Borough Assembly discusses deferal funding priorities, water fluoridation

The Petersburg Borough Assembly gathered in its newly renovated municipal building this week during its February 27 meeting.

During the meeting, the assembly passed 5-2 in its final reading an ordinance updating from city to borough code a Local Improvement District (LID) that allows for property owner-funded capital improvement projects. The ordinance would, in part, take advantage of the SECON asphalt plant while it’s in town by offering residents of select neighborhoods the opportunity to pay for their streets to be paved.

The assembly also passed in its first reading an ordinance that woul...