The municipalities scheduled a joint special meeting for 6:30 p.m. July 28, 2026, at Grace United Methodist Church, 982 Medical Road, Millersburg, PA 17061. The notice identified the initiative as an Upper Dauphin Council of Governments matter in Dauphin County.

Municipalities included in proposal

The municipalities listed were Halifax Borough, Elizabethville Borough, Gratz Borough, Millersburg Borough, Pillow Borough, Halifax Township, Mifflin Township, Reed Township and Upper Paxton Township.

The proposal concerns organizing a joint municipal authority under Pennsylvania’s Municipality Authorities Act. The proposed authority would administer emergency medical services for the municipalities that participate.

For Halifax residents, the documented development is a proposed governance structure—not an announced change to ambulance operations or emergency response. The available source material does not establish that a new authority has been created, that EMS service has changed or that response times, taxes or fees have changed.

Formal steps under consideration

The meeting notice contemplated two organizational actions: authorizing articles of incorporation and appointing the first municipal board member. Those steps would move the proposal into a formal incorporation process, but they do not by themselves establish that the authority is operating.

The available notice does not specify an operating budget, a funding formula or an implementation date. That leaves important practical questions unresolved for municipalities, taxpayers and EMS users, including how the proposed authority would be financed and when it might assume administrative responsibilities.

What happens next

The available records do not establish whether Halifax Borough ultimately voted to approve incorporation after the July 28 special meeting. They also do not provide a final decision from the participating municipalities.

Halifax Borough’s official website lists an Aug. 3, 2026, council meeting. That meeting is a municipal-record path for follow-up on the proposal, but the available material does not confirm that the EMS authority was on that meeting’s agenda or that council took action then.

For now, Halifax’s documented role is as one of the municipalities considering shared EMS administration with neighboring Upper Dauphin communities. The July meeting marked consideration of incorporation and board appointments, not confirmation that a regional authority had been approved or that local EMS delivery had changed.

The developments could affect how the two municipalities approach future cooperation and how Leonia plans resilience work involving stormwater. Flooding and stormwater infrastructure can affect residents, property owners, roads and municipal spending, but the available report does not specify any immediate change to services, construction or costs.

Agreement remains a framework

The memorandum is described as support for a broad framework for a potential long-term agreement between Leonia and Teaneck. The report does not state the agreement’s precise scope, duration or legal effect. It also does not describe the MOU as a finalized service-sharing contract.

That distinction matters for residents, taxpayers and local businesses watching for changes in municipal services or intermunicipal operations. At this stage, the documented action is the signing of the MOU and the creation of a framework for possible longer-term cooperation. The packet does not identify specific services that would be combined or delivered differently.

Flooding analysis and grant strategy

Leonia requested and received a comprehensive flooding analysis from NJIT at no cost, the mayor’s report says. The analysis is part of the borough’s broader flood-resilience work, but the available information does not say that it guarantees construction, funding or a reduction in flooding.

Leonia is also pursuing additional EPA grant support for municipal stormwater infrastructure and flood resilience. The report says the borough hopes to use an EPA municipal stormwater infrastructure grant application to support remaining project costs. It does not state whether the application has been submitted, how much money Leonia is seeking or when a federal decision is expected. No EPA award is identified in the approved information.

Next listed council meeting

Leonia’s official mayor and council meeting schedule lists regular meetings on August 3 and August 17, 2026. The council normally meets on the first and third Monday of each month. August 17 is the next listed regular meeting after August 3, although the available packet does not say that the MOU, NJIT analysis or EPA grant strategy is scheduled for action there.

For now, the status report documents three connected steps: a cooperation framework with Teaneck, a completed no-cost flooding analysis from NJIT and an effort to obtain additional federal support for stormwater and resilience work. The details of any long-term agreement and the outcome of the EPA grant strategy remain unresolved.