[0:00] All right. [laughter]
Um, hi. I'm uh Joan uh Ernie and
[0:07] uh we're going to first swear in
everyone before we actually call the
[0:11] meeting to order. Okie do.
All righty. First up is Robin
[0:17] Gasperetti.
[0:25] [snorts]
[0:34] » [laughter]
[0:37] » I
>> do solemnly affirm
[0:40] » domly affirm
>> that I will support, obey, and defend
[0:44] » I will support and obey and defend
>> the Constitution of the United States
[0:48] » Constitution of the United States
>> and the Constitution of this
[0:52] commonwealth
>> and the Constitution of this
[0:54] » and then I will discharge the duties
>> and I will discharge the duties of my
[0:58] office withidelity
>> with my office with fidelity.
[1:02] » Congratulations. And I need you to sign
my
[1:09] [applause]
[1:15] » How many years, Robin?
>> How many years?
[1:17] » How many years?
>> Sorry, I stole your
[1:22] » 30.
>> I didn't know we had a
[1:24] » You got so much in this game.
>> I have my own.
[1:27] Awesome.
[1:32] » When was how many years did
[1:37] [clears throat and cough]
[snorts]
[1:54] [snorts]
[1:57] » Happy New Year. to everybody.
>> Thank you. Happy New Year. Thanks,
[2:00] Robin.
>> All right.
[2:03] Next up is
>> We can do a group for the council, can't
[2:07] we?
>> No.
[2:08] » You did that before.
>> I don't care.
[2:13] » Everybody should have an opportunity to
have
[2:20] [clears throat]
[snorts]
[2:24] » Who invited? [clears throat]
[2:28] I
[2:31] do affirmly
affirm that I will support that I will
[2:36] support obey and defend oy the United
States of the
[2:47] » and that I will discharge
the duties of my office of my office.
[2:54] Congratulations
>> [applause]
[3:02] » Robert, you're next.
[3:08] » Absolutely.
[3:12] [clears throat]
[3:17] [snorts]
[3:36] Yes.
[3:41] I have to look each time. Okay.
[3:48] Right hand up. I
I,
[3:52] » Robert Hazmire,
>> do solemnly affirm
[3:55] » do solemnly affirm
>> that I will support, obey,
[3:59] » and defend
>> that I will support, obey, and defend
[4:04] » the Constitution of the United States
>> the Constitution of the United States
[4:08] » and the Constitution of this
Commonwealth
[4:10] » and the Constitution of this
Commonwealth
[4:12] » and that I will discharge
>> and I will discharge
[4:15] » the duties of my office
>> the duties of my office
[4:18] » with fidelity.
>> with fidelity. Congratulations.
[4:23] [applause]
[4:50] That looks fine.
[5:00] » [clears throat]
[5:11] » I, Fred Miles,
>> domly affirm
[5:14] » do solemnly affirm
>> I support
[5:16] » that I will support
>> obey and defend
[5:18] » obey and defend
>> the Constitution of the United States
[5:21] » the Constitution of the United States
>> and the Constitution of this
[5:25] » the Constitution
and that I will discharge
[5:29] » discharge
>> the duties of my office
[5:31] » the duties of my office
>> with fidelity.
[5:34] » Thank you.
[5:37] [applause]
[5:45] Here
[6:02] we go.
Bible.
[6:08] [clears throat]
[6:11] All right. I
>> I Jennifer Richie
[6:14] » do solemnly affirm
>> domidly affirm
[6:17] » that I will support
>> that I will support
[6:19] » obey
>> and defend
[6:21] » defend
>> defend
[6:23] » the Constitution of the United States
>> the Constitution of the United States
[6:27] » and the Constitution of this
Commonwealth
[6:28] » and the Constitution of this
Commonwealth
[6:30] » and that I will discharge
>> and discharge
[6:33] » the duties of my office
>> the
[6:42] » [applause]
[6:46] » There you go.
