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- Clearwater Conservancy has been committed to conserving

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and restoring the natural resources of Centre County

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and beyond for more than 40 years.

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In 2022, we purchased 10 acres on Spring Creek in Hauser V.

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We have a 20 year relationship

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with this land having restored the Streamside forested

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Buffer in 2004.

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This property in the heart

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of the Spring Creek watershed is the site

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of our new permanent home

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and our local conservation restoration

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and education programs.

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The public will be welcome to explore the Stream, as well

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as use the community meeting room for partnerships

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and collaboration.

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Clearwater's dedicated volunteers will see firsthand the

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positive impact of their efforts.

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Your support ensures

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that our conservation work thrives protecting our natural

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resources for everyone.

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As an accredited land trust, we promise

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that residents will enjoy clean water

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and natural areas for many years to come.

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Your support is essential in preserving our natural

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resources for future generations.

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Visit clearwater conservancy.org to learn

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how you can get involved.

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and Educational Access Network.

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- Good evening everyone.

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Welcome to the Beon Borough Council Business meeting.

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Would you join me please? With the Pledge of Allegiance?

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- I pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which stands?

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One Nation under God, individual with liberty

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and justice for all.

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- Ms. Clayton, could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.

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- Mr. Bernier? Here. Mr. Brachbill? Here.

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- Okay. - Ms. Clayton? Here. Ms. Dann. Here.

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Mr. Johnson? Present. Ms. McKean? Here. Okay. Ms.

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Purnell? Here. Ms. Sedgwick? Here. Ms. TostiVasey? I'm here.

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Ms. Meley Here. And Mayor Johnson. Here. Thank you.

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- Thank you. Additions

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to the council meeting agenda under Act 65 of 2021.

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If a matter is not on the agenda,

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counsel may not take official action on it.

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counsel can act on matters relating to potential

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or real emergencies.

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Counsel may add a matter of agency business to its agenda

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through a majority vote.

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The council must state why the action item is being

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added to the agenda.

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Council may vote to add an action item to the agenda.

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Are there any additions?

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Public Comment. Borough Council intends

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to take Public Comment related to the motion

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that is on the floor

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after it has been duly made and seconded.

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The order of comments will be Public Comment

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and then council comment, including proposed amendments

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If amendments are proposed to the original motion,

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the public will then only comment on the amendments

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before the final votes are taken.

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You must be a Beante resident, a nonprofit representative,

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a business owner, or an official representative

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of another governmental agency.

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Speakers shall identify themselves by name

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and street municipality if outside the Borough of Beante

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comments are limited to three minutes.

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Counsel was in executive session tonight from six 30

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to seven 30, and we were discussing personnel issues

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under communications.

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Beon EMS is holding their seventh annual joint meeting

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invitation for at 7:00 PM on Wednesday,

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July 30th, 2025.

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The meeting will be held at Bellon

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EMS 360 9 Phoenix Avenue in Bellmont, please.

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RSVP to Scott Wrote by Monday, July 28th,

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no counsel action is needed.

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The legal de descrip, excuse me, the legal de descrip

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description of the Lot Edition portions of Dunlap Street,

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owned by the Borough of Beon to be transferred

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to Beon Water Associates, waterfront Associates, number one,

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and number two, LLC, Beante Waterfront.

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Could I have a motion and a second

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to approve the legal description as stated?

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- So moved. Second Brachbill. Bill.

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- Thank you. Is there any discussion?

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Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.

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- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

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Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

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Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.

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- Consent Agenda. All items listed on the Consent Agenda are

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considered routine and will be acted

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upon by a single motion.

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There will be no separate discussion of these items

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unless members of the council request specific items

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to be removed for separate action.

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Could I have a motion and a second

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to approve the Consent Agenda, please?

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- I'll make the motion Brachbill

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- Bill.

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Thank you, Andy.

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- One second. - Thank you. Shawna.

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Under reports. Mr. Mayor, you wanna vote on that? Oh, yes.

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We do wanna vote on that. I'm sorry.

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- Can we have a Roll Call - Note please?

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- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

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Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

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- Thank you. Mr. Mayor, would you like

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to have your report now?

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- Yeah. I, I just simply want to thank Pat McCool

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and everybody who had a hand in the Bellon cruise.

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I know the weather did not cooperate this year

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as they would've liked,

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but despite of the weather, it was still a,

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a first class event.

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And we are all very thankful for all the time

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and effort that they put in to make it such a great event.

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So thank you to anybody

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who had a hand in making the crew successful.

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- Thank you. The police report is in your packet.

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Chief Whitmer, did you have anything to add to that tonight?

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- No, I didn't have anything new to add. As you could see.

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Hopefully everyone had a chance to review it again.

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We're quite busy. We had a lot of special events

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that went on as well.

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We attended. So, anyone have any questions

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- I have one quick question. Sure.

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I'm gonna put you on the spot here. Okay.

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If there's a non-emergency call that needs to be directed

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to the police, what, do you know what that number is?

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1-800-479-ZERO 0 5 0.

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- Thank you. - Thanks, chief.

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of Community Affairs with Gina.

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Can we have a motion and a second

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to conditionally approve the preliminary final Belfont

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that are contingent on the list of four things below that.

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- So - Thank you. Can we have a second please?

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- I'll second rec - Bill discussion.

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Dana, do you wanna add anything to that, please?

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are here if you have any questions about the plans

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themselves or myself.

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Of course. And I also wanted to say thank you to

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John Sep and Tom Songer for their hard work

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and also to the Planning commission for their hard work

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and the Historic Architectural Review Board

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for their hard work on reviewing these plans, modifying 'em,

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discussing, going back and forth.

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It's been a long process, as you know,

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it is a conditional approval.

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There are a couple of things that are still outstanding,

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but those are pretty straightforward

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for land development plans.

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So there's no overarching issues there.

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And I don't know if Mr. Songer or Mr.

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Sep have wanna speak or have anything to add, so,

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the vision statement with them in the

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packet so they have that. Oh,

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- Well, I hope you had an oppor. My name's Tom Songer.

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and I have been working on this project, as you know,

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for many years, and we think we're very close

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to getting this thing launched this year.

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It's been challenging project in many ways,

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but we think that the project we have

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before you tonight is really a very good project

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for Beon Barrow.

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through the COVID period

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and subsequent to COVID to improve the project.

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So the vision statement that I hope you've had a chance

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to read, we haven't changed the real vision

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of the project in that we're gonna build a 93 room

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boutique hotel, be national brand.

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and also have a rooftop experience, which

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that is something major that we've added

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since you last saw the land development plan.

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And that rooftop experience will seat approximately 75

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people indoors, 75 people outdoors.

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And we think that's gonna be the will,

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the real wow factor for the project.

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When you're sitting up on the sixth floor of the hotel,

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you'll be able to see, have a panoramic view

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of all be front.

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site, the hotel, a parking garage

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with commercial on the first floor.

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that was gonna be commercial on the first floor.

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because parking garages are so expensive to build

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that we decided to combine

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the two buildings into one building.

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So we're gonna have, I don't know if Gina,

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can you bring up the, the digital printer,

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the illustration of the whole site?

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the hotel, really, the footprint

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of the hotel hasn't changed.

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between Spring Creek and the hotel and the parking garage.

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It's gonna be a brick paved gathering space for citizens,

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people just to walk,

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or there'll be outdoor seating on the first floor too,

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for the, for the hotel.

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to have any large meeting rooms on the second level,

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which we had planned before, because there's many places in

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and around Beon, there we go,

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that can provide

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and are providing space for meetings and so forth.

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and we converted that all to hotel rooms

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that's the hotel you'll see the, the promenade,

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the brick promenade I just spoke about next to Spring Creek.

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We also have a brick sidewalk in front

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of the parking garage in,

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in hotel going down towards the gamble mill.

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This plan also shows about 90 surface parking spaces,

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in the parking garage, 265.

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but mostly on levels two and three.

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There'll be parking on the ramp going up

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into the parking garage.

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We're gonna have the latest technology in terms

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of paying for parking.

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That will include scanning your license plate.

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So you scan your license plate going in, scan it going out,

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computer computes what you owe,

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and you can pay it, you know, via a credit card.

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We'll probably still have a ticket

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opportunity also if you wanna take a ticket

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and pay it a kiosk.

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we'll have a farm to table restaurant on the first floor

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that will seat about a hundred people.

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outside the hotel with a, with a roof over

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that area.

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Then continuing on to the parking garage.

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The parking garage will be built at the same

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time as the hotel.

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You gotta build the two together.

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They'll open at the same time.

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And once we start the project

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and start building the project,

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we will be marketing the condominium units.

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We're, we're already sort of marketing that.

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And I have a lot of interest in the condominium units,

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but we won't be selling any condo units

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until we actually start the project.

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But once we start the project, we'll be meeting

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with pro prospects

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who are interested in buying a condominium unit.

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There'll be 48 condominium units, two and three bedrooms

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and 16 on each floor, floors four, five, and six.

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And there'll become an open space on four six of the con

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of the condominiums.

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The

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- 30 more seconds.

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- The unique thing about this project is

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- 30 seconds.

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- What's that? 30 more - Seconds to wrap it up.

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- Oh, okay. Sorry.

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So the unique thing about this is anyone's interested in

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building condominium.

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It'll be a custom design

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for your interior, interior finishes.

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You get to pick your cabinetry, your flooring,

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your lighting, and so forth.

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So anyway, we're very excited about the project

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and we're looking forward, as I said,

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to getting it started this, this fall.

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All right. Anybody have any questions for me?

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- Thank you, sir, very much. - Okay. Thank you.

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- Thank - You. Does anybody else have questions

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or discussion before we vote?

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Can we have a Roll Call vote please. Deb?

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- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

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Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

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Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.

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Thank you.

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- We also have a report from our interim Borough manager,

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Don Holderman, do you have anything you wanna add?

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- Not not add, but just for the public Madam President.

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I just wanted to mention that we did sign the documents

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today for the bid documents for the traffic light

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that will go up at Zion Road and Parkview Boulevard.

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It will be advertised for four weeks in the next week or so,

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and then bid opening will be August 4th.

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- Thank you. Committee reports

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Environmental and Parks Committee, Ms.

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TostiVasey,

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- The, the, we met

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with the Tran Park Committee on Wednesday, May 28th

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to do a walkthrough of Tran Park.

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That walkthrough, we made a, a list of issues that need

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to be addressed over the summer that are public works, will

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be doing most of the work.

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This includes some tree trimming

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and clearing of brush under some trees.

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In addition, we noticed issues with the de deterioration

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of the bottoms of the columns at the pergola,

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and we all agreed that fencing behind the pergola needs

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to be repaired.

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The committee, both committees thought the idea

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of a wrought iron replacement for the wooden fence

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behind the Perla would be nicer in terms

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of durability and looks.

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And in addition, we discussed the possibility

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of adding an a DA lookout over Spring Creek

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from that viewpoint.

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That might be very nice, but that's somewhere down the road.

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Then on Thursday, June 12th,

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the parks committee met at Governor's Park

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to do a similar walkthrough.

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We found over seven to eight dead trees that are over 70

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to 80 feet tall that need

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to be removed along with their stumps.

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Our public works crew, thank you, has already done a lot

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of cleanup within the park from the la

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that large storm we had in May.

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They're still working on this.

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And Julie said that when they get some time,

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they will also be removing many of the stumps that were left

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behind when the, they took care of the trees

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that had fallen down during the storm.

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In addition, we looked at the revised batting cage proposal

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that is on our agenda this evening under old business.

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The, the design we approved at the last meeting

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was a completely surrounded the batting cage with a fence

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that stood about five feet outside of the cage area.

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The base golf group afterwards came back to us

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and decided they thought it would look better

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and be more protected.

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If instead they placed hardy board on the outside

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of the batting cage, leaving the netting open at the top.

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We did ask if this would work

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with in the evenings when the sun goes down,

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and we were told that the state that the cage has plenty

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of interior lighting that will work with this new design.

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The committee is recommending approval

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of this change when we get to old business

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And that yes.

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And that what you see on the screen is the new design

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that on the bottom left was sort

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of like a barn door crossing.

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That's where the lock gate will be

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to get into the batting cage.

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- Thank you. We'll look at all those in detail when,

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when we come up to vote on that too.

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Finance administration committees. Ms. Clayton.

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- Yes. We met earlier this evening

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to begin preliminary discussions about the search

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that we're doing for a new Borough manager.

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The committee will meet again tomorrow evening,

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the 17th at five 30 in the Oak Room.

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- Thank you Mr. Brachbill.

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Infrastructure and Public Works Committee.

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- Okay, I I've revised this.

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6, 7, 20 25 Dr. Lee out in March, April, may, June.

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Myself was the chairperson.

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Doug Johnson Sedgwick Committee,

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the Borough Building 3 0 1

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Spring Street in East Lamb Street.

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The committee made a request to Matt Almond in March 20.5

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to have brighter light in the front steps

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of the North Spring Street

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and every entry door of East Lamb Street.

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Additionally, in April, the committee

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requested two additional handicap parking

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stall back to back on East Lamp Street location.

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Do this issue at the time.

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In April, the committee will remove the additional request

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for a crosswalk from the police department parking area to

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the street parking on the sidewalk Deep land

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of North Spring Street.

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Additional prudence needed

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the fire doors in the council chambers

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on the left and right side.

