Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski is the new President of the Pennsylvania Municipal League. Pawlowski was elected by the membership during the annual business meeting at PLCM’s 114th annual convention which wraps-up today at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College.

“I am very pleased to have been chosen to fill this important leadership position by representatives of local governments from across Pennsylvania,” Pawlowski said. “I welcome the opportunity to serve and offer the perspective of the state’s municipalities on the issues we face each and every day.”

Municipal elected and appointed officials from across the state attended informative and educational sessions at the three day convention. They discussed issues facing the Commonwealth’s municipalities and established legislative policy for the coming year.

Pawlowski was elected 1st Vice President in June 2012. He led a session on the Mayors’ Council on Pipeline Safety at this year’s convention. He has been a member of the League’s “Core Communities in Crisis” task force.

Convention delegates elected Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter 1st Vice President and Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray 2nd Vice President.

The mission of the Pennsylvania Municipal League is to strengthen, empower and advocate for effective local government. PML is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established in 1900 as an advocate for Pennsylvania’s 3rd class cities. Today, PML represents Pennsylvania’s cities, townships, town, boroughs, and home rule communities that all share the League’s municipal policy interests. The Board of Directors oversees the administration of a wide array of municipal services including legislative advocacy (on both the state and federal level), publications designed to educate and inform, inquiry and research, education and training certification programs, consulting-based programs, and group insurance trusts. 
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