Make it number 28 for Chester Pogonowski.
The long-serving local official was named chairman of the Wrightstown Board of Supervisors for the 28th year in a row at a township meeting on Jan. 2.
Pogonowski joined the board in 1990, becoming chairman some years later. In all, he is going into his 35th year of serving Wrightstown as a supervisor.
In Wrightstown, the supervisors are a three-person board that locally governs the municipality.
Pogonowski’s re-appointment was just one of the important business items supervisors took care of at the Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, which put the necessary people in place to keep the municipal government functioning in 2024.
Supervisor Jane Magne was named vice chair of the board, while Supervisor Robert Lloyd was appointed board treasurer.
Township Manager Stacey Mulholland was reappointed as secretary — a role that allows her to retain and seal official board documents.
Other key appointments included naming the firm of Clemons, Richter & Reiss as township solicitor and appointing CKS Engineers Inc. as township general engineer. Pennoni Associates Inc. will serve as traffic engineer, while Gilmore & Associates will be planning consultant. High Swartz is zoning hearing board solicitor, and Steven Kraiss is roadmaster.
In addition, the board named John C. Kernan as Wrightstown’s official fire marshal.
“This appointment will provide investigative capabilities should there be an incident in Wrightstown,” Pogonowski noted. “John will not be doing routine business inspections or permit reviews; this will be handled by Keystone Municipal Services, who is under contract to also provide zoning and building inspection services.”
Projects the township is hoping to tackle in 2024 include fire pond improvements, restoration/repair work at the historic Octagonal School, township building electric and water system upgrades, library parking lot repaving, and basin restoration, among others.
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