Regular Meeting of California Borough Council, March 8, 2012 at 6:30 pm
CALL TO ORDER: President Jon Bittner called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm
ATTENDANCE: Mr. Alfano, Mr. Bittner, Mr. Difilippo, Mr. Encapera, Mr. Glab, Mrs.
Gutosky, Mr. Mariscotti, and Mayor Durdines
ABSENT:
MOMENT OF SILENCE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO AGENDA:
Mayor Durdines added a Parking Request for Campys Pizza
Mr. Alfano added Zoning Officers
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
Motion by Difilippo/Glab to adopt the minutes of the February 9, 2012
TREASURERS REPORT – MS. EVANS
Ms. Evans read the accounts payable and accounts balances for February 29, 2012.
MAYOR DURDINES INTRODUCED JR. PETSKO
Mr. Petsko, Director of the Appalachian Bicycle Racing Association, and he stated they
promote 36 events per year and they are interested in bringing one to downtown
California. He added that their events usually attract in the first year somewhere around
125 riders and 100+ spectators for the event. What they are looking to do here is called a
Criteria Race and it is on a closed course downtown usually two or three blocks. They are
looking to use Third, Second, Wood, and Ash Streets to make the closed course for the
event. They are self sufficient the only thing they need from the Borough is permission to
use the streets. This is a community engaging event and they would like to invite the
shops, stores, churches to come out and sell their wares during the event. Mr. Alfano
asked about the kids’ race. Mr. Petsko stated yes that is usually kids under 12 years of
age and they can bring their training wheels or whatever bikes they have and everyone
gets a medal for participating. They try to get the kids to do one lap around the course
and usually about 50% of them can do that. Mr. Melenyzer asked about insurance
coverage. Mr. Petsko stated yes they have provided that to the council. Mr. Petsko added
that they are part of USA Cycling, which is the US committee who picks people for the
Olympics, so they are insured through them and carry a 3 million dollar policy which
would cover the borough for this event. You would be provided a certificate of insurance.
Mayor Durdines stated so all you need from the borough is to close the Municipal
roadways and apply for the permit to close Route 88. Mr. Petsko stated that is correct.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mr. Bittner requested an executive session to discuss personnel and litigation.
Council went into executive session at 6:35
Council reconvened the meeting at 7:35
Mr. Melenyzer reported on executive session stating that basically we have an agreement
to sign with Officer Richard Encapera and that was discussed and the Zoning Case
pending in Washington before Janet Moschetta Bell and that was discussed. Mr. Bittner
stated and they discussed a personnel issue in the Zoning Office.
PRESIDENT REPORT – MR. BITTNER
TRI COUNTY BOROUGH ASSOCIATION MEETING
Mr. Bittner announced the Tri County Borough Association Meeting will be next
Thursday at the Elco Civic club.
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LOCK SYSTEM FOR THE BOROUGH
Mr. Bittner stated at the committee meeting the lock system here at the Borough from
Stanley Security Solutions and we have a price of $2,999.16 and asked council’s pleasure
on this.
Motion by Alfano/Difilippo to get new locks at the Borough from Stanly Security
Solutions at a cost of $2,999.16 to be paid out of the gaming revenue money duly carried
on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
RELAMPING LIGHTS AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Mr. Bittner stated we would like to relamp the Borough Building with better efficient
lamps because our lamps are old and Mr. Tuday and his crew are replacing lamp bulbs all
the time. We have a price from Scott Electric for $2,039. 52 and the work will be
performed by the Street Department and asked council what their pleasure is on this. He
added that this should come from the Gaming Revenue account.
Motion by Alfano/Glab to approve relamping the Borough building at a cost of $2,039.52
and to be paid for out of the gaming revenue funds duly carried on a roll call vote with all
members present voting yes.
TRI COUNTY BOROUGH AD
Mr. Bittner stated that we usually place a half page ad in the Tri County Borough
Association banquet booklet and it cost $50.00.
Motion by Difilippo/Gutosky to place an ad in the Tri County Borough Association
booklet for a cost of $50.00 duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present
voting yes.
REENACT LERTA TAX ABATEMENT ORDINANCE
Mr. Bittner asked Keith Melenyzer to speak on this and he stated that is the 5 year tax
abatement for Technology Park and he will review it.
Motion by Glab/Mariscotti to authorize the Solicitor to draw up and advertise the Lerta
Tax Abatement Ordinance duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present
voting yes.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
Mr. Bittner stated the PSAB Annual Conference is at Seven Springs this year and
registration fee for all days is $255.00 or if you go for one day it is $125.00 and he would
like to ask that the fee be paid for any council person that wants to attend, but that will
not include lodging, mileage, or anything else.
Motion by Glab/Mariscotti to authorize payment for the registration fee to the PSAB
Annual Conference at Seven Springs for any council member that wants to attend duly
carried on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
STREETSCAPE PROJECT
Mr. Bittner stated he received a call the other day from Penndot and it looks like they got
all their questions answered and it is going to be let out for bid the 15th of this month so
hopefully that project will be finished by the fall.
SECRETARY TO ATTEND MEETING
Mr. Bittner stated our Secretary needs to attend a meeting for the Washington County
Tax Collection Committee on March 23 from 10:00 – 12:00 and we need permission fro
her to go there and the only expense would be her mileage.
Motion by Glab/Gutosky to have Shirley Evans attend the meeting of the Washington
County Tax Collection Committee on March 23 and pay her mileage duly carried on a
roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
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PUBLIC HOUSING – MR. ALFANO
RIVER TOWN PROJECT
Mr. Alfano introduced Kent Edwards who is the consultant to the River Town Project.
Mr. Edwards stated this is a two year program that is fully funded by the Benedum
Foundation through the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and its’ only purpose is to
promote community and economic development by using outdoor recreation as an
economic driver. The precedent for this was the trail town program that was started
about five years ago along the Great Allegheny passage and it was a very successful
program and the idea is that the Pennsylvania Environmental Council wanted to continue
that kind of economic development in the six town along the upper and mid Mon, which
starts at Point Marion and includes Greensboro, Rices Landing, Fredericktown,
Brownsville, and California. What has been done up to now is conducted a needs
assessment and then created action teams in each one of those towns. Each one of those
action teams has now identified a set of short, midterm, and long term projects that they
want to engage in. Naz Vitctoria will come up in a few minutes to describe what the
action team has been about so far. Mr. Edwards stated that they have obtained two grants
so far the first one was a $5,000.00 grant from the Sprout Fund to do a public art project
one in Greensboro and one in Point Marion and both of those are underway. The second
grant they were able to obtain was a $12,000.00 grant from the Mary Kay Mellon
Foundation to do what they call a bench marking survey. The idea of a bench marking
survey is to establish what kind of amenities and assets exist in these six river towns right
now and then in three years from now they will come back and measure the success of
the program. So they are looking for not only new businesses that open but existing
businesses that expanded, how many jobs were added as a result of this initiative and
outdoor recreation field, but also measure what the perception is and how that is different.
He introduced Maura who is one of the partners with the River Town Program and she is
with the Student Conservation Association as part of what we call the River Town
Outreach Corp. She will briefly go over the survey. Maura stated the survey is one page,
very brief and it is all about your perception of California and the Monongahela River,
from the quality of life, if you canoe or kayak check that box and at the end just put your
name, address, and telephone number. There is $500.00 in this for you from Bass Pro if
you’re name gets drawn. There are three ways to submit the survey and she will hand out
a copy to everyone and she will be here often and you can hand it back to her, there is a
website and you can fill it out online, or there is an address at the bottom that will go their
office in Connellsville. Kent Edwards stated the action team has been pretty engaged for
the last several months and it has essentially started out as the Parks Authority Board, so
Patsy, Naz, and Irene have been very involved to date. They have added one more
member since then and that is Dr. John Confer who some of you may know is the head of
the program of Parks and Recreation Management Dept at California University. His
class project this year is going to be the Project 70 site. He has a facilities plan he is
teaching and they are going to come up with a master plan for the Project 70 sit to
develop some conceptual ideas of what that site could be used for. The grander scheme
and he keeps encouraging them to go big because big foundations don’t like to write little
checks. They want you to think big and think regionally. He introduced Naz who will
talk about what the action team has been working on and the biggest scheme of all will be
to connect the Project 70 site with Rotary Park. Mr. Naz Victoria stated the major project
they will try to undertake is building a 5.5 mile trail from Rotary Park to the Project 70
area. That would be trails down through Pike Run crossing under the Coal Center Bridge
