[0:14] uh reorganization meeting for Jentown
Burrow for January 5th, 2026.
[0:21] Um I call the meeting to order. Um,
we've done the pledge of allegiance
[0:26] already, so I think we can move on to
swearing in of new elected officials.
[0:35] » All right.
>> You ever stand?
[0:37] » Sure. Yes. Why don't you all stand up?
All right. So, I have um Alexandria
[0:43] Khalil, Christian Sia, Deborah Sign
Panko, Dborah, sorry,
[0:49] Gabriel Lurman. I'll pronounce all your
names incorrectly. Um,
[0:54] Yeah, I worked really hard. I know I
screw that up. Um Joshua Curtain and
[1:01] Macaffy. McCaffy, I got it right. See
that? All right. So, we're all good,
[1:06] right? All right. Why didn't Oh, we
ready? There he is. Hello, Eric. How are
[1:10] you, sir? All right. Um, raise your
right hands, please. All right. Thank
[1:15] you. Um, I state your name. I, Gabriel
Lurman,
[1:21] » do solemnly swear or affirm
>> do affirm
[1:26] » that I will support, obey, and defend
>> that I will support, obey, and defend
[1:31] » the Constitution of the United States
>> the Constitution of the United States
[1:36] » and the Constitution of this
Commonwealth
[1:38] » and the Constitution of this
Commonwealth
[1:40] » and that I will discharge the duties of
the Burrow of Jenin Town
[1:45] » that I will discharge the duties of the
Burrow of Jen Get down.
[1:48] » With fidelity.
>> With fidelity.
[1:51] » That is it.
[1:55] » I believe unless they're different for
different people.
[1:58] » No.
>> No. They're all the same, right?
[2:01] » All right. There you go.
Congratulations, everyone.
[2:03] » Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you.
[2:07] » You got plenty of time. You got to tell
me.
[2:10] » All right. Let me uh May I
>> Yes.
[2:12] » All right. Yes. I'll say hello to your
colleagues and thank you for everything
[2:16] you do, by the way. dog
[2:24] his mind that it was Monday night.
>> If you're still here, maybe we have one
[2:30] more to do.
>> He hasn't up, does he? He does. Oh,
[2:44] » okay. Then we'll move ahead with a roll
call. Councelor Khalil, Councelor
[2:50] McCaffy, Councelor Bartlett, Councelor
Curtain,
[2:55] Councel Ballard, Councelor Connors,
Councelor Saltziac,
[3:02] Counselor Science Panko,
uh, Councelor Lewis will be here, uh,
[3:08] hopefully soon. Um, Councelor Spindler
>> here,
[3:12] » Councelor Bruno
>> here,
[3:14] » and do we have counselor Marlo online?
>> She is on. She is online. Okay.
[3:20] All right. Um at this time, do we have
any public comment?
[3:24] » I haven't seen none.
>> None. Okay. Any from the room?
[3:30] Okay. Uh then we will move on to
nomination and election of Burough
[3:35] Council President. Um at this time, do I
have any nominations for the office of
[3:41] Burough Council President?
[3:45] Okay.
[3:50] Okay. Any other nominations?
[3:54] All right. Hearing none, I think we can
take a voice vote.
[4:01] » A hand vote. All in favor, please raise
your hand. Hang
[4:07] » any nos?
>> I think
[4:13] » uh that was a unanimous vote uh in favor
of
[4:17] um nominating and approving Jay Connors
as Burough Council President.
[4:25] Um
>> me just interrupt you. Mayor, thank you
[4:29] all. Congratulations. Thank you for your
service and uh to be here.
[4:33] » Thank you. thing.
>> All right. Um, since I didn't get the
[4:37] gabble, I think you actually have it
over there. Missed my chance on that
[4:41] one.
Um, so the, uh, microphone and the gavl
[4:47] are yours, President Connors.
>> Okay. Thank you, Mayor Lurman. Um, at
[4:52] this time, I would ask for a nomination
for the election of Burough Council Vice
[4:57] President.
[5:01] Are there any other nominations?
I move to close the nominations for the
[5:07] office of burrow council vice president.
Second.
[5:10] » Do I have a motion and a second? Any
comments, questions? All in favor?
[5:15] » Any opposed? Uh matters will act, please
record a unanimous vote. It's all yours.
[5:21] » Okay.