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Be and ingress will require additional improvements

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to the operations.

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Performance was only maybe one both stick.

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Hit your mic. Brandy, would you

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- Do that?

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I'm not gonna start over. Doors also

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require exit signs on both doors for the en entry

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and the from the hallway to the to enter Council chambers.

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Meeting signage.

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Meeting signage is required daily

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to provide directions to the meeting rooms.

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Additional signage for wheelchair and accessibility,

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and follow up on getting a fire plan.

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Exit plan, emergency exits need to be examined monthly.

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Reconfigured the council re reconfiguration

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of the council's meeting table set up with power

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to all computers and improvements with new sound system and,

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and acoustics will hopefully improve what we have tonight.

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Wheelchair accessibility entrances to

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and follow up on getting fire exit signs

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posted in each room.

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Check status on replacing police department signage

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and move municipal building to the old Armory,

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which is this building.

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My summaries are discussed.

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Discussed assessment and trans transition.

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Plan the need for an assessment

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and transition plan for a DA under the public entity.

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Guidelines. The need

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to discuss whether the assessment should be handled

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by one person or one or a group.

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Inventory of assets and maintenance schedules.

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Improving accessibilities in buildings.

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AC assess the transition plans for a DA in the building.

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Prioritize certain areas of for improvements such

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as parking spaces and public access points.

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That's gonna be a difficult one.

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And committee's role in a DA compliance,

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managing accessibility issues and compliances.

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But a DA committees should is focus on

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specific problems, recommendations from residents

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before they become complaints.

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Review sections of the plan as they are completed

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and feedback will be provided.

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Accessibility and safety on Building exits.

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Committee to discuss accessibility

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and safety on the Building Exits Signage Committee.

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A agreement on the need for, for clear plastic signage

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and operational doors to ensure safe access.

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Andres and review current signage

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to be placed on the meeting room doors.

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Possibilities of installing on the o,

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the O Oak Room signage, you know, on the door,

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including blocking certain areas from staff

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for staff protection.

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And that's my report.

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The other thing I'm going to do is cancel the meeting for

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this month and we'll pick it up in July.

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Still be the last Thursday of July. We'll do that.

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- Okay. Thank you.

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Let's see.

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Ms. TostiVasey ordinances, Ordinance ad hoc committee.

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- The Ordinance ad hoc committee also met on

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Thursday, June 12th.

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After we finished the parks meeting out at Governor's Park,

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we revised the loading

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and unloading zone issue for all of the areas in town

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before bringing it to council.

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We need to have a map added to the Ordinance

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so people can see where these loading

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and unloading zones are located.

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In addition to actually adding the loading

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and unloading zone in front of the Dollar General store,

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we found out there wasn't one there in the Ordinance.

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We are also recommending a change to the delivery times to

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from 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM to change that to 6:00 AM

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to 9:00 AM I believe

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that this revised Ordinance will be at the next meeting's

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agenda for approval.

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- Great. Thank you. Streets committee. Mr. Johnson.

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- Thank you Madam President.

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Y'all, y'all have a copy of my report in the packet.

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The only change I see is item $3

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General unloading parking.

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I recall us saying 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM Doug,

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or do we agree on six?

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Rita, do you remember?

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- I actually don't. I'm sorry. Oh,

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- That's okay.

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Deb did, did we change that to six

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or just keep it at 5:00 AM for the unloading?

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And I thought we changed it to six. I

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- Thought we changed it to six.

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Yes. I I think we did change it at six. Doug.

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- So, so my report is inaccurate.

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It should be 6:00 AM instead of

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the 5:00 AM. Yes, Joanne?

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- I was just going to say that

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that was the consensus in the Ordinance committee as well.

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- Okay, thank you. So I'll run through it real quick.

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McAllister Street, we've done a lot

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of mitigation there for speeding.

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Matt is still, Matt has either purchased

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or ordered some pedestrian signs that were not going

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to put in place until school starts

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and during the school year, keep those in place as long

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as somebody doesn't run 'em over.

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The chief is, and the staff have, have agreed to

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monitor McAllister frequently

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and it seems to be working so far, so good.

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So, and we've added signage.

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North Allegheny Street storm drain issue.

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Matt has received bids for that repair, but

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because of the weather, it's put it behind several weeks.

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Dollar General unloading, we've already talked about

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the paving on South Spring Street is complete.

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Stamped crosswalks are to be added to High Street,

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south Spring, south Spring

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and Bishop Cherry Lane and South Spring.

520
00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:04,100
It was brought up about the hand railing on the east side of

521
00:29:04,634 --> 00:29:08,066
what I would call Allegheny Hill or South Allegheny Street.

522
00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,934
I think our staff is going to take a look at that

523
00:29:12,133 --> 00:29:13,700
for needed repairs.

524
00:29:15,667 --> 00:29:19,367
There was a question from EMS regarding loading

525
00:29:19,367 --> 00:29:21,066
and unloading on Phoenix Avenue.

526
00:29:23,433 --> 00:29:27,033
Mr. Ahman and Ms. Brooks will be taking

527
00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:29,934
a close look at that and it's been recommended.

528
00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:31,767
We put some signage

529
00:29:33,033 --> 00:29:35,700
based on the assessment from Matt Alman

530
00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:38,333
and Julie Brooks sometime soon.

531
00:29:39,767 --> 00:29:41,567
We're going to add a no parking sign

532
00:29:42,033 --> 00:29:45,300
on East High Street at the intersection of close

533
00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:47,834
to the intersection of East High and School Street.

534
00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:51,033
And as Dawn pointed out, the bid documents

535
00:29:51,033 --> 00:29:53,767
for the traffic light at Bishop

536
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:58,533
and Parkview, we're expecting those

537
00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:03,767
not for approval, but for the bid opening on August 4th.

538
00:30:04,634 --> 00:30:07,467
Our next meeting is Tuesday, July 8th

539
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:09,634
at 4:00 PM in the Oak Room.

540
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,867
And I will ask our committee members who were there if,

541
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,533
if I've missed something and you would like

542
00:30:14,533 --> 00:30:16,700
to add something to that report.

543
00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:23,133
Any questions from counsel? That's it.

544
00:30:23,767 --> 00:30:27,634
- Thank you. Public Trans

545
00:30:28,166 --> 00:30:30,867
Transport Task Task Force Committee.

546
00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:35,634
We have a June, 2025 report and A-P-S-A-B Conference

547
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,867
and Transit Report.

548
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:40,367
Ms. Cleeton and Ms. TostiVasey,

549
00:30:45,266 --> 00:30:47,300
- The, we've been,

550
00:30:47,333 --> 00:30:50,166
after we passed our decision to go

551
00:30:50,166 --> 00:30:54,767
with Centre County Transportation for our transit system,

552
00:30:55,033 --> 00:30:58,000
we've been working with Dave Lomas

553
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,033
and his staff at the Centre County Transportation Office.

554
00:31:01,634 --> 00:31:04,367
We met with them last week

555
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:09,033
and came up with the plans that you see later on

556
00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:12,500
in the agenda for passage this evening.

557
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:17,433
Basically, everybody who

558
00:31:18,467 --> 00:31:20,900
is 60 and over will ride for free.

559
00:31:22,133 --> 00:31:24,634
Those who have a disability

560
00:31:24,867 --> 00:31:27,867
or on Medicaid for medical.

561
00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,667
Anyone who has a disability rides at a discounted rate.

562
00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:37,333
People who have Medicaid can get the same rides

563
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,000
to medical appointments for $4

564
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:43,533
and 25 cents one way.

565
00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:48,066
Everybody else will be under the boroughs

566
00:31:49,467 --> 00:31:53,567
sit service where they will pay $5 one way

567
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:57,333
and the Borough will subsidize.

568
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,500
The rest of the travel is based on mileage.

569
00:32:05,266 --> 00:32:09,333
And we, we met, we, we met once and then we brought Dave

570
00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:12,133
and his staff in and we asked several questions

571
00:32:12,033 --> 00:32:14,333
and I think we've come up with a very good

572
00:32:16,066 --> 00:32:17,066
plan to move forward.

573
00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,100
It will start on July 1st.

574
00:32:20,467 --> 00:32:25,133
Once we pass this, this evening, then we will start

575
00:32:25,634 --> 00:32:26,834
advertising this to the public.

576
00:32:27,367 --> 00:32:30,166
And so give them a chance to register

577
00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:31,900
with Centre County Transportation.

578
00:32:32,166 --> 00:32:36,834
We have asked, and Dave Loon has requested

579
00:32:36,834 --> 00:32:39,734
that when questions come into the Borough

580
00:32:39,934 --> 00:32:42,500
to make sure we're giving this correct information,

581
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,000
we're going to direct the people to go directly

582
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,467
to Centre County Transportation

583
00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:49,634
to have their questions answered.

584
00:32:50,166 --> 00:32:52,300
That way we we're not going confusing

585
00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:55,066
people 'cause it's not our system.

586
00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,000
We wanted to make sure that everybody knows what's

587
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,467
going on from there end.

588
00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:04,567
Secondly, at the PSAB conference, the, the,

589
00:33:07,834 --> 00:33:11,367
the secretary for Department

590
00:33:11,367 --> 00:33:15,133
of Transportation was spoke during the executive session

591
00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:19,100
and basically said that talk, his initial statement was

592
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:22,333
that transportation was needed in Pittsburgh

593
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,500
and the Philadelphia area.

594
00:33:26,333 --> 00:33:29,834
I got up and when, during the question and answer period

595
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,066
and, and said, well, there are

596
00:33:31,066 --> 00:33:35,367
55 65 of

597
00:33:36,467 --> 00:33:39,734
counties other than Philadelphia and Allegheny County,

598
00:33:40,133 --> 00:33:44,467
and every single one of us has some form of public,

599
00:33:44,467 --> 00:33:46,433
trans, trans transit.

600
00:33:46,934 --> 00:33:49,133
Sometimes that's paratransit,

601
00:33:49,133 --> 00:33:52,000
sometimes it's regular public transit.

602
00:33:53,033 --> 00:33:56,000
He pulled back and he said, we, I was correct

603
00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:58,634
and that, that he would go back

604
00:33:58,634 --> 00:34:01,133
and try to see what we could do about all

605
00:34:01,133 --> 00:34:03,133
of the different transit programs

606
00:34:03,033 --> 00:34:04,233
for funding from the state.

607
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,500
Then on Wednesday, after PSAB ended, Deb

608
00:34:09,667 --> 00:34:13,500
and I went to Harris, the capital in Harrisburg,

609
00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:17,900
and we had a meeting with the staff for Senator D

610
00:34:18,266 --> 00:34:22,467
and Carrie Benninghoff

611
00:34:24,033 --> 00:34:28,734
in your packet is a summary of what we, what happened and,

612
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:33,734
and a response three days later from Senator DI

613
00:34:33,734 --> 00:34:37,300
understand that he will be sending us another letter

614
00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:41,734
that's more directed towards transit here in Centre County,

615
00:34:41,834 --> 00:34:43,133
but we haven't received it yet.

616
00:34:43,834 --> 00:34:45,934
That's the report. Do you have anything to add?

617
00:34:47,033 --> 00:34:48,300
- I just wanted to mention about the,

618
00:34:48,834 --> 00:34:51,133
the rally in Harrisburg on June 4th.

619
00:34:51,133 --> 00:34:52,867
There were about 300 people there from

620
00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:54,634
across, across the state.

621
00:34:54,767 --> 00:34:56,667
Not just the major metropolitan areas,

622
00:34:56,867 --> 00:34:58,133
but from a lot

623
00:34:58,133 --> 00:35:01,166
of the rural small municipalities throughout the state

624
00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:04,133
that don't have any transportation what whatsoever

625
00:35:04,166 --> 00:35:06,033
or very limited transportation.

626
00:35:07,433 --> 00:35:10,467
And as Joanne mentioned, we were able to meet directly

627
00:35:10,467 --> 00:35:13,367
with the staff of Senator D and Mr.

628
00:35:13,367 --> 00:35:17,700
Benninghoff to discuss what the needs are

629
00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:19,100
for our municipalities.

630
00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:24,033
And during the course of this whole gathering,

631
00:35:24,066 --> 00:35:27,233
we broke up in small groups of three and four

632
00:35:27,433 --> 00:35:31,133
and every single legislator's office in the Capitol building

633
00:35:31,567 --> 00:35:34,266
was visited and given information about the needs

634
00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:37,166
for transportation in rural Pennsylvania

635
00:35:37,367 --> 00:35:41,000
because all of the focus is on the two large metropolitan

636
00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:42,367
systems in the state,

637
00:35:42,734 --> 00:35:44,567
and the rest of us are getting left behind.

638
00:35:45,166 --> 00:35:47,300
So it was a very interesting experience,

639
00:35:47,834 --> 00:35:50,734
but we're trying to make some progress in that direction.

640
00:35:50,934 --> 00:35:51,934
Thank you.

641
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,734
- Thank you both. I know you've been working on this a long

642
00:35:56,867 --> 00:35:58,700
time and it's much appreciated.

643
00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:04,533
We will move on to liaison reports. They are in your packet.

644
00:36:04,834 --> 00:36:05,900
I'll just briefly go

645
00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:08,667
through these Bellmont Inner Valley Chamber of Commerce.

646
00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:12,934
Ms. Brooks, do you have anything else to add to your report

647
00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:15,000
or anything you wanna say?

