Freeland borough council meeting on Zoom this week
At the council work session Thursday night, borough officials discussed Gov.
"It goes into effect Saturday at midnight,"
While council members, Mayor
At next week's meeting, council will consider the final 2021 budget, which includes the first property tax increase in the borough in three years.
Baranko told council he has publicly advertised the budget and the accompanying tax ordinance, and the Request For Proposals for the Tax Anticipation Loan the borough will take out to cover expenses in early 2021 until tax revenue begins to roll in.
Councilman
The spending plan calls for money to hire more police officers, up to two full-time and some part-time officers. The
One significant change will be a new health care plan that will require borough employees to pay a
So the current 4.2 mills -- 3.7 for general purposes and 0.5 for the borough ambulance -- would go up to 5.2 mills.
Garbage solution?
Krone said the garbage hauler who picks up trash and recyclables in
Council members have been discussing various collection problems since different parts of town are collected on different days, and recyclables are also collected at a different time.
"If it won't cost us any more money, and if it solves the problem, why not?" asked Councilman
"It's just a matter of the people getting used to it," Krone said. "If it doesn't work out, we could always go back to the way it is now."
No new day was set until borough officials discuss the matter further with the hauler. Krone said any changes will be publicly announced.
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