Council approves routine permits, subdivision and consulting agreements in consent items

Williamsport City Council approved a set of routine consent and quasi-technical items, including a small consulting engagement on fire-services regionalization, a subdivision, multiple certificates of appropriateness and the Controller’s report.

Fire services: The council approved an agreement (not to exceed $5,000) with PMF Group Consulting to develop numbers and a plan for potential regionalization or shared fire services. The fire chief said the work would be paid from the fire department’s contracted-services budget and deliverables were expected in roughly two months.

Land-use and historic-preservation items: Council approved a lot-addition subdivision for 205 Locust Street after a favorable planning-commission recommendation. The council also approved certificates of appropriateness for storefront and sign work at 2 West 4th Street and 320 East 3rd Street, and for an accessible rear ramp and restriping at 345 Malberry Street, each with prior planning-commission recommendations and tentative building-code signoffs where noted.

Finance: Council received and filed the Controller’s report for March 2026 on roll call with no questions.

All consent items passed unanimously and were adopted as presented.