Borough Council

1 BANGOR BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT 197 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BANGOR, PA MINUTES November 28, 2016 7:00PM CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE TO FLAG ROLL CALL Members Present: Robert W. Engle Robert Goffredo, Sr. Jane E. Gorman James W. Kresge Bonnie J. LaBar Barry G. Schweitzer Michael J. Bilotta Robert J. Rhodes, Jr. Others Present: Joseph H. Capozzolo, Mayor David J. Ceraul, Esq., Solicitor Nathaniel J. Dysard, Borough Manager Brian Gembarski, Junior Council Member Absent: Gillian Bartholomew, Junior Council Member PUBLIC COMMENT 1. Matt Goodrich was present to discuss the Slater Baseball Association Lease renewal. Manager Dysard will review the lease with Solicitor Ceraul. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A MOTION to approve the minutes dated October 17, 2016 & October 24, 2016 was made by Engle, seconded by Rhodes. LaBar requested that the October 17, 2016 minutes concerning the reindeer for the downtown Christmas celebration be amended to remove “December 10, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.” Manager Dysard will have this corrected. A MOTION was made by Engle and seconded by Rhodes to amend their MOTION to include the corrections. All were in favor. MOTION carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS TO BE PAID A MOTION to approve the bills totaling $424,339.73 to be paid made by Bilotta, seconded by Engle. All were in favor. MOTION carried. The Authority sewer portion amount is $42,978.19 and $63,561.32 is the portion for the Authority sanitation out of the 424,339.73 total disbursements.  2 ACTION ITEMS 1. Manager Dysard went over the final draft 2017 budget with Council. 2. A MOTION to accept Police Directive 3.4.6 (Holding Cell Procedures) made by Engle, seconded by Rhodes. All were in favor. MOTION carried. 3. A MOTION to accept with regret and gratitude for her service Joanne Karasek’s resignation from the Park Board made by Schweitzer, seconded by Bilotta. All were in favor. MOTION carried. 4. The Authority Board approved to reduce the number of seats on the Authority Board. This reduction would eliminate the Borough Council seats on the Authority Board so Borough Council would need to fill two vacant seats. A MOTION was made by Goffredo, seconded by Rhodes to appoint Schweitzer (term would expire in 2019) and Gorman (term would expire in 2018) to the Authority Board. All were in favor. MOTION carried. 5. A MOTION was made by Schweitzer and seconded by Rhodes to approve the five year (ending in 2021) Sewer Department Collective Bargaining Agreement. All were in favor. MOTION carried. 6. A MOTION was made by Bilotta, seconded by LaBar to adopt the SALDO Ordinance #966. All were in favor, MOTION carried. 7. A MOTION to authorize advertisement of the 2016 Tax Ordinance #967 made by Engle, seconded by Gorman. All were in favor, MOTION carried. The millage increase for 2016 would be increased by one mill and the total millage for borough residents would be 16.0. David Henry of 40 Market Street was present to discuss his concerns about the new owner’s plans for the Market Street Sports Bar. Manager Dysard indicated that the owner is aware of the noise ordinance and he was very accommodating during their discussions. David Houser of 575 Grand Avenue wanted to follow-up on his last conversation between Bangor Borough and the BASD Agreement. Previous Borough Manager John Kasten was at one point in negotiations with the Bangor School Board along with Craig Roberts and then Superintendent John Reinhart. Manager Dysard indicated that the holiday decorations will be going up shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday. LaBar mentioned that there was a good showing at the downtown tree lighting that was sponsored by The Family Life Church. Several businesses downtown were open to serve refreshments. LaBar included in the meeting packets for the Board a copy of Christmas in Historic Downtown Bangor. LaBar stated that $1,000 was raised for the Reindeer and wanted to remind everyone of the dates, Friday, December 9th from 2-7 p.m., Saturday, December 10th from 11:00 am. -3:00 p.m.  3 ADJOURMENT A MOTION to adjourn was made by Bilotta, seconded by Gorman. All were in favor. MOTION carried. The Bangor Borough Council Meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Tracy Palmer, Administrative Secretary