City Council

CITY OF MCKEESPORT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY 7:00 P.M. JULY 2, 2019 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 Vice President of Council Jamie Brewster-Filotei. Prayer was led by Boniface Igba. The following Members of Council were present: RC-1 PRESENT: LUETHEL NESBIT, BRIAN EVANS, KEITH SOLES, JAMIE BREWSTER-FILOTEI, TIMOTHY BROWN ABSENT: RICHARD DELLAPENNA, JIM BARRY APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION: Mr. Soles moved, seconded by Mrs. Nesbit, “to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 4, 2019.” COMMUNICATIONS: Received both the Fire Department and Police Department Reports for the month of June 2019. MAYOR’S REPORT: Vice President Brewster-Filotei asked for the Mayor’s Report. Mayor Cherepko said thank you, Madame Vice President. I will probably not be brief tonight. We do have our wonderful, quarterly, the privilege that I have to present some awards this evening as part of my Mayor’s Report which I know take some time. I do want to go over a few things just to update, some updates, if I get repetitive, I do apologize. You know, when you are at so many different places talking about the things that are going on throughout the City many times throughout the month you forget where you are and when you say what and what you are saying. But on your Agenda tonight I know you have seen a development opportunity on East Fifth Avenue. We know that’s a corridor that has been coming along as well. In addition to that we are excited with this finally [1] coming to fruition hopefully publicly we can talk about this in more detail shortly. We can’t forget about RIDC. If you go across your Duquesne Bridge, McKeesport- Duquesne Bridge please don’t hesitate to look down and see all the activity that goes on that particular part of the mill site. That particular part of the mill site was a site that many thought was undesirable, thought it was very, going to be difficult to market and very unlikely to get a business of any sort in there. We have, with the announcement of Rivers Materials, 50+ jobs that will come into that site. In addition to two or three other companies that are going to come in as either part of the deal or not necessarily I shouldn’t say part of the deal but kind of like affiliated with that industry and some others that just want that location because they see it feasible and they’ve had a partnership prior with the owners of the company and that was not something that happened overnight, that was a year long process to get them in. I see Gina here from Pure Penn. Pure Penn, once again, we were successful of one of twelve across the whole state of Pennsylvania to get that manufacturing facility. Pure Penn is now as much as doubling their operations. That is safe to say I think for the most part and which means they are going to be increasing the jobs at Pure Penn as well. Consolidated Energy moved in and they redid a lease and they are going to be here. They deal with nuclear power, things like that in the mill site. They will be here for quite some time. In addition to you know you have had the investments in the past of Duquesne Light and Peoples. To be honest, and it’s something that many of us don’t know we got RIDC to move a little bit when they put the sign up on Center Street and now you can see the spaces to put the businesses underneath it and they haven’t gotten that far yet. American Textiles has expanded over into the site as well. Right now, as we look at RIDC the only empty building is the Echo Star Building and there’s a very good chance that at least half of that is going to be leased out very shortly. With Durabond coming right behind us back into U.S. Steel with that industry things are going pretty well in RIDC as well. We have some people interested in some of the vacant land because that’s where you are at now with the exception of the one building and then the other building that’s really not a building but just has a roof. So, we are excited with some of the things generating down there. Tri-Wire has just come in and they are looking for 60-70 employees. We’ve been saying this for a few months now so the number might not be 60 or 70 because they have [2] probably filled some of those positions but they are on Peebles Lane. We are excited to have them in town and the development opportunities throughout that entire area where Vegely Welding will be relocating his entire operations and our Redevelopment Authority is in the process of acquiring all of the vacant property that they can on Walnut Street from Ninth Street to Thirteenth Street for these potential development opportunities. It makes it a lot easier when a business says I need land and we already have it in our possession so we are working right now and the Redevelopment Authority is looking to do that. West Fifth Avenue, of course, with O’Reilly’s coming in and just recently the light is still not working but you can see it’s up. With that traffic signal that has been in the works for a few years now at the 48 and Walnut Street Corridor that is going to be