City Council

BOROUGH OF PARKESBURG 315 West First Avenue, Building 1 Parkesburg Pa 19365 610-857-2616 -- Fax 610-857-1102 Work Session Agenda January 2, 2025 7PM CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Approval of Agenda: Approval of the Minutes of the December 5, 2024, Work Session: PRESENTATIONS Swearing in of new full-time police officer James Grajewski PUBLIC COMMENTS (Agenda items only) COMMITTEE REPORTS Community Services Property Parks & Recreation HR Budget & Finance Economic Development Community/North Park RESOLUTIONS 1. Resolution 2025-1 appoint Wanda Harner as Borough Secretary and Right to know Officer 2. Resolution 2025-2 appoint Rochelle Gresh as Borough Manager and Treasurer 3. Resolution 2025-3 appoint John Carnes as Solicitor at $150.00 an hour. 4. Resolution 2025-4 appoint Edward Van Arsdale from Arro Consulting as Engineer 5. Resolution 2025-5 appoint Gavin Freeman from Arro Consulting as zoning officer 6. Resolution 2025-6 appoint Code Inspections, Inc as building inspector 7. Resolution 2025-7 appoint Barbacane, Thornton & Company LLP as auditor 8. Resolution 2025-8 appoint Berkheimer as tax collector 9. Resolution 2025-9 appoint Scot Kreger as Emergency Management Coordinator. 10. Resolution 2025-10- accepting resignation of zoning hearing board member George Evans as of December 19, 2024 11. Resolution 2025-11 Appoint Lawrence Agulnick as a member to zoning hearing board for a five -year term ending December 31, 2029, Bryan Seltzer as a member to zoning hearing board for a four-year term ending December 31, 2028, appoint Michael McHugh as a member to zoning hearing board for a three-year term ending December 31, 2027, appoint Stephen Spoto as a member to zoning hearing board for a two-year term ending December 31, 2026, and appoint Charles Perch as a member to zoning hearing board for a one-year term ending December 31, 2025. 12. Resolution 2025-12 appoint members for the Planning Commission- David Bashore term expiring December 31, 2026, Shelby Smith term expiring December 31, 2027, Casey Wyatt term expiring December 31, 2028, Todd Brade term expiring is December 31, 2025, and Matthew Marran term expiring December 31, 2025 13. Resolution 2025-13 appoint alternate to planning Commission Josh Eastep for a three-year term ending December 31, 2028. BUSINESS ITEMS 14. Full-Time testing in the future for the PD 15. List of priorities by council for 2025-select top five priorities and rank by importance 16. MS4, TMDL and BMP 17. Minch Park Baseball agreements 18. Update on technical and price proposals for East and West Bridge 19. Notification that R2 district changes in zoning and subdivision were advertised for the January 26, 2025, as a public hearing 20. Administrative Assistant / Trash Services Representative job description PUBLIC COMMENTS- (Limited to Three Minutes) COUNCIL COMMENT ADJOURNMENT Next work session meeting February 6, 2025 (for trash and Recycling only) Next Regular Council Meeting January 16, 2025