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Glassport ratifies termination, approves three new patrol hires and signs police labor MOU
Summary
Council ratified the termination of employee #11824, voted to hire three new patrolmen, and adopted a Memorandum of Understanding with Teamsters Local No. 205 changing police salaries and benefits; council also adopted an MOU altering Chief DeVerse's holiday pay terms.
Council ratified the termination of employee #11824 and approved hiring three new patrolmen to replace officers who recently left the department. The termination ratification and the hiring motion each passed on recorded votes of Yes 6, No 0, Absent 1. Mayor Keith DiMarco made the police report available upon request and the meeting record lists 1,452 calls for service in October with 125 juvenile incidents that led to four arrests.
Separately, council adopted a Memorandum of Understanding between Glassport Borough and Teamsters Local No. 205 affecting police salaries and benefits and adopted a separate Memorandum of Understanding with Chief DeVerse changing holiday pay for hours worked. Both labor-related motions passed without recorded opposition. The police report also noted Code Enforcement sent notices to 33 properties and issued three citations during October.
