Sturla brings Majority Policy Committee to Franklin & Marshall College on April 8 for public hearing on fiscal situation of local governments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

State Rep. Mike Sturla
D-Lancaster

Chairman, Majority Policy Committee
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Sturla brings Majority Policy Committee to Franklin & Marshall College on April 8 for public hearing on fiscal situation of local governments

HARRISBURG, April 1 – Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the House Majority Policy Committee will hold a public hearing on the fiscal situation of local governments from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 in the Woods Memorial Room of Franklin & Marshall College’s Alumni Sports & Fitness Center, 929 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster.

The hearing will be co-chaired by state Rep. Bob Freeman, D-Northampton, who serves as the chairman of the House Local Government Committee.

The current hearing agenda is:

· 10 a.m. – Welcome and opening remarks by Sturla and Freeman

· 10:10 a.m. – Panel from PA League of Cities and Municipalities: John Callahan, president and Bethlehem mayor; and Rick Gray, director-at-large and Lancaster mayor

· 10:30 a.m. – Judy Schwank, president and CEO, 10,000 Friends of PA

· 10:50 a.m. – Ed Troxell, director of government affairs, PA State Association of Boroughs

· 11:10 a.m. – Panel from the PA Association of Township Supervisors: Elam Herr, assistant executive director; and Les Houck, second vice president

· 11:30 a.m. – Douglas Hill, executive director, County Commissioners Association of PA

· 11:50 a.m. – Mike Kyle, member of PA Municipal Authorities Association and executive director of Lancaster Area Sewer Authority

· 12:10 p.m. – Closing remarks

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.