Junior Council Person Program

Youngwood Borough Council is looking for an energetic passionate candidate who is eager to make a difference in Youngwood.  Letters of interest will be accepted in the Youngwood Borough Office.

All interested candidates must have the following qualifications:

• must be a resident of Youngwood Borough
• must be a High School student
• must take a "Junior Council Person Pledge"
• must be able to attend monthly council meetings
• must observe all council meeting rules
• can serve one or two year term

Current Council Members:  Mayor Kris Long; President Scott E Palmquist; Vice-President Billy Cowherd; Lloyd H. Crago; Tim Vastell; Charles Lutz; Rita Naugle; Paula S. Mazurek

Solicitor Krisha A. DiMascio

Engineer Emil Bove

Council meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Community Center located at

17 South 6th Street. A work session is held on the last Monday of each month at 7:00 P.M. as well.  Members of the community are welcome at both meetings and their participation is encouraged.  

Meeting Minutes can be found on the Minutes tab on the right side of this page.

For specific meeting dates and changes, please visit the Calendar tab.

Personnel / Workplace Safety

Chairperson - Charles Lutz

Member - Rita Naugle

Member - Scott Palmquist

Finance
        Chairperson - Rita Naugle

        Member - Paula Mazurek

        Member - Scott Palmquist

Public Works/Equipment/ Stormwater Management

Chairperson - Billy Cowherd

Member - Charles Lutz

Member - Scott Palmquist

Community Development / Ordinance / Zoning

Chairperson - Paula Mazurek

Member - Charles Lutz

Digital Media / Buildings /Grounds

        Chairperson -  Billy Cowherd

      Member - Rita Naugle

Parks & Recreation 

Chairperson - Rita Naugle

Member - Paula Mazurek

Member - Billy Cowherd

Public Safety

Chairperson - Scott Palmquist

Member - Charles Lutz

Park & Pool - Paula Mazurek

Recreation Board - Rita Naugle

Cemetery -  Charles Lutz

Library - Charles Lutz

Five Star Trail - Austin Erhard

YARD - Charles Lutz

Tax Collection (Act 32) - Diane Schaefer Alternative - Shannon Moore

COG Representative - Kris Long (Mayor) Alternative - Billy Cowherd

WCBA Representative - Rita Naugle  Alternative - Diane Schaefer

Mayor Kris Long - klong@youngwood.org

President Scott E. Palmquist - spalmquist@youngwood.org

Vice-President Billy Cowherd - bcowherd@youngwood.org

Councilperson Rita Naugle - rnaugle@youngwood.org

Councilperson Lloyd H. Crago - lcrago@youngwood.org

Councilperson Tim Vastell - tvastell@youngwood.org

Councilperson Paula S. Mazurek - pmazurek@youngwood.org

Councilperson Charles Lutz - clutz@youngwood.org