an absolute critical component when it comes to development in that particular area, especially because of traffic flow alone. You are much more likely to see the cars come down at the end of 48 once that traffic signal is there when they are coming from White Oak because of how difficult it is to make that left- hand turn onto 48 which will also help the development across the street. Some asked why is there a guardrail across the street and the reason for that is because that particular developer who is partnering with the City and working with the City has not come into compliance with street opening permits that’s required by the State but they are not far off. The signal itself will be able to be added very quickly when all of the criteria is met and we can get traffic flow in and out of that complex as well. The downtown area, you know we had on Saturday, we had a two hour discussion in regard to the Penn McKee and some of the things happening in the downtown area and I do thank the Board of McKees Point Development Corporation for everything they are doing in regard to that. We have a concert Friday in regard to that, hosted by that particular group and that concert will be at Gergely Riverfront Park. This will be third one now where it’s been pretty successful of getting different people into that area that listen to music, to hand out, to socialize and to enjoy a wonderful evening in a part of McKeesport that some of them may have never really been to as far as enjoyment. They may have never benefited from the tremendous asset of the marina but with us completing the amphitheater with the CD money that was allocated for the new fishing pier in that area as well it’s nice to be seeing that being utilized. [3] In the Penn McKee area, we are excited that roughly a hundred yards up the street across from Natale’s we are moving along on that project. You are going to see a new building built, first time, as far as the downtown area that you have had new construction in quite some time. We are excited about the opportunities that brings. In addition to the business right across from the Palisades when you talk about the possibility of a micro-brewery coming to that area for those that are not familiar with micro-breweries, they really become a destination point. When you talk about a destination point and bringing people into the City from the outside, these are the types of establishments that will bring people in and also open up potential of really having large events down there, you know, like we have at Renzie for the Summer Concert Series, but to really bring large groups down there to enjoy themselves in the evening. I believe that the company that may be interested is actually going to be at our event on Friday. Is that correct Jennifer? So, they may be there at the event on Friday as well with some of their product. In addition to that, of course, we have what’s happening across the street at the Tube City Center and the opportunities that come in there, our most recent ones, the New Century Careers. So, if you have anyone that is interested in being trained to be a machinist, you talk about a career you talk about a life changer, we talk about opportunities we will continue to try to bring these types of entities into the City. They are looking for individuals to register. They will get their first 120 hours of training right here in the McKeesport facility for now. Some day we hope to grow that to be even a more permanent one and then there’s opportunities in there to be relocated for more in-depth training at their South Side facility. We talked about the Peoples Building and the potential there with potential tenants already taking up two floors. I will tell you that just today I had a conversation with the owner of the Murphy’s Building and it seems like he is moving forward with some plans in that building. That building is literally just a few buildings down from the People’s Building. So, when you talk about the area in the downtown and you talk about transformation, you talk about McKeesport Rising, it’s an area that many people have written off a long time ago. It’s an area that even yours truly wouldn’t have seen it moving as quickly as we now see it moving. [4] In addition to the downtown and the things that are going on, we have also applied, it was due July 1st for NPP Funding through DCED, Department of Economic Development in the State of Pennsylvania where we were honored to have Jonna Pro, the Regional Director on a few different occasions, the Deputy Director and in addition to that the Secretary of DCED himself, Dennis Davin, where we took him on a three hour tour through our City and we applied for what would total to be about $450,000 a year for six years in funding to really do some things in this downtown area. Demolition is just part of it. For example, the block across from City hall and the potential of eliminating that entire block. What’s really nice about that block is that it is also on Lysle Boulevard property which is 125 yards from the Daily News and Tube City Center and 70 yards from the