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With three seats open on City Council this year, four Democrats and two Republicans are seeking their party’s nominations in the May 18 primary.
The Democratic candidates are Jeana Longo and Larry Manson and incumbents Liz Miele and David Banks. The Republican candidates are Eric Beiter and incumbent Randall J. Allison.
Banks, of 7 Center Place, a land surveyor, described himself as a fiscal conservative and visionary. He chairs the economic revitalization committee.
“We’re in the process of talking to business owners, health care professionals, and other stakeholders to get an idea of what they believe is needed,” Banks said.
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The city is looking to promote its many resources and pluses as a prime host location to prospective manufacturers.
“How do we target and find the right businesses?” asked City Councilman David Banks, chairman of the city economic revitalization committee, which met recently with an industrial and manufacturing expert.
“The state is positioning itself as a business-friendly state,” said Dan Manetta, executive director of the Innovation Manufacturing Center on Reach Road and a guest of the committee.
“On the business side, they want a welcoming culture,” Manetta said.
In almost every community there are elements of pollution, and issues that give places black eyes, such as labor disputes, tax and regulation and permitting concerns, he said.
Federal
⢠The Senate voted 52-42 on the confirmation of Janet Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, D-Scranton, voted yes. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville, voted no.
⢠The House was out of session.
State
County
⢠Lycoming County commissioners approved just over $1 million in Community Development Block Grant funding for the Franklin Township sewer project and $130,901 in CDBG money for the Muncy public library. Rick Mirabito, Tony Mussare, and Scott Metzger voted yes.
City
⢠City Council voted 4-2 to accept an $8.8 million River Valley Transit budget for 2021 and 2022. Voting against it were Bonnie Katz and Adam Yoder. Council President Randall J. Allison, Liz Miele, Vince Pulizzi and Jon Mackey were in favor. David Banks was absent. Katz and Yoder asked for more details and description similar to a proposed budget in 2019 presented to council and were not comfortable withou
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City Council learned Church Street parking deck, with 350 parking spaces, has not had an annual inspection since it opened nine years ago.
Located at 11 West Church St., the four-level building provides 350 parking spaces and housed Susquehanna Trailways, an inter-city motorcoach company, until the bus company relocated.
Council found out this week about the lack of annual inspection of the structure built with concrete and steel from Adam Winder, River Valley Transit general manager, before approving a $17,800 five-year service agreement with a building inspection company, Structure Care, to inspect the facility.
“To the best of our knowledge the Church Street parking deck made of steel and concrete has not been inspected since it was built,” Winder said. Dedication was in 2012.