SLIGO, Pa. (EYT) — Tyler Murray’s term as mayor of Sligo Borough ended before it even started.
(Photo: Sherry Laughlin (right) was elected as President of Borough Council. Other council members (left to right) included Wesley Buck Wyant, George Weaver, and Dave McElravy.)
Murray, elected to the post in November, notified borough council that he would be unable to serve in the post because he was moving out of Sligo Borough. The council accepted his resignation at January’s reorganization meeting and will hold off on an appointment until its February meeting after it hears who is interested.
New members of the council include Dave McElravy and Wesley Buck Wyant, while Sherry Laughlin and Chuck Marsh were reelected.
Vice President Chuck Marsh conducted the meeting in place of a mayor, and the first item of business was to elect a new borough council president. Wayne Meier quickly nominated Sherry Laughlin. With no other nominations, council voted to elect her. Marsh was elected to continue as vice president. Dave McElravy was selected for chairman pro-tem who presides at a meeting if the president and vice president are absent.
Other appointments included: Tom Switzer as chairman of the Vacancy Board; Ralph Montana as solicitor with Knox Law as backup; Chuck Marsh will serve on the Southern Clarion County Comprehensive Planning, Union COG Pool/Park, and Sligo Development Council; Michele Elder on the Recreation Board; Rachel Kindel on the Library Board; Laughlin, Marsh, and Miller on the Street Committee; Janey Corle as Right to Know Officer; and Bureau Veritas as Building Code Official.
In meeting business:
• Council meetings will continue to be held the first Tuesday of every month, with the authority meeting to be held at 6:00 p.m. followed by the borough council meeting.
• All three member municipalities paid their share of the 2017 year end debt for the COG pool. Rimersburg Borough has withdrawn as members of COG, but has offered to make an annual contribution. Additional talks with Rimersburg will be planned. When COG was first formed many years ago it included many municipalities, but it now only has Sligo Borough and Monroe Township as members.
• Police call logs included an assist for EMS, traffic stops, hit and run, alarm sounding, and a vehicle accident.
• No word has been heard yet on a multimedia mode multimodal grant request to the Commonwealth for a needed footbridge connecting Sligo Borough with the Sligo Elementary School.
• Governor Tom Wolfe has appointed Ric Laskey as emergency management coordinator.
• Sligo Borough Authority authorized approval of an agreement with the Clarview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in connection with developing a sewer line from Clarview to Sligo Borough. Authority attorneys forwarded revisions and clarifications to the Developers Agreement to the EA DS group for review. According to Marsh, all is satisfactory in the agreement and must be signed by Clarview, Piney Township, and the Authority.