[7:12] Yeah, good.
[7:17] » Okay.
See, it's really exciting to have this
[7:21] again. Um, this is a call to order and
if you can and you're able, please rise
[7:26] for the pledge of allegiance to the
flag.
[7:30] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[7:35] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, liberty and
[7:41] justice for all.
[7:45] » If we could have the burough manager do
the [clears throat] roll call, please.
[7:48] » Mayor Ernie,
>> present.
[7:51] » Mr. Stone,
>> here.
[7:52] » Miss Richie,
>> here.
[7:54] » Mr. Miles,
>> here.
[7:55] » Mr. Lawrence,
>> here.
[7:57] » Mr. Parthur
>> here. Miss Baker
[7:59] » here.
>> Mr. Hassimmire
[8:01] » present.
>> And the solicitor and fire chief are
[8:06] absent. The police chief is present.
>> Um, next on the agenda is the election
[8:12] of council president. Um, I
[clears throat] will call for
[8:16] nominations for council president. Um,
after all of the nominations are
[8:21] offered, we'll vote in order of the
nomination and the first nomination that
[8:24] receives the majority will be selected
as president.
[8:28] So, at this time, I will call for
nominations for the council president.
[8:34] » I nominate David Stone for president of
New Cumberland Burough Council.
[8:38] » I second.
>> Are there other nominations
[8:44] for council president?
[8:49] » If hearing none, could we have a vote?
All those in favor say I. I.
[8:54] » I.
>> Any opposed or abstained?
[8:57] » [clears throat]
>> Congratulations, Mr. Stone. I get to
[9:01] turn the gavl over.
[9:05] » I think I should keep it for the day.
[9:14] » Thank you. Uh, next up is election for
council vice president. Uh, do I have a
[9:19] nomination for council vice president,
please?
[9:21] » Mr. Mr. President, I would like to not I
would like to uh have a motion that we
[9:25] have Jen Richie serve in that capacity.
>> Do I have a second?
[9:30] » Seconded.
>> Um do we have any other nominations for
[9:34] council vice president?
>> I would like to nominate Drew Lawrence.
[9:38] » Do you have a second?
[9:48] » Okay. Uh we have one nomination and
seconded for council vice presidents Jen
[9:53] Richie. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[9:56] » I.
>> Any opposed.
[9:59] Um
congratulations.
[10:03] Thanks for putting your name in there.
Um next up folks is um uh the time for
[10:10] public comment. Um try to keep your your
remarks to three minutes. Uh, and uh, if
[10:18] you could approach and uh, state your
name and whether you're resident of the
[10:22] burrow, please.
[10:28] My
>> name is Judy Hawthorne. Uh, I'm
[10:31] currently serving as president of the
library board, but I would just like to
[10:34] thank everybody who serves up here and
let's have a good 2026.
[10:40] All right.
>> Thank you.
[10:41] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Judy.
[10:51] » [clears throat]
[10:56] » Christine Lucas, New Cumberland Oldtown
Association. And I also want to thank
[11:00] everyone for serving for another term
and um best wishes to our new members of
[11:06] council. I look forward to working with
all of you this coming year. Thank you.
[11:12] » Thank you,
>> Chris. Any
[11:23] other comments?
[clears throat] Okay, moving along. Uh,
[11:29] next is the president's report,
consideration of council appointments.
[11:33] So, um, we serve for the benefit of
Robert and Mary, uh, we all serve on
[11:41] some committees which you have on your,
um, in your paperwork. Um, there's a a,
[11:49] um, a delegate and then an alternate.
And [clears throat]
[11:54] we have two vacancies. And before we get
to the Well, we all we're all vacant, so
[11:58] we have to be renominated. And I'm
wondering if anybody doesn't want to
[12:02] serve that's on there now.
[12:06] » I do not want to I think we could find a
better delegate from from council to
[12:11] » Okay, that's fair.
>> On the municipal advisory board.
