Locally elected and appointed officials voted on the following matters in the past week:
Federal
The Senate and House were not in session.
State
The Senate and House were not in session.
School districts
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: Each Monday, the Sun-Gazette summarizes major votes of the past week and, more specifically, how our locally elected and appointed officials voted on each matter. Watch for it each Monday in the Sun-Gazette.)
The Williamsport Area School Board voted 7-1 to rescind the approval of David Cipriani as the high school baseball head coach. Cipriani originally was approved in October to hold the position. Voting in favor of rescinding were board members Lori Baer, David Stone Jr., Jerene Milliken, Karen Harris, Brette Confair, Jane Penman and Jay Shultz. Voting against the motion was board member Dale Vollman. Board member Thomas Zimmerman was absent from the meeting.
The East Lycoming School Board unanimously passed a resolution calling on Congress to prevent funding cuts if U.S. legislators fail to resolve fiscal matters, and also raised the minimum for sending purchases to bid from $10,000 to $18,500.
Public service
authorities
The Wellsboro Municipal Authority agreed to solicit bids to construct a building to hold a new filtration system.