parking garage which we are also renovating. That $2.9 million dollar funding is separate we are very grateful to get that thanks to our State officials for their exhaustive efforts and I know that project was one in particular that Senator Brewster had for quite some time which will help our Trail go down around our Point which we envisioned it here for years and also update that parking garage. But, in addition, that block across from City hall is literally right across the street from our transportation center which had 3-4 million dollars put into it and they are now starting Phase 2 as well. So, you could almost see to an extent the downtown area really almost becoming like the perfect storm, so to say, to where things are starting to line up and I would be remiss if I didn’t once again thank our State officials for the help they give with the funding end of things, but the exhaustive efforts of Mr. Maglicco to my side and Mr. Tedesco and the administration and what they are doing to really help make this all a reality. We are excited with the downtown area. We are excited with the development all around. We will continue, your demolitions that are happening. You might see the paving going on. I know Steve is extremely busy with all the paving projects. We are also lining up to contract out a few through CD which will address some of the ones, the Library, past the new Library, Bailey, Union, we just did Grover, we are going to be doing Peebles Lane, just off the top. In addition to the larger ones you saw work on Grandview, you saw work on Versailles Avenue, Union, the lower part of Union from Versailles Avenue down to Shaw, looks great. We also eliminated the vacant houses on that street and I can’t thank Council enough for your efforts of [5] carrying out this mission of what we are doing to really make McKeesport a better place to live. But, with roughly 400 homes between when these are finished and when we started over the last two year period or whatever, you know 400 homes roughly is a lot of homes to take down in addition to some of the commercial buildings as well that are prime for development. We are doing what we can with what we have and it’s been some creative you know strategies that are really you know it’s one of those things that sometimes you don’t see it overnight but I think it’s important to remember that you need to crawl before you walk and walk before you run and it’s not just a McKeesport thing, it’s a Mon Valley thing. You know we are in this together and we are without question, there’s a lot of good things happening. Some of the events, I do wish everyone a safe and happy 4th here in two days. The concert series on the 4th of July there will be a few concerts as well over the park if you have a chance to swing by in addition to the Sunday evening fireworks will be roughly 9:30 pm give or take, we kind of keep an eye on the sky, Thursday, what did I say, the fireworks Thursday for the 4th will be roughly 9:30 p.m. , we typically, you know if it’s a cloudy day we may be able to start if it’s dark enough it pretty much all depends but it will be somewhere in that particular time. Our Police Department, Chief Alfer and his Department, along with Assistant Chief will make sure that without question we are safe out there and the flow of traffic getting in and out of there we try to do what we can to make it as efficiently as possible, especially when the fireworks ends so hopefully we can get out there on the intersections with the traffic signals by Giant Eagle, traffic signal at the end of Hartman and East Fifth Avenue as well to continue to make sure we can get home safely and quickly as everyone leaves the park. With that being said I am going into our quarterly awards. This is without question one of the things I truly look forward to as your Mayor. When you have the opportunity to have people and individuals recommended from others throughout the community, people that when you talk about Living our Message of Respect, Love, Dignity and Hope, these are individuals that try to live that Message each and every day. They inspire without question and when you talk about that Message and you really sit and think about it it’s a Message if everyone truly lived by that Message, how wonderful would our world be. Not that we take for granted that we live on the greatest planet, the greatest Country in this [6] planet, but without question if you talk about if everyone lived by these four principals, it would be absolutely unbelievable. So, for those that do, we really look forward to acknowledging them on a quarterly basis and I what I really like about these are all we seem to go from the youngest to the youngest to those that are a few years older than me, and I am getting there as well, and everyone in the middle. So, with that being said I am going to start with these awards. The first one we are going to talk about is the message, Living the Message of Hope and for those that maybe had the opportunity of riding across the Jerome Street Bridge and looking up to the left and seeing that unbelievable celebrity that