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I'd like to call to order the C City
Caucus meeting for Monday December 23rd
2024 we have 18 items for original
consideration and three for unanimous
consent if the clerk would please
read item number one for final
consideration an ordinance to amend
section 1382 C of Article 1
138-139 43b of article 8 138 84h of
Article 15 of chapter 138
1519a of Article 2 151 9e of Article 2
of chapter
151 16714 D of Article 2 of chapter 167
18310 of Article 2 chapter 183 210- 14a
of article 3 of chapter 210 of this
connected city code related to building
code
fees Mr Williams
okay so you would like you asking for it
to be return to committee I need a
second on that second okay need aoll
call right now which item is that Madam
president um do
we after okay okay item number two item
number two for final consideration a
resolution amending the building code
fee schedule as authorized by section
13717 of chapter 137 was moved in second
was it Roll Call
okay with the items a roll call go ahead
amending the build and code fee schedule
as authorized by section 13717 of
chapter 137 of the connected city code
and sections 13821 and 138 11.1 Article
4 of chapter 138 of this connected
code yes Mr
Williams all right um these are related
items so I need a second on that
second we will do a roll
call uh item number three item number
three for original consideration a
resolution calling for a public hearing
to amend certain section of this
connected city code chapter 248
regarding setting Citywide speed limit
at 25 miles
hour discussed in committee without
objection and on consent item number
four item number four for original
consideration a resolution of accepting
a grant from Metroplex Development
Authority for the Broadway Corridor
Improvement
discussed in committee without objection
and on consent item number five item
number five for original consideration a
resolution authorizing a license to
Metroplex for the aloh Heritage Trail
extension project discussed in committee
with objection on consent item number
six item number six for original
consideration a resolution authorizing
the mayor to enter into an agreement
with the USA Eastern for rehabilitation
to City Tennis
facilities discuss in committee without
objection on consent item number seven
item number seven for original
consideration a resolution authorizing
the implementation and funding of the
first instant 100% of the federal aid
and state marchelli program Aid eligible
costs of Transportation federal aid
project and appropriating funds
therefore discussed in committee with
objection on consent item number eight
item number eight for original
consideration a resolution accepting a
proposal to operate disc connected
Municipal Golf Course concession
discussing committee without objection
on consent item number nine item number
nine for original consideration a
resolution amending resolution
224-4604 for the sale of a property
located at 461 hulet Street discussed in
committee with objection on consent item
number 10 item number 10 under original
consideration a resolution authorizing
the sale of a vacant lot located at 16
Grove place for $6,000
discussed in committee without objection
on consent item number 11 item number 11
for original consideration a resolution
authorizing the sale of 543 Mumford
Street for
$5,000 discussed in committee without
objection on consent item number 12 item
number 12 for original consideration a
resolution authorizing the sale of a
vacant lot located at 756 Cutler Street
for
$1,750 discussing committee with the
objection on consent item number 13 item
number 13 for original consideration a
resolution authorizing the sale of 946
Davis terce for
$35,000 discussed in committee without
objection on consent item number 14 item
number 14 under contract and Supply a
resolution authorizing the issuance of a
purchase order for chlorine gas
2025 discussed in committee without
objection on consent item number 15 item
number 15 under contract and Supply a
resolution authorizing the issuance of a
purchase order for hydrofluosilicic acid
2025 discussed in committee without
objection and on consent item number 16
item number 16 under contract and Supply
a resolution authorizing the issuance of
a purchase order for liquid sodium
bisulfate
2025 discuss in committee without
objection and consent item number 17
item number SE 17 under contract and
Supply a resolution authorizing the
issuance of a purchase order for sodium
hypochloride
2025 discuss in committee with objection
and on consent
item number 18 item number 18 under
contract and Supply a resolution
awarding the bid and contract for the
grat Park improvements to Carver
Construction Incorporated in the amount
of $643,000
2022 to 24 to modify the amount of funds
for Coco
house any
motion to move right or do we move
for need a motion to move to the consent
agenda oh Mr M yeah um before we this to
the C agenda I would like to could you
stand please I would like to submit a
motion for us to to hold these three
items of one item consider all three
because they
a and move them to special city council
meeting to discuss them and to address
the agency concern and concern
terms I need a second on that
motion second for Miss to miss Patrick
okay we will have a roll call on that
item and we're going to still go through
the other items because they are on the
agenda so item number
18b item number 18b under unanimous
unanimous consent a resolution
