Borough Council Priorities

October 15, 2007

At Monday's Borough Council meeting, I handed out a list of all the projects Borogh Council is currently focused on. The list, which was put together at the urging of Vice-President David Jones, is meant to help council stay focused on its highest priorities.

Here's the list:

A Priorities

• Transition Borough Hall to the Fire Company
  
• Police Contract
• Police Service Pricing
• Zoning Ordinance Update
• Storm Water Project
• 2008 Budget
• Rental Ordinance
• Selection of and transition to a new engineering firm
• Trash to Tax Billing
• General Election and Transition to new council
  
• Housing Developments – Quarry Property – 320 Units
• Housing Developments – Crystal Springs – 120 Units

B Priorities

• Police Chief’s Contract
• Soundproofing the Great Room
• Park Rebuilding
• Removing State Street Bridge abutment
• Removing East Bridge Street
• Renovating West Bridge Street
• Street & Sidewalk Plan
• Parking ordinance
• Acme Plaza
• New Library Building
• Arms Parking Lot
• Train Station Revitalization
• School Board Tax Summit
• Emergency Management Planning
• Housing Developments – West Main Street – 100 Units
• Housing Developments – Lyndell Village – 40 Units
• Housing Developments – Knoll – 80 Units
• Housing Developments – HDC – 80 Units

Check back frequently as the list will be change frequently. For instance just yesterday one item, the transition of the old borough hall to the Fire Company, was moved to the "A" priority column due to a response received from the Fire Company to the proposed Agreement of Sale discussed back in August.

Our next step will be to finalize the list at our next council meeting on November 5th and to assign each project on the list to specific individuals or committees.

If you have a question about an item on the list or want to add an item that seems to be missing, its a great time to pick up the phone and call your favorite council person!

Get involved! Keep Parkesburg moving forward!