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Council discusses 2025 budget; union contract on next week's agenda and other administrative items flagged
Summary
Council had detailed budget discussions for 2025—including parks, the splash pad, and deferring road projects to 2026—and was told the Collective Bargaining Agreement for Public Works employees will be on next week's agenda after employees approved it; other items included a $250 Klugh Animal Services retainer, a $175 ambulance subscription, insurance payment for a damaged streetlight, generator hookup issues, parking-lot contractor concerns, and a $4,000 donation acknowledgment.
Council spent significant time on the 2025 budget during the Nov. 4 work session, focusing on the parks budget, necessary repairs and improvements, and options for the splash pad. Members discussed designating tax money and fire tax revenues and considered postponing road construction projects until 2026 while they assess liquid fuels revenues.
Staff told council that approval of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for Public Works employees will be on next week's agenda for council action; the minutes note the employees have already approved the contract. Other administrative and finance items recorded in the minutes included: Klugh Animal Services raising its retainer to $250 effective Dec. 15, 2024; the borough's 2025 ambulance subscription costing $175; receipt of insurance payment for a damaged streetlight where the driver was uninsured; the office generator awaiting hookup potentially requiring a larger gas meter; the municipal parking-lot contractor proposing parking blocks against the Zarfos building instead of replacing the guide rail, and a $4,000 donation acknowledgment from Golden Connections.
