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Back in 2014-2015 many will remember when going to the Borough Hall seeing chunks of the cornice and roof falling onto the sidewalk. At that time a contractor was hired to come in and remove the cornice and assess the situation. Borough council stated at a public meeting that testing was done to determine how severe the damage was. Since that point the building has been sitting.
Council claims the cornice area was sealed but it has sat through 4 winters now with no repair. So the question is when will we the taxpayers be getting the bill for the costly repairs? Better yet will we foot an even bigger bill for a new building since they seem to be letting this one sit in disrepair? Either way the taxpayer pays. Why has council been silent on this?
This was brought up in public forum by a resident when they were charging ahead with spending over 200K the first time for a street sweeper and then 80k the most recent time which was a used machine with no maintenance records or warranty??!!! After that they spent 177k last year to redo the concrete retaining wall and parking lot out back of the building but no funds to fix the roof. Keep in mind this building was renovated in 2002-2003.
Bottom line the residents will foot the bill the question is how much is it going to be? Maybe council should spend less time creating a historic committee to tell people what to do with their buildings and fix their own first.
Until then we suggest wearing a hardhat when walking around borough hall.
Council claims the cornice area was sealed but it has sat through 4 winters now with no repair. So the question is when will we the taxpayers be getting the bill for the costly repairs? Better yet will we foot an even bigger bill for a new building since they seem to be letting this one sit in disrepair? Either way the taxpayer pays. Why has council been silent on this?
This was brought up in public forum by a resident when they were charging ahead with spending over 200K the first time for a street sweeper and then 80k the most recent time which was a used machine with no maintenance records or warranty??!!! After that they spent 177k last year to redo the concrete retaining wall and parking lot out back of the building but no funds to fix the roof. Keep in mind this building was renovated in 2002-2003.
Bottom line the residents will foot the bill the question is how much is it going to be? Maybe council should spend less time creating a historic committee to tell people what to do with their buildings and fix their own first.
Until then we suggest wearing a hardhat when walking around borough hall.
