OFFICIAL NOTICE
BOROUGH OF FRANKLIN PARK
PROPOSED HOME RULE CHARTER GOVERNMENT STUDY COMMISSION
SPECIAL ELECTION QUESTION
TAKE NOTICE that in response to Borough of Franklin Park Ordinance No. 693-2025, the Allegheny County Elections Division has approved the following question for placement upon the November 4, 2025 Municipal Election ballot:
Shall a Government Study Commission of seven members be elected to study the existing form of government of the municipality, to consider the advisability of the adoption of a home rule charter and, if advisable, to draft and to recommend a home rule charter?
Explanation of Ballot Question
If this question is approved by a majority of those voting AND seven (7) Government Study Commissioners are elected, a Government Study Commission will be formed, whose functions and duties shall be to:
- Study the form of government of the Borough of Franklin Park.
- Compare it with other available forms under the laws of Pennsylvania.
- Determine whether or not, in its judgement, the government of the municipality could be strengthened or made more clearly responsible or accountable to the people.
- Determine whether its operation could become more economical or efficient under a changed form of government.
- Hold one or more public hearings to generally provide for the widest possible public information and discussion respe3cting the purposes and progress of its work.
- Report its findings and recommendations to the citizens of the Borough of Franklin Park.
CATHY L. KRUMMERT
BOROUGH SECRETARY