Vandergrift’s chicken committee, formed last August by officials proposing changes to the borough’s fowl ordinance, has disbanded. A proposed chicken ordinance was moving forward last September, with plans to amend an ordinance regulating the ownership of backyard chickens in the borough. The three-person chicken committee had included Councilwoman Christine Wilson,
Vandergrift residents will not see a property tax increase next year. Council is expected to pass a final $2.4 million budget when it meets Monday. The real estate tax rate will remain at 28 mills. The borough’s budget projects revenue of about $2.2 million and expenses totaling $2.4 million. The
Incumbent Vandergrift Mayor Barbara Turiak is running a write-in campaign for a second term in office. Turiak lost to Councilman Lenny Collini by about 12 votes in the Democratic primary in May. The general election is Nov. 2. There was no Republican candidate on the ballot on the primary ballot,
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