we have here in town on the sign and without question not a stranger to our community by any means, this award goes to Gladys Hunt-Mason. WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, Gladys Hunt-Mason is a McKeesport resident who is sharing a message of Hope with breast cancer patients by sharing her own survivor story through a billboard promoting the Allegheny County Breast Consortium; and WHEREAS, Gladys believes that God often puts her in a position to help and inspire others and that this billboard is a calling, just as her career as WTAE TV Producer led her through many comforting discussions with fellow survivors; and WHEREAS, Gladys’ work with the Allegheny County Breast Cancer Consortium is just one more item in her extensive lists of community programs to which she has dedicated her time, including the McKeesport Area Ministerium, International Village, Peters Foundation, Salvation Army, McKeesport Community Fund, McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center, and McKeesport College Club, just to name a few. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Gladys Hunt- Mason as the Living the Message awardee for Hope. Mayor Cherepko said our next award goes to an individual that, it’s no secret that in today’s society being a youth, being a young adult is probably as challenging as it has ever been and when you talk about living in a world faced with peer pressures, and you talk about living in a world where without any question whatsoever the right choice is not always the popular choice, we look for opportunities to acknowledge individuals that really try to make those right choices and lead by example, show true leadership. A part of our Youth Cast Program, which is a program that came in under our administration a few years [7] ago, Tina Fitzpatrick, Harold Allen is here as well, and to see these youth really take part in leadership and being involved in our community it means a lot, it means a lot not just to the City but it means a lot I think to their peers as they look at them and hopefully learn from them. So, this award is going to Nya O’Neal WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, Nya O’Neal, now a McKeesport area high school sophomore serves as a remarkable role model for students in maintain self-respect while transitioning from Middle School to High School and participating in Youth Cast Leadership Network and peer guiding initiatives that build self-esteem and skills; and WHEREAS, Nya studies hard and rehearses often, dividing her time between schoolwork and the High School Choir, as well as Choir and Mime Group at St. Paul AME Church in McKeesport and Brown Chapel AME in Pittsburgh’s North Side; and WHEREAS, Nya has found a new creative outlet in the McKeesport Media Oasis in Tube City’s Writer’s Programs through Point Park University Center for Media Innovation at the McKeesport’s Tube City Center sharing her emotions, thoughts and visions for her community through creative writing and media production. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Nya O’Neal as the Living the Message awardee for Respect. Mayor Cherepko said Mr. Aaron Johnson as well has been part of the Youth Cast Program pretty much from the beginning and I apologize for missing Aaron earlier. Thank you, Aaron, for all that you do. The next gentleman is a guy you see around town and he’s a guy that seems to just always have a smile on his face. When you talk about someone that no matter what story it is that you take a minute or two that he shares with you it’s always some sort of encouragement and you can just see the true excitement and enthusiasm and with this particular award, the Love, that he demonstrates. So, this next award for Love is going to Jeffrey Blackwell. WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, Jeffrey Blackwell is a lifelong McKeesportor who has spent the past 42 years in the City’s cultural and educational sector, our Library district, and has always been committed to maintaining friendships with those around him; and [8]  WHEREAS, Jeffrey’s demeanor and personality truly define the roles he assumes as a loving husband, father, and neighbor through his daily acts of kindness, whether it’s a simple hello on the street, sharing vegetables from his home garden, or cutting grass and landscaping for those that can’t do it themselves; and WHEREAS, despite a glaucoma diagnosis in recent years, Jeffrey has not slowed his pace when it comes to helping others, he puts his community first and he loves what he does. