Politics & Government

Board Selects Wallin as Chairman

Supervisors Marguerite Genesio and Stephen Wallin and Township Auditor Gerald Crandley were sworn in Tuesday evening; the board also named its officers for 2012.

The Upper Southampton Township Board of Supervisors selected Stephen Wallin to serve as board chairman at a reorganization meeting Tuesday.

Keith Froggatt was selected to serve as Vice Chairman, Walter Stevens as Secretary/Treasurer and Marguerite Genesio as Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.

At the start of the meeting, exiting Board Chairwoman Lola Biuckians expressed her desire to step down from an holding office, citing a term limit tradition in the township as well as familial obligations. 

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Biuckians served as board chair for the past two years. She will be the only board member not to hold an office in the upcoming year.

The board also announced its meeting schedule for 2012.

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Meetings will continue to be held at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month, with the exception of the month of November. Due to a conflict with Election Day, the first meeting that month will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 7. 

The next meeting of the Upper Southampton Township Board of Supervisors will be held Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m.


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