Greensburg promotes new detective sergeant, hires new officer
Share this post:
Greensburg city officials promoted one member of their police department and hired a new one Monday night.
Detective Justin Scalzo was promoted to the rank of detective sergeant, and council voted to hire Jonathan Stevenson as the department’s newest officer. Both moves came by unanimous vote.
Scalzo has been with Greensburg police for roughly a decade, earning a promotion to detective in 2021.
Stevenson will replace former officer and dog handler Kenneth J. Burke, who was on unpaid leave and resigned in mid-June while awaiting trial on simple assault and harassment charges stemming from a July 2022 domestic incident.
In other business
• Council unanimously approved a $292,000 low bid from Ligonier Construction Co. for work on the Five Star Trail.
The city is partnering with PennDOT on a project that will establish a new trailhead at George Street, which parallels East Pittsburgh Street, and will install upgrades at four existing access points.
The traffic signal at Highland Avenue and Mt. Pleasant Street will be upgraded to better assist crossing pedestrians. It will gain new pedestrian signal heads, crosswalks and curb ramps that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
City staff said the project’s goal is to improve connectivity between the trail and the neighborhoods through which it passes.
• Council unanimously awarded a $57,000 contract to Triangle Roofing to replace the roof of Greensburg VFD Hose Company No. 7 on East Pittsburgh Street.
Triangle was the low bidder after a bid from S&N Industries was disqualified for not meeting bid specifications.
The current metal roof dates to the 1990s.
Council is also looking to have roof work done at the No. 6 fire station, but the relatively minor leaks can be fixed for less than $5,000 and don’t require a formal bidding process, city officials said.
• Milling work is completed on summer street projects and paving has begun, according to Councilman Donnie Zappone Jr.
Residents can check the city public works department’s Facebook page for regular updates on paving, which is under way. An agreement with Peoples Natural Gas to repair streets opened for utility work covers more than 7,700 feet of road including a 1,500-foot section of Oakland Avenue and two sections of Seminary Avenue totaling more than 1,400 feet.
Additional paving projects will be paid out of a combination of state-supplied liquid fuels money and federal Community Development Block Grant funds.