(9/2022) On August 5, the Liberty Township Supervisors announced the resignation of Police Chief, Sherri Hansen. Although Chief Hansen has chosen to leave full-time employment at Liberty, she has agreed to stay on part-time to provide a seamless transition as we search for a suitable replacement. On the same day, we hired Scott Ross as an additional part-time Police Officer to join our team providing coverage across three municipalities. Scott Ross is a retired police officer from York City Police Department with decades of experience. We are pleased to welcome Scott to our police force. Freedom Township recently agreed to renew our contract for police coverage, and we look forward to continuing to serve Highland Township as well.

While planning for our 2023 budget, the township met with representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to discuss strategic planning and available grant programs that may fit the needs of our Township. The Liberty Township Road Department has been successfully trading services through an intermunicipal agreement with Hamiltonban Township. I want to thank Hamiltonban for being gracious enough to accept the intermunicipal agreement and we look forward to maintaining this relationship through the future. We are always looking for ways to share services through intermunicipal agreements that benefit of our area municipalities. As we deal with the future of rising costs, our goal is to be able provide the needed services to our residents while keeping the cost as minimal as possible.

Fairfield area residents are reminded to contact their municipality within 24 hours if they experience issues with trash pick-up service, after calling to report the problem to Park’s Garbage Service directly. Not only does our waste management contract require us to log all complaints, but we can also work with you to resolve the matter quickly if we know about it sooner.

Please be sure to visit the Fairfield Regional Emergency Management Association (FREMA) information table at the Fairfield Fire Department during Pippinfest on Saturday, September 24 to learn more about the responsibilities of the local emergency response team. Consider adding your name to a list of volunteers to be called during an emergency to participate in search and rescue or provide other assistance to the local community.

We want to thank Adam Sanders for his continued regular attendance at the monthly meetings to voice his concerns and other input to the Board of Supervisors. We welcome all feedback and the opportunity to address the concerns of our residents when possible. The public is encouraged to attend our meetings on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m.