[12:14] [clears throat]
>> That's fair. Anybody else want to step
[12:18] down from their current positions?
I don't need to step down from my
[12:23] current position, but if there's
interest from anybody to serve on uh
[12:27] Capital Region Council of Governments,
I'd be open to it.
[12:35] Well, let's take it from the top here.
Um
[12:38] I'm thinking it might make more sense
for me to be on the municipal advisory
[12:42] board, you [clears throat] know.
>> Are you okay with that?
[12:46] » Absolutely.
>> Okay. Yeah, I can be I can be your
[12:50] alternate if you like. I don't know how
we
[12:51] » I would like to um throw my name in for
either the CAP or the Municipal Advisory
[12:58] Board delegate or
>> I'm sorry. The first one was
[13:01] » um the Capital Region Council of
Governments or the Municipal Advisory
[13:06] Board.
>> Okay.
[13:09] All right. Drew, do you want to do you
want to pass that first position on to
[13:14] Mary for council governments or
>> Sure.
[13:17] » Well, actually, you'd tell me. Do you
want to Where would you like to be?
[13:22] Would you like
>> I have greater interest in the municipal
[13:24] advisory board?
>> Well, how about the two of us be on it?
[13:28] » Sure.
>> Um,
[13:30] it sort of made sense to me to be the
delegate. I don't have to be the
[13:33] delegate, though. You can be the
alternate
[13:36] [laughter]
>> and you can go together. I I would go
[13:38] with uh Don.
>> Oh, did you?
[13:40] » Okay.
>> Yeah.
[13:41] » So,
>> we could both go.
[13:43] » Why don't we do that? Why don't we name
me as the delegate? Are you okay with
[13:46] that?
>> And you as the alternate.
[13:47] » Okay.
>> Can always switch that. Okay.
[13:50] [clears throat]
[13:53] » And uh with regard to the tax
collection, um we needed Nate's the
[14:00] alternate and the tax collection, at
least my role in it always was I look
[14:04] look seriously at the numbers. And I
think that's made me where the idea for
[14:10] um our
>> LSD
[14:13] » LS what's it called
>> the local services tax
[14:16] » local services tax came from making you
know and understanding where you know
[14:20] whether being whether it made sense at
the time and monitoring it. So we need
[14:25] somebody to be the delegate of the tax
collection committee.
[14:34] I can volunteer, but I think my
[clears throat] uh skill sets are either
[14:38] better used on the council of
governments or the municipal advisory
[14:43] board.
[14:47] Um well,
Jen, do you want to the tax? I mean,
[14:54] it's it really is just matter of
>> is a meeting in person?
[14:58] » No, I I never have been to a meeting. I
always just review what's comes out.
[15:03] Okay, that's fine then. And
>> you want to stay on the top of council
[15:08] government since you've got the tenure.
You want to stay on as the delegate?
[15:11] » Sure.
>> And Robert, [clears throat] you move on
[15:14] as an alternate to council governments.
>> You okay with that?
[15:19] » I think that's one where we can both
show up too if there's interest.
[15:26] » Okay.
[15:29] And Jen, we're putting you
>> tax
[15:33] » tax with Nate, the alternate
[15:38] certainly not last in any manner.
[laughter] Uh, West Show Rec Commission.
[15:44] That makes sense for you to stay on as
the delegate of that.
[15:47] » Thank you.
[15:53] » Which leaves you as the alternate for
West Recre. You good with that?
[15:56] » Yeah, that's no problem. Yes.
[16:00] All right. So, we got uh Jen Richie as
the Dell and Nate as the alternate and
[16:06] Nate Dyard as the alternate for the
Calbert and County Tax Collection
[16:10] Committee. We got uh Drew as a delegate
[clears throat] and Robert as the
[16:14] alternate for the Capital Region Council
Governments. We got myself as a delegate
[16:18] and Mary as the alternate for the
Cumberland County Municipal Advisory
[16:22] Board. And we have Fred Miles and Gibby
Parthmore as a delegate and alternate
[16:28] for the West Recreation Committee.
