The Paint Township Board of Supervisors last week accepted written apologies from three teenagers involved in taking road closure signs from a storm-damaged road.
Four male teens were involved in the theft of the signs which were recovered in about 45 minutes by state police. Three of the teens are from the Rimersburg area and the fourth is from Paint Township.
The three males from Rimersburg sent letters of apology to the township.
Blose said it is her understanding the four young men grabbed the road closure signs from a township road that sustained heavy damage during a recent storm.
A township resident observed the theft and obtained a license plate number of the involved vehicle. The resident called supervisor Ken Ganoe who contacted state police.
The state police soon had the vehicle stopped and the signs recovered.
Ganoe told state police the township would forgo pressing charges if the four teens wrote letters of apology to the residents of Paint Township and told their parents what they had done.
“What they did actually risked a catastrophe,” said Blose.
No decision was made concerning the fourth teen who, as of June 16, had not written his letter of apology.
In other business, supervisors Ganoe, Jeff Corcetti and Craig Lewis agreed to seek quotes for the painting of the Paint Township building along State Route 66 just north of Marianne.
The board expected to act on the project June 15 and invited at least three painters to offer a quote on the work.
Blose said there might have been some confusion on the time of the meeting with one contractor arriving late and one not arriving at all. A third contractor did not respond to the invitation to offer a price on the work.
Blose said the two contractors who did express interest in the work were invited to submit a written quote.
The board authorized Corcetti to accept the lowest responsible quote in order that the work can begin before the board’s meeting next month.