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Municipal debt is set to grow in Lanesboro. That’s the clear outcome of a decision made by Lanesboro Borough Council at their monthly meeting held on Tuesday, April 2. Present for the meeting were President Todd Glover, Vice-President Dan Boughton, council members Jason Fissel, David Glidden, Dale Rockwell, and Colleen Y. Wilkes. Also present were Mayor Chris Maby and Secretary/Treasurer Gail Hanrahan. Councilwoman Regina Dilello was absent.

The decision that set debt-growth into motion came near the end of the 45-minute meeting. By roll-call vote 4-1, with councilmen Glover, Boughton, Glidden, and Rockwell voting “aye;” councilwoman Wilkes voting “nay;” and councilman Fissel abstaining; council agreed to accept Fissel Construction Company’s bid of $34,500 to make renovations to the Community Center, and proceed forthwith while a loan to be complete funding is sought. Gentle readers may recall that Councilman Fissel’s bid was the only bid received by council during the bidding process in March, and council had tabled decision-making to research source funding to meet the expense. With Lanesboro’s available funds for this project topping out at $21,100 dollars (most of which is derived from Act 13 monies), council discussed and set a course for obtaining the $13,400 remainder through a loan from either local bank, with the best terms/interest rate being the deciding factor in who gets the borough’s business.

Ray Holtzman, Bea Alesky, Joe Collins, Louise (“Dolly”) Lonzinski, Rick Franks, Mayor Jim Riecke, Ron Cranage, Pat Thatcher, Bret Jennings, Mary Jean Fleming, Mike VanGorden, Ruth Loucks, Jeff Burkett, Frank O’Connor, Sheila Guinan, Dawn & Mike Crook, Jerry MacConnell, Mike Wasko, Dick Button. Just some of the generous people who have served and still serve Great Bend Borough, the little town in the big crook of the Susquehanna River. They all care deeply about the place and I will miss them.

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