[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.

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