Special Session of Council

Town of Greenville Council Minutes 11/24/25 www.greenvilleborough.com MINUTES OF A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE BOROUGH OF GREENVILLE COUNCIL HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS Monday, November 24, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. 1. Call to Order Paul Hamill, Mayor If you are a visitor to council, we ask you to please sign in at the door and turn off all cellular telephones. If you wish to record the meeting (video or audio), please announce that you are recording to notify the public in the room that they are being recorded. 2. Invocation: Mayor Paul Hamill Flag Salute led by Councilor Chad Bromley 3. Roll Call: Paul Hamill, Mayor Jean Carr, Deputy Mayor Chad Bromley, Councilor Anne Butcher, Councilor Evan Hereford, Councilor - Excused Brian Shipley, Councilor Linda Zuschlag, Councilor - Absent Jasson W. Urey, Town Manager Solicitor, Douglas, Joseph & Olson - Excused Also present: Frank Vanderslice Lisa Hamill Roberta Leonard Joel Rinella – audio recording Karen Shilling Joy Peterson Tracy Beil Joe Cushman Ellen Pardee Martin Johnson Becky Savchuk Dr. Mary Jane Hirt, via Teams Staff: Media: Rosalynn Reagle, Assistant Manager Earl Corp, The Record-Argus Amy Hollowell, Administrative Assistant Hailey Roginsky, The Sharon-Herald, audio recording Dave Hetrick, Financial Assistant Matt Breedlove, Community Development Director 4. Public Comments – (3-minute time limit) Residents: Ms. Joy Peterson, 30 Lebanon Avenue, commented budgets and tax burdens on the residents. She feels the borough should not be borrowing to do projects. Page 1 of 4 Town of Greenville Council Minutes 11/24/25 Mr. Joel Rinella, 424 South Main Street, provided his analysis of the Fire Service and Storm Water Funds to council and made accusations of nefarious behavior, demanding the termination of Mr. Urey for dereliction of duty. Ms. Roberta Leonard, 23 North Third Street, spoke on behalf of the Redevelopment Authority (RDA) in support of the Local Share Account grant application to be used for site preparation work at the former Trinity North site, stating we must look forward and begin investing to attract residents and employment Non-Residents: None. Council Consideration 5. Unfinished Business A. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt the 2026 General, Fire Service Fee, Storm Water Utility, Airport, Redevelopment Authority, and Capital Budgets. Councilor Carr-Fisher felt this was too much to lump into one motion and did not agree with the RDA funds all going toward the former Trinity North site. She would like to see some focus on Main Street, stating the people would support it more if we did something other than the former Trinity North site. Councilor Shipley asked if the board could hear from Ms. Roberta Leonard of the RDA. Ms. Leonard said the RDA has been working on a variety of projects. It just so happened the meeting Councilor Carr-Fisher attended was specifically talking about the former Trinity North site. She told the board there will be a public open house coming to get input directly from residents and most certainly Main Street is part of the RDA plans. Mayor Hamill said the former Trinity North site is owned by the borough, the Main Steet is private owners, and we should not be utilizing local taxpayer dollars on private properties, the funding we are seeking is grant funding. Councilor Shipley asked Councilor Carr- Fisher why she is waiting to the eleventh hour for changes to the budgets when we have been working on it for months without her giving any suggestions on changes. Councilor Carr-Fisher said she made suggestions, but they were turned down. She feels the twenty percent matching funds will kill us and said we need to seriously work through concerns. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – No, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – No, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 3-2. B. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt Ordinance 1670, establishing the 2026 Earned Income Tax Tate of (2.25% for residents (1.75% for the Town and 0.5% for the School District) and 1.0% for non-residents). No change from the 2025 rate. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. C. Motion by Councilor Butcher, seconded by Councilor Shipley, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt Ordinance 1671, establishing the 2026 Special Purpose Fire Protection Services Tax Rate (3 mills). No change from the 2025 rate. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley –Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. Page 2 of 4 Town of Greenville Council Minutes 11/24/25 D. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt Ordinance 1672, establishing the 2026 General Purposes Tas Rate (19 mills). And increase of 8 mills from the 2025 rate. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. E. Motion by Councilor Butcher, seconded by Councilor Shipley, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt Ordinance 1673, establishing the 2026 General Tax Rate for Indebtedness (1 mill). A reduction of 8.19 mills from the 2025 rate. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. F. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt Ordinance 1674, establishing the 2026 Realty Transfer Tax Rate of 2.0% (1.5% for the Town and 0.5% for the School District). Not change for the 2025. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. 6. New Business A. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to accept the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee to adopt Resolution 2025-21, Fee Schedule. Councilor Bromley said he did not have a chance to read this and asked if the changes to the Storm Water Utility and Fire Service late fee changes were included in this. Councilor Shipley responded no. Those were amendments to the ordinance that were adopted at our November Regular Council Meeting. The Fee Schedule sets the fees we charge, which include the stormwater and fire service fees. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr- Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. B. Motion by Councilor Butcher, seconded by Councilor Carr-Fisher, to approve change order 7 from Youngblood Paving, Inc. for a decrease of $103,609.94 due to bid quantities being adjusted for the 2025 Paving Project (the total cost of the 2025 Paving Project will be $585,807.38). ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. C. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to approve change order 4 from Konzel Construction for an additional $102,672.24 due to additional materials needed for the trench cave-ins and extra asphalt. (The total cost of the project will be $878,146.14, of which $725,374.00 is covered by the PENVEST loan and $152,722.14 will come from Borough funds). Councilor Bromley asked the cause of the cave-ins, and he felt this cost should have been included in the bid. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – Yes, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – Yes, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. D. Motion by Councilor Shipley, seconded by Councilor Butcher, to accept the recommendation from the Greenville Redevelopment Authority to adopt Resolution 2025-23, authorizing the Town Page 3 of 4 Town of Greenville Council Minutes 11/24/25 Manger to make application to the Local Share Account Grant for site demolition and site prep work for redevelopment preparation (former Trinity North site). No match is required. Councilor Carr- Fisher voiced concern with the $300,000.00 being used for matching funds for the EPA Grant. She also wanted to see the RDA working on the downtown corridor. Mr. Urey stated there is an alternative project proposed, should the EPA funds not be awarded. Mayor Hamill also reminded the board that this is a grant and costs the residents nothing. Councilor Shipley added this will make future grant applications more likely to be awarded because the site and projects will be more visible to lawmakers. Councilor Bromley said the RDA does a good job with creativity, but thinks the cart is ahead of the horse here, we still do not have a plan for developing the site yet. Mayor Hamill thanked the RDA for the work that has been done and reminded council the prep work will need to be done either way to develop the site to move forward. Councilor Shipley added it will take months to years to be awarded grant funding, so we do not want to push making applications to far down the road. ROLL CALL VOTE: Councilor Bromley – No, Councilor Butcher – Yes, Councilor Carr-Fisher – No, Mayor Hamill – Yes, Councilor Hereford – Excused from the meeting, Councilor Shipley – Yes, Councilor Zuschlag – Absent from the meeting. Motion carried 3-2. 7. Council Comments Councilor Bromley feels the RDA needs stronger direction. Councilor Butcher said it is easy to get stuck in the weeds, but let’s make sure the needle does not get stuck. She also wished the Greenville Trojans luck in their quest to become Division 1 state champs and encouraged everyone to shop small this weekend. Councilor Carr-Fisher said the work the RDA is doing is important, but it should be balanced in town. If you want the support of the town, show work downtown – small things, helping property owners in small groups will make the community feel important. It is my job to tell you what I hear from the people, and we need to work harder to make the people feel seen. RDA needs to change focus and look a little bit left. We all just need to work together. Councilor Shipley said constructive criticism and feedback is always taken seriously, but allegations of illegal activity and corruption is crossing the line. We have clean audits every year. Making allegations against the administrative staff with no evidence is unproductive. He encouraged Mr. Rinella to go to the District Attorney if he feels he has facts, present it to Mr. Acker. Discussing the merit of the issue is one thing, but character assassination is uncalled for. 8. Mayor Comments – echoed Councilor Shipley stating these accusations does the community no good. 9. Town Manager Comments – None 10. Adjournment - Having no other business, Motion by Councilor Butcher, seconded by Councilor Bromley, to adjourn this session of Council at 7:12 p.m. Motion carried 5-0. Respectfully submitted, Jasson W. Urey Town Manager Page 4 of 4