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