget is
where the monies to pay
back loans is budgeted. With
the rising costs of building,
Dr. Bonfield and members of
the School Board feel that no
new construction will be
needed in the district,
beyond the normal main­tenance
and repairs.
Based on summaries of
revenue sources, Dr. Bon­field
said, “It appears that
with revisions, that a 4 mill
increase will balance the
budget proposed for 1980-81.
This would make the
average tax increase $14.38
based on a simple average of
taxable assessment of all
property in the district at
$3,590.”
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From Lancaster County Planning Commission
Warwick Twp. Supervisors To Ask
For Valley View Heights Review
Editorial 4
Sports Section 5,6,7,8
Classified 9,10,11
Social 16,17
Church 18
Business Directory 20
By a unanimous decision
Thursday night, the War­wick
Township Board of
Supervisors voted to have
the township solicitor
prepare an appeal to the
Lancaster County Planning
Commission (LCPC) to
review its decision on the
Valley View Heights sub­division.
Paul Zimmerman
won approval from the
LCPC for the subdivision
before Warwick Township
adopted its own subdivision
ordinance.
Since then there has been
growing opposition to its
development and the
supervisors have in their
possession a petition from 42
residents opposing the
subdivision.
The supervisors also in­formed
Zimmerman that the
township would not take lots
for escrow. Only an
irrevocable letter of credit
or escrow funds would be
acceptable. The supervisors
also need an escrow
estimate from the engineer
for Section I of the Valley
View Heights subdivision.
Zoning Map
Change Approval
The supervisors approved
a request from Snavely
Brothers, 402A Snavely Mill
Road, Lititz, for a zoning
map change for a parcel of
land, containing 1.21 acres,
situated on a southeast
comer of the intersection of
Snavely Mill Road and
Dridge Hill Road.
The Snavely Brothers
requested a change from a
classification of Rural to
Residential R-2 on the
Zoning Map of Warwick
Township. There was no
opposition from neighbors.
In other business the
supervisors:
• Opened bids for a used
1978 Ford police vehicle and
accepted the bid from
Barbara and Joseph Kilgore
for $400. Only one other bid
was submitted.
• Announced they had
received a sample Weed
Control Subdivided Lots
ordinance from the solicitor
and that they are in the
process of reviewing it. They
also announced that a Water
Control-Storm Water sample
ordinance is in the hands of
the solicitor.
• Decided to hold a public
meeting at the supervisors
next meeting on June 12 at
7:30 p.m. in the Municipal
Building on Clay Road, with
all landowners involved in
the rewidening of Green
Acre Road. The supervisors
stressed that all involved
persons and landowners are
urged to attend the meeting.
C o n s tru c tio n on the
rewidening will soon
proceed. William Hazlett
suggested that the township
apply for County Aid Funds
to help pay for the
rewidening.
'High Button Shoes’ at WMS
machine. They are usually
given to older people.
The TTY, as it is known,
enables the girls to talk to
their friends, dial and set
emergency calls to police,
ambulance and fire com­panies.
In case of unusual
emergency, they can call
CONTACT or the Deaf
S e rv ic e s and th e s e
organizations will get in
touch with the person they
need.
Susan and Lori attend the
IU 13 School for the Deaf.
Henry Holt of Zartman
Mill Road, who is also deaf,
is the sales representative
for the AM-COM 1.
rhe r,i5t oi ‘High Rotton Shoes” singing about the Model-T. See Story, Page 17