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The Great Bend Borough Council meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. and they got to work rapidly approving the agenda, prior meeting minutes and the Treasurer's report. The Road and Parks Report was presented with most items being ongoing. Of note was the crack sealing of the streets being completed, and the corner of Williams and Franklin continuing to worsen.

Chief Record was in attendance to present the Police Report and noted that there were 10 Traffic Citations and 18 Traffic Warnings. He also noted that the repeater and antenna installation were completed thus improving radio reception within Great Bend. Finally, Chief Record noted that the Great Bend Police Department will be participating in the 30th Annual National Night Out, in New Milford Park on August 6th, from 5:00 -7:00 p.m.

At the July 29th Montrose School District’s Building and Grounds Committee meeting, there was a discussion on Leatherstocking and update on the boiler conversions given. Mr. Tripp had gotten a hold of Leatherstocking, and talked to their engineer, and gotten a lot of answers that involved both five and six week projects. He said that the contract date, August 15th, was about two weeks away and they were apparently waiting for PennDOT to do the service lines permits. The company was supposed to start one aspect the next day. There would be two work crews, and they anticipated it taking five weeks at two separate sites. Also, construction had begun at Puzo Road, and that was supposed to take six weeks.

Mr. Tripp had then spoken to someone else who had said that by August 1st they would have all the information, and the matter would be all worked out, even if the company had to pay for the school to have fuel oil initially. Even if they didn’t get the service lines in, they would have a truck full of natural gas available to come and feed the school and the hospital.

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