[5:29] » Okay. Oh. Um Okay. nomination and
election of Burough Council President
[5:33] Prom. Um uh I I move to nominate um for
the election of Burough Council
[5:42] President Prom. Do I have any
nominations?
[5:49] » Yeah.
[5:54] » Yeah. So, do I do I have a nom a
nomination to elect Joanne as
[6:00] » uh burough council president prom. Are
there any other nominations? Uh hearing
[6:06] none, I'm um I move to close uh the
nominations for office of the burough
[6:12] council president prom.
I have a mo I have a motion and a
[6:16] second. Any comments, questions? All in
favor? Any opposed? Manager lock, please
[6:21] record a unanimous vote. Uh now it is
time for the president's message. I did
[6:27] put something together.
Um
[6:33] now every every two years. Uh so thank
you everyone for attending this
[6:38] evening's meeting. I also want to thank
our staff, our mayor, Mayor Lurman, our
[6:43] chief of police, Tom Scott and the
Jentown Police Department, Chief Lynch,
[6:48] who unfortunately cannot be with us this
evening, and the Jentown Fire
[6:51] Department, our first responders,
Foreman Rigggins and the Public Works
[6:56] Department, and our professionals,
Pannon Associates, represented by Mark
[7:00] Bickerton, and all offices of Shan K.
Kenny represented by Patrick Hitchens
[7:06] who also cannot be in attendance this
evening.
[7:10] I want to thank our outgoing counselor
for W 3, Eliza Narva. Her dedication to
[7:15] our community along with her loyalty to
her constituents in Ward 3 was nothing
[7:20] short of admirable. Her thoughtful input
during meetings along with her
[7:24] commitment as our liaison to the school
board will no doubt be missed.
[7:29] And it is now a pleasure to welcome our
newest elected official to W three, Josh
[7:33] Curtain.
[7:39] I also want to thank my colleagues on
council who along with our mayor
[7:44] continue to serve in a volunteer
capacity. Our community has placed
[7:47] tremendous trust in us and you have
proven to be faithful stewards to the
[7:52] residents you represent. And it is my
honor and privilege to work and preside
[7:56] alongside a group of dedicated
volunteers that understand, respect, and
[8:00] carry out their oath of office so
faithfully. Together, we have made great
[8:04] strides to meet the burden we have taken
on. Um, including infrastructure
[8:09] improvements, creating open space,
bringing old policies up to date,
[8:14] attracting new business, preventing
light bite with new development,
[8:18] partnering with businesses, charity
organizations, nonprofits, local
[8:22] churches, etc.
Uh none of this could have been
[8:27] accomplished without us working together
as a team and being passionate about our
[8:31] vision and future goals for Jenin Town.
There have also been tough times we have
[8:36] faced together as a council and I am
nothing short of impressed with the
[8:39] passion, guts, and determination you
have shown through some very tough
[8:43] times. There is no shortage of political
courage among the members of this
[8:46] council. I'm confident that you will
take these same qualities into the
[8:51] future.
The fire at SPS reminded us of the
[8:56] importance of our first responders and
the need to finance them and provide
[9:00] them with the best equipment available.
The 100year storms that now occur
[9:04] monthly remind us of the importance
importance of our public works
[9:08] department and making sure they are
equipped to meet weather challenges
[9:11] headon along with making necessary
infrastructure improvements. The rising
[9:17] costs that face our school district
remind us of the importance of business
[9:22] development, not only to offset taxes,
but to keep our downtown thriving. The
[9:28] current situation in our country
regarding immigration reminds us of the
[9:32] important importance of a fair and
equitable policy on immigration while at
[9:36] the same time protect protecting our
citizens.
[9:40] Inflation and rising costs on things as
simple as necessities at the grocery
[9:44] store remind us of our fiscal
responsibility and protecting our most
[9:48] vulnerable citizens, the elderly, those
living paycheck to paycheck, those
[9:53] living below the poverty line, those
with special needs, or those caring for
[9:57] people with special needs. The list goes
on, but these are situations that lay
[10:02] the groundwork for the future to meet
the needs of our community. Finally, I
[10:06] want to express our sincere thanks and
gratitude to all of our volunteer boards
[10:10] from the ZHB to the planning commission,
from the rec board to the JYA and all
[10:15] who serve in a selfless volunteer
capacity to make Jentown what it is and
[10:20] that it that is the best community in
Pennsylvania. Thank you.
