Municipal News
- Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 00:49
Local Mayors Recognized for Regional Police Efforts
By Christina Walko
Charleroi Mayor Nancy Ellis, along with the Speers and N. Charleroi Mayors are to be the first recipients of the Intergovernmental Progress award. The mayors are being recognized by the Mon Valley Progress Council for their work on the much needed Regional Police force, which has been a great success.
By Christina Walko
Charleroi Mayor Nancy Ellis, along with the Speers and N. Charleroi Mayors are to be the first recipients of the Intergovernmental Progress award. The mayors are being recognized by the Mon Valley Progress Council for their work on the much needed Regional Police force, which has been a great success.
“ It was really a money saving effort for the people of Charleroi”, says Ellis about the police which has been up and running successfully for over a year. The Borough is also advertising for a part-time officer for the force.
Mayor Ellis announced a low-cost Rabies Plus Clinic for dogs and cats will be held on Sunday, May 19th at the Mon Valley YMCA, 101 Taylor Run Road in Monongahela. The effort is sponsored in part by the Charleroi Cat Project which raised $8000 for spaying and neutering in its efforts to curb the feral cat population in the Charleroi/North Charleroi region.
The Borough has purchased new and better LED lights for the streets which will be in sometime in April. In the meantime some lights are left without bulbs as it would not be cost-effective or efficient for the borough to replace them with the current quality bulbs. The council will work to inform businesses of this by email.
In other news:
• Borough Manger informed the council that the Charleroi Fire Department is now a QRS certified first responder which involved the implementation of certain medical equipment.
• The council discussed handicap accessible parking and a handicapped stall for the front and the side of the Post 22 American Legion.
• The council approved 13 resolutions for tax claim release for various properties in Chareroi and a resolution to demolish a property at 301-303 McKean Avenue.
• Plans are moving forward to eliminate the Columbus Hotel, which contains asbestos.
• 24 compliance orders were issued by code enforcement.
• Due to persistence on behalf of the county solicitor, World Kitchens is now sending a past due check to the Borough for $10,000.
• 267 calls to the police in February
• Mon Valley EMS had 118 calls for February.
• April 27 is slated for Charleroi clean-up day.
