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Chuck Wrobel
FACTORYVILLE- For Factoryville Borough Council President Chuck Wrobel it’s all about his council making things happen. “I can not say I have any success stories because I have to give credit to my council. My main focus as president is to run the meetings and keep the peace. I wouldn’t attempt to take credit because we have so many in council that deserve it,” Wrobel said.
Some of those projects Wrobel and his council have worked on include the city street project where they reconstructed all the sidewalks. Prior to that Wrobel claims a big success story involves seeing the borough’s sewer plant totally revamped because of problems. “We probably have the area’s most updated sewer plant processing. We’re one of the first to comply with regulations and finished the upgrade and sewering the whole town. The whole borough is hooked up to sewers,” Wrobel explained.
Other areas the president and his council have worked on include what Wrobel said is tremendous work on their soccer park. “It’s beautiful,” Wrobel said, “and it’s a project that started from the borough and we formed a park authority. Factoryville is just a beautiful community to live in, and I’m proud of it.”
Future projects include a redevelopment of downtown which is currently only a few buildings. Wrobel said council has worked with the fire department to purchase land on the edge of town to hopefully get grants for the redevelopment. And another big project is storm water, a state mandated project that according to Wrobel is a big project for a little town. “We have some strong people working on it. Every council person – we all work together as a team. I can’t express that enough,” Wrobel said.
Wrobel’s hopes for the future include a vision to see the borough building restored. It’s an old historical building that he feels in need of attention. “It’s a beautiful little country community and the people pull together when we have to, “Wrobel said. “And two of the driving forces are the men’s and women’s civic leagues.” Wrobel couldn’t stress enough how tremendous they have been over the years. “I feel a lot of pride living in Factoryville. I can’t say enough about the community.”
The irony for Wrobel is that, as a child, he used to drive in a poultry truck through Factoryville and claims it’s fate. He’d never dreamed that one day he would be living there. “In 1965, I wound up living in Factoryville and built my home there,” said Wrobel.
Wrobel is a graduate of Dickson City High School. He attended Lackawanna College for one year then went on to graduate from Robert Packer Hospital as an R.N. He stayed there and worked intensive care and critical care. He graduated from Robert Packer Hospital School of Anesthesia in 1965. At that point he ventured to Scranton where he worked at Mercy Hospital for eight years. He’s been with CMC Scranton for 37 years as a certified registered nurse anesthetist. Wrobel has been Factoryville’s borough president since 2006 and served on council since 1994.
Wrobel has been married to Anna for 15 years. He has three sons: Timothy, 43; Geoffrey, 41 and Erick 33. He’s also the grandfather of twins, Keith and Kyle, 23.
Meet the President
Interests and Hobbies: Local and national government
I’m Inspired By: People who take reasonability for their actions
Favorite Place in the World: My home on Church Hill in Factoryville
Favorite Book: The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (Holy Bible)
Greatest Achievement: Raising sons and my career as a nurse anesthetist
My Idea of a Perfect Saturday afternoon: Raking leaves, cutting trees, planting and beautifying my property. I love being outdoors and close to nature
Can’t Leave Home Without: My wife