Nearly all-new council gets down to business

An almost entirely new Mohnton Borough Council appointed officials and addressed residents’ questions about the state of borough finances and the police force.

Council met Wednesday, Jan. 12, for its first nonworkshop meeting after the early January resignation of council members

Mike Anderson and Dale Eisenhofer, as well as borough secretary and treasurer Jennifer Roy, engineer Kraft Engineering, code enforcement agency Kraft Code Services and civil service board members Joseph Russ and Darrel Harris.

In addition, state police are investigating acts of vandalism at borough hall in early January that impeded the borough’s ability to operate.

Borough officials declined to comment on the investigation or the resignations.

Anderson and Eisenhofer’s seats were filled by Kerry Hoffman and Alicia Bressler earlier this month.

Daniel McDevitt, Jason Kercher, Gary Hafer and council President Jonathan Davis Sr. won seats in the November election, leaving Brian Simmons as the only holdover.

Veronica Henry was hired as acting secretary and treasurer before Wednesday’s meeting and was appointed temporary rightto-know officer Wednesday.

Council also appointed Loretta Imbody as borough secretary Wednesday, and noted that Technicon Enterprises Inc. II, Morgantown, has been appointed engineer and code enforcement agency.