City Council

CITY OF MCKEESPORT REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY 7:03 P.M. OCTOBER 3, 2018 This Meeting of Council was called to order on the above-stated date at the above-stated time after the Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence by President of Council Richard Dellapenna. Prayer was led by Reverend Marty Smith. The following Members of Council were present: RC-1 PRESENT: JAMIE BREWSTER-FILOTEI, JIM BARRY, LUETHEL NESBIT, TIMOTHY BROWN, RICHARD DELLAPENNA, KEITH SOLES, BRIAN EVANS APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION: Mrs. Brewster-Filotei, seconded by Mr. Soles, “to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 5, 2018.” RC-2 YEAS: BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BARRY, NESBIT, BROWN, DELLAPENNA, SOLES, EVANS (7) NAYS: NONE (0) COMMUNICATIONS: Received the Fire and Police Reports for the month of September 2018. MAYOR’S REPORT: President Dellapenna asked for the Mayor’s Report. Mayor Cherepko said thank you Mr. President, just a few updates and then today we do have our quarterly presentations to our Living the Message Award Winners that you may have read in the most recent “In Community Magazine,” so I will end with that. Jus some updates, pavilions are coming along in Renzie Park. I am not sure if you had the opportunity to get out and see them. They look really good. We are hoping to wrap those up here within the next couple weeks. [1] Speaking of Renzie Park we are also very pleased that, with the help of Tom Maglicco, Jim Brown and Jennifer Vertullo and their presentation to RAD, we were able to get a preliminary release of $170,000 for some capital improvements next year. I’ve taken pride since we’ve been in of getting larger numbers than what was in the past and this will be the largest. We’ve never had over $100,000. I think they are very pleased with the commitment we’ve made not just through projects doing out at Renzie Park but the contribution from the City side of things as well. The biggest thing we are looking to do next year is, I’ve said this before, we are running out of parking. It’s a good problem to have. That means you have people coming to your park. Parking is very scarce so we are looking to develop the one area above the main road pretty much off to the side of Arboretum that runs down through the main pavilion. You have a line of trees and then you have the green space that goes into the Heritage Center. There is part of the trail there. We are going to look to put a large parking lot in that area and we are also going to build a brand-new pavilion. When we did the renovations to the pavilions at this time it looks like we are going to be removing pavilion #5 which is the one over by the ballfield, Heatherington Field, above Lake Emily, not the #1 pavilion right next to Lake Emily but above that we are looking because once again higher traffic volume that is going to be utilizing those fields. The Dog Park will be completed by the Spring. That’s come a long way as well so we are looking to have another way of access to get in and out. If you came right through where pavilion #5 was you would pull out right between two stop signs coming up the hill on Tulip so we think with that being said that’s why we put in to put a brand- new pavilion in that will be up somewhere near the Heritage Center and expand the parking up there as well, between the ball fields, the deck hockey, which is running adult leagues and youth leagues, the tennis court updates, the Spray Park, there’s a lot. The walking trail in general, which we want to improve as well, enhance that a little bit, we will be adding one mile of walking trail at the Dog Park but we also want to fix our existing walking trail. So, we will, we are looking forward to the pavilion rentals next year and for people to enjoy. We’ve done a lot of projects. I named a few of them. Behind the fire station we were able to do the new basketball courts. We put up two full courts a few years ago. Jimmy Long Fields we made a couple different phases between new dug outs, a wall in the back, a net, looking to remove the backstop as well. We are [2] looking at prices for lights out there and we are also looking right now to partner with the School District and with Penn State University to do some major improvements to Helen Richey Field. So, we have some estimates and ideas have come in for a project there. I don’t want to get into too many details at this time. But, once again, it’s something that we focused on as Renzie Park being a true destination point here to the City. It’s not just utilized and enjoyed by McKeesporters but from surrounding communities as well so we will continue to do what we can to enhance our Renzie Park. You may have read yesterday the Press Release that we received 2.9 Million Dollars from the Multi-Modal Funding through PENNDOT. That will include enhancements to our bike trail and that’s part of the focus of what this funding is for. We are looking to do an elevated trail. We are looking to truly make the trail a destination point as well, specifically the one in McKeesport, because it can be very unique. In addition to that we will tie it in with our Parking Garage which has been vacant for quite sometime next to the Daily News Building. We did open up part of Kennedy Lot to make a parking lot, some of you may have parked there this evening. That will still be utilized but the Daily News Building, it’s really starting to look like the snowball effect, where as it rolls down hill it’s just getting bigger and bigger in a good way though and we are starting to think that this Daily News could really be the central point and really the anchor that we need to really do something in this downtown area. Between Zappala’s office, some other tenants are in there, hypothetically speaking there is always the possibility of some County services coming in there so that people that have to go into Pittsburgh to do filing of Deeds or Marriage License or things like that and, once again, I am speaking hypothetically for the media that is here. These are things that could become a reality down the road. This could be a destination point and utilizing that building for 30 plus communities throughout the valley and region. There’s potential right across the street with the old Peoples Building. Yes, there’s a Condemnation sign on that building and yes, that doesn’t mean the building has to be torn down. It can be reversed. The condemnation can be reversed. Our Building Inspector will inform the owners of what needs to take place in that building to provide the integrity and structure of that building in order to get it up to code. The Murphy’s Building, two doors down, was also purchased by [3] someone recently. They are looking to develop as well. The Executive Building, still having some difficulties with that but it is space that is available if someone wants to make a major investment in the City and they are all within that block or two radiuses. So, we know when you go downtown Pittsburgh sometimes you park in a parking garage and walk 4, 5, 6 blocks to get to where you are going. We would be able to just walk a block or two and utilize that garage and I say that because I don’t read into the nay-sayers, I don’t read into the negativity and the people that think they actually know what is going on, but I just want to take the time to give you as concerned citizens and residents that are here today a little bit of knowledge and background information so that when you hear things said on the street that are just absolutely false that you can be part of the solution, not part of the problem. But when you hear how the garage has been vacant and what are they going to do down town and from everything, if you followed everything you read then we should just close shop now and just fold up the City and just move on. Well, we all know if you are in this room you care enough that is not going to happen and I can assure you this administration, this Council, will never let that happen. As a matter of fact, we have a vision not just for what is going to be down town a year from