authorizing the purchase of a plow
truck same here item call for City
meeting discuss okay I need a
second second thank you item number 18 c
item number 18 c under unanimous consent
a resolution allocating
$140,000 in arpa funding for the 2025
former Youth Employment
Program Mr mud same here like to ask
motion to hold it for special City counc
meeting
discuss I need a
second second by Miss Patrick okay uh we
will have a roll call on those as on
that as
well if there's nothing else to come
before the city caucus I ask for a
motion to
adjourn Mo move by Mr mudar second by Mr
Williams all in favor I we are adjourned
I'd like to call the city council
meeting to order for Monday December
23rd
20124 and I'd like to call on councilman
Williams to offer
Prayer Will everyone please bow their
heads dear heavenly father we come
before you today and we just want to say
thank you thank you for all the
blessings you continue to bestow upon
each of us and for our community
collectively
as we continue through our holiday
season and welcome in a new year I ask
that you continue to place upon us a
peaceful heart and a che charitable
heart uh there are many of us throughout
the city that do not have and are less
fortunate and ask that as we continue uh
to be servants P pushing forward your
good will that we remember those who do
not have as we continue forward um as we
continue the business throughout the
city I just ask that you give us um you
relax our tongues and you order our
steps so that we are able to do the best
work for the resident of the city of
conc and it is with these blessings that
I ask before you amen amen May I'd like
to call on the mayor to L The Pledge I
pledge to of the United States of
America
stands
indivisible andice for
all thank
you I'll ask for approval of the minutes
for December member 9th 2024 and
December 13th
2024 approval of the
minutes moved by Miss Patrick second by
Mr mudaron all in favor
I I'd ask the clerk to read any
Communications and
petitions Communications presented to
the city council for Monday December
23rd 2024 under official there were none
under General there were none and under
petitions there were none going to send
a text regard i' ask um call on council
members to provide any committee
reports this time we'll have privilege
of the floor related to the legislative
agenda um so just to be clear the
anything for the legislative agenda is
what's on here so I know um Mr Rivas
you've signed up for City business
however if you want to speak to
something that's on the agenda
you can speak through at this
time um Madam president um mayor
McCarthy city council uh first I kind
want to thank you guys I know this arper
process has been kind of daunting for
everyone um really what I just want to
address is you know at coko house we
really just tried to do our best to
abide by the process there was a lot of
uh miscommunication in the very
beginning so for the first five months
we didn't utilize almost any of our
funds because it was communicated that
we couldn't without raising a large
amount of money up front I became more
involved in the process because our
board president and CFO Robert um became
very ill and he had to step down in June
when I began meeting with the city of
City uh um I believe it was Mitch grman
and Denise Brooker what was explained to
me was that we have the entirety of the
three years to utiliz the entirety of
the $500,000 the arpa so we scheduled it
out as that the thing is from the very
beginning um in the arbit contract it
was allocated from my um salary to be
increased to $70,000 which I opted to
not take until we hired staff from the
community first so for the entirety of
the beginning of the contract until now
I have opted to not be paid the amount
that was allocated in the arpa because I
wanted to make sure we took care of the
community first it was recently just
brought to my attention like literally
within the last few days that uh arpa
contract I guess it's supposed to end
the allocation supposed to end on the
31st that's not what it was explained to
us so we have hired staff as we spoke
about we do have resumés to hire more
staff continuously so I spoke with
Alexandria earlier so I guess the the
conversation is I would just like for
somebody to really explain is it the
full three years for the contract or is
it a yearly contract because I've been
given basically two different
explanations now based on my
conversation with Alexandria earlier um
I did speak to my board and if the
contract itself ends at a one-year
glance on the 31st then me and my board
have had the conversation about possibly
allowing some money to go back into the
pot if it's necessary but if the
allocation is for the total three years
then is that what's supposed to happen
because there's been two totally
different conversations with me so I
thank you guys first off I I don't want
to see like in any way like I'm trying
to be uh not appreciative I appreciate
the allocation and our ability we just
hired a young man from the community 21y
old who is being able to make a
sustainable living wage for himself this
is what we want to be able to do with
the arpa but there's been a lot of
confusion about the timeline and how
we're able to use it either way myself
and my board are committed to making a
decision and working with the city as to
what works best for everyone but I think
we just have to have some very clear
communication and dialogue and have some
timelines some things spelled out for
