Petersburg Pilot -

The Petersburg Borough Assembly passed two ordinances in their final readings on March 18.

The ordinances amended two different sections under chapter 16.12 of Petersburg municipal code regarding the disposal of borough property.

The first ordinance amended the municipal code to increase the assessed property value requirement that voters must approve for disposal of borough property from $500 thousand to $1.5 million.

Before this ordinance’s passing, voters in the borough had to approve any sale or trade of borough property with an assessed value of $500 thousand or higher. Now, that requirem...