DURYEA — Borough Council members convened for a special meeting on Thursday to approve the 2018 budget, which sits around $1.5 million and calls for no tax hike.

The budget has a mill rate of 1.6. A mill is $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in assessed property value.

New radios

At the conclusion of the meeting, the council members and borough mayor Keith Moss presented new radios to the police department.

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The radios were manufactured by SCHOTT Glass in the borough and cost $4,000, and Moss said SCHOTT donated $1,000 to the borough to help purchase them.

“SCHOTT likes to be a productive member of the community,” said Al Thorn, SCHOTT Glass Manager of Engineering. “We appreciate the help of the community during our fire (in 2015).” Thirty-six fire departments arrived on the scene to douse flames during the fire.

Unlike the former hand-held radios, which Moss said were close to 20 years old, the new radios clip to the back of the police officers’ belts with a small speaker that clips to the front of their uniform. Officers speak into them by pressing a button the speaker.

Moss noted the new radios have a larger frequency range.

“We were having problems getting word out when we were in certain area with the portable radios,” he said. “The new ones have a little more power to them than what the old ones had.”

https://www.psdispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/web1_Duryea-Radios.jpgJimmy Fisher | Sunday Dispatch
Police officers given new radios

By Jimmy Fisher

jfisher@timesleader.com

WHATS NEXT?

Duryea Borough Council members will hold a reorganization meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the borough building, 315 Main St. The regular monthly meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10.