Will borough go wet?

Conneaut Lake Borough Council brought the Conneaut Lake Community Development Committee, (CDC), up to date, in terms of a beach plan, during the February meeting.

CDC representatives have been approaching Council for the past few months, in order to try to get some plans moving along for a Fireman's Beach spruce-up project.

During the January meeting, a CDC spokesman, Bill Eldridge, had made a request for a letter to be sent to two governmental agencies. The Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, was one and the other was the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR.

Linesville area resident George Greig has been nominated by newly seated Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett to become Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture.

The nomination was announced Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Harrisburg as Corbett works to fill out his cabinet.

Greig will serve as Acting Secretary until confirmed by the State Senate. He began work Monday, Jan. 31.

Greig is a Conneaut Township resident and operates a 650-acre farm with his brother, Tim. Both are Conneaut Township supervisors with George Greig noting he may have to step down as supervisor in the near future.

Conneaut Lake Borough Council meeting continued from last week's edition ...

Holabaugh asked for a motion and Monahan made the following motion: “I make a motion that we do not request a meeting with DCNR or DEP until Borough Council develops a comprehensive master plan for the beach.” The motion was seconded and carried.

Holabaugh asked for a time frame and she said sixty days would be fine.

When he asked if they could help CDC with anything else, Chairman Yates spoke up and said that there were people in CDC who were really working hard on trying to seek out funding, etc.

He asked if Monahan wished to take that away from them and carry out the various searches without their help.