Mayor Leo Lutz said at Monday’s borough council meeting that a meeting was held last week with six municipalities in western Lancaster County to discuss regionalization of police services.
At the meeting, which was the second held, Lutz said the municipalities discussed issues ranging from sharing services to a complete regionalization of police.
Lutz, who did not identify those municipalities who attended the meeting, but did say a representative from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development was also in attendance.
He said that letters of intent have been sent to the municipalities involved and once those letters are signed and returned, DCED will begin a feasibility study that could take up to one year to complete.
“The results will be reviewed and we can take out of that what we want,” Lutz said.
Being discussed are the sharing of services to include a major crash investigation unit, truck weighing and inspections and the standardization on firearms and ammunition.
“We want to see if we can offer a better level of service or if the level of service will remain the same,” Lutz said.
One thing the group did agree on was not to make any purchases or do any projects while the talks are ongoing.
“Things are going well and we want to keep things moving,” the mayor said.
“We are learning to work together and I’m really excited about this,” Lutz said.
“We are being very open and knowledge sharing so that there are no surprises,” Lutz said.
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