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[2:45] - Good evening everyone.
[2:46] Welcome to the Beon Borough Council Business meeting.
[2:51] Would you join me please? With the Pledge of Allegiance?
[2:57] - I pledge allegiance to the flag
[2:59] of the United States of America
[3:02] and to the Republic for which stands?
[3:04] One Nation under God, individual with liberty
[3:08] and justice for all.
[3:14] - Ms. Clayton, could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.
[3:22] - Mr. Bernier? Here. Mr. Brachbill? Here.
[3:26] - Okay. - Ms. Clayton? Here. Ms. Dann. Here.
[3:31] Mr. Johnson? Present. Ms. McKean? Here. Okay. Ms.
[3:36] Purnell? Here. Ms. Sedgwick? Here. Ms. TostiVasey? I'm here.
[3:40] Ms. Meley Here. And Mayor Johnson. Here. Thank you.
[3:47] - Thank you. Additions
[3:48] to the council meeting agenda under Act 65 of 2021.
[3:52] If a matter is not on the agenda,
[3:54] counsel may not take official action on it.
[3:57] With the following exceptions,
[3:59] counsel can act on matters relating to potential
[4:02] or real emergencies.
[4:03] Counsel may add a matter of agency business to its agenda
[4:07] through a majority vote.
[4:08] The council must state why the action item is being
[4:11] added to the agenda.
[4:13] Council may vote to add an action item to the agenda.
[4:16] Are there any additions?
[4:21] Public Comment. Borough Council intends
[4:24] to take Public Comment related to the motion
[4:26] that is on the floor
[4:28] after it has been duly made and seconded.
[4:31] The order of comments will be Public Comment
[4:34] and then council comment, including proposed amendments
[4:37] by council members.
[4:38] If amendments are proposed to the original motion,
[4:41] the public will then only comment on the amendments
[4:45] before the final votes are taken.
[4:47] You must be a Beante resident, a nonprofit representative,
[4:51] a business owner, or an official representative
[4:54] of another governmental agency.
[4:56] Speakers shall identify themselves by name
[4:59] and street municipality if outside the Borough of Beante
[5:03] comments are limited to three minutes.
[5:06] Counsel was in executive session tonight from six 30
[5:10] to seven 30, and we were discussing personnel issues
[5:19] under communications.
[5:20] Beon EMS is holding their seventh annual joint meeting
[5:24] invitation for at 7:00 PM on Wednesday,
[5:27] July 30th, 2025.
[5:30] The meeting will be held at Bellon
[5:32] EMS 360 9 Phoenix Avenue in Bellmont, please.
[5:36] RSVP to Scott Wrote by Monday, July 28th,
[5:40] no counsel action is needed.
[5:45] The legal de descrip, excuse me, the legal de descrip
[5:49] description of the Lot Edition portions of Dunlap Street,
[5:53] owned by the Borough of Beon to be transferred
[5:56] to Beon Water Associates, waterfront Associates, number one,
[6:00] and number two, LLC, Beante Waterfront.
[6:03] Could I have a motion and a second
[6:05] to approve the legal description as stated?
[6:09] - So moved. Second Brachbill. Bill.
[6:11] - Thank you. Is there any discussion?
[6:16] Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.
[6:19] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[6:23] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[6:28] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.
[6:32] Thank you.
[6:35] - Consent Agenda. All items listed on the Consent Agenda are
[6:39] considered routine and will be acted
[6:40] upon by a single motion.
[6:42] There will be no separate discussion of these items
[6:45] unless members of the council request specific items
[6:48] to be removed for separate action.
[6:50] Could I have a motion and a second
[6:52] to approve the Consent Agenda, please?
[6:54] - I'll make the motion Brachbill
[6:55] - Bill.
[6:56] Thank you, Andy.
[6:58] - One second. - Thank you. Shawna.
[7:02] Under reports. Mr. Mayor, you wanna vote on that? Oh, yes.
[7:07] We do wanna vote on that. I'm sorry.
[7:11] - Can we have a Roll Call - Note please?
[7:13] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[7:18] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[7:21] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms.
[7:24] TostiVasey? Yes. Thank you.
[7:28] - Thank you. Mr. Mayor, would you like
[7:30] to have your report now?
[7:32] - Yeah. I, I just simply want to thank Pat McCool
[7:35] and everybody who had a hand in the Bellon cruise.
[7:37] I know the weather did not cooperate this year
[7:40] as they would've liked,
[7:42] but despite of the weather, it was still a,
[7:45] a first class event.
[7:47] And we are all very thankful for all the time
[7:51] and effort that they put in to make it such a great event.
[7:55] So thank you to anybody
[7:57] who had a hand in making the crew successful.
[8:02] - Thank you. The police report is in your packet.
[8:07] Chief Whitmer, did you have anything to add to that tonight?
[8:16] - No, I didn't have anything new to add. As you could see.
[8:19] Hopefully everyone had a chance to review it again.
[8:22] We're quite busy. We had a lot of special events
[8:26] that went on as well.
[8:27] We attended. So, anyone have any questions
[8:30] for me? Thank you.
[8:33] - I have one quick question. Sure.
[8:35] I'm gonna put you on the spot here. Okay.
[8:37] If there's a non-emergency call that needs to be directed
[8:41] to the police, what, do you know what that number is?
[8:43] - Yes.
[8:46] 1-800-479-ZERO 0 5 0.
[8:51] - Thank you. - Thanks, chief.
[8:58] Your par the parking report was in your packet, the Office
[9:02] of Community Affairs with Gina.
[9:06] Can we have a motion and a second
[9:07] to conditionally approve the preliminary final Belfont
[9:11] Waterfront Land development plans
[9:14] that are contingent on the list of four things below that.
[9:20] - So - Thank you. Can we have a second please?
[9:23] - I'll second rec - Bill discussion.
[9:27] Dana, do you wanna add anything to that, please?
[9:37] - I don't really have anything to add to the motion itself,
[9:39] but just wanted to let Borough counsel know that Mr.
[9:44] Sep and Mr. Song are,
[9:46] are here if you have any questions about the plans
[9:49] themselves or myself.
[9:51] Of course. And I also wanted to say thank you to
[9:56] John Sep and Tom Songer for their hard work
[9:58] and also to the Planning commission for their hard work
[10:01] and the Historic Architectural Review Board
[10:04] for their hard work on reviewing these plans, modifying 'em,
[10:09] discussing, going back and forth.
