Tarentum Council keeps Snyder to fill vacant seat, changes officers, meetings
A Tarentum business owner first appointed to Tarentum Council nearly a year ago has been appointed again.
Council chose Brian Snyder to again fill a vacant council seat representing the borough’s 3rd Ward. He replaces Carrie Fox, who resigned the ward seat after winning both it and the one at-large seat on the seven-member council in the November election.
Snyder, who owns Dry Bones with his family, had first been appointed to council in February 2019 when he replaced Rhonda Dzugan, who had resigned. He sought election to council in 2019, running for a 3rd Ward seat and the at-large position, but lost both bids in the May primary.
Snyder was present but did not join council for its first meeting of the new year Monday, as he had yet to be sworn-in.
He thanked council for putting its trust in him.
“Over the last year, I learned a lot,” he said. “I’m ready to go into this full-steam.”
District Judge Carolyn Bengel administered the oath of office to re-elected council members Fox (at-large), Erica Josefoski (1st Ward), and Scott Dadowski (2nd Ward) and newly elected member Jim Bonner (3rd Ward).
Council voted 6-0 to name Dadowski as council president, replacing Josefoski, who nominated him. Dadowski nominated former council Vice President Adam Blythe for president, but council voted on Dadowski’s nomination first.
Lou Ann Homa, also nominated by Josefoski, replaced Blythe as vice president on a vote of 5-1.
Fox, who voted against, nominated Blythe. Homa’s nomination was voted on first.
Council decided to change how often it meets every month. Council will now meet just once per month, at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday except for November, when council will meet on the first Thursday, Nov. 5, because of Election Day.
Council had been meeting twice a month, with an agenda meeting on the first Tuesday followed by a voting meeting that Thursday.
Josefoski said having just one meeting will make it less confusing for residents who may not have known which meeting to attend to address council.
Brian C. Rittmeyer, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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