Mifflinburg Borough Council East Ward
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Description of office: There are 6 to 8 council members in each borough with half elected every 2 years. Borough Council members meet once monthly and are responsible for enacting, revising, repealing, and amending ordinances and resolutions that govern and are beneficial to the borough, but are not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth. The Council appoints other borough officers such as secretary, treasurer, solicitor, manager, etc., but no council member can also be a borough employee. The Borough Council has the power to make, authorize, and ratify expenditures for lawful purposes from available funds or from funds borrowed within legal limits. Additionally, each member serves on at least one committee such as planning, police, public works, or finance.Term: 4 yearsSalary: $1,800 per yearVote for TWO.
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Linda L. Lewis
(Dem)
Why are you seeking this office?
What are the most important services that your borough/township provides, and what should be improved?
Education
Bachelor's and Master's in Architectural Engineering from Penn State; Associates in Allied Health Sciences from USAF
Occupation
Retired U.S. Air Force engineer
Qualifications
US Forces Veteran; Former Mifflinburg Borough Council Member
I have a desire to help in the ways that I can. After 21 years of active duty in the military, I still enjoy working for the people. I’m very happy that the council member position does not require wearing battle gear weighing half my body weight or dredging through knee-high ‘moon dust’ somewhere. I enjoy working on issues of today (engineers tend to have a ‘get-er done’ type attitude) as well as planning for the needs and visions of tomorrow (in the most practical, economical and timely way possible). I look forward to continuing to use my skillset to serve the people of my community.
Mifflinburg is a nice town that provides water, sewer & electric to its residents. It has its own Police Dept & 2 Community Parks. It also offers intangibles like safety, opportunity & culture. As far as improvements needed—1st is the unsexy—the sewer pipes. The sewer pipes below the surface are like Swiss cheese, letting water infiltrate the system—which then in turn overwhelms the sewer plant. Yuck, right. This is the most unsexy, but necessary improvement needed. Now the sexy—the Community Parks. Here is where there is much opportunity to revive a community. How to transform the spaces to where people want to go? Should one be geared towards sports & the other family? Should there be a circular walk-path inside the park? a pool? a stage?
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