Meeting roundup
• Date: June 3
• Action: Councilman Mark Sarracino was given authority to proceed with a plan to resequence house numbers on East and West Market streets. Councilwoman Phoebe Suica said a new map was requested by Washington County 911 to eliminate confusion caused by duplicate house numbers. Residents will be notified once the plan is ratified.
Council members also announced the completion of the paving project on Center Avenue, also known as Mud Lane. Youngblood Paving was the contractor for the project, funded by a grant from Washington County Redevelopment Authority.
Council members voted to accept a $16,000 bid for a front-end loader the municipality is selling.
• Next meeting: 7 p.m. July 1
• Date: June 3
• Action: Council members voted unanimously to replace a deteriorating roof on a pavilion in Midway Community Park with a new metal one at a cost of $8,600. Council members Pat Cooper and Pam Lauff were absent.
Council accepted the donation of a metal bench for the park from the Midway senior citizens. The bench will go into the area near the ball field where memorial bricks are to be placed.
Contractor Suite-Kote will begin a paving project on North Center and Jefferson streets, scheduled tentatively for the end of June. The roughly $7,250 project will be paid for with money from the liquid fuels fund.
• Next meeting: 6 p.m. July 1
• Date: June 3
• Action: A $5,000 donation was awarded to Heritage Public Library to help the library pay for a new roof.
Council members announced the borough had begun the process of demolishing the building at 120 E. Lincoln Ave. During a special meeting in May, council voted to condemn the building that shared a wall with a structure that was recently razed. The project was funded by a block grant awarded by Washington County Redevelopment Authority.
Councilman Steve Matta said the board approved a $21,000 project to pave the parking lot of Heritage Community Park and a number of nearby streets with a new material called micro-pave. PennDOT recently approved the cost-saving material. Matta said the project would act as a case study for a more ambitious fall project the borough hopes to finance using state grants.
The borough accepted the resignation of two police officers. Justin Majors and Jennifer Dempsey accepted positions with other police forces.
Council announced a list of upcoming summer events, including an August Christian rock concert called Alliance Festival, a tennis camp starting later this month and a Civil War re-enactment June 31, all at Heritage Park.
• Next meeting: 7 p.m. June 1
• Action: The board announced the hiring of Dan Mayer as the assistant principal for the high school. Mayer will begin work July 1.
The board also approved the allocation of $108,900 toward new technology. The district will replace four laptop carts in the high school, provide systemwide upgrades, install new wiring in the administration building and purchase 35 laptops for the elementary center.
Superintendent Robert Dinnen said the district is moving toward an electronic curriculum.
“After talking to the administration and staff,” Dinnen said, “we’re grateful to the board for funding this technology that will continue to keep our students on top academically by utilizing these state-of-the-art advances.”
• Next meeting: 7:30 p.m. June 17