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Peters Township council voted Monday to approve a five-year contract with the union representing local police officers. Council approved the contract unanimously. Assistant township Manager Kyle Thauvette explained at Monday’s meeting that Teamsters Local 205 had already approved and signed the contract. According to Thauvette, Peters police officers will get a 3.5% raise in the first year of the contract, 3% raises in the following three years and a 3.5% raise in the final year. Effective Jan. 1, 2025, officers with at least three-and-a-half years on the job will earn $47.27 per hour. By Jan. 1 2029, that will increase to $53.46 per hour. “Both (township Manager Paul Lauer) and ...
The Peters Township school board voted Monday to approve a collective bargaining agreement with the union representing clerical staff, paraprofessionals and bus drivers. Brad Rau, the school district’s business manager, said the agreement with the Peters Township Federation of Teachers is a four-year contract with wage increases each year. According to Rau, the pay increases will average 4% over the life of the contract. Rau said there will be an increase to employee health care contributions. The contract covers 116 employees across the district. “I think the district feels like it’s a fair agreement for both employees and the district,” Rau said. The Peters Township ...
Peters Township council approved a $42,500 study on how to best continue to provide emergency medical services. Council voted unanimously at its meeting Monday to award the contract to Missouri-based Fitch and Associates. Township manager Paul Lauer said the firm is working with Pine Township in Allegheny County on a similar endeavor. “Pine is just starting that process, but having talked to the manager, he has been very pleased and impressed with the service that Fitch has been able to provide,” Lauer said. Peters Township Ambulance Service is the current EMS provider. Fitch and Associates is tasked with evaluating the service and recommending improvements. According to the ...
CARNEGIE – It’s a Wednesday in mid-October, and mid-morning light spills through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Woolly Bear Books and Gifts, drenching some titles in sunshine, casting others in shadow. Wooden shelves set against bold orange and white walls are heavy with books that ...
Peters Township council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance that simplifies subdividing properties. Council held a public hearing on the ordinance at the start of its meeting Monday evening. Township Manager Paul Lauer said the ordinance amends the township zoning code to no longer require property owners to appear before the zoning board when combining adjacent pieces of property or subdividing a larger property. “You can now do that administratively. You don’t have to go through the entire procedure,” Lauer said. According to Lauer, the ordinance also included clarifying language for how the township grants extensions to developers, and what specific documentation is ...
Peters Township enjoyed a 24-3 season in girls basketball last winter. However, those results were far from fulfilling. The Lady Indians captured a section title banner but fell shy of vying for any championships. They lost in the semifinals of the WPIAL Class 6A tournament and the second ...
The landscape has changed significantly in girls basketball. Because of reclassification, teams have shuffled sections and players have traded teams. “It’s different but no less competitive,” said Chartiers Valley head coach Mike Semplice. Last winter, Semplice’s squad posted a 17-9 ...
The high school football season did not end the way Peters Township planned. While the Indians had hoped to successfully defend their WPIAL title, they succumbed, 20-9, to Pine-Richland on Nov. 23 at Acrisure Stadium in the Class 5A championship game. “We are obviously disappointed in the ...
South Fayette enters the 2024-25 girls basketball season having won three straight WPIAL championships. Is a four-peat in store this winter? According to coach Bryan Bennett, who has been at the helm for all three titles, it will be a challenge. Arch rival Chartiers Valley, which won four of ...
Hailey Poe distinctly remembers her first triathlon. The South Fayette native was 7 years old and she did not win. In fact, she was one of the last finishers in her age group. “I rode a pink Barbie bike and was crying on the run,” she said. “When I finished though, I knew I would do it ...