now, not five years from now, but we are honestly thinking what’s going to be here long after I leave this world. You know, we are on the right path and it’s taken 30 plus years of going down hill and we are not going to rebuild it over night either. There’s a lot of potential at that Daily News. This Grant will help us to get this garage up and running, to utilize the things that can come. The Port Authority is only a block away as well. They do a Park and Ride now if you go past in the morning you will see their lot is pretty much filled. No reason why they couldn’t use part of the parking garage. So, the transportation center investment was done with a vision as well because they realize things are coming to the City of McKeesport. We need that. The transportation is there. We have development taking place in RIDC. It’s not the development where I would like to see come in where we have 700 jobs hired right off the bat but there’s development taking place. We have American Textiles which has been a successful business over in the City of Duquesne and I see our former Mayor there from the City of Duquesne out there, I just noticed that. Nice to see you, how’s retirement there? Former Mayor _____________ said it’s wonderful. [4] But, they are expanding operations here as well because of their success, adding 25-30 jobs, we have H. Miller, an Engineering Nuclear Power, they are opening up in the old consolidated Power Building. We have another company coming in. We expect them to sign an agreement probably within I would say the next 30 days, creating about 25-30 jobs as well, and there’s another company which is definitely probably looking 70-75% will come. But the other ones I mentioned I could say they are almost guaranteed, well two of them are here and the other one is probably about 95%. So, we have things going on down in the mill site. We have development taking on the community out in the other parts of the community as well. O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, the new store in Christy Park, will have a soft opening, it’s not going to be their Grand Opening, but they are going to be open for business tomorrow. If you have a chance to be down in Christy Park. Some of the other projects with development as well. John Stark will be moving along with the construction of a new building across from Natale’s. The construction company that bought the property caddy corner from Tube City came in and they are looking at what kind of building they are going to build and there’s a lot of positive things taking place throughout the community right now. We also were able to, successfully, we applied for a Grant for the violence. There was a new Grant that was awarded this year. We were awarded $149,000 which fell to eight communities throughout the State of Pennsylvania and we were one of eight and we will utilize that with things that we’ve been doing such as crime suppression details, camera system, we will continue to add onto to the cameras. By the middle of 2019 I would expect, well let’s just say to be safe, some point in 2019 we should have over 150 cameras in the City of McKeesport. These aren’t just cameras, the technology that comes with these cameras are second to none. These are cameras that when you get a description of a vehicle, if it’s a white sedan you can pick up every white sedan and a picture will be taken of the license plates that come through, video footage of it coming through. If someone sees a Pittsburgh Steelers bumper sticker on that bumper sticker, on the back of the car, it will pull up every car with a Pittsburgh Steelers bumper sticker. We have it right now, on the outline areas of the City, you cannot get into the City of McKeesport [5] without your car driving through and having a picture of the plate taken. That data base is connected into all of Allegheny County. The District Attorney has cameras all throughout. It’s really helping us with crimes. It’s helping other areas and it’s helping our police solve crimes less dangerously I should say. Instead of getting high speed chases, for example, you can kind of just follow and see where the suspects go and when you have the warrant and what not go and make the arrests. It’s definitely, it’s the new technology in the way of policing. We will continue to utilize that but we will have this through all of our neighborhoods as well. So, I could tell you this much, once we get it up and running we will put it out there. We want everyone to see this technology. We are not just going to say we have it. We are going to have video footage, YouTube videos or whatever it may be, for these individuals who sometimes make the wrong choices to think twice before coming in our town. I will tell you if you see this technology first- hand, no question in my mind, your shootings go down because if you know what they have, your pre-meditated shootings, drivebys they are going to go away because when you see this your major players with drugs and what not, they are going to think twice before coming into your town. You still will have things. You are never going to eliminate the shootings and you are never going to eliminate the violence. We will continue to focus on curbing this addiction of crime and violence. These virtual checkpoints, what they are calling these intersections with these cameras, are going to be a big part of what we are trying to accomplish here. I said it once, I said it a million times if I haven’t said it, our Police Department I can’t be prouder of our men and women here in the City of McKeesport. They are out there doing their jobs and doing it very, very well. They are doing it extremely respectfully of people’s civil rights. You know, you look around and you see a lot of the issues that go on in this world around us and we do not have it here in the City of McKeesport and that goes to Chief Washowich on down. I could tell you our complaints are so minimal in the City and when they do come in they are not major complaints. It’s been a long time and I can’t say enough with what they do risking their lives and the families, what the families go through, whether you are a wife, husband, significant other, mother, father, that are just hoping that they never have another officer come to that door to let them know that they were unable to complete their tour that day. We take it for granted but I can’t say enough about the families and the support systems. [6] Our Demolition contract, you have 300 homes out thanks to this Council. They are out for demo. We are meeting with the contractor. It’s not the issue of getting them down, he’s a great contractor, we are having a little more slowly as far as the asbestos surveys on that end of things. So, we are meeting to try to expedite that but the houses are coming down. I tell people just to be patient. They are going to be all around the clock. They are not stopping for winter. They will continue to do what they need to do. The Contract that went out for paving is, should have been started a month ago, I understand weather people get backed up, contractors get backed up, that’s the down side of when you go out to contract for things. But, we are told that they will start next week. They will be up on Bowman and then they will continue to do everything they can, weather cooperating. Whatever they don’t finish before the end of the year that was on that contract they will start first thing in the Spring. Our men in our Public Works Department are doing a tremendous job. I know Steve cringes every time he sees my number on his phone, text messages, 3:00 a.m. in the morning, whatever it may be. He had the privilege of taking a ride with me today which I think he is probably sick to his stomach, but I say that in a joking way because we hold a bar so high and Steve does as well and Steve does everything he can with his men and we are doing so with less and less manpower because of deficits, because of ever increasing expenditures and decreasing revenues and the battle that we have. But, they are doing a tremendous job Steve and I told you get that list done and I will tell you I am satisfied. So, we are