Tuesday, June 5, 2012
After the recent resignation of former Chief Art Brown, Spring City Borough Council made its decision on a new chief.
The Spring City Borough Council met for a regular meeting on Monday night and approved the hiring of Anthony M. Kuklinski as the new chief of police. The vote was unanimous. According to Mayor Michael Weiss, Kuklinski lives in Gilbertsville. Council Vice President Donald Shaner said Kuklinski works for the Cass Township Police Department in Schuylkill County. According to the Cass Township website, Kuklinski is the chief of police. His first day as Chief of Spring City Police will be June 11. "He's used to dealing with a small police force, which is all we have in a small area like Spring City is," Shaner said. "He's dealt with a lot of part-time officers. I hope he can stabilize our part-time officers and keep some of them here. We …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A recap of the Spring City Borough Council meeting for the month of May
The Spring City Borough Council voted 6-1 to abolish the Civil Service Commission on Monday night at its monthly meeting. Councilman Mike Hays was the sole nay in the voting process. Council had previous discussions about the abolishment in the April meeting. The civil service commission provides its own grievance system for officers who think they were unjustly terminated, as well as aids in the hiring process of new officers. In previous talks, Borough Manager Dennis Rittenhouse explained he contacted the solicitor of the local commission, who said it is not required that the borough utilize the commission, since historically the borough operates with three or less full-time officers at one time. Abolishing the commission also saves the …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Spring City Mayor Weiss speaks to the Pottstown Mercury concerning the recent resignation of Police Chief Art Brown.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
The following clip comes from Frank Otto of the Pottstown Mercury. For Patch's original posting on Spring City Police Chief Art Brown's announcement, click here: ... Brown was hired in September after a unanimous vote by the borough council, but recently resigned from the force for a job in the “private sector,” according to Mayor Michael Weiss. “When you’re multi-talented, you can find a job in this tough economy,” Weiss said. Weiss called Brown’s resignation “unfortunate” and said that he got a little bit of a “shock” when he was notified. “He did a fine job as chief,” Weiss said. “It’s a tough loss for the borough. We had the right guy.” It’s unclear who will be taking over on the interim basis between Brown’s last day [April 20] and …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The news was confirmed this morning
Rumors have been floating around since last week that Spring City's Chief of Police Art Brown "quit" unexpectedly. Brown was hired as the borough's new chief of police in September, replacing former Chief Deidre Sherman, along with a new full-time officer Brandon Unruh. This morning, Brown confirmed to Patch via email that he would be stepping down. "The rumors are true that I have resigned as Chief of Police effective on April 20, 2012," Brown said. Brown did not have further comment, as he is not quite ready to talk about his resignation at this time, but will be following up with Patch soon. Unruh's resignation was announced at Spring City's last borough council meeting in the beginning of April. Councilmen and borough officials have …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
A recap of the Spring City borough council meeting.
The Spring City Borough Council met for its regular meeting on Monday night. Among discussions were the police contract, the resignation of one of the force's full-time officers, the library negotiations, and the website redesign. The new police contract, which runs from Jan. 1, 2012 through Dec. 31, 2014, was approved unanimously at the meeting. Board Member Thomas Kratz reported the negotiations began in Spring 2011, but were put on hold due to personnel complications. The new contract was most recently agreed upon by both parties. Salary increases for full-time officers are scheduled be three percent in 2012, four percent in 2013, and five percent in 2014. Health insurance remains with Blue Cross, using the flex plan C1-F2-01, with the …
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Missed some news this week? Here's your weekly recap.
After a rough District 1-AAAA football playoff loss last week and we continued to ask questions to ourselves and each other about the Penn State scandal, things settled down a little bit in the beginning of the week. We had the opportunity to hear from Spring City's new police chief this week in Patchland. Then, we learned of a significant budget increase for 2012 in Limerick Township. The Limerick Wine and Spirits was robbed on Wednesday, and we featured our first Greatest Person profile on Thursday. Did you miss something this week? Check out these top 12 stories:
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
A short sit-down with Spring City's new chief of police.
The Spring City Borough made a final decision to hire a new police chief in September after the former chief resigned. After looking over the resumes and conducting interviews, officials decided Art Brown was the best choice. Chief Brown took a few minutes to talk to editor Kevin Haslam about his career, his time in Iraq and the future. LRSC Patch: Your background... Chief Art Brown... Patch: What brought you to Spring City? Chief Brown: I saw an opening here. It's about the same size in population as East Brandywine. So, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to bring back a police environment and build on it again. Patch: What is your most memorable moment or case in all of your years of service? Chief Brown: I would say catching a …
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Missed some news this week? Here's your weekly recap.
Lots of flooding in the area after constant rain in the beginning of the week. That flooding caused Spring-Ford football to be postponed until Saturday afternoon. In other news, the Spring City Borough Council nominated a new police chief in Art Brown. His position is pending now. Limerick's Board of Supervisors met for regular business and Royersford Community Day was on Saturday. Did you miss something this week? Check out the top 12 stories from the first official week of September:
Ronald Capoferri
10:28 am on Sunday, April 21, 2013
I wish the police would give out 62 speeding tickets also. Main st. and Wall st. are just dangerous to cross or walk along. Bridge st is just as bad. crc more ›