648
00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:24,166
- I, I really don't if anyone has any additional

649
00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:25,834
questions for me.

650
00:36:26,233 --> 00:36:29,500
- Thank you. Anyone have questions? No. Thank you. Okay.

651
00:36:32,033 --> 00:36:36,133
Be font Borough authority. June 3rd, 2025. Drafted minutes.

652
00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:38,433
Mr. Johnson, do you have anything you'd like

653
00:36:38,433 --> 00:36:39,433
to add from the authority?

654
00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:43,634
- I, I do not at this time.

655
00:36:43,934 --> 00:36:48,066
- Okay. The Centre County Library, Ms. Clayton.

656
00:36:50,066 --> 00:36:53,000
- Oh, nothing to add, but the summer reading programs have

657
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,133
started, so sign up and get on board.

658
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:01,233
- Thank you. Workplace Safety Committee. Mr. B Brachbill.

659
00:37:01,634 --> 00:37:03,867
- We had the meeting the second Wednesday

660
00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:08,066
of month, half hour.

661
00:37:12,266 --> 00:37:15,467
- So yeah, we, we finished it up at, at,

662
00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:17,033
we had some training.

663
00:37:17,467 --> 00:37:18,567
Actually, I'll, I'll take that back.

664
00:37:18,567 --> 00:37:20,500
We had about a 45 minute meeting Okay.

665
00:37:20,533 --> 00:37:21,934
With that one on Wednesday.

666
00:37:22,834 --> 00:37:24,567
But that all, that all goes pretty well.

667
00:37:24,634 --> 00:37:27,233
Alyssa does a, a good job with that.

668
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,667
- Great. Thank you. Moving on to current

669
00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:36,433
and old business 2025 CDBG

670
00:37:36,433 --> 00:37:37,867
project selection.

671
00:37:38,266 --> 00:37:39,900
Could I have a motion and a second

672
00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:43,066
to approve Centre County on behalf of Beon Borough

673
00:37:43,066 --> 00:37:46,100
to submit an application to the Pennsylvania Department

674
00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:48,033
of Community and Economic Development

675
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:53,367
for FFY 2025 Community Development Block grant

676
00:37:53,834 --> 00:37:56,266
entitlement funding for the stamp crosswalk project.

677
00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:58,567
Point of order. There's another motion before that.

678
00:37:59,367 --> 00:38:01,133
There's two motions in that I missed.

679
00:38:01,166 --> 00:38:05,100
I'm so sorry I missed that. Let's, let's do the first one.

680
00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:09,300
First one. CDBG project selection, a motion

681
00:38:09,467 --> 00:38:12,166
and a second to approve the stamped crosswalks at the

682
00:38:12,166 --> 00:38:13,333
intersection of High Street

683
00:38:13,367 --> 00:38:17,033
and Water Street for the 2025 CBBG project.

684
00:38:19,266 --> 00:38:21,567
So moved. Thank you. Could I have a second please?

685
00:38:21,867 --> 00:38:22,900
- Second Brachbill. Bill.

686
00:38:23,433 --> 00:38:26,367
- First we'll ask for any Public Comment from that.

687
00:38:27,867 --> 00:38:30,700
Seeing none. Any discussion for counsel?

688
00:38:34,133 --> 00:38:35,700
Can we have a Roll Call vote please.

689
00:38:36,467 --> 00:38:40,734
- Mr. Brune? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms.

690
00:38:40,767 --> 00:38:45,100
Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms. Purnell?

691
00:38:45,367 --> 00:38:48,033
Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. And Ms. TostiVasey?

692
00:38:48,166 --> 00:38:49,266
Yes. Thank you. Great.

693
00:38:49,266 --> 00:38:52,266
- Thank you. Could I have a motion

694
00:38:52,367 --> 00:38:54,934
and a second to approve Centre County on behalf

695
00:38:54,934 --> 00:38:57,233
of the Beon Borough to submit an application

696
00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,567
to the Pennsylvania Department of Community

697
00:38:59,634 --> 00:39:03,000
and Economic Development for FFY 2025

698
00:39:03,367 --> 00:39:06,567
Community Development Block grant entitlement funding

699
00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:08,333
for the stamped crosswalk project.

700
00:39:09,734 --> 00:39:13,700
- Motion made Brachbill. - Thank you. Randy. Second please.

701
00:39:14,266 --> 00:39:16,233
- Second - McKean. Thank you, Shawna.

702
00:39:17,934 --> 00:39:21,934
Is there any Public Comment? Council discussion?

703
00:39:24,266 --> 00:39:26,333
Seeing none, could we have a Roll Call vote please.

704
00:39:27,433 --> 00:39:31,734
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

705
00:39:31,934 --> 00:39:36,266
Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

706
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:40,133
Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. And Ms. TostiVasey?

707
00:39:41,133 --> 00:39:42,133
Yes. Thank you.

708
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,834
- The Centre County Airport Authority volunteer application.

709
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:48,333
Could we have a motion

710
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:52,100
and a second to approve Carrie ER's volunteer application

711
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,233
for the Centre County Airport Authority.

712
00:39:54,266 --> 00:39:55,467
Authority. I

713
00:39:55,467 --> 00:39:56,467
- Will make that motion.

714
00:39:56,467 --> 00:39:57,500
Johnson. Thank

715
00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:58,500
- You.

716
00:39:58,500 --> 00:39:58,834
Doug. Second please.

717
00:39:59,166 --> 00:40:03,066
- I'll second. - Thank you, Kent. Is there any discussion?

718
00:40:04,533 --> 00:40:06,467
- More of a curiosity question.

719
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:11,000
The next item is talks about these airport authority

720
00:40:11,133 --> 00:40:12,300
vetting volunteers.

721
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,500
Is that starting after this evening

722
00:40:15,867 --> 00:40:18,066
or was this supposed to be part of that after

723
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:19,100
- Yes.

724
00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:22,333
This, that, that will start after this appointment.

725
00:40:22,567 --> 00:40:25,533
And we had a conversation about that.

726
00:40:25,767 --> 00:40:27,100
This is the only applicant

727
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:30,066
and we want to get that position filled as soon as possible.

728
00:40:30,634 --> 00:40:34,000
So that's what we hope, hope to do. Thank you.

729
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:37,266
- Thank you Mr. Johnson. Any other questions?

730
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:41,500
Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.

731
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:46,433
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

732
00:40:46,533 --> 00:40:50,734
Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

733
00:40:50,834 --> 00:40:54,867
Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.

734
00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:56,133
Thank you. Thank you.

735
00:40:56,433 --> 00:40:58,433
- Centre County Airport Authority memo

736
00:40:58,634 --> 00:40:59,900
to appointing entities.

737
00:41:00,066 --> 00:41:01,767
Could I have a motion and a second

738
00:41:01,867 --> 00:41:04,133
to allow Centre County Airport authority

739
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:06,500
to review all applications

740
00:41:06,634 --> 00:41:08,767
and submit a recommendation to cancel

741
00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:10,266
for future appointments?

742
00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:15,100
- I'll make make that motion. - Thank you. Kent. Second.

743
00:41:15,033 --> 00:41:16,500
- Second Johnson. Thank

744
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:17,500
- You.

745
00:41:17,667 --> 00:41:21,066
Any discussion? Can we have a Roll Call? Vote please.

746
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,066
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton?

747
00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:30,767
Yes. Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

748
00:41:30,867 --> 00:41:35,467
Brunell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.

749
00:41:35,634 --> 00:41:36,634
Thank you.

750
00:41:39,166 --> 00:41:43,066
- We have an update on the Suspension Bridge project. No.

751
00:41:43,066 --> 00:41:44,834
Council action is needed.

752
00:41:45,033 --> 00:41:49,700
Did anyone have questions for Ms. Brooks with that?

753
00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:53,066
Did you wanna add anything, Julie, to that?

754
00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:01,767
- I didn't really have anything to add.

755
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,033
I just wanted to see if there were any additional questions.

756
00:42:05,066 --> 00:42:09,734
Overall, it was just an update on the, the way

757
00:42:09,734 --> 00:42:12,667
that the estimates came in.

758
00:42:13,066 --> 00:42:15,700
So just so that you're aware, I'm still working

759
00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:20,467
with the engineering firm to adjust as much

760
00:42:20,467 --> 00:42:22,266
as possible to fit in our budget.

761
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,100
- Great. Thank you. The Governor's

762
00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:29,100
Park Bating Cage.

763
00:42:29,033 --> 00:42:30,300
Could I have a motion

764
00:42:30,567 --> 00:42:34,667
and a second to approve the, the batting cage as proposed?

765
00:42:35,333 --> 00:42:37,667
- So moved. - I'll second it. Thank you.

766
00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:41,100
Is there any discussion? I know Mr. Caporale is here.

767
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:42,066
If anybody has questions.

768
00:42:47,133 --> 00:42:49,100
Seeing none, could we have a Roll Call vote please.

769
00:42:50,066 --> 00:42:54,834
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

770
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,066
Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

771
00:42:59,066 --> 00:43:03,266
Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.

772
00:43:03,634 --> 00:43:04,634
Thank you.

773
00:43:06,133 --> 00:43:09,133
- The friends of Tally Rand lease agreement the

774
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,367
was was in your packet.

775
00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:15,867
If you have any feedback, please email.

776
00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:18,867
Do you want that email to you, Mr. Holderman? Sure. Yeah.

777
00:43:19,033 --> 00:43:22,834
To Mr. Holderman by Wes this Wednesday, June 18th,

778
00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:28,133
under new business, Pennsylvania State Association

779
00:43:28,133 --> 00:43:32,667
of Boroughs Conference recap in 2025, resolutions adopted

780
00:43:32,867 --> 00:43:35,133
by PSAB voting delegates.

781
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:41,066
Did you wanna, Deb, did you wanna talk about any

782
00:43:41,066 --> 00:43:42,066
of the resolutions?

783
00:43:42,066 --> 00:43:43,700
They were in your, in the packet?

784
00:43:46,934 --> 00:43:50,000
- Yes. In your packet, I included a copy of all

785
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,333
of the resolutions adopted by the PSAB voting delegates.

786
00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:56,133
And right at top, number one is the one that we

787
00:43:57,066 --> 00:43:58,367
were supporting

788
00:43:58,367 --> 00:44:00,767
and that is the, the legislation

789
00:44:00,767 --> 00:44:03,333
that provides state annual financial assistance

790
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,867
to municipalities for tax exempt properties.

791
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:11,300
And this legislation would direct the distribution of

792
00:44:11,300 --> 00:44:15,300
around $500 million back to Pennsylvania's municipalities

793
00:44:16,066 --> 00:44:19,066
to help recoup the lost revenue from tax exempt properties.

794
00:44:19,467 --> 00:44:21,734
So this is a step forward.

795
00:44:22,934 --> 00:44:27,066
We did approve 13 of the 14

796
00:44:28,033 --> 00:44:31,700
resolutions that came before the voting delegates

797
00:44:31,934 --> 00:44:35,934
and all of the resolutions that have been reauthorized

798
00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:39,033
for an addition additional three years are also

799
00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:40,333
included in the packets.

800
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:42,333
If you have any questions, I'd be glad

801
00:44:42,333 --> 00:44:44,066
to answer as best I can.

802
00:44:48,867 --> 00:44:50,133
- Okay. Thank you. Tim, you

803
00:44:50,333 --> 00:44:51,333
- Add one more?

804
00:44:51,333 --> 00:44:56,166
Yes. And I would like to recognize Julie Brooks

805
00:44:56,166 --> 00:44:58,433
who received her certified burs Oh yeah.

806
00:45:00,133 --> 00:45:02,934
Official award at the lunch and on Tuesday.

807
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:05,900
- Okay. Congratulations. - Thank

808
00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:19,133
- The ninth annual Dillon Konick Memorial

809
00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:20,667
Charity Baseball Tournament.

810
00:45:20,767 --> 00:45:22,000
Request for fee waiver.

811
00:45:22,667 --> 00:45:25,667
Could I have a motion and a second to approve the fee waiver

812
00:45:25,834 --> 00:45:28,133
for use of Governor's Park Baseball Field

813
00:45:28,166 --> 00:45:30,934
for the ninth annual Dillon Chronic

814
00:45:31,700 --> 00:45:34,033
Memorial Charity Baseball Tournament scheduled

815
00:45:34,066 --> 00:45:37,033
for August 9th and 10th. I'll make that motion.

816
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,233
- I'll second Brachbill. - Thank you. Discussion please.

817
00:45:43,834 --> 00:45:47,934
- Yes, this is a nonprofit

818
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:51,133
that is located outside the boundaries of befor.

819
00:45:51,767 --> 00:45:55,233
The web website that's referred to in the request was for

820
00:45:55,900 --> 00:45:58,033
it is for the DC eight fund,

821
00:45:58,033 --> 00:46:00,734
which is located in Canada, Dua, New York.

822
00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:04,467
It is not a bell font base nonprofit,

823
00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:07,533
although the nonprofit, the people

824
00:46:07,734 --> 00:46:10,066
who started it were from here at one point,

825
00:46:11,166 --> 00:46:13,767
we should not be granting a fee waiver

826
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:15,734
for this fundraising event

827
00:46:15,734 --> 00:46:17,934
because this would violate by the,

828
00:46:18,834 --> 00:46:21,467
the borough's nonprofit pro properties.

