Council of the Municipality of Murrysville

THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 The Council of the Municipality of Murrysville held a Regular Voting Meeting on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building. Present at the meeting were Council members Dayne Dice, Jamie Lee Korns, Jason Lemak, Jamie Lingg, Mac McKenna, Tony Spadaro, Carl Stepanovich, and Mayor Synan. Also, present were Chief Administrator, Michael Nestico, Director of Community Development, Jim Morrison, and Solicitor, Wes Long. REGULAR VOTING MEETING AGENDA ROLL CALL/VOTING ORDER: Mac McKenna, Carl Stepanovich, Jamie Lingg, Jason Lemak, Jamie Lee Korns, Dayne Dice, Tony Spadaro, and Mayor Synan. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council President, Dayne Dice led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. UNISTED AMENDMENTS: Mr. Nestico stated that there was one amendment to the agenda which was the oil and gas lease ordinance at Duff Park. He will update the parcel numbers when they get to number 13.A. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS: 4.A. Approval of November 15, 2023, Council Meeting Minutes. Dr. Lee Korns made a motion to approve the November 15th Minutes. Mr. McKenna seconded. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. MAYOR’S COMMENTS: Mayor Synan made the following announcements: Saturday, December 9th is the last curbside leaf and yard waste collection by Republic Services for this year. You must schedule a pick-up on the Curbside Leaf Collection Program Form on the Municipal website at www.murrysville.com under About Us and select Forms, Permits, & Maps. There is a 20-bag limit. The deadline to sign up is the Thursday before the pick-up date. Duff Park Bridge Closures. Please be advised that the pedestrian bridges located in Duff Park will be closed tentatively from November 20th until January 1st for repairs. Please don’t go near them – stay away from them. If you have any questions, please call the Municipal Engineering Department at 724-327-2100 ext. 114. Murrysville Recreation’s Hot Chocolate Hike will be Saturday, December 16th at the Tomer Reserve at 10:00 a.m. Join the Recreation Department for some fun 2–3-mile hikes over the winter! These are wooded hikes with some slopes, and many require stepping over fallen trees. Finish the hike with a cup of hot chocolate. Contact www.murrysvilleparecreation.com or 724-327-2100 ext. 131. Reading of “The Polar Express” and “A Visit from St. Nicholas” will be Friday, December 8th at 7 p.m. and Saturday, December 9th at 9 p.m. at the Murrysville Community Center. Registration is still open. Sponsored by the Murrysville Community Library and Murrysville Recreation Department. vmp -1- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 He is very proud to announce that The Franklin Regional High School Marching Bank is in Hawaii for the Pearl Harbor Parade on Thursday, December 7th. The parade begins at 4:00 p.m. Hawaii time or 9:00 p.m. EST. The Rotary is very active in the community. On a sad note, Rotary lost two long-time members this past week, Jim Walko and Pat Shaffer. Jim joined the Murrysville-Export Rotary in 1959. Pat joined as soon as women were permitted to join. But since her husband had been an active member long before that, she had been active all those years also. As a community, we mourn the loss of these two outstanding members of our community. Rest in peace and thank you. CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR’S COMMENTS: None COMMUNITY INPUT: Mr. Dice stated that residents can speak about whatever they like as long as it is three minutes or less. Ron Wolfe, 3644 Forbes Trail Drive: He is here again to talk about the sewer line on Haymaker Run that has been collapsing for years. They are getting just half patchwork done and supposedly going to reline the terracotta line. Other municipalities have been applying for infrastructure money, getting it and doing their repairs. FTMSA hasn’t applied for a dime of infrastructure money. He would like FTMSA to come here to a meeting and show the filming they did with their cameras and show the people how bad it is. Steve Parker, 4100 Manor Oaks Court: He is an angry parent who enjoys the outdoors and is determined to safeguard the safety of his children when they go to Murrysville Community Park and to Duff Park, which are both beautiful places. You are talking about putting children’s safety, health and anyone who goes to the park to enjoy the outdoors at the likelihood of toxic chemicals. He pays a good amount of taxes here to the local government. All of you have sworn to have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment. That is what he expects as a citizen, a parent, and a taxpayer. When he enjoys these parks, he goes there because they are set aside for the purpose of families to enjoy nature – undisturbed nature. They are not set aside for commercial purposes or industrial use. Look at all the plaques and benches put in the parks dedicated to loved ones and to the parks. Do you think the people that made those