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Council backs ordinance on voluntary PMRS contributions, reviews 2026 budget and reallocates CDBG funds toward fire safety
Summary
Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2025-12, allowing non-uniformed employees to make voluntary PMRS contributions; members reviewed the proposed 2026 budget with millage adjustments and discussed reprogramming CDBG funds to buy self-contained breathing apparatus for the fire department.
Lewistown Borough Council voted on Ordinance 2025-12 to allow non-uniformed employees to make additional voluntary contributions to the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (PMRS); the ordinance had been advertised and passed on a roll-call vote of members present.
Council finance staff reviewed highlights of the proposed 2026 budget and several millage adjustments intended to cover street-lighting, fire services and other costs. Staff reported the general borough fund projecting a modest positive balance, estimated…
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