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Oakland Boro STILL has a problem with howling hounds. An irate resident of the borough brought her concerns before the borough council at their Thursday, April 14, 2016, meeting. It wasn’t the first time she made a clean breast of the problem that has been troubling borough residents since at least last summer. At the October 2015 borough council meeting she had made an in-dept complaint about the extent of the problem and asked for help. Council, at that time, had Chief Sweet present, and he had advised complainants to call 9-1-1 to report nuisance barking dogs. He went on to explain that if Oakland Police are on duty they will respond and investigate; police will pay a visit to the offending dog’s owner to verify the dog’s licensing, vaccination record and living conditions, as well as to observe if the dog is being properly cared for and provided with legally required living conditions/shelter. Chief Sweet also advised in October 2015 that police are empowered to write citations under the borough’s nuisance ordinance, the fine being $25.00 for each citation.

HARRISBURG – To help local schools receive the state funding they are due in the 2015-16 state budget, Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) voted in favor of new legislation that addresses the governor’s veto of the state’s Fiscal Code.

House Bill 1589, which passed the House with bipartisan support, is another attempt at implementing the Basic Education Funding formula, which passed the General Assembly last summer and was praised by Gov. Tom Wolf. That funding formula, which was part of the Fiscal Code Wolf vetoed in March, would dictate how the $150 million in new basic education dollars and $50 million in flexible grants are to be spent.

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