829
00:46:22,533 --> 00:46:25,133
In addition, it is not listed as a charity

830
00:46:25,133 --> 00:46:27,066
or a nonprofit in guide store

831
00:46:27,767 --> 00:46:29,500
and is not listed as a nonprofit

832
00:46:29,734 --> 00:46:33,000
or charitable organization in the IRS tax

833
00:46:33,166 --> 00:46:35,000
organization search engine.

834
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:41,133
- I will once again strongly urge that the fee is waived.

835
00:46:41,567 --> 00:46:44,100
The current continue to be an integral part

836
00:46:44,166 --> 00:46:45,266
of our community.

837
00:46:46,867 --> 00:46:49,500
Dylan was a strong member of our community

838
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:51,467
before losing his battle with cancer.

839
00:46:52,133 --> 00:46:55,700
A hundred percent of the proceeds of this tournament go

840
00:46:55,700 --> 00:46:57,867
for childhood cancer research.

841
00:46:58,734 --> 00:47:03,634
And it is an event that brings in hundreds,

842
00:47:03,934 --> 00:47:07,834
if not thousands of people from all over to our community

843
00:47:08,166 --> 00:47:12,233
to support their effort to honor the memory of their son

844
00:47:12,233 --> 00:47:14,066
and raise money for childhood cancer.

845
00:47:17,634 --> 00:47:21,333
- Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Is there anyone else? Mr. Johnson?

846
00:47:21,834 --> 00:47:23,834
- I think we've approved this in years past

847
00:47:24,133 --> 00:47:25,033
without any problem.

848
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,266
And out of respect for the family,

849
00:47:30,033 --> 00:47:33,066
I fully support the waiver of this fee.

850
00:47:35,033 --> 00:47:37,066
- It's four years in a row since I've been on council.

851
00:47:37,667 --> 00:47:40,934
It comes up every year and we approve it unanimously.

852
00:47:41,433 --> 00:47:43,634
So, no. Okay.

853
00:47:46,333 --> 00:47:51,066
- Did you have a comment Joanne? No. Okay. Okay. I do.

854
00:47:51,300 --> 00:47:53,066
I think this is a great thing

855
00:47:53,133 --> 00:47:55,934
and I can't imagine what this family went through.

856
00:47:56,367 --> 00:47:58,033
I do support everything they're doing,

857
00:47:58,567 --> 00:48:02,100
but when we refer to the Ordinance not

858
00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:03,700
for profits based in Bellmont,

859
00:48:03,867 --> 00:48:06,700
Borough may request an exemption from the rental fee.

860
00:48:07,066 --> 00:48:08,000
The administrative fee

861
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,767
and damage deposit shall still be required.

862
00:48:11,467 --> 00:48:14,333
I agree with Joanne. They don't meet that criteria.

863
00:48:16,467 --> 00:48:18,000
And we do have a fee schedule

864
00:48:18,133 --> 00:48:20,266
and we do have a baseball field to take care of.

865
00:48:22,367 --> 00:48:25,066
- Well, in this letter that they sent it, they,

866
00:48:25,066 --> 00:48:28,533
they would ask for the, if it's possible to waive those so

867
00:48:28,533 --> 00:48:31,066
that all funds raised could go directly to the charity.

868
00:48:31,333 --> 00:48:32,533
I'm not sure what charity it

869
00:48:32,533 --> 00:48:33,634
is, but that's what they're listing,

870
00:48:33,900 --> 00:48:34,900
- Right?

871
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:36,734
It it is, it's it's for childhood cancer.

872
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:44,000
Anybody else have a comment on this?

873
00:48:45,567 --> 00:48:48,266
- I think I could see questioning this if it was money

874
00:48:48,367 --> 00:48:49,834
raised for themselves,

875
00:48:50,567 --> 00:48:54,100
but since it's going to charity, I think we should consider

876
00:48:54,100 --> 00:48:55,533
that in, in our decision.

877
00:48:55,867 --> 00:48:58,100
- Thank you, Rita. Anybody else?

878
00:49:01,567 --> 00:49:03,467
Okay. So the motion on the table is

879
00:49:03,467 --> 00:49:05,767
to approve the fee waiver for use

880
00:49:05,834 --> 00:49:08,634
of Governor's Park Baseball Field for the ninth annual

881
00:49:09,166 --> 00:49:12,000
Dillon Chronic Memorial Charity Baseball Tournament

882
00:49:12,066 --> 00:49:14,767
scheduled for August 9th and 10th.

883
00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:17,133
Could we have a Roll Call vote please. Mr.

884
00:49:18,367 --> 00:49:23,033
- Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms.

885
00:49:23,066 --> 00:49:27,734
- Dann? No. - Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean?

886
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:32,567
Yes. Ms. Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms.

887
00:49:32,900 --> 00:49:35,233
TostiVasey? No. Thank you.

888
00:49:37,266 --> 00:49:39,100
Seven to two. Thank you.

889
00:49:44,266 --> 00:49:47,000
- The loading of compost memo for August, September

890
00:49:47,033 --> 00:49:49,033
and October, 2025.

891
00:49:49,834 --> 00:49:53,333
It was in your packet. I will, I will read this.

892
00:49:53,333 --> 00:49:55,834
It is brief. It's good for the community to know

893
00:49:56,300 --> 00:49:58,300
Borough personnel using Borough equipment

894
00:49:58,300 --> 00:50:00,066
to load compost on the trailers

895
00:50:00,066 --> 00:50:02,700
or pickups at the Muser Lane Compost facility

896
00:50:03,033 --> 00:50:04,767
between the hours of 8:00 AM

897
00:50:04,834 --> 00:50:08,000
and 12 noon on three Saturdays in 2025.

898
00:50:08,367 --> 00:50:10,367
There will be one Saturday in August,

899
00:50:10,567 --> 00:50:12,100
one in September, and one in October.

900
00:50:12,567 --> 00:50:14,000
When these dates are confirmed,

901
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,567
dates will be posted on the Borough website

902
00:50:16,667 --> 00:50:17,834
and on social media.

903
00:50:18,433 --> 00:50:20,367
There would be a fee to cover equipment

904
00:50:20,367 --> 00:50:24,700
and personnel for this fee is $20 per cubic yard,

905
00:50:24,700 --> 00:50:27,100
which is approximately one skid steer loader.

906
00:50:27,133 --> 00:50:30,033
Bucket fees will be paid at the Borough

907
00:50:30,033 --> 00:50:31,266
administrative offices.

908
00:50:31,667 --> 00:50:33,533
An assigned waiver is needed at

909
00:50:33,533 --> 00:50:37,000
that time stating the Borough is not responsible for damage

910
00:50:37,033 --> 00:50:40,033
to the vehicles during loading or compost hauling.

911
00:50:41,033 --> 00:50:44,033
Could I have a motion and a second to approve this, please?

912
00:50:45,133 --> 00:50:47,300
I'll make that motion, Clayton. Thank you. Deb.

913
00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:49,033
- Second. Oh, go ahead.

914
00:50:50,033 --> 00:50:53,767
- Thank you, Shawna. Any dis any discussion?

915
00:50:54,300 --> 00:50:57,767
- I have some comments. Okay. I, I suggested this.

916
00:50:58,533 --> 00:51:02,700
I I didn't know that we agreed on a $20. Maybe we did.

917
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:07,033
I don't remember, but I, I think, I think it

918
00:51:08,066 --> 00:51:12,333
that $20 a scoop is probably more than, than,

919
00:51:12,700 --> 00:51:13,700
than we should charge.

920
00:51:15,166 --> 00:51:18,233
I would say a pickup truck load is $20.

921
00:51:18,266 --> 00:51:22,500
If it's a scoop and a half, it's still $20.

922
00:51:24,767 --> 00:51:28,166
So I used to buy UAJA

923
00:51:30,266 --> 00:51:33,567
compost and it was $15 a yard, I believe,

924
00:51:34,100 --> 00:51:36,133
which seemed really reasonable to me.

925
00:51:36,834 --> 00:51:41,333
So I would suggest lowering that to $15 a scoop

926
00:51:42,367 --> 00:51:46,033
or $15 a truckload instead of 20.

927
00:51:46,367 --> 00:51:48,233
I know we're trying to cover our costs,

928
00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:52,634
but let's see how it goes first

929
00:51:52,767 --> 00:51:56,834
and then maybe next year raise it to $20.

930
00:51:59,133 --> 00:52:01,066
Just my, my thought on that.

931
00:52:02,033 --> 00:52:04,867
- Sorry. You ma are you making that motion, Mr. Johnson

932
00:52:05,634 --> 00:52:06,634
- To change?

933
00:52:06,634 --> 00:52:10,000
I will, I will make the motion to amend the fee from $20

934
00:52:10,033 --> 00:52:12,834
to $15 per scoop.

935
00:52:14,033 --> 00:52:18,367
I'm not so sure that it's a cubic yard in the skid steer.

936
00:52:19,133 --> 00:52:20,734
I think it might be a little more than that.

937
00:52:20,767 --> 00:52:23,667
But anyhow, $15 a truckload,

938
00:52:24,166 --> 00:52:26,867
meaning a half ton pickup truckload.

939
00:52:27,266 --> 00:52:30,233
Not a ttag five ton truck.

940
00:52:31,667 --> 00:52:36,166
We're talking about a normal size pickup truck

941
00:52:36,166 --> 00:52:38,500
with a five foot eight foot bed.

942
00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:40,934
- That, that's quite a motion.

943
00:52:42,867 --> 00:52:44,233
- You get the idea. It's Yes.

944
00:52:45,667 --> 00:52:47,900
Thank you Madam President.

945
00:52:51,266 --> 00:52:53,567
- I'll second it. Purnell. Thank you. Rita.

946
00:52:54,867 --> 00:52:56,700
Is there any discussion on that?

947
00:52:58,300 --> 00:53:03,100
We can do a friendly if you, if

948
00:53:03,467 --> 00:53:07,934
who agrees agree that we go with a friendly motion

949
00:53:08,033 --> 00:53:11,634
and change that That's the motion.

950
00:53:11,867 --> 00:53:16,433
That's the motion. Change it to $15 for a

951
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:18,033
normal truckload.

952
00:53:18,266 --> 00:53:19,266
Is that what you're

953
00:53:20,867 --> 00:53:21,867
- Yeah.

954
00:53:22,767 --> 00:53:27,133
Yes. A pickup truckload or a scoop from the skid steer.

955
00:53:27,767 --> 00:53:30,934
Okay. Most, most pickup trucks nowadays may only

956
00:53:32,333 --> 00:53:34,700
handle one scoop from a skid steer.

957
00:53:36,033 --> 00:53:39,233
So I, I think the operator at the

958
00:53:39,934 --> 00:53:44,100
Musser Lane compost facility will be a pretty good judge of,

959
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,500
of the $15 fee.

960
00:53:47,433 --> 00:53:51,266
Let's, let's see how it goes at $15 a scoop.

961
00:53:51,667 --> 00:53:53,300
- Okay. So we have to agree on the friendly

962
00:53:53,300 --> 00:53:54,367
amendment correct.

963
00:53:55,500 --> 00:53:58,467
And we do, we do a Roll Call for that Just

964
00:54:01,934 --> 00:54:03,834
- Is become the friendly minute.

965
00:54:03,834 --> 00:54:05,000
Makes this the main minute.

966
00:54:05,066 --> 00:54:06,500
So you only have one vote instead

967
00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:07,500
- Of two.

968
00:54:07,634 --> 00:54:10,533
Okay. So now we can vote on the mo original

969
00:54:10,533 --> 00:54:11,734
motion with that change.

970
00:54:11,934 --> 00:54:14,367
Yes. Okay. That's what we are voting on then.

971
00:54:16,567 --> 00:54:17,834
Can we have a Roll Call vote please.

972
00:54:18,100 --> 00:54:22,100
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

973
00:54:22,367 --> 00:54:26,934
Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

974
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,567
Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.

975
00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:31,900
Thank you.

976
00:54:33,767 --> 00:54:35,934
- The Public Transit Services task force

977
00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:39,667
proposed calculated rates for above upper residence use

978
00:54:39,734 --> 00:54:42,900
of Centre County Transport Transportation Services.

979
00:54:43,500 --> 00:54:45,000
Can I have a motion and a second

980
00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:47,500
to approve the proposed calculated rates

981
00:54:47,567 --> 00:54:50,100
for belfont Borough residents use

982
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:53,266
of Centre County Transportation Services? I'll make that

983
00:54:53,266 --> 00:54:54,266
- Motion.

984
00:54:54,266 --> 00:54:56,100
- Thank you. Kent Second please. I'll

985
00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:57,033
- Second it. Clayton. Thank

986
00:54:57,033 --> 00:54:58,033
- You.

987
00:54:59,100 --> 00:55:00,667
Is there any Public Comment on that

988
00:55:03,033 --> 00:55:04,266
council discussion?

989
00:55:05,100 --> 00:55:08,700
- I have questions on the full fair. How's that set up?

990
00:55:08,734 --> 00:55:12,367
How all we see is, is this right now, what's a budget?

991
00:55:12,834 --> 00:55:14,333
- I I can, I can answer that.

992
00:55:18,033 --> 00:55:19,567
What we're proposing is that the,

993
00:55:19,667 --> 00:55:24,100
that Bellmont Borough underwrite the cost

994
00:55:24,166 --> 00:55:26,266
of using the county transportation service

995
00:55:26,433 --> 00:55:27,934
for any bellmont resident.

