The Connoquenessing Township supervisors are soliciting applications for the sewer authority after they accepted its chairman’s resignation Wednesday.

Township solicitor Andrew Menchyk Jr. said Brendan Linton did not give a specific reason for resigning as chairman, but his term was set to expire at the end of this year. A successor would fill the seat until Dec. 31.

Interested parties may send applications to the township municipal building at 102 Township Drive Renfrew, PA 16053, or email connoquenessingtwp@zoominternet.net.

“It is likely that the supervisors will be appointing someone next month,” Menchyk said. “The sewer authority would have to appoint a chairman at the meeting Sept. 26.”

Menchyk said there were no motions made regarding the possible public sewage system project at Wednesday’s meeting, but township supervisors plan to talk about it with DEP officials and members of the sewer authority soon.

“Both bodies are in the process of scheduling a joint meeting to discuss the current status of the 537 plan and reevaluation of that plan,” Menchyk said. “Mr. (Lambert) Rosenbaum (sewer authority member) has had recent contact with DEP in regard to scheduling that meeting.”

The public sewage system proposed to be installed in Connoquenessing Township has been a topic of discussion at supervisors meeting for more than a year, with many residents attending each meeting to voice their concerns about the project.

The township, which does not have a public sewer system, has been preparing for years to install a sewer system to comply with Department of Environmental Protection Act 537. Established in 1966, the act requires municipalities to provide public sewer systems.

Engineering firm Herbert, Rowland and Grubic presented five scenarios to the township sewer authority at July’s meeting, which ranged in cost from $27 million to $51 million and would serve up to 1,100 customers. Some of the scenarios involved connecting the lines to the Saxonburg Area Authority or the Evans City Water & Sewer Authority.