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; Robin Long; 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.

Finance / Personnel

Chairperson - Billy Cowherd

Member - Paula Mazurek

Member - Scott Palmquist

Ordinance / Zoning
        Chairperson - Paula Mazurek

        Member - Chuck Lutz

Public Safety

Chairperson - Lloyd Crago

Member - Tim Vastell

Recreation

Chairperson - Robin Long

Member - Lloyd Crago

Public Works / Equipment / Workplace Safety

     Chairperson -  Chuck Lutz

      Member - Paula Mazurek

     Member - Scott Palmquist

Digital Media / Building & Grounds / Grants 

Chairperson - Billy Cowherd

Member - Chuck Lutz

Stormwater Management / Community Development

Chairperson -  Tim Vastell

Member - Robin Long

Park & Pool - Shannon Moore

Recreation Board - Robin Long

Cemetery -   Lloyd Crago

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 - 

Alternative - Diane Schaefer

Neighborhood Watch - Scott Palmquist

G-Conference - Scott Palmquist

Alternative - Diane Schaefer

Mayor Kris Long - klong@youngwood.org

President Scott E. Palmquist - spalmquist@youngwood.org

Vice-President Billy Cowherd - bcowherd@youngwood.org

Councilperson Robin Long - rlong@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