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NickersonCouncil Vice President John StratzCouncilwoman Barbara HeffelfingerCouncilman Joe DudashCouncilman Joe AdamsCouncilman Bud MurphyMayor Tom Sodano  \nAlso present at the meetingGeoff Thompson,Borough ManagerPolice Chief Sean Perry  \n—  \nMarie Serota,Secretary/TreasurerBen Hauser,Solicitor,Hill Wallack  \nMayor Tom Sodano swore in Councilman Francis P.Murphy.  \nCouncil or Borouah Announcements  \nJoe Adams read the letter from Kory Dudash not renewing her term on the PlanningCommission which is attached.Gary Nickerson thanked Kory Dudash for her time on thePlanning Commission.She performed admirably,did great work and it will be a significant loss.  \nJoe Dudash read his statement which is attached.  \nGary announced that they received Laura Germain's resignation over the weekend and was notable to get it on the agenda in time.  \nMOTION BY GARY NICKERSON TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD THE RESIGNATION OFLAURA GERMAIN.SECONDED BY JOE ADAMS.John Stratz said he would prefer to accepther resignation at the workshop meeting.Ben Hauser said if they would like to have someoneseated by the first meeting in February,they would need to move on it tonight.BarbaraHeffelfinger said Laura's resignation is a great loss.She is very borough minded and she lovesthe people in this town,but circumstances at home prevent her from serving.She is a classylady,and she thanks her for everything she's done.  \nMike Smith asked how they can appoint a person to a councilseat that is not vacant until theyaccept the resignation.They're not accepting the resignation for 45 days but yet they're lookingto appoint someone by the February meeting.Ben said the motion that's been made is toamend the agenda to accept Mrs.Germain's resignation effective tonight.The second onewould be to authorize the advertisement for the open seat.Once that resignation is accepted,council has 30 days to fillthe seat.Mike said they had another resignation tonight and it wasjust blown off.Nobody even made a motion to accept Kory's resignation.Ben said they could  \nrepeat the process for her.And with Mr.Murphy now being on council,he no longer is a citizenrepresentative on the Planning Commission,so he believes there are two citizen vacanciesopen that would need to be filled as expeditiously as possible.After they get through this,thenthey can amend the agenda for that resignation and to solicit applications.  \nDave Cahill asked if Laura submitted a letter of resignation and if it could be read so they couldhear it.Gary said it is personal.  \nTimothy Weaver said according to what Mr.Stratz said at the last meeting,they have 30 daysto fill a vacancy and now they just heard 45 from the resignation and they're getting differentand contradictory information.Ben explained to him that council has 45 days to accept theresignation.Once they accept the resignation,they have 30 days to appoint someone.Timasked if the 45-day clock started to run and how many days they are into it.Ben said it's beentwo days so they're down to 43.Once council accepts the resignation tonight,they stopworrying about the 45-day clock and they worry about the 30-day clock.  \nDave Cahill asked again if there is a letter to read.Gary said it's a little personal so he's notgoing to.He thinks Barb kind of summarized that she has some issues.  \n—1  \nAll ayes,motion carried.  \nMOTION BY JOE ADAMS TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF LAURA GERMAIN.SECONDED BY GARY NICKERSON.All ayes,motion carried.  \nMOTION BY JOE ADAMS TO ADVERTISE AND ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR THE OPENCOUNCIL SEAT NO LATER THAN NOON ON FRIDAY JANUARY 13,2023.SECONDED BYJOE DUDASH.  \nTerry Mclntyre asked what the timetable was for the vacancy board if it ends up in their hands.Ben said in terms of calculating all the days,once the 30-day period of council,if the","cbCaihj9clTWLlvy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihj9clTWLlvy","pdf",1181096,"English","# Council President Call to Order\n## Present at the Meeting\n## Council or Borough 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