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At the October 7th meeting of the Montrose borough council, it was announced at the beginning that there would an executive session to discuss personnel and the community center. After the executive session, which occurred late in the meeting, no announcement regarding the center was made, but there was a personnel decision. Prior to this point several items of business were completed, however.

During Mr. DiPhillips report, he related that there were a couple trees near where the police parked which he thought ought to come down. He had received one quote, $1800, to take down four of the trees. He was waiting for another quote.

Last month Garry Foltz voted nay on the bill list, saying that he objected to a payment into the pension plan for Sue Furney. It was the first time the issue had come up, and at the Harford Township Supervisors’ meeting on October 9th, Mr. Foltz again voted nay on the bill list. He said he would continue to vote against paying the bills as long as it included a pension contribution for Ms. Furney, who has long been the Township Secretary, and since 2004, an elected Supervisor as well. Since Ms. Furney and Doug Phelps voted in favor, the bills will be paid anyway.

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