City Council

7:00 PM Executive Session – Grievance Hearing/WWTP Related Small Conference Room, 301 N. Spring St. 1st Floor Council Business Meeting AGENDA 7:30 PM Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 In-Person, Large Room, 301 N. Spring St, 1st Floor 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. I. CALL TO ORDER – Council President Bernier II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL Mr. Bernier, President, North Ward Ms. Purnell, North Ward Mr. Brachbill, South Ward Ms. Sedgwick, West Ward Ms. Cleeton, South Ward Ms. Tosti-Vasey, West Ward Ms. Dann, Vice-President, South Ward Mr. Larson, Jr. Council Member Mr. Johnson, Pro Tempore, North Ward Mayor Johnson, At Large Ms. McKean, West Ward IV. ADDITIONS TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Under Act 65 of 2021, If a matter is not on the Agenda, Council may not take official action on it with the following exceptions. 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 must state why the action item is being added to the Agenda. Council may vote to add an action item(s) to the agenda. V. PUBLIC COMMENT 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 along with your address and which item you are speaking about. Please try to limit comments to three minutes maximum. 1  VI. COMMUNICATIONS (written) Governors Park Baseball Field Hourly rate request. Council may take action. Stoney Batter and Pine Street (SR 144) Speed Study results. FYI. No council action is requested. VII. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered 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. General Council Meeting Minutes February 5, 2024 Finance Stover McGlaughlin Invoice February 2024 Call for a Motion/ 2nd to approve the Consent Agenda. V I I I . REPORTS Elected Official and Staff Reports Please limit all reports/rebuttals/deliberations to three minutes maximum. DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL/ REPORT STAFF Mayor Mayor Johnson Submitted ➢ School Resource Officer Appreciation Day Proclamation Police Chief Weaver Submitted ➢ December 2023 & January 2024 Report ➢ Parking Enforcement and Animal Control January 2024 Report Parking Ms. McCullough Submitted ➢ Parking Report for January 2024 Office of Community Affairs (OCA) Ms. Thompson Submitted ➢ Public Meeting for the Bellefonte Historic Design Guidelines, to be held February 27, 2024, from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at Bellefonte Springboard, located at 221 W. High Street, Suite 1300. (Enter from the Spring Street side, across from Pizza Mia.) ➢ See memo for information on the Fire Department review of the Bellefonte Elementary Land Development Plan. Nuisance Codes Mr. Barr Borough Manager Mr. Stewart Submitted Liaison Reports Reports will be submitted in writing for inclusion in the council meeting materials. Reports may include draft meeting minutes, notes, memos, etc. No verbal report is to be given unless there is a question regarding the report. If council action is requested, please clearly indicate it, including the wording, so that it can be stated on the council meeting agenda ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON REPORT Bandshell/Performance Center Project Committee Mr. Holderman Bellefonte Area Industrial Development Authority (BAIDA) Mr. Holderman Submitted Bellefonte Emergency Medical Services Mr. Rhoat Submitted Bellefonte Intervalley Chamber of Commerce Ms. Brooks Submitted Bellefonte Police Pension Board Mr. Stewart Centre County 2024 Solar & EV Charger Co-Op Ms. Brooks Centre County Boroughs Association Ms. Dann Centre County Government Mr. Stewart CNET Board of Directors Mr. Holderman Downtown Bellefonte Inc. (DBI) Ms. Thompson Governor’s Park Mr. Holderman Memo 2  Nittany Valley Joint Recreation Authority Mr. Holderman Penn State University Sustainability Projects Mr. Holderman Shade Tree Commission Mr. Holderman Memo Union Cemetery Association Mr. Holderman Zoning Hearing Board Ms. Thompson AUTHORITIES / COUNCIL APPOINTED LIAISON REPORT Bellefonte Borough Authority Mr. D. Johnson Submitted Centre County Airport Authority Draft Minutes Mr. D. Johnson Submitted COMMISSIONS / COUNCIL APPOINTED LIAISON REPORT Civil Service Commission Mr. Brachbill Nittany Valley Joint Planning Commission Mr. D. Johnson Spring Creek Watershed Commission Mr. Brachbill SPECIAL COMMITTEES / COUNCIL APPOINTED LIAISON REPORT Bellefonte Fire Department Executive Committee Mr. Brachbill Submitted Centre County Library Board Ms. Cleeton Submitted Centre Region Council of Governments (COG) Public Safety Committee Mr. Brachbill Submitted Talleyrand Park Committee Ms. Dann Workplace Safety Committee Mr. Brachbill Submitted SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS / APPOINTED LIAISON REPORT Nittany Valley Joint Planning Commission (NVJPC) Ms. Thompson Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) Mr. D. Johnson SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS BY CENTRE COUNTY BOROUGHS LIAISON REPORT ASSOCIATION PA State Association of Boroughs (PSAB) Board of Directors Mr. Brachbill PSAB Resolutions Committee Ms. Dann IX. CURRENT and OLD BUSINESS CATA Fee Increase and Affects to Services. A work session is scheduled for 6:30 PM on Monday, March 18th, with area federal, state, and local officials to seek solutions. FYI. No council action is requested. Approval of Ordinance No. 02202024-01 Amendments to Chapter 35:Fire Department. Motion/2nd to approve Ordinance No. 02202024-01 Amendments to Chapter 35: Fire Department. Stoney Batter and Pine Street (SR 144) Speed Study results. FYI. No council action is requested. Grant Application for Traffic Signal Installation at Parkview Blvd. and Zion Road. The grant application was not successful. A meeting with our traffic signal engineer is scheduled to review options. FYI. No council action is requested. CDBG Grant Funding for Suspension Bridge Project. Motion/2nd to proceed with the Suspension Bridge project as a 3-year project instead of a 2-year project. EV Parking Meter update from Assistant Borough Manager. EV Charging Station fine to be set to $25.00. Motion/2nd to set the EV Charging Station fine to $25.00. Proposed Performance / Conditional Approval Agreement to Bellefonte Borough from Bellefonte Area School District in reference to the elementary school project. This proposed Agreement was reviewed by the Borough Solicitor. Borough Council may take action to conditionally approve the BASD’s Land Development Plan for the elementary school along Airport Road. The proposed agreement, with any changes recommended by the borough solicitor, is to be accepted by the applicant. All unfinished components are to be submitted to the borough prior to final approval. Motion/2nd to conditionally approve the elementary school land development plan with the conditions stated herein. Historic District. Proposal to institute a building permit requirement for roof replacements in the Historic District. Council may take action on this proposal. Motion/2nd to advertise an amendment to the Historic District Ordinance. X. NEW BUSINESS Memo from Assistant Borough Manager on various projects and updates within the Borough. FYI. No council action is requested. The projected Central Booking Local Participant Charges for 2024. FYI. No council action is requested. 3  The Solicitor has reviewed the Police Department's Use of Authorized Less Lethal Weapons Policy. Motion/2nd to approve the proposed Use of Authorized Less Lethal Weapons Policy. Centred Outdoors is requesting a waiver on parking meter fees adjacent to Talleyrand Park for participants during our evening events on Wednesday, June 12th (6:00 PM-8:00 PM) and Thursday, June 13th (6:00 PM-8:00 PM).Motion/2nd to approve the request to waive parking meter fees to Talleyrand Park on Wednesday, June 12th (6:00 PM-8:00 PM) and Thursday, June 13th (6:00 PM-8:00 PM). XI. ADJOURNMENT The council meeting will be adjourned at or as close as possible to 9:00 PM XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION-Personnel The Council Code of Conduct and the 2024 List of Goals/action items will be included with each Agenda. 4