Saturday, February 23, 2013
Moon Township is included in District 1, along with Aleppo, Ben Avon, Coraopolis, Emsworth, Findlay, Glen Osborne, Glenfield, Haysville, Kilbuck, North Fayette, Ross, and West View.
A North Hills School District board member and the treasurer of the Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority Board have announced their candidacy for the Allegheny County Council seat representing Moon Township. North Hills school director Tom Baker, a Republican, and Democrat Daniel A. McClain Jr. are running for the seat representing District 1. Both men are from Ross Township. District 1 is currently represented by Republican Matt Drozd. The district also includes Aleppo, Ben Avon, Coraopolis, Emsworth, Finley, Glen Osborne, Glenfield, Haysville, Kilbuck, North Fayette, Ross, and West View. “After much thought, long discussions with my wife Erin, and after ongoing conversations with key Allegheny County leaders that I trust and respect, I …
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Moon Township Administration
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Cecil-based Consol Energy receives approval to begin Marcellus shale gas drilling on airport land.
Allegheny County Council has approved an ordinance authorizing the lease of more than 9,000 acres of land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport for Marcellus shale gas extraction. Council members approved the ordinance earlier this evening. Much of the land in question is located in Moon and Findlay townships. The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports the measure was approved in a 9-to-4 vote with one abstention. The lease will enable drilling to take place on county-owned land for the extraction of "oil, gas, natural gas liquids, and other materials," according to a statement from the county. With the ordinance, the Allegheny County Airport Authority has entered into a 20-year agreement with Cecil-based energy provider Consol …
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Find out how you can speak at Thursday's meeting—when Allegheny County Council will consider shale drilling on land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport.
Allegheny County Council will hold a public hearing Thursday, gathering input on whether Consol Energy should begin extracting shale gas from the more than 900 acres of land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport—much of which is in Moon Township. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will introduce a 30-year agreement between the Allegheny County Airport Authority and the Cecil-based energy company. The council will not take action on the measure at the meeting. Consol has agreed to pay a lump-sum of $40 million in addition to an 18-percent royalty on annual natural gas proceeds generated from airport land, according to Pittsbugh Post-Gazette. The Federal Aviation Administration mandates that all gas proceeds must be used towards …
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Allegheny County Council will meet in February in Moon Township.
Allegheny County Council in February will consider a 30-year agreement between the county airport authority and Cecil-based energy company Consol Energy. The agreement would enable Marcellus shale extraction to take place on land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport and the West Mifflin county airport. More than 900 acres of county-owned land surrounds Pittsburgh International, much of it in Moon Township. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will introduce the legislation at the council's Feb. 7 meeting, which will take place at 6 p.m. in the Sewall Center at Robert Morris University in Moon Township. Members of the public can address the board during the public hearing. Click here to register to speak at the event, which will …
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The county's tax rate will be 4.73 mills in 2013.
Allegheny County Council passed a 2013 budget that includes a millage rate decrease. On Tuesday, county officials approved a a $799.4 million budget, reducing the millage rate to 4.73 mills, according to the Tribune Review. The millage was reduced from 2012's rate of 5.69 mills to offset the increase property values stemming from the county's reassessment. Under the reassessment, taxing bodies can't receive more than 5 percent in property tax revenue so as not to use the reassessment as a major tax increase. Under the new tax rate, a resident would pay $473 for every $100,000 of assessed property value. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said in a statement that he is happy with the approved budget. "(I) am glad that we are able to move into…
Friday, October 21, 2011
County executive candidates address Moon-area business leaders on economic development.
Allegheny County Executive candidates D. Raja and Rich Fitzgerald today spoke before Moon-area business leaders, fielding questions on future development of the Pittsburgh International Airport region. Both candidates touted the benefits of Marcellus shale drilling on land surrounding the airport during the breakfast forum at the Pittsburgh Airport Holiday Inn. With little more than two weeks remaining before November's general election, they also took advantage of the forum to criticize each another's platforms and performance. “I was hoping when I entered the race that it would be about policy,” said Raja, a Republican business owner from Mt. Lebanon. “Unfortunately, [the election] turned out to be a non-discussion of policy.” …
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Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport
8256 University Blvd, Moon Township, PA
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Mary Sue Penquite Fiscus
9:26 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
The limits set for drilling I assume are to eliminate the eye sore. The horizontal drilling can go up to a radius mile so residents will still bare risks and the Federal Aviation Admin. wants all the proceeds for theirselves?!?!!?? Residents bare all the risks...before a bit is put to the ground, how are you planning to insure public safety? What 3rd party is going to test and monitor? What will … more ›