City Council

Bellefonte Borough Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 Large Meeting Room, Armory Building, 301 North Spring Street, Bellefonte VIEW RECORDING OF WORK SESSIONS and BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS Recordings can be viewed on CNET, Comcast’s Government Education Channel 7, or at www.cnet1.org ATTEND IN-PERSON. The meeting room is open with normal occupancy limits. AGENDA I. 7:30 PM CALL TO ORDER Welcome everyone to the Bellefonte Borough Council business meeting. II. SWEARING-IN OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, JUNIOR COUNCIL MEMBER Some officials have been sworn-in prior to this meeting. III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. ROLL CALL Mr. Bernier, President, North Ward Ms. McKean, West Ward Mr. Brachbill, South Ward Ms. Purnell, North Ward Ms. Cleeton, South Ward Ms. Sedgwick, West Ward Ms. Dann, Vice-President, South Ward Ms. Tosti-Vasey, West Ward Mr. Johnson, North Ward Mayor Johnson, At Large V. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS By agreement in early 2022, borough council officers agreed to rotate/re-organize annually. Mr. Johnson will step down as council president. Mr. Bernier will move from Vice-President to President. Ms. Dann will move from Pro Tempore to Vice-President. Motion/2nd to approve the officers as noted. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF PRO TEMPORE Nominations do not require a second and are voted on in the order that nominations are made. Voting continues until one nominee attains a majority vote. 1  VI. ADDITIONS TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA In accordance with Act 65 of 2021, If a matter is not on the Agenda, Council cannot take official action on it with some exceptions. The Council can act on matters relating to potential or real emergencies. Council may add a matter of agency business to its agenda through a majority vote. The Council should state the reason why the action item is being added to the agenda. Council may vote to add an action item(s) to the agenda. VII. PUBLIC COMMENT (Oral) This Public Comment period is for oral comments regarding any action items listed on this meeting agenda or any comments in general. No deliberations will be entered into by Council at this time. Please sign in, come to the podium at the appropriate time, and state your name and address and which item you are speaking about. Please try to limit comments to three minutes maximum. VIII. COMMUNICATIONS (written) IX. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the Council request specific items to be removed for separate action. Council Action Requested General Council Meeting Minutes December 18, 2023 Call for a motion/2nd to approve the Consent Agenda X. REPORTS Please limit all reports/rebuttals/deliberations to three minutes maximum. DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL/ REPORT STAFF Mayor Mayor Johnson Verbal Office of Community Affairs (OCA) – See Memo Ms. Thompson Submitted Meeting reminders: ➢ The Planning Commission will meet on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. ➢ The HARB will meet on Tuesday, January 9 at 8:30 a.m. in Council Chambers. Reappointments: please see Current and Old Business XI. CURRENT and OLD BUSINESS The Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Doug Johnson to the CCMPO. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Doug Johnson to the CCMPO. The Airport Authority approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Doug Johnson to the Airport Authority. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Doug Johnson to the Airport Authority. The Bellefonte Area Industrial Development Authority reappointment of Michael Scott and Matthew Hill. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Michael Scott and Matthew Hill to the BAIDA. The Bellefonte Borough Authority approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Joe Beigle and Michael Schmidt to the Authority. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Joe Beigle and Michael Schmidt to the Bellefonte Borough Authority. The Centre County Library & Historical Museum Board approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Deborah Cleeton to the CCLHM. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Deborah Cleeton to the CCLHM. The Historic Architectural Review Board approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Megan Tooker and Maria Day to HARB. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Megan Tooker and Maria Day to HARB. The Nittany Valley Joint Planning Commission approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Doug Johnson and 2  David Lomison to the NVJPC. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Doug Johnson and David Lomison to the NVJPC. The Planning Commission approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint Robert Dannaker to the Planning Commission. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint Robert Dannaker to the Planning Commission. The Zoning Hearing Board approved a recommendation to Council to reappoint William Luther to the Zoning Hearing Board. Motion/ 2nd to reappoint William Luther to the Zoning Hearing Board. XII. NEW BUSINESS Letter of Interest to be Reappointed: Stan Wallace Sewage Enforcement Officer. Motion/ 2nd to approve Stan Wallace as Sewage Enforcement Officer (SEO). XIII. ADJOURNMENT The council meeting will be adjourned at or as close as possible to 9:00 PM The Council Code of Conduct and the 2024 List of Goals/action items will be included with each Agenda. 3