dedications would be very pleased to know those parks are no longer set aside as parks, that underneath the surface are toxic chemicals and seismic activity? Darlene Leslie, 3025 Pleasant Valley Road: She has lived in Murrysville for over 40 years and is a board member of Protect PT for 8 years. She grew up in an agricultural area and moved to Murrysville because of their great schools and parks. They have friends in a non-profit organization called Earthworks and had been surveying leaking gas sites in Allegheny and parts of Westmoreland County. Reports were sent to the DEP. This was a time when Allegheny County was voting on whether to have fracking in and around their parks. The information they sent them was instrumental on their vote to just say no. If you allow fracking around our parks, are you going to monitor the air quality within those parks? Are you going to monitor the air at those fracking sites? Or are you going to let the fox monitor the henhouse? Do you know how many abandoned wells we have in our community? Portions of our parks were donated by very generous citizens. We don’t need the money from fracking. Listen to your citizens who voted you in. Just say no. April Bellisario, 4712 Cooper Lane: She has a 6-year-old son who just started kindergarten and they utilize Murrysville Community Park all the time. He plays soccer for MASA which is held at MCP during the spring and the fall. You are asking us to expose our kids to the fracking and chemicals that we don’t even know the vmp -2- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 repercussions of. Is she supposed to take her son out of sports as opposed to exposing him to these toxins? She doesn’t want to have to make that choice. That’s why she is here this evening asking Council to vote no on this. David Mintz (speaking on behalf 0f his sister Karen Kozuch, 280 Jefferson Street): She is writing on behalf of her husband and herself as being residents of Murrysville for 22 years. They are the parents of 7 children raised in Murrysville and grandparents of 2 very young children living in Murrysville. It is their hope and prayer that these 2 young children will be able to grow up healthy and strong in our beautiful suburban community so blessed with green and uncontaminated surroundings. It is also our hope that many of our 7 children will choose to make their family homes in this community. She cannot advise them to do that at this time due to her research in the destructive powers of fracking in addition to the legal concerns. Please consider the light and air pollution and the documented land and water pollution that the tax paying citizens will be forced to endure. If fracking takes place in Murrysville, she will be forced to warn her children away from Murrysville due to the health concerns from fracking plus the financial problems that will come with the lowering of property values from the fracking right under our feet. Meredith Juchniewicz, 4715 Logan Ferry Road: At the last meeting she spoke about how important the parks were to her family, especially her children. Since then she had the opportunity to go out and talk to other Murrysville residents and receive signatures on a petition. She was blown away by the position responses received by people who also opposed fracking. Nearly every single person immediately signed their petition. Despite the short amount of the they had, they gathered almost 200 signatures of concerned residents. People that are worried about the health and safety of our children. People that worried about ruining our natural resources and feel that this process has been rushed. There is a lot more that needs to be understood about this before rushing into a decision. You should have a public hearing and hear from the experts and be informed about all the risks here. There are cleaner ways to raise money for our parks if money is a concern. There is a big difference between what private property owners decide to do and the risk they decide to take on for their land and what we do and choose to do with our public lands, especially lands that have been designated for recreation. At least hold off on a vote tonight. At least have a public hearing. At least get some non-bias experts in here and help understand an action plan on how we are going to prevent, monitor, or mitigate damage to our parks. Laura Vincenti, 127 Ridge Lane: She said it was alarming in collecting signatures for the petition that people had no idea this was going on – that fracking was going to happen under the parks. This has been rushed along. In 2014 Murrysville Council voted not to lease Murrysville Community Park to Olympus for fracking. Council at that time expressed great concern about safety. Council at that time took 15 months to research, to consider and seek public input. Don’t community members deserve a much longer length of time than a few weeks to decide what is going to happen on their behalf? Also in 2014, more than 430 petition signatures were gathered and presented to Council. Consider those signatures and the 200 signatures today as a