MILL HALL — Mill Hall Borough Council took care of a variety of business during its August meeting this week, including adopting multiple resolutions to utilize Berkheimer as its collector for Business Privilege and Local Service taxes.

The borough is one of many municipalities within the county to look for new services to collect these taxes, after the Keystone Central School District Board of Directors voted for its tax office to no longer provide Earned Income Tax collection services for the Clinton County Tax Collection Committee. The TCC is made up of multiple area municipalities including the City of Lock Haven, Mill Hall Borough and others.

Many municipalities, like the borough, have elected to hire a firm to collect BPT and LST as well.

Meanwhile, the TCC hired a third party collector for the EIT tax.

On Tuesday night, council approved seven resolutions to allow Berkheimer to collect its BPT and LST.

According to borough Secretary/Treasurer April Bitner, Berkheimer will collect a percentage of the income it collects for both taxes.

For LST, Berkheimer will collect 1.75 percent as a fee. It will collect 2.25 percent of BPT, she said.

Council adopted the following resolutions to enter into its agreement with Berkheimer:

Local Service Tax

— Resolution 2025-10: Tax Hearing Officer

— Resolution 2025-11: Executive Collector

— Resolution 2025-12: Authorized Representative

— Resolution 2025-13: Delinquent Taxes Agreement

Business Privilege Tax

— Resolution 2025-14: Tax Hearing Officer

— Resolution 2025-15: Executive Collector

— Resolution 2025-16: Authorized Representative Agreement

Bitner told council all of the resolutions were reviewed by the borough’s solicitor, Attorney Paul Ryan, prior to being presented to council.

Borough resident Elisabeth Lynch, who also serves as the KCSD board member for the borough, attended Tuesday’s meeting and spoke briefly as a citizen.

She told council during a presentation by Berkheimer at a TCC meeting, the firm noted if enough municipalities utilized its services, it would consider opening a brick and mortar location within the county.

TRAFFIC STUDY

Council approved a request for a traffic study for Beech Creek Avenue from PennDOT on Tuesday night.

The move comes after council placed a speed bump in the roadway, after borough resident Angela Harding — who lives along the street — expressed concerns over speeding.

Harding spoke with council during its July meeting about her concerns, noting the speed limit on each road within the borough is 25 miles per hour, but Beech Creek Avenue sees consistent speeding.

At the time, Harding suggested a few options for council to consider including the placement of stop signs at intersections or increasing enforcement.

In the interim, the borough elected to place a temporary speed bump on the roadway and signs warning motorists traveling either direction of its placement.

During his monthly report, Police Chief Brandon Coleman said his department, or the borough office, hasn’t received any complaints from local residents. He noted he’s received a couple of phone calls and messages from non-borough residents who use the street to get from Route 150 to Route 64.

He added residents near the speed bump mostly responded positively to it and the reduction in traffic and speeding since. No accidents have been reported as a result of it and no one has driven around them, he said.

He said, with the approval to request a traffic study, the speed bump will be removed to allow a more accurate study to be completed. He told the council he’d work with Council President Anthony Walker and PennDOT to coordinate a time to have the survey completed.

He said the goal is for the study to be completed in the morning and afternoon, particularly when Mill Hall Elementary and Central Mountain Middle School — located on BEN Avenue which intersects with Beech Creek Avenue — would see increased traffic at the start and end of school.

Lynch, who lives nearby, told council during public comment she’s seen an increase in traffic along BEN Avenue and Peale Avenue, which is adjacent to Beech Creek Avenue, that she felt was important to take into consideration for this study.

In other business, council:

— Heard from Mill Hall Volunteer Fire Company representatives who said volunteers are working on getting their Fire Fighter 1 training complete. The training is expected to take place at CPI and includes a controlled burn. However, it won’t take place until late 2025 or the beginning of 2026 depending on if the class can reach the minimum 10 student requirement. In the meantime, volunteers are working to complete CPR and First Aid training that is required for the FF1 class. The fire company is looking to partner with Nittany Valley Fire Company on that portion.

— Rejected bids for its pool/bathhouse project. The borough received only one bid for the pool and two for the bathhouse. To meet grant requirements, each project must receive three total bids each. The projects will be rebid again.

— Approved an amendment to its grass and weeds ordinance.

— Approved an amendment to its ordinance related to “riff raff.” Bitner told The Express the ordinance initially did not specify what could be considered riff raff. It now includes a list of items that would fall under this ordinance.

— Approved the Financial Requirement and Minimum Municipal Obligation Budget for 2025 for the borough’s pension plan at $4,000 per full-time employee and $1,300 in administrative expenses totaling $17,300. The borough has four full-time employees. This amount is also a decrease of $1,200 from 2025.

— Adopted Resolution 2025-17 relating to establishing procedures for the payment of bills between public meetings. The resolution was adopted in a 7-1 vote, with Council Member Karen Houser voting no. Council will still receive a complete list of bills paid at its meetings.

— Approved a resolution to extend the expiration date of the Central Clinton County Water Filtration Authority’s Articles of Incorporation. The expiration date was extended by 50 years due to the authority’s intention to apply for a PennVEST loan which would have extended past the current date.

— Approved spending $14,380 of Liquid Fuels funds for patchwork on Girard, Hobson, Church and Arch streets. The project will be completed by Pine Mountain of Avis.

— Approved spending $1,000 in Liquid Fuels funds for Quickbooks renewal and computer maintenance. Bitner told council $1,000 is permitted from the funds to be used for computer maintenance and other related issues each year.

— Approved line painting in the borough by Alpha Space Control, LLC for $2,112.