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Council approves two personnel actions including police hire split by 4-3 vote
Summary
Council approved two personnel items: moving an employee into the administrative secretary role (non-union) and hiring a police candidate contingent on psych evaluation; the police hire passed 4–3 with the mayor breaking a later tie as recorded.
Lewistown Borough Council approved two personnel actions during the meeting.
The council voted to move a named internal candidate (referred to in the meeting as "employee A") into the administrative secretary position (non-union). The motion to appoint that employee to the administrative secretary role passed by council voice vote.
Separately, council voted on hiring Joseph Laird (spelled in meeting as Joseph Laird / Leiter; transcript uses "Joseph Laird") for the police department conditional on a psychological evaluation. Roll call recorded a 4–3 result followed by the mayor casting a tie-breaking vote in favor; the clerk announced the motion passed 4–3. The hire is contingent on the standard pre-employment psych evaluation.
Why it matters: personnel appointments affect municipal operations and department staffing levels; council used its authority to approve the administrative appointment and to authorize a conditional hire for the police department.
Ending: both actions were approved and the police hire remains contingent on successful completion of the required psych evaluation and other pre-employment checks.
