Showing posts with label Police Chief Richard Lengel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Police Chief Richard Lengel. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2016

A Routine Borough Council Meeting



Wednesday's work session of Pottstown Borough Council was a quick one, less than an hour.

There were few big ticket items, but a few smaller one.

Police Chief Rick Drumheller reported that the locations for street cameras have been identified and that project is moving forward thanks to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

Plans to close High Street for the Halloween Parade on Oct. 25 are moving forward, as are approvals for the Walk-Bike Pottstown project, which will change a few street orientations to make room for bike lanes.

Council also appears prepared to vote on changes to the fire ordinance, which will give more control to the fire chief position and now, thanks to input from council, will require the chief live within five miles of the borough within a year after getting the job.

The borough will likely hire the Maillie firm to conduct the next two year's audits of the borough's books due to their price coming in lower than was charged this year.

And, there are also a number of vacancies on borough boards, some of which may be filled Monday night.

They are: two vacant seats on the code board of appeals; one on the Environmental Advisory Council; one on the Historic Architecture Review Board; several on the Human Relations Commission and one on the Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority.

In the meantime, here are the Tweets and video from last night's meeting.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Men in Uniform

Photo by Evan Brandt
Sgt. Ed Kropp Jr. with his family and flanked by
Police Chief Rick Drumheller and Mayor Bonnie Heath.


Pottstown's police and firefighting service were front and center at Wednesday night's council meeting.

Two police officers were promoted and Fire Chief Richard Lengel made his delayed presentation for Fire Prevention Month.

First up was Corporal Ed Kropp Jr., who won't be called "corporal" any more. Council unanimously approved his promotion to sergeant.

Kropp was followed by Det. Thomas Lehan who was promoted to corporal.
Photo by Evan Brandt
Cpl. Tom Lehan with his family and Drumheller and Heath.

Both brought their families to join them for the honor and both allowed their wives, with little apparent trepidation, to pin their new shields onto their unprotected chests.

Their received the prompt applause of the audience.

Last month was host to Fire Prevention Week and, as usual, Pottstown Fire Chief Richard Lengel had prepared a presentation about fires in Pottstown and a way to prevent them.

However, Lengel was ill and could not appear. He remedied that Wednesday night.

Below is a portion of his presentation.