[16:33] » Nate, do you care to be the alternate
for the tax
[16:37] selection?
>> Not necessarily. No.
[16:40] » I could probably
do that. I could probably at least
[16:47] back up for that, too. Would
you like that off your hands?
[16:54] » Do you need to be?
>> I don't have to be. No.
[16:58] » If it makes sense for
>> I think it makes sense for him to stay
[17:00] on.
>> Please
[17:01] » see all those numbers.
>> No problem.
[17:03] » Yeah. You'll see what I'm talking about.
>> Absolutely. Yep.
[17:06] » All right.
>> Okay.
[17:08] » Um let's see. [snorts]
We [clears throat] need a res what do we
[17:13] do here? Resolution or
uh no resolution. I do have it on for
[17:19] consideration. Um,
technically their appointment. So, I
[17:23] guess they could be at the prerogative
of the council president.
[17:27] » Okay. So,
>> we don't need to do anything. Well,
[17:31] that's that. All right.
Um,
[17:37] anything else to
>> should we any anything else on the We
[17:43] don't have anything else on the agenda.
>> Have a second public comment.
[17:46] » Second public comment. Anybody? We have
public comment only to comment on what
[17:49] we've discussed. [laughter]
Anybody?
[17:54] No.
But I think I would like to go around
[17:58] the room just to [snorts] hear what you
have to say. Maybe [clears throat]
[18:03] looking forward to 26.
I don't want to put you on the spot.
[18:07] I'll let you.
>> Chief,
[18:13] we got a big 26 coming, don't we?
>> We do. we have u this coming week I
[18:18] think I'm meeting for the St. Patrick's
uh day event. So I'm looking forward to
[18:23] organizing that again and uh
congratulations on the two new council
[18:28] members. I'll be looking forward to
working with both of you. Uh I work with
[18:32] everybody else so it'll be uh exciting
to get some new blood in here and uh
[18:38] have conversations about the helping the
community.
[18:42] » Thank you.
>> Another officer.
[18:43] » What's that? We're hiring another
officer.
[18:46] » Yeah. Oh, yeah. Um, mayor just reminded
me we are hiring another officer and uh
[18:51] his background's been completed with one
little exception. We have to talk to
[18:56] some of his neighbors, but uh everything
is very we're very excited to get him on
[19:00] board. So, uh we're looking to get him
on board um in February. Um he been
[19:09] given a conditional offer. Uh he's a um
currently he's a Harrisburg police
[19:15] officer, city of Harrisburg. He has
three years of experience there. So he's
[19:20] coming into our department which is
really great. We don't have to train
[19:23] them. Uh that's been done. He's
certified. Uh he has a a very good
[19:30] background. Uh
college degree [clears throat] from
[19:33] Shipmanburg University. [snorts] Uh he
was in wrestling his whole life
[19:38] basically since he was in grade school.
and uh he was a coach. Um just a solid
[19:44] individual and has a very good
background, family man with three kids.
[19:50] » Nice.
>> Fantastic.
[19:52] » Mayor,
>> um so congratulations. Congratulations
[19:56] [clears throat] uh to David and to the
new council folks. Um we had one of the
[20:00] biggest turnouts for a municipal
election. I don't know how how far it
[20:05] goes back, but it was an amazing turnout
and I think it represents that people do
[20:10] care about what we do here and it's
important work and that we take it
[20:14] seriously and I think folks also are
really interested and is getting things
[20:18] done. Um so I have a really really long
agenda of things to get done um that I
[20:23] know that council is going to be
extraordinarily helpful and supportive
[20:27] of. So um I'll stay tuned for all of
those things coming up that need to get
[20:31] [cough and clears throat] done. Um, just
as an aside, I did want to mention that
[20:34] we um [clears throat] did I did get a
call today about a uh opportunity to
[20:39] have a Civil War um historical marker
placed here in New Cumberland. Um I met
[20:46] an extraordinary gentleman through Judy
and uh so uh hopefully we'll have
[20:51] something for folks um to really
commemorate for our 250th anniversary
[20:56] some of the other really cool things
that have happened here. This gentleman
[21:00] gave me a an extraordinary history of
how important New Cumberland, Le Moine,
[21:04] Wormley'sburg, and Camp Hill were in the
Civil War. So, it was a neat neat
[21:08] experience and I think we'll have
something here at Third and Bridge, I
[21:11] hope. So, anyway, stay tuned.
