Council punts water authority discussion to executive session

Commissioners remain as placeholders

LEWISTOWN - The Lewistown Borough Council did not take public action to appoint representatives to the Mifflin County Municipal Authority during its meeting Monday evening. The council ha opted not to appoint its members to the board despite having met several times since the decision to form a county authority was announced.

In November, commissioners Mark Sunderland, Rob Postal, and KEvin Kodish appointed themselves as "placeholder" board members until the borough made its own appointments. At last week's organizational meeting of the Mifflin County Municipal Authority, the commissioners abstained from all votes that were taken, including the appointment of the board's first officers.

The meeting, which the public could join via teleconference, was focused on a variety of topics including cleanup after an impending snow storm, the time at which refuse can be placed at the curb and an ADA-compliant swing at Rec Park in Lewistown.

The conference was difficult to hear via telephone, therefore details of the items discussed were not available as of press time Monday.

Council said it would discuss pending litigation regarding the municipal authority during executive session. The council has only held discussions about the municipal authority in executive session since the announcement of the creation of the "county-wide" authority. Each time, they have cited the aforementioned litigation,.