Williamsport, PA – On November 12th, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette and NorthcentralPA highlighted a recent
Ad Hoc Committee Meeting of the City of Williamsport focused on addressing the long-term home of City Government.
In response to those articles, Councilman Adam Yoder, Chair of the City Hall Ad Hoc Committee, offered the following response.
“The City Hall Ad Hoc Committee was formed for two key reasons: first, to validate the true costs to bring City
Hall up to date in a variety of areas (including but not limited to accessibility infrastructure), and secondly to
explore any potential external options to house city government to ensure the most feasible and fiscally
responsible solution is obtained. One of the options that has been explored with backing by the Administration is
moving current City Hall functions over to Trade and Transit I, and exploring a Public Safety building for the
Police, Fire, Codes, and other regional partners. Yesterday’s article highlighted the committee’s most recent
meeting that included, but was not limited to, discussion on a potential move to Trade and Transit I. While this
scenario has progressed since the formation of this committee, many questions remain in regard to the validity of
this option including the impact to the Community Theatre League, and no decision was finalized in our most
recent meeting.”
Yoder continued, “Today, I was able to have a productive conversation with Mr. Sponhouse regarding the Ad
Hoc Committee’s efforts on addressing the long-term location of city government, and the impact of these efforts
to the Community Theatre League. I informed him of the remaining questions, listened to the concerns of the
Community Theatre League, and was able to affirm my commitment that this committee will work diligently to
ensure the Community Theatre League is kept abreast of the progress of this committee’s work as a whole, most
importantly the progression of this potential option to house city government.”
Yoder concluded, “Finally, I want to thank the Community Theatre League for their investment in the
Community and the work they do for the arts. We as a city and community are fortunate to have them.”
This is a developing story on Talkwilliamsport.com.
