LANCASTER TWP — Township supervisors Monday night approved the Keystone Kreider Properties' conditional use of land and its request to divide a 29-acre parcel.

The board approved Kreider Properties' request to situate a warehouse and contractors' yard at 382 Perry Highway. Solicitor Chris Reese said the overlay zone does not explicitly permit the intended use, but he views the overlay as a secondary zoning option. The property is in a mixed-use zone, which permits the intended use.

The board approved Keystone Kreider's request to divide the parcel into a 14-acre southern and a 15-acre northern tract.

Lancaster's board approved a reduction in Arden Wood's letters of credit in the amounts of $980,000 and $63,000, approved change orders and the purchase of up to nine stone markers in Four Springs park and tabled a discussion of intergovernmental agreements for winter maintenance. Reese said he would investigate whether the township needs an ordinance explicitly granting it power to enter into such an agreement.

Lancaster, Muddy Creek and Jackson Township plow parts of each others' roadways as part of a cooperative agreement.

Daniel Cox, director of the Connoquenessing Valley Regional Emergency Management Agency, spoke to the board, asking if there has been any progress on his proposal at the April 15 meeting.

At that time, Cox, who lives in Lancaster, asked if the township would join the agency as it is currently without an emergency management coordinator.

On Monday night, vice chair Kristopher Kniess said he had not spoken with township manager Ben Kramer in any further detail about Cox's question.

Despite the lack of an update, Cox spoke to the board about what he sees as the importance of having an emergency coordinator, a position which he would fill if the township joined his agency, which currently consists of Connoquenessing Borough and Township and Evans City. He said Lancaster would not have access to emergency funding as long as the vacancy remains.

Following Cox's comments, Kniess asked for an update on road conditions, noting that the recent storms have caused damage.

“Rain's gotta stop,” roadmaster Mike Spiker said. “We're behind, but we're catching up.”