MAYOR FENTON REPORT FOR 1/20/05

 

AMERICAN RED CROSS – TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS:

 

AS YOU KNOW I WAS RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED. DURING MY STAY I LEARNED OF THE TSUNAMI THAT SWEPT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA. I PROMISED MYSELF AND GOD THAT ONCE I GOT BETTER I WOULD WORK TO HELP THE MILLIONS OF SUFFERING PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS, DEVASTATED AND ORPHAND IN THAT REGION. THE LITTLE BIT OF SUFFERING I HAD COULD NOT COMPARE TO THE TRAGEDY OF THE PEOPLE.

 

TONIGHT I HAVE INVITED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO TALK AND TO ASK ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN BRISTOL TOWNSHIP TO DONATE TO THE TSUNAMI RELIEF. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MS. FLORENCE KAWOCZKA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AMERICAN RED CROSS LOWER BUCKS COUNTY CHAPTER.

 

 

AMERICAN RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE FUND

C/O THE AMERICAN RED CROSS LOWER BUCKS COUNTY CHAPTER

1009 NEW RODGERS ROAD

LEVITTOWN, PA. 19056

 

CASH DONATIONS MAY BE HAND DELIVERED TO THE CHAPTER MONDAY – FRIDAY, 9:00AM TO 4:00PM

 

SECURE ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE AT

www.redcross.org.

 

 

 

WEED AND SEED –

 

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BOARD TO THE NEXT WEED AND SEED MEETING AT 7:00PM ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH AT THE VENICE ASHBY COMMUNITY CENTER. I ALSO WOULD ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO APPOINT TWO OF ITS MEMBERS TO ATTEND ALL WEED AND SEED MEETINGS ALONG WITH THE STUDENT COUNCIL OF BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

 

THE WEED AND SEED MEETINGS ARE HELD THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH WITH THE ODD MONTHS BEING HELD AT 2:00PM AT THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING AND THE EVEN MONTHS BEING HELD AT 7:00PM AT THE VENICE ASHBY COMMUNITY CENTER.

POLICE ISSUES –

 

THE BRISTOL TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT IS APPLYING FOR A $65,000 GRANT TO FUND A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. THIS GRANT IF APPROVED WOULD ENABLE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIGN A POLICE OFFICER, FULL TIME, TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

 

THIS GRANT REQUIRES A 25% MATCH FOR THE FIRST YEAR, A 50% MATCH FOR THE SECOND YEAR, A 75% MATCH FOR THE THIRD YEAR AND 100% THEREAFTER. THE BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BOARD AT ITS LAST MEETING VOTED TO FUND HALF OF THE MATCHING FUNDS WITH THE TOWNSHIP.

 

THIS GRANT WOULD BE AWARDED SOMETIME IN MID SUMMER AND COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE 2005-06 SCHOOL YEAR.

 

I ASK COUNCIL TO GIVE APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION.