City Council
Regular MeetingSteelton, PA · August 17, 2015
Minutes
Borough of Steelton
Council Agenda
Monday, August 17, 2015
Call Meeting to Order: President Jeffery Wright
Pledge of Allegiance: President Jeffery Wright
Moment of Silence: Mayor Thomas F. Acri
There were no executive sessions held between meetings.
Approval of schedules of billing, requisitions, and change order as presented for: July 2015
Approval of minutes of previous meetings as presented: August 3, 2015
Approval of Department Reports:
Fire Department and Ambulance
Police Department
NEDC Committee
Public Works Report
Codes Department
Mayor’s Report
Borough Manager’s Report
Public Comment on Agenda Items Only
Presentation:
George Connor Adams Street
Communication: None
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
Mr. Wion Resolutions eliminating special purpose parking spaces
Motion/Second/Vote
Mr. Wion Resolution approving special purpose parking for Irene
Gillis at 142 Lincoln Street.
Motion/Second/Vote
Mr. Wion Approval of the 5 year Winter Highway Maintenance
Agreement with PennDOT.
Motion/Second/Vote
Mr. Wion Resolution authorizing Jeffery Wright to signed the 5 year
Winter Highway Maintenance Agreement with
PennDOT.
Motion/Second/Vote
Audience Participation
Council Concerns
Executive Session
Other Business
Adjournment
Borough of Steelton
Minutes of Council Meeting
Monday, August 17, 2015
Present: Absent:
Jeffery L. Wright, President Denae House, Councilwoman
Maria Romano Marcinko, Vice President Thomas Acri, Mayor
Michael Albert, Pro Tem
Steven J. Shaver, Councilman
Brian Proctor, Councilman
MaryJo Szada, Councilwoman
Administrative Staff:
Sara Gellatly, Borough Manager
David Wion, Esq., Solicitor
Ken Klinepeter, Public Works Director
John King, Chief of Police
Willis Shrauder, Code Enforcement Officer
Call to Order:
The August 17, 2015 meeting of the Steelton Borough Council was called to order by Council
President Jeffery Wright at 6:31 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence:
Council President Wright led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of
silence led by Mayor Thomas Acri.
There were no Executive Sessions held between meetings.
Approval of schedules of billing, requisitions, and change order as presented:
A motion was made by Councilman Proctor, seconded by Councilwoman Marcinko to approve
the schedules of billing, requisitions and change orders as presented for July 2015. Motion
carried unanimously.
Approval of minutes of previous meetings as presented:
A motion was made by Councilman Proctor and seconded by Councilwoman Marcinko to
approve the minutes of the August 3, 2015, Council Meeting. The motion carried unanimously.
Approval of Department Reports:
President Wright announced that he was going to read all department reports but before any
Chair speaks he would want to hear from any Department Head who is present first.
Borough Manager Gellatly asked to speak about the Firehouse. Ms. Gellatly stated Assistant
Fire Chief Vance brought to her attention this morning that there is a sink hole forming in the
parking lot of the Firehouse. HRG went to the Firehouse and reported that it is about 2 feet in
diameter and 2 feet down and HRG will have a recommendation to the Borough by August 8,
2015. Ms. Gellatly stated that she will be in contact with Chief Vance with the recommendation.
Ms. Gellatly will be in charge of this project due to the resignation of Mr. Klinepeter, in the event
that it changes the scope of the Firehouse project. HRG reported that there nothing that the
Borough needs to do at this time but HRG will be coming back with a recommendation.
Ms. Gellatly stated she did have a comment about the Police Report. President Wright asked
that the Police Chief would be allowed to speak first. Chief King stated that he had no comment
on the report. Ms. Gellatly asked about certification to be put in the report. Chief King
responded that they will come at a later meeting.
NEDC: NEDC Chair, Councilman Brian Proctor, reported that he wanted to discuss with Chief
Vance the possibility of a cookout for the first responders to show our appreciation for all those
that helped during the recent fires that occurred in Steelton.
Public Works Report: Ken Klinepeter, Public Works Director reported that the emergency
power generator was placed so that project is about 70% complete with no problems. PSI has
installed two of the pump grinders at two of the stations and the Felton Street well and the
project is moving along quickly without any interruption to our staff and their operation.
Public Works Chair Councilwoman Marcinko reported that in the East End where the sewer
separation project was completed she noticed a sink hole near a catch basin in the 2700 Block
of South Second Street. She reported it to the Borough’s Engineer Joshua Fox, HRG, and to
Ken Klinepeter, and Mr. Fox did come and look at it and determined what needed to be done
and it was filled. HRG will continue to monitor the area to determine if it is a larger problem than
observed. Councilwoman Marcinko also reported that many of the yards on west side of
Second Street, since the project, are experiencing sunken areas.
Councilman Proctor inquired about the dip in the road in front of Family Dollar. Ms. Gellatly
reported that the project is still ongoing and PennDot is monitoring the road. Once UGI is
completely finished the road will be fixed.
Councilman Proctor also brought up the spring issue on Harrisburg Street near Stone Funeral
Home. He asked that issue could be resolved before PennDot repaves the road next year. Ms.
Gellatly will discuss this matter with Joshua Fox, HRG. It is not in the scope of work right now,
she stated. The spring at Bailey and Bessemer street will be addressed during budget
discussions.
Councilman Proctor also brought up the brush and weeds on Swatara Street and along the
canal on Front Street. Councilman Proctor said he knew that Mr. Klinepeter contacted Swatara
Township about borrowing a piece of equipment that we don’t have to do this. Ms. Gellatly
addressed the issue that some of the plants along the canal were done with grant money and
they are there to keep the canal intact. Councilman Proctor said he believed that there was
some trimming that could be done. Councilman Marcinko stated that she thought Arcelor Mittal
was responsible for the area around the canal. President Wright tasked this to the NEDC/Public
Works Committees.
Mayor’s Report:
Since the Mayor was not present, Ms. Gellatly gave this report. The Mayor was very pleased
with National Night out this year. There were many changes including the location. The
Borough was prepared for 150 kids and 300 kids attended. She reported that it was nice to do it
at the Multigenerational Park this year and once DCNR acknowledges the park is complete, we
are going to do a grand opening.
Councilman Proctor asked Ms. Gellatly to bring up that there were several things that came up
on the punch list in the walk through with HRG regarding the park and they are being taken care
of. The Borough did receive the Trailways Grant so the grassy area will have playground
equipment installed. TR Stoner who was the contractor on the site recommended some
equipment. HRG will review and we will try to get completed by the end of the year. The
portable potty is not in the location where it should be but it may remain in that location for this
year and place it properly next year.
Councilwoman Marcinko asked the Police Chief to report on the earlier issues of the use of the
tennis courts for other than the playing of tennis. The Chief reported that he believed that the
misuse has subsided and the Borough will be discussing different possibilities of securing the
courts from dusk to dawn. Councilwoman Marcinko stated that in the next water bill we should
make residents aware that if they want to rollerblade they should go to Municipal Park and use
the roller hockey court.
Borough Managers Report:
Ms. Gellatly reported that she met with County Economic Development Officials in regard to
CDBG money. The 2012 CDBG money in the amount $57,942 that was previously allocated for
a wood chipper, beautification, and the midget baseball field needed to be reallocated due to the
fact that the purchase of a wood chipper is not allowable under CDBG. The amount of money
allocated for the wood chipper will go towards beautification. Ms. Gellatly stated that the
reallocation requests will go to the County so that the agreements could be drawn up.
Ms. Gellatly stated she is working on the job postings for advertisement in the newspaper. Mr.
Michael Miller, our labor attorney, made his revisions. The ad will be in the Patriot News on
Thursday and Sunday and also on the Borough’s website. The Personnel Committee will be
interviewing the applicants who applied for the highway labor position Wednesday of this week.
Councilwoman Marcinko asked Ms. Gellatly if the bollards will be replaced with the 2012 CDBG
money. Ms. Gellatly said that was correct.
Councilwoman Marcinko made a motion, seconded by Councilman Proctor to accept the
Committee reports. Motion carried unanimously.
Public Comment on Agenda Items Only: None
Presentation:
A presentation was given by George Connor, Deputy Director, Dauphin County Economic
Development and Michael Musser, Community Networking Resources regarding the Adams
Street Project. Mr. Musser discussed the Memorandum of Understanding the Borough
previously entered into with the Redevelopment Authority regarding the Adams Street project.
He further reported that the project was bid out numerous times and he believed at one point
there was a bid but it was unacceptable at the time. The issues the Borough had when they bid
the project out are related to the Borough Code and the lowest responsible bidder and the
Borough could not define exactly how the project would be done. Under the Borough Code, a
redevelopment authority or an economic development corporation or organizations of that
nature if they own the land they would run the project and would fall under different parameters
than the Borough. That allows for more flexible negotiations with developers and contractors.
Recently two developers have shown interest in the property. Mr. Musser further reported that
since all of those properties were purchased with CDBG funds the County will need to recapture
those funds because it is looked at as program income. There would be no income benefit from
the sale of the properties. The benefit is the development of the properties, the returning tax
base, personal income taxes and things of that nature that will be generated from the
development of the property. The recommendation is to turn the land over to the
Redevelopment Authority, which is an arm of Dauphin County, who will run the project and will
work with the Borough. In order to do this, the property must be deeded to the Redevelopment
Authority. Mr. Musser stated he believed that there could be deed restrictions placed on the
property or a reverter provision. Mr. Musser believes with proper guidelines we would have a
good project that could bring the tax base back into that area. Mr. Musser also stated, and it is
only preliminary, that he met with another developer who may be interested in the 8 acres on
Front Street. He stated that is a long way off but he is starting to see interest.
President Wright asked Solicitor Wion what needed to be done in order to get this property
deeded to Dauphin County. Mr. Wion reported that he did not recall exactly where the project
is at the moment. The Borough started out with exactly what Mr. Musser described. We
entered into a MOU with the Housing Authority which was executed and the Housing was going
to get from the Borough a deed for this entire tract of land and there was some indications that it
was going to be used for a certain purpose and as he recalled the Borough went through and
adopted and filed a subdivision and land development plan for the 10 townhouse units, which
was on the record. Mr. Wion does not know if the deed was ever transferred because the
developer backed out and the project fell apart so what Mr. Musser discussed was going to
happen. The money for the sale of the property was structured to be $8000 per property that
had to go back to the Redevelopment Authority, the Housing Authority as reimbursement for the
CDBG monies. Mr. Wion stated that he was not hearing anything different than what the
Borough has done before with the potential exception of having to relook at the subdivision and
land development plan and perhaps terminate that plan and put another subdivision and
land development plan on that would accommodate whatever the present indication of how that
land was going to be developed is and he didn’t know whether it was going to be different than
10 townhouses. Since the Borough didn’t know what the developers would be looking at to do,
that would be the procedure. Mr. Wion stated he didn’t know if we have to change the MOU
and he would have to go back and look at that but it is basically the same concept. Mr. Wion
did not believe the deed was actually transferred the Authority. He stated that the subdivision
and land development plan was adopted and put on record. That will need to be corrected or
the Borough will have to look at what the use of that tract will be. If the Borough Council is
interested in moving forward along the lines of Mr. Musser’s recommendation, Mr. Wion will
have to go back and look at the documentation that already exists and see what has to be done
for its modification. Councilman Shaver stated he wanted to make a motion that the NEDC
Committee and staff to look at what we prepared previously to insure that documentation meets
what was discussed tonight and Borough move forward with that concept. Councilman Shaver
made that motion, seconded by Councilman Albert. Councilman Shaver amended his motion to
include to move forward with whatever is necessary to get this accomplished, seconded by
Michael Albert. Motion carried unanimously.
Councilman Proctor said he would have an update on this by next meeting.
Mr. Conner wanted to discuss the 2012 CDBG funds as previously discussed by Ms. Gellatly.
Mr. Conner stated that those funds must be spent before September 30, 2015 or it would be
recaptured by the County. Ms. Gellatly asked if it was appropriate to start spending those funds
before the new agreements were written. Mr. Connor reported that once we receive the
applications, we have to get an environmental review exemption for the projects and then the
agreement will be issued and once the Borough Council signs off on the Agreements and the
County Commissioners sign off on the Agreements then we can draw down the funding. Mr.
Connor believed the entire process should take about two or three weeks before spending can
begin. Mr. Connor asked Ms. Gellatly if all of the invoices were in place. Ms. Gellatly stated
that she did not sign off on any project because if CDBG funds would not be authorized general
funds could not support those projects.
Mr. Connor and Mr. Musser had one more issue to discuss regarding the 2012 Gaming Grant
extension. Ms. Gellatly stated that there was an issue brought up at a recent meeting that the
County granted the Borough an extension to spend it by November 2015, however, the usage
was still in question. Ms. Gellatly stated that she has found it difficult to get the project going
when the usage has not been approved. President Wright reiterated that he did not want to see
any CDBG funds lost for any reason. Ms. Gellatly said the reallocation for the 2012 CDBG
money would be hand carried to Mr. Connor on Wednesday. President Wright stated he
wanted himself and Vice President Marcinko to be copied on all of the correspondence on this.
Councilman Proctor, as Chair of the NEDC committed asked that he be copied on this
correspondence. Ms. Gellatly then reported on the 2012 Gaming Funds. The balance is
$98,149.79. These monies were already to have been spent. These funds were to be used for
streetscape and when Penndot took over the project the Borough did not have any expenses to
allocate other than a few up front expenses to HRG. Ms. Gellatly said that Mr. Musser assisted
her in writing the extension and reallocation request for the 2012 Gaming Funds. Ms. Gellatly
said since she did not have approval on the usage, she could not expend the funds. Ms Gellatly
and Mr. Connor stated that they would work together to resolve this. Councilwoman Marcinko
asked what these funds would be used for. Ms. Gellatly reported that it will be used as a match
grant for Mohn Street park.
Mr. Musser asked about the usage for the 2015 Gaming Funds. The usage is allocated for
storm sewer projects. We are also sponsoring grants for the Firehouse and Jump Street. Mr.
Musser stated that the County has stated that there is a letter signing on as co-applicants for the
Jump Street and the Firehouse but none has been submitted for the sewer project. It is now the
17th of August and all applications have to be in by September 1. Ms. Gellatly stated that the
County has received the letter in question. Mr. Connor asked if that letter was emailed to the
County. Ms. Gellatly responded yes and Mr. Connor asked that from this point forward that he
be copied on all correspondence related to this matter.
Councilwoman Marcinko asked, for the purpose of edification for the public, when the Borough
talks about projects such as Jump Street and the Firehouse, this money is not coming out of
Borough funds but the Borough is only sponsoring them on paper. Mr. Connor explained that
the Gaming Grant rules require that when an organization within a municipality wants to apply
for gaming funds the municipality must write a letter of sponsorship for the organizations
application. Ms. Gellatly stated that the County will ask that she prioritize all of the projects the
Borough has sponsored when she attends the meeting with the County. Councilman Proctor
explained Jump Street to the public. He stated it is the School Districts Aguaponics program.
Communication: None
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
Mr. Wion announced that the next few matters are determinations where special purpose
parking spaces are not needed any longer.
The first resolution is Resolution 2015-R18 eliminating the special purpose parking reserved for
Sarah Mull on Mulberry Alley and a portion of a side at 35 North Third Street. She has indicated
that she has moved from the area so this resolution will eliminate that parking space. President
Wright asked if there were any questions on the Resolution. Hearing no questions he called for
a motion. A motion was made by Councilman Albert, seconded by Councilwoman Marcinko to
adopt Resolution 2015-R-18. Motion carried unanimously.
The second resolution is Resolution 2015-R-19 eliminating the special purpose parking space
for Betty R. Wall, who moved and no longer needs the space. The space is at 42 South
Harrisburg Street and a portion of the frontage of 40 South Harrisburg St. President Wright
asked for questions on the resolution. Hearing no questions he called for a motion. A motion
was made by Councilman Albert, seconded by Brian Proctor to adopt Resolution 2015-R19.
Motion carried unanimously.
Councilman Proctor stated that in regard to special purpose parking was there a previously
approved special purpose parking for a resident on Lincoln Street for their work van. The van is
sitting in the Elks parking lot is rundown and is unable to be moved. He further reported that the
resident is using a different vehicle and is parking it in that special purpose parking space.
Councilman Proctor stated he wanted to know what can be done about this sort of situation.
Councilwoman Marcinko asked if the van had a PA handicapped license plate. Councilman
Protor confirmed that it did. He further reported that the car now parked in the special purpose
parking does not have the required license plate. President Wright stated that the van is not
parked on Elks property that it is parked on the Borough’s property. President Wright told
Councilman Proctor that he should follow this up with the Police Chief.
Councilwoman Marcinko stated that she thought that when we wrote the special purpose
parking policy about a year and half ago, that there was a provision in there that if someone is
abusing this benefit, the parking space would be pulled.
President Wright suggested that we reached out to the the individual who has the approved
special purpose parking and show them the ordinance and if they are violating the ordinance
their special purpose parking permit will be taken away.
The third resolution is Resolution 2015-R-20 which removes or eliminates the Angle Alley
parking space that had been reserved for the Fire Department’s Chief and since he is no longer
employed as the Property Maintenance Officer that would eliminate that special purpose parking
space. Council President Wright asked for questions on the resolution. Hearing no questions
he called for a motion. A motion was made by Councilman Albert and seconded by Councilman
Proctor. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Wion stated that in a similar situation, since Brian Handley is no longer the Assistant Fire
Chief the special purpose parking on Locust Street for the the Assistant Fire Chief being at 355
Locust Street, should be eliminated and that is Resolution 2015-R-21 for consideration.
President Wright asked for questions on the resolution. Hearing no questions he called for a
motion. A motion was made by Councilwoman Marcinko and seconded by Councilman Albert.
Motion carried unanimously.
The next resolution is the establishment of a special purposes parking permit which is as a
result of a traffic study conducted for Irene B. Gillis at 142 Lincoln Street and the Police
Department has determined through their study that a special purpose parking permit is
appropriate for a portion of 142 Lincoln Street, that being Resolution 2015-R-22 for the Council’s
consideration. President Wright asked for questions on the Resolution. Hearing no questions
he asked for Motion. A motion was made by Councilman Albert, seconded by Councilwoman
Marcinko. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Wion stated that every 5 years Penndot comes to the various municipalities in the
Commonwealth who provide actually snow removal services on the State Highways, and, since
it has been 5 years since we have last done this, we have received from the Commonwealth
Department of Transportation another letter with a 5 year agreement that would take us through
2019-2020. The format is basically the same as we signed the last time with a couple of
additional addenda to the agreement. Contract provisions under the Right to Know law have
been added. It is basically the same agreement with those few modifications. It is now before
the Council for approval. Councilman Shaver made a motion we approve the 5 year Winter
Highway Maintenance Agreement with PennDot for the years 2016 through 2020, seconded by
Councilman Albert. President Wright asked for questions on the motion. Councilman Proctor
asked how much we charge Penndot or how much to we get from PennDot for these
maintenance services. Borough Manager Gellatly stated we do not charge them. Penn Dot
notifies the Borough on how much reimbursement will be returned to the Borough. For the
period of 2015-2016 PennDot will be reimbursing the Borough $8,244.36. Motion carried
unanimously.
Councilman Shaver made a motion that we approve Resolution 2015-R-23 authorizing Council
President Wright to sign the 5 year Winter Maintenance Agreement with PennDot (2016-2020),
seconded by Councilman Proctor. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Wion stated that although not on the agenda the Borough Manager is requesting the
consideration of a Resolution for the Borough authorizing the filing of an application for a local
share municipal grant request of $457,800 to be used for the Blueberry Alley/Washington Street
storm sewer repairs project. Mr. Wion stated the the Borough Manager would advise Council of
the necessity for this. Borough Manager Gellatly stated that HRG sent this request today. She
believed that in the past we did not have to pass a Resolution regarding the Gaming Grant
application. President Wright asked if Mr. Wion had an opportunity to take a look at what HRG
is requesting. He said that it is an application as Ms. Gellatly indicated for that particular project
and would authorize the filing of the application. Mr. Wion said he knows nothing about the
timing of it or anything else but the Resolution would approve the application. However, if in the
review the Borough Manager determines that there is some issue about it, we can simply hold it
but if there is some time element, the Council would want to be in a position to move on it. Ms.
Gellatly stated the gaming grant is due within the first week of September. Since the amount is
not going to change, it is her recommendation that the Council take action on it. A motion was
made by Councilman Albert to take the recommendation of the Borough Manager to approve
Resolution 2015-R-24, approving the filing of the local share municipal grant request of
$457,800 to be used for Blueberry Alley/Washington Street storm sewer repairs project,
seconded by Councilman Proctor. Motion carried unanimously.
Audience Participation:
1. Iris Brown, 236 Lincoln St., Steelton, PA 17113
Ms. Brown stated she has been at that address all her life. She is now retired. She
asked what is the procedure for maintaining properties in the Borough. Why are residents not
being held accountable. President Wright asked Ms. Brown to be more precise. She discussed
how her neighboring properties are not being taken care of. She stated lawns are not being cut,
weeds all over the neighbors property which are coming into her property. She has paid to have
them removed. She said the properties look like a forest in the backyards. She is unable to
have cookouts or gatherings in her yard because of the conditions of the neighbors yards. She
said there are snakes, groundhogs, and skunks continuously. There is a garage where there is
a tree that is growing overtop. Both neighbors do not keep their yards kept up. The addresses
are 234 and 238 Lincoln St. in the rear. She also asked about grills on front porches and if it
was a fire hazard. Code Officer Shrauder stated he would check the ordinances regarding this
issue. Ms. Brown stated that since Council discussed developing new properties in town, we
really need to look at the old properties which are unkept because no one will want to move
here with the neighboring properties in that condition. She stated the properties on Front Street
and 120 Lincoln Street are deplorable. President Wright asked Councilman Proctor to get with
Ms. Brown. Councilwoman Marcinko stated to Ms. Brown that she did ask a question and no
one answered her. The question is what is the procedure for maintaining properties.
Councilwoman Marcinko stated that when Property Maintenance Officer Gray comes to your
house tomorrow morning, he will tell you that procedure. Councilwoman Marcinko explained
that the process is not simple and there are private property issues involved.