demonstration of the community opinion. Please vote no tonight. Let’s take some time and research. Thomas A. Pike, 4703 Stewart Court: He has been a resident for over 35 years and has served on the Parks & Recreation Commission. The past several speakers have said pretty much what he has wanted to say. He has a petition with 174 signatures gathered by Murrysville residents and signed by Murrysville residents. Murrysville currently seems to be in a rush to permit fracking in our parks. The previous administration took 15 months of public meetings and planning before deciding not to lease the park land. vmp -3- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 There is always a price to pay for rushing. Rushing through causes errors and inaccuracies. The administration is aware that all monies generated from these leases is required to be used in their respective parks, but he has not found any information detailing how the money will be spent. He attended the last meeting of the current Parks & Recreation Commission to see if they were informed of the sizable amount of money coming into the parks and if they have revised the park plan of projects and no, they were not informed and there was no plan associated with the monies coming in. His advice is that Murrysville step back and examine their process, that enough time is given to do proper title searches and perform their due diligence before issuing new gas leases, then go back and review the leases that have already been granted and verify their accuracy. David King, 5112 Hemlock Lane: He is a frequent user of Murrysville parks and is here to oppose the fracking proposal. He is not opposed to fossil fuel use or extraction, but it should not be done in parks. Duff Park contains a rare suburban old growth forest that’s part of the old growth forest network. Duff Park is a DCNR designated wild plant sanctuary. The Murrysville Parks Mission Statement from the 2011 Comprehensive Plan states that the Murrysville Parks and Recreation system is to conserve our natural resources, connect people with nature, and provide high quality recreational opportunities. In 2020 Duff Park stewardship plan recommends preventing impairment of Duff Park’s resources and value and to pass on to future generations an improved natural, cultural, and physical resource. In that plan, this is listed as goal #1. Industrial activity, whether it be subsurface or on the surface is not mentioned anywhere in the plan. Honor the recommendation of the park Comprehensive Plan which urges that Murrysville minimizes hazardous waste and crucially protect natural conditions to the greatest extent possible. If Murrysville doesn’t lease the land under the parks, will the gas still be extracted anyways since we can’t see what happens underground and Murrysville won’t get any money and the fracking will happen too? But the question is, does that mean that Council does not have full control over what happens in our municipality? Don’t give a corporation control of our town or our parks. We didn’t and would not vote for them. Allan Martin, 4740 Sardis Road: He is for fracking and believes oil and gas is a great benefit to everyone in this community. He does, however, have concerns as to how it is extracted, its processes, and the guidelines that are given by municipalities. Those need to be scrutinized and carefully examined to make sure that the environment around the parks is as clean as possible for their children for the foreseeable future. He is an oil and gas worker and has seen good sites and has seen bad ones. Let’s make this one a good one that is great for the environment and also beneficial for the town of Murrysville. Also, in regard to the Haymaker Creek issue, it has been an ongoing concern for the municipality and asks that council be cognizant of that and come to some agreement of action for that. Tina Zins, 6468 Lindsey Lane: She is here to express her concern about fracking in our community. For the health and safety of our residents, she hopes that Council does not allow fracking to take place in our community. Joanne Dirinaldo, 1037 Lexington Drive: There is an overwhelming response from the community that we do not want this to go forward so what would it take for Council to reconsider? Gerard Schreiber, 5211 School Road South: Very few people in the community are aware of what Council is pushing through here. There is a difference between fracking on private land and fracking on public land. The public doesn’t want this. He doesn’t know how many bids you got on this, but the paper indicated there was one bid and that it was sold for pretty cheap. It is unfair to the community to rush through on vmp -4- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 this thing. If it is that lucrative for everyone involved, why aren’t there other companies bidding on this? This whole thing stinks. LIAISON COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: Mr. Lemak: The Library met in November. They are working through some fundraising and applying for some grants. The programming numbers are steady. They