By Joy Owens
Press-Journal Staff 

Monday night’s regular meeting of the Londonderry Township Board of Supervisors was moved to Londonderry Elementary School in anticipation of more attendance than could be accommodated in the small headquarters building on Geyers Church Road. The result was a turnout of about 80 residents who heard both a brief and routine business agenda followed by almost two hours of renewed haranguing.
After the resignation last week of then-supervisor Lyn Coble, who cited family pressures in leaving both that board and the general authority without advance notice, just two board members remained to transact official business. Under Pennsylvania Code regulations, Chairman Doug Gellatly and Dr. Edward Swartz, have 30 days from the date of Coble’s resignation to name an interim supervisor. That gives them the opportunity to do so in the scheduled workshop meeting March 20. If they cannot agree, vacancy board chair Angela Feeney has the authority to select the third supervisor within 15 days before the matter could move on to Commonwealth Court.
In the Feb. 23 meeting, Lehew announced he would campaign to return to the board. In Monday’s meeting, when the discussion focused on selection of an interim board member, the names of Rick Crow and Bill Kemetz were added to LeHew’s as potential interim supervisor. Gellatly and Swartz then authorized secretary-treasurer Brenda Shuey to advertise for additional applicants. 
Those factors drew the unusual turnout Monday night, with the audience about evenly divided in support of Gellatly and Swartz. Swartz recently reversed a decision he announced in the Feb. 23 meeting. Then, he said he did not plan to seek another term as supervisor and would not be a candidate in the coming primary. Monday, he said he had changed his mind and has filed the required paperwork to campaign again.
Audience members heard the board grant a six-month extension to Lytle Farms developers for submission of their final plan. In a related action, the supervisors also waived requirements for the farms’ tract sidewalks and curbs until such time as they are needed for development traffic. 
In the public comment section, audience members asked about a recent Press And Journal story that the Pitt-Ohio trucking company is seeking space in the Lytle Farms’ tract. Solicitor Peter Henninger said no applications have been received, either from Pitt-Ohio or any other firms, and that those must first be considered by the township’s planning commission before the board of supervisors could consider them.