Freemansburg council to advertise pay ordinance; approves $500,000 grant application for community center emergency shelter

Freemansburg Borough Council on April 1 authorized two governance actions: advertising Ordinance #2025-002 to fix compensation for council members and the mayor, and approving Resolution #2025-017 to submit a $500,000 grant application under the Local Government Emergency Housing Support program for the Community Center Project, which the minutes say will also serve as the borough's emergency shelter. Both motions were recorded as passing 5-0.

Advertising an ordinance is a procedural step that puts the proposed compensation changes on the public notice schedule so residents can review and the council can take a future formal vote. The minutes identify the ordinance as setting the rate of compensation and parameters for council pay; the document in the minutes was authorized to be advertised by motion of M. Lorrah and second by Monica Elliott.

The resolution to apply for a $500,000 grant was authorized by the same recorded vote. The minutes describe the requested grant as funding toward a Community Center Project that “will also serve as the Borough's Emergency Shelter.” The minutes do not specify the grant match requirements, timeline for award, or the full project budget; those details were not recorded in the meeting minutes and are therefore not reported here.

Council also approved March 4, 2025 minutes with three corrections; that approval passed 4-1 with Council member Rudolph Gallich recorded as an abstention.