[10:11] It's been a long process, as you know,
[10:15] it is a conditional approval.
[10:16] There are a couple of things that are still outstanding,
[10:19] but those are pretty straightforward
[10:21] for land development plans.
[10:24] So there's no overarching issues there.
[10:30] And I don't know if Mr. Songer or Mr.
[10:35] Sep have wanna speak or have anything to add, so,
[10:40] - No, - I I did share
[10:45] the vision statement with them in the
[10:46] packet so they have that. Oh,
[10:48] - Okay.
[10:52] - Well, I hope you had an oppor. My name's Tom Songer.
[10:56] Mark Mark Morath
[10:57] and I have been working on this project, as you know,
[10:59] for many years, and we think we're very close
[11:02] to getting this thing launched this year.
[11:06] It's been challenging project in many ways,
[11:10] but we think that the project we have
[11:13] before you tonight is really a very good project
[11:16] for Beon Barrow.
[11:18] And we've done a lot of improvements to the project
[11:23] through the COVID period
[11:24] and subsequent to COVID to improve the project.
[11:28] So the vision statement that I hope you've had a chance
[11:31] to read, we haven't changed the real vision
[11:34] of the project in that we're gonna build a 93 room
[11:38] boutique hotel, be national brand.
[11:42] It'll have a farm to table restaurant in the hotel,
[11:45] and also have a rooftop experience, which
[11:49] that is something major that we've added
[11:52] since you last saw the land development plan.
[11:56] And that rooftop experience will seat approximately 75
[11:59] people indoors, 75 people outdoors.
[12:03] And we think that's gonna be the will,
[12:05] the real wow factor for the project.
[12:09] When you're sitting up on the sixth floor of the hotel,
[12:13] you'll be able to see, have a panoramic view
[12:16] of all be front.
[12:19] You might recall initially we had three buildings on the
[12:23] site, the hotel, a parking garage
[12:25] with commercial on the first floor.
[12:27] And we also had a third building
[12:30] that was gonna be commercial on the first floor.
[12:32] And then condominiums, we value engineered the project
[12:36] because parking garages are so expensive to build
[12:40] that we decided to combine
[12:42] the two buildings into one building.
[12:44] So we're gonna have, I don't know if Gina,
[12:47] can you bring up the, the digital printer,
[12:50] the illustration of the whole site?
[12:52] Yes. Just so we're gonna have
[12:57] the hotel, really, the footprint
[12:59] of the hotel hasn't changed.
[13:03] We're still gonna have a promenade between the,
[13:07] between Spring Creek and the hotel and the parking garage.
[13:10] It's gonna be a brick paved gathering space for citizens,
[13:15] people just to walk,
[13:17] or there'll be outdoor seating on the first floor too,
[13:19] for the, for the hotel.
[13:25] It's not planned at this time
[13:26] to have any large meeting rooms on the second level,
[13:29] which we had planned before, because there's many places in
[13:34] and around Beon, there we go,
[13:38] that can provide
[13:40] and are providing space for meetings and so forth.
[13:44] So we took the second level
[13:45] and we converted that all to hotel rooms
[13:47] because there we go.
[13:49] So the building on the right there,
[13:51] that's the hotel you'll see the, the promenade,
[13:54] the brick promenade I just spoke about next to Spring Creek.
[13:59] We also have a brick sidewalk in front
[14:01] of the parking garage in,
[14:03] in hotel going down towards the gamble mill.
[14:08] This plan also shows about 90 surface parking spaces,
[14:12] 260 parking spaces
[14:16] in the parking garage, 265.
[14:19] And that'll be on really three levels of parking,
[14:24] but mostly on levels two and three.
[14:27] There'll be parking on the ramp going up
[14:30] into the parking garage.
[14:31] We're gonna have the latest technology in terms
[14:34] of paying for parking.
[14:36] That will include scanning your license plate.
[14:40] So you scan your license plate going in, scan it going out,
[14:44] computer computes what you owe,
[14:46] and you can pay it, you know, via a credit card.
[14:48] We'll probably still have a ticket
[14:51] opportunity also if you wanna take a ticket
[14:53] and pay it a kiosk.
[14:57] But back to the, the, the hotel, as they said,
[15:00] we'll have a farm to table restaurant on the first floor
[15:03] that will seat about a hundred people.
[15:05] There'll also be outdoor seating on the promenade right
[15:09] outside the hotel with a, with a roof over
[15:12] that area.
[15:15] Then continuing on to the parking garage.
[15:19] The parking garage will be built at the same
[15:22] time as the hotel.
[15:24] You gotta build the two together.
[15:25] They'll open at the same time.
[15:28] And once we start the project
[15:31] and start building the project,
[15:35] we will be marketing the condominium units.
[15:37] We're, we're already sort of marketing that.
[15:40] And I have a lot of interest in the condominium units,
[15:43] but we won't be selling any condo units
[15:45] until we actually start the project.
[15:48] But once we start the project, we'll be meeting
[15:51] with pro prospects
[15:52] who are interested in buying a condominium unit.
[15:55] There'll be 48 condominium units, two and three bedrooms
[16:00] and 16 on each floor, floors four, five, and six.
[16:05] And there'll become an open space on four six of the con
[16:10] of the condominiums.
[16:12] The
[16:14] - 30 more seconds.
[16:15] - The unique thing about this project is
[16:16] - 30 seconds.
[16:18] - What's that? 30 more - Seconds to wrap it up.
[16:22] - Oh, okay. Sorry.
[16:24] So the unique thing about this is anyone's interested in
[16:27] building condominium.
[16:28] It'll be a custom design
[16:30] for your interior, interior finishes.
[16:32] You get to pick your cabinetry, your flooring,
[16:34] your lighting, and so forth.
[16:36] So anyway, we're very excited about the project
[16:38] and we're looking forward, as I said,
[16:40] to getting it started this, this fall.
[16:44] All right. Anybody have any questions for me?
[16:49] - Thank you, sir, very much. - Okay. Thank you.
[16:55] - Thank - You. Does anybody else have questions
[16:57] or discussion before we vote?
[17:01] Can we have a Roll Call vote please. Deb?
[17:03] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[17:08] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[17:12] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.
[17:16] Thank you.
[17:22] - We also have a report from our interim Borough manager,
[17:26] Don Holderman, do you have anything you wanna add?
