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1. My name is Ron Fearheiley, I am running for Harrisburg City Council. I have been a lifelong resident of Harrisburg and have been married to my wife, Shirley, for 34 years.
I owned Midway Radiator Repair here in town for over 20 years. I presently own and operate Fearheiley Flying Services Inc. I have been in the aircraft charter business since 2003.
I worked for the City of Harrisburg, Water and Sewer departments for 30 years. I retired from the city in 2008.
I was appointed superintendent for the Water and Sewer departments in 1997. My duties included the day-to-day operations as well as special projects. During my time as superintendent we took on new construction and replacement of water and sewer lines. By doing these projects in-house, we saved the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. I was in charge of up to 15 employees.
For 11 years I prepared the multi-million dollar budgets for both departments for council approval. I was also in charge of setting water and sewer rates for approval.
As superintendent I was required to attend the City Council meetings and report the status of work being done in my departments. I have firsthand knowledge of how the city operates and can bring a lot of experience to the Council. As a business man and a former superintendent, I understand the importance of working within your budget and trying to cut operating costs.
I believe the word “zoning” scares most people. I personally think it could be a good thing if done correctly. It would need to be fully explained to the public of how it would benefit the city and should then be brought to a referendum vote.
I feel that all property surrounded by city property and enjoying city services should be annexed. Also, any property outside the corporate city limits that has city services/utilities should be annexed in. However, you cannot broaden taxation by annexation unless you are in a position to supply them with the city utilities. A good example of this was the Garden Heights annexation. In the late 1990s, the people of Garden Heights were told if they annexed into the city they would receive city water service right away and would get city sewer as soon as the city had the funds available to complete project. It took until 2010 to get funding to do the sewer project at a cost of over $700,000.
In today’s economy we need to concentrate on helping maintain our local businesses and try to entice new business to locate here. To entice new business, you have to have a strong infrastructure. That includes roads and city utilities. Since our current storage capacity for water is about 36 hours, I would like to work on getting funding for an additional water tower. These types of projects take years to accomplish and should be started right away.
1. My name is Ron Fearheiley, I am running for Harrisburg City Council. I have been a lifelong resident of Harrisburg and have been married to my wife, Shirley, for 34 years.
I owned Midway Radiator Repair here in town for over 20 years. I presently own and operate Fearheiley Flying Services Inc. I have been in the aircraft charter business since 2003.
I worked for the City of Harrisburg, Water and Sewer departments for 30 years. I retired from the city in 2008.
I was appointed superintendent for the Water and Sewer departments in 1997. My duties included the day-to-day operations as well as special projects. During my time as superintendent we took on new construction and replacement of water and sewer lines. By doing these projects in-house, we saved the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. I was in charge of up to 15 employees.
For 11 years I prepared the multi-million dollar budgets for both departments for council approval. I was also in charge of setting water and sewer rates for approval.
As superintendent I was required to attend the City Council meetings and report the status of work being done in my departments. I have firsthand knowledge of how the city operates and can bring a lot of experience to the Council. As a business man and a former superintendent, I understand the importance of working within your budget and trying to cut operating costs.
I believe the word “zoning” scares most people. I personally think it could be a good thing if done correctly. It would need to be fully explained to the public of how it would benefit the city and should then be brought to a referendum vote.
I feel that all property surrounded by city property and enjoying city services should be annexed. Also, any property outside the corporate city limits that has city services/utilities should be annexed in. However, you cannot broaden taxation by annexation unless you are in a position to supply them with the city utilities. A good example of this was the Garden Heights annexation. In the late 1990s, the people of Garden Heights were told if they annexed into the city they would receive city water service right away and would get city sewer as soon as the city had the funds available to complete project. It took until 2010 to get funding to do the sewer project at a cost of over $700,000.
In today’s economy we need to concentrate on helping maintain our local businesses and try to entice new business to locate here. To entice new business, you have to have a strong infrastructure. That includes roads and city utilities. Since our current storage capacity for water is about 36 hours, I would like to work on getting funding for an additional water tower. These types of projects take years to accomplish and should be started right away.
