Committee hears miscellaneous updates including potential winter-shelter operator change

Apr 20, 2026

Committee members were told the agenda was amended to add a Friends of Ephrata Police Foundation update and a briefing on a recent protest; Ralph Mowen said Good Samaritan Services will not run the Emergency Winter Shelter and that The Living Room may take over operations and security.

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Chief McKim told the committee two Miscellaneous items were added to the agenda after posting: an update from the Friends of Ephrata Police Foundation and a briefing on a protest that occurred Saturday. The minutes record the agenda change but do not include the Friends update content in the transcripted segments.

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