and then a river walk along private property, Wyatt Park, and then through the University
along the Project 70 property which would go approximately 250’ until it reaches Vulcan
Village, so there would be a continuous 5 mile trail throughout California along the river
bank. He stated that design teams are coming in on April 27, 28, and 29th and the Dept. of
Parks and Recreations from Cal U and landscape design teams from West Virginia
University and Penn State University to do charets which are conceptual drawings of
what this 5 mile trail would look like. On Sunday the 29th they are having a public input
session to see if anything needs added or taken away and what the public thinks of it and
after that they will go for funding. They are also working with Cal U to revive the
ampitheater project they have on the table over there and they are trying to raise money
collectively by applying for grants and money from private foundations. They will begin
fundraising to raise money for matching grants. One thing that needs done immediately is
entering into an agreement with Mr. Ghooray who owns a piece of property needed for
the project along Pike Run. He requested that the Borough initiate the negotiations for
the agreement of a long term lease with Mr. Ghooray. They are looking at putting a
walkway in on the inside of the guardrail along Route 88 and trails leading down to the
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creek and putting in parking for trail visitors. Mr. Victoria stated with Council’s approval
Dr. Confer’s group would go down along Pike Run Drive and identify the vegetation that
would be kept and those which need to be taken out, build a couple of bridges one at the
Rotary Park end and the other at the mouth of the river end so people could access the
trails. This would be the short term goal to have Rotary Park extended down to the Coal
Center Bridge. Mr. Victoria stated per Mr. Ghooray’s request he has drawn up a letter
explaining what will be done on his property if he chooses to lease it and it would be
covered under the Borough’s insurance. The Borough would not have to pay for any of
the improvements that money would come from the River Town program. Dr. Confer
will start going to Wyatt Park and put markings for site clearing there. They are also
trying to enter into a private/public partnership with his family so people can have access
to California from the river. They have submitted a letter of support to the Bikes Belong
Program and they will be putting in a bike area there where you can pick up a bike and go
into town. They would also like to eventually acquire the existing sewage plant once the
new one is built and expand Mechanic Street Park and possibly put in a skate park there
and use the building as a Recreation building or office or both. Mr. Melenyzer stated the
letter that was written to Mr. Ghooray states that the Borough would complete all the
renovations to the property at no cost to him. He asked if he was asking the borough to
commit borough funds to this project but you will be doing it through the River Town
project. Mr. Victoria stated that is correct it will be funded entirely by the River Town
project.
Motion by Alfano/Encapera to authorize the Solicitor to review the letter and to enter into
negotiations with Mr. Ghooray to lease property along Pike Run Drive duly carried on a
roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
Mr. Bittner stated before we move on Art we have all the deeds for up there but we might
need some type of survey pointing out where the corners are so when the University
group goes up there they know exactly what they’re working with. Mr. Brower stated you
get us the deeds and titles and they’ll go stake the mortars out.
Mr. Alfano thanked the folks from the River Town Project and stated just so everyone
knows all these concepts are discussed and developed at the Recreation Authority
meetings and the next meeting will be Saturday, March 17th at 9:00 am in their office on
Wood Street.
ZONING REPORT
Mr. Alfano stated there is another Notice of Violation for the property on the corner of
Wood and Third for a demolition order so the code person will be following that through.
As far as funds the zoning office has taken in $1,255.50 for January and February. Those
totals are a little light right now but we will be getting into our rental inspection season
soon. The Code Enforcement office has given him a lengthy report as well and he’s been
following up on all his violations and everything is documented and every
communication and improvement is noted in his report, but he won’t go through every
single property at this time.
HMT MEETING
Mr. Alfano stated three council person, Mr. Bittner, Mr. Glab, and himself asked HMT to
come in and meet with them last Thursday prior to the agenda meeting because they had
some grave concerns that needed discussed with them and we took the information we
got at that meeting back to council at the executive session after the agenda setting
meeting last week.
TERMINATION OF ZONING/CODE ENFORCEMENT & RENTAL
INSPECTION SERVICES WITH HMT
Motion by Alfano/Encapera to terminate Zoning/Code Enforcement and Rental
Inspection Services with HMT effective March 12, 2012 and to have them continue UCC
inspections and to authorize the Solicitor to inform them in writing of this termination of
service and request all Borough records and plans back from them duly carried on a roll
call vote with all members present voting yes.
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NEW ZONING OFFICERS
HIRE SHANNON KRATZER
Motion by Alfano/Mariscotti to hire Shannon Kratzer full time as the Zoning/Code
Enforcement Officer at $40,000.00 per year with a 180 day probation period. At the end
of a successful probationary period his wage will increase to $42,500.00 and get full
benefits duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
Under discussion Mr. Bittner noted that he has already had his background check and
physical. Mr. Alfano stated this will allow the Borough to have a full time zoning/code
enforcement officer in the borough five days a week.
HIRE JOHN PETRO
Motion by Alfano/Mariscotti to hire John Petro as a part time Code Enforcement Officer
at a rate of $20.00 per hour with no minimum hours, it will be seasonal and he will give
us the additional manpower we need during heavy inspection periods, and no benefits
effective March 12, 2012 duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present voting
yes.
PUBLIC WORKS – MR. MARISCOTTI
STREET PAVING
Mr. Mariscotti stated Jeff along with Stephanie Whitlach have cruised town and the street
that they picked for paving this year is Edwards Street and Stephanie is beginning the
process of that and that will be the street that we pave.
STREET SWEEPING
Mr. Mariscotti stated Art and Jeff have researched some companies to do the Street
sweeping and PMSI will send an operator, pay for fuel & insurance, and they will do the
whole town four times a year at a cost of $20,000.00. If they do it twice, say Spring and
Fall, it will be $10,000.00. One of the other options is to rent a machine and have our
operator and at A& H Equipment we could do that for $8.000.00 per month with our
operator, our driver, and our insurance. There were two bids and the other was
$10,000.00 per month.Mr. Mariscotti stated we could rent the machine for a two month
clip and that would be about $16,000.00 a year. If we have a company come in with an
operator we have to clear it with the union. The other option is us buying a machine and
we looked at that amortized over a 10 year period you come up with a $20,000.00
amortized figure for the year and that would be our machine, our operator, our driver, and
our insurance and we would have the machine 365 days a year. So that are some figures
to throw around so we can decide later on whether we choose to purchase or lease the
machine. Mr. Glab asked on the rental of the machine is there a number of hours per
month or unit or we can use it or is it unlimited. Mr. Mariscotti stated he believes it is
unlimited and it is a rental to use at our discretion that month. Mrs. Gutosky asked if
there is used equipment available or rebuilt. Mr. Mariscotti stated we haven’t checked
into that he thinks what happens when it is used you are buying somebody else’s problem
so he thinks if we purchase we should buy new and create our own problem if that makes
any sense.
HOT WATER TANK
Mr. Mariscotti stated the hot water tank in the Municipal building has been issuing rusty
dirty water for quite some time. It is a 50 gallon water tank and is on its last leg so Jeff
got some prices and he’s thinking since there is not a lot of hot water used in this building
that an On Demand System is the way to go and it is tankless. The bids we got today are
anywhere between $1500.00 - $2000.00.
Motion by Mariscotti/Alfano to purchase an On Demand hot water heater for the
Borough building at a cost not to exceed $2,000.00 duly carried on a roll call vote with
all members present voting yes.
Under discussion Mr. Bittner asked if these prices included installation or are we doing
the installation. Mr. Tuday stated those prices are with installation. Mr. Glab asked about
warranty. Mr. Tuday stated probably a one year warranty.
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REMOVAL OF METERS ON GREEN STREET
Mr. Mariscotti stated that council has received a request from Mr. Maund & Mr. Pagac
are considering starting a project on the corner of Third and Green Street and we have
two parking meters there that are going to restrict the ingress and egress to their property
and he would like to grant that.
Motion by Mariscotti/Alfano to remove the meters on Green Street when Mr. Maund and
Mr. Pagac begin that project duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present
voting yes.
CABLE FRANCHISE
Mr. Mariscotti stated as everyone should know our cable contract has expired in April
and we have been running month to month on our existing cable contract. He has talked
to Mr. Rose from Armstrong Cable and would like him to attend the cable franchise
meeting which is tentatively scheduled on Monday, March 19th at 6:00 here at the
borough building. Mr. Mariscotti asked Mr. Melenyzer to attend also. We will discuss the
general state of the contract, the paid station, a basic cable bill, and the franchise fees.
Mr. Mariscotti will send an email confirming the date and time.
POCONO DUST – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
Mr. Mariscotti stated he has the annual request from the California Youth Baseball to pay
for two truck loads of Pocono dust for the infield.
