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SHERMAN Home Rule Legislation has been sent to Albany asking the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve the consolidation of town courts for Clymer, French Creek, Mina and Sherman. Mark Persons, Sherman town supervisor, told The Post-Journal that all four town boards have hosted public hearings and approved resolutions to share one justice.
A committee was formed to design an uncomplicated agreement to facilitate and enter into an inter-municipal agreement allowing the towns of Clymer, French Creek, Mina and Sherman to jointly operate from single justice court facility with one duly elected justice serving all four towns and to have the court located in the Mina municipal building, providing cost savings to all the towns.