[10:25] Thank you. Very
[10:32] » uh approval of council meeting minutes.
Do I have a I'm I move to approve the
[10:37] council meeting minutes. I have a motion
and a second. Are there any comments,
[10:42] questions? Uh all in favor?
Any opposed? Uh matters, please record a
[10:49] unanimous unanimous vote.
Uh motion to approve payrolls in the
[10:54] amount of $81,352.95
[10:58] and invoices totaling $142,71023.
[11:06] I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[11:12] » Uh any opposed? Uh manager, please
record a unanimous vote.
[11:24] Uh moving on to the order of business.
[11:31] » Oh yeah. Um so before we move on to the
order of business, we'll take a moment
[11:35] to swear in uh Councelor Lewis uh which
will be done by Mayor Lurman.
[13:31] Okay, I will now move on to the order of
business. Uh, I make a motion to appoint
[13:36] Kieran Farrell as the Burough's vacancy
board chairperson.
[13:40] I have a motion and a second. Any Are
there any comments or questions? Yeah.
[13:48] All in favor?
>> I.
[13:50] » Any opposed? Uh, manager, please record
unanimous vote.
[13:55] Uh, I make a motion to appoint David
Ballard as the chairperson of the of
[14:00] administration and the fin and finance
committee. I have a motion and a second.
[14:06] Are there any comments or questions? All
in favor? Any opposed? Madag, please
[14:12] record a unanimous vote.
[14:18] I make a motion to appoint Joanne Bruno
as the chairperson of building zoning
[14:23] and revitalization committee. I have a
motion and a second. Are there any
[14:28] comments or questions? All in favor? Any
opposed? Manager, please record
[14:34] unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint uh Dborro Signs Panko as the
[14:39] chairperson. I'm sorry. As appoint
Christian Saltziac as the chairperson of
[14:44] the public safety committee. I have a
motion and a second. Are there any
[14:48] comments or questions? All in favor? Any
opposed? Uh manager lock, please record
[14:55] a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint Doro Science Panco as the
[15:00] chairperson of the public works
committee. I have a motion and a second.
[15:04] Are there any comments or questions? All
in favor? Any opposed? Matter of act,
[15:11] please record a unanimous vote.
[15:20] » Okay.
[15:24] I make a motion to appoint Josh Curtain
as the liaison to the Jenintown School
[15:28] District.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[15:32] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Uh, manager, please record
[15:39] a unanimous vote. Uh, I make a motion to
appoint Kilkenny Law LLC as the burrow's
[15:45] solicitor.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[15:48] any comments or questions?
All in favor? Any opposed? Manager Lock,
[15:56] please record a unanimous vote. I make a
motion to appoint George Lock as the
[16:01] burough secretary and manager.
>> Second.
[16:04] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[16:10] Any opposed? Manager Lock, please record
a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[16:15] appoint George Lock as the Burough's
zoning officer.
[16:19] I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? Uh, all in
[16:24] favor? Any opposed? Manager Lock, please
record a unanimous vote. I make a motion
[16:30] to appoint George Lock as the Burrow's
building code official.
[16:34] I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions?
[16:39] All in favor?
Any opposed? Madag, please record a
[16:44] unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint George Lock as the Bose's
[16:48] treasurer.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[16:53] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Manager Rock, please record
[17:00] a unanimous vote.
I make a motion to approve the burrow
[17:04] manager employment agreement between
Jagentown Burrow and George Lock which
[17:07] will be in effect from January 1st, 2026
until the reorganization meeting in
[17:13] January 2028.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[17:18] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Manager Lock, please record
[17:25] a unanimous vote.
I make a motion to appoint burough
[17:28] manager George Lockach and Chief Tom
Scott as the respective right to know
[17:32] officers for the burrow.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[17:37] any comments or questions?
All in favor? Any opposed? Matter of
[17:43] please record a unanimous vote. I make a
motion to appoint Penoni Associates
[17:47] Incorporated as the burrow's municipal
engineer.
[17:50] » Second.
>> I have a motion and a second. Are there
[17:53] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Manager Lock, please record
[17:59] a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint Penoni Associates Incorporated
[18:04] as the burough's traffic engineer.
>> Second.
