Perkasie Borough Authority Board Members

Perkasie Borough Authority is run by a Board of five (5) Directors appointed to five (5) year staggered terms by The Borough of Perkasie’s Council. The terms are established so no more than one (1) member is up every year. Given the nature of the Authority’s business, this method assures continuity on the Board from year to year.

The main functions of the Board is to set policy, rates, fees, appoint staff, plan and authorize the capital improvements needed to the systems and to pay the operating expenses of the Authority.
Anyone living in the Authority’s service area is eligible to serve.

Perkasie Borough Council appointed Lawrence Gular to the Board in July 2006 to fill a vacancy and he was re-appointed to a five year term in January 2008.

Larry has been a Perkasie resident for 18 years. He and his wife Amy live on E. Walnut Street and have two grown children.

Larry’s term runs through 2012.

Ben was first appointed to the Board in 1998 to fill a vacancy. Since that time, he has been re-appointed twice to five year terms in 2003 and again in 2009.

Ben, who is retired from Merck & Co., Inc., has lived in the Perkasie area for twenty seven years and resides on 6th Street with his wife, Kathy. He and Kathy have three children.

Ben has also served on the Perkasie Borough Council.

Ben’s term runs through 2013.

Bob was first appointed to the Board in 2002 and served until 2006. He was appointed again in 2008 to serve a vacancy and his term expires in 2011.

Bob and his wife, Cathy, have lived in Perkasie for over 25 years and have two grown daughters. Bob will retire shortly from Tyco Inc.

Bob has also served on Perkasie Planning Commission, Borough Council, and currently serves as a Perkasie Representative on the Pennridge Wastewater Treatment Authority.

Tom was appointed by Perkasie Borough Council to the Board in April 2006. Tom is the first second-generation Board Member to serve on the Board. Tom’s father, Stanley Horn, served on the Board in the early 1970’s. Tom is a Perkasie native and lives on Ridge Road.

Tom’s term runs through 2010.

Dave has the distinction of being the first resident from East Rockhill Township to serve on the Authority Board. Dave is currently employed as the Senior Vice President at Heritage Building Group and brings an aspect of experience to the Board that has been absent since Tom’s father in the 1970’s.

Dave and his family have lived in East Rockhill Township for 15 years and has been a PBA water customer from the beginning. He is a former member of the East Rockhill Township Planning Commission and currently serves as a member of the East Rockhill Zoning Hearing Board.

Dave was appointed in 2008 to fill a vacancy and his term expires at the end of 2009. He was reappointed to another 5 year term by the Borough of Perkasie and that term will expire at the end of 2014.