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Jeffrey K. Blackwell as the Living the Message awardee for Love. Mayor Cherepko said our final one for this evening is another one, when you go through these awardees, without question, no stranger to the City of McKeesport, and I had the distinct privilege of presenting her with a Proclamation not too long ago, with a scholarship opportunity that she and her family have started and I tell you what I said it back then and I’ll say it again, I told Danielle, you know please just hold back and someday she’s probably going to be sitting in my very chair and I said please wait until I’m done before you decide to run for Mayor. But, she’s an absolute inspiration, just a class act, and I can’t say enough, when we talk about Dignity, without question she exemplifies just what that means. So, at this time I am going to read the Proclamation and the awardee for Dignity which is Danielle List. WHEREAS, the McKeesport Message Committee uplifts the values of Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love through community programming and other efforts; and WHEREAS, McKeesport Area High School Senior Danielle List and her family developed the Dee-Termination Scholarship to give back to special needs community that has supported Danielle in her diagnosis with CDG; and WHEREAS, the scholarship is open to any McKeesport Area Senior pursuing post- secondary education at a University, college or trade school and has ties to the special need’s community, whether it is through his or her own diagnosis, a sibling’s diagnosis, or volunteer work with special needs organizations; and WHEREAS, Danielle herself has a long history of service and raising funds and awareness for special needs organizations including Variety Children’s Charity of Pittsburgh, the Special Olympics and her own Team Dee-Termination. NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the City of McKeesport, I do hereby honor Danielle List as the Living the Message awardee for Dignity. Well Madam Vice President, that concludes my Report. [9] Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei said thank you Mr. Mayor. CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE: Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei said now it’s time for Citizens in the Audience and we do have somebody signed up today. Regis Mellinger remember you have three minutes to speak. Please approach the podium and state your full name and your address please. Regis Mellinger, 310 25th Street. Thank you, good to see you again. So, I want to begin with a story of a cool thing we do on the Trail. A few months ago, we had that big Trail clean up. That was a fantastic day and I started with the 15th Street Bridge and went underneath it and just added some primer to it. There were some things written but no longer so just added some primer and then I went up to the Riverton Bridge and I met up with a bunch of really cool people from the Steel Valley Trail Council. We cleared the whole place but most importantly we cleared those two platforms. They must have been old barge parking spots, I don’t know what they were but now they are beautiful, beautiful platforms to take a look at the rivers on and then after that was all done I went back to the 15th Street Bridge and just added some pizazz to it. I didn’t know what I was going to add but I just decided to add some things, a smiley face, McKeesport written somewhere, and it was fun, it was a good time, just letting some creativity flow. So, two weeks later I go back to the 15th Street Bridge and it looks nice, nobody had written anything new on it, I was very happy about that and I went up to the Riverton Bridge area, decided to check that out, and I went to the platforms of course to chill out for a minute and I noticed there was some white paint dripped all over the place and I’m like oh, that’s new, and I didn’t put that there. So, I looked over the edge of the platform and in big letters was written H-O and I though HO would do that? Thank you very much. I didn’t know who would write that and I looked around the corner and it was O-F and I don’t know who would have ever did that but I was like somebody wrote on this platform that we just cleaned up but I wasn’t really made about it, not at all, cause whoever he is taught me something. Who showed me a place where boaters would really enjoy to see a nice picture? I didn’t know it was there yet. He showed me something that boaters would like to see would be a secret work of art. So, in the many places we do see spray paint around town like the Penn McKee or even Turner’s but recently condemned unfortunately, it’s a battle but it’s a battle that can be won. Continuing on our path we are probably going to get very similar results but [10] to today I propose a strategy to combat the graffiti. I propose making a quick easy legal pathway for public art to be displayed, almost a new branch of the McKeesport government of some sort, a McKeesport Arts Commission or a Public Viewing Commission, whatever you want to call it, because the only way to beat the graffiti is to bring some of them artists onto our side. Some of them are really fine people. They draw graffiti because it’s kind of instinctual. Ever since people lived in the caves the people want to write something on a wall. The McKeesport Art Commission I propose a panel of like three judges, maybe like American Idol style. Step One would be certifying the artists to make sure they are ok. They could put something up to make it look nice and Step Two would be finding locations and permissions and the more you look around town the more flat