Bill Text: PA HR929 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extending heartfelt condolences to the people of Moosic upon the death of longtime Mayor John M. Segilia, who died August 11, 2010.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-10-06 - Adopted [HR929 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR929-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4244
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 929 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY WANSACZ, MURPHY, STABACK, K. SMITH, McCALL, YUDICHAK, BELFANTI, BEYER, CHRISTIANA, COHEN, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FLECK, GABLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, JOSEPHS, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MAJOR, MILLARD, MOUL, PAYTON, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, REED, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, BRADFORD AND SAYLOR, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Extending heartfelt condolences to the people of Moosic upon the
death of longtime Mayor John M. Segilia, who died August 11,
2010.
WHEREAS, Moosic Mayor John M. Segilia, who served as the
borough's mayor for almost 30 years, presiding over changes in
the borough that include the development of Montage Mountain,
died on August 11, 2010, at the age of 76; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Segilia, who was serving in his eighth term at
the time of his death, used his post to help guide the
development of Moosic; and
WHEREAS, In addition to helping to forge the residential and
commercial development of Montage Mountain, he led a fight
against siting a State minimum security prison on the mountain
in 1975, opposed a proposal by a West Virginia-based Hare
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Krishna sect to purchase Rocky Glen Park to build a temple
complex there, and in 2004, he successfully fought a proposed
adult bookstore; and
WHEREAS, The borough named a park after Mayor Segilia and
Borough Council President Joseph Mercatili in 1999 for their
combined efforts toward the positive development of Moosic; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Segilia was named Mayor of the Year by the
Association of Mayors of the Boroughs of Pennsylvania in 2002
and received the same honor from the Pennsylvania State
Association of Boroughs in 2006; and
WHEREAS, A veteran of the Korean War, Mayor Segilia was also
a past president of the Moosic American Legion Home Association;
and
WHEREAS, Mayor Segilia is survived by his wife Loretta; by
his children Joanne, Marie, John and James and their spouses; by
nine grandchildren, and by his brothers Tom and Joseph; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Segilia served this Commonwealth and the
Borough of Moosic with commendable distinction; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend heartfelt
condolences to the people of Moosic upon the death of longtime
Mayor John M. Segilia, who died August 11, 2010.
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