996
00:55:29,900 --> 00:55:32,767
Anybody over the age of 60 rides for free, anybody

997
00:55:32,767 --> 00:55:35,500
with a disability pays four and a quarter out of pocket.

998
00:55:36,066 --> 00:55:38,000
What we're proposing is that anybody else

999
00:55:38,133 --> 00:55:41,367
who falls under the mileage based fee fair schedule

1000
00:55:41,367 --> 00:55:45,734
that you see in front of you would pay a maximum of $5 out

1001
00:55:45,734 --> 00:55:50,033
of pocket and the Borough would pick up the difference. And

1002
00:55:50,033 --> 00:55:51,333
- Where's that money coming from? Out

1003
00:55:51,333 --> 00:55:54,467
- Of the, we still have at, I'm guessing,

1004
00:55:54,467 --> 00:55:58,467
$16,000 left in the budget for transportation

1005
00:55:58,500 --> 00:56:01,100
because we have now gone through the first half of the year

1006
00:56:01,166 --> 00:56:02,266
with Right.

1007
00:56:02,433 --> 00:56:06,734
With cada based on the information we have from Dave Lamon

1008
00:56:06,734 --> 00:56:07,934
and from cada

1009
00:56:07,934 --> 00:56:11,333
and the number of passengers who are currently using B Line,

1010
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:15,634
who would be transitioning hopefully to this new service.

1011
00:56:16,367 --> 00:56:19,934
There are very few who actually fall into the out

1012
00:56:19,934 --> 00:56:22,066
of pocket category.

1013
00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:27,767
We need to take this initially a month at a

1014
00:56:27,767 --> 00:56:29,033
time, see how it goes.

1015
00:56:31,700 --> 00:56:34,333
We're not going to hit $16,000 next week.

1016
00:56:35,100 --> 00:56:37,066
- No, I know that, but what's the, what's the

1017
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:41,734
sustain sustainability on this?

1018
00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:46,734
So on now? Yeah. Yeah. The sustainability on this.

1019
00:56:46,734 --> 00:56:48,500
How long, how long are we gonna last with that?

1020
00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:52,934
- Well, we need to see how fast, how soon we start running

1021
00:56:52,934 --> 00:56:55,033
through the funds between now and the end of the year

1022
00:56:55,033 --> 00:56:56,934
and what it looks like towards the end of the year.

1023
00:56:57,133 --> 00:57:01,834
And we get the budget season, we do not anticipate using up

1024
00:57:01,834 --> 00:57:03,634
that entire $16,000.

1025
00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:07,266
- And why wasn't there when, like some,

1026
00:57:07,266 --> 00:57:10,033
if it's based on the mileage, why wasn't when some

1027
00:57:10,033 --> 00:57:12,000
of the $5 fees go up a little bit?

1028
00:57:13,333 --> 00:57:16,133
- We're starting, we're starting at a reasonable out

1029
00:57:16,133 --> 00:57:20,033
of pocket cost for the passengers to see how it goes.

1030
00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:23,834
I understand what you're saying in terms of the, the

1031
00:57:24,266 --> 00:57:26,634
gradient fee schedule for mileage.

1032
00:57:26,900 --> 00:57:31,333
The anticipated average mileage base is going to be in the

1033
00:57:32,033 --> 00:57:34,433
under 20 miles each way.

1034
00:57:34,934 --> 00:57:36,066
So it falls in that

1035
00:57:36,867 --> 00:57:39,367
- There's some 32 miles to 49 miles.

1036
00:57:41,066 --> 00:57:42,333
- I don't have the thing in front of me.

1037
00:57:42,700 --> 00:57:47,133
We, we fall within the, the $20 range so

1038
00:57:47,133 --> 00:57:49,000
that the borough's gonna be paying an average

1039
00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:50,634
of $20 per ride.

1040
00:57:53,834 --> 00:57:55,867
- When we talk to Dave m

1041
00:57:56,100 --> 00:57:58,133
and he indicated that the people

1042
00:57:58,066 --> 00:58:00,266
who ride from here in the Bellon area

1043
00:58:00,934 --> 00:58:02,533
would generally fall in one

1044
00:58:02,533 --> 00:58:05,066
of the first two tiers from their

1045
00:58:05,066 --> 00:58:06,133
experience from everything else.

1046
00:58:06,767 --> 00:58:09,900
Those longer distances are usually,

1047
00:58:11,133 --> 00:58:14,100
well the longest one is when they take people to Danville.

1048
00:58:15,367 --> 00:58:17,033
But, and that very, and he says

1049
00:58:17,033 --> 00:58:19,300
that happens maybe once every two or three months.

1050
00:58:21,100 --> 00:58:23,033
But the rest of them, he said the people

1051
00:58:23,033 --> 00:58:24,767
that have been using our rides

1052
00:58:24,767 --> 00:58:27,066
that come from our area are those first two,

1053
00:58:27,066 --> 00:58:31,634
which at the mo most, I think the second is $25

1054
00:58:33,433 --> 00:58:34,533
for the Borough cost.

1055
00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:38,100
- And who, who, what's the budget look like as far

1056
00:58:38,100 --> 00:58:40,100
as it being completed?

1057
00:58:41,667 --> 00:58:44,867
You have to, everybody has a budget that you work from.

1058
00:58:45,333 --> 00:58:47,233
This isn't, this is workable,

1059
00:58:47,233 --> 00:58:49,767
but it's, there could be some issues.

1060
00:58:49,767 --> 00:58:53,367
Just what you're saying. If, if it's 2150 for a full chair

1061
00:58:53,367 --> 00:58:57,066
and 1750 for Beon Borough, that should be the same number

1062
00:58:57,066 --> 00:58:58,734
that you have coming down that list.

1063
00:58:59,266 --> 00:59:02,266
If you're not, I'm not sure

1064
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:05,367
how it looks If you know when you're going through it,

1065
00:59:05,367 --> 00:59:06,533
if you know if Lori's working

1066
00:59:06,533 --> 00:59:08,734
with it, how that's gonna look.

1067
00:59:09,100 --> 00:59:10,834
That that's how my question is. Yeah.

1068
00:59:11,133 --> 00:59:14,000
- What what will happen on July 1st is

1069
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:17,934
that Centre County Transportation will keep track of every

1070
00:59:18,467 --> 00:59:21,567
Beante resident that uses this service

1071
00:59:22,266 --> 00:59:24,767
and how far they've gone and what it costs.

1072
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,133
And then on a monthly basis, they will be giving a report

1073
00:59:28,734 --> 00:59:32,233
to Lori of how much it is being cost.

1074
00:59:33,133 --> 00:59:37,233
Our problem all along is that Kata never could tell us

1075
00:59:37,467 --> 00:59:41,100
how many people from Beon were actually riding

1076
00:59:41,100 --> 00:59:42,533
and how far they were going.

1077
00:59:43,033 --> 00:59:46,934
So we have no real data at this point to say

1078
00:59:47,367 --> 00:59:49,767
how much is, would be cost on a person.

1079
00:59:50,100 --> 00:59:54,100
So this next six months is basically a trial period

1080
00:59:54,166 --> 00:59:58,033
to find out what kind of service needs there actually are,

1081
00:59:58,133 --> 01:00:00,233
which is why we don't have a,

1082
01:00:00,266 --> 01:00:02,000
an actual number to put with it.

1083
01:00:04,066 --> 01:00:07,000
- I think that Kata did share some numbers with

1084
01:00:08,066 --> 01:00:10,066
the county transportation office

1085
01:00:10,634 --> 01:00:13,000
and the director of Transportation looked

1086
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:14,367
through those riders.

1087
01:00:15,166 --> 01:00:18,567
And I, I'm gonna ask Mr.

1088
01:00:19,066 --> 01:00:21,367
Esson to come up and help me out with this. Sure.

1089
01:00:22,734 --> 01:00:24,533
That it looked as though,

1090
01:00:26,533 --> 01:00:30,033
based on the data that was supplied by CADA

1091
01:00:30,033 --> 01:00:32,467
to the Centre County Transportation Director,

1092
01:00:34,100 --> 01:00:37,867
and there's a lot of other criteria, Randy,

1093
01:00:38,166 --> 01:00:39,300
that would qualify.

1094
01:00:39,533 --> 01:00:43,033
First of all, people 60 years of age

1095
01:00:43,100 --> 01:00:45,333
and older, the county

1096
01:00:47,867 --> 01:00:50,700
comes forward with the money to cover those that cost.

1097
01:00:51,634 --> 01:00:54,834
It's just the generosity of the Commissioners.

1098
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:56,834
They're not required to do that.

1099
01:00:57,433 --> 01:00:58,500
So the, the 60

1100
01:00:58,634 --> 01:01:02,000
and under of the data that's been supplied

1101
01:01:02,033 --> 01:01:04,500
to our transportation director at the county,

1102
01:01:05,266 --> 01:01:08,033
there's a large percentage of those people

1103
01:01:08,100 --> 01:01:12,934
who have been using the cat a service

1104
01:01:13,266 --> 01:01:15,834
that qualify for an

1105
01:01:16,266 --> 01:01:19,567
a free ride on the county transportation vans.

1106
01:01:20,166 --> 01:01:23,767
So based on the data that we see,

1107
01:01:24,867 --> 01:01:27,266
there's a very small number of folks

1108
01:01:27,367 --> 01:01:29,634
who need a supplement from Beon Borough.

1109
01:01:30,166 --> 01:01:33,500
This is only for Beon Borough residents,

1110
01:01:33,734 --> 01:01:35,333
not countywide.

1111
01:01:35,667 --> 01:01:39,000
It's not Spring, it's not Benner, it's Beon residence only.

1112
01:01:39,667 --> 01:01:42,033
And when those folks call in

1113
01:01:43,166 --> 01:01:45,467
to the transportation office of the county,

1114
01:01:46,266 --> 01:01:47,500
they will be interviewed.

1115
01:01:47,634 --> 01:01:52,300
And it could be that they already qualify for assistance

1116
01:01:53,133 --> 01:01:57,367
in, in paying the fee that's unknown to them at this time.

1117
01:01:57,900 --> 01:01:59,367
So it's, it's worth it.

1118
01:01:59,567 --> 01:02:03,300
Or the county employees are taking time out of their day

1119
01:02:04,066 --> 01:02:06,934
to make sure that these folks get the ride

1120
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:09,100
for almost, for almost nothing.

1121
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:12,367
What am I missing, Dave? That

1122
01:02:13,133 --> 01:02:14,500
- Not really anything, Doug.

1123
01:02:15,367 --> 01:02:18,533
Pretty much you covered it just real quickly.

1124
01:02:18,867 --> 01:02:22,634
If you're 60 or older, it's 100% free.

1125
01:02:23,266 --> 01:02:24,700
It doesn't cost you anything.

1126
01:02:25,033 --> 01:02:29,934
60 to 64 is funded 100% by Centre County Government.

1127
01:02:30,634 --> 01:02:34,000
65 and older is 85% paid by the lottery.

1128
01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:37,934
And the other 15% is paid by Centre County Government.

1129
01:02:38,734 --> 01:02:41,133
If you're disabled, 18 to 60

1130
01:02:42,266 --> 01:02:44,100
with a qualifying disability.

1131
01:02:44,033 --> 01:02:45,867
It's called Persons with Disabilities.

1132
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:48,100
It's an a DA service we provide,

1133
01:02:48,667 --> 01:02:53,000
and you pay a fee anywhere from four to $7,

1134
01:02:53,033 --> 01:02:54,266
depending upon how far

1135
01:02:55,634 --> 01:02:58,133
Medic medical assistance transportation is

1136
01:02:58,233 --> 01:02:59,734
for medical appointments only.

1137
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:02,066
And that's for anybody that has that.

1138
01:03:02,867 --> 01:03:05,033
And and we can tell when we register someone,

1139
01:03:05,166 --> 01:03:08,700
what they qualify for, if they're PWD,

1140
01:03:09,100 --> 01:03:11,367
we have an application that's not real complicated.

1141
01:03:11,367 --> 01:03:13,867
It's pretty simple. We can usually approve it

1142
01:03:13,867 --> 01:03:15,100
within a day or so.

1143
01:03:16,266 --> 01:03:18,500
Of course, medical assistance, if we,

1144
01:03:18,500 --> 01:03:22,100
if you give us your documentation we need, we can tell you

1145
01:03:22,100 --> 01:03:23,767
that instantaneously if you qualify.

1146
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:28,000
So it's pretty, pretty easy to determine that

1147
01:03:29,033 --> 01:03:31,000
what the Borough and,

1148
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:35,100
and the task force has asked for is a service

1149
01:03:35,433 --> 01:03:40,066
for those individuals that fall between up to the age of 60

1150
01:03:40,033 --> 01:03:41,066
that have no funding.

1151
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:43,533
And how do we help those people?

1152
01:03:44,467 --> 01:03:46,100
And we've, we've,

1153
01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:49,467
and the data we've been given, there's

1154
01:03:50,934 --> 01:03:54,367
106 clients have been using the Beeline since last July.

1155
01:03:55,100 --> 01:03:56,467
That's the numbers that I was given.

1156
01:03:57,133 --> 01:04:00,066
So of that number, 46

1157
01:04:00,066 --> 01:04:02,834
of those individuals are registered with us already.

1158
01:04:03,367 --> 01:04:05,367
So the chances are they already have a funding

1159
01:04:05,367 --> 01:04:06,634
source in my system.

1160
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:11,333
And actually 74 out

1161
01:04:11,333 --> 01:04:14,734
of 106 took 10 trips or less than almost a year.

1162
01:04:15,233 --> 01:04:18,767
So there's a very small number of people that used it.

1163
01:04:18,834 --> 01:04:22,066
A lot less than a dozen people

1164
01:04:22,767 --> 01:04:26,066
that have 16 people actually have used it, 50 or more trips.

1165
01:04:26,700 --> 01:04:30,634
But most of those are, you know, right around 50,

1166
01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:32,033
60 trips in a year.

1167
01:04:32,333 --> 01:04:37,233
So we're just willing to continue to do the services

1168
01:04:37,266 --> 01:04:39,734
that we already do throughout Centre County,

1169
01:04:39,734 --> 01:04:40,934
including Bellmont,

1170
01:04:41,467 --> 01:04:44,100
and offer the opportunity for the Bellmont Borough to

1171
01:04:45,533 --> 01:04:49,700
give their residents some support that, that are losing

1172
01:04:49,700 --> 01:04:52,233
that come the end of the month, at least

1173
01:04:52,834 --> 01:04:56,033
as a stopgap measure to see if we can't help them

1174
01:04:56,100 --> 01:04:57,066
and, and see where it goes.

1175
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,333
As I've said repeatedly, we don't know what we don't know.

1176
01:05:02,133 --> 01:05:05,133
We'll see once, if it's approved, what happens.

1177
01:05:05,834 --> 01:05:10,033
And if we get bombarded, then we all have to come back here

1178
01:05:10,033 --> 01:05:12,500
and sit down and talk about it and figure out what to do.

1179
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,700
But the state's aware of what we're offering to do.

1180
01:05:15,734 --> 01:05:17,100
They're supportive, obviously,

1181
01:05:17,333 --> 01:05:19,300
for those individuals that are funded.

1182
01:05:19,700 --> 01:05:23,533
And, you know, I I, I think I,

1183
01:05:23,834 --> 01:05:27,634
I truly don't see us using up all the funds

1184
01:05:27,634 --> 01:05:31,934
that you've set aside for transit in, in that short

1185
01:05:31,934 --> 01:05:34,767
of time based on all the data we've been given

1186
01:05:34,934 --> 01:05:37,567
and all the research we've done with that data.

1187
01:05:39,166 --> 01:05:43,333
You know, I, I think we're gonna be okay for the time being,

1188
01:05:43,467 --> 01:05:45,634
but that remains to be seen, of course.

1189
01:05:45,867 --> 01:05:46,867
No guarantee.

1190
01:05:49,033 --> 01:05:52,734
- Okay. Thank you. - Yeah, I, I would like to, Mr.

1191
01:05:53,033 --> 01:05:54,266
LaMason to thank you

1192
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:58,367
and your staff at the transportation office for

1193
01:05:59,634 --> 01:06:00,867
organizing that data

1194
01:06:01,467 --> 01:06:04,300
and presenting it to the transportation task force.

1195
01:06:04,867 --> 01:06:06,567
I know it's taken time out of their day

1196
01:06:06,700 --> 01:06:09,834
and your day to make, try to make this possible

1197
01:06:09,867 --> 01:06:11,033
for the BEON residents.

1198
01:06:11,033 --> 01:06:14,100
So I appreciate that, appreciate that very much.

1199
01:06:14,567 --> 01:06:17,700
- We do serve 655 residents

1200
01:06:17,700 --> 01:06:19,734
of Bellmont currently in our system.

1201
01:06:20,066 --> 01:06:22,033
So, you know, it's nice to know

1202
01:06:22,033 --> 01:06:24,266
that there is a large contingent of Bellmont people

1203
01:06:24,266 --> 01:06:26,033
that use our service and

1204
01:06:26,033 --> 01:06:27,767
that's in our service that are funded.

1205
01:06:28,266 --> 01:06:32,033
So, you know, hopefully the people that

1206
01:06:33,367 --> 01:06:35,567
use the service and need the service are funded.

1207
01:06:35,734 --> 01:06:38,500
And if not, we'll, we'll look for funding for them

1208
01:06:38,567 --> 01:06:39,834
and potentially have it.

1209
01:06:40,133 --> 01:06:41,133
Yeah.

1210
01:06:42,266 --> 01:06:45,634
- So thank, thank you Mr.

1211
01:06:46,033 --> 01:06:48,100
- Lums. You're very welcome. Very much. Yes. Is it your

1212
01:06:48,100 --> 01:06:49,734
- Group that are watching is watching?

1213
01:06:49,734 --> 01:06:51,000
What's going on with this?

1214
01:06:51,100 --> 01:06:55,100
- Pardon? - Is this the, the group your,

1215
01:06:55,266 --> 01:06:56,500
your people you work with?

1216
01:06:57,166 --> 01:06:58,500
Are you guys working with that?

1217
01:06:58,500 --> 01:07:00,066
Or who's, who's watching

1218
01:07:00,066 --> 01:07:01,834
where the money's going and all that stuff?

1219
01:07:02,133 --> 01:07:03,867
- Well, we'll determine that. Oh, okay.

1220
01:07:03,934 --> 01:07:07,300
Oh yeah, no, we, we we'll know daily how much use sir is.

1221
01:07:08,266 --> 01:07:10,834
I mean, I can give a, a monthly report.

1222
01:07:11,100 --> 01:07:13,767
We, we'll send a bill every month is what we'll do.

1223
01:07:14,233 --> 01:07:15,467
We'll send a Borough bill

1224
01:07:15,834 --> 01:07:19,066
and, you know, if we see it climbing up there,

1225
01:07:19,066 --> 01:07:20,567
then we figure out what's going on.

1226
01:07:20,700 --> 01:07:23,066
But we do have some limitations.

1227
01:07:23,133 --> 01:07:25,100
It's primarily for work

1228
01:07:25,667 --> 01:07:29,066
and medical that we're taking on

1229
01:07:29,734 --> 01:07:31,233
non-funded residents for,

1230
01:07:31,667 --> 01:07:35,300
and maybe once a week to go shopping for groceries

1231
01:07:35,333 --> 01:07:37,000
and needs it like that.

1232
01:07:37,133 --> 01:07:40,033
But it's not that you can just decide

1233
01:07:40,033 --> 01:07:41,767
to go every day just to go.

1234
01:07:42,533 --> 01:07:43,634
There has to be a purpose.

1235
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:47,634
And I think that's what the borough's determination was,

1236
01:07:47,667 --> 01:07:51,867
that we stick to that purpose for the needs of the people.

1237
01:07:52,100 --> 01:07:54,834
It's not just, you know, and,

1238
01:07:54,834 --> 01:07:57,133
and I'm sure some of these trips are just trips, but,

1239
01:07:57,233 --> 01:07:58,834
but the nice thing about our service

1240
01:07:59,367 --> 01:08:00,934
is we're not gonna take them where they have

1241
01:08:00,934 --> 01:08:03,100
to catch three other rides to get to where they're going.

1242
01:08:03,533 --> 01:08:05,767
We're gonna pick them up, take them to where they're going,

1243
01:08:05,767 --> 01:08:07,033
drop them off and bring them back.

1244
01:08:07,367 --> 01:08:10,367
So it's more of a door to door type service for them.

1245
01:08:11,133 --> 01:08:14,100
So, And most of the places

1246
01:08:14,100 --> 01:08:17,000
that we frequent are within the first three

1247
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:18,100
categories of our funding.

1248
01:08:18,266 --> 01:08:19,734
You know, that, that they're gonna

1249
01:08:19,734 --> 01:08:21,000
use here in Centre County.

1250
01:08:21,934 --> 01:08:25,233
If somebody has to go a long distance, obviously they have,

1251
01:08:25,500 --> 01:08:26,734
they have to prove why.

1252
01:08:27,100 --> 01:08:28,700
And it's like anything else.

1253
01:08:28,734 --> 01:08:31,333
When I take people to the doctor under medical assistance

1254
01:08:31,700 --> 01:08:34,100
and they want to go outta county, they have

1255
01:08:34,100 --> 01:08:35,567
to provide documentation.

1256
01:08:35,867 --> 01:08:38,000
Why? Because they're supposed

1257
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:39,634
to be seen at the closest facility.

1258
01:08:40,133 --> 01:08:42,000
So if they have to go to a specialist, they have

1259
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:43,266
to give us a letter for that.

1260
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,266
That's a requirement that medical assistance has.

1261
01:08:46,433 --> 01:08:49,066
So, and we'll hold true to that with the same here.

1262
01:08:49,333 --> 01:08:52,367
You know, we won't just take someone just to take them.

1263
01:08:53,033 --> 01:08:56,533
- I, I look at this as the most affordable option

1264
01:08:56,667 --> 01:08:57,834
we have at this time.

1265
01:08:58,433 --> 01:09:00,266
And, and until we try it

1266
01:09:00,367 --> 01:09:02,634
and see how it works, I, I think this is

1267
01:09:03,333 --> 01:09:04,734
a good program to start with.

1268
01:09:05,734 --> 01:09:08,300
- Yep. We, we feel confident we can meet their needs and,

1269
01:09:08,300 --> 01:09:11,300
and keep it within hopefully a reasonable amount

1270
01:09:11,300 --> 01:09:13,033
of money for you folks.

1271
01:09:13,266 --> 01:09:13,567
Yeah.

1272
01:09:18,233 --> 01:09:22,700
Anything else? All right. No, thank

1273
01:09:22,700 --> 01:09:23,700
- You very - Much.

1274
01:09:23,700 --> 01:09:24,634
Thank you.

1275
01:09:28,867 --> 01:09:30,834
- Is there any other discussion on this?

1276
01:09:33,533 --> 01:09:35,100
Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.

1277
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,033
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill?

1278
01:09:39,066 --> 01:09:43,767
- Yes. - Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes.

1279
01:09:44,033 --> 01:09:48,500
Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms. Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms.

1280
01:09:48,700 --> 01:09:52,066
TostiVasey? Yes. And thank you. Yes.

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01:09:52,133 --> 01:09:53,867
And for me personally, thank you very much.

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01:09:55,567 --> 01:09:57,500
- Thank you for all your hard work on this.

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01:09:59,100 --> 01:10:01,734
Could I have approval of resolution number

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01:10:01,900 --> 01:10:06,700
0 6 1 6 2 0 2 5 0 1 adopting

1285
01:10:06,867 --> 01:10:09,467
the police department's updated policies?

1286
01:10:09,567 --> 01:10:11,100
These were in your packet.

1287
01:10:12,233 --> 01:10:15,133
Can I have a motion and a second to approve the resolution?

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01:10:15,700 --> 01:10:19,033
0 6 1 6 2 0 2 5 dash zero

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01:10:19,300 --> 01:10:20,700
one. So moved.

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01:10:21,033 --> 01:10:23,734
- Second. - Thank you. Any discussion?

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01:10:27,066 --> 01:10:28,634
Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.

1292
01:10:29,500 --> 01:10:33,433
- Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.

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01:10:33,634 --> 01:10:37,233
Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.

1294
01:10:37,266 --> 01:10:41,233
Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey basic? Yes.

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01:10:41,333 --> 01:10:42,333
Thank you.

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01:10:45,066 --> 01:10:47,734
- The Civil Service Commission promotions for Sergeant

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01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:49,133
and Corporal Police.

1298
01:10:49,166 --> 01:10:52,734
Chief Whitmer is recommending the selection of Officer

1299
01:10:53,533 --> 01:10:56,700
Macy Ick for Sergeant and Officer Robert Holt.

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01:10:56,700 --> 01:11:00,133
For Corporal. Chief Whitmer is recommending the selection

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01:11:00,133 --> 01:11:03,433
of Officer Lisa Larkin for detective.

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01:11:04,066 --> 01:11:06,500
Could I have a motion and a second? So

1303
01:11:06,500 --> 01:11:08,634
- Move Brachbill. Second.

1304
01:11:08,900 --> 01:11:12,100
- Randy. Thank you. Is there any discussion?

1305
01:11:14,066 --> 01:11:18,634
- Can we have a Roll Call? Vote please. Mr. Bernier? Yes.

1306
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:22,433
Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms. Dann? Yes.

1307
01:11:22,634 --> 01:11:26,834
Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms. Purnell? Yes. Ms.

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01:11:27,066 --> 01:11:30,000
Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes. Thank you.

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01:11:30,867 --> 01:11:32,333
Thank you. Chief Whitmer.

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01:11:33,033 --> 01:11:33,433
- Thank you

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01:11:39,500 --> 01:11:39,734
Mr.

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01:11:39,734 --> 01:11:40,867
Mayor, you wanna join me?

1313
01:11:47,867 --> 01:11:50,066
- Officer Ick. Officer Bolt.

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01:11:50,066 --> 01:11:52,033
Officer Larkin, can you sit up here for me

1315
01:11:52,033 --> 01:11:53,033
- Please?

1316
01:11:57,100 --> 01:11:58,100
- Just have a seat in the front row.

1317
01:11:58,100 --> 01:11:59,100
- I'll call in, sir.

