Council bickers over decision not to appoint recreation board alternate
Advance Correspondent
BRISTOL BOROrdH - ThH BULsWRO BRURugh CRunFLO’s agHnGa mHHWLng 0RnGay nLghW was a UHaO baUn burner, but the heat was not generated by anything WhH bRaUG wLOO vRWH Rn nHxW week. It featured, instead, a series of heated exchanges amRng WhH FRunFLO mHmbers.
CRunFLOman TRny DHvLnH OLW WhH vHUbaO maWFh whHn hH WRRN LssuH wLWh CRunFLO 3UHsLGHnW 5aOSh DLGuLsHSSH over a vote at November’s FRunFLO mHHWLng WR nRW aSpoint borough sports hero -HII 0anWR as an aOWHUnaWH to the recreation board. The UHasRn WhH bRaUG GHFOLnHG is that the borough code, whLFh Ls OHgLsOaWHG by WhH sWaWH, GRHs nRW aOORw IRU an aOWHUnaWH SRsLWLRn Rn WhH UHFreation board.
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ThH FRunFLO SUHsLGHnW stuck to his guns, reiteratLng hLs SRsLWLRn WhaW DHvLnH knew that the motion was aOUHaGy susSHFW anG shRuOG not have insisted on a vote. $nRWhHU sLmLOaU SRsLWLRn, WhaW RI aOWHUnaWH WR WhH CL- vLOLan CRmSOaLnW 5HvLHw BRaUG - WhH SanHO WhaW LnvHsWLgaWHs FRmSOaLnWs agaLnsW WhH SROLFH GHSaUWmHnW - haG to be vacated because of whaW DLGuLsHSSH FaOOHG WhH mLsWaNHn bHOLHI WhaW an aOWHUnaWH FRuOG bH aSSRLnWHG.
The borough ordinance GRHs nRW aOORw IRU an aOternate to that board, but DHvLnH LnsLsWHG WhaW WhH bRURugh ORRN LnWR whHWhHU WhaW RUGLnanFH FRuOG bH FhangHG.
,n RWhHU busLnHss, BLOO FHUgusRn, a vROunWHHU Rn the borough’s emergency management team asked WhH FRunFLO WR FRnsLGHU spending A3,500 on updated radios used by borough RIfiFLaOs, SROLFH anG nRnunLIRUm HmSORyHHs WR FRmmunicate during a disaster, such as the Rohm and Haas FhHmLFaO fiUH OasW sSULng anG the more recent Hurricane Sandy.
The town has had a private inter-borough communications system for the past 10 years. Ferguson said the UaGLRs hHOS FRRUGLnaWH UHaFtion to disasters and even WUaIfiF Rn IHsWLvaO Gays wLWhout interfering with county communications. The counFLO wLOO vRWH Rn WhaW UHTuHsW aW WhH DHFHmbHU 10 mHHWing.
DuULng hLs FRmmHnWs, DLGuLsHSSH annRunFHG that the borough received A200,000 from casino funds to purchase a new sewer truck.
“The truck is state of the aUW anG shRuOG OasW abRuW 30 year, keeping borough sewHUs FOHaU,” hH saLG.