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Mechanicsburg council advances 2026 budget motion, moves to authorize conditional hires and a pager purchase
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Mechanicsburg Borough Council put the 2026 budget motion on the floor and recorded motions to authorize conditional offers to two patrol officers and a codes manager, and to purchase pagers for the fire department (not to exceed $20,000). The minutes record motions and seconds; final votes for these items are not specified in the provided text.
Vice President John Anthony moved to approve the Borough’s 2026 budget during the Dec. 16 Mechanicsburg Borough Council meeting; Councilman Buhrig seconded. The minutes record the motion and second but do not show a final vote or outcome in the provided transcript.
The council also recorded motions to authorize conditional offers of employment for two patrol officers: a conditional offer to Benjamin Steines at an annual salary of $56,393.00 (motion by Councilman Buhrig; seconded by Councilwoman Martin) and a conditional offer to Justin Mackey at the same salary (motion by Councilman Bucher; seconded by Councilman O’Neil). Separately, Councilman Buhrig moved and Councilwoman Agerton seconded a conditional offer of employment for Jenn Fisher as Codes Manager at an annual salary of $70,740.80. The minutes record those motions and seconds; the transcript does not include explicit vote tallies or final outcome language for these personnel motions.
On procurement, Councilman Buhrig moved to approve the purchase of pagers from the fire equipment line item (00-411-700) not to exceed $20,000; Vice President Anthony seconded. The motion was recorded on the agenda; the meeting minutes do not show the result in the provided excerpt.
The meeting’s consent agenda listed routine approvals and a set of appointments for 2026, including Michael Cassidy as borough solicitor and Pennoni Associates as borough engineer, along with honors and program approvals. Those items appeared on the consent agenda as listed in the minutes.
Several honorary resolutions were presented during the meeting recognizing service by Barry L. Heckard, Jack Ritter, Joseph Bucher and John Anthony. The council adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
