As a mayor it is part of the job to keep order in town, according to Bowmanstown solicitor James Preston.

The five-month-long debate regarding the attendance of borough Constable Sandy Lizzio at council meetings came to an end after Preston presented borough code research to the board."The mayor (William Ravert) has the right to invite the constable to any public event to keep order," he told the Bowmanstown Borough Council Tuesday night."Do you feel you are preserving order by having the constable here?" Preston asked Ravert."Absolutely," said Ravert.Preston said, "The mayor cannot interfere with the council's job and council cannot interfere with his. The mayor is charged with keeping order in the borough.""I would doubt order was not in place at the meetings," said Councilman Rob Moyer."Can the mayor be the only judge of orderly meetings? What if the majority of council voted there was order," Moyer asked."If you feel the mayor is exceeding his authority you'd have to have him voted out or have him impeached," Preston said."That seems extreme," Moyer said."He believes he is taking acts to preserve order in the borough. If council believes they have a rogue mayor you have to seek other remedies," Preston said."We have dispersed funds. It's not something we budgeted for," Moyer said.Lizzio had been paid to attend the meetings for four months before the council voted in March to not have the constable present. During those meetings it was reported that the constable's attendance fee is $10 per meeting."We pay our engineer and solicitor hourly and our meetings run over two hours. A way to cut costs would be to discuss a lot of the issues at committee meetings," said council President Kara Scott."Well that's where we philosophically disagree," Moyer said."But from what I'm understanding, we should just move on," Moyer said.Borough residents Ezra and Phyllis Kreiss raised concerns over road conditions in Bowmanstown Tuesday night."We are just a little concerned with the streets," Phyllis Kreiss said."The potholes on the second part of Mill Street, you can't avoid them anymore. We know there's a lot of roads that need attention. Lincoln Avenue is bumpy but it doesn't have potholes that you get swallowed up in. They cold-patched Mill Street but it's just breaking up," she said."I know Ms. Leiby had complaints at the polling station and the fire chief had problems as well. To at least help maintain the road's integrity we might tar and chip. We are looking to see where the potholes are and what needs to be addressed first," Moyer said.Moyer told the residents the borough road crew is going to start an inventory of the roadways in the borough to help organize and create a five-year plan for repairs."We have to develop a plan. It would be a way to let the residents know what to expect. We want to look at what we can afford to do now," Moyer said."What if we would go through and look at the driving lanes," Councilman Darren Thomas asked."Is there something we can do at the end of the lanes to reinforce them? There's a lot of streets in town that the parking edges have deteriorated, but it shouldn't cause a problem for driving," he said."When I drive Mill Street, I give it a C, but parking areas on Mill, it's an F," Thomas said."I like your idea. I have to talk to the road crew more," borough engineer Jessica Rehrig said."We are looking into funding. As soon as the governor finds a pen that works we should get funding," Ravert said.