City Council Hears SEDA-COG Community Development Block Grant Projects, City Donates Old Street Lamps to Historical Society
By Christopher Miller
LOCK HAVEN – Lock Haven City Council met Monday evening for their June 16 Council Meeting.
Council held the first reading of the annual request of the Lock Haven Regatta Foundation for the 54th annual Lock Haven Labor Day Regatta.
The street closure will be the same as in previous years, with Water Street closed from Jay to Washington, and the alley of Washing Street to Jordan Alley, along with sidewalks closed and the use of street barricades from 6 p.m. on August 28 through 6 p.m. on September 2, with the fireworks show scheduled for August 31, with a rain date of September 1.
The second reading will be July 7.
City council also approved a request from Living Hope Church to hold an event in Triangle Park on August 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a puppet show, giveaways, and live music. City council passed the use request unanimously.
Council also heard from SEDA-COG related to the 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project review.
“We have two projects going for grant money,” a representative of SEDA-COG told the city council. “One is for Citizens Hose Company #5 to replace and refinish the floor in their apparatus room at a cost of $18,240, and the other is a request for $29,810 for a generator project.”
“These projects do not take up the full allocation of the city’s budget, so City Planner Abbey Roberts brought up a few different street projects, contingent on survey results,” the representative said.
City Manager Greg Wilson added that a portion of last year’s CDBG money is going toward paving a portion of Spring Street and Stone Alley.
In other news, city council voted to donate the old street lamps that formerly adorned Water Street at the new Veterans Park to the Clinton County Historical Society.
“These lights were reported to have been in downtown during the ’72 flood,” City Manager Greg Wilson said. “The historical society is willing to accept them as a donation. They will need to be rewired completely if they were to make them functioning again.”
The Hoberman Park construction project is “moving right along,” Wilson said.
Councilwoman Tami Brannan mentioned that she stopped at the Sentimental Journey Fly-In volunteer picnic Monday evening, and that they are thankful for their partnership with the city.
“They are hopeful the city council can stop by this week for the Fly-In. All council members are welcome to attend the awards banquet on Friday evening,” she said.
Council members Barb Masorti and Rick Conklin were absent from Monday’s meeting.
