Gettysburg Mayor Frealing recognized the 197th anniversary of its founding and honored local resident Bob Mcilhenny for his work in creating the Gettysburg flag 20 years ago at its meeting yesterday.
Read our story about the development of the flag here.
Frealing declared March as “The official flag of the borough of Gettysburg month.”
Frealing said the borough planned to hold an annual remembrance of the founding of the borough on March 10, 1806, going forward.
Oct 13-15 will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the movie “Gettysburg.” There should be some really cool stuff going on,” said Main Street Gettysburg CEO Jill Sellers.
The borough announced that new “big-belly” trash cans have arrived and will be placed on Lincoln Square. The compacting trash cans hold more trash than standard cans.
GARA representative Matt Moon said the annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held in the rec park on Saturday April 1 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It’s a free event; all ages are welcome.
The borough approved a bid for $65,913 from JDI Sites Solutions for Racehorse Alley Parking Garage maintenance.
Glenny said he had met with 3 or 4 people who are interested in the job as a police officer, including some who live in town. “I’m very positive about how that’s going,” he said.
Glenny said the department had purchased some new bicycles and that residents should expect to see more officers on bicycles in the near future. Glenny noted that bicycles have the advantage that they can patrol in some areas where patrol cars cannot. Councilmember Judie Butterfield noted that the idea of having bicycle patrols was seen as important in the initial drafting of the Elm St. overlay project.
Glenny said Wellspan Health had agreed to grant $35,000 to the police department which will include new 2-way radios for the new officers, as well as funds to cover personnel training time. “There’s no free training,” said Glenny.
Glenny said that although there was not much on it, the Gettysburg Police Department’s new Crimewatch page is now up and active.
Moon said about 50 visitors participated in this month’s Black Balloon Day. “It was a somber event. I thank everyone for coming out,” said Moon.
Butterfield said 42 people had signed up for the March recycling event to be held on Saturday and that there is still space to sign up.
Borough Manager Charles Gable said funds from both parking and hotel and entertainment taxes were up in January.
Frealing said she had visited the White House in Washington as part of Black History month, and thanked the many people who had attended the Annual Fire Department Recognition Banquet.
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