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Carlisle council approves software contract, appointments, vehicle purchases, zoning and sewer ordinance changes
Summary
At its regular meeting the Carlisle Borough Council approved a series of motions including a Springbrook Software contract renewal, an appointment to the municipal authority, vehicle purchases for police, amendments to sewer pretreatment local limits, zoning map hearing and several land-use items.
Carlisle Borough Council at its regular meeting approved multiple routine and ordinance items affecting municipal operations, public safety, land use and utilities.
The council approved a one-year contract renewal with Springbrook Software for financial/municipal software, authorized the purchase of police vehicles, enacted ordinances changing local sewer pretreatment limits and repealing a blue-lights provision in the fire-department code, accepted a historic-district survey, approved a minor subdivision at 49 Walnut Street and scheduled a public hearing to consider rezoning three parcels to an Urban Mixed Use District.
Why it matters: the votes finalize routine operational spending and update local regulatory tools used in planning, utilities and public safety. The sewer ordinance adoption adds local limits that will apply to industries that discharge process wastewater to the Carlisle Region Water Pollution Control Facility; the zoning map amendment moves parcels into a district intended to allow a mix of residential and nonresidential uses.
Key actions and outcomes (motions and recorded outcomes are as stated on the meeting record):
- Springbrook Software contract renewal: Council introduced and approved a 2025 contract renewal with Springbrook Software in the amount of $91,478.65. Motion was made from the floor and carried on a voice vote; the minutes record the motion as approved.
- Appointment to Carlisle Borough Municipal Authority: Council appointed Kellen Lowe to a partial term on the Carlisle Borough Municipal Authority effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2028. Motion carried by voice vote.
- Ordinance amending Chapter 22 (Fire Department) — repealing Article 3 (blue lights on vehicles): Council enacted the ordinance. The meeting record shows a roll-call vote with each named member recorded as voting "Aye," and the motion carried. (Roll-call entries in the transcript: Deputy Mayor Landis — Aye; Councilor Melton — Aye; Councilor Carey — Aye; Councilor Roos — Aye; Councilor Shale — Aye; Councilor Stubing — Aye; Mayor Sean M. Schultz — Aye.)
- Police vehicle purchase: Council approved purchase of a 2022 (?) Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid from New Holland Auto Group totaling $98,638 via the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania cooperative purchasing agreement (CoStars No. 013-e22-223). Motion carried on a voice vote.
- Ordinance amending Chapter 197 (Sewers) — Carlisle Industrial Pretreatment Program: Council enacted an amendment incorporating new local limits to be applied to permitted industries contributing process wastewater to the Carlisle Region Water Pollution Control Facility. The motion was approved by roll call; the recorded roll-call entries in the transcript show the members present recorded as "Aye."
- Historic district survey acceptance: Council voted to accept the Carlisle Historic District survey report of architectural and historic resources prepared by ASC Group, Inc., dated November 2024. Motion carried on voice vote.
- Minor subdivision at 49 Walnut Street: Council approved a minor subdivision and waived other subdivision-ordinance requirements for two developed lots at 49 Walnut Street. Motion carried on voice vote.
- Zoning map public hearing scheduled: Council directed the borough solicitor to schedule a public hearing on April 10, 2025, at 5:45 p.m. and to proceed with public notification for a proposed zoning-map amendment (parcel IDs listed in the meeting record) to rezone three parcels from C-2 Shopping Center Mixed Use District to Urban Mixed Use District, per the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. Councilors discussed consistency with the comprehensive plan and timing relative to a small-area planning grant; motion carried on voice vote.
Votes at a glance: where the transcript recorded individual roll-call responses those names and their recorded "Aye" votes are preserved in the meeting minutes. Several other approvals were taken by voice vote; the official minutes record those motions as carried.
What’s next: the public hearing for the zoning map amendment is scheduled for April 10, 2025. For ordinance adoptions that amend code chapters, implementation follows publication and any statutorily required posting or notice.
