At a recent Bath Borough Council meeting, a resident voiced their concerns that a reported lack of transparency exists within the borough government.

The borough solicitor attempted to address the comments made by the resident at that meeting. It appeared the resident was not convinced.

At the April 13 Bath Borough Council meeting, borough Solicitor Patrick Armstrong provided a presentation about transparency and the Right to Know law. Armstrong explained the rules under the Sunshine Act and the Right to Know law that detail how a meeting is to be properly run, as well as its elements and limitations.

Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act information and Right to Know law information can be found at openrecords.pa.gov.

After his presentation, Armstrong said publicly, based on his experience as solicitor, borough administration and council comply with both the Sunshine Act and the Right to Know requests.

Tony Kovalovsky, of the Bath Volunteer Fire Department, said there were 41 fire calls for the month of March, and calls for the year were 112.

Council awarded the bid for borough lawn care services to AZB Property Maintenance with a total bid of $43,400 for 31 service weeks of lawn cutting.

Council acknowledged the Bath Volunteer Fire Department’s 2026 list of events for the purposes of workers’ compensation evaluation.

The borough manager was authorized to fill the position of administration coordinator in accordance with Manager Brad Flynn’s memorandum to borough council dated April 7.

The authorization includes a job placement fee to an employment group in the amount of $8,873.28, to be paid through the borough’s Liquid Fuels Fund.

Flynn was also authorized to engage Vialytics, an AI-based roadway management system. Funding for subscription services is $6,058.20, to be paid for by the Liquid Fuels Fund.

There was a lengthy discussion about the borough considering a zoning district change related to 467 W. Main St. The action would change the zoning from manufacturing commercial zoning district to a R3 high-density residential zoning district. This would grant the development of a large apartment complex in the zoning district. Council remanded the situation to the planning commission for their input.

Flynn was authorized to execute of agreement with Golden Equipment for the parts, labor and repairs for the borough’s 2015 Tymco street sweeper as outlined in Golden Equipment Company’s estimate for sweeper repairs. The funding of the repairs is requested through the Bath Stormwater Authority in the amount of $29,280.36.

Council authorized Collier’s Engineering and Design to perform a traffic study warrant analysis in the amount of $3,000, per the engineer’s Feb. 4 proposal.

Council authorized borough administration to transfer $250,000 from the borough’s tax account to the borough’s general fund.

Resolution 2026-008 was approved for the disposition of records.

Ordinance 2926-743 was approved to remove property at 226 E. Northampton St. from the list of designated accessible parking spaces.

All resolutions and ordinances are available for review by visiting bathborough.org.

The next Bath Borough Council meeting is set for 6 p.m. May 11. It is a hybrid meeting — both in-person at 121 S. Walnut St. and on YouTube. Visit bathborough.org to review the meeting’s agenda and to access the meeting virtually.