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Millersville council approves two conditional police hires, one-year biosolids contract extension and escrow refund; several routine ordinances and appointments
Summary
At its April meeting, the Millersville Borough Council approved conditional job offers for two police candidates, a one-year extension to its biosolids removal contract with a 2.9% CPI adjustment, returned a developer escrow, and approved several routine ordinances and appointments in voice votes.
Millersville Borough Council on April 22 approved a series of routine personnel, contract and land-development actions, including conditional offers to two police candidates, a one-year extension to the borough’s biosolids removal contract and a full return of escrow for a small land-development project.
The council approved conditional hires for two police candidates, Croft Howley and Carly Holtzman, after the Civil Service Commission certified the applicants. Tony Hightower, speaking for the Civil Service Commission, asked the council “to extend conditional offers to those 2 candidates,” noting that the offers were contingent on completion of remaining hiring steps. The council approved the motion by voice vote with no recorded nay votes.
Council also approved a one-year extension of the borough’s long-standing contract with Denali Water Solutions LLC for biosolids removal, reflecting a 2.9% increase tied to the consumer price index. Borough staff said the contract allows annual extensions under its terms and recommended extending the agreement through May 31, 2026. The council approved the extension by voice vote.
Separately, the council authorized returning the remaining escrow held for the Satnam 2 LLC land-development project at 3638 Manor Avenue, after the borough engineer inspected the site and recommended release of the funds minus legal and engineering costs. The agenda packet lists $11,000 originally held in escrow for that project; the engineering review supported closing out the project and refunding the balance.
Other actions approved by the council included:
- Adoption of an ordinance to dissolve the Education Service Agency (approved out of committee and carried by voice vote).
- Approval of an updated borough Accident and Illness Prevention Program manual (approved by voice vote).
- Appointment of Ed Hirsch to the Zoning Hearing Board for a term ending Dec. 31, 2026 (approved by voice vote).
- Acceptance of the March financial report and authorization for staff to satisfy ordinary and routine obligations for the month. Councilmembers discussed a timing discrepancy in payroll displays caused by the borough’s new payroll system; staff explained mayor and council salaries show with a one-month delay in the statement of revenues and expenditures and said the discrepancy should resolve as entries update. The council voted to accept the report by voice vote.
All recorded motions carried by voice vote; minutes from the April 8 meeting were also approved at the start of the session.
No roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript; votes were taken by voice and recorded as "motion carries" in the minutes.
The meeting closed after routine reports and no executive session was requested.
