Weatherly Borough council wrapped up 2020 with a short meeting last week to finish the year’s business.

With no tax increase, the 2021 budget was approved, balanced at $5,354,846, The ’21 budget is $142,335 higher than that of 2020, some of that due to expenses for the new borough building and upkeep of the old, plus anticipated expenses for when the borough starts use of the former ambulance garage.

The tax ordinance was approved, remaining at 6.3 mills. Resolutions on the borough’s annual contributions to the Police Pension and Non-Uniform Pension funds were passed.

Supervisors agreed to modify two loans, to extend their payments to the end of 2022 – a regular tax anticipation loan for $85,000, and the $750,000 revenue anticipation loan relating to the new borough building construction. Each loan is from Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank. The larger of the pair was borrowed to have funds to match or qualify for grants to complete the new borough office building.

Mayor P. J. Hadzick offered thanks to borough manager Harold Pudliner for his handling of all the challenges of 2020. He also thanked Pudliner for the hard work he and his team put in to bring in a budget for 2021 with no tax increase.

Council members Joe Thomas and Norm Richie gave special thanks to the borough roads crew for their “excellent job” with the big snowstorm of the previous week.