Motion by Mariscotti/Difilippo to purchase two truck loads of Pocono dust for the
California Youth Baseball infield duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present
voting yes.
GRASS CUTTER – JIM MITCHELL
Motion by Mariscotti/Difilippo motion to bring grass cutter, Jim Mitchell, back on a part
time basis effective April 1, 2012 at a wage of $9.25, no benefits duly carried on a roll
call vote with all members present voting yes.
PUBLIC SAFETY – MR. GLAB & MR. ENCAPERA
CREATE NEW CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNT
Mr. Glab stated he will defer all public safety issues to Mayor this evening but he would
like to make a
Motion by Glab/Mariscotti to create a New Capital Reserve Account using approximately
50% of our county’s LSA monies with the purpose of this account to be to be used as a
capital reserve as a match in the event any grants come up or we can use it as an
emergency fund if we have a major piece of equipment break down that is required in the
borough, or we have a state of an emergency and need to make emergency purchases. We
would start it with 50% of the balance that is currently in our Gaming Revenue and take
50% of upcoming allocations duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present
voting yes.
Under discussion Mr. Bittner stated as the monies come in this year you’re saying you
want to take 50% of any allocations and put it in this new account. Mr. Glab stated yes
and if it gets too burdensome then we can not do that. Mr. Glab stated yes.
FINANCE REPORT – MRS. GUTOSKY
PAYMENT OF BILLS
Motion by Gutosky/Glab to pay the bills duly carried on a roll call vote with all members
present voting yes.
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT – MR. DIFILIPPO
FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE – SEWER PLANT
Motion by Difilippo/Alfano to pay the FEMA flood insurance for the sewer plant, Option
A at $5,315.00 duly carried on a roll call vote with Mr. Mariscotti abstaining and all other
members voting yes.
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PERSONNEL – MR. ENCAPERA & MR. GLAB
COMMENDATION
Mr. Encapera stated he wanted to commend our Volunteer Fire Fighters, our Borough
Police, and the California University Police on their bravery and courage Monday night
at the fire on top the hill. There were extremely dangerous conditions involved and he
just wanted to commend and honor them.
MAYOR’S REPORT – MR. DURDINES
BIKE RACE
Mayor Durdines stated that at the beginning of the meeting we heard from Mr. Petsko
about the bike race to be held in the borough on August 18th and looking at a street
closure from 8:00 – 4:00. Mr. Petsko stated he thinks we could adjust that from 10:00 am
through 5:00 pm. Mr. Bittner asked if Chief will take care of those permits. Mayor
Durdines stated yes and he is asking for authorization to close the municipal roads, apply
for the permit to close Route 88, and have two extra officers on duty during that event.
Motion by Difilippo/Mariscotti to authorize the Chief to apply for road closures and to
close the municipal roads and to authorize for extra officers for the bike race on August
18, 2012 duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
Mr. Bittner added that we may need borough crew there also. Mayor stated he hopes to
see a lot of community involvement and hopes to see community organizations
participate similar to how they do during homecoming.
STREET LIGHT – VENTURA LANE
Mr. Durdines stated he has received a request from residents of Ventura Lane requesting
an extra street light be placed there. He stated that Mr. Bittner stated that we may have
some lights that need moved around that are no longer needed in their current positions
so they will investigate that. He asked if we need permission from council to have
Allegheny power move those or not. Mayor stated when we have a recommendation for
which light they will move he will bring it to the next meeting
PARKING REQUEST – CAMPYS PIZZA
Mr. Durdines stated he has received a parking request from Campy’s pizza and what they
are requesting is a reserved stall to be located on Second Street near their side door and
this would be for their delivery driver. During the day and evening it is difficult for their
driver to get in and out of there with other vehicles parking there. They’ve become
burdened with parking tickets on occasion which detrimental to their business efforts
there. The Chief of Police investigated this parking request as he does all the parking
requests and he recommends approval so at this time he asks council to approve this
parking spot for Campy’s pizza. He spoke with Mr. Grimes prior to the meeting and he
will pay for the stall. He stated that’s it vote it up or down. Mr. Bittner asked if he has a
motion, a motion twice, and a motion three times. There was no motion made.
RECOGNITION OF WALTER WELD JR.
