The Warren County Intergovernmental Co-Op is ready to solicit members.

The organization has spent several months finalizing bylaws and last week approved a draft resolution that will be disseminated to the county’s municipalities. That resolution will have to be adopted to join the group.

“It’s not a heavy lift,” Clarendon Borough Councilman Paul Pascuzzi said. “We need to get this in the hands of the solicitors.”

The group seemed to prefer action by the municipalities early in 2022. The Co-Op’s consultant, Alan Kugler, said that would be a “less politically charged time” given this fall’s municipal elections.

The Co-Op’s legislative committee was critical of a proposed local option sales tax legislation. While officials want the potential funding stream to be focused on emergency response, the first draft of the legislation would include funding that has to go to municipal pensions.

Youngsville Borough Councilman Troy Clawson said the committee will be approaching the sponsoring legislator about potential fixes.

ANF Forest Supervisor Jamie Davidson told the Co-Op that the forest is reaching the end of the fiscal year and expects to meet the timber target objective of 50 million board feet and expects a similar target next year.

She said they’re also going to “start some egg mass surveys in the next couple months” to plan gypsy moth treatment for 2022, explaining that a significant presence of the moth is expected. “We’re just trying to get an idea of how to treat that” and limit mortality.

Davidson also told the Co-Op that federal officials are working on re-opening the ANF’s offices to the public with an initial goal of Oct. 1.