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Hawthorne council adopts water bond, funds pool bathroom repairs and rejects recyclable‑marketing bids
Summary
The borough council adopted Water Utility Bond Ordinance 2377‑25 ($860,000 for water main replacement) and Capital Ordinance 2378‑25 ($100,000 for pool bathroom renovations), approved consent items and passed a resolution rejecting 2026 recyclable‑marketing bids; roll‑call votes carried unanimously among members present.
The Hawthorne Borough Council adopted two ordinances and approved a set of consent resolutions during its meeting.
Ordinance 2377‑25: Water utility bond (adopted). The ordinance authorizes $860,000 in bonds and notes to finance water‑system infrastructure improvements, specifically the replacement of water mains in and around Gothal Hill Road and other borough locations. After a public hearing (no speakers), the council moved to adopt the ordinance; roll call votes were recorded in favor by the members present and the motion carried.
Ordinance 2378‑25: Capital appropriation for Horththorn Memorial Pool (adopted). The council adopted Capital Ordinance 2378‑25 to appropriate $100,000 from general capital surplus for materials and labor to renovate pool bathroom facilities. No public speakers addressed the ordinance; the council approved the measure by roll call.
Consent agenda and procurement action. The council approved a consent agenda that included a handicap parking space (MR4‑25), a Chapter 159 budget insertion for a municipal alliance grant (R180‑25), the 2026 council meeting schedule (R181‑25), and R182‑15, a resolution to reject bids for marketing recyclables for the 2026 collection contract. Borough Attorney Michael Pasqu had recommended rejecting the recyclable bids because one bid returned numeric amounts while the other used a formula, making apples‑to‑apples comparison infeasible.
Vote detail (as recorded in the meeting): Members recorded as voting "yes" in the roll calls for these items included Skiara, Sasso, Leosa, Bennett, Waki and Matthews; one member (Millie) was noted as absent for one of the votes. The clerk announced that motions carried.
What’s next: The borough intends to re‑advertise the recyclable‑marketing bid after correcting bid specifications; the water and pool projects will proceed under the adopted ordinances and the clerk was authorized to advertise the ordinances according to law.
