Authority requests new appointments
Following the third resignation of a board member this year, the Uniontown Downtown Business District Authority on Tuesday renewed its request for City Council to appoint new members before the year is over. Muriel Nuttall resigned from the board last month following the resignations of Jessica Hajek and Brian Ludy.
The terms of Board Chairman Mark Rafail and board member Jeff DiMaio are set to expire on Dec. 31.
Rafail said there would be only three people left on the board next year if council doesn’t appoint replacements or re-appoint current members.
In October, the DBDA asked council to appoint Wendy O’Brien and Steve Neubauer to replace Hajek and Ludy, and appoint another member so there are nine people on the board, but council took no action on the request.
Main Street manager Connie Burd said city officials recently asked the DBDA to submit additional names for consideration.
The board’s meeting schedule for next year was addressed.
Board members agreed to conduct regular business meetings quarterly in 2010, but didn’t approve the dates and times. The board has been meeting monthly.
Board work sessions and committee meetings will continue to be held monthly.
In unrelated business, board members said loans for business façade improvements in the central business district remain available through the DBDA.
Business owners can receive an application through e-mail by calling Burd at 724-438-4289.
In other business, board member Donna Holdorf, who chairs the promotions committee, said 23 businesses and 23 non-profit agencies are participating in tomorrow’s annual Magical Cookie Tour in downtown.
The businesses will be selling cookies to benefit the non-profits.
Other holiday activities are also taking place this week, Holdorf said.
Mrs. Claus will be reading stories to children in the Fayette Building from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. For a small fee, children can make holiday crafts.
Saturday is the last day for people to vote for their favorite Christmas tree in Storey Square.
Charities set up the trees for Light-Up Night, which was held last month, and cash votes can be cast in the State Theatre Center for the Arts.
The charity with the tree that receives the most money gets to keep half of the money and receives a $200 grant from the Community Foundation of Fayette County.