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The final special public input meeting on the planned
Community Oversight Board for the State College Police Department on Wednesday night was marked by shouting, interruptions, name-calling, and off-topic comments.
After more than a year of discussion and debate, council is expected to adopt an ordinance establishing the board in August. During the course of numerous public meetings where the issue was discussed, there had been little if any opposition to the board itself, with most of the debate surrounding its powers and membership.
The first special meeting dedicated solely to public input on the board held in June lasted only about a half-hour, with community members addressing specific points of the
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As State College moves closer to the formation of a Community Oversight Board for the borough police department, residents will have a final opportunity to provide input on the proposal.
Borough council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building and on Zoom. Similar to the first special public input meeting in June, Assistant Borough Manager Tom King will give an overview of the draft ordinance that would establish the board, then the floor will be open for public comment in-person and online, assistant to the borough manager Douglas Shontz said.
Council is expected to vote on the ordinance at a meeting in August, though Shontz said that is still dependent on whether council decides to make any substantial changes to it. As written, it would go into effect on Oct. 1.
State College has a new mayor.
Former Councilman Ronald Filippelli was appointed interim mayor by a 6-1 vote of borough council on Monday night.
Filippelli, who was one of
11 remaining eligible applicants for the position, will be formally sworn in by Centre County President Judge Pamela Ruest at noon on Tuesday in council chambers of the Municipal Building. He will serve the final two years of Don Hahn’s term as mayor, ending in January 2022.
Filippelli has said he will not run for mayor in the 2021 election.
A professor emeritus of labor studies at Penn State and associate dean emeritus of its College of the Liberal Arts, Filippelli served two terms on borough council from 2007 to 2015. He was council president for two years and chaired the Centre Region Council of Governments for one year.