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The following is a brief summary of the Ellwood City Borough Council meeting held on Monday, March 19: Visitors: Numerous visitors urged council to reconsider charging organizations event costs to recoup borough expenses. One visitor requested that council hire a borough manager capable of effective grant writing and said the costs of most events could be covered by grants. He also praised Council President Judi Dici for acting as interim manager on “pittance” money. Former council president Connie MacDonald criticized council for throwing away $171,900 on an aborted new electric building. He had previously attacked council for this decision and…

During its meeting on Monday, council voted to allow all requested events in 2018 at no charge. In edition, the estimated borough costs for events provided last week was recalculated at significantly lower rates. In February, council announced the Ellwood City Relay for Life would be charged $550 to recoup borough expenses and that all other borough events would be required to pay borough expenses. At the agenda meeting on March 12, over 50 visitors urged council to reconsider and have the borough absorb event costs. At the regular meeting on Monday, held in the auditorium to accommodates over 60…