Just recently we wrote that one of the oldest municipalities in Act 47 status–Clairton–might be crossing the “get out of distress” line soon after 25 years and if that happens that might give the Department that oversees the Act 47 program some extra help to deal with the Borough of Colywn in Delaware County, which just suffered from resignations from its Mayor and two Council members prior to a meeting on the Act 47 recovery plan for the town.
The borough’s Act 47 declaration does not present a pretty picture and it is possible that the borough could possibly face some of the new remedies put forth by the Act 47 overhaul that went into effect in 2014. But more immediately the borough officials–whomever they may be–have until the end of November to approve the state recovery plan or draft their own alternative.