working on that. I know there are a few people here, we have a couple issues going on in town that are major and we are working on. Some people are here today in regard to McIntosh. McIntosh is the first road off of Marshall Drive where we had a landslide. The road, right now, half of it is blocked off. We had to go out to an emergency Engineering Firm to do the study and ironically enough we have people here tonight that were concerned with that. I was up there personally and met with them in the rain. Steve was up there as well. Mr. Maglicco was on the phone with the Engineering Company just this morning, right, because we knew we needed an update in case someone was here and they said they will have it back to us within a week or two. So, we are at their mercy. They did core [7] samples. They are doing everything to come back and give us a report of the different options that we need to proceed. We have had issues down on the Mansfield Bridge, Dungy Hollow. We are working on that as well. There is a lot of water that comes up from Port Vue, comes over the hill and things are just not working right. We are getting flooding pretty much every time it rains pretty hard. So, we are trying to get that resolved as well. It’s another project that will probably cost a couple hundred thousand dollars when it is said and done. American Water is working with us. We met with them again today to help identify exactly what the issue is and how we can resolve it. Ravine Street, big sink hole, that is an American Water issue. They are on top of it. The road is totally blocked off now. They are looking to at least get in and fix roughly 50 feet of it to open up the road and then they are going to open up the entire project. That’s a major project, 72” line, you can walk through it and a few hundred feet of what is going to need replaced to fix that. With that being said I am probably going to move onto the last part which is the Proclamations. Once, again, I do want to thank everyone for being here. Just know, without question, this administration, this Council, is working tirelessly to help make McKeesport a better place to live, a better place to work. If you have any questions whatsoever no need to come to Council meetings. If you are here for information, sometimes we have people pick up the phone, call my office, and you will get a phone call back. I can assure you that. For those coming just to get information I can’t thank you enough for being involved with your community because let me tell you first-hand, the one thing that I get to see first-hand in the City of McKeesport as Mayor that is truly rewarding is the amount of people that still love their town, believe in their town, have the pride. You talk about “Once a Tiger Always a Tiger,” and those individuals you are the ones that truly encourage all of us because I can tell you our slogan in the City of McKeesport is “Working Together for a Better McKeesport.” We say it is not just a slogan but it’s an invitation and there are so many people that just accept that invitation. So many events in town that go on that are all volunteers. The City plays a small part in so many things, from International Village which our Councilman Keith Soles is Chair, to Rib Fest, and you know the Lions Club does so much and the Rec Board does so [8] much and so many volunteers and so many different ways you can’t even imagine but from the bottom of my heart I just want to say thank you, not just as Mayor, but as a resident of the City raising my family here who is looking forward to being here for the rest of my life as well. Our Living the Message Awardee Winners, we talked about our community message that we developed a few years ago, you may see signs up, businesses supporting, “Respect, Love, Dignity and Hope.” These were, the select committee and crime of violence came up with these words as not just words but a way to truly live your life and you know, we always say when I teach the youth or as a school teacher, we talk about respect, we talk about dignity and things in school and all too often what happens is sometimes kids leave the school and classroom and they truly, it’s like turning off a switch. Well, that was at school, and now I am out here. So, out here in the real world. So, we want them to see that it is just not something at school, it’s something you see in your community. It’s not just for children but it’s for adults as well. We give out through nominations various awards from young students, not even high school students, we have given out a couple to primary age students with certain projects they did and I see Chris Halaszynski in the audience. His daughter who just recently received one not long ago with the Lemonade stand, with the fundraising efforts she did because she just wanted to do something special and it just says a lot about Chris and of course Jennifer and what they are doing to raise their daughter. We have them all ages and I am going to go through tonight and get these awards out. I know some people might have dinners planned or whatever it might be and they can always feel free to step out. The first one I have is for Dignity. This young lady is by no means a stranger to our community. This is a lady that I have known pretty much my entire life. I have had the honor to know her daughter, went to school with Jala, and just someone that I have looked up to as a mentor for a very long time and she is sitting here before us today. So, with that I am going to read off the Dignity Award which goes to Luethel Nesbit. WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and [9]  WHEREAS, Luethel Nesbit is no stranger to public service, having begun her career in the field of Education and moving onto help Mon Valley residents on fixed incomes protect their homes from the elements in the field of Weatherization; and WHEREAS, Luethel employs her expertise from the years of working with Steel Valley OIC in her current role with Action Housing where she has a busy season ahead working in conjunction with LIHEAP to guarantee a safe, warm winter for income-qualified applicants; and WHEREAS, Luethel’s commitment to the City of McKeesport is strong not only in her role with Action Housing but on McKeesport City Council, the McKeesport Housing Authority Board of Directors, the NAACP McKeesport Unit, Zion Baptist Church, and the McKeesport Lions Club. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Luethel Nesbit as Living the Message awardee for Dignity. The next one is an individual that is involved with Project Heart. I have personally had the opportunity to visit Project Heart throughout the years as Mayor, on different occasions to meet the kids and what they learn through the Program, whether it is HIV Aides Education, self-respect, when you talk about providing our youth with as many positive life-learning experiences as possible that can truly impact their life in making the right choices in their life, without question, Project Heart is one of those and behind Project Heart is our Respect winner for this quarter. So, with this I want to give this Award goes to Rachael Richter for Respect. WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, Rachael Richter, a post-graduate student and Evans Fellow with the University of Pittsburgh, worked with McKeesport Area students through the human service center’s Project Heart in the summer of 2018; and WHEREAS, through Project Heart Rachael shared the values of self-care and self-respect as they relate to an individual wellness as well as community health while focusing on HIV Aides Education as well as open communication and relationships; and WHEREAS, Rachael is helping our next generation of McKeesporters become more mindful and respectful as they communicate with their peers in all settings. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Rachael Richter as Living the Message awardee for Respect. [10] The next one goes to a group and these are three individuals that have been part of a wonderful program with Kids Kitchen at the Christy Park United Methodist Church. I didn’t have the opportunity to stop down the other day at their event. I did stop down at an event about a month ago to spend some time with the kids as well, they were playing water games and what not, but we do award groups at times and this is another group effort. So, with this, this will go to Jackie Flajnik, Stu Wilson and Diana Smith, so I am going to read this off. WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, Jackie Flajnik, Stu Wilson and Diana Smith are among the leaders of Celebrity Kids Kitchen at Christy Park United Methodist Church inviting families to their campus within the McKeesport Shared Ministry for an evening of fun, fellowship and food; and WHEREAS, Jackie, Stu and Diana and other volunteers guide children of all ages through cooking lessons and other activities that provide learning opportunities and build confidence; and WHEREAS, organizers of the Celebrity Kids Kitchen are active church members who are sharing their God-given skills with the youth of their community. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Jackie Flajnik, Stu Wilson and Diana Smith as Living the Message awardees for Love. And our last one of the evening, last but certainly not least. I have had the honor and privilege to work with this next winner for the last seven years. She does so much through Senator Brewster’s office but she goes above and beyond that and gets so involved with our community in so many ways from International Village for Kids which celebrated its 10th Anniversary this year, to so many other things. When the Wall that Heals came to McKeesport I could tell you getting it on its way was one thing and we said we got it past the 50 yard line and we had to get it across the goal line and I could tell you, without her, we don’t have the volunteers lined up, we don’t have just all of the events. Once we put it in her hands I, for one, slept a little better knowing it was in great hands and I can’t even begin to tell in words just how thankful I am for what she has done for the Wall that Heals but more importantly just what she does for our community overall. Mayor Phil you should be extremely proud of this young lady as we give the award for Hope, and I think it is very fitting, and that goes to Allison Piccolino. [11]  WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, the Village for Kids began in 2009 as a family-oriented kick-off to McKeesport’s time-honored tradition of International Village and Allison Piccolino has gone the extra mile with her personal efforts throughout those ten years, inviting families from McKeesport and communities across the Monongahela River Valley to gather in Renziehausen Park for a full day of free activities, entertainment and information; and WHEREAS, Allison’s volunteerism extends further into the McKeesport community with the McKeesport Trail Commission, the Wall that Heals, the Mon River Fleet and countless public events. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Allison Piccolino as Living the Message awardee for Hope. Allison said I want to thank the Mayor, not only for your trust in many community events, but your partnership and your friendship. I also want to thank your leadership here this evening, sitting up there but also in the crowd. You know, I accept this award, there are a lot of wonderful people in this City of McKeesport and I am just so proud to be welcomed so warmly by everyone without there are so many of you, I know I will forget someone but Mayor I just want to congratulate you on an amazing Emergency Services Staff that you have, your Chiefs, all of their employees, and you talked about Steve, Publics Works, I mean it’s unbelievable when you do an event in town they, you can feel the excitement from them too and you know, there is never, I mean there might be behind my back, but you know whenever they do answer the phone they are like “yea, sure no problem,” and the leaders, but also your employees, all levels of those that work here in the City, you should be very proud of and I just want to say thank you for them and thank you for the opportunity. Mayor Cherepko said as you can see those are remarkable individuals Living the Message. I do want to thank the Committee that has been together with this process from the beginning, Angelina is in the back, Jennifer Vertullo, I see Harold Alan, so this is a Committee that takes pride in selecting these winners based on nominations and continue to spread our community message. The last thing I have is you can see the pink shirt up here that our Firemen made as we come into October, “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” This is Breast [12] Cancer Awareness Month and whether you know someone that may have suffered, someone, a survivor, someone that maybe lost her life, whatever the case may be, any forms of cancer I think you know there is one thing probably every single one of us have in common in this room is probably in one way, shape or form we know somebody that this deadly disease of cancer has interrupted someone’s life in one way, shape or form and I do commend our firemen for their always looking to do different fundraising efforts and this was the shirt that they actually designed this year. I think Matt Holtzman is one of the firemen that comes up with a different design every year. To any survivors of any form of cancer that may be out here, congratulations, and you know the fight is going to go on and we will continue these fundraising efforts to continue the research and to someday just find a cure for this deadly disease. Other than that Mr. President, if you notice I didn’t start off today by saying I was going to brief, but that concludes my report. President Dellapenna said thank you Mr. Mayor. CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE: President Dellapenna said the next portion is going to be the Citizens in the Audience and we do have a lot of folks signed up tonight so please be cognizant of the time. You have three minutes to speak and when your name is called please come up and state your name, your address and proceed with your comments. First on the list tonight is Mrs. Chris Pellecchia. Chris Pellecchia, 925 McIntosh. Good evening Mayor Cherepko and Council. I am here to represent the citizens that live on McIntosh Drive and as Mayor Cherepko said that they are going to do something about our road, however, I did bring pictures that show how much it has eroded since the initial cave-in which was on June 11th and I just hope that we will get some fast, some fast. President Dellapenna said the Mayor did speak to us all prior to the meeting and he did say that they are currently working on it. Mayor Cherepko said when I say that please understand that, obviously, is an emergency, and that’s why we went out, but we cannot do anything until we have the recommendations from the Engineering Report. You have my word that there will be no delay in anything [13] when it comes to the Recommendations coming in we will move forward to help preserving that street. Mrs. Pellecchia said I do appreciate that and it has eroded a little more since the last time you were up there but I have pictures if you want them. Thank you very much! President Dellapenna and Mayor Cherepko said thank you. Gina Spanos, 821 Woodward. First, I want to thank all of you and Mayor Mike, I think this administration is wonderful. I love McKeesport. I love everything about it and I will do everything I can to support it and to support this City and all of you. With all of this good stuff happening I hate to bring this up but I have to. We are having some major issues in my street with cats. My husband and I work very hard to keep our yard and our porch clean and beautiful and so do other neighbors and I have cats defecating and urinating on my porch furniture and it’s not ok with me at all and I have tried to talk to my neighbors. I have tried to be nice and tell them that this is not ok that I believe that if you love your animal it should be inside your house and not roaming the street but it’s not, right now, there is a lot of anger on my street. I have to say, I have said some very nasty things that I very, but I flipped out when I