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01:12:04,166 --> 01:12:07,734
- Okay. Good evening, council members, I'm pleased to be

1319
01:12:07,734 --> 01:12:10,667
before you tonight to present to you three of our officers

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01:12:10,867 --> 01:12:14,066
who are being promoted to the position of Sergeant, corporal

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01:12:14,467 --> 01:12:18,700
and Detective As Chief, I'm pleased with the commitment

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01:12:18,700 --> 01:12:20,100
that these officers made, not only

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01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:21,934
to further their careers in law enforcement,

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01:12:22,066 --> 01:12:23,700
but to also take on the responsibilities

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01:12:23,700 --> 01:12:26,500
of being a supervisor and making the Bellmont Police

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01:12:26,500 --> 01:12:29,634
Department the best law enforcement agency we can be.

1327
01:12:30,867 --> 01:12:33,100
The Sergeant Corporal positions required three steps

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01:12:33,166 --> 01:12:35,567
to complete the process to be promoted.

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01:12:36,233 --> 01:12:39,634
The first step was taking a three hour long written test.

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01:12:40,433 --> 01:12:43,333
The second step was to go through an oral interview,

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01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:46,634
and the third step was to complete a 10

1332
01:12:46,667 --> 01:12:47,900
to 15 minute presentation.

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01:12:49,100 --> 01:12:50,767
This was the officer's time, effort,

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01:12:50,767 --> 01:12:54,533
and commitment to pass each phase of the process, all

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01:12:54,533 --> 01:12:57,100
for the betterment, betterment of our police department.

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01:12:57,767 --> 01:13:00,100
The third position being promoted tonight is the,

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01:13:00,266 --> 01:13:01,500
is the detective position.

1338
01:13:02,133 --> 01:13:04,667
The detective position is an important position

1339
01:13:05,367 --> 01:13:07,500
that is necessary in every police department

1340
01:13:07,500 --> 01:13:09,867
to ensure crimes are being investigated to the fullest.

1341
01:13:11,300 --> 01:13:13,066
The Be Front police Department has not

1342
01:13:13,066 --> 01:13:14,133
always had a detective.

1343
01:13:14,433 --> 01:13:16,300
The position was started in the late nineties

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01:13:16,900 --> 01:13:18,066
with Detective Thal.

1345
01:13:19,100 --> 01:13:22,133
The position was quickly, quickly recognized as being a

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01:13:23,066 --> 01:13:26,300
necessary position within the Police de Police Department.

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01:13:26,333 --> 01:13:28,100
Tonight we will recognize

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01:13:28,100 --> 01:13:30,500
and promote the fifth detective in the Bellmont

1349
01:13:30,500 --> 01:13:31,533
Police Department history.

1350
01:13:33,033 --> 01:13:36,066
I'd like to ask Officer Knight to come up.

1351
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,500
Stand right beside Mayor Johnson.

1352
01:13:41,667 --> 01:13:46,033
The Sergeant Position Officer Macy Ick was hired

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01:13:46,500 --> 01:13:49,000
at the Bellmont Police Department in 2018

1354
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:50,033
as a part-time officer.

1355
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:53,066
2020, she became a full-time officer.

1356
01:13:55,867 --> 01:13:57,500
When Officer Knight was hired,

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01:13:59,133 --> 01:14:01,734
She became the first female police officer

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01:14:02,467 --> 01:14:03,900
Beon Police Department has ever had.

1359
01:14:05,300 --> 01:14:06,767
Prior to her law enforcement career,

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01:14:07,033 --> 01:14:10,100
officer Naik earned her bachelor's degree in criminal

1361
01:14:10,100 --> 01:14:11,734
justice from Lock Caven University.

1362
01:14:12,500 --> 01:14:15,266
Her law enforcement career started at the Centre County

1363
01:14:15,266 --> 01:14:18,000
Sheriff's Department a few months

1364
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,066
later on the job.

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01:14:21,900 --> 01:14:23,634
After a few months on the job,

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01:14:24,033 --> 01:14:28,066
it was apparent Officer Natick was hardworking, determined,

1367
01:14:28,634 --> 01:14:31,467
focused, and always wanted to put her best foot forward.

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01:14:32,033 --> 01:14:33,467
Officer NY was ambitious

1369
01:14:33,667 --> 01:14:35,533
and wanted to further her career in law enforcement

1370
01:14:36,266 --> 01:14:38,500
and her last few years, officer Nyak

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01:14:39,433 --> 01:14:41,233
has attended several important trainings

1372
01:14:41,467 --> 01:14:45,033
to mention A few desert, snow field training officer,

1373
01:14:46,266 --> 01:14:48,500
traffic patrol, drug interdiction, and aide.

1374
01:14:48,500 --> 01:14:49,567
That's just a few.

1375
01:14:50,834 --> 01:14:53,834
In 2023, officer Knight became recipient

1376
01:14:54,300 --> 01:14:56,667
of the Centre County Law Enforcement Officer of the year.

1377
01:14:57,233 --> 01:15:00,100
She won this award because of her attention to detail,

1378
01:15:00,700 --> 01:15:03,567
her hard work and dedication to good police work.

1379
01:15:04,033 --> 01:15:07,100
Officer Knight was also the personnel member

1380
01:15:07,100 --> 01:15:08,700
of the Belmont Police Department to date

1381
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:11,266
to win law Law enforcement Officer of the year.

1382
01:15:13,066 --> 01:15:16,934
In 2024, officer Knight became a field training officer

1383
01:15:17,100 --> 01:15:19,734
and has revamped our FTO program to what it's today.

1384
01:15:22,033 --> 01:15:24,133
She has also become a member of the Centre County Badge

1385
01:15:24,133 --> 01:15:25,634
to Badge peer support group.

1386
01:15:27,266 --> 01:15:29,433
Since Officer Natick has been with the department,

1387
01:15:29,834 --> 01:15:31,066
she has demonstrated time

1388
01:15:31,333 --> 01:15:34,667
after time, good work ethic, the ability to adjust

1389
01:15:34,700 --> 01:15:38,000
and deal with any situation, her strong bond

1390
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,667
with the community, her dedication to police work,

1391
01:15:40,834 --> 01:15:42,233
and her ability to make good decisions.

1392
01:15:42,767 --> 01:15:44,333
These are all qualities our department

1393
01:15:45,333 --> 01:15:47,900
and our community need in a leadership role.

1394
01:15:48,734 --> 01:15:53,133
Officer Ick Corporal position

1395
01:15:53,667 --> 01:15:54,500
Robert Holt,

1396
01:16:00,467 --> 01:16:03,000
Officer Robert Holt has been

1397
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:05,367
with the police department since 2001.

1398
01:16:05,734 --> 01:16:08,133
Officer Holt's career has spanned over 30 years.

1399
01:16:08,734 --> 01:16:11,500
He graduated from the police academy in 1994

1400
01:16:12,533 --> 01:16:16,066
and begun his career in Clearfield County prior

1401
01:16:16,066 --> 01:16:18,266
to being hired by the Bellmont Police Department.

1402
01:16:19,066 --> 01:16:20,166
Over the span of his career,

1403
01:16:20,367 --> 01:16:22,934
he has attended several notable trainings, just

1404
01:16:23,133 --> 01:16:26,367
to mention a few leadership in the 21st century weights

1405
01:16:26,367 --> 01:16:28,166
and measures missing

1406
01:16:28,734 --> 01:16:31,433
and abducted children, training, intelligence,

1407
01:16:31,700 --> 01:16:33,233
assisted policing, assessing

1408
01:16:33,233 --> 01:16:34,767
and planning for active assaults.

1409
01:16:35,066 --> 01:16:36,033
That's just a few to mention.

1410
01:16:37,100 --> 01:16:38,166
Over the past two decades,

1411
01:16:38,166 --> 01:16:40,867
officer Holt has received several accommodations

1412
01:16:41,367 --> 01:16:42,500
for his notable acts

1413
01:16:42,667 --> 01:16:46,000
or his service to the community Officer has been,

1414
01:16:46,667 --> 01:16:49,266
has seen several changes in law enforcement over his career

1415
01:16:50,900 --> 01:16:52,433
and has adapted to each one of those.

1416
01:16:53,533 --> 01:16:54,900
He has been able to adjust and deal

1417
01:16:54,900 --> 01:16:56,266
with any situation that comes his way.

1418
01:16:57,300 --> 01:17:00,066
I, for her, refer to him as my field general,

1419
01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:02,867
as his knowledge and experience is second

1420
01:17:02,867 --> 01:17:04,266
to none in critical incidents,

1421
01:17:05,133 --> 01:17:07,467
officer O has also displayed a strong bond

1422
01:17:07,467 --> 01:17:09,867
with the community, and over the past two decades,

1423
01:17:10,133 --> 01:17:11,300
he has become the officer

1424
01:17:11,333 --> 01:17:13,834
of choice the public knows and wants to speak with.

1425
01:17:13,834 --> 01:17:17,233
Because of his dedication, his fairness, his compassion,

1426
01:17:17,700 --> 01:17:20,266
and his voice of reason, officer Holt

1427
01:17:21,100 --> 01:17:22,133
holds all the leadership qualities.

1428
01:17:22,133 --> 01:17:24,033
This department needs to be the best law enforcement

1429
01:17:24,066 --> 01:17:25,100
agency we can be.

1430
01:17:27,100 --> 01:17:29,266
The third position. Detective.

1431
01:17:29,266 --> 01:17:31,867
Officer Larkin, can you come up, join us please.

1432
01:17:37,934 --> 01:17:40,066
Officer Larkin began her career in the state

1433
01:17:40,066 --> 01:17:43,000
of Oregon at the University of Oregon Police Department.

1434
01:17:43,467 --> 01:17:46,166
While there, she rose to the rank of Sergeant.

1435
01:17:48,100 --> 01:17:50,133
She then briefly stepped out law enforcement

1436
01:17:50,266 --> 01:17:53,467
and was employed by Child Protective Services, a child abuse

1437
01:17:53,467 --> 01:17:54,533
and neglect investigator.

1438
01:17:58,266 --> 01:18:00,266
She then entered back into the law enforcement career

1439
01:18:00,934 --> 01:18:02,467
where she was then employed

1440
01:18:02,467 --> 01:18:04,233
by Corvallis Police Department in Oregon.

1441
01:18:05,133 --> 01:18:07,367
In 2022, officer Larkin

1442
01:18:07,367 --> 01:18:08,834
and her family traveled across the country

1443
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:10,233
to relocate in Centre County.

1444
01:18:11,266 --> 01:18:14,767
She began her law enforcement career in Pennsylvania at the

1445
01:18:14,767 --> 01:18:17,133
Penn State University of Police Police Department,

1446
01:18:17,166 --> 01:18:20,133
where she gained vast knowledge of Pennsylvania law

1447
01:18:20,133 --> 01:18:21,333
and criminal procedures.

1448
01:18:22,367 --> 01:18:23,734
Prior to her law enforcement career,

1449
01:18:24,066 --> 01:18:26,533
officer Larkin received a Bachelor's

1450
01:18:26,533 --> 01:18:27,734
of Arts degree in history.

1451
01:18:28,867 --> 01:18:31,133
She furthered her education, received a master's

1452
01:18:31,133 --> 01:18:33,266
of Science in Clinical mental health counseling.

1453
01:18:34,500 --> 01:18:38,333
In 2024, officer Larkin was hired full-time

1454
01:18:38,433 --> 01:18:39,867
with the Bellmont Police Department.

1455
01:18:42,567 --> 01:18:44,333
It was apparent when Officer Larkin began her

1456
01:18:44,333 --> 01:18:46,133
career with the department.

1457
01:18:46,133 --> 01:18:47,734
She brought knowledge, experience,

1458
01:18:47,867 --> 01:18:51,100
and dedication with her officer Larkin's hard work,

1459
01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:52,133
attention to detail

1460
01:18:52,634 --> 01:18:55,000
and her ability to handle difficult situ didn't go

1461
01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:56,133
unnoticed by her colleagues.

1462
01:18:57,000 --> 01:18:59,100
Last month, officer Larkin was notified

1463
01:18:59,100 --> 01:19:01,667
that she's a finalist for the Law Enforcement Officer

1464
01:19:01,834 --> 01:19:03,700
of the year, which will be selected next month.

1465
01:19:05,100 --> 01:19:08,066
Not only was Officer Lar Larkin's hard work

1466
01:19:08,100 --> 01:19:10,700
and dedication noticed by me, but by others as well.

1467
01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:14,133
The detective position is near and dear to me.

1468
01:19:14,500 --> 01:19:16,233
As I've been the previous detective

1469
01:19:16,233 --> 01:19:18,867
for the last eight years, I'm confident

1470
01:19:19,333 --> 01:19:21,934
and Officer Larkin's ability to maintain a high quality

1471
01:19:22,033 --> 01:19:24,900
of professionalism, a high quality of work output,

1472
01:19:25,333 --> 01:19:26,734
and the dedication to the position

1473
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:29,500
of detect the detective position demands

1474
01:19:31,333 --> 01:19:33,166
and demands to provide

1475
01:19:33,166 --> 01:19:35,867
to the best service the the Bellmont community deserves.

1476
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:39,100
I'm gonna ask Mayor Johnson

1477
01:19:39,567 --> 01:19:42,000
and Judge Walker come up and give them their oath.

1478
01:19:49,734 --> 01:19:50,367
- Thank you, sir.

