City Council

1 Borough of Akron Council Meeting – December 26, 2023 2 3 Council Members Present: Nathan Imhoff-President: Justin Gehman, Vice- 4 President; Kleon Zimmerman, Paul Swangren, Jr., Ryan Cochran, Bonnie Young, 5 Tonya Haynes, (Rebecca Abraham-Junior Council Member, Max Herman-Junior 6 Council Member; Earianne Evangelista-Junior Council Member not present) 7 8 Others Present: Mayor John McBeth, Susan Davidson, Borough Manager; Sean 9 Molchany, Asst Borough Manager; Valerie Wagner, Director of Finance, Monica 10 Hersh, Michael Morris, Larry Alexander- Ephrata Review. 11 12 Meeting opened at 6:05 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. 13 14 Roll Call 15 Kleon Zimmerman-present 16 Paul Swangren, Jr-present 17 Ryan Cochran-present 18 Bonnie Young-present 19 Tonya Haynes- present 20 Nathan Imhoff President-present 21 Justin Gehman Vice President-present 22 Mayor John McBeth-present 23 Earianne Evangelista-Junior Council Member-absent 24 Rebecca Abraham-Junior Council Member-absent 25 Max Herman-Junior Council Member-absent 26 27 Nathan Imhoff, Council President acknowledged receipt of Mayor John McBeth’s 28 letter dated December 18, 2023 that was forwarded to Akron Borough Council 29 Members and Borough Secretary and entered into the minutes. 30 31 Ryan Cochran made a motion to veto the December 18, 2023 letter from Akron 32 Mayor John McBeth in regards to his objection to the Akron Borough Ordinance 33 raising the Real Estate taxes from 3.0 mills to 3.3 mills for the year 2024. Kleon 34 Zimmerman seconded the motion. 35 Bonnie Young-yes 36 Kleon Zimmerman-yes 1  1 Justin Gehman-yes 2 Ryan Cochran-yes 3 Tonya Haynes-yes 4 Paul Swangren, Jr-no 5 Nathan Imhoff President-yes 6 Justin Gehman Vice President-yes 7 Motion passes 6-1. 8 9 Ryan Cochran made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Kleon Zimmerman 10 seconded the motion. Motion carried. 11 12 Meeting adjourned at 6:09 p.m. 13 14 Respectfully submitted, 15 16 Susan Davidson 17 Borough Manager/Secretary 18 19 SD 20 21 22 2