Coaldale Council held a special meeting June 2, but the advertisement for the meeting stated it would be held June 3. Was the special meeting illegal?

During a regular council meeting Tuesday, council president Thomas Keerans addressed that question immediately as the first order of business. Keerans said there was "a mix-up in communication, and conflicting stories about emails which were sent."Secretary Liz Hosler sent an email to the Times News requesting an advertisement for a special meeting June 3. According to Hosler, she realized that she'd put the wrong date in the first email and sent a second email correcting the date to June 2.According to the Times News advertising department, the first email was received but the second email was not received.Hosler said that one of the email responses was an automatically generated "out-of-office reply." She provided copies of both her emails.When the advertisement for the special meeting ran in the Times News advertising section, the meeting date was still one week away.Asked why Coaldale did not attempt to have a corrected advertisement run, since the published meeting date was incorrect, Hosler said that no one saw the advertisement.After that discussion, Coaldale solicitor Robert Yurchak advised council to take action to "ratify the actions that were done" during the special meeting. Council members voted unanimously to do so.Minutes from the special meeting were not available.Asked what actions were taken during the special meeting, Keerans answered that council had acted on four matters: realigned the police pension account, decided to advertise for members of the zoning hearing board, accepted a letter from zoning hearing board solicitor Cindy Yurchak regarding the meeting scheduled for June 23 about the cell tower, and decided to organize a meeting to discuss forming a joint sewer authority.During the regular meeting Tuesday, Coaldale council members gave their unanimous support to the formation of a regional sewer authority, which would include Lansford and Summit Hill.