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December 2011 Borough Meeting Notes

Nazareth Borough Council conducted its December Business Meeting on Monday evening, December 5, 2011.

Some of Council’s actions:

- Council moved to approve Resolution No. 12-11-C honoring departing six term Councilman Thomas Heckman and thanking him for his 24 years of public service

- Council moved to direct the Secretary to place ads for a 2012 Pool/Park Manager

- Council moved to set rates for picnic tables and the rental of the Log cabin in the Park for the 2012 Summer Season. Table rentals will be six ($6.00) dollars per day and rental of the Log Cabin will be sixty ($60.00) dollars per day for events and parties.

- Council moved to approve Resolution No. 12-11-A honoring retiring Zoning Board member John Waha for his over forty (40) years of volunteer Borough service. Waha will be honored at the January 2012 Reorganization Meeting.

- Council moved to cancel the January 2012 Workshop Meeting scheduled for Thursday, December 29, 2011.

- Council moved to approve a lease with State Representative Joseph Emrick for use of the front office at 134 S. Main Street at a monthly charge of three hundred and fifty ($350.00) dollars.

- Council moved to wave the resident fees for the installation of piping and catch basins associated with the Spring Brook Terrace Project. Residents will be responsible for curbing charges.

- Council moved to direct the Secretary to advertise that the yearly collection of Christmas Trees will occur on December 29, 2011, January 5, 2012 and January 12, 2012.

- Council moved to approve the annual budget resolution containing a one half (.5) Mill tax increase, Resolution 12-11

- Council passed an ordinance establishing salaries for all Borough employees and public officials for 2012 known as the Annual Tax and Levy Ordinance....Ordinance #777.

- Council moved to approve Heart and Lung status for Police Officer Fred Lahovski.

- Council moved to extend the contract of Chief of Police Thomas Trachta on a month-to-month basis.

December Committee Meetings (All are open to the public)

Holiday Month - No Committee Meetings in December

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Attention: All Employers in the Borough of Nazareth

Please Note Changes to Earned Income Tax Collections - effective January 1, 2012

In accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Act 32, the Earned Income Tax Collector will be Keystone Collections Group.

Employers will be required to have each employee complete the Certificate of Residency Form provided by the DCED. The Certificate of Residency Form provides information to help identify the political subdivisions where an employee lives and works.

Please remember to always include the Nazareth Tax Code number with all filings and correspondence. The Borough of Nazareth Tax Code number is: #480403.

For additional and more detailed information, please visit:

www.newpa.com/get-local-gov-support/tax-information/dceds-act-32-eit-collection-system

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The Borough of Nazareth complies with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania “RIGHT TO KNOW LAW” Act 3 of 2008

Providing for access to public information, for a designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency, local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing penalties; providing for reporting by State-related institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract information on the Internet; and making related repeals. Section 504. Regulations and policies.

Section 504

(a) Authority. — An agency may promulgate regulations and policies necessary for the agency to implement this act. The Office of Open Records may promulgate regulations relating to appeals involving a Commonwealth agency or local agency.

(b) Posting. — The following information shall be posted at each agency and, if the agency maintains an Internet website, on the agency's Internet website:

* (1) Contact information for the open-records officer.

* (2) Contact information for the Office of Open Records or other applicable appeals officer.

* (3) A form which may be used to file a request.

* (4) Regulations, policies and procedures of the agency relating to this act.

(1) Borough of Nazareth “Right To Know” Officer:

Paul A. Kokolus Borough Secretary/Treasurer

(2) Contact Information for the Borough of Nazareth’s “Right To Know” Officer:

Paul A. Kokolus Borough Secretary/Treasurer

134 S. Main Street

Nazareth, PA 18064

610-759-0202

610-248-7623 (Cell)

610- 759-1073 (Fax)

nazboro@rcn.com

pkokolus@aol.com

pkokolus@verizon.net

Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am till 4:30 pm

Nazareth Borough Municipal Building

134 S. Main Street

Nazareth , PA 18064

Please enter street level - Main Street - push access buzzer for

Borough Administrative Offices

(3) Available on-line ...http://www.openrecordspa.org/rtk.html

(4) Available on-line ...http://www.openrecordspa.org/rtk.html

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