[17:29] - Not not add, but just for the public Madam President.
[17:33] I just wanted to mention that we did sign the documents
[17:37] today for the bid documents for the traffic light
[17:41] that will go up at Zion Road and Parkview Boulevard.
[17:45] It will be advertised for four weeks in the next week or so,
[17:49] and then bid opening will be August 4th.
[17:55] - Thank you. Committee reports
[18:00] Environmental and Parks Committee, Ms.
[18:02] TostiVasey,
[18:09] - The, the, we met
[18:11] with the Tran Park Committee on Wednesday, May 28th
[18:14] to do a walkthrough of Tran Park.
[18:18] That walkthrough, we made a, a list of issues that need
[18:21] to be addressed over the summer that are public works, will
[18:24] be doing most of the work.
[18:26] This includes some tree trimming
[18:27] and clearing of brush under some trees.
[18:30] In addition, we noticed issues with the de deterioration
[18:34] of the bottoms of the columns at the pergola,
[18:37] and we all agreed that fencing behind the pergola needs
[18:40] to be repaired.
[18:43] The committee, both committees thought the idea
[18:45] of a wrought iron replacement for the wooden fence
[18:49] behind the Perla would be nicer in terms
[18:52] of durability and looks.
[18:54] And in addition, we discussed the possibility
[18:57] of adding an a DA lookout over Spring Creek
[19:00] from that viewpoint.
[19:02] That might be very nice, but that's somewhere down the road.
[19:06] Then on Thursday, June 12th,
[19:09] the parks committee met at Governor's Park
[19:11] to do a similar walkthrough.
[19:13] We found over seven to eight dead trees that are over 70
[19:18] to 80 feet tall that need
[19:21] to be removed along with their stumps.
[19:24] Our public works crew, thank you, has already done a lot
[19:27] of cleanup within the park from the la
[19:30] that large storm we had in May.
[19:32] They're still working on this.
[19:34] And Julie said that when they get some time,
[19:37] they will also be removing many of the stumps that were left
[19:41] behind when the, they took care of the trees
[19:43] that had fallen down during the storm.
[19:47] In addition, we looked at the revised batting cage proposal
[19:51] that is on our agenda this evening under old business.
[19:56] The, the design we approved at the last meeting
[20:01] was a completely surrounded the batting cage with a fence
[20:06] that stood about five feet outside of the cage area.
[20:10] The base golf group afterwards came back to us
[20:12] and decided they thought it would look better
[20:14] and be more protected.
[20:15] If instead they placed hardy board on the outside
[20:19] of the batting cage, leaving the netting open at the top.
[20:25] We did ask if this would work
[20:27] with in the evenings when the sun goes down,
[20:30] and we were told that the state that the cage has plenty
[20:33] of interior lighting that will work with this new design.
[20:37] The committee is recommending approval
[20:39] of this change when we get to old business
[20:46] And that yes.
[20:47] And that what you see on the screen is the new design
[20:50] that on the bottom left was sort
[20:54] of like a barn door crossing.
[20:56] That's where the lock gate will be
[20:58] to get into the batting cage.
[21:03] - Thank you. We'll look at all those in detail when,
[21:05] when we come up to vote on that too.
[21:09] Finance administration committees. Ms. Clayton.
[21:13] - Yes. We met earlier this evening
[21:15] to begin preliminary discussions about the search
[21:19] that we're doing for a new Borough manager.
[21:21] The committee will meet again tomorrow evening,
[21:25] the 17th at five 30 in the Oak Room.
[21:29] - Thank you Mr. Brachbill.
[21:33] Infrastructure and Public Works Committee.
[21:36] - Okay, I I've revised this.
[21:39] 6, 7, 20 25 Dr. Lee out in March, April, may, June.
[21:46] Myself was the chairperson.
[21:48] Doug Johnson Sedgwick Committee,
[21:56] the Borough Building 3 0 1
[22:01] Spring Street in East Lamb Street.
[22:04] The committee made a request to Matt Almond in March 20.5
[22:09] to have brighter light in the front steps
[22:10] of the North Spring Street
[22:12] and every entry door of East Lamb Street.
[22:18] Additionally, in April, the committee
[22:21] requested two additional handicap parking
[22:25] stall back to back on East Lamp Street location.
[22:30] Do this issue at the time.
[22:32] In April, the committee will remove the additional request
[22:34] for a crosswalk from the police department parking area to
[22:38] the street parking on the sidewalk Deep land
[22:40] of North Spring Street.
[22:42] Additional prudence needed
[22:44] the fire doors in the council chambers
[22:46] on the left and right side.
[22:47] Be and ingress will require additional improvements
[22:51] to the operations.
[22:53] Performance was only maybe one both stick.
[22:58] Hit your mic. Brandy, would you
[23:02] - Do that?
[23:03] I'm not gonna start over. Doors also
[23:06] require exit signs on both doors for the en entry
[23:09] and the from the hallway to the to enter Council chambers.
[23:14] Meeting signage.
[23:16] Meeting signage is required daily
[23:18] to provide directions to the meeting rooms.
[23:21] Additional signage for wheelchair and accessibility,
[23:25] and follow up on getting a fire plan.
[23:27] Exit plan, emergency exits need to be examined monthly.
[23:33] Reconfigured the council re reconfiguration
[23:36] of the council's meeting table set up with power
[23:39] to all computers and improvements with new sound system and,
[23:43] and acoustics will hopefully improve what we have tonight.
[23:48] Wheelchair accessibility entrances to
[23:51] and follow up on getting fire exit signs
[23:54] posted in each room.
[23:56] Check status on replacing police department signage
[23:58] and move municipal building to the old Armory,
[24:02] which is this building.
[24:04] My summaries are discussed.
[24:06] Discussed assessment and trans transition.
[24:09] Plan the need for an assessment
[24:11] and transition plan for a DA under the public entity.
[24:14] Guidelines. The need
[24:16] to discuss whether the assessment should be handled
[24:18] by one person or one or a group.
[24:21] Inventory of assets and maintenance schedules.
[24:24] Improving accessibilities in buildings.
[24:27] AC assess the transition plans for a DA in the building.
[24:31] Prioritize certain areas of for improvements such
[24:34] as parking spaces and public access points.
[24:37] That's gonna be a difficult one.
[24:39] And committee's role in a DA compliance,
[24:42] managing accessibility issues and compliances.
