Borough Council Members & Committees
Zachary W. Stiles
Council President, Finance Committee, Street Committee and Ordinance Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires:
Gregory W. Kinard
Council Vice-President and Finance Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires: January 2024
Gregory Bonas
Ordinance Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires:
Deb Ferree
Street Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires: January 2024
Gary L. Landis
Street Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires: January 2024
John J. Neal
Ordinance Committee and Street Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires: January 2024
William H. Stiles, II
Finance Committee
- Elected:
- Term Expires:
Makennah Stiles
Junior Council Person
- Appointed: 11/7/2022
Position Descriptions
In coordination with the council, the president appoints council committees and chairpersons, who are responsible for overall policy implementation.
Council elects a president, vice president, and president pro tem from its ranks.
The Zoning & Ordinance Committee is responsible for oversight of existing and proposed ordinances, zoning issues, code enforcement, issuance of permits and remediation of blight.
When the need arises, the committee researches a topic for the creation of a new ordinance, or to make recommendations for amending an existing ordinance.
The Junior Council Person (JCP) Program provides youth in your community with an opportunity to get engaged in borough government and develop leadership skills. It also allows borough officials to serve as mentors to students who will be future leaders in their communities.
Since 2000, PSAB has been encouraging high school students to get involved in borough government by becoming a JCP. Since that time, hundreds of students have participated in the JCP Program in boroughs throughout PA.
To participate in the program or to learn more, please click here.
Additional Information
Seven Valleys has an elected 7-member Borough Council, which is central to the borough government.
The council sets policy, enacts legislation, adopts budgets, controls expenditures, appoints advisory commissions and boards, and hires employees. Council members are elected to four-year terms, with 3 or 4 members up for election every two years.
Seven Valleys Polling Place
Liberty Christian Fellowship
7 Maple St.
Seven Valleys, PA 17360
Polls are open from 7AM until 8PM on Election Day.
Any voter in line by 8PM is allowed to vote.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Seven Valleys 5-2-1988 by Ord. No. 88-2; amended in its entirety 3-1-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
§ 33-1. Mayor. The salary of the Mayor of the Borough of Seven Valleys is hereby fixed at the rate of $70 per month, beginning with the month after the enactment and approval of this chapter.
§ 33-2. Council President. The compensation of the President of the Borough Council of the Borough of Seven Valleys shall be $70 per month, beginning with the month after the enactment and approval of this chapter.
§ 33-3. Council members. The compensation of the President of the Borough Council of the Borough of Seven Valleys, not including the President of Borough Council, is hereby fixed at the rate of $50 per month, beginning with the month after the enactment and approval of this chapter.