The Clymer police department will soon be updating the way it keeps records, and, the borough council is seeking to fill a seat on the Water Authority.
The Clymer borough council voted in favor of purchasing a new computer database system for the police department to modernize the way it keeps records and manages information. Mayor Christina King explained:
“It’s more becoming a database system… right now, they’re using Word documents to type their reports up, stuff like that, so it’s more the whole database thing.”
The database software, supplied by Informant Technologies of Kulpsville, PA, would normally cost $6,300, but the cost will be waived when the borough signs a three-year service agreement. According to King, the agreement has its own benefits, like customer service and up-to-date information:
“With Informant Technologies, they– any law updates, it comes into our system. So, if they change a wording or something, we’ll have the proper wording for it, stuff like that.”
The county District Attorney’s office will also aid with grant funds to pay for the service agreement, so the whole updating process should come at little to no cost to the borough.
In other news, the council voted also to adopt the Indiana County 2018 Hazard Mitigation Plan, which opens Clymer to get funding back from the FEMA or PEMA programs should something go wrong in the borough that would necessitate additional funds to rectify.
Additionally, president Louis Tate announced there is a vacant seat on the Water Authority, a term that runs through the end of 2020. Anyone interested in applying may submit their name and address to the borough office.
And, Mayor King reminds borough residents that the Community Yard Sale will be held this weekend for no cost and with no permits necessary.