[21:17] » Thank you, Robert.
Nothing. [clears throat]
[21:19] Thank you for electing me and I pass it
to Gibby.
[21:26] I don't have too much either except uh I
like all the new faces. I think this
[21:30] will be good. Um
I think coming on council was a pleasant
[21:35] surprise for me that uh it deviates from
uh national politics. It's not the the
[21:41] partisan nature I see there. So I don't
think it it matters what uh side of the
[21:46] aisle we were on on the ballot. I think
uh it's always been constructive
[21:50] thinking and looking at the problems
that uh we face um as a town and a
[21:55] burrow and uh I don't think that there's
going to be an issue with the with the
[21:59] gang of people we have up here. So I
look forward to a couple years here with
[22:04] the rest of my tenure. So thank you.
[snorts]
[22:09] » Happy new year everyone. Um again thank
you for the re-election. Um I don't have
[22:14] anything specific on my agenda. just
hope hoping to move forward and push
[22:18] forward with some of the projects that
we started in the last year or two.
[22:21] Hopefully we can get some funding lined
up. Um and just as always keep the lines
[22:27] of communication open.
>> Now my turn.
[22:32] » Your turn.
>> You know, I had to speak somewhere.
[22:34] Those public comments [clears throat]
just like [laughter]
[22:38] I only hope that someone takes up the
public comment cup from me. Um,
[22:43] [clears throat]
well, I would like to thank you all for
[22:46] being here today and for anyone watching
the video, thank you. Um, uh, thanks to
[22:51] for the support in the election. Um, I'm
very glad to be here. Honored really.
[22:56] And, um, yeah, I have lots of things in
mind. Of course, I've already started
[23:00] talking about those things with some
folks here and, um, hopefully it will be
[23:04] very productive for New Cumberland. Um,
look forward to working with you.
[23:09] » Great.
Welcome, Robert. Welcome, Mary. Um, I
[23:15] don't have anything else. Happy to have
you.
[23:19] » All right. Well, yeah, I think 2026 is
going to be exciting year. Thanks for
[23:24] the support of the community. Uh, I'm
really excited about the rec board
[23:29] that's going to be meeting for the first
time next Thursday, next week. And we've
[23:34] already sort of laying some groundwork.
I was down at the West Shore senior set
[23:38] senior center today and that's run by a
great gal Aaron and she's really
[23:44] enthusiastic and I think that's a
wonderful resource for us and um so
[23:49] we're going to expand on that and I
think maybe help get their message out
[23:54] uh to the citizens.
[23:59] » Nate have anything?
>> Just looking forward to working with
[24:02] everybody in 2026.
and my turn. Uh, thanks for everybody's
[24:07] support. Really appreciate that. Um,
let's see. 2026 trees, traffic calming,
[24:15] » park improvements,
wel welcoming a new officer,
[24:20] firet truck resolution,
[laughter]
[24:22] » please. Library celebration. Looking
forward to that.
[24:27] Um, and yeah, thanks for everybody's uh
hard work. and entertain a motion to uh
[24:35] to adjurnn.
>> So moved
[24:37] » and a second.
>> Second.
[24:38] » All in favor?
>> I opposed. [clears throat] We're
[24:42] adjourned. Thank you all.