Content about David Dixon

02.18.11

Sewer cost split

Although a grant is expected to cover the cost of fixing the West Bellevue Road sanitary sewer, Avalon Council has agreed to share any cost overruns with Bellevue.

A resolution approved by council Tuesday states that the borough will be responsible for 50 percent of any cost overruns. Solicitor Rich Canciello, however, said that the 50/50 agreement was a one-time deal and the agreement makes clear that the occasion will not set a precedent for any future projects involving this or any other shared sewer line.

01.22.11

Protest spurs fee decrease

Avalon Borough will charge less for garbage collection this year, and possibly institute some new collection procedures, after a standing-room-only crowd debated officials for more than an hour and a half at Tuesday's borough council meeting.

01.14.11

Letters to the Editor 1-14-11

Editor:

Many...may have read an article in a November edition of The Citizen that Avalon Borough was behind $80,000 in unpaid garbage bills as far back as 2008. I attend the monthly council meetings and at the meeting I asked how we could be so far behind on the garbage bill and for this long and not know about it. No one had an answer except that times are hard for so many people and unemployment is high. My other question was, did they contact these people and ask them to start a payment plan of any type to assist in paying the overdue bill?

01.07.11

Avalon adopts budget, garbage fee

By VICKI MORTIMER

In rapid-fire succession, Avalon Council adopted a number of ordinances and motions at their meeting on Dec. 30, most with no discussion.

04.23.10

Request denied

Avalon officials have denied, at least for the time-being, a request from Greenstone United Methodist Church to close California Avenue for a street fair in June.

The church had asked to close the main street in front of the building for four hours on Friday, June 11, and 10 hours on Saturday, June 12.

01.08.10

Avalon Council gets new members, president

Three new members were sworn in to seats on Avalon Council last Monday evening, including one who was just recently named the winner of a council seat by what was probably the lowest number of votes ever.

While Jonathan Bernstein and Thomas Lloyd Jr. were on the November ballot along with incumbents Ed Repp and Ralph Cortese, David Dixon was declared the winner of a council seat for which there were no candidates on the ballot. Dixon received four write-in votes, which was enough to beat out incumbent Albert Wurst, who received only three.

11.06.09

Other election results

Avalon

All candidates running for election to office in Avalon were unopposed, and it still remains to be seen if a third ward council seat has been filled.

Mayor David Haslett was re-elected with 633 votes.

Current council president Ed Klicker will move into the elected tax collector's office in January. Klicker, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican tickets, received 689 votes.