saw this all over my front porch and my husband had just, so you know, we don’t know what to do, we had caught a stray cat and it ends up being a little cat, we called animal control and they were supposed to come, we waited all day, I have a dog and I don’t know what to do with a cat. We had to feed it and take care of it and we just don’t know what to do. They are in our garbage cans; they are ripping up everything. So, I tried to be nice and it didn’t work so right now I have some neighbors that really don’t like me. I am trying to keep the neighborhood clean and Mayor Mike knows me and knows that I am trying. So, I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what the rules are with cats. Mayor Cherepko said Gina, are these, I know you called and at one time, Jennifer, we had Sable Kennels go up? Are these strays or are these actually pets? Mrs. Spanos said they are strays that are being fed by neighbors. Mayor Cherepko said I just wanted to make sure because to see what we are dealing with because I have the same issue by my house. I probably have, I have [14] someone, two people that feed these cats, and I probably have, last winter I think I had a dozen living underneath my deck. I mean, literally, so I understand what you are going through. Jennifer is there still that group that we can call from Elizabeth that is out of Elizabeth? Jennifer said I think so. Mayor Cherepko said Gina let us try to get in touch, there was a group from Elizabeth that came and they didn’t harm the cats they would come in and I don’t know if they neuter them and try to find them a home if they can but some of them you can’t. I am not a cat expert by any means but let’s try to get them some help down there. We have to do something. Mrs. Spanos said yes, because I have called, we were on the phone all day and I couldn’t believe we waited for the Pet Control, I really don’t want to put a little cat in Pet Control. Mayor Cherepko said you don’t’ have to, I understand your frustration, it’s like I said, I mean, I used to have mulch all around my house and I got rid of most of the mulch just for that reason alone so I understand what you are going through so let’s try to remedy that. Mrs. Spanos asked is there a fine for people who let their cats just roam around? Mayor Cherepko said no there is not. Mrs. Spanos asked what about dogs? I mean I have a dog. Mayor Cherepko said dogs are totally, if you have a dog that is let out and they need to clean up after themselves, once again it’s a matter of proving it. Mrs. Spanos said I have a dog and I walk him and I clean up and I just wasn’t sure if there was something like that for cat owners. Mayor Cherepko said cats there is not nearly as much we can do. We have to depend on Non-Profit organizations to really step up and try to help us out. Mrs. Spanos said thank you. President Dellapenna said thank you. Darlene Allen, 1712 Flagler Street. I am here to talk about the Car Show but I want to thank you Mayor and Jennifer for the wonderful time we had at the [15] Tennis Clinic. I brought three of my grandchildren and I think you guys are the best, we had a great time, thank you for that event. Ok, I am a Trail Commissioner and I am inviting you all over to our Car Show, it’s our 7th Annual Car Show at Renzie Park under the blue top and you all are invited too. It’s on October 7th and starts at noon and is supposed to be over at 5 but I now a lot of people go to Church but you can come on over after church because that is what I am going to do. Hope to see you there! Mayor Cherepko said and the Trail Commission who does a tremendous job in town is actually trying something different this year their Car Show prior to this was held down on Water Street down by the Marina so we are trying to get it out at the Park this year and we are hoping to eventually see this thing grow to where we can have cars all over. It’s not as big a deal if a car parks on the grass, especially towards the end in October like this because your season for pavilions in the park for the most part is coming to a close so eventually they want to see this thing grow and maybe someday have several hundred cars coming in and a couple thousand people that come in for this event and I applaud your efforts and the Trail Commission as well. President Dellapenna said thank you. Major James Jones, 821 Walnut Street. Hello, Mr. President, Mayor and Council. I am the new Salvation Army Commanding Officer in McKeesport. My wife, Melinda, and I we are Majors and we want to continue to do the service here in McKeesport. We are replaced Lieutenant John and Kate Esper. They have moved onto a new appointment and we are here to continue to serve the residents of McKeesport and neighboring neighborhoods. So, I just wanted to introduce myself. Stop by and I plan on stopping by to see you as well and thank you for the invitation that you once said earlier to be a part of McKeesport, thank you. President Dellapenna, Mayor Cherepko and Council spoke and said thank you and welcome Major. Gina Rosso, 213 Wainwright. I am the Community Liaison for Pure Penn and I am here today to talk about our Mon Valley Business Development Expo. It’s going to be on October 18th, that a Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It’s going to be at Penn State Greater Allegheny in the Student Community Center. This is an [16] event geared toward small and diverse businesses in the Mon Valley but everyone is welcome. In the morning we are going to have workshops, some education on starting a business and building capacity, and then in the afternoon we are going to have networking opportunities. There’s going to be procurement representatives from providers in the area to help these participants get their foot in the door and there will also be representatives from Non-Profits in the area that provide resources and assistance to small and diverse businesses. I ask that you share the invitation if you know anyone who would be interested in this event to share it. I will hang out after if anybody has any questions or to just give out my contact information to learn more. Thank you, Council, for your time. President Dellapenna and Council said thank you. Frank Francis, 433 Greenwood Street. Good afternoon Mayor and Council. I come to you this afternoon with two issues. I got three minutes I am going to spend two minutes on one and one on the other. Since McKeesport sold its Sewage Company to Pennsylvania-American Water I have had nothing but headaches. In all fairness I did talk to the Mayor and the Mayor did help me back in March and it’s primarily has to do with their billing cycle. At the end of June, I received a bill for $52.60, that was like June 30th then July 14th I get another bill for $43.65 that was due on the 19th. I’ve talked to the Mayor and the Mayor did make some calls and I also called Representative Austin Davis and he directed me to the PUC who has never gotten back to me. I really don’t know if there were, I don’t think I can use the word stipulations, but if I am not mistaken Mr. McCall and Ms. Nesbit were sitting on the Board at the time that it was sold and I am just wondering because of the billing cycle we had in the past did we go and explain how the citizens of McKeesport were generally receiving that bill. Mayor Cherepko said if I may Mr. Francis, the biggest issue was our Authority had probably let’s just say, several different billing cycles, so that was the biggest issue. So, what American Water has been trying to do is streamline to get to the point where everyone is going to have one billing cycle. So, it’s a transition instead of them doing it all at once where you might have had three bills in one month they are picking and choosing on when to consolidate to have it less of a hit on someone’s pocket book. The biggest thing you need to watch for is the [17] usage period. So, look on your bill and just make sure none of them overlap because there could be an issue, it could be a mistake. Mr. Francis said I can understand that Mayor but is there anyone here, I mean in constant communication with them, that maybe a third of the City is right, cause I’m