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A public-private road paving proposal in Freeport has hit at least a temporary obstacle. Freeport Council tabled action on a proposal from Freeport Terminals to pave a section of Dam Road with each picking up 50% of the cost. The reason council balked at taking action is a 60-foot section
Sewage rate increases for Freeport residents to pay for the new $18.6 million sewage treatment plant will be levied incrementally. Council President Clint Warnick laid out how the increases would be added to residents’ bills. The increases tentatively would total $47, which is a 95% boost in the current $49.41
Hoping to shift daily borough operations from elected officials, Freeport Council has created a manager position, filling it with — an elected official. Council selected Councilman Zachary Filous to fill the position Monday immediately after creating it. Filous did not participate in the 35-minute executive session called for personnel matters
Early estimates indicate that residential customers tied into Freeport’s sewage system will see their monthly bill jump from about $50 to about $90 in order to build the borough’s new sewage treatment plant. That estimate was given Monday, when Freeport Council approved a bond issue to help finance its planned
Freeport needs a new sewage treatment plant and up to 
$8.5 million to close a funding gap to pay for it. On Monday night, borough council will consider an ordinance that states how a bond will be funded. “What has to happen is that it has to go to the
Freeport is starting 2023 with a 15% hike in real estate taxes. The owner of a home assessed at $40,000 will pay $80 more in borough real estate taxes, from $520 in 2022 to $600 in 2023, borough officials said. “Council agreed to raise taxes because revenue has been flat
With the congressional passage of the federal 2023 spending bill, Freeport secured $1.5 million to help pay for its new sewage treatment plant estimated to cost $16.9 million. The Freeport project was included in the $1.7 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2023. Both the U.S. Senate and House passed the
Freeport officials will float a bond to pay for a $5.9 million financing shortfall for the new sewage treatment plant. Council approved a letter of engagement with Piper Sandler, a national bond underwriting firm, at this week’s council meeting. The action came after a presentation by Chris Shelby of Piper
One could make an argument that Freeport’s government is suffering from “long covid.” The term refers to having effects from the virus persist long after the infection is cleared. It’s much like Freeport’s situation with a borough building that has been closed to the public for the past two weeks
After serving the borough as a councilman and mayor collectively for 38 years, Freeport Mayor James Swartz Jr. resigned over the weekend because of recent disagreements over borough operations. The mayor has been in the news recently for questioning a proposed police department merger with Gilpin, as well as police