Muncy Luminary (Newspaper) - February 28, 2007, Muncy, Pennsylvania 17756 Montgomery SO CENTS FEBRUARY 166 9 Wheres The Public by Karen Richards No member of the public attended Muncy School District Board of Educations public hearing on which was to inform the public and elicit their comments on the school boards required by Act to place a referendum question on the May primary The referendum question will ask voters if the school board should increase its earned income tax from percent to percent in order to fund property tax exclusions of in 2007 and in 2008 and subsequent At its January the board approved a resolution which commits to limiting any property tax increase to an index of percent so the millage rate could increase from to regardless of the voters decision on the referendum There are a lot fewer qualified homestead exemptions than the number of apparently eligible residential property It would seem that the number of households receiving the homestead exclusion will increase if the referendum question said business manager David An increase in the number of property owners receiving the exclusion will decrease the amount of exclusion for all eligible property The actual wording of the as it will appear on the will be approved at the boards March 13 Individuals can calculate the impact of an increase in the earned Contd on 5 Scenes from high school musicals performed at Hughesville and Muncy this weekend are Grease and Bye Bye In top left played by Alex Derby center brags about his car to chums in bottom left Danny and portrayed by Sean Lorson and Amanda sing about their summer In top right Hugo Collin Velkoff interrupts one last kiss from Conrad Birdie Alex Lundberg to fan Kim played by Sarah In bottom Rose Andrea Fox grimaces during comments made about her by her boyfriends meddling School Musical If you go What Bye Bye Birdie When March March Where Muncy High School auditorium Cost children 7 and under free Muncy students rehearsing for annual plays Singing and acting talents of high school students at both Muncy and Hughesville will be under the bright lights this weekend as each theatre club offers a peek at life during the At the musical Bye Bye Birdie is scheduled for March and March Caleb Feigles plays Albert a agent for Conrad rock musics newest and brightest played by Alex Birdie has been drafted and is set to go in the but not before his gives one lucky girl one last kiss to be given on the Ed Sullivan Kim MacAfee is the lucky girl on 5 If you go What Grease When March 1 March March Where Hughesville High School auditorium Cost All tickets Competing With Big Business by Cindy Knicr With the influx of new businesses arriving in the how can existing businesses and organizations in Hughesville and Montgomery draw additional attention their establishments That question and others will be a free seminar on March with discussions on the topic of economic restructuring in the three Sponsored by the Muncy Professional and Business the event takes place at the Paul Geringer Social Main from 79 Guest speaker will be John owner and director of the Madden Company in and a former Main Street manager in three prior to working with the Pennsylvania Downtown Center as its Eastern Regional Program Services a golden opportunity for us as an organization and as a community to attend this meeting said Paul chairman of the Anyone who has an interest in economic growth is encouraged to attend the For additional visit Muncy Industrial Park Move Kelloggs Major Food Industrial Company Narrows Search for New Location by Karen Richards Industrial development is coming to communities surrounding The Muncy Industrial Park Phases II and III on John Brady Drive in Muncy Creek Township and the River Valley Commerce Park on Route 405 in Clinton Township are both being actively Michael Muncy borough council president revealed at the February council meeting that the Lycoming County Water arid Sewer Authority has approached the Muncy Municipal Water Authority to determine any excess capacity for delivery of public water to the Industrial Park Phases II and III Fornwalt indicated that Muncy would have some water to sell but how much and at what price needs to be After the county tried for a number of years to secure funding at the state and federal level to bring public water to that county commissioners committed the necessary funds to do The Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority is working to make this The Industrial Properties the economic development arm of the Chamber of owns the 245 acres of which it is actively There is high interest the industrial Fornwalt One major food industrial which has been has narrowed its search for a new location to two one of which is the Muncy Industrial Park Phases II and The manufacturer has told officials it pays liveable wages and would employ about 80 workers to start employment levels could rise to as many as 200 William economic development Contd on 5 Council Approves Engineering Study by Karen Richards Muncy Borough Council approved a personal services contract to Unitech Engineering for for the Main and Carpenter Streets water line replacement project at a 22 Subject to solicitors the contract is solely for an engineering study on the Council also approved Unitech Engineering as the water engineer of record on a per cost Council will only pay for those services that they request from A lump sum payment of was approved to Unitech Engineering to determine any excess water capacity that can be sold to the Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority for the development of the Muncy Industrial Park Phases II and In discussing the Carpenter Street water line replacement Councilman Galen Betzer asked if the Streets Committee was considering street such as curbs and additional street Councilman Sam chair of that stated that they are considering adding curbs but nothing In its working council discussed two items that will appear on the agenda for the March 6 council Ordinance 490 pertains to certain fire losses and the transfer of insurance proceeds to the borough as security for the cost of repairing or securing the fire damaged If the ordinance requires insurance companies to transfer fire insurance claim payments for structural fire damage to the borough if the claim exceeds If this threshold is the insurer is required tp transfer for every of an insurance These funds will be held in escrow by the borough to assure that the property is repaired or Once the property owner submits required proof of completion of all without the borough incurring any the funds will be returned to the property Contd on 5
