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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh, Published November 9, 2021 at 8:49 P.M. 

(Beaver Falls, PA) Beaver Falls City Council met Tuesday night.  Bethany Williams made an announcement that Beaver Falls is seeing population growth for the first time in a while reaching a total of 9,005 people, which is close to a 700 person increase over recent years according to census results. Mayor Quay noted that he believes this is the biggest growth the city has seen since the 50s.  Council reappointed Brenda Mullen and Jeff Bauman, and appointed Jason Bishop and Mathew Mellon to serve in the Business District Authority with terms ending in 2024.  A recreation board resignation from Terry Podbeilski was also accepted. Podbeilski stated that his reason for resigning is that it is time for him to focus on other endeavors and his family.  The fire department reported 134 calls in October, 11 of which were structure fires.  The police department reported 1, 514 calls with 255 citations issued in October.  Council also approved to pay the general fund bills at a total of $43, 710.96.