Originally Posted by
andreahaxton
Updated: 09/18/2012, 12:20 AM
Lackawanna firefighters sound off on overtime at City Council meeting
Protest policy that closed ?understaffed station
BY: Jay Tokasz
Also Monday, the council voted 4-0 to appoint Joseph Jerge as 3rd Ward councilman through the end of 2012, filling a vacancy created in July when Francis J. Kulczyk died.
Jerge, who owns Mulberry Cafe, a popular Italian restaurant in the city's Bethlehem Park neighborhood, said it was important to have a business owner's perspective on the council.
He also pledged to make city government proactive, rather than reactive, to issues.
Jerge was sworn in immediately after the meeting and will take the council seat at the next meeting Oct. 1.
email: ?jtokasz@buffnews.com