Mayor Durdines stated he would like to recognize Walter Weld Jr. for stopping at the fire
scene and prevented the owner from attempting to return into the building. How many
people just drove by that day and Walter actually stopped and did something. If you see
him on the street thank him and recognize him for his efforts.
ENGINEERS REPORT – MR. BROWER
UPDATE ON MAIN PUMP STATION
Mr. Brower stated it’s scheduled to start on Wednesday the 14th and we’ll need Doug and
Ron there that day
PAYMENT REQUEST – BRONDER TECHNICAL
Mr. Brower stated he has payment request #12, Application #5 for Bronder Technical
Services in the amount of $28,269.51.
Motion by Mariscotti/Alfano to pay Bronder Technical Services $28,269.51 for their
application #5, Payment request #12 duly carried on a roll call vote with all members
present voting yes.
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EXTEND H2O GRANT
Mr. Brower stated the H2O grant expires June 30, 2012 and he would like to request an
extension of one year for that. He’s talked to the people at H2O and they are willing to do
that and he has provided a letter to the Borough Secretary to be placed on your letterhead.
Motion by Alfano/Difilippo to send letter to extend the H2O Grant to June 30, 2013 duly
carried with all members present voting yes.
DEP PART II PERMIT APPLICATION
Mr. Brower stated he has completed the application and needs the President of Council’s
signature on it and he will get that submitted within the next couple of weeks.
Motion byAlfano/Mariscotti to authorize Council President to sign the Part II Permit
application duly carried on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
PEACH STREET LINE REMEDIATION
Mr. Brower stated he would like to arrange a meeting with Jeff and Doug within the next
two weeks to sit down and show them what he has planned and get some feedback from
them because there is some tough construction on the job. Mr. Bittner stated that is Peach
Way, because Peach Street is up on the hill. Mr. Brower stated that will probably take a
half day to sit and figure out what they’re going to do.
HOTEL CONTRACTOR
Mr. Brower stated he received a call from the contractor for the Hotel project today and
he found some sewer lines up there that he and Doug are going to investigate since they
were not aware existed that may service some homes up there. So we’ll have to go up
there and figure out what is going on.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT – MR. MELENYZER
OFFICER ENCAPERA SETTLEMENT
Mr. Melenyzer stated the first item for consideration is Officer Encapera has signed a
release and the total amount he is willing to accept is $9,990.00 and he has signed the
documents so it is up to council to act upon that if they desire to settle the matter.
Motion by Mariscotti/Difilippo to sign the release settlement with Mr. Encapera in the
amount of $9,999.00 duly carried with Mr. Encapera abstaining and the rest of council
voting yes.
SEWER ACCOUNTS
Mr. Difilippo stated he would like to discuss this at a meeting prior to the next regular
meeting. Mr. Difilippo stated it is both people not complying with tap in requirements
and late fees.
RESOLUTION 12-001
Mr. Melenzyer stated he has met with Shirley and Betty and discussed the sewer bank
accounts and both of them indicated that they were tracking some accounts manually and
it wasn’t user friendly to them and their recommendation we did a resolution, which Tom
will read over the main points and then council can adopt it if they so choose. Tom stated
the two parts of this resolution basically are that all debt fees are deposited into the bond
debt fee account separately instead of being deposited in the checking account and
manually tracked and the same with the line maintenance fees they will go into the
maintenance account and not in the general checking account so they won’t need tracked
manually.
Motion by Difilippo/Mariscotti to adopt resolution 12-001 duly carried on a roll call vote
with all members present voting yes.
OLD BUSINESS
No old business at this time
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NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Alfano stated he had a nice meeting today with a gentleman from the Washington
Wild Things baseball club, McHatfield, and they are promoting community nights for the
towns around the valley. He will be coming to the Recreation Authority meeting next
week and we’re going to discuss it there and he wants council’s blessing to explore this
as well to maybe do something else to get some community spirit and involve any
organization or church that is a part of this community. The basic principle is we’ll try
and sell so many reserve tickets in advance and they are very inexpensive, $9.00 a ticket,
have families go and take their kids to a nice night out at wild things. They would do PR
by coming out and taking pictures of the different groups in town and present it as a slide
show at the community night during the game. He has narrowed it down to August 10th or
August 17th and those are both Fridays and they are both fireworks nights. He said we’ll
discuss it at the recreation meeting and try and settle on one of these two dates. Mr.