in that two-third that has been receiving crazy bills. I get a $38 water bill and $112 sewage bill, that makes no sense. Mayor Cherepko said I need to sit down and see what you are looking at to see if there’s a mistake. I could tell you I have not had many complaints come through my office. There were at first but recently there haven’t been. I probably haven’t had a complaint about a sewage bill probably in two or three months. It’s just a matter of getting them to where they are all going to have the same billing cycle. Like, you literally, for example, the Municipal Authority, at one point, just because it’s the way it was, it wasn’t anyone’s fault on that Board, it’s the way they did this for years, you could be getting a bill in December and you were literally paying for like September’s sewage, so you literally were like three months behind. So, you were probably on one of those cycles that at one point you were three months behind what was actually owed so that way you probably got that double thing maybe more than once in order to get you caught up. So, there were bills where people literally because when I had the complaints come in we would look they would be getting a bill in December and it was literally like for like September through October 6th or something. Mr. Francis said yes, but we didn’t transfer our business cycle over to them. This is their cycle now. I mean the plant is sold, they own it, you know what I am saying. All I am saying is did we put something in place? In McKeesport, this is how? Mayor Cherepko said of course, that’s why you are going through what you did. If we would have just handed it over to them you would have probably had a $300 sewage bill. But because we put in place gradual transformation and transition into so that our ratepayers weren’t hit all at once it was gradual. If we would have just handed it over and said ok it’s yours, now collect everything, you could have gotten three months all at once. I think, this was, when we closed on this Sewage Authority you have thousands and thousands and thousands of hours of work and thousand, tens of thousands of papers that were done at this Closing [18] that couldn’t even all fit in this room of Closing documents. So, when we did this, they did everything they could to protect our ratepayers. I made it very clear that we are individuals on fixed incomes, high senior citizen population, we went through everything. So, they have done everything they can. Now, that doesn’t mean they don’t make mistakes. So, the big thing to look at is what you are paying your bill for. If you get two bills in one month, as long as they are different pay periods, then that’s them just trying to catch up. Unfortunately, at some point, they had to catch you up to get everyone on board. Solicitor Elash said I think what you are asking for, because I was involved intimately with the negotiations, we negotiated and insisted that it be done this way because otherwise that first month after the Closing of the transaction they would have caught everybody up so that everybody would have been on a current billing cycle. The Mayor is right what we didn’t realize is the way the Sewage Authority received the information from the Water Company because they had much more antiquated systems than Pennsylvania-American is able to bring to the table, different sections of the City, for no rhyme or reason, were further behind than others. We just wanted to make sure that no area of the City was going to be caught up all at once. We didn’t want any citizen to get a $600 or $500 sewage bill. Mayor Cherepko said I would probably go out on a limb and say that no one should get a double bill after 2018. No one should. I mean I would have to think that by then that gave them a good year. I mean think about it we are only eight months into this. Mr. Francis said ok I got one though. Solicitor Elash said if you come in with your bill I can talk to them and we can look at your individual bills. Mr. Francis said you want me to come to City Hall and Solicitor Elash said yes. Solicitor Elash said I have to go to Court tomorrow. Mr. Francis said what about Friday? Solicitor Elash said I think I should be able to do Friday, just call me. Mr. Francis said ok I got your number. Ok, you guys took up two minutes of that. I have one more thing. [19] Mayor Cherepko said ok that’s fine. We don’t fix you on the clock. Mr. Francis said the other thing is like on 48 and Walnut Street, I see Byros came through there and started doing some scraping again. Are there any plans going forward with something there? He tore them houses down eight years ago and left crap there on that corner. Are there some plans? Mayor Cherepko said what I will tell you is we get complaints all the time and when we get complaints Mr. Tedesco, who was here and may have stepped out or he is back there now, we pick up the phone. What people have to understand is that with any Ordinance violation there is a process you follow. So, we pick up the phone, we tell him to do something. Mr. Tedesco is usually personally, doesn’t even pass it onto someone else, he personally usually calls him and says we need you to do this, this and this. He does that and then the same problem just starts over so it’s like a big revolving door. It’s a big circle. The same things happen. It’s the same thing when you take a resident. If we have a problem with a resident we send a letter, we’ve got to give them 10 days, if they don’t remediate in 10 days now we send a Citation. Well that scheduled a month down the road. Then by the time you get in front of the Magistrate if that person fixes the problem now everything is dropped because he or she fixes the problem and then, guess what, they go back and they do the same thing. So, unfortunately, we have to follow the laws and the procedures put in place. But, Mr. Byros has been told numerous times on things and Mr. Tedesco personally calls him. Mr. Francis said well it looks like something was coming. Mayor Cherepko said I am not sure what is coming but what I will tell you is coming is that intersection is coming. We are getting that traffic signal. Mr. Francis said we are going to get a light there. Mayor Cherepko said yes, the Engineering Plans are moving pretty far along there and hopefully something starts before the end of the year. Mr. Francis said alright, thank you for your time Mayor and Council. Mr. Barry said Mayor I would like to piggyback on something Mr. Francis said. When you have to call Pennsylvania-American Water their Customer Service on the phone is horrendous. One time I waited 42 minutes before I hung up, never [20] talked to anybody and another time 29 minutes so it is really hard to resolve situations when they arise with that company. Mayor Cherepko said if I may, I couldn’t agree more, now that was in the past. I have on my phone one hour and six minutes and I took a screenshot of what I was on hold so that when I called the President of the Company who they are a great partner with the City. You have to understand a transaction of this magnitude there is going to be bumps in the road. But, I literally can text, call, the President of Pennsylvania-American Water at any moment at any time and get a response. So, unfortunately, when you have a transaction that long the wait times were horrible. I waited an hour and six minutes before I got somebody to come on the phone and then they couldn’t help me with my problem. But, I already knew the answer but I pretended I didn’t. I wanted to ask the same kind of questions our residents were asking at the time and they couldn’t give me an answer. So, not only did I wait an hour and six minutes on the phone they couldn’t give me an answer that I already knew the answer. So, that was an issue but not for quite sometime now. They are a major company. Like I said you are going to have some issues. We are having issues on things when someone gets a sink hole in front of their house. When there was a Municipal Authority here we called over there and Luethel was on the Board and some of the others that were on that Board, I would call the Director and even though