East Cocalico Township supervisors  on Wednesday granted a time extension to Amelia's Grocery Outlet for a land-development plan to build a 150,000-square-foot distribution center and corporate headquarters.

The New Holland-based discount grocer now has until Nov. 22 to adjust  plans for the facility.

Amelia's has faced many hurdles since 2009, when it first submitted plans for the $9 million project to be built at 561 S. Muddy Creek Road.

The township zoning board and planning commission earlier this year approved Amelia's revised plans for the boundary of a wetland area. The revision will allow a small portion of the proposed truck maneuvering area to impact an existing wetland area and allow the construction of a wetland basin within the buffer area.

The planned warehouse will add additional grocery, freezer, refrigerator and office space. The site also will allow for future expansion of up to 100,000 square feet.

In other news, the board unanimously approved Chairman Doug Mackley's suggestion that the next edition of the township's newsletter be printed in color. The cost of the color edition is $1,650 compared to $725 for the standard black-and-white pamphlet that is mailed to all homes in the township.

"I think it will be worth it," Mackley said. "There are some very interesting articles in this issue and to do it in black and white would not do some of it justice."

Also, the board has decided to move forward on a plan to purchase and install surveillance cameras at Reamstown Pool and at the township's clean-fill recycling center.

Mackley said the recent vandalism at both the pool and the township's Woody Waste Site — which has forced the recycling center to be closed on a daily basis — helped spur the move.

Supervisors have hinted that the township will discontinue its relationship with Humane League of Lancaster County because fees next year will increase about 70 percent to nearly $9,000 per year, plus a fee of $25 for each dog collected.

The board asked East Cocalico police Chief George Beever to evaluate whether it would be more cost-effective to have state dog-law enforcement officers cover the township.

In other news:

• Beever reported the winning bids received Wednesday for the sale of three used police cruisers. The three Ford Crown Victoria vehicles sold for a total of $11,560 to Gray Quality Used Cars of Morrisville, one of seven firms that submitted bids.

 

• Township solicitor Thomas Goodman suggested the board reject a request by the Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau urging that it attempt to collect earned income taxes from nonresidents who work in the township. Goodman, who was not at Wednesday's meeting, said that the effort to collect the tax "was not worth it," Township Manager Mark Hiester said.

• Hiester reported that the township received $3,800 from Pennsylvania Treasury Department after a search of unclaimed property on the Treasury Department's website. Hiester, who said the money was recovered from 1990, asked the board to consider how it will apply the funds.