Following weeks of consideration, East Greenville Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a resolution creating a tax collector ordinance. Member Doug Criddle abstained from the measure, which impacts his wife Diane Criddle, the borough's elected tax collector.

            The ordinance includes a payment schedule requiring the tax collector to submit collected taxes to the borough every two weeks from May 1 through June 30. After June 30, the tax collector will be required to submit collected taxes two times a month. When the total collected amount reaches $5,000, the tax collector is required to submit that money within five business days.

            The collection of $250 of per capita tax after June 30 must also be submitted to borough officials within five business days, according to the language of the ordinance.

            Additionally, the tax collector is required to submit a report by the 10th of each month to the municipality identifying the total amount of taxes collected, discounts granted and penalties applied as well as a reconciled report.

            The penalty for not submitting a report is $10 per business day with a maximum fee of $250 for each report, according to the ordinance. It states that any fees charged by the bank for insufficient funds shall be submitted to the borough's administrative office for payment.

            Diane Criddle did not attend the public meeting.  According to Mayor Keith Gerhart, she is aware of the contents of the ordinance and is prepared to abide by its requirements.

            In early May borough officials announced that discussions to create an ordinance to establish the timing and frequency of tax collection remittances.

            On May 25, Member Marita Thomson, who chairs the borough's finance committee, explained in an email that remittance of 2018 tax has been delayed and less frequent than past years. 

            "The borough does not know why the collector is not submitting payments more frequently," Thomson wrote.

            According to Solicitor Michael Peters, the ordinance has nothing to do with the tax bills sent to residents by the tax collector. Peters said after the meeting that the issue has been settled.