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Council discusses police hiring, schedules executive session on personnel and contracts
Summary
Councilors discussed a failed motion to hire another full-time officer, citing stormwater repair costs as a factor; the meeting concluded with an executive session on personnel and contracts (no action).
Councilors discussed earlier action on a proposed hire for a full-time police officer and said the motion to hire had failed. Mayor Robert Wolf said the borough owes the candidate an explanation after he completed testing and evaluations and that the candidate preferred a smaller department; the mayor said both he and the police chief had expressed interest in hiring another officer.
Councilor Melissa Winkler and Councilor James Kerns said they were concerned about unanticipated stormwater repair costs and that those budgetary concerns contributed to the decision not to add a full-time officer. Jeremy Sterling of Centerville questioned council about the hiring decision during the public-visitor portion; council told him it would be discussed later in the meeting.
The formal meeting adjourned at 6:38 P.M. An executive session on personnel and contracts, with no action to be taken, ran from 6:42 P.M. to 7:37 P.M.
The minutes do not record a formal vote tally specific to the earlier hiring motion or provide the candidate’s name; the minutes record only that the hiring motion failed and that an explanation was owed to the candidate.