[24:45] But a DA committees should is focus on
[24:50] specific problems, recommendations from residents
[24:52] before they become complaints.
[24:54] Review sections of the plan as they are completed
[24:57] and feedback will be provided.
[25:01] Accessibility and safety on Building exits.
[25:04] Committee to discuss accessibility
[25:06] and safety on the Building Exits Signage Committee.
[25:09] A agreement on the need for, for clear plastic signage
[25:13] and operational doors to ensure safe access.
[25:16] Andres and review current signage
[25:19] to be placed on the meeting room doors.
[25:21] Possibilities of installing on the o,
[25:23] the O Oak Room signage, you know, on the door,
[25:26] including blocking certain areas from staff
[25:29] for staff protection.
[25:32] And that's my report.
[25:33] The other thing I'm going to do is cancel the meeting for
[25:38] this month and we'll pick it up in July.
[25:45] Still be the last Thursday of July. We'll do that.
[25:48] - Okay. Thank you.
[25:52] Let's see.
[25:53] Ms. TostiVasey ordinances, Ordinance ad hoc committee.
[25:58] - The Ordinance ad hoc committee also met on
[26:01] Thursday, June 12th.
[26:02] After we finished the parks meeting out at Governor's Park,
[26:06] we revised the loading
[26:08] and unloading zone issue for all of the areas in town
[26:13] before bringing it to council.
[26:14] We need to have a map added to the Ordinance
[26:17] so people can see where these loading
[26:18] and unloading zones are located.
[26:22] In addition to actually adding the loading
[26:24] and unloading zone in front of the Dollar General store,
[26:27] we found out there wasn't one there in the Ordinance.
[26:31] We are also recommending a change to the delivery times to
[26:37] from 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM to change that to 6:00 AM
[26:42] to 9:00 AM I believe
[26:44] that this revised Ordinance will be at the next meeting's
[26:48] agenda for approval.
[26:50] - Great. Thank you. Streets committee. Mr. Johnson.
[26:57] - Thank you Madam President.
[26:58] Y'all, y'all have a copy of my report in the packet.
[27:03] The only change I see is item $3
[27:07] General unloading parking.
[27:10] I recall us saying 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM Doug,
[27:14] or do we agree on six?
[27:16] Rita, do you remember?
[27:20] - I actually don't. I'm sorry. Oh,
[27:21] - That's okay.
[27:22] Deb did, did we change that to six
[27:25] or just keep it at 5:00 AM for the unloading?
[27:29] And I thought we changed it to six. I
[27:31] - Thought we changed it to six.
[27:32] Yes. I I think we did change it at six. Doug.
[27:35] - So, so my report is inaccurate.
[27:37] It should be 6:00 AM instead of
[27:40] the 5:00 AM. Yes, Joanne?
[27:44] - I was just going to say that
[27:45] that was the consensus in the Ordinance committee as well.
[27:48] - Okay, thank you. So I'll run through it real quick.
[27:53] McAllister Street, we've done a lot
[27:56] of mitigation there for speeding.
[27:58] Matt is still, Matt has either purchased
[28:01] or ordered some pedestrian signs that were not going
[28:05] to put in place until school starts
[28:08] and during the school year, keep those in place as long
[28:12] as somebody doesn't run 'em over.
[28:16] The chief is, and the staff have, have agreed to
[28:21] monitor McAllister frequently
[28:25] and it seems to be working so far, so good.
[28:29] So, and we've added signage.
[28:32] North Allegheny Street storm drain issue.
[28:35] Matt has received bids for that repair, but
[28:40] because of the weather, it's put it behind several weeks.
[28:43] Dollar General unloading, we've already talked about
[28:47] the paving on South Spring Street is complete.
[28:50] Stamped crosswalks are to be added to High Street,
[28:54] south Spring, south Spring
[28:55] and Bishop Cherry Lane and South Spring.
[29:00] It was brought up about the hand railing on the east side of
[29:04] what I would call Allegheny Hill or South Allegheny Street.
[29:09] I think our staff is going to take a look at that
[29:12] for needed repairs.
[29:15] There was a question from EMS regarding loading
[29:19] and unloading on Phoenix Avenue.
[29:23] Mr. Ahman and Ms. Brooks will be taking
[29:27] a close look at that and it's been recommended.
[29:30] We put some signage
[29:33] based on the assessment from Matt Alman
[29:36] and Julie Brooks sometime soon.
[29:39] We're going to add a no parking sign
[29:42] on East High Street at the intersection of close
[29:45] to the intersection of East High and School Street.
[29:48] And as Dawn pointed out, the bid documents
[29:51] for the traffic light at Bishop
[29:53] and Parkview, we're expecting those
[29:59] not for approval, but for the bid opening on August 4th.
[30:04] Our next meeting is Tuesday, July 8th
[30:08] at 4:00 PM in the Oak Room.
[30:10] And I will ask our committee members who were there if,
[30:13] if I've missed something and you would like
[30:14] to add something to that report.
[30:19] Any questions from counsel? That's it.
[30:23] - Thank you. Public Trans
[30:28] Transport Task Task Force Committee.
[30:31] We have a June, 2025 report and A-P-S-A-B Conference
[30:35] and Transit Report.
[30:38] Ms. Cleeton and Ms. TostiVasey,
[30:45] - The, we've been,
[30:47] after we passed our decision to go
[30:50] with Centre County Transportation for our transit system,
[30:55] we've been working with Dave Lomas
[30:58] and his staff at the Centre County Transportation Office.
[31:01] We met with them last week
[31:06] and came up with the plans that you see later on
[31:09] in the agenda for passage this evening.
[31:12] Basically, everybody who
[31:18] is 60 and over will ride for free.
[31:22] Those who have a disability
[31:24] or on Medicaid for medical.
[31:30] Anyone who has a disability rides at a discounted rate.
[31:34] People who have Medicaid can get the same rides
[31:38] to medical appointments for $4
[31:42] and 25 cents one way.
[31:44] Everybody else will be under the boroughs
[31:49] sit service where they will pay $5 one way
[31:54] and the Borough will subsidize.
[31:58] The rest of the travel is based on mileage.
[32:05] And we, we met, we, we met once and then we brought Dave
[32:09] and his staff in and we asked several questions
[32:12] and I think we've come up with a very good
[32:16] plan to move forward.
[32:17] It will start on July 1st.
