City Council

6:30 PM, Executive Session- Personnel Matters Bellefonte Borough Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM, Monday, April 7th, 2025 In-Person, Council Chambers/Large Meeting 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. AGENDA I. 7:30 PM CALL MEETING TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL Mr. Bernier, 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, President, South Ward Mr. Larson, Junior Council Member Mr. Johnson, Vice-President, North Ward Ms. Meckley, Junior Council Member Ms. McKean, West Ward Mayor Johnson, At Large 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. V. PUBLIC COMMENT (Oral) Borough Council intends to take public comment related to the motion that is on the floor after it has been duly made and seconded. The order of comment will be public comment and then council comment including, proposed amendments by council members. If amendments are proposed to the original motion, the public will then only comment on the amendment(s) before final votes are taken. You must be a Bellefonte resident, non-profit representative, business owner, or an official representative of another governmental agency. Speakers shall identify themselves by name and street, municipality, if outside of the Borough of Bellefonte. Comments are limited to three (3) minutes 1  Personnel Committee met on 03/31/2025 and 04/03/2025 to discuss personnel matters VI. COMMUNICATIONS (written) Concerns regarding Parking Enforcement in Downtown Bellefonte. Complaint was provided to the Police Department and Parking Enforcement. FYI, no council action is requested. Bellefonte Area School District, At a Glance and Friday Coffee Break Newsletters. FYI, no council action is requested. Council has been invited to the Independent Home Health Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 at 11:00 am. FYI, no council action is requested. Ralph Stewart’s resignation from Centre County Airport Authority. FYI, no council action is requested. Adult evening classes at CPI (Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology). FYI, no council action is requested. Public Accommodations Training. More information will be provided to Council once available. 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. Finance Budget v. Actual February 2025 Finance Budget v. Actual Summary February 2025 General DRAFT Council Meeting Minutes March 17th, 2025 Finance Treasurer’s Report February 2025 Finance Voucher Summary February 2025 Call for a motion/2nd to approve the Consent Agenda. VIII. REPORTS Please limit all reports/rebuttals/deliberations to three minutes maximum. DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL/ REPORT STAFF Mayor Mayor Johnson Verbal Jr. Council Member Mr. Larson Submitted  March 2025 Report OCA Memo: See memo for report and updates Ms. Thompson Submitted  HARB will not meet on April 8th. The next HARB meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd at 8:30 a.m.  The Planning Commission will meet on Monday, April 14th at 5:00 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room. Motion/2nd to approve the two SALDO projects reviewed and recommended for approval by The Bellefonte Planning Commission:  Preliminary/Final Plan for Centre County Community Services Building Parking Lot Expansion  Preliminary/Final Plan for Lot Addition of Land of Edward S. & Kristine K. Ranio 2  IX. CURRENT and OLD BUSINESS Sunnyside Paddle Park Submerged Lands License Agreement. Motion/ 2nd to approve the Sunnyside Paddle Park Submerged Lands License Agreement. CATA Bellefonte B-Line Service for FY 2026. On May 5th David Lomison, Centre County Transportation Director, will be in attendance at the Work Session. FYI, no council action is requested. Approval of Resolution No. 04072025-01 Adopting the Police Department’s updated Policies. Motion/2nd to approve Resolution No. 04072025-01 Adopting the Police Department’s updated Policies. Delegate and alternate for PSAB Annual Conference voting. Due to Doug Johnson not attending the Conference a new Alternate will need selected. Council action is requested. Motion/2nd to appoint Deb Cleeton as the delegate and Joanne Tosti-Vasey as the alternate for voting at the PSAB annual conference. X. NEW BUSINESS Deb Burger, Bellefonte Borough Tax Collector, appointment to the Centre County Tax Collection Committee. Motion/2nd to appoint Deb Burger to the Centre County Tax Collection Committee. Letter from Chief Witmer requesting Ordinance amendment Chapter 108 Police. Motion/2nd to approve advertising Ordinance amendment for Council vote on April 21st, 2025. Letter from Chief Witmer requesting to establish a Promotion Eligibly List. Motion/2nd to approve Chief Witmer’s request to establish a Promotion Eligibility List. Chief Witmer’s request to establish a new Eligibility List for the Bellefonte Borough Police Department for 2025. Council action requested. Motion/2nd to approve Chief Witmer’s request for a new Eligibility List for the Bellefonte Borough Police Department for 2025. XI. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA This Public Comment period is for oral comments regarding items not listed on this meeting agenda. Speakers shall identify themselves by name and street, municipality, if outside of the Borough of Bellefonte. Comments are limited to three (3) minutes maximum. XII. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS/FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER Please try to limit all comments/rebuttals to three minutes maximum. XIII. ADJOURNMENT The council meeting will be adjourned at or as close as possible to 9:00 PM. The Council Public Comment Policy and the 2025 List of Goals/action items will be included with each Agenda. 3