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McClatchy-Tribune Regional News (USA)
March 25, 2010
Wilkinsburg enters flood insurance program
Author: Deborah M. Todd, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mar. 25 Wilkinsburg residents who got little financial help following severe flooding in June
may soon be eligible for relief from a future deluge.
Council approved the borough's application into the Federal Emergency Management
Association's Flood Insurance Program at its legislative meeting March 17.
The borough, which is not in a flood plain, experienced heavy flooding during severe storms in
June. Some residents experienced basement flooding from moderate rains.
"There were a number of council members who received phone calls from residents who
attempted to purchase flood insurance and couldn't unless the borough enrolled in the program,"
said manager Marla Marcinko.
She said residents of Montier Street, West Street and parts of Lamar Avenue sustained the
heaviest flood damage last year, mostly in basements. There also was about $80,000 in damage
to borough-owned facilities.
Council vice president Jason Cohn said the borough should receive a response regarding the
application in a few months.
In other news, council established committees and their chairs on March 3.
Mr. Cohn was named chair of the finance committee and will serve with council members
Pamela Macklin and Michael Lefebvre.
Ms. Macklin is chair of the capital planning committee, serving with Mr. Lefebvre and
councilwoman Barbara Ervin.
Mr. Lefebvre was named public safety chair to serve with Mr. Cohn and councilwoman Vanessa
McCarthy-Johnson.
And councilwoman Paige Trice will head the personnel committee, working with council
members Carl Lewis and Tracey Evans.
The meetings are all advertised in advance and conducted before the general public and other
members of council. Last year's committee meetings were closed to the public and to council
members who weren't part of the committee. Council approved a motion opening the meetings
and advertising them to the public in February.
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