Borough approves bid to pave 2 alleys
CDBG project for fire safety equipment certified
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LEWISTOWN -- The Lewistown Borough Council accepted Grannas Brothers' bid to pave Lehigh Alley for $139,191 and Susquehanna Avenue for $85,130, and certified its 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project on Monday.
Grannas Brothers, a contractor that specializes in asphalt paving and road reconstruction, submitted the lowest bid for the borough's alley paving project.
Earlier during the council meeting, members approved moving a CDBG project certification from new business to the communications portion of the agenda.
Carol Kearney-High, a project coordinator from the community development department at SEDA-COG, explained that the borough previously shared it would apply for 2026 CDBG funding to fund turnout gear for the Lewistown Fire Department.
Council president Matthew Moore confirmed, and council members certified that the borough will use the funds for turnout gear, which includes but is not limited to protective jackets, boots and gloves.
Borough council members then approved sending a fund allocation request from Mifflin County Library to its finance committee for review; councilman Larry Searer voted against this motion.
In new business, council members tabled a request to allow a parents' group to use the Third Street firehouse building for set building for the Mifflin County High School Drama Club due to a need to review insurance policies. Moore abstained from tabling the motion while councilman Jim Steele voted against tabling.
Council then approved allowing City Hook and Ladder to place a storage container on Elizabeth Street for training equipment while Moore abstained from voting on the motion.
Members also approved its streamlined ticketing ordinance as advertised. The updated ordinance reduces the time the borough must spend enforcing codes such as snow removal, high grass, rubbish collection, and similar violations.
When a code violation occurs, an individual would receive a warning offering about five days to correct the code violation, then a courtesy notice ticket for $25 with a five-day period for payment/correction of the issue, then an increase to a $50 ticket with another waiting period, and ending with an increase to a $75 ticket.
If the violation is not paid by the third time, it becomes a citation to be handled by a magisterial district judge.
Later, the borough council approved a request from Mayor Deborah Bargo and waived the fee for barricades to have a Red, White and Goose Day parade in Lewistown from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, with a rain date of Sept. 30.
Council approved a request from the recreation board to advertise for a board member.
The Lewistown Borough Council will next meet at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the council chambers at the Lewistown Municipal Building.