[32:20] Once we pass this, this evening, then we will start
[32:25] advertising this to the public.
[32:27] And so give them a chance to register
[32:30] with Centre County Transportation.
[32:32] We have asked, and Dave Loon has requested
[32:36] that when questions come into the Borough
[32:39] to make sure we're giving this correct information,
[32:43] we're going to direct the people to go directly
[32:46] to Centre County Transportation
[32:48] to have their questions answered.
[32:50] That way we we're not going confusing
[32:52] people 'cause it's not our system.
[32:55] We wanted to make sure that everybody knows what's
[32:57] going on from there end.
[33:00] Secondly, at the PSAB conference, the, the,
[33:07] the secretary for Department
[33:11] of Transportation was spoke during the executive session
[33:15] and basically said that talk, his initial statement was
[33:19] that transportation was needed in Pittsburgh
[33:22] and the Philadelphia area.
[33:26] I got up and when, during the question and answer period
[33:30] and, and said, well, there are
[33:31] 55 65 of
[33:36] counties other than Philadelphia and Allegheny County,
[33:40] and every single one of us has some form of public,
[33:44] trans, trans transit.
[33:46] Sometimes that's paratransit,
[33:49] sometimes it's regular public transit.
[33:53] He pulled back and he said, we, I was correct
[33:56] and that, that he would go back
[33:58] and try to see what we could do about all
[34:01] of the different transit programs
[34:03] for funding from the state.
[34:06] Then on Wednesday, after PSAB ended, Deb
[34:09] and I went to Harris, the capital in Harrisburg,
[34:14] and we had a meeting with the staff for Senator D
[34:18] and Carrie Benninghoff
[34:24] in your packet is a summary of what we, what happened and,
[34:29] and a response three days later from Senator DI
[34:33] understand that he will be sending us another letter
[34:37] that's more directed towards transit here in Centre County,
[34:41] but we haven't received it yet.
[34:43] That's the report. Do you have anything to add?
[34:47] - I just wanted to mention about the,
[34:48] the rally in Harrisburg on June 4th.
[34:51] There were about 300 people there from
[34:52] across, across the state.
[34:54] Not just the major metropolitan areas,
[34:56] but from a lot
[34:58] of the rural small municipalities throughout the state
[35:01] that don't have any transportation what whatsoever
[35:04] or very limited transportation.
[35:07] And as Joanne mentioned, we were able to meet directly
[35:10] with the staff of Senator D and Mr.
[35:13] Benninghoff to discuss what the needs are
[35:17] for our municipalities.
[35:20] And during the course of this whole gathering,
[35:24] we broke up in small groups of three and four
[35:27] and every single legislator's office in the Capitol building
[35:31] was visited and given information about the needs
[35:34] for transportation in rural Pennsylvania
[35:37] because all of the focus is on the two large metropolitan
[35:41] systems in the state,
[35:42] and the rest of us are getting left behind.
[35:45] So it was a very interesting experience,
[35:47] but we're trying to make some progress in that direction.
[35:50] Thank you.
[35:54] - Thank you both. I know you've been working on this a long
[35:56] time and it's much appreciated.
[36:00] We will move on to liaison reports. They are in your packet.
[36:04] I'll just briefly go
[36:05] through these Bellmont Inner Valley Chamber of Commerce.
[36:09] Ms. Brooks, do you have anything else to add to your report
[36:13] or anything you wanna say?
[36:21] - I, I really don't if anyone has any additional
[36:24] questions for me.
[36:26] - Thank you. Anyone have questions? No. Thank you. Okay.
[36:32] Be font Borough authority. June 3rd, 2025. Drafted minutes.
[36:36] Mr. Johnson, do you have anything you'd like
[36:38] to add from the authority?
[36:42] - I, I do not at this time.
[36:43] - Okay. The Centre County Library, Ms. Clayton.
[36:50] - Oh, nothing to add, but the summer reading programs have
[36:53] started, so sign up and get on board.
[36:57] - Thank you. Workplace Safety Committee. Mr. B Brachbill.
[37:01] - We had the meeting the second Wednesday
[37:04] of month, half hour.
[37:12] - So yeah, we, we finished it up at, at,
[37:16] we had some training.
[37:17] Actually, I'll, I'll take that back.
[37:18] We had about a 45 minute meeting Okay.
[37:20] With that one on Wednesday.
[37:22] But that all, that all goes pretty well.
[37:24] Alyssa does a, a good job with that.
[37:29] - Great. Thank you. Moving on to current
[37:32] and old business 2025 CDBG
[37:36] project selection.
[37:38] Could I have a motion and a second
[37:40] to approve Centre County on behalf of Beon Borough
[37:43] to submit an application to the Pennsylvania Department
[37:46] of Community and Economic Development
[37:49] for FFY 2025 Community Development Block grant
[37:53] entitlement funding for the stamp crosswalk project.
[37:56] Point of order. There's another motion before that.
[37:59] There's two motions in that I missed.
[38:01] I'm so sorry I missed that. Let's, let's do the first one.
[38:06] First one. CDBG project selection, a motion
[38:09] and a second to approve the stamped crosswalks at the
[38:12] intersection of High Street
[38:13] and Water Street for the 2025 CBBG project.
[38:19] So moved. Thank you. Could I have a second please?
[38:21] - Second Brachbill. Bill.
[38:23] - First we'll ask for any Public Comment from that.
[38:27] Seeing none. Any discussion for counsel?
[38:34] Can we have a Roll Call vote please.
[38:36] - Mr. Brune? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms.
[38:40] Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms. Purnell?
[38:45] Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. And Ms. TostiVasey?
[38:48] Yes. Thank you. Great.
[38:49] - Thank you. Could I have a motion
[38:52] and a second to approve Centre County on behalf
[38:54] of the Beon Borough to submit an application
[38:57] to the Pennsylvania Department of Community
[38:59] and Economic Development for FFY 2025
[39:03] Community Development Block grant entitlement funding
[39:06] for the stamped crosswalk project.
[39:09] - Motion made Brachbill. - Thank you. Randy. Second please.
[39:14] - Second - McKean. Thank you, Shawna.
[39:17] Is there any Public Comment? Council discussion?
[39:24] Seeing none, could we have a Roll Call vote please.
[39:27] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[39:31] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[39:36] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. And Ms. TostiVasey?
[39:41] Yes. Thank you.
[39:44] - The Centre County Airport Authority volunteer application.