they were separate from the City they were still an entity of the City, we owned the Authority, that’s why we sold it. So, we were able to get things done so that’s been a work in progress too. Steve and I are having by-monthly phone calls scheduled at least once a month now we are going to meet with the leadership from the top. We are working through some of the problems. I wasn’t happy for example with the way Ravine was handled when the hole popped up and we let them know back in June and for whatever reason nothing got done and now it’s a major problem but, in all reality, it would have probably become a major problem no matter what. But we are working through. I tell people listen it’s like this, a transaction that magnitude you are going to have bumps in the road but I always say I can sit here and say, “Is this glass half empty?” or “Is this glass half full?” On a glass half full part you would not be getting 300 homes torn down. You would not be getting your streets paved and you would not be getting all the extra police and all the extra improvements that we are doing within the City to help develop it. So, they put [21] us in a position to help with the McKeesport Rising but also keep in mind because Mr. Francis and some comments can scare people like they are getting overcharged or something, the nice thing we have now which you never had before and I know Council has probably heard me say this a thousand times but there might be people in here that haven’t, when we did that transaction with American Water you as a ratepayer now have protection from the PUC. Now granted he may have called the PUC and he didn’t’ get a call back but that’s not the protection I am talking about. I am talking about future rate increases and things like that. Everything is regulated through the PUC. So, whereas before we didn’t have that. If another Authority would have bought that Authority they could have raised your rates at any rate that they felt the need to. Fortunately, our Board did what they could to control the rates. Yes, rates went up but look around, rates are becoming, for sewage rates, some of the highest paid utility for people because of the un-founded Federal Mandates of Act 537. I mean for those that don’t know, I don’t want to bore you with the details but simply to the point the easiest way to tell it is you had the government come in and tell you that you have to do $80,000,000 in improvements into your facility and you had to do it and we are not giving you any money to do it. So, that’s what we were faced with. That’s the simplest way to put it, $75,000,000-$80,000,000 improvements and we are not going to give you any money and you have to do it. That’s why rates went up. It had nothing to do with the Court. Here in McKeesport we are actually, believe it or not, much lower than what some entities are. You have other communities, not to really, I mean I guess its public information but you have communities like Clairton they are paying $50 a month just to have sewage. That doesn’t count your 1,000 gallons or 2,000 gallons or 3,000 gallons, but just to have sewage, you are paying $50 a month then on top of that you are getting billed with the usage. So, there is no question, I am not going to sit here and pretend it’s perfect but what I am telling you that if everyone sees what I see, without question, it was what we needed here in the City. We are not in the gas businesses. We are not in the electric business. We are not in any other utilities so why be in the sewage? Let me tell you, just like I said that $80,000,000, what happened if the government stepped up another couple of years from now and said well now you have to do this to your system and it’s going to cost you $100,000,000 and that would get spread all amongst our McKeesport residents and your rates go up even more. What happens when you have a company like [22] American Water, that cost now gets spread across it’s 700,000 customers across the State of Pennsylvania. So, when a major cost has to come to the plant now because they own it you have people across the State that are going to help pay it. I know, that’s the easiest way, the Cliff Notes Version, of presenting but definitely there’s been frustrations but the billing thing, I didn’t realize how bad the billing situation was until after. I said what do you mean we are three months behind? There were people on rotations that were three months behind and, not to repeat, I think you got the idea but we don’t want someone coming in and saying now you owe four months. I will tell you what else about American Water, they have an assistance program you can look into to help those that are on fixed incomes. I forget the name of it, I am drawing a blank and I should know that. They do have an assistance program for those on fixed incomes and they will also set up payment plans and things if you need it. So, they are doing what they can. They want to be a good community partner here in the City of McKeesport and they are going to be one of the first ones, they are going to be one of the largest in the whole region at some point or another because we got ahead of this and we were one of the first to sell a large Authority like we did. But, I can tell you right now there are other major Authorities, even larger than ours, that are now saying why are we in this business with this liability. You are sitting underneath you have lines that over 100 years old and now when they have to go in and fix things like that it’s not going to be put just on McKeesport residents it will be spread. So, it’s a win-win in the long run for sure. President Dellapenna said thank you Mayor. President Dellapenna said last, we have Regis Mellinger. Regis Mellinger, 310 25th, McKeesport, PA 15132. One of the nicest things I ever hear is when you people say Rege we love the positivity you bring in the room. The excitement is second to none, to use a popular phrase and the Trail has had many exciting revitalizations this year alone. At the way beginning the Riverton Bridge area has blossomed into a sea of wildflowers where I saw many purples, many yellows and many whites and all along the other beginning of the Trail the Trail has been mowed down to the very ground for the first time in many years. You can see the pavilion, it’s very wonderful. Who can forget back in March when the whole Trail was clean in one day. Many thanks to the 30 people who came. I [23] am very proud to be at the center of those three significant Trail revitalizations but there is still so much work to be done and in 2019 I ask how can we take our Trail to the next level? Now a raised platform that’s one way to take it to the next level, fantastic idea, but I propose we add some pizazz to our Trail. Our Trail needs some pizazz. It’s not enough just to have a regular Trail, every town has a Trail these days. But how can we add some pizazz? To do so I would like to speak with the Union, whoever that maybe, one of the common questions we have is the Union going to be ok with that? What can the Trail Commission do to work together such and such. So, if there is some way we can open up a dialogue with the Union so we can find a nice clear pathway to do things the proper way to everybody because there are seeds of an art community in McKeesport. You now my friend on Shaw, a great guy, there’s seeds of an art community and all they need is a little bit of soil. The Joyful Bloomer said maybe they can help out with some flowers. There are some wonderful people, the Joyful Bloomers. But beyond the Joyful Bloomers we need to engage people in their 20’s and in their 30’s and in their 40’s. We need that energy in our Trail but we need to know how. If there’s a section of our laws somewhere in our Home Rule Charter book I would really like to read that because how to is the question I am really seeking, how can we do that. The family who originated the Trail they have done a fantastic job. They have probably accomplished more than I might ever. I think they are wonderful people. I remember the first time I bought them a box of chocolates for winning Mayor of the Year, that was really