City Council

BOROUGH OF CHARLEROI COUNCIL MEETING February 12, 2025 PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONE ON SILENT Washington County con den al crime/drug hotline 1-800-281-0070 ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS Mayor Gregg Doer er Kris n Hopkins-Calcek, Council President Jerry Jericho, Council Vice President Paul Pivovarnik, Council Member Joseph Smith, Council Member Larry Celaschi, Council Member Tom Santoro, Council Member Robert Whiten Jr., Council Member Solicitor Steven Toprani Joseph Manning, Borough Manager Procedure of Regular Mee ng: Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Call to Order/Roll Call Mo on: Approval of the Regular Mee ng Minutes of January 8, 2025 PRESENTATIONS/IN ATTENDANCE • Columbia Gas PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Individuals or group representa ves who have signed in prior to the mee ng, shall be a resident or tax paying business owner within the Borough of Charleroi, will have three (3) minutes of microphone me to address Council during the public par cipa on por on of the mee ng. We prefer if there is a group, a representa ve be chosen to speak. Audience comments will not be permi ed following the public por on of the mee ng; therefore, we ask that you please review the agenda for any item(s) you may wish to discuss. We have, in the past, had individual’s direct comments to Mayor and Council that were not correct or could not be documented. For that reason, we ask that your informa on be to the point and factual. Although we may not be able to answer your ques on at this mee ng, we will refer your request or recommenda on to the proper department for any necessary ac on. CLOSED TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMMITTEES Finance Paul Pivovarnik Kris n Hopkins-Calcek Code Fire Ems & Animal Control – Robert Whiten Jr. Thomas Santoro Public Works Thomas Santoro Jerry Jericho Personnel Joseph Smith Paul Pivovarnik Parks and Rec Jerry Jericho Police- Gregg Doer er, Jerry Jericho & Kris n Hopkins-Calcek Community Planning Larry Celaschi Joseph Smith Mayor- Gregg Doer er fl fl ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti fi fl tt ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti  AGENDA 1. Approve the bills to be paid for month of Jan/Feb in the amount of $241,813.00 2. Ra fy the hiring of Joseph Dzurko to the public works department following the collec ve bargaining agreement of $19.53/hr. 3. Authorize to adver se Ordinance #1052 amending Ordinance #1002 of 2012, establishing a regional police pension plan, by providing for the purchase of service-based pension plan credit 4. Authorize the paid accessible parking applica on for 214 9th Street 5. Authorize the non-paid accessible parking applica on for 401 ½ Crest Ave 6. Approve the quote of $43,038.15 from Brightspan Building Systems Inc. to replace the salt shed at public works 7. Authorize the sale of public works backhoe with a reserve of $80,000 8. Authorize the re-design of the Borough Website at a cost of $3,500 9. Accept the lowest most responsible bidder of the sanita on contract, at the approval of our solicitor 10. Award camera project to ____________ at a cost of _____________ ANNOUNCEMENTS EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING ti ti ti ti ti ti