had their Jingles & Gingerbread which is their most attended event, which was very successful. The Library will need a board member in 2024. If anyone is interested, please contact him, the Library, or the Municipality. Mr. Stepanovich: The Murrysville Parks and Recreation Foundation met on November 20th. There is a balance of $99,161. Pickleball is the focus right now with the possibility of four or more courts. Location mentioned were the area around the old municipal building on School Road South, Royal Highlands, Field 6 at Murrysville Community Park. Also mentioned as a fundraiser was to have a 5k run sponsored by the Foundation. They continue to search for board members. The next meeting is January 8 th. The Planning Commission is meeting next Tuesday, December 12th. Mr. Spadaro: He missed the Medic One meeting because he was out of town. Dr. Lee Korns: Pension has not met again. Mrs. Lingg: She missed the last School Board meeting on November 20th. The next meeting is January 22nd. Mr. McKenna: Parks and Recreation had their Santa at Sardis which was the last event of the year. One thing to mention is that if you take your pet to the park, please be cognizant of cleaning up after them. WORKSHOP ITEMS ADMINISTRATION: 9.A. Discussion – 2024 Council Meeting Dates Mr. Nestico stated that Council will need to decide on a re-organization date. It appears that Tuesday, January 2nd would be the most likely date to comply with the Home Rule Charter. Council and the Mayor all agreed with Tuesday, January 2nd to advertise as the date for the re-organization meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building. ENGINEERING: None COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: None PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS: None vmp -5- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS ADMINISTRATION: 13.A. Adopt Ordinance No. 1077-23, an ordinance accepting a lease for oil and gas rights for approximately 234.60 acres of municipally owned property, Duff Park, at Tax Map Numbers 49-14-00-0-071 (54.918), 49- 14-00-0-168 (16.5969 acres), 49-14-00-0-135 (2.548 acres), and 49-14-00-0-138 (0.2296 acres). Mr. Nestico had amended 13.A. with the correct parcel numbers and acreage. Mr. Lemak made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1077-23, an ordinance accepting a lease for oil and gas rights for approximately 74.2925 acres of municipally owned property, Duff Park, at Tax Map Numbers 49-14-00-0-071 (54.918), 49- 14-00-0-168 (16.5969 acres), 49-14-00-0-135 (2.548 acres), and 49-14-00-0-138 (0.2296 acres). Mr. McKenna seconded. Dr. Lee Korns recused herself, as her husband represents the driller. Solicitor Long reminded Council that the lease under Duff Park would originate at Olympus’ Poseidon well pad in Penn Township. There would not be a well pad or construction happening in either park. Mr. Stepanovich stated that he doesn’t feel this is being rushed. You don’t necessarily have to take 15 months every time. You learn from that. The Department of Environmental Protection is set up by the state for our safety and should be considered. The Environmental Advisory Committee for Murrysville indicated that they would like to see a Public Hearing and is something he would take into consideration. Our Solicitor indicated that we are not talking about putting a drilling pad in the parks; we are talking about subsurface. With the Utica shale you are going down 10,000 feet. We didn’t restrict the bidding. It was open to anyone who wanted to bid. Olympus happens to have the Poseidon well in Penn Township and Titan Well here in Murrysville which would have a horizontal drilling economically. Based on the signage of the petitions and feeling that there are people unaware, he is for putting a hold on this and taking a closer look. Mr. Lemak stated that fracking is here and is all around us. Some of them have toured the Olympus Titan pad and even invited folks that were against fracking to tour the operation. The DEP is the governing body over whether this is safe or not. We can have a public hearing and have non-bias experts, but we are going to have bias experts from Olympus and bias experts from the opposing, so to him, DEP is the deciding factor. Mr. Spadaro stated that he feels for the people of Murrysville. They have a lot of concerns and are worried about this. Right now, they will never agree to this so maybe we should hold it for a while, table it, have meetings, public hearing, and satisfy what the people want to hear. The people of Murrysville are our boss and maybe we should start listening to them a little bit more when they speak up. There are a lot of people unaware of what’s going on right now. Let’s give everybody a chance to be aware and see how it turns out. Mrs. Lingg wanted to thank everyone for coming out and sharing their concerns. The 807 violations brought up were almost exclusively administrative. They weren’t actually environmental and weren’t harming the public in any way. It was more like a shrub that wasn’t planted where it was supposed to be. As for the industrialization