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Lock Haven council approves festival and park permits, conditionally backs $2,500 for local rescue and announces WalkWorks grant
Summary
Council approved permits for a library banner, the Regatta and a Pride event, discussed and moved to provide $2,500 to a local animal-rescue group contingent on city-only use and reporting, and accepted a $20,000 WalkWorks grant for an active-transportation plan.
During the July 1 meeting the Lock Haven City Council cleared several event permits, agreed to a conditional $2,500 donation to a local animal-rescue nonprofit and highlighted a $20,000 state WalkWorks grant to create an active-transportation plan.
Consent and permit items included the Ross Library request to hang a banner on Main Street Aug. 26–Sept. 14 and the Regatta Foundation’s request for closures and equipment borrowing for its annual regatta Aug. 29–Sept. 3. Council also granted use of Triangle Park on July 21 to Growth of Peace and the Clinton County Pride Alliance for a rescheduled Pride event.
Katrina Armstrong, identified in the meeting as one of three board members of the local nonprofit variously referred to in the transcript as "Hope's" or "Hope Stream Rescue," described the group’s trap-neuter-return and foster-based operations and requested city financial assistance to cover veterinary and related TNR costs. Armstrong told the council the group partners with the SPCA voucher program and estimated the nonprofit helps about 50 animals per year across two counties.
A council member moved to provide $2,500 to the organization as a starting amount, subject to the funds being used only for Lock Haven residents and requiring a progress report in three months. The motion received a second; at least two council members were recorded voting yes in the meeting transcript. Staff and council discussed prior donations to animal services and asked that the nonprofit keep a separate accounting for city funds.
Separately, staff announced a $20,000 WalkWorks award to produce an active-transportation plan within a one-year timeline that will inform trail connections and safety improvements, including links to the Bald Eagle Valley Trail.
Council also received a report that the city will receive $12,899 from Act 13 (the unconventional gas well fee), about $4,500 less than budgeted, and an update that opioid-settlement distributions expected this year total roughly $26,000 in new distributions plus $12,000 remaining from last year (about $38,000 total), with council guidance in the packet to steer uses for those funds.
