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Votes at a glance: Hollidaysburg council approves consent agenda, paving contract, appointments and other measures
Summary
At its meeting council approved the consent agenda including a $162,466.65 bill list, awarded the 2025 paving contract, adopted several resolutions, approved a dangerous-structure order, and voted to participate in the Purdue Pharma settlement.
Hollidaysburg Borough Council acted on multiple formal items during the meeting. Key votes and formal actions are summarized below.
• Consent agenda (Resolution No. 2025-22): Council approved bill list No. 8 totaling $162,466.65 and certificates of appropriateness for three property projects: 211 Allegheny St. (business signage), 415 N. Montgomery St. (shutter installation and soffit/fascia replacement), and 419–421 Wayne St. (soffit and fascia repair). Motion carried by voice vote.
• Dangerous structure order (316 Allegheny St.): Council adopted an order giving the property owner 30 days to secure the building, 30 days to remove scattered personal property, and three months to obtain permits and repair the roof and compromised floors. Motion carried.
• 2025 paving contract award: Council accepted the low bid from New Enterprise Stone & Lime for $269,396.03 to pave Walnut Street (600–700 blocks), Jones Street (100–400 blocks), Allegheny Street (700 block), and Clark Street (100–400 blocks). Motion carried.
• Appointments to authorities and liaison positions: Council appointed Fred Boost to the Hollidaysburg Sewer Authority (term through 2026), Jim Hoover to the Hollidaysburg Water Authority (term through end of 2025) and Walt Kalista as the borough’s legislative liaison to the Pennsylvania Municipal League. Motions carried.
• Records disposition (Resolution No. 2025-23): Council approved disposal of allowable police, finance and administrative records from 2020 through 02/2021 as listed in meeting materials. Motion carried.
• Discover Blair County certification (Resolution No. 2025-24): Council adopted a resolution certifying Discover Blair County as the county tourism promotion agency; one councilor abstained. Motion carried.
• Purdue Pharma opioid settlement participation: Council voted to approve joining the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement process so the borough could seek any applicable distribution; motion carried.
Votes were taken by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript for these items. Where specific dollar amounts or resolution numbers were stated in the meeting packet, those are noted above.