surfaces you see that for a very low price could just add a little bit of pizzazz around town. The more you look the more you’ll see and Step Three would just be making it happen, sign, seal and deliver, stamp it ok. I believe it can be really easy but it just needs to be written into law. So, let’s talk about the benefits of it. Most importantly it would brighten the moods around town. Now McKeesport, we have a reputation for sometimes tough things happen. So, if we could have more all over the place, ways that brighten people’s moods and take their minds off things, that could be really beneficial for the town. It will show we are capable of higher mentalities. If you think about all the societies around from millions of years and all the societies we have had of humans, the only ones we remember are the ones who produced some kind of art, whether it would be statues, whatever, from the Greeks making their thing to the Chinese, everybody. The only societies we remember are the ones who make art and people love it. Like micro-brew people. If we can have one of those come to town, they are all about that art stuff and it’s really cheap as I mentioned earlier compared to other fixings. We are very excited to have every demolition come down but it might take $10,000 to demolish one thing. But, if we set a cap of $100 just to buy materials, which is kind of expensive, but if we set a cap of $100 per artwork then you could make a hundred different things to put around town with the same price of $10,000 and every new demolition opportunity, every new demolition is an opportunity for a picnic table and some form of a display just so people can enjoy themselves, maybe even a volleyball court. Art, another benefit, it will bring comfort to newcomers and prospective investors that we want to come around town. It could be one way of lowering people’s defenses of the [11] reputation that they’ve heard before hand if we give them something to look at on our finest attractions such as the river or such as even the Trail, the more art we have the more people will think maybe this is a place I can start a business here, it’s really cool, fresh stuff, and last but not least, the legal pathway will defeat graffiti. The artists will probably join our side. We will give them more time to do a good job. They won’t want to draw a stupid name anywhere when they can maybe make a nice landscape and then when we defeat the graffiti, we have a much nicer looking town all over the place. So, I propose a McKeesport Art Commission and that’s my three minutes. Thank you very much for your time, good to see you again! Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei said thank you Mr. Mellinger. Solicitor Elash said before we go to New Business, a couple housekeeping things, I think we had a Motion on the floor to approve the Minutes and we never took the roll call, we need to take the roll call vote on that. RC-2 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) Solicitor Elash said now we need a Motion to Amend the Agenda to Remove Bills 43 and 45 and Add New Bill 45. Motion made by Mrs. Nesbit, seconded by Mr. Evans. RC-3 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) Solicitor Elash said now we can start with New Business. NEW BUSINESS: Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for Bill 35 which Secretary James read. ORDINANCE NO. 19-007 – BILL #35 (INTRODUCED BY MR. SOLES) – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY CURRENTLY KNOWN AS TULIP DRIVE (BETWEEN EDEN PARK BOULEVARD AND ARBORETUM DRIVE) TO JIMMY BEAUMONT BOULEVARD. [12] MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, seconded by Mr. Soles “to approve Bill #35.” President Dellapenna asked for questions or comments and there were none. RC-4 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) ORDINANCE NO. 19-008 – BILL #36 (INTRODUCED BY MR. BROWN) – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 83-99, 88-4, 06-20, AND 09-17 TO COMPLETELY REPLACE ARTICLE 901 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT ENTITLED STREET OPENINGS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUING OF STREET OPENING PERMITS, THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE RESTORATION OF SAID OPENINGS, THE FEES AND COST FOR SAME, AND THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THESE PROVISIONS. MOTION: Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Soles “to approve Bill #36.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-5 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) ORDINANCE NO. 19-009 – BILL #37 (INTRODUCED BY MRS. NESBIT) – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, VACATING A PORTION OF GLEDITSCH ALLEY, A 20’ PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AS LOCATED IN THE 8TH WARD OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, CONTAINING AN AREA OF 5,140.0 SQUARE FEET MORE OR LESS. MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, seconded by Mr. Evans “to approve Bill #37.