Saw this on buckslocalnews.com:
Morrisville swears in new councilmembers
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
By Petra Chesner Schlatter;
BucksLocalNews.com
Nancy Sherlock has been unanimously re-elected as president of the Morrisville Borough Council. She has served in that capacity for the last two years.
Kathryn Panzitta was re-elected as vice president.
The vote came at the annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 4, when four new council members and one incumbent were sworn into office.
The new members are Victor Cicero, Rhonda Davis, Fred Kerner and Todd Sanford. Incumbent Eileen Dreisbach also gave the oath of office.
The new council voted 6-2 to hire a new engineering firm – Remington, Vernick and Beach of Conshohocken – replacing Pennoni and Associates of Philadelphia.
Also in a 6-2 vote, a new law firm was picked to represent the borough – Friedman-Schuman of Jenkintown – replacing Begley, Carlin and Mandio of Langhorne.
In an interview, Sherlock said one of the most important accomplishments for the borough has been the completion of the Bridge Street project.
She said the Delaware Toll Bridge Commission gave a “compact” grant to Morrisville, which is given to all river towns.
The commission gave the borough $775,000. Borough Council asked for more to extend the project. To date, the commission has given more than $1 million.
Sidewalks and new traffic lights were installed. Sherlock said she hopes the commission will allow the borough to use remaining money for decorative lights.
Another accomplishment, she said, was the planting of trees along Williamson Park as a shared program with Yardley Borough through the TreeVitalize project.
“Once they grow, it’s going to be a very beautiful ‘tree-scape,’” she said.
About the future, Sherlock said the borough would have “to get aggressive” to find grant monies.
Sherlock said the borough “should seek them out” and be as efficient with borough operations. “We have a very skinny budget,” she said.