[18:07] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[18:13] » Any opposed? Manager Rock, please record
a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[18:18] appoint Penoni Associates Incorporated
as the burrow's sewer engineer.
[18:23] I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[18:29] Any opposed? Manager will please record
a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[18:34] appoint Barbine, Thornton, and company
as the burrow's auditing firm.
[18:38] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[18:44] Any opposed? Manager, please record
unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[18:48] appoint Tom Thomas Scott as the burrow's
police chief for the Jentown Police
[18:53] Department.
>> Second. I have a motion and a second.
[18:56] Are there any comments or questions? All
in favor?
[19:00] Any opposed? Manager Rod, please record
a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[19:05] appoint Chief Thomas Scott as the
Burough's emergency management
[19:08] coordinator.
>> Second.
[19:10] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[19:16] » Any opposed? Manager Lac, please record
a unanimous vote.
[19:21] I make a motion to approve the Burough
Police Chief's employment agreement
[19:24] between Jagentown Burrow and Chief
Thomas Scott, which will be in effect
[19:27] from January 1st, 2026 until the
reorganization meeting in January 2028.
[19:35] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[19:41] Any opposed? Manager Lock, please record
unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[19:45] appoint Chief Ken Lynch as the burrow's
fire chief. Second.
[19:50] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[19:56] Any opposed? Matters will act, please
record a unanimous vote. I make a motion
[20:01] to appoint Kevin Lynch as the burrow's
fire marshall.
[20:05] » Second.
>> I have a motion and a second. Are there
[20:07] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Manager, please record a
[20:14] unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint Obermy, Redmond, Maxwell, and
[20:19] Hippo LLP as the burrow's labor council.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[20:25] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Manager Lock, please record
[20:31] a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint Obermy, Redmond, Maxwell, and
[20:36] Hippo LLP as the Burough's bond council.
>> Second.
[20:40] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[20:46] Any opposed? Manager Lock, please record
a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[20:51] appoint Hamburg, Ruben, Mullen, Maxwell,
and Lupin as the zoning hearing board
[20:55] council.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[20:59] any comments or questions? All in favor?
>> Any opposed? Madagor, please record a
[21:05] unanimous vote. I make a motion to
appoint Clark Gallagher, Barb,
[21:10] Barbierro, Amuso, and Glassman Law as
the civil service council.
[21:16] Uh, I have a motion and a second. Are
there any comments or questions? All in
[21:21] favor? Any opposed? Banner, please
record a unanimous vote. I make a motion
[21:27] to appoint Clark Gallagher, Barbara,
Amuso, and Glassman Law as the burrow's
[21:32] special counsel.
>> Second.
[21:34] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[21:39] Any opposed? Manager lock, please record
a unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[21:44] appoint Tom Josiah Consulting LLC as the
burrow's municipal accountant.
[21:50] I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[21:56] » Any opposed? Manager L, please record
the unanimous vote. I make a motion to
[22:01] adopt resolution 2026-1
approving 20 approving 2026 general fee
[22:06] schedule as presented.
>> I have a motion and a second. Are there
[22:10] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Matters arrive, please
[22:16] record a unanimous vote.
[22:22] I I
[22:25] make a motion to adopt resolution 2026-2
reappointing Scott Crumbley to the
[22:31] Jentown Burough zoning hearing board. Uh
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[22:36] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Um managers will act please
[22:42] record a unanimous vote. I make a motion
to adopt resolution 2026-3
[22:48] appointing Judith Lavacov and Jennifer
Pool Pendergrass to the Jenintown
[22:53] Burough Environmental Advisory
Committee. I have a motion and a second.
[22:58] Are there any comments or questions? All
in favor? Any opposed? Manager, please
[23:05] record unanimous vote. I make a motion
to adopt resolution number 2026-4
[23:11] appointing David Bowerard, Christian
Saltziac, and Anthony Mallister to the
[23:15] Jagentown Burough Non-uniform Pension
Committee. I have a motion and a second.
[23:20] Are there any comments or questions? All
in favor? Any opposed? Manager Lac,
[23:26] please record a unanimous vote. I make a
motion to adopt resolution 2026-5
[23:32] appointing David Bowerard, Christian
Saltziac, and Rory Tffy to the Jenintown
[23:36] Burough Uniform Pension Committee.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[23:41] any comments or questions? All in favor?
