Tyrone Area YMCA Board of Directors President John Harlow made a plea to the Tyrone Borough Council last evening on behalf of the debt-ridden organization. Harlow admitted mistakes were made, that actions were being taken to correct the procedures which allowed federal and state payroll taxes to go unpaid and asked the borough to help the venerable nonprofit organization regain its financial footing.
\n\u201cI will take some of the blame for this,\u201d Harlow said. There are times that we hold off on paying a bill here and there to make sure payroll is covered, but the last thing I would have imagined was not paying the IRS.\u201d Harlow was referring to the almost $70,000 in back state and federal payroll taxes the organization owes.
\nHarlow pointed out that the Board of Directors was taking actions to address the situation. Those actions include a coupon book review of IRS payments, the recent hiring of a bookkeeper \u201cwho knows bookkeeping\u201d and a review and possible cut of salaries from the director down to the custodians.
\nHarlow also contradicted the statements last week of YMCA Director Amy Hampton. \u201cThe projection of the YMCA closing its doors in six months is a little far fetched,\u201d he said. \u201cI guarantee that as long as I am President of this Board, I along with this Board will do everything possible to keep the doors open.\u201d Harlow added Tuesday morning that the YMCA is solvent enough to stay open through the 2003 school year.
\nLast night he also said that he was asking the borough for help, not a bailout. \u201cWe are asking the Tyrone Borough to help us keep the doors open.\u201d
\nWhen Harlow finished addressing Council, Councilmember Jeffrey Watson asked if Tyrone was the only municipality being asked to help and Harlow assured him other communities in Northern Blair have already been asked or will be contacted in the near future.
\nMayor Pat Stoner thanked Harlow for his comments and said, \u201cWe will take it into consideration.\u201d At that point the Council moved on to the rest of the agenda, which was light.
\nIn other business, resident Dr. Jason Henninger D.O. asked if the Borough had an ordinance that pertained to motorcycle noise. \u201cIt\u2019s not an issue at 6 p.m. but you do have people who work swing shifts and it is an issue at 10 p.m.,\u201d he said. Stoner agreed that motorcycle exhausts can be quite loud and Borough Manager Al Drayovitch noted he would have the solicitor look into the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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