what's necessary thank you thank
you I have no one else signed up to
speak so I declare a public comment on
the legislative agenda
closed this time I ask for approval of
the legislative consent
agenda move by Mr mitar second Mr Mr
manini all those in favor I we have five
items for a roll
call let's see if the clerk could please
read item number one this will be a roll
call to um return this item to committee
for further
discussion item number one for final
consideration and ordinance to amend
section 1382 C of Article 1 138 23b of
article 4 138 43b of article 8 13884 h
of art Article 15 of chapter 138
1519a of Article 2 1519 e of Article 2
of chapter 151 1671 14d of Article 2 of
chapter 167 18310 of Article 2 of
chapter 183 210- 14a of article 3 of
chapter 210 of disconnecting city code
related to building code fees this um
this item was I I need a motion in in
City moved by
Mr Mr William second by Mr mudaron okay
is there any discussion on this item
before we have the roll call Mr
Williams thank you so during our uh
committee meetings we had a lot of
discussion around this particular item
with respect to raising some uh code
fees and my hesitation with proceeding
uh center is around wanting to make sure
we are putting in place appropriate
workflow adjustments rather than relying
on increases with our fees alone similar
to The Stance I took with um waste and
and water and previous budgets I want to
ensure that prior to us putting in place
additional raises um monetarily I want
to ensure that our operations reflect
the best practices this is not a
comination of anything that's happening
within uh the code Department however um
based on my seat uh I feel it is best
appropriate to ensure that prior to us
putting in place additional monetary
fees uh that we again are evaluating
other measures prior to doing
that all right any further
discussion Miss
Patrick I thought when we voted that
what we were voting was to discuss have
further discussion at an upcoming
committee meeting on the this item and
the next one right so we couldn't we um
yes that that is what we're voting on
right now okay so to move take it back
to committee not not to vote it out
tonight but to vote take it back to
committee for further discussion okay
thank you
okay is there any other questions for
further
discussion if the clerk would please
call the role Mr
Toro Mr Farley is not here uh Mr Mancini
yes Mr muan yes Miss Patrick yes Mr
Williams yes Mr pfield
yes the motion passes
521 item number two for roll call
item number two for final consideration
a resolution amending the building code
fee as authorized by section
13717 of chapter 137 of the SKC city
code in sections 13821 and 138 111.1
Article 4 of chapter 138 of the connec
city code
motion by Mr mutar second by Mr uh
Williams any discussion on this
item none okay uh for a roll call please
Mr
Toro Mr Farley zson Mr Mancini yes Mr M
yes Miss Patrick yes Mr Williams yes Mr
pfield yes both these items will be um
I'm sorry the motion passes 5 to one um
both of these items will be returned to
committee okay the next uh three items
are to um ask to have to remove these
items from the agenda is that what
you're asking for Mr
muan and um have a special meeting for
discussion if the clerk okay thank you
um the clerk would please read the items
item 188 under unanimous consent a
resolution amending resolution number
224-225 to modify the amount of funds
for Coco house
motion second second second by Mr
Williams okay would clerk would please
call the role Mr Toro yes Mr Farley is
absent Mr Mancini yes Mr Mutan yes Miss
Patrick yes Mr Williams yes Miss
Porterfield
yes item number
18b item number
18b for unanimous consent a resolution
authorizing the purchase of a plow
truck I need a motion to return this
moveed by Mr mudaron second by Mr
Williams if the clerk would please call
the
role Mr Toro
no Mr farle is absent Mr manini yes Mr
muon yes Miss
Patrick Mr Williams yes M portfield yes
the item passes 4
to2 and I'm sorry item number 18a passed
5 to one
um or I'm Sorry Miss Miss um six item
pass unanimously on
18a um item number 18
c item number 18 c under unanimous
consent a resolution allocating $140,000
in arpa funding for the 2025 Summer
Youth Employment
Program motion so second by Miss Patrick
if the clerk would please call the
role Miss Mr Toro yes Mr farle is absent
Mr Mancini
yes Mr muan yes Miss Patrick yes Mr
Williams yes M pfield yes the item
passes 6 to
zero thank
you and these items will we return to
committee we will call a special city
council committee meeting because these
are time sensitive um items and so the
meeting will be will be given the
three-day notice for the meeting
this time we'll have um privilege of the
floor related to General City business I
have one person signed up to speak Tom
Kennedy good evening everyone mayor city
council uh excuse
me sorry been fighting
the ravages of a typ flu hey don't W get
too close to
this I'm going step back everybody can
hear me anyway um I'm
uh I stand tonight uh to talk about arpa
um I I'm getting tired to talk about
arpa from from up here but once again it
just shows this has been a shame from
the beginning the first day that you
guys dealt with this you didn't deal
with the the uh deal with the
recommendations from the Committees that
said did hard work on this in fact the
first day if you go back and take a look
at it was horse trading across the table
everybody had their own proposals
everybody was getting done and I believe