[39:47] Could we have a motion
[39:48] and a second to approve Carrie ER's volunteer application
[39:52] for the Centre County Airport Authority.
[39:54] Authority. I
[39:55] - Will make that motion.
[39:56] Johnson. Thank
[39:57] - You.
[39:58] Doug. Second please.
[39:59] - I'll second. - Thank you, Kent. Is there any discussion?
[40:04] - More of a curiosity question.
[40:07] The next item is talks about these airport authority
[40:11] vetting volunteers.
[40:13] Is that starting after this evening
[40:15] or was this supposed to be part of that after
[40:18] - Yes.
[40:19] This, that, that will start after this appointment.
[40:22] And we had a conversation about that.
[40:25] This is the only applicant
[40:27] and we want to get that position filled as soon as possible.
[40:30] So that's what we hope, hope to do. Thank you.
[40:35] - Thank you Mr. Johnson. Any other questions?
[40:40] Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.
[40:42] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[40:46] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[40:50] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.
[40:55] Thank you. Thank you.
[40:56] - Centre County Airport Authority memo
[40:58] to appointing entities.
[41:00] Could I have a motion and a second
[41:01] to allow Centre County Airport authority
[41:04] to review all applications
[41:06] and submit a recommendation to cancel
[41:08] for future appointments?
[41:11] - I'll make make that motion. - Thank you. Kent. Second.
[41:15] - Second Johnson. Thank
[41:16] - You.
[41:17] Any discussion? Can we have a Roll Call? Vote please.
[41:22] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton?
[41:26] Yes. Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[41:30] Brunell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.
[41:35] Thank you.
[41:39] - We have an update on the Suspension Bridge project. No.
[41:43] Council action is needed.
[41:45] Did anyone have questions for Ms. Brooks with that?
[41:50] Did you wanna add anything, Julie, to that?
[42:00] - I didn't really have anything to add.
[42:02] I just wanted to see if there were any additional questions.
[42:05] Overall, it was just an update on the, the way
[42:09] that the estimates came in.
[42:13] So just so that you're aware, I'm still working
[42:15] with the engineering firm to adjust as much
[42:20] as possible to fit in our budget.
[42:23] - Great. Thank you. The Governor's
[42:28] Park Bating Cage.
[42:29] Could I have a motion
[42:30] and a second to approve the, the batting cage as proposed?
[42:35] - So moved. - I'll second it. Thank you.
[42:38] Is there any discussion? I know Mr. Caporale is here.
[42:41] If anybody has questions.
[42:47] Seeing none, could we have a Roll Call vote please.
[42:50] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[42:55] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[42:59] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.
[43:03] Thank you.
[43:06] - The friends of Tally Rand lease agreement the
[43:11] was was in your packet.
[43:12] If you have any feedback, please email.
[43:16] Do you want that email to you, Mr. Holderman? Sure. Yeah.
[43:19] To Mr. Holderman by Wes this Wednesday, June 18th,
[43:25] under new business, Pennsylvania State Association
[43:28] of Boroughs Conference recap in 2025, resolutions adopted
[43:32] by PSAB voting delegates.
[43:38] Did you wanna, Deb, did you wanna talk about any
[43:41] of the resolutions?
[43:42] They were in your, in the packet?
[43:46] - Yes. In your packet, I included a copy of all
[43:50] of the resolutions adopted by the PSAB voting delegates.
[43:53] And right at top, number one is the one that we
[43:57] were supporting
[43:58] and that is the, the legislation
[44:00] that provides state annual financial assistance
[44:04] to municipalities for tax exempt properties.
[44:08] And this legislation would direct the distribution of
[44:11] around $500 million back to Pennsylvania's municipalities
[44:16] to help recoup the lost revenue from tax exempt properties.
[44:19] So this is a step forward.
[44:22] We did approve 13 of the 14
[44:28] resolutions that came before the voting delegates
[44:31] and all of the resolutions that have been reauthorized
[44:36] for an addition additional three years are also
[44:39] included in the packets.
[44:40] If you have any questions, I'd be glad
[44:42] to answer as best I can.
[44:48] - Okay. Thank you. Tim, you
[44:50] - Add one more?
[44:51] Yes. And I would like to recognize Julie Brooks
[44:56] who received her certified burs Oh yeah.
[45:00] Official award at the lunch and on Tuesday.
[45:04] - Okay. Congratulations. - Thank
[45:16] - The ninth annual Dillon Konick Memorial
[45:19] Charity Baseball Tournament.
[45:20] Request for fee waiver.
[45:22] Could I have a motion and a second to approve the fee waiver
[45:25] for use of Governor's Park Baseball Field
[45:28] for the ninth annual Dillon Chronic
[45:31] Memorial Charity Baseball Tournament scheduled
[45:34] for August 9th and 10th. I'll make that motion.
[45:38] - I'll second Brachbill. - Thank you. Discussion please.
[45:43] - Yes, this is a nonprofit
[45:48] that is located outside the boundaries of befor.
[45:51] The web website that's referred to in the request was for
[45:55] it is for the DC eight fund,
[45:58] which is located in Canada, Dua, New York.
[46:01] It is not a bell font base nonprofit,
[46:05] although the nonprofit, the people
[46:07] who started it were from here at one point,
[46:11] we should not be granting a fee waiver
[46:14] for this fundraising event
[46:15] because this would violate by the,
[46:18] the borough's nonprofit pro properties.
[46:22] In addition, it is not listed as a charity
[46:25] or a nonprofit in guide store
[46:27] and is not listed as a nonprofit
[46:29] or charitable organization in the IRS tax
[46:33] organization search engine.
[46:37] - I will once again strongly urge that the fee is waived.
[46:41] The current continue to be an integral part
[46:44] of our community.
[46:46] Dylan was a strong member of our community
[46:49] before losing his battle with cancer.
[46:52] A hundred percent of the proceeds of this tournament go
[46:55] for childhood cancer research.
[46:58] And it is an event that brings in hundreds,
[47:03] if not thousands of people from all over to our community
[47:08] to support their effort to honor the memory of their son
[47:12] and raise money for childhood cancer.
[47:17] - Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Is there anyone else? Mr. Johnson?
[47:21] - I think we've approved this in years past
[47:24] without any problem.
[47:27] And out of respect for the family,
[47:30] I fully support the waiver of this fee.
[47:35] - It's four years in a row since I've been on council.
