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Freemansburg council approves routine bills, benefits buyout and park permits; denies $7,500 zoning invoice
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the Freemansburg Borough Council approved payroll and bills, authorized a benefits buyout for eligible employees, denied a $7,500 KeyCodes invoice for unauthorized zoning hours, and approved several park-use permits; a traffic study for Main Street speed humps was also authorized (6-1).
Freemansburg Borough Council on June 3, 2025 voted to authorize routine payroll and to pay bills dated June 3, and approved several administrative measures and park-use requests.
The council recorded a unanimous vote to authorize payment of bills dated June 3, 2025 (vote recorded as 7-0). Council also approved a benefits buyout for full-time employees who decline the borough benefits package (vote recorded as 7-0) and authorized council-member compensation for the week ending June 7, 2025 (7-0).
Council moved to deny a $7,500 invoice from KeyCodes for what the minutes describe as unauthorized zoning hours; the motion to deny was recorded as passing 7-0. The minutes do not include a direct quote from KeyCodes or a detailed staff explanation of the alleged unauthorized hours.
The council approved minutes from its May 6, 2025 meeting; that approval was recorded as passing 6-0 with Councilmember Colleen Gallagher abstaining. The council also authorized several uses of municipal park facilities: Freemansburg Elementary School was granted use of the municipal park for a picnic on June 27 for 30 students and seven teachers (7-0); Suki Anderson’s request to host a FitCamp barbecue on June 29 was approved (6-1, with Councilmember Monica Elliott recorded as voting no); and the council approved use of the pavilion for a somatic movement and healing course to be led by an instructor identified as Hope (an instructor at I Love Kickboxing in Whitehall), with the vote recorded as 5-2 (Monica Elliott and Rudolph Gallich recorded as voting no).
The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m.; an executive session convened at 7:30 p.m. to discuss litigation, property acquisition and personnel matters and adjourned at 8:38 p.m. The minutes list the executive session agenda as including a personnel matter and the benefits buyout.
Next steps: the minutes do not list staff actions or specific follow-up dates for investigations related to the KeyCodes invoice or the benefits buyout beyond the recorded motions.