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-6 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) [13] ORDINANCE NO. 19-010 – BILL #38 (INTRODUCED BY MR. EVANS) – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 14-25, AS AMENDED, TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES PENSION, ANNUITY, INSURANCE AND BENEFIT FUND OR FUNDS, TO REFLECT CHANGES RESULTING FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. MOTION: Mr. Soles moved, seconded by Mrs. Nesbit “to approve Bill #38.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-7 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) ORDINANCE NO. 19-011 – BILL #39 (INTRODUCED BY MR. SOLES) – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13-15, AS AMENDED, TO AMEND THE POLICE PENSION, ANNUITY, INSURANCE AND BENEFIT FUND OR FUNDS, TO REFLECT CHANGES RESULTING FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, seconded by Mrs. Nesbit “to approve Bill #39.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-8 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) RESOLUTION NO. 2019-029 – BILL #40 (INTRODUCED BY MR. EVANS) – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 19 THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2019, AS RADICAL DAYS IN THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT. MOTION: Mr. Soles moved, seconded by Mr. Evans “to approve Bill #40.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. [14] RC-9 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) RESOLUTION NO. 2019-032 – BILL #41 (INTRODUCED BY MRS. NESBIT) – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MCKEESPORT HOUSING CORPORATION. MOTION: Mrs. Nesbit moved, seconded by Mr. Brown “to approve Bill #41.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-10 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) ABSTAIN: SOLES (sits on Board of McKeesport Housing Corporation)(1) NAYS: NONE (0) RESOLUTION NO. 2019-033 – BILL #42 (INTRODUCED BY MR. EVANS) – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DAVID COLLURA FOR WILDLIFE REMOVAL SERVICES. MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, seconded by Mr. Soles “to approve Bill #42.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-11 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) Secretary James said Bill No. 43 was removed. RESOLUTION NO. 2019-035 – BILL #44 (INTRODUCED BY MR. BROWN) – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, APPROVING A REVERSE SUBDIVISION REQUEST FROM J&K VIKING LOUNGE, INC., 3413 VERSAILLES AVENUE, MCKEESPORT, TO COMBINE TWO (2) LOTS, (381-D-112 AND 381-D-106) INTO ONE. THE PROPERTY EXISTS IN A C-4 ZONING DISTRICT. [15] MOTION: Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mrs. Nesbit “to approve Bill #44.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-12 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) RESOLUTION NO. 2019-036 – BILL #45 (INTRODUCED BY MR. EVANS) – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, APPROVING BOTH A CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A FUELING/RECHARGING STATION IN A C-3 ZONING DISTRICT AND A REVERSER SUBDIVISION REQUEST FROM MORRIS KNOWLES & ASSOCIATES, INC., 443 ATHENA DRIVE, DELMONT, PA, TO COMBINE TWELVE (12) LOTS (379-S- 338, 379-S-346, 379-S-358, 380-D-168, 380-D-170, 380-D-173, 380-D-174, 380-D- 181, 380-D-196, 380-D-207, 380-D-208, AND 380-D-209) INTO ONE. THE PROPERTY EXISTS IN A C-3 ZONING DISTRICT. MOTION: Mr. Soles moved, seconded by Mr. Brown “to approve Bill #45.” Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei asked for discussion and there was none. RC-13 YEAS: NESBIT, EVANS, SOLES, BREWSTER-FILOTEI, BROWN (5) NAYS: NONE (0) Mayor Cherepko said Madam Vice President if I could have just one minute and we are out of here, I forgot to mention in my report, with us this evening, I kind of mentioned his name but didn’t mention that he came in his official capacity, from the time that Chief Alfer was appointed our Chief a few months back in February, he’s turned to Chip Olinsky as his right-hand man from day one when he got in there. Chipper who holds the position our Traffic Inspector has really been right on the side of Chief Alfer throughout the last several months. So, he’s been his go-to guy, he’s been his filling the capacity of an Assistant Chief, filling that role, and then tonight through personnel he was officially given the promotion of [16] Assistant Chief. So, Chipper if you want to just say hi and let everyone, I think everyone knows your face, you’ve been around for 20 years, but if not, I just want to officially on public congratulate Chief, Assistant Chief Chip Olinsky, without question a tremendous asset to this Department and I know that the Chief needs you there by his side as you’ve been there and congratulations and I know you will represent us well. Thank you, I won’t let anyone down. Thank you! ADJOURNMENT: Vice President of Council Brewster-Filotei said thank you for coming tonight. That concludes tonight’s meeting. The meeting then adjourned at 7:59 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Annette James City Clerk and Clerk of Council APPROVED: Jamie Brewster-Filotei Vice President of Council das [17]