In a relatively short, routine meeting, the Union Board of Aldermen covered just a few items in the February meeting last Tuesday.
They appointed Dr. Nicole Harrison to a five-year appointment to the Union Special Municipal School District.
She was elected on a 4-1 vote over a second nominee, Ralph Freeman.
Harrison’s term will bring her to the policy making body with Jeremy Hamm, Shirley Walton, Chad Brashear, and Sommer Warren.
“I really am honored,” she said, “I think it’s a place where we can not sit and decide about the day-to-day activities of the school, but develop a policy and leave the details to the administration.”
She and her husband Chad have two children: Dillon, a tenth grader, and Julia, a fifth grader, in the school system.
In other actions during the brief meeting, the Aldermen:
• Accepted a request from Union Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dale Yates that he work part time for the city through the end of June.
Yates, a long time employee of the Philadelphia Fire Department, said he was no longer with them and would like the 20-hours a week with the city to complete his 25-year retirement plan. He has been a volunteer fire fighter in Union for 36 years and served as chief for 16 years.
Mayor Wayne Welch said, “We always need part time help.”
• Hired Connor Breland to act as Summer Recreation Director.
• Hired Mitch Kennedy as a full time police officer.
