It was a busy evening at the Lynn Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Feb. 12.

There were three ordinances under consideration.

There was a motion to advertise ordinance, 2026-03 which states, each supervisor of Lynn Township entering office after the effective date of this ordinance shall receive compensation as an elective township supervisor in the annual amount of $3,145.

Two board members moved to support the motion while Fritz Najarian opposed stating, “This represents a 68% pay raise and I don’t think it’s appropriate to do so at one time.”

The township will be instituting an online reservation system for Ontelaunee Park in the near future.

The 2026-02 ordinance was passed to bring rules and regulations of Ontelaunee Park to modern standards so the rules are in line with this modern system.

The final ordinance had to do with amending the Lynn Township code of ordinances to correct portions that were mistakenly omitted.

Lynn Township counsel has been working on these corrections in the code for some time.

This motion was the final step to adopting these corrections.

In other buisness, Matthew Henderson, the Lynn Township road master reported that the township received another delivery of salt and anti-skid for roads and Lynn Township is fully prepared for future winter weather.

Steve Bachman was on hand to report the historical society has approved the site plan for their new building at Ontelaunee Park.

Fundraising for this building continues, he says.

He shared some work in progress imagery of the building.

The purpose of this building is to house the Lynn-Heidelberg Historical Society collection and to share with a wider audience. There will also be meeting space.

The Environment Advisory Council (EAC) has proposed working with the historical society to install a historical/native garden at their Ontelaunee Park site.

The planting of a native garden is part of the EAC’s Bird Town initiative which aims to promote community-based conservation actions.

In addition, the EAC is working on their Lynn Township Clean Up and Electronics Recycling Day to be held at Ontelaunee Park on April 18.

They are calling for participation from the community and volunteer groups to come out and help keep Lynn Township clean after a long winter.

On hand will be a large trash receptacle from Berger Sanitation.

Goodwill Industries will be on hand to accept electronics free of charge.

The sponsors of this event have supplied free hot dogs (Carey and Schnalzer) and soda (Blue Mountain Beverage and Smoke) for the first 100 participants.

There will also be thank you gifts for volunteers as well as raffle prizes, including ice cream for those volunteers 21 and under, Eight Oaks will give away a cocktail or mocktail to those over 21 and Leaser Lake Boats will be giving away four one-hour paddles to the winner of the raffle to be announced on the EAC Facebook page after the event.

The board moved to fund each of the EAC’s two initiatives, the native garden as well as the Lynn Township Litter Pick Up Day.

Under agricultural security proposals, the board has accepted two applications to add 70 plus acres to the Lynn Township Agricultural Security Area.

Under miscellaneous items, the board reported that PenDOT has awarded a contract to begin the repair of the bridge at Donats Peak Road.

The board also voted to approve a three percent wage increase for Lynn Township full time and part-time hourly workers.