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When: Lancaster City Council meeting, held virtually, June 8.
What happened: Council again tabled a proposal to remove seniority points from the promotion process in the cityâs police and fire bureaus after spending 1 hour and 20 minutes discussing and hearing comment on the issue that returns to council in August. A vote was originally slated for May 25.
Background: Mayor Danene Sorace and the cityâs fire chief and interim police chief spoke at past meetings in favor of removing the seniority points. Leaders of the fire and police unions argued against it.
Administrationâs case: Jess King, Soraceâs chief of staff, this time spoke in lieu of the mayor who was attending McCaskey High Schoolâs graduation. âWeâre here proposing this change because of the challenges made by council and members of the public in response to the death of George Floyd more than a year ago,â King said. âThe mayor made commitments to advance racial equity in the
When: Lancaster City Council meeting, held virtually, June 1.
What happened: During its committee meeting, City Council discussed proposals to increase the salaries of the mayor and council members. If approved, and if Mayor Danene Sorace is successful in her bid for reelection, she will be paid a total of $57,337 more for her second four-year term as mayor than her predecessor Rick Gray was paid for his third and final four-year term. Because City Business Administrator Patrick Hopkins was not at the meeting, council tabled further discussion of the mayorâs salary until its July 6 committee meeting. Council indefinitely tabled a separate proposal to increase council member salaries for the first time in 16 years.
CONESTOGA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Conestoga Valley School District Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 10, at the administration center, 2110 Horseshoe Road. Among the agenda items:
- Commentary on district activity: (a) superintendentâs comments; (b) board comments.
- Public/ professional/ staff input: Public comments.
- Action/ discussion items: (a) review change orders for the new Gerald G. Huesken Middle School; (b) Buckskin Boosters Activities Alliance update; (c) review of food service budget; (d) review of proposed final budget and projections; (e) review of Lancaster County Academy budget; (f) policy review of (i) residency/ right to education, (ii) child rearing, (iii) energy management and conservation, (iv) contracted services and (v) lunch accounts; (g) banking request for proposal update.