KOCO house was one of them and it's kind
of ironic that we're here tonight
talking about Coco house again this
thing has been all over the map uh went
went to buildings and then changed and
then it went to to uh to salaries uh and
now we're talking about tonight where
they're taking funds back from this
thing um but that's not the only
one but what the city residents have
looked at is you guys burn through
millions of dollars millions of dollars
and yet tonight we're still arguing
about stuff like this going back to the
to the thing um it's
been inconsistent
many people that's been and I've set up
here it's been corrupt because if you go
back and take a look at all the funds
that were talked about the first night
uh many of these many of those things uh
were put out again one of them was Coco
house uh we still haven't found out
what's going on with du that thing's all
been all over the map as well these are
millions of
dollars so um the bottom line is that
we're going to have to take a look at
this when you guys ever get done with it
um and uh we're going to have to go
through these different proposals but uh
as far as I'm concerned the city did not
get the bang for the
buck over over over arpa um and quite
honestly you guys should be ashamed of
yourselves because you guys could have
done some major things in our city that
could have helped our city become a
better City better for the taxpayers
better for the kids and uh so uh
I'm going to
reserve to say what I wanted to say
about these other ones when you have
your special council meeting but I just
wanted to say that it's it's uh it's
it's unfortunate that this Council
didn't take advantage of what it could
have happen and I do appreciate the golf
golf course um because that's a money
maker for the city and the pool the
pools is something that the city should
be very proud of because a lot of kids
use it just went up there just to watch
the kids and uh she' be very very proud
of that pool so other than
that uh missed the
opportunity thank
you okay
sorry we didn't take
attendance nothing
counts okay so miss miss Michael would
call the role Mr
Toro Mr Farley is absent Mr Mancini here
Mr muon President M Patrick here Mr
Williams M
Porterfield
here okay so I have no one signed else
signed up to speak for the public
comment of City business so I declare
closed any miscellaneous business from
Council
Members Miss
Patrick Mr Williams I want to just take
a quick moment to just wish everyone
throughout our city and our neighboring
cities uh happy holidays as we uh close
out at 202 2024 there's definitely a lot
to be thankful for and I ask that as
everyone makes their resolutions uh you
do so with a generous heart and mind and
I also wanted to take a moment to as we
welcome in this really cold weather um
that as we bundle up and stay indoors
there are a lot of uh there are a lot of
occupations that do their work outside
for the benefit of each of us um of
those to name a few are ems workers um
our utility service response teams and I
had another one that escapes me but I
just wanted to give all of them up and
our city employees that are responding
to removing snow removal and also still
traing trash out on a daily basis I
sincerely wanted to say thank you for
all that you do on a day in day out
basis it is has not missed on me that's
it thank you Miss Patrick thank you um I
want to wish everyone happy holidays
this week it's been um a very
challenging
2024 uh both uh really in our country
and in the world uh lots of conflict I
wish for everyone that 2025 that there's
more peace in the world uh that there's
a lot of joy in our own homes uh and
locally um and I wish that everybody
would have uh good holidays also want to
say um it's pretty dark outside uh at
night and I really would encourage
people uh if you're out at night on
bicycles or walking uh to please please
wear some sort of reflective something
uh so that folks see you as they're as
they're driving down the streets I hope
everybody stays safe over the next
several days uh you know with driving
and enjoying your celebrations uh and
just again wish everyone happy
holidays Mr Toro than thank you um i'
just like to take a moment to express my
gratitude to Mayor McCarthy um and draw
attention to our new trash receptacles
throughout the city um they're all over
um Erie Boulevard State Street um and
they're attractive Compact and they're
being used frequently uh when I walk my
dog I I I do use them frequently by the
pedestrians in our neighborhoods uh
which contributes uh which our goal was
for a cleaner and more welcoming streets
um the initiative does trace back to it
starts with me litter campaign a project
launched in collaboration with
councilman uh councilwoman Patrick
myself and former councilman paleni um
seeing the positive impact of this uh
effort in our community is truly
rewarding and then I'd like to just add
as we approach the holiday season I EXT
my extend my heartfelt blessings to all
uh whether you're celebrating Christmas
Hanukkah Kwanza or another cherished
tradition May the season bring each of
you Joy and May the New Year be filled
with health and happiness thank you
thank you Mr
muan thank you like my colleagues I
would like to wish my colleagues um our
our city staff and our resident merry
Christmas happy holidays whoever is
celebrating is that time of giving so I
encourage our residents our colleagues
and everybody here to please consider
your neighbor consider the less
