Milford Sec’y-Treasurer Merger Hits Speed Bump

By Jeremy Van Duyne

MILFORD — Milford Borough will be without a borough secretary for at least another month. The borough has been without a secretary since early August after the then incumbent Laurie DiGeso put in her resignation.
After her resignation, the council began looking into merging the borough secretary position with the borough treasurer position. Borough Council President Joseph Dooley said that they wanted to bring both positions under the borough fold, hoping that by doing so they would create a full-time employee position that would be better suited at addressing the concerns of everyone in the borough. The previous borough treasurer, Greg Myer, was an independent contractor and not a borough employee.
“We had an opportunity to make the position a full-time position within the office,” said Dooley. “The sign on the door says that our office is open 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. The plan with this position is to make the office open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.”
“This is an opportunity for us to bring both the secretary and treasurer position in house. We would have a full-time employee in the borough office building so that the full-time employee could address the needs of our residents, our taxpayers and our businesses in town.”
The decision however has caused controversy due to how quickly things have taken place and the events that have followed. At a special meeting of the council back on August 22, the council chose to dismiss longtime treasurer Gregory Myer from his position as treasurer.
Francesca Lombardo was then appointed as the new treasurer, with hopes that she would also become the new secretary once the positions were approved for merger.
At Monday’s monthly Borough Council meeting, the council voted in favor of passing the ordinance that would enable the merging of the two positions. The lone person to vote against the ordinance was Councilman Peter Cooney. Cooney was also the lone vote against the dismissing of Myer and the appointment of Lombardo, criticizing how the borough has handled the whole situation.
The council was hoping to approve Lombardo for the joint position at the meeting. However, Mayor Sean Strub decided to withhold signing the ordinance for the time being. Without his signature, the ordinance could not immediately go into effect................................For more information subscribe to our paper.

Delay Of October 3 Warehouse Hearing

By Travis Caldwell

MILFORD — National Land Developers has requested a continuance for the second session of their warehouse project Conditional Use Hearing originally scheduled for October 3.
The applicant said they want to hold their Zoning Variance meeting prior to their next Conditional Use meeting. There were concerns over the date of the rescheduling and, given the existence of a Zoning Hearing Board by-law allowing them 45 days to make a decision.
Officials hoped that the variance hearing would be held with a subsequent decision made some time before the end of October and that the Conditional Use hearing could be held by the first Supervisors meeting of December, and said if not there will be made a request for an extension.
Supervisors passed a motion to grant the hearing continuance request until some time after the variance decision has been made and before December 31, 2022, and as a result will refrain from signing the rental agreement with the Milford Theater, which was to be used as an alternate venue due to the large attendance of the first Conditional Use hearing segment.............................For more information subscribe to our paper.