City Council

Bellefonte Borough Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM, Monday, July 1st, 2024 In-Person, Council Chambers 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. AGENDA I. 7:30 PM CALL MEETING TO ORDER 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, Junior Council Member Mr. Johnson, North Ward Mayor Johnson, At Large Ms. McKean, West Ward IV. 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. VI. 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.  Bellefonte Area Rotary Club Presentation-Governor’s Park Restroom Renovations 1  VII. COMMUNICATIONS (written) Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Summer 2024 Newsletter. FYI no council action is needed. VIII. 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. Finance Budget V. Actual May 2024 Finance Budget V. Actual Summary May 2024 General Council Meeting Minutes June 17, 2024 Finance Treasurers Report May 2024 Finance Voucher Summary May 2024 Call for a motion/2nd to approve the Consent Agenda IX. REPORTS Please limit all reports/rebuttals/deliberations to three minutes maximum. DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL/ REPORT STAFF Mayor Mayor Johnson None Jr. Council Member Mr. Larson Verbal  May & June 2024 Report Office of Community Affairs (OCA) Ms. Thompson None  The next HARB Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9th at 8:30 am  The Planning Commission Meeting scheduled for Monday, July 8th is canceled. X. CURRENT and OLD BUSINESS SEDA-COG put out an announcement for an Engineering Firm to design the Suspension Bridge renovation. After being reviewed by staff a motion is recommended. Motion/2nd to select Barton & Loguidice to perform this service as they scored 99.5 out of 100 on the selecting criteria. Water Service Line Inventory Information has been added to the Bellefonte.net website. The water service line inventory is due to PA DEP no later than October 16, 2024. It would be helpful if customers sent in a picture of their water service line where it comes through the wall into the structure. More information can be found on the borough’s website. FYI, no council action is requested. XI. NEW BUSINESS Consider canceling the 2nd council meeting in August (August 19th). Previous councils have approved this as a summer break from the meeting schedule. Motion/2nd to cancel the August 19th, 2024 council meeting. XII. 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. 2