UPDATE: Point Boro Mayor Appoints New OEM Coordinator Monday
Gary Colberg, retired Boro Police Corporal, sworn in on Monday
A retired Point Borough police corporal was appointed and sworn in on Monday as the new Borough Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Coordinator. Gary Colberg was appointed by Mayor William Schroeder on Monday to replace William Ippolito, who quit the position on Jan. 7, the day after he was sworn in at the Borough Council's organization meeting. Colberg will be paid $3,350 per year for the part-time, civil service position, Schroeder said. Colberg, who was hired as a police officer on May 19, 1986 and retired on Oct. 1, 2011, has 25 years of police experience. Council does not vote on appointments made by the mayor. Kiel Arnone, the Deputy OEM Coordinator, posted on the OEM Facebook page, "It is with great joy that we welcome Retired …
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Tom Szymanski
11:36 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
A certain Former OEM Coordinator has been publicly outspoken in recent days regarding his reasoning for leaving his position. They include, and are not limited to, immediate restoration of liquor sales in the Boro, the cancelling of storm briefings, and lack of collaboration between the Mayor and OEM. In the wake of Sandy, as a citizen I wanted our OEM to have the knowledge, resources, and … more ›