cool. From Dorothy’s Candies a 2 lb. box. I never forgot that day. But, I wonder in 2019 how can we make our Trail 5 stars? How about 10 stars? Why not, how can we make our Trail 11 stars? There’s so much that we can do but my biggest question is how? The Grants coming in are going to be really, really cool. We are looking at a wonderful future and a wonderful era. It’s very exciting to see one of the most beautiful assets we have, to see it change right before our very eyes each year. So, if we can, Steve, if we can somehow find a way to make Union work with, along side or something, that’s really cool. That’s all I really ask today is how. That would be really cool. Mayor I will probably give you a call sometime. Mayor Cherepko said thank you Mr. Regis. If I may I will tell you we have a wonderful working relationship with our Union. I can tell you they have been, in seven years, they are really good with volunteer projects, I just need to give them [24] a heads up. You know they don’t want to see somebody all of a sudden doing something that I didn’t give them a heads up. They have been wonderful. They understand we have volunteers because like I said I can’t be prouder of all the different volunteers we have, whether it’s the Trail Commission or all the different many other things, so we could definitely work something out. Mr. Mellinger said oh, that’s cool man, that’s cool and by the way, that Wrestling in the Park was a really awesome event, good job on the three count. Mayor Cherepko said if that’s the last one, if I may, I am going to make one comment. I know I updated on a lot of things and I don’t know if I am allowed to say this publicly but I am excited about it, it’s no secret that we are trying to do something special with the Penn McKee. When you talk about the Bike Trail and what it brings to the community no better place than that Bike Trail, maybe the elevated Trail and somewhere down around the Point in that area, and to maybe have the Penn McKee as a destination point as well which would start getting up into our downtown area as we bring it back, but the Young Preservationists of Pittsburgh who I have had the opportunity, this administration along with the help of Jason Togyer and Jennifer in the office and the many others, they have just, they have said that the Penn McKee is going to be their top priority project for 2019 and I think that means a lot. You don’t realize the amount of people throughout the Pittsburgh region that are reaching out for projects but we can make this Penn McKee thing happen and we have the McKees Point Development Corporation, its going to be a 501C(3) corporation to fundraise amongst other monies as well. When you talk about a building that means so much to people outside the City, older people inside the City, seniors outside, I think it’s a way, not only because of the historical significance of the Nixon and John F. Kennedy when they debated as first-term Congressmen and the Taft Hartley Act and 12 years later they run against each other for President, I think that is unbelievable to me and to so many. But also, what it means to people that spent time in that ballroom, the value that you put on bringing the Penn McKee back, it’s more than just businesses open up, maybe a Bed and Breakfast, who knows what comes into there, but it’s the putting it out there and giving people the impression that for those that think McKeesport is dying, we get this Penn McKee up and running and see this open again, people are going to realize man that City is on the move. So, I think it does, it has so much value and impact in that way just as much as it does [25] from an economic standpoint, but we are very excited to be partnering with the Pittsburgh Young Preservationists of Pittsburgh. I don’t know, Jennifer is giving me dirty looks so maybe I wasn’t supposed to say that but I’m extremely excited about it so there you go Mr. President. President Dellapenna said thank you Mayor. NEW BUSINESS: President Dellapenna asked Secretary James for New Business. President Dellapenna asked for a Motion to Amend the Agenda and Remove Bill 80. MOTION: Mrs. Nesbit moved, seconded by Mrs. Nesbit to “amend the Agenda and Remove Bill 80.” RC-3 YEAS: BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BARRY, NESBIT, BROWN, DELLAPENNA, SOLES, EVANS (7) NAYS: NONE (0) ORDINANCE NO. 18-019 – BILL #79 (Introduced by Mr. Evans) – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE #14-25 TO CORRECT THE ELIGIBILITY DATES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (DROP) TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS OF THE CITY. MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, seconded by Mrs. Brewster-Filotei, “to approve Bill #79.” RC-4 YEAS: BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BARRY, NESBIT, BROWN, DELLAPENNA, SOLES, EVANS (7) NAYS: NONE (0) RESOLUTION NO. 2018-059 – BILL #81 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 21 THROUGH OCTOBER 14, 2018, AS RADICAL DAYS IN THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT. MOTION: Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Soles, “to approve Bill #81.” [26] President Dellapenna asked for questions or discussion and Mayor Cherepko said I know I mentioned before and I am not going to go into details but the RADICAL Days in Renzie Park if anyone were to rent a regular pavilion between these times they would get it for free in Renzie. It does not include the blue top and it does not include the Main Pavilion but all the other pavilions. President Dellapenna said thank you Mayor. RC-5 YEAS: BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BARRY, NESBIT, BROWN, DELLAPENNA, SOLES, EVANS (7) NAYS: NONE (0) RESOLUTION NO. 2018-060 – BILL #82 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, REQUESTING A PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDG RANT OF UP TO $3,000,000 FROM TH COMMONEALTH FINANCING AUTHORITY TO BE USED FOR TRAIL MODIFICATIONS AND PARKING IMPROVEMNETS. MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, seconded by Mr. Barry, “to approve Bill #82.” President Dellapenna asked for questions or discussion and Mayor Cherepko said I am not going to, we’ve been talking in our Work Session and we now put those Minutes on line as well so that I don’t have to continue to repeat myself now that we do everything in one night. So, those that are reading our Minutes on line refer back to the Work Session and you can see just how beneficial this $3,000,000 could be. No, never mind, this is a different one, I apologize, my mind is going a million miles an hour. This is a whole different fund of money. This was not the $2.9 we applied for a DCED and PENNDOT, the Grant we got was PENNDOT and I talked about that in my Mayor’s Report. Disregard this. This is just more funding to make sure we are able to as Regis said even do maybe more things to the Trail and also make sure that Parking Garage is up and running. President Dellapenna said thank you Mayor. RC-6 YEAS: BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BARRY, NESBIT, BROWN, DELLAPENNA, SOLES, EVANS (7) NAYS: NONE (0) [27] RESOLUTION NO. 2018-061 – BILL #83 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOR A CITY POLICE OFICER TO PROVIDE SECURITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. MOTION: Mr. Barry moved, seconded by Mr. Evans, “to approve Bill #83.” President Dellapenna asked for questions or discussion and Mayor Cherepko said this is just an update to the contract. We’ve had police at the High School and this is just to update it. The other one expired. President Dellapenna said thank you Mayor. RC-7 YEAS: BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BARRY, NESBIT, BROWN, DELLAPENNA, SOLES, EVANS (7) NAYS: NONE (0) ADJOURNMENT: President of Council Dellapenna said that concludes the Council meeting Wednesday, October 3, 2018. I’d like to thank everyone for coming and congratulate everyone who won the Awards. The meeting then adjourned at 8:19 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Annette James City Clerk and Clerk of Council APPROVED: Richard Dellapenna President of Council das [28]