2) Dennis Heefner, 337 Swatara Street, Steelton,PA 17113
Mr. Heefner wanted to follow up on the work permits for Arcelor Mittal. Borough
Manager Gellatly stated the Borough has been working on several projects and permits and
unfortunately Eckert Seamans who is helping us with those issues had a conflict when it came
to the Mill project. The Pittsburgh Office of Eckert Seamans actually represents the Arcelor
Mittal and the Borough reached out to someone else and they had conflicts. The Borough just
acquired Counsel in this matter on Friday and the Codes Officer is going to be working with that
attorney. Mr. Heefner asked if they are going to submit plans to the planning commission and
are they going to want approval on a project they already did. Ms. Gellatly stated that this is
potential litigation so she could not answer those questions.
Mr. Heefner commented on Councilman Proctor’s previous statement regarding
borrowing an arm for a piece of equipment to cut the weeds on Swatara Street. Mr Heefner
stated that Council tried that years ago and it makes the ground unstable so he would not
suggest that be done.
3) Natasha Woods, 171 South Front St., Steelton, PA 17113
Ms. Woods wanted clarification on the CDBG Funds discussed tonight. Ms. Gellatly
responded that about 3 years ago she met with County to review the Borough’s CDBG funds.
To summarize the history, the Borough had to submit applications for reallocations to the
County when monies were left from approved projects and it needed to be reallocated to be
spent. She stated that the 2013 allocation was used for the storm sewer line on Adams Street.
Council Concerns:
Councilwoman Szada asked the residents to assist in getting the children off the streets. She
said she has observed many skateboarding and playing in the streets and we should get them
to use the parks.
Councilman Albert: Councilman Albert announced the midget football season would be
opening up on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Cottage Hill at 12 p.m.
Councilman Shaver: Councilman Shaver was concerned about the design for the entry way to
the new building at Dura Bond in the East End. He noticed they brought the curb line the whole
way out to the macadam on Route 230. His concern is, and he understand we may have
approved that, however, from a safety standpoint that if people go too far off to the right they will
go airborne right into the parking lot. He knows PennDot approved it and he is not an engineer
and he is just concerned. He said we might want to look at it.
Councilman Proctor: Nothing
Borough Manager Gellatly: She reported that Mr. Connor left the meeting and checked our
CDBG funding. Mr. Connor stated that we needed to vote on the new usage of the 2012
funding since Council took out the wood chipper. $57,942, of which $18,000 will be spent on
the midget baseball field and $39,942 will be used for beautification. She is asking for motion
for the use of the $57,942 for those specific reasons. A motion was made by Councilwoman
Marcinko and seconded by Councilman Albert to reallocate the 2012 CDBG funds of $57,942 of
which $18,000 is allocated for the midget baseball field and $39,942 is allocated for
beautification and authorize the filing of applications and execution of agreements with the
County. Motion carried unanimously.
Ken Klinepeter - nothing
Mick Shrauder - He announced the he attended training for Flood Plane managers.
Chief Vance - Nothing.
Chief King - Nothing
Mr. Wion - Mr. Wion stated he was asking for an executive session to discuss legal matters and
personnel matters.
Councilwoman Marcinko - She stated that she is sure that everyone has read on facebook
about the Fire Department’s loss of the metal grates they use for their chicken BBQ’s. She
stated that our Fire Department is volunteer and they need this source of income. She asked
anyone that can donate should.
She also stated that minutes will be done prospectively every two weeks. Two Councilwoman
have volunteered to clean up the backlog and it will take time to catch them up but it will get
done.
President Wright thanked everyone for coming out tonight. He stated that the minutes have
been a big issue and we are moving forward with that and there is no cost to the Borough
because they are being done by two Council Members. He also stated that we have been
advised that it is legal for them to do those minutes.
President Wright announced that Council was going to recess into executive session to discuss
legal and personnel issues at 7:55 p.m. The motion to recess was made by Councilman Albert
and seconded by Councilwoman Szada. Motion carried unanimously.
A motion was made by Councilman Proctor and seconded by Councilman Shaver to return to
regular session at 8:29 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
Adjournment:
A motion was made by Councilman Proctor and seconded by Councilman Shaver to adjourn at
8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sara Gellatly
Borough Manager
FL*42595
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