MILL HALL — Mill Hall Borough took care of business this week, with many topics for discussion on the agenda.

The Public Works Department was praised by Council Member Derek Berry who had residents approach him with compliments about their roads.

“Everybody is extremely pleased with how well the guys take care of the streets and how quick you are to pay attention to any kind of detail — salting, snow removal and all that. Making life easy. I’ve talked to other people in the county and they say nobody does their roads like Mill Hall does. Pat yourselves on the back, because you’ve done a great job,” said Berry.

Under new business, council considered approval for many items.

They unanimously voted to survey the plot of ground where the military memorial is located.

According to council President Tony Walker, council needs to know where their property starts and begins on the lot.

“There are questions on where the boundary is, (but) the issue is all the cars that are parked over there. They’re now in the process of redoing the military memorial, and they’re driving through it,” said Walker.

Once the property lines are determined, council will figure out the best option for protecting the memorial — most likely some sort of fencing.

The military memorial project was a concept created by local Eagle Scout James Turner.

Turner approached council in early 2024 to request approval for his four-phase project that includes building a park bench, cutting out and welding steel soldier silhouettes, fundraising and excavating a brick pathway and then adding any finishing touches that might be needed.

The first phase of this project began in August 2024, and 4″ x 8″ commemorative bricks went on sale for $50 a brick; they were engraved by Clinton County Memorials.

Any unused funds from the project will be transferred to Mill Hall Borough for the maintenance of the memorial.

“We gave (Turner) this opportunity, and he made it look very nice,” said Council member Rick Hetzel.

You can find more information about the Memorial Project on Turner’s Facebook page, Mill Hall WW2 Memorial — James Turner Eagle Scout Project.

Another consideration was the approval of a web page designer.

Council unanimously decided to go with Cross Life Ventures, as they had both the lowest initial cost and the lowest yearly cost — and as a bonus, they’re locally owned and operated.

Council also considered approval for the following items:

— To appoint Miceli Law Office, Frank S. Miceli, Esquire, as Zoning Hearing Board solicitor.

— To appoint Roger Hoy, Hoy Inspection Service, LLC, as Zoning/Code Enforcement Officer.

— To appoint Miceli Law Office, Frank S. Miceli, Esquire, as Appeals Board solicitor.

— To adopt Resolution 2025-01-28 to appoint Barry Daniels, Gary Weaver and Mindy Gundlach to the Appeals Hearing Board.

— To appoint April Bittner as Secretary for the Appeals Hearing Board.

— To approve by-laws for the Appeals Hearing Board.

— To appoint Eric Williamson as an alternate Sewage Enforcement Officer.

— To appoint April Bittner as Agency Open Records Officer.

— To amend Resolution 2025-01-01 to increase the UCC Board of Appeals Hearing fee (residential and nonresidential) from $200 to $750.

— To approve a new Mill Hall Borough Personnel Policy.

— To waive all pavilion rental fees for Central Mountain Middle School’s 6th grade class picnic and the 5th grade picnic; both requested use of the entire park.

— To allow KCSD Central Mountain Baseball use of the large baseball field for practice and games from March 2025 through June 2025.

— To adopt Resolution 2025-01-28-2 that states Mill Hall Borough will comply with Act 44 of 2009 stating how professional services are chosen for its pension plan.

— To look into hiring a new Engineer to represent Mill Hall Borough.

— To purchase a cell phone for the Public Works Department spending no more than $500 for the phone and accessories with a monthly fee of $39.99.

— To spend $6,376.97 of Liquid Fuels funds for purchase of Bulk Ice Control Salt.

Mayor Tom Bossert had an announcement towards the end of the meeting regarding the community pool at Mill Hall park.

Due to the condition of the pool and the fact that no construction efforts have begun at this time, the pool will not be open for Summer 2025.

The Dolphins — a group made up of Bossert, Bob Dwyer and Lenny Long — have been making wonderful progress in securing funds for the pool.

The pool will cost approximately $2 million to renovate to the extent it needs and the borough needs to match the $952,000 they received in grant money from Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) in 2022.

According to Bossert, they have reached nearly $450,000 — an incredible 45 percent. But there is still a long way to go.

“We’re optimistic we’re going to meet the goal,” said Bossert.

Anyone with questions regarding a donation or anyone interested in making a pledge can contact Mill Hall Borough at 570-726-4008.