fortunate and in time of C weather
please reach out to our neighbors our
seniors and to make sure somebody make a
phone call and make sure that they're
okay in this time of giving and yes this
is a year um we have to be thankful
especially on the city council I want to
thank my colleagues for us working
together despite the fact that sometimes
we don't see eye to eye which is a good
thing so that we express our opinion we
respect each others which is a wonderful
thing that we carry this entire year and
I'm so proud of what we're doing and I
wish that we all continue to do the same
into next year and Beyond so once again
happy holidays to everyone and please go
there enjoy and have some good times
with your family and
friends oh Mr
Mancini hello I want to take this time
as concluding my first year as a city
councilman and it's been an honor for me
for this year and thank the mayor the
council council president um all that
served the city city workers for all the
hard work they do I've um from my first
year here I've really gotten to see the
the dedication and hard work from the
city staff and the leadership of the
city has been fairly impressive for me
I'm just want to wish all the residents
a happy and safe holiday season to take
this time to reflect with your family
and loved ones um take those areas that
didn't go so well and and put those in
the past and move forward next year with
a with a new future for all of us I look
forward to continuing my work here with
the city and want to thank everyone um
for everything you all
do thank you
mayor thank you Madame President uh
councilman manini the ugly sweater
contest was Friday afternoon here at
City Hall
so but uh I too want to wish uh everyone
uh holiday greetings from the city I
whether you celebrate Christmas Hanukkah
Panza whatever your faith may be to
enjoy your family friends the good
things that we have going on in the
community uh we're truly fortunate
because of
that the same time we've gotten a couple
little snowstorms we may get a little
bit of snow tonight it's going to be on
the low end but I encourage people uh
one shovel on each side of a fire
hydrant if we uh get a little bit more
snow to keep it clear in the unlikely
event the fire department has to access
it it's uh ready
enabl and with the temperatures dropping
to below zero and there is not much snow
cover the frost will go in the ground
and people should be cognizant of uh
their pipes uh freezing up and if you
have a pipe that's on an outside wall or
a fixture uh just leaving it on a little
so that it will drip will keep it going
and keep it uh from freezing so some of
those small precautions can save you big
expense and a lot of headache if you
have to go through an unfortunate
situation with burst pipe but thank you
Madame President thank you mayor uh
first of all I'd like to thank everyone
that came out this evening to speak um
on whatever City business I appreciate
your input and
um you know providing information that
maybe we had not heard had before um I
I'm sorry the gentleman left but I did
want to speak to his uh comments
regarding arpa however what I'm going to
do is just put together a full report on
how the arpa money was spent and um so
for people to say things like corrupt
and we were you know helping our friends
Etc um none of which is true so uh
Community organizations that do good
work deserve to be funded so I will take
it upon myself to uh with getting the
information from finance and just
putting together a report and showing
how actually that money was spent within
the city as well as a matter of fact the
majority of it actually was SP with
spent within the city and not on the
community projects but people want to
put on the face of it so it looks a
certain way which is not true but the
numbers will speak for themselves so
that's what will
happen so as we're ending this year on a
still one more meeting note just by the
way we have we're going to have that
special meeting so but um as we have
this actual public meeting um with the
city council here I just want to thank
everyone first of all for all your work
all year long for your considerations on
the legislation that has come before you
um for giving it for those of you who
really gave it thought um a thought
thoughtful process as we moved forward
and I'm looking forward to us to for the
next year as we move forward and to um
again pass some meaningful legislation
arpa did take a lot of our time because
it was money that we first of all did
expect and secondly had to be expended
within a certain time frame so I know
there's much more work to be done done
and that I believe that this council is
up to doing it so I look forward to that
I'd like to wish a very merry Christmas
happy K Quanza happy Hanukkah or
whatever celebration that individuals um
celebrate to the council members to the
uh our um to the city staff and to our
residents at large thank you very much
for your time and your effort and um
with that I'll ask for a motion to
adjourn oh maybe I can say happy new
year right now because we only have a
special meeting and not another council
meeting on the 30th we don't have
another council meeting before the uh
new year so I could say happy new year
as well so with that I'll ask for a
motion to adjourn moved by Miss Patrick
second by Mr Williams all those in favor
I we are adjourned have a good
night
34 little slower are you going to be
around for a while oh you headed
straight out the
door get