First Posted: 1/8/2012
Three council members were sworn in and council reorganized on Monday night.
Charles Youngman was sworn in as a first-time council member. Lee Eckert and Chris Matus were sworn in for another term. Both have served on council for the past four years.
Council now has six serving members. Last year council petitioned Luzerne County Court to decrease its size from seven to five members. The petition was approved and the decrease will be complete by next election.
Eckert was voted as president and council member Robert Edgerton was chosen as vice president. Matus had previously served in the position.
Council also voted to change its meeting schedule from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month.
The following persons were re-appointed to positions in the borough: Tracey Michael Carr as borough manager, borough secretary and zoning officer; Carl Alber as assistant zoning officer and code enforcement officer; Mary Herbert as treasurer; Jeffrey Malak as solicitor; Karen Fiorello as administrative assistant; Harry Vivian as emergency management coordinator; the Dallas Area Municipal Authority as sewage enforcement officer; Mark Van Etten as real estate tax certifier; and James Drury as chief of police.
PNC Bank, Citizens Bank, Luzerne Bank, First National Community Bank and the Pennsylvania Local Governments Investment Trust were designated as official depositories for the borough.
Eckert, Matus, Edgerton and Herbert were designated as authorized signatories for borough accounts.
Eckert, Matus, Carr, borough resident Robert Richardson and unnamed representatives from the police and road departments were designated as pension committee members.
Drew Regan, Margaret Baney and Kathy Kupstas were appointed to the zoning hearing board.
Frank Rollman, Joseph Gilroy and Barbara King were appointed to the planning commission.
Nancy Eckert, Vivian and Joseph Fiorello were appointed to the property maintenance code appeals board.
Harold Clarke Lewis and John Pieczynski were appointed as representatives to the Back Mountain Area Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals.
Mayor Tim Carroll was appointed as a representative to the Dallas Area Municipal Authority and the Back Mountain Community Partnership. John Oliver was also appointed as a representative to the municipal authority.
Patricia Peiffer was reappointed as the vacancy chairperson.
The following employees were affirmed as part-time police officers: Richard Szot, Thomas McGovern, Gabriel Paduck, William Acuff and Mark Liparella.
The following employees were affirmed to the road department: John Cybulski, Frank Kus and Frank Stanish.
Donald Egliskis was appointed as a borough crossing guard.
Council also reappointed the following individuals to serve on the Back Mountain Regional Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with Jackson, Lehman and Lake townships: Vivian as chief coordinator representing Dallas Borough, John Wilkes Jr. as deputy chief coordinator representing Jackson Township, James Welby as assistant coordinator representing Lehman Township and Dennis Barney Dobinick as assistant coordinator representing Lake Township.
The next council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the municipal building.
