Wharton supervisors give OK to high-speed Internet
FARMINGTON – The Wharton Township supervisors on Monday agreed to support an effort to obtain high-speed Internet service for all of Fayette County. Supervisors agreed to send a letter in support of an effort by the county commissioners to expand broadband service throughout the county.
The letter says the township pays $40 a month for Internet service that provides .83 megabytes for downloading information and .15 megabytes for uploads, and the supervisors support the effort to obtain better and cheaper service.
In a separate matter, supervisors said they would try to get price quotes for driving surface stones for Cornish Road.
The supervisors obtained a grant to improve the gravel road and most stone needed for the project has already been purchased for the township regular supplies, said Supervisor Jack Lewis.
Driving surface aggregate is the only type of stone needed for the project that the township doesn’t have in stock and none of the suppliers the supervisors regularly do business with have it in stock, he said.
One local supplier agreed to produce it for the township, said Jim Means, chairman of the board of supervisors.
In other business, the supervisors:
n Adopted a resolution opposing proposed legislation in the state House and Senate that would force mergers and consolidation of local governments.
n Authorized solicitor Ricardo Cicconi to prepare a resolution prohibiting township employees from talking or texting on cell phones while driving township vehicles.