of the parks, she wanted to make sure that everyone understands that this is not a well pad that is being put in the park – it is an extraction process. The well pad is in Penn Township. The people that signed the petition, do they understand exactly what is going on or do they just hear the word “fracking” and are against fracking? There are really no non-bias speakers that they could have come in vmp -6- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 here to talk. Everyone would have an agenda on why you should have it and others on why you shouldn’t have it. These are hard decisions to make. We all have a vested interest in this community, and we want to keep it safe for everybody that lives here. We do listen to what you say and we do take it all into consideration. This topic has been put in the paper many times, the meetings are on u-tube, and our website, and we have had public hearings. She is not in favor of tabling this, there has been enough discussion, and she is ready to vote. Mr. McKenna stated that he also wanted to thank the citizens that came out this evening, but a lot of people chose not to be involved and know what is happening in the community. We do weigh your view no matter what it is on the decision we make. As far as the rushing this through, that is not a fair statement. There has been a lot of discussion amongst the staff, meetings with Olympus, meetings with others in regard to this, along with the solicitor who is very knowledgeable in this environment. The one thing Olympus Energy has done is gone above and beyond what they have been asked to do or requested. He is in favor of voting on this tonight. Upon a roll call vote: Mr. McKenna – yes, Mr. Stepanovich – no, Mrs. Lingg – yes, Mr. Lemak – yes, Mr. Dice – yes, Mr. Spadaro – no. Motion approved 4-yes, 2-no, 1 abstained. 13.B. Adopt Ordinance No. 1082-23, an ordinance accepting a lease for oil and gas rights for approximately 305.90 acres of municipally owned property, Murrysville Community Park, at tax map numbers 49-07-00-0- 066 (260 acres) and 49-11-00-0-103 (45.90 acres). Mrs. Lingg made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1082-23, an ordinance accepting a lease for oil and gas rights for approximately 305.90 acres of municipally owned property, Murrysville Community Park, at tax map numbers 49-07-00-0-066 (260 acres) and 49-11-00-0-103 (45.90 acres). Mr. Lemak seconded. Dr. Lee Korns recused herself, as her husband represents the driller. Upon a roll call vote: Mr. McKenna – yes, Mr. Stepanovich – no, Mrs. Lingg – yes, Mr. Lemak – yes, Mr. Dice – yes, Mr. Spadaro – no. Motion approved 4-yes, 2-no, 1-abstained. 13.C. Approve the Westmoreland County Transit Authority local share assessment in the amount of $1,375.50, for the fiscal year 2023 to 2024. Mrs. Lingg made a motion to approve the Westmoreland County Transit Authority local share assessment in the amount of $1,375.50, for the fiscal year 2023 to 2024. Mr. Spadaro seconded. Mr. Nestico stated that this is the local transit authority agreement that we agree to annually. The authority provides one route through the community and services roughly 110 riders. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. 13.D. Adopt Ordinance No. 1083-23, an ordinance of the Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania amending Municipality of Murrysville Ordinance No. 1025-20 regarding unacceptable sanitary sewage. vmp -7- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 Mr. McKenna made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1083-23, an ordinance of the Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania amending Municipality of Murrysville Ordinance No. 1025-20 regarding unacceptable sanitary sewage. Dr. Lee Korns seconded. Solicitor Long stated that this amendment is necessary to better support the FTMSA FOG Program which is the Fats, Oils and Grease Program to prevent the clogging of the public sanitary sewer lines. This ordinance will better enable FTMSA to pursue violators of depositing unacceptable things into the public sewer system. This is mainly geared toward businesses, restaurants, and industrial sites. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. 13.E. Adopt Ordinance No. 1080-23, the 2024 Tax Ordinance. Mrs. Lingg made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1080-23, the 2024 Tax Ordinance. Mr. Spadaro seconded. Mr. Nestico that that this is the Tax Ordinance For 2024. The millage remains the same within the Municipality. There is no tax increase. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. 13.F. Adopt Ordinance No. 1081-23, the 2024 Salary Ordinance. Mr. Stepanovich made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1081-23, the 2024 Salary Ordinance. Mrs. Lingg seconded. Mr. Nestico stated that the 2024 Salary Ordinance establishes the salary ranges for employees, both union and non-union. Union employees’ salaries are set by union agreements with the Public Works Department and the Police Department. We are currently in negotiations with the Police Department and are close to reaching an agreement. Non-union employee increases are based upon the cost-of-living amount of 3.2%. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. 13.G. Adopt Resolution No. 783-23, the Operating Budget for the 2024 calendar year. Mr. McKenna made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 783-23, the Operating Budget for the 2024 calendar year. Dr. Lee Korns seconded. Mr. Nestico stated that the budget was presented via Public Hearing on November 1st. It is required to be adopted by Council by December 31st of the fiscal year. No changes have taken place since the Public Hearing. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. vmp -8- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: 14.A. Consider approval of SP-3-23, Choice Properties, 5690 William Penn Highway, B-Business zoning for an addition an existing building at 5690 William Penn Highway, Tax Parcel 49-15-00-0-187, B Business zoning. Mr. Stepanovich made a motion to approve SP-3-23, Choice Properties, 5690 William Penn Highway, B Business zoning for an addition an existing building at 5690 William Penn Highway, Tax Parcel 49-15-00-0- 187, B Business zoning. Mr. Spadaro seconded. Mr. Morrison stated that Choice Properties Sunoco at the intersection of Berlin Farm Road and Route 22, is proposing to put an addition on their building for a beer distributor. It went through Planning for review. There were questions raised about parking requirements. Due to the limitations of the property and location of the addition, they could not generate parking spaces to meet the full requirement of the ordinance. They propose to designate two of the pump parking be included as the total required parking. There is no specific definition in the ordinance identifying a parking space other than a designated area for parking. He would suggest that when considering the motion, Council add the conditions as outlined in the briefing and have the applicant accept those conditions. Mr. Patton, representing Sunoco Properties, agreed to the conditions. Mr. Lemak made a motion to amend the motion on the floor to include the conditions in the staff briefing. Mr. Stepanovich seconded. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. Mr. Dice asked Mr. Patton, representing Sunoco properties, if he agreed to the conditions. Mr. Patton answered yes. Mr. McKenna abstained from voting as his family owns the beer distributor. All others present voted aye. Motion approved. 14.B. Adopt Ordinance No. 1076-23, an ordinance adding Chapter 219 to the Code of the Municipality of Murrysville to regulate short term rental units within the Municipality and establish penalties for violations. Dr. Lee Korns made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1076-23, an ordinance adding Chapter 219 to the Code of the Municipality of Murrysville to regulate short term rental units within the Municipality and establish penalties for violations. Mrs. Lingg seconded. Mr. Stepanovich just wanted to note that he is going to vote for this but when you have 20+ rentals in a month, to him that is conducting a business. Upon a roll call vote: Mr. McKenna – yes, Mr. Stepanovich – yes, Mrs. Lingg – yes, Mr. Lemak – yes, Dr. Lee Korns – yes, Mr. Dice – yes, Mr. Spadaro – no. Motion approved 6-yes, 1-no. ENGINEERING: None PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS: None OLD BUSINESS: Mr. McKenna asked that in regard to the gentleman that was here about the FTMSA, Mr. Wolfe, who has been here multiple times, do we know the status of what is being done there in Heather vmp -9- THE MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE Regular Voting Meeting – Wednesday December 6, 2023 Highlands? Solicitor Long stated that the FTMSA has been repairing and improving the main trunk line going down Haymaker Run. They found it not necessary to excavate and replace the entire line after doing cameraing and other inspections. There is about 1500 feet of the line that they have decided could be repaired by relining the line. There are still repairs that need to be made in the form of inflow and infiltration from residential properties that feed into that line, but that process is ongoing. The best thing for folks such as Mr. Wolfe to do would be to go to FTMSA public meetings where they can get details as to what exactly the staff is doing to the improvement of the sewer line down Haymaker Run. The next meeting of FTMSA is December 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the treatment facility on Meadowbrook Road. NEW BUSINESS: None EXECUTIVE SESSION: 19.A. Legal Matters Mrs. Lingg made a motion to adjourn to an Executive Session. No action was anticipated coming out of the meeting. Mr. Stepanovich seconded. All those present voted aye. Motion approved. ACTION ITEMS: None ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m. The Regular Voting Meeting was broadcast on local government Channel 21. A true copy of the Council meeting DVD is available for the public to purchase from the Municipality of Murrysville and is in the Murrysville Public Library for review. vmp - 10 -