[47:37] It comes up every year and we approve it unanimously.
[47:41] So, no. Okay.
[47:46] - Did you have a comment Joanne? No. Okay. Okay. I do.
[47:51] I think this is a great thing
[47:53] and I can't imagine what this family went through.
[47:56] I do support everything they're doing,
[47:58] but when we refer to the Ordinance not
[48:02] for profits based in Bellmont,
[48:03] Borough may request an exemption from the rental fee.
[48:07] The administrative fee
[48:08] and damage deposit shall still be required.
[48:11] I agree with Joanne. They don't meet that criteria.
[48:16] And we do have a fee schedule
[48:18] and we do have a baseball field to take care of.
[48:22] - Well, in this letter that they sent it, they,
[48:25] they would ask for the, if it's possible to waive those so
[48:28] that all funds raised could go directly to the charity.
[48:31] I'm not sure what charity it
[48:32] is, but that's what they're listing,
[48:33] - Right?
[48:34] It it is, it's it's for childhood cancer.
[48:41] Anybody else have a comment on this?
[48:45] - I think I could see questioning this if it was money
[48:48] raised for themselves,
[48:50] but since it's going to charity, I think we should consider
[48:54] that in, in our decision.
[48:55] - Thank you, Rita. Anybody else?
[49:01] Okay. So the motion on the table is
[49:03] to approve the fee waiver for use
[49:05] of Governor's Park Baseball Field for the ninth annual
[49:09] Dillon Chronic Memorial Charity Baseball Tournament
[49:12] scheduled for August 9th and 10th.
[49:15] Could we have a Roll Call vote please. Mr.
[49:18] - Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms.
[49:23] - Dann? No. - Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean?
[49:28] Yes. Ms. Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms.
[49:32] TostiVasey? No. Thank you.
[49:37] Seven to two. Thank you.
[49:44] - The loading of compost memo for August, September
[49:47] and October, 2025.
[49:49] It was in your packet. I will, I will read this.
[49:53] It is brief. It's good for the community to know
[49:56] Borough personnel using Borough equipment
[49:58] to load compost on the trailers
[50:00] or pickups at the Muser Lane Compost facility
[50:03] between the hours of 8:00 AM
[50:04] and 12 noon on three Saturdays in 2025.
[50:08] There will be one Saturday in August,
[50:10] one in September, and one in October.
[50:12] When these dates are confirmed,
[50:14] dates will be posted on the Borough website
[50:16] and on social media.
[50:18] There would be a fee to cover equipment
[50:20] and personnel for this fee is $20 per cubic yard,
[50:24] which is approximately one skid steer loader.
[50:27] Bucket fees will be paid at the Borough
[50:30] administrative offices.
[50:31] An assigned waiver is needed at
[50:33] that time stating the Borough is not responsible for damage
[50:37] to the vehicles during loading or compost hauling.
[50:41] Could I have a motion and a second to approve this, please?
[50:45] I'll make that motion, Clayton. Thank you. Deb.
[50:47] - Second. Oh, go ahead.
[50:50] - Thank you, Shawna. Any dis any discussion?
[50:54] - I have some comments. Okay. I, I suggested this.
[50:58] I I didn't know that we agreed on a $20. Maybe we did.
[51:03] I don't remember, but I, I think, I think it
[51:08] that $20 a scoop is probably more than, than,
[51:12] than we should charge.
[51:15] I would say a pickup truck load is $20.
[51:18] If it's a scoop and a half, it's still $20.
[51:24] So I used to buy UAJA
[51:30] compost and it was $15 a yard, I believe,
[51:34] which seemed really reasonable to me.
[51:36] So I would suggest lowering that to $15 a scoop
[51:42] or $15 a truckload instead of 20.
[51:46] I know we're trying to cover our costs,
[51:50] but let's see how it goes first
[51:52] and then maybe next year raise it to $20.
[51:59] Just my, my thought on that.
[52:02] - Sorry. You ma are you making that motion, Mr. Johnson
[52:05] - To change?
[52:06] I will, I will make the motion to amend the fee from $20
[52:10] to $15 per scoop.
[52:14] I'm not so sure that it's a cubic yard in the skid steer.
[52:19] I think it might be a little more than that.
[52:20] But anyhow, $15 a truckload,
[52:24] meaning a half ton pickup truckload.
[52:27] Not a ttag five ton truck.
[52:31] We're talking about a normal size pickup truck
[52:36] with a five foot eight foot bed.
[52:39] - That, that's quite a motion.
[52:42] - You get the idea. It's Yes.
[52:45] Thank you Madam President.
[52:51] - I'll second it. Purnell. Thank you. Rita.
[52:54] Is there any discussion on that?
[52:58] We can do a friendly if you, if
[53:03] who agrees agree that we go with a friendly motion
[53:08] and change that That's the motion.
[53:11] That's the motion. Change it to $15 for a
[53:17] normal truckload.
[53:18] Is that what you're
[53:20] - Yeah.
[53:22] Yes. A pickup truckload or a scoop from the skid steer.
[53:27] Okay. Most, most pickup trucks nowadays may only
[53:32] handle one scoop from a skid steer.
[53:36] So I, I think the operator at the
[53:39] Musser Lane compost facility will be a pretty good judge of,
[53:45] of the $15 fee.
[53:47] Let's, let's see how it goes at $15 a scoop.
[53:51] - Okay. So we have to agree on the friendly
[53:53] amendment correct.
[53:55] And we do, we do a Roll Call for that Just
[54:01] - Is become the friendly minute.
[54:03] Makes this the main minute.
[54:05] So you only have one vote instead
[54:06] - Of two.
[54:07] Okay. So now we can vote on the mo original
[54:10] motion with that change.
[54:11] Yes. Okay. That's what we are voting on then.
[54:16] Can we have a Roll Call vote please.
[54:18] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[54:22] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[54:27] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes.
[54:30] Thank you.
[54:33] - The Public Transit Services task force
[54:36] proposed calculated rates for above upper residence use
[54:39] of Centre County Transport Transportation Services.
[54:43] Can I have a motion and a second
[54:45] to approve the proposed calculated rates
[54:47] for belfont Borough residents use
[54:50] of Centre County Transportation Services? I'll make that
[54:53] - Motion.
[54:54] - Thank you. Kent Second please. I'll
[54:56] - Second it. Clayton. Thank
[54:57] - You.