Alfano asked Mr. Encapera to come to the recreation meeting and help get this thing
going because he is a great organizer. Mr.Mariscotti stated the bike race is the 18th so lets
try for the 10th. Mr. Alfano stated we book that date and guarantee a minimum amount of
tickets and put a 25% deposit to secure those tickets and we can add or people can go
online and book tickets in our section.
NEW COMPUTERS
Mr. Glab stated last month we met with Response Computers who provided us with a bid
that was rather comprehensive and it was divided into the police, administration, and the
zoning. At this time he would like to make a motion to purchase the server, workstations,
and software, and the laptop for the administration only. Can we do that or do that. Mr.
Melenzyer stated now if you come back at the next meeting and purchase the rest of it
you are going to be in violation of the bidding requirements. So you’re are you going to
all the offices down the road because you can’t piece meal, what are you talking about
spending. Mr. Glab stated the initial bid was around $24,000.00, if we take out the
monitors, and take away the police dept. because Casey said that is still functioning well,
and take away the police server and don’t do the zoning office we’ll be at a little less than
$8,100.00. Mr. Melenyzer stated you can do that as long as it is not a designed effort to
avoid the bidding requirements. So if the police department is functioning alright now
then you can do that. Mayor stated he would like to have a computer upgrade over there,
we have at least one computer over there that functions poorly and he can’t speak for the
one in Chief’s office or Joyce’s but he printed something for the committee meeting off
of there and it took him 20 minutes to get on the internet find it and print it. Mr. Difilippo
questioned the server for the police. Mr. Glab stated his motion omitted everything for
the police dept and zoning department and the monitors for the administration
department, but since now Casey is saying there is a problem with some of those over
there then we probably need to rethink this. Mr. Difilippo stated he thinks we need to sit
down and break this down into exactly what we do and don’t need. Mr. Glab stated his
theory was to get it off the ground with square one before we have a catastrophic failure
in the administrative offices and lose any pertinent information there. He stated we can
do it next month. Mr. Glab rescinded his motion.
RECOGNITION OF CITIZENS
MR. MADDIEX
Mr. Maddiex stated on the 11th the clocks get turned forward an hour. The second thing is
with the new zoning officer we should have a meeting with the Planning Commission and
possibly the zoning hearing board so we all get off to a fresh start on the same page. The
third thing is Ordinance #530 and at the committee meeting he found out that the money
was going toward the police department, but he doesn’t remember a motion going over
the table designating it for the police department. There are four different items that
money can be used for and he doesn’t remember that it went over the table since you’ll
be expending funds from the line items. If council has done that tell him now but if you
haven’t a motion is needed unless the solicitor has something to say that a motion is not
necessary. Mr. Melenzyer stated are you asking if there has to be a motion stipulating
what the money has to be used for. Mr. Melenzyer stated they adopted the ordinance.
Mr. Maddiex stated but he doesn’t know what the funds are going to be used for. Mr.
Melenzyer stated you are earmarking the funds and if you do that in a motion then you
can’t use them on something else that is very appropriate. You have to be careful; you do
not have to designate exactly what it has to be used for.
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JANET MCGINITY
She stated that she hopes with the hiring of a new zoning officer that this town keeps
moving forward and she would not like to see it go back to the way it was when nothing
gone done. She stated with convocation center and the events discussed tonight people
will be coming into town and she hopes that they will be able to say this may be a place
where they’d like to move or purchase property in.
ANGIE FOWKES
Mrs. Fowkes asked about community service groups from the college or boy scouts, girl
scouts doing a community clean up project. Mr. Hasbrouck stated at the partnership
meeting a week or so ago the center for civic engagement talked to President Bittner and
himself and there are some things in the works that you’ll be seeing very shortly. Mr.
Hasbrouck stated while we are on the topic we probably should meet with County
Hauling again to see about the special clean ups and electronic equipment recycling as
well. Mr.Bittner asked Shirley to invite Mr. McGarvey from County Hauling to March’s
Partnership meeting.
MAYOR DURINES
Mr. Durdines stated he forgot to mention the students who have been helping at the fire
department fish fry. They have certainly taken a lot of burden off of the firemen and it is
much appreciated.
MR. HASBROUCK
Mr. Hasbrouck stated that Maura may be able to work with Shirley on getting the word
out on the sewage bills.
ADJOURN
Motion by Mariscotti/Alfano to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 pm duly carried with all
members present stating aye.
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