Sumpter Supervisor Bowman to hand out gift cards to kids on Dec. 14

At the Nov. 22 regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, Supervisor Tim Bowman announced his office will be passing out gift cards to children up to 12 years of age from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
He said parents should sign them up at the supervisor’s office before then.
In other business at the Nov. 22 meeting, the board:
• Rejected the cash offer of $54,000 from Kurtis Myers (whose offer expires Nov. 30) and the $60,000 offer from Trustee Don LaPorte and his wife Robin (whose offer expires Jan. 31) by conventional loan to purchase 9.32 acres on Sumpter Road from the township and asked them both to submit their last and best offer by Dec. 6 through Moving the Mitten, which is offering the parcel for the township. Trustee LaPorte recused himself from both the discussion during the workshop and the vote in the regular meeting to avoid a perceived conflict of interest and left the meeting room while the topic was being discussed both times. Township attorney Rob Young said others could come in with a bid, as well, because the township wants to get as many bids as they can;
• Unanimously accepted an offer of $3,500 from Gerald Weiss to purchase township property at 19745 Sumpter Rd., which is next to his small house. He wants to tear down his house and rebuild a larger home. He said he had lived in the township for 12 years. The 0.202 acre is next to the township’s pump station; and
• Reappointed a Human Resources Committee made up of Trustees Tim Rush, Matt Oddy, and Laporte, plus an employee yet to be named to assess personnel-related needs and policies and provide recommendations to the township manager and board of trustees.