A meeting for volunteers for the Arts and Heritage Festival will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the municipal building, 1 Veterans Way.

The festival will be Sept. 4-6 on Main Street in the heart of the borough's business district.

Volunteers can choose from a variety of duties such as the information booth, serving refreshments and supervising children's games.

For information, call 412-446-0431, ext. 101, or e-mail bloresacs@hotmail.com. For details about the event, visit www.carnegieartsandheritage.com.

Commissioners last week approved a developer's agreement between the township and Kossman Development for the construction of a flex park of warehouse space and office suites behind Chartiers Valley Shopping Center.

• Commissioners asked Solicitor Charles Means to prepare an ordinance amendment to the dusk-to-dawn park regulationsto discourage loitering, vandalism and other such activities.

But coming up with best way to do this may not be easy. For example, Commissioner Kay Downey-Clarke wanted to make sure new regulations are enforceable, particularly on the Panhandle Trail, which has seen problems at night.

Board President Roger Horgan had an issue with obtaining permits for park use.

"If the lights are on at Webb, can only the baseball players be there?" he asked, noting that during the summer months the park is in use for games just about every night.

Commissioner Wilson Durisko wanted to make sure residents weren't discouraged from using Collier's parks.

"I don't want to see it where a kid who wants to play tennis with his dad has to come up [and get a permit] two days before," he said.

Additional discussion on this subject is expected.

• The board voted to ask the Civil Service Commission to prepare a certified list of candidates for patrol officer. The township is considering hiring three new officers, so a list of at least nine candidates will be needed.

• Officials are looking for resident input as part of a comprehensive recreation, parks and open space study that will help determine current and future parks and recreation needs.

Residents, who may remain anonymous, are asked to respond to a dozen questions, and may provide additional comments.

The recreation survey questionnaire is available at the township building, or online, www.colliertownship.net.

Police officer Mike Amaya was honored during the supervisors' meeting last week for participating in June in the American Legion-State Police Youth Week at Scotland School for Veterans Children in Franklin County.

Several American Legion members, including Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi, thanked the patrolman for his work and presented certificates of appreciation to Officer Amaya, police Chief Jesse Lesko and the supervisors.

Officer Amaya, a U.S. Marine corporal from 2002 to 2006 and a veteran of the Iraq War, participated in the program in lieu of his usual duties with the police department.

During the youth program, he spent 18-hour days as a drill instructor and taught his students how to march. His 35-person platoon won a drill competition at the end of the week, he said.

About 70 high school teens from across the state participated in the boot camp-like program to learn more about careers in the military and law enforcement, he said.

• The township is working on a plan to use some of the money donated by Dick's Sporting Goods to install lights on the soccer field in the Recreation & Sports Complex on Route 30.

Dick's has agreed to donate $50,000 a year for 10 years to support local recreation and athletic programs, he said, and some money may be used for the lights.

This year, Dick's already has donated $45,000 to the township and $5,000 to the Findlay Athletic Association. The company is preparing to build a new corporate headquarters next to Pittsburgh International Airport.

• The township is aggressively attempting to collect money from the Hyatt Regency hotel at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of a 1998 Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement that affects the township, West Allegheny School District and Allegheny County, supervisors' Chairman Tom Gallant said Aug. 13.

Township officials said that based on a formula outlined in the agreement, the hotel owes money but has not yet paid anything. The township has sent a letter to the county seeking collection assistance.

• Supervisors appointed Rade Opacic to the Findlay planning commission last week to replace his wife, Patricia Opacic, who resigned. Mr. Opacic has experience in the development and construction industry.

Council voted Aug. 12 to advertise an ordinance creating a program of routine borough inspection of residential rental housing.

Mayor Jack Muhr said the ordinance is needed to get better control over Section 8 rental properties.

"We have to get some type of control over these houses," he said, adding that the police are often called to the rental properties.

• Council voted to demolish structures at 752 Boquet St., and at 316 Hamilton St. Stonewall Excavation was awarded the demolition contract.

• College Avenue resident Barbara Zdobinski asked for council's help to prevent flooding on her street and on Hickory and Willow streets.

Periodic flooding became a problem after construction work on new building additions began at Ohio Valley General Hospital in Kennedy.

Borough officials said there is not much they can do because the issue is tied up in a lawsuit filed by the residents.

The borough will pay more for road salt this winter.

The price has increased from $42.93 to $45.08 per ton. The borough will purchase 125 tons, an increase of 25 tons from last year, through a joint purchasing program offered by the Council of Governments.

• If you want to know the correct time of day, check the borough clock in front of the commercial building on Pennsbury Boulevard.

The borough has paid approximately $1,000 for a device that corresponds with a satellite to coordinate the clock face with international time.

The clock had been inaccurate, running 5 to 10 minutes slow.

• After a disappointing response to a survey, council has found there is no parking problem in the commercial area.

Of 102 surveys distributed, the borough received 44 responses. And of that total 25 identified parking as a problem.

Council had receive complaints from residents who said they could not find parking park in the commercial area.