John George sworn in as Lititz Borough mayor; council elects leaders and ratifies appointments
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Summary
At a borough reorganization meeting, John George was sworn in as mayor. Council elected Scott Hain president, Mary Gaddis vice president and approved a slate of appointments and service agreements, including engineers, consultants, emergency-management posts and public-safety contracts.
John George was sworn in as mayor of Lititz Borough and took a moment to acknowledge outgoing Mayor Snyder for 12 years of service, saying he wanted to “take the opportunity to say to acknowledge Mayor Snyder for his 12 years of service.”
Council then administered oaths to three council members — Scott Hain (Ward 1), Dwayne Horst (Ward 2) and Brad Bergman (Ward 3) — and moved to elect leadership. With no additional nominations, council elected Scott Hain as president and Mary Gaddis as vice president by voice votes. A president pro tempore, Taneya, was also selected by voice vote.
Following the leadership votes, the council approved a series of routine borough appointments and professional-service agreements. Motions (each seconded) approved: Elijah York as borough secretary and Rob McFadden as borough treasurer; NTEC as borough water and sewer engineer; Grove Miller as borough traffic engineer; David Miller Associates as the MS4 consultant (an abstention was recorded on this item); Lancaster Civil Engineering as borough civil engineer for 2026; and Barley Snyder to serve as borough solicitor. Duane Ober was appointed borough emergency management coordinator and Justin Auker was named deputy emergency management coordinator.
Council also approved continuing public-safety contracts: Lititz Fire Company will serve as the borough’s fire service under agreement No. 580, and Warwick Community Ambulance Association will serve as the borough’s ambulance provider under agreement No. 581. The council appointed Mike Enk and Gary Cassidy to the borough Uniform Construction Code (UCC) Board of Appeals and acknowledged appointments to the Warwick Emergency Services Commission, noting that some WESC positions are appointed by that commission rather than by the borough.
On governance, council discussed possible realignment of committee structures — for example, consolidating streets, water and sewer work under a single public works committee and clarifying committee roles and charges. Members were asked to send committee preferences by email and to bring proposals to the Jan. 27 council meeting. The council noted that any committee reorganization would be conducted in compliance with the Sunshine Act.
There were no public comments. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn.
The council approved the appointments and leadership positions by voice vote; no roll-call tallies with individual yes/no votes were recorded in the meeting transcript. The appointments and the committee-assignment follow-up will be acted on or finalized at future meetings as noted by the council.