Any opposed? Madag, please record
[23:47] unanimous vote. I make a motion to adopt
resolution 2026-6
[23:53] appointing Ken Lynch, Kevin Lions, Bill
Pros, and Chris O'Neal of the
[23:57] Independent Fire Company and Gary
Bachmann, Michael Furlong, Jerry West,
[24:02] and Sam Ford of the Pioneer Fire Company
to the Jenintown Burough Fire
[24:06] Commission.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[24:11] any comments or questions? All in favor?
>> Any opposed? Matter of rock, please
[24:17] record a unanimous vote. I make a motion
to adopt resolution 2026-8
[24:23] appointing Mark Bruner and Jeff Orin to
the Jentown Burrow UCC Appeals Board.
[24:30] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions?
[24:35] » Sure.
>> Yeah, we're at the end of the
[24:37] appointment and I think this is a big
point. Even though Judith has a very
[24:40] small burrow, there are a lot of moving
parts to operate the burrow at the
[24:45] municipality in the proper way. Many of
these people are volunteers. Uh the
[24:51] doings of of all these things for the
brow are kept, you know, a lot of balls
[24:54] in the air kept in the air by manager
lock and chief Scott and their staffs.
[24:59] Um, and you this is sort of it seems
like a routine process, but it's
[25:02] actually a very interesting illustration
of the many facets of the Burough's
[25:07] operation that uh uh I'm I'm honored to
help contribute to.
[25:13] » Yeah, thank you for that. That's a Yeah,
very excellent point.
[25:19] Uh,
all in favor?
[25:23] is
[25:26] » um yeah, let me finish up 36. Um all in
favor uh any opposed? Uh all in favor?
[25:35] Uh
yeah.
[25:40] » I know. 35.
>> Oh no. Manager Rock, please record
[25:44] unanimous vote.
Yeah. Manager Rock, we're not doing 35.
[25:49] Is that correct?
[25:52] Okay. Yeah, my I have the the
highlighted shaded out. I have the real
[25:56] one there. But thank you, Ann. I
appreciate I appreciate that. Um I make
[26:02] a motion to approve resolution number
2026-9 authorizing and approving a tax
[26:07] revenue anticipation note with First
Trust Bank in the amount of $350,000
[26:13] at a rate of 5.62%.
I have a motion and a second. Are there
[26:18] any comments or questions? Um I've just
mentioned that I think the plan and the
[26:23] hope is that that the burough will be
able to retire this this trend earlier
[26:28] than the end of the year. You know
[26:34] financial factor
so far.
[26:38] » Thank you. All in fa
>> should I assume that there's no penalty
[26:42] for um curly pain.
[26:46] » All in favor? Any opposed? Madagor,
please record a unanimous vote. Number
[26:53] 38 on the agenda. Councelor Ballard.
>> I make a motion to publicly advertise
[26:58] ordinance 2026-1
amending chapter 119 of the burough code
[27:04] and adoption of the associated fee
structure as provided. Second.
[27:08] » I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[27:14] Any opposed? Manager, please record a
unanimous vote. Uh number 39, councelor
[27:20] Ballard.
>> Uh I make a motion to approve resolution
[27:23] 2026-10
appointing Port Noi Law Associates
[27:28] Limited as the collector of delinquent
municipal debts in relation to solid
[27:32] waste and sanitary sewer charges for the
year 2026 per the agreement as
[27:36] presented.
>> I have a motion and a second. Are there
[27:40] any comments or questions?
[27:51] He can have us next.
>> Yeah. Which would you like to know?
[27:55] » The solid weight.
>> Okay.
[28:01] » All in favor?
Any opposed? Manager, please record a
[28:06] unanimous vote. Uh number 40, Councelor
Ballard.
[28:09] » I make a motion to issue the final
payment in the amount of $57,536.20
[28:15] 20 cents to Innovative Construction
Services In Hank for the 2025 paging
[28:21] project as recommended by the burough
engineer.
[28:24] I have a motion and a second. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
[28:30] Any opposed? Manager L, please record a
unanimous vote. Is there any new
[28:35] business or andor discussion to bring
forward?
[28:42] » Hearing none, I move to adjurnn. Second.
>> All in favor.
[28:47] Thank you everyone. Have a great evening
and a great 2026. We are reorganized.
[28:52] Yeah.