[54:59] Is there any Public Comment on that
[55:03] council discussion?
[55:05] - I have questions on the full fair. How's that set up?
[55:08] How all we see is, is this right now, what's a budget?
[55:12] - I I can, I can answer that.
[55:18] What we're proposing is that the,
[55:19] that Bellmont Borough underwrite the cost
[55:24] of using the county transportation service
[55:26] for any bellmont resident.
[55:29] Anybody over the age of 60 rides for free, anybody
[55:32] with a disability pays four and a quarter out of pocket.
[55:36] What we're proposing is that anybody else
[55:38] who falls under the mileage based fee fair schedule
[55:41] that you see in front of you would pay a maximum of $5 out
[55:45] of pocket and the Borough would pick up the difference. And
[55:50] - Where's that money coming from? Out
[55:51] - Of the, we still have at, I'm guessing,
[55:54] $16,000 left in the budget for transportation
[55:58] because we have now gone through the first half of the year
[56:01] with Right.
[56:02] With cada based on the information we have from Dave Lamon
[56:06] and from cada
[56:07] and the number of passengers who are currently using B Line,
[56:12] who would be transitioning hopefully to this new service.
[56:16] There are very few who actually fall into the out
[56:19] of pocket category.
[56:24] We need to take this initially a month at a
[56:27] time, see how it goes.
[56:31] We're not going to hit $16,000 next week.
[56:35] - No, I know that, but what's the, what's the
[56:40] sustain sustainability on this?
[56:43] So on now? Yeah. Yeah. The sustainability on this.
[56:46] How long, how long are we gonna last with that?
[56:48] - Well, we need to see how fast, how soon we start running
[56:52] through the funds between now and the end of the year
[56:55] and what it looks like towards the end of the year.
[56:57] And we get the budget season, we do not anticipate using up
[57:01] that entire $16,000.
[57:05] - And why wasn't there when, like some,
[57:07] if it's based on the mileage, why wasn't when some
[57:10] of the $5 fees go up a little bit?
[57:13] - We're starting, we're starting at a reasonable out
[57:16] of pocket cost for the passengers to see how it goes.
[57:20] I understand what you're saying in terms of the, the
[57:24] gradient fee schedule for mileage.
[57:26] The anticipated average mileage base is going to be in the
[57:32] under 20 miles each way.
[57:34] So it falls in that
[57:36] - There's some 32 miles to 49 miles.
[57:41] - I don't have the thing in front of me.
[57:42] We, we fall within the, the $20 range so
[57:47] that the borough's gonna be paying an average
[57:49] of $20 per ride.
[57:53] - When we talk to Dave m
[57:56] and he indicated that the people
[57:58] who ride from here in the Bellon area
[58:00] would generally fall in one
[58:02] of the first two tiers from their
[58:05] experience from everything else.
[58:06] Those longer distances are usually,
[58:11] well the longest one is when they take people to Danville.
[58:15] But, and that very, and he says
[58:17] that happens maybe once every two or three months.
[58:21] But the rest of them, he said the people
[58:23] that have been using our rides
[58:24] that come from our area are those first two,
[58:27] which at the mo most, I think the second is $25
[58:33] for the Borough cost.
[58:35] - And who, who, what's the budget look like as far
[58:38] as it being completed?
[58:41] You have to, everybody has a budget that you work from.
[58:45] This isn't, this is workable,
[58:47] but it's, there could be some issues.
[58:49] Just what you're saying. If, if it's 2150 for a full chair
[58:53] and 1750 for Beon Borough, that should be the same number
[58:57] that you have coming down that list.
[58:59] If you're not, I'm not sure
[59:03] how it looks If you know when you're going through it,
[59:05] if you know if Lori's working
[59:06] with it, how that's gonna look.
[59:09] That that's how my question is. Yeah.
[59:11] - What what will happen on July 1st is
[59:14] that Centre County Transportation will keep track of every
[59:18] Beante resident that uses this service
[59:22] and how far they've gone and what it costs.
[59:25] And then on a monthly basis, they will be giving a report
[59:28] to Lori of how much it is being cost.
[59:33] Our problem all along is that Kata never could tell us
[59:37] how many people from Beon were actually riding
[59:41] and how far they were going.
[59:43] So we have no real data at this point to say
[59:47] how much is, would be cost on a person.
[59:50] So this next six months is basically a trial period
[59:54] to find out what kind of service needs there actually are,
[59:58] which is why we don't have a,
[1:00:00] an actual number to put with it.
[1:00:04] - I think that Kata did share some numbers with
[1:00:08] the county transportation office
[1:00:10] and the director of Transportation looked
[1:00:13] through those riders.
[1:00:15] And I, I'm gonna ask Mr.
[1:00:19] Esson to come up and help me out with this. Sure.
[1:00:22] That it looked as though,
[1:00:26] based on the data that was supplied by CADA
[1:00:30] to the Centre County Transportation Director,
[1:00:34] and there's a lot of other criteria, Randy,
[1:00:38] that would qualify.
[1:00:39] First of all, people 60 years of age
[1:00:43] and older, the county
[1:00:47] comes forward with the money to cover those that cost.
[1:00:51] It's just the generosity of the Commissioners.
[1:00:55] They're not required to do that.
[1:00:57] So the, the 60
[1:00:58] and under of the data that's been supplied
[1:01:02] to our transportation director at the county,
[1:01:05] there's a large percentage of those people
[1:01:08] who have been using the cat a service
[1:01:13] that qualify for an
[1:01:16] a free ride on the county transportation vans.
[1:01:20] So based on the data that we see,
[1:01:24] there's a very small number of folks
[1:01:27] who need a supplement from Beon Borough.
[1:01:30] This is only for Beon Borough residents,
[1:01:33] not countywide.
[1:01:35] It's not Spring, it's not Benner, it's Beon residence only.
[1:01:39] And when those folks call in
[1:01:43] to the transportation office of the county,
[1:01:46] they will be interviewed.
[1:01:47] And it could be that they already qualify for assistance
[1:01:53] in, in paying the fee that's unknown to them at this time.
[1:01:57] So it's, it's worth it.
[1:01:59] Or the county employees are taking time out of their day
[1:02:04] to make sure that these folks get the ride
[1:02:07] for almost, for almost nothing.
[1:02:11] What am I missing, Dave? That
[1:02:13] - Not really anything, Doug.
[1:02:15] Pