SLIPPERY ROCK — The membership of a bulk trash fact-finding committee has been set.

Borough council on Tuesday finalized 15 people to serve on the committee.

In July, council voted to form the committee to study bulk trash and other solid waste issues. It decided the committee would contain one borough council member, one member of Slippery Rock Development, residents, landlords, business owners and representatives from Slippery Rock University.

At July’s meeting, council appointed Vice President Christy Tichy to serve on the committee.

Appointed Tuesday were:

• Slippery Rock Development representative Tom McPherson

• Landlords Joe Caparosa, Frank Monteleone and Tom Cooper

• Residents John Snyder, Molly Breakiron, Mac Porter, Regina Greenwald, Barry Harlow and Bob McComas

• Business owners Brad Smith and Matt Kovasik, who also is a landlord, and

• SRU representative Rita Abent and an unnamed SRU student, who will be nominated by SRU’s student government association when classes begin this fall.

Borough solicitor Neva Stanger said council needs to decide what issues the committee should look at. She said Tichy will begin contacting the members.

Last year, council voted on a three-year garbage contract with Tri-County Industries, which included changing the date of bulk trash pickup from May, the same week as SRU’s graduation, to March. Since May, several residents and landlords have urged council to return to the later date.

In July, council announced Stanger would look into whether the committees meetings would be public. Preliminary council discussions earlier that month indicated the meetings may not be public.

Before council appointing members, resident Chuck Brochetti questioned the closure of the meetings, partially based on the potential for violating the state’s Sunshine Act.

Stanger said a decision has not been made as to whether or not the meetings would be open.

“I don’t think the Sunshine Law applies to this committee,” Stanger said.

However, she said that is a different issue than whether or not the committees meetings would be open.

She said she would encourage the committee to decide first thing as to whether or not its meetings would be open or closed.

Stanger said the committee will not have to power to hold hearings or make decisions. She said it is a recommending body.