Lilla Dean Reelected

As P&Z Chair

By Andrew Gorosko

The membership of the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has unanimously elected Democrat Lilla J. Dean to another one-year term as the agency’s chairman.

P&Z members named Ms Dean of Old Hawleyville Road to the post in voting held at a January 7 session.

Republican Dennis W. Bloom nominated Ms Dean as chairman. Democrat Richard English seconded the nomination. There were no other nominations.

The vote was unanimous with Ms Dean, Mr Bloom, Mr English, Republican B. Jane Brymer, Republican Robert Mulholland, Republican alternate member Daniel Cruson, Republican alternate member Michael F. Porco, Sr, and unaffiliated alternate member Rudolph Pozek voting in favor.

Ms Dean then nominated Mr Bloom to another one-year term as the agency’s vice chairman. Mr English seconded the nomination. There were no other nominations. The vote was unanimous.

Mr Bloom then nominated Ms Brymer for another one-year term as the panel’s secretary. No other nominations were made. P&Z members voted unanimously in favor of Ms Brymer.

Ms Dean was first elected to the P&Z in 1997, first serving as an alternate member and later becoming a regular member. 

Ms Dean served as the panel’s vice chairman while Republican William O’Neill was the chairman. When Mr O’Neill resigned from the panel when moving away from the area several years ago, P&Z members elected Ms Dean as chairman.

The P&Z serves as both the planning agency and the zoning agency for the town. The panel also serves as the borough’s planning agency.