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Sunbury council hires code enforcement officer, accepts two resignations and approves payments
Summary
The Sunbury City Council approved hiring a full-time code enforcement officer, accepted the resignations of two code officers and approved routine disbursements from the General Fund, Liquid Fuels and payroll accounts. Council discussed but did not finalize an actuarial study related to Act 49 police buyback policy.
Sunbury City Council voted to hire a full-time code enforcement officer and accepted two resignations from the code office during the meeting.
A council member moved to hire a full-time code enforcement officer at an hourly rate of $18 to $25 depending on experience; the motion was seconded and carried with affirmative votes recorded during roll call.
The council also moved and approved acceptance of the resignations of Cheryl Delside and Joyce Knighty, both identified during the meeting as code-office staff who submitted letters of resignation.
The council approved routine disbursements: General Fund checks totaling $85,118.02, Liquid Fuels disbursements totaling $186,305.29 and payroll in the amount of $68,695.31. Those amounts were presented to the council and approved during the meeting.
On Act 49 (a topic raised under new business related to allowing police officers to buy back prior service), the council discussed the need for an actuarial study to assess costs and whether budget money should be reallocated to pay for it; a motion was proposed to authorize that study and associated budget adjustments, and council members discussed moving forward with an actuary, but no final fiscal appropriation for the study was reported as adopted during the meeting minutes provided.
Why it matters: Hiring a dedicated code enforcement officer follows repeated remarks by the redevelopment authority and residents about the need for stable code enforcement amid staff turnover. The accepted resignations reduce code-office staffing and were announced at the meeting. The approved disbursements are routine fiscal actions that maintain city operations.