1479
01:19:54,867 --> 01:19:56,634
- Would you each please raise your right hand

1480
01:19:56,634 --> 01:19:58,767
and respond with I will.

1481
01:19:59,867 --> 01:20:03,033
I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution

1482
01:20:03,033 --> 01:20:05,467
of the United States, the Constitution

1483
01:20:05,467 --> 01:20:08,734
and laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the laws

1484
01:20:08,934 --> 01:20:11,567
and ordinances of the Borough of Beante,

1485
01:20:12,066 --> 01:20:15,367
and obey all the laws and regulations pertaining to

1486
01:20:15,900 --> 01:20:17,867
and governing the Borough of Beante.

1487
01:20:18,166 --> 01:20:20,834
And that I will well and faithfully discharge

1488
01:20:21,033 --> 01:20:24,367
and perform all the duties of my office accordingly

1489
01:20:25,033 --> 01:20:27,567
and to the best of my knowledge and ability.

1490
01:20:35,066 --> 01:20:37,066
- Detective Larkin, would you raise your right hand? Please?

1491
01:20:37,734 --> 01:20:41,033
Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support, obey,

1492
01:20:41,033 --> 01:20:43,066
and defend the Constitution, the United States,

1493
01:20:43,567 --> 01:20:46,500
and the Constitution of this commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

1494
01:20:47,066 --> 01:20:49,367
and that you will perform the duties of detective

1495
01:20:49,433 --> 01:20:51,767
for Belmont Borough Police with fidelity?

1496
01:20:52,533 --> 01:20:54,767
I do. Congratulations. Thank you, your honor.

1497
01:21:02,367 --> 01:21:03,567
Corporal Holt, would you raise your right hand?

1498
01:21:04,300 --> 01:21:07,900
Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support, obey,

1499
01:21:07,934 --> 01:21:10,166
and defend the Constitution of the United States

1500
01:21:10,867 --> 01:21:13,667
and the Constitution of this commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

1501
01:21:14,066 --> 01:21:16,467
and that you will perform the duties of Corporal

1502
01:21:16,533 --> 01:21:18,467
for Belmont Borough Police with fidelity?

1503
01:21:19,066 --> 01:21:21,066
I do. Congratulations, corporal. Thank you.

1504
01:21:24,033 --> 01:21:28,100
Sergeant Knight, if you object, please do you solemnly swear

1505
01:21:28,033 --> 01:21:30,333
or affirm that you will support, obey,

1506
01:21:30,367 --> 01:21:32,567
and defend the Constitution of the United States

1507
01:21:33,266 --> 01:21:36,000
and the Constitution of this commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

1508
01:21:36,333 --> 01:21:39,033
and that you will perform the duties of Sergeant of

1509
01:21:39,100 --> 01:21:41,066
for Belmont Borough Police with fidelity.

1510
01:21:41,233 --> 01:21:43,567
Thank congratulations, Sergeant, the

1511
01:21:43,567 --> 01:21:44,567
- Judge.

1512
01:21:50,867 --> 01:21:52,000
- Now I'd like to call - Up

1513
01:21:53,100 --> 01:21:55,100
- The officer's choice of a loved one who wants to

1514
01:21:55,734 --> 01:21:57,467
pin their new badge on your shirt.

1515
01:22:00,066 --> 01:22:00,934
You can come pull it.

1516
01:22:20,567 --> 01:22:22,500
Go ahead and just remove the old body and put

1517
01:23:17,433 --> 01:23:18,467
We can do colors after.

1518
01:23:18,934 --> 01:23:20,433
Yeah, we'll do colors. They take a little longer,

1519
01:23:32,700 --> 01:23:33,700
- Further.

1520
01:23:33,700 --> 01:23:36,133
I can't see right now. I can't see. Okay.

1521
01:23:37,033 --> 01:23:39,500
- Alright. Everybody have their knee balance? Thank you.

1522
01:23:44,500 --> 01:23:46,133
- Thank you. All right. - Council

1523
01:23:46,133 --> 01:23:47,300
members, I present to you.

1524
01:23:47,834 --> 01:23:51,066
Sergeant Ick, corporal Holt. Detective Larkin.

1525
01:24:06,767 --> 01:24:09,300
We'll get we'll get pictures afterwards. Yeah. Thank you.

1526
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:30,467
- Do we have Public Comment regarding issues

1527
01:24:30,467 --> 01:24:32,367
that are not on the agenda tonight?

1528
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:37,467
Seeing none, we will ask council members for comments

1529
01:24:37,634 --> 01:24:38,934
or for the good of the order.

1530
01:24:40,033 --> 01:24:42,634
Mr. Beney, or would you like to start tonight please.

1531
01:24:42,900 --> 01:24:44,900
I have nothing to add. Thank you. Thank you.

1532
01:24:48,266 --> 01:24:51,066
- I have nothing but to say congratulations

1533
01:24:51,100 --> 01:24:53,233
to the three officers promotions tonight.

1534
01:24:56,500 --> 01:24:58,233
Oh, nothing to add tonight. Thank you. Thank

1535
01:24:58,233 --> 01:24:59,233
- You, Mr. Johnson.

1536
01:24:59,667 --> 01:25:03,066
- Nothing tonight. - Same.

1537
01:25:04,166 --> 01:25:05,700
- What happened to Happy to be here.

1538
01:25:06,700 --> 01:25:07,900
- I am very happy to be here.

1539
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:11,133
- Thank you. Congratulations.

1540
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:13,500
This is very exciting for our police department.

1541
01:25:14,867 --> 01:25:18,667
- I, - I'd like actually like to thank counsel

1542
01:25:18,834 --> 01:25:21,266
for approving the proposal to work with the county

1543
01:25:21,333 --> 01:25:24,433
for transportation, and I just want the public

1544
01:25:25,133 --> 01:25:27,333
let the public know that I've been using their service

1545
01:25:27,500 --> 01:25:28,567
for over a year now,

1546
01:25:28,734 --> 01:25:30,000
and I would be more than happy

1547
01:25:30,367 --> 01:25:34,133
to share my personal experience with using that system

1548
01:25:34,533 --> 01:25:37,133
and how well it works.

1549
01:25:37,266 --> 01:25:39,266
You will get to your destination on time.

1550
01:25:40,533 --> 01:25:44,500
My email's on the website. It's dClayton@bellmontpa.gov.

1551
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:49,133
If you have questions about the service itself, you need

1552
01:25:49,133 --> 01:25:51,233
to call the, the county Transportation office at

1553
01:25:51,233 --> 01:25:54,166
8 1 4 3 5 5 6 8 0 7

1554
01:25:54,266 --> 01:25:56,133
and their staff will walk you

1555
01:25:56,033 --> 01:25:57,867
through the registration process.

1556
01:25:58,133 --> 01:26:00,900
It's very easy. It's all it takes is a phone call.

1557
01:26:01,433 --> 01:26:02,433
Thank you.

1558
01:26:06,266 --> 01:26:07,367
- I have nothing. Thank you.

1559
01:26:11,133 --> 01:26:15,100
- I I

1560
01:26:16,567 --> 01:26:18,367
gave the same thanks to council

1561
01:26:18,734 --> 01:26:22,066
and to the public for taking a chance

1562
01:26:22,700 --> 01:26:24,767
on this new transit system.

1563
01:26:25,100 --> 01:26:26,133
I think it will work well.

1564
01:26:27,500 --> 01:26:30,100
It is a, an experiment.

1565
01:26:30,500 --> 01:26:34,533
We will be going forward to attempt to do a long-term

1566
01:26:35,367 --> 01:26:38,367
transfer trans transit development plan,

1567
01:26:39,333 --> 01:26:40,867
but that's gonna take a while.

1568
01:26:40,867 --> 01:26:42,734
Meanwhile, we have what we believe

1569
01:26:42,734 --> 01:26:44,133
to be an excellent service.

1570
01:26:45,100 --> 01:26:48,233
And finally, congratulations to our three new

1571
01:26:49,166 --> 01:26:54,066
leadership officers. I have no comment.

1572
01:26:55,033 --> 01:26:59,867
- I, - I had something come across my school email

1573
01:26:59,934 --> 01:27:02,467
and we may have talked about this when it actually happened,

1574
01:27:02,634 --> 01:27:06,033
but I just, and if we did, it's worth mentioning again,

1575
01:27:06,033 --> 01:27:10,300
Christian Larson, who was our former council member.

1576
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:12,100
Student council member.

1577
01:27:12,333 --> 01:27:14,000
Well, whatever, whatever the title is,

1578
01:27:14,033 --> 01:27:17,266
junior council member, I'll get it right, was selected

1579
01:27:17,433 --> 01:27:19,266
as the Elks Tina of the month for April,

1580
01:27:19,266 --> 01:27:22,634
and I don't remember if that was mentioned here before

1581
01:27:22,667 --> 01:27:25,233
or not, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

1582
01:27:26,033 --> 01:27:27,300
Thank you. And also,

1583
01:27:27,333 --> 01:27:29,000
I haven't done this in a really long time,

1584
01:27:29,066 --> 01:27:30,000
but I'm giving a shout out

1585
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:31,767
to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

1586
01:27:31,767 --> 01:27:34,066
Rodney and Carrie. I know they're probably watching.

1587
01:27:35,100 --> 01:27:36,000
- Thanks, Rita.

1588
01:27:38,133 --> 01:27:42,033
Could I have a motion and a second for adjournment please?

1589
01:27:42,500 --> 01:27:44,734
- So moved. Brachbill - Second.

1590
01:27:45,166 --> 01:27:49,066
- Thank you. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?

1591
01:27:50,734 --> 01:27:51,734
Thank you.

1592
01:28:26,100 --> 01:28:27,533
- Are you looking to stay active

1593
01:28:27,667 --> 01:28:29,467
and healthy in the comfort of your own home?

1594
01:28:30,634 --> 01:28:33,734
CNET has a variety of exercise programs designed

1595
01:28:33,734 --> 01:28:36,533
to help you stay fit and increase strength

1596
01:28:36,533 --> 01:28:40,066
and flexibility, strength training, moving freely

1597
01:28:40,133 --> 01:28:43,834
and zesty chair exercises all work on improving flexibility,

1598
01:28:44,100 --> 01:28:46,333
ease of movement, and core body strength.

1599
01:28:47,166 --> 01:28:50,033
Gentle Yoga is a specifically designed yoga program

1600
01:28:50,033 --> 01:28:53,567
that is easy on the joints and easy for beginners.

1601
01:28:54,467 --> 01:28:57,133
Chair yoga has been created for those with limited mobility.

1602
01:28:58,333 --> 01:29:01,934
CNET exercise programs air several times each week on

1603
01:29:01,934 --> 01:29:04,033
channel 98 CETV.

1604
01:29:04,734 --> 01:29:08,333
For specific airing times, please visit CNET one.org

1605
01:29:08,634 --> 01:29:10,100
and click on CNET schedules

1606
01:29:10,634 --> 01:29:15,500
or call CNET at (814) 238-5031.

1607
01:29:16,066 --> 01:29:17,500
Nothing good on tv.

1608
01:29:18,567 --> 01:29:20,867
You are just not watching the right channels.

1609
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:25,233
- So you wanna vote in Centre County to be eligible

1610
01:29:25,233 --> 01:29:26,700
to vote in any election,

1611
01:29:26,934 --> 01:29:30,066
you must be registered in the county 15 days or more

1612
01:29:30,100 --> 01:29:31,333
before set election.

1613
01:29:32,133 --> 01:29:36,000
You can check your registration status@vote.pa.gov.

1614
01:29:36,667 --> 01:29:38,133
Click on register to vote,

1615
01:29:38,500 --> 01:29:40,300
then check your voter registration.

1616
01:29:44,433 --> 01:29:48,000
You can register online to vote@vote.pa.gov.

1617
01:29:48,033 --> 01:29:51,333
Click on register to vote, then select Register

1618
01:29:51,333 --> 01:29:52,834
to vote online to complete

1619
01:29:52,834 --> 01:29:54,500
and submit your registration online.

1620
01:29:55,033 --> 01:29:58,033
Or if you want a registration form mailed to you,

1621
01:29:58,767 --> 01:30:02,000
click on register to vote, then register to vote.

1622
01:30:02,500 --> 01:30:05,500
You can also download the form straight to your computer,

1623
01:30:06,133 --> 01:30:08,100
print it out and mail it directly.

1624
01:30:08,900 --> 01:30:11,233
If you are voting for the first time in a polling location,

1625
01:30:11,634 --> 01:30:13,700
you'll be required to show id.

1626
01:30:14,233 --> 01:30:19,066
You can verify authorized types of id@vote.pa.gov.

1627
01:30:19,467 --> 01:30:23,000
Click on voting in pa, then first time voters.

1628
01:30:28,066 --> 01:30:29,500
Additionally, if your address changes,

1629
01:30:29,667 --> 01:30:31,333
you must update your registration.

1630
01:30:32,033 --> 01:30:34,634
This could change the location where you go to vote.

1631
01:30:35,166 --> 01:30:37,133
You can update your registration online

1632
01:30:37,233 --> 01:30:40,333
as well@vote.pa.gov.

1633
01:30:41,100 --> 01:30:42,767
Remember, if you wanna vote in Centre County,

1634
01:30:43,100 --> 01:30:46,000
you must be registered in Centre County for your ballot

1635
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:46,300
to count.