Editing Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania (section)

==Government==
Mount Carbon has also had one of the youngest mayors in history; Mayor Jeffrey Dunkel was sworn in as mayor when he was only 18-years-old.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-09-kid-mayor_x.htm ''"Go-getter," 18, ousts mayor in Michigan''], by Wendy Koch, [[USA TODAY]], November 9, 2005</ref>  On July 16, 2015, The Pottsville [[Republican Herald]] reported that Mayor Dunkel will resign after 13 years for a 
job opportunity in another state. He was succeeded by Donna Porter, who also resigned after moving outside the borough.<ref name=mcall11720/>

The borough was considering a merger with the City of Pottsville. The merger was shot down by the residents, and the borough has been making financial progress since a new council took the helm. In 2019, the borough had no functioning government after the borough secretary resigned and three borough council members quit. That year, John Raess was elected mayor by two write-in votes and borough council member by five write-in votes. Raess was the only person to show up to the borough council reorganization meeting, meaning there would be no functioning government in 2020. As a result, Mount Carbon may have to merge with Pottsville, which would need to be approved by voters in both municipalities. Another option would be to merge with North Manheim Township, though that would force the borough to change school districts.<ref name=mcall11720>{{cite news|last=Sheehan|first=Daniel Patrick|title=Why the borough of Mount Carbon might vanish from the map|work=The Morning Call|location=Allentown, PA|date=January 17, 2020|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-mount-carbon-20200116-f5lbmliqh5hsdek2r3blmp3z7y-story.html|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref>