Syan Swanger
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Sept. 24 the Millersville Borough Council had their monthly meeting. After some opening remarks from council president, Joseph Lane, the council discussed the plans for a new firehouse.
Three weeks ago, the Blue Rock Regional Company was asked to gather to see the land bought for the new firehouse. Many of the firefighters aren’t happy about the location because it will be five to ten minutes farther away from some residences than they are now. The borough said that they were limited in their choices of land, explaining that what they bought was their fifth option.
Mayor David T. Aichele commended Millersville for the parade that took place on Saturday, Sept. 21, as well as the police seeing that the number of calls they’ve received has increased recently.
Then, a representative from Millersville University gave a short report on past, current, and future events at the university. He mentioned the State of the Ville address by Dr. Wubah, again praised the council for their success with the parade, and finally reminded the borough about the 40th instillation of the Holocaust and Genocide Conference on Monday, September 30 hosted by Millersville. He also addressed the $50,000 grant from the Liquor Control Board to fund presentations about drinking on campus and dangerous driving. He said those presentations are planned to start within the next couple of weeks.
To wrap up the meeting, the council voted on a new contract with Penn Waste, a waste management company based in York County. The new contract would include a toter service which would provide all Millersville residents with a new trash bin and a new recycling bin. It would also be a quicker service than the one currently used. This contract would be more expensive and the borough has had some trouble with Penn Waste in the past. Their employees have left trash bins in the middle of the road and have failed to pick up trash that was put out on time. The council was assured those problems have been discussed and that the toter service might even help resolve some of those issues. The borough council unanimously passed the motion to accept the contract.