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El Capello recounted key moments she said were part of emancipation’s chronology: President Abraham Lincoln’s Sept. 22, 1862, preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and the proclamation’s effect on Jan. 1, 1863. She described that, because the proclamation was a military measure, it depended on Union control and could not be enforced in areas still under Confederate authority. El Capello said freedom in Texas came later: “Freedom did finally come on 06/19/1865 when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas,” she said, and that “the army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were freed by executive degree decree.”

El Capello framed Juneteenth as a second Independence Day for many African Americans and urged the council to reflect on the nation’s history of struggle and advancement. An unnamed council member responded that the presentation made them “proud,” and thanked the mayor for the history lesson. The remarks were presented as a community update rather than a formal agenda item.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lebanon PA Pre-Council Meeting-June 19, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Mayor Sherry El Capello gave a brief history of Juneteenth at the June 19 pre-council meeting, outlining the Emancipation Proclamation, its limitations in Confederate areas, and the June 19, 1865 announcement in Galveston that enslaved people in Texas were free.","taxTitle","Lebanon City, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania","taxId",4591,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6191618,"Lebanon mayor: monthly budget report delayed by finance software transition",47,70000,117000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4598307-0d7a53718495ff05e4fbf62446f7d9bf&start=70&end=117","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4598307-0d7a53718495ff05e4fbf62446f7d9bf/thumbnail_70000.jpg","/articles/6191618/Lebanon-City/Lebanon-County/Pennsylvania/Lebanon-mayor-monthly-budget-report-delayed-by-finance-software-transition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6191618-582bb790f7f8b839a0a8e2bf7fe4a91b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771202252&Signature=Rr2bGChlvqiTcnONFkU5xHeQK4WwE7scSGtMIJfxDc6j0qOAa1LzTFnTdKvisJxHNrs~~Fddy-D0X7258xvz10tRWpI1rjugHA0vvnb9WV~FdBS6f7xPrtgjUE-yRnf7MoNDNHQkOlJG9hrQbF9QEUJze41oghaZAnDvVviRO4I-2afXYqYVKqVM-Q5cJnuABwZmvje8t4kCWGtKLWNceA-PMxJ2eMwZu0DFYJDU3lTPT3vkWND0YS6TFyrZkl6Fca1DCsz~ihO75WigLgzKgGtMz56t6z1v1zLZK1GxRIPJx4Jy88lpHXC46BWgMJ5AzFCMX4WxJ7QY~nT92kU6xg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","LEBANON — The City of Lebanon’s monthly budget report for Jan. 1 through May 31, 2025, was not available for review at the June 19 pre-council meeting because the finance officer was completing a transition to new accounting software, Mayor Sherry El Capello said.

El Capello said the city is entering items in both the old and new systems during the transition and that a recent payroll week made timely completion difficult. “She wasn’t able to finish it in time that we had the proper time to review it and make sure that everything was entered correctly,” El Capello said. “So, we should have that completed by tomorrow so that you’ll have the weekend to look at it and be prepared for Monday’s council meeting.”

No formal action or vote was taken in the pre-council meeting; the mayor indicated the completed report would be available to council members before the regular Monday meeting so they could review it.","Mayor Sherry El Capello told the pre-council meeting the finance officer could not complete the monthly budget report because staff are transitioning accounting software and were double-entering items; the mayor said the report should be ready by the next day.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6191622,"Mayor names Rafael Orvelo Castello to Planning Commission and Eric Sims to Police Pension Fund Board",224,484000,708000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4598307-0d7a53718495ff05e4fbf62446f7d9bf&start=484&end=708","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4598307-0d7a53718495ff05e4fbf62446f7d9bf/thumbnail_484000.jpg","/articles/6191622/Lebanon-City/Lebanon-County/Pennsylvania/Mayor-names-Rafael-Orvelo-Castello-to-Planning-Commission-and-Eric-Sims-to-Police-Pension-Fund-Board","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6191622-f5b05f1dc9bac1364b96d95038000af0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771202252&Signature=DIf5Xd~sSj4MDCssg-B6PORorCs7AHSgRhraY-65TIfvRBTEnRb5tyAvPZEarIF1IXhDpACcnr1RtrPAiFWY2sle52p4SY1DTCUdNSK0thORnuYpG3uHMKyP6BZZJx6jxKwc-ATFeVNZLymCFkf3VFWKL1oeyBGpAgAaWYY1VnaOmGSWVl2Ohib-Bu9fGR1iprtQhKQvFpDVSJy~BlPOPsV8P-3lMpBJFYDBYfmebQ3IFHErR4ee9~Zne1CvJ9x2L2-GAAYN7Nz9hNJCyBTOu9Qpw1~VgreA84Q~repq~-9igkLkVDJL-m9eiiyTrlx8409bEMkRxPvZrpcmH5U-uw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","LEBANON — Mayor Sherry El Capello announced June 19 that Rafael Orvelo Castello has been appointed to the City of Lebanon Planning Commission to fill the unexpired term of James Farren, and that Captain Eric Sims has been appointed to the Police Pension Fund Board to fill the unexpired term of Chief Brett Fisher.

The appointments are effective June 4, 2025. According to El Capello, Castello will represent District 5, and that term expires July 26, 2026; Sims’s term on the pension board expires Jan. 5, 2026. El Capello described the Planning Commission as “an advisory board” that guides “uses of lands and structures, type and location of streets, public grounds, and other facilities in the development and subdivision of land in the city.”

El Capello said Castello is an “experienced business professional” in the technology and telecommunications sector and currently works as a renewal manager for Cisco Systems. She said he holds a marketing degree and an MBA from the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo and that his familiarity with high‑density urban layouts may be useful on the commission. “It’s actually getting someone from the Hispanic community on, you know, one of our boards, which is something that we’ve been looking to do,” El Capello said.

On the Police Pension Fund Board, El Capello cited the pension plan document ordinance requiring that three police officers in active employment serve on the board. Chief Brett Fisher retired and was therefore ineligible to continue on the pension board, she said; Captain Eric Sims was named to fill Fisher’s unexpired term.

The appointments were announced in the pre-council meeting; the record in the pre-council transcript does not show a council vote on either appointment. No formal motion or tally was recorded during the pre-council discussion.","Mayor Sherry El Capello announced two appointments at the June 19 pre-council meeting: Rafael Orvelo Castello to fill a Planning Commission seat for District 5 and Captain Eric Sims to the Police Pension Fund Board to replace a retired chief. Both appointments fill unexpired terms; no council vote was recorded in the pre-council session.","actionData","errors"]

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Mayor El Capello presents Juneteenth history during pre-council community update

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