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Page |1 Borough of Steelton Council Agenda April 1, 2013 CALL MEETING TO ORDER: President Wright with the Pledge of Allegiance MOMENT OF SILENCE: Thomas F. Acri, Mayor APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AS PRESENTED: EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD BETWEEN MEETINGS: PUBLIC COMMENT: Agenda items only PRESENTATION: None COMMUNICATION: None UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: Denae House Discussion on Agreement on behalf of the Borough to secure equipment purchased with CDBG funds for SYIA Mayor Acri Discussion on the New Steelton Signs located on Borough owned properties. Borough Manager Approval of the execution of the Dauphin County Local Share Municipal Grant Agreement for Streetscape Phase 2. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: COUNCIL’S CONCERNS: EXECUTIVE SESSION: (if necessary) OTHER BUSINESS: (if necessary) ADJOURNMENT:  Page |1 Steelton Borough Council Meeting April 1, 2013 The regular monthly meeting was called to order at 6:35pm, by President, Jeffery Wright, with the pledge of allegiance, followed by a moment of silence. In Attendance: Jeffery Wright Michael Albert Maria Marcinko Raymond Spencer MaryJo Szada Denae House Mayor Thomas Acri David A. Wion, Solicitor Sara Gellatly, Borough Manager Absent: Steve Shaver APPROVAL OF MINUTES: On a motion made by Ms. Marcinko, seconded by Mr. Albert, Council Members present voted unanimously to approve the minutes from March 18, 2013 as presented. PUBLIC COMMENT: AGENDA ITEMS ONLY Emuel Powell, 231 Lebanon Street – Expressed concern that when the Borough does snow removal that the plows are pushing the manhole lids up. Mr. Wright asked Ms. Marcinko to follow up with Mr. Conjar about this concern. PRESENTATION: None COMMUNICATION: None UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS:  Page |2 Steelton Borough Council Meeting April 1, 2013 Denae House, Discussion on Agreement on behalf of the Borough to secure equipment purchased with CDBG for SYIA – Ms. House stated that the County had given her a list of items that SYIA needed to obtain in order to have the CDBG money released to SYIA. One of the last outstanding items was that the County wanted an agreement about who will be responsible for all the CDBG equipment purchased and will the Borough sign a waiver/guarantee to have it replaced if lost/stolen. Mr. Wion questioned who would be paying for the insurance of the equipment. Also he asked Ms. House if she had a lease for a building. Ms. House stated that they have not obtained a building yet but when the equipment was not being used by the program, it would be stored in a secure location at Borough Hall. A motion was made by Mr. Albert to approve Mr. Wion drafting an agreement on behalf of the Borough to secure equipment purchased with CDBG funds for SYIA with the understanding that all requested items by the county are completed to their satisfaction, seconded by Ms. House and approved unanimously by all present. A vote was then taken: Ayes: Mr. Spencer, Mr. Albert, Mr. Wright, Ms. House Nay: Ms. Szada, Ms. Marcinko The motion was passed. Mayor Acri, Discussion on the New Steelton Signs located on Borough owned properties – Mayor Acri informed Council that he had Mr. Conjar remove the Steelton on the Move sign out of the window at 107 North Front Street. He would like Council to all Mr. Conjar to remove the signs at the Borough owned buildings. A motion was made by Mr. Albert to have all signs removed from Borough owned properties, seconded by Ms. Marcinko and approved unanimously by all present. Sara Gellatly, Approval of the execution of the Dauphin County Local Share Municipal Grant Agreement for Streetscape Phase 2 and the Firehouse – Ms. Gellatly asked that Council approved the execution of signing the Local Share Municipal Grant Agreement. A motion was made by Mr. Albert to approve execution of signing the Local Share Municipal Grant Agreement, seconded by Mr. Spencer and approved unanimously by all present. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Pastor Taylor, New Jerusalem A.M.E. Zion Church, 219 Locust Street – Asked what the status of the new website was. Mr. Wright stated that the Borough Manager was in the process of working on creating the new website. Ms. Gellatly stated that creating the website had to be from scratch and that something will be posted within the next month and that constructive criticism is welcomed.  Page |3 Steelton Borough Council Meeting April 1, 2013 Darren Jones, Midget Baseball League – Explained to Council the condition of the baseball field and the dugouts. Mayor Arci asked him to get in contact with Ms. Gellatly to come up with a list of what the field needs. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Ms. Gellatly informed Council that an Executive Session is needed to discuss personnel issues. On a motion by Mr. Albert, seconded by Ms. Marcinko, the Council meeting recessed into executive session at 7:32pm. OTHER BUSINESS: The regular Council meeting reconvened at 8:01pm. A motion was made by Mr. Albert to have Attorney Michael Miller prepare the Settlement Agreement for the grievance with a Police Officer, seconded by Ms. Marcinko and approved unanimously by all present. Mr. Wright stated that it was brought to his attention that one of his colleges told him that the NEDC was going to start a Facebook page and that we would like to know if it was allowable. Ms. House stated that she was going to be starting to page as a way to communicate with the Community. Mr. Wion suggested that the Facebook page was the Chairwoman’s page and only her thoughts would be communicated on the page. She would need to make it clear that it was her thoughts only and not those of the committee’s. ADJOURNMENT: There being no other business before Council, on a motion made by Ms. Szada and seconded by Ms. House, the meeting immediately adjourned at 8:20pm. Respectively Submitted: __________________________________ Sara Gellatly Borough Secretary