Steven McDole

4 days ago | gantnews.com | Steven McDole

The Consolidation Fire Subcommittee submitted their response, and alternative suggestions, to the fire study presented last month, March 2025. Concerns the Fire Subcommittee, FSC, had with the fire study as presented. The number of mistakes that made it into the final report raises concerns that the work was either rushed or not reviewed properly beforehand. The FSC estimates that on the lower end the costs of following the fire study’s recommendations are too costly.

2 weeks ago | gantnews.com | Steven McDole

Interim Co-Manager Ben Kafferlin stated he’s been hearing the City has mostly been focused on the fire study. Kafferlin understood why residents would assume that. In response, Kafferlin listed tasks that are being done in the City of DuBois and Sandy Township. The list below is not the complete list. Meeting with the DCED and getting financial recommendations. The Pennsylvania Economic League is working on the tax structure.

1 month ago | gantnews.com | Steven McDole

DuBois- The DCED presented the completed fire study to the City Council of DuBois and Sandy Township Board of Supervisors Wednesday night. The presentation followed the public Joint Board and City Council meetings. The public was allowed to be present for it. No action was taken on the presentation Wednesday night. The Department of Community and Economic Development representatives stressed this was an independent study and purely a recommendation.

1 month ago | gantnews.com | Steven McDole

This would work by having a single agenda that included all the items for the Joint Board, Sandy Township, and the City of DuBois. Whether the item was a consolidation, City, or Township line item would determine who needed to vote on it. If this change occurs it won’t be until after the primaries due to the mandatory advertising that would need to occur beforehand. Interim Co-manager Ben Kafferlin answered some questions on the lack of moving meetings to the Penn State DuBois auditorium.

1 month ago | gantnews.com | Steven McDole

DuBois- In a unified meeting that combined the Consolidation Joint Board and City Council of DuBois, with a portion functioning similar to a work session for Sandy Township, the elected discussed taking action on recommendations based on the partial DCED fire study results previously presented. The full fire study would be presented after this meeting, but the new content was more long term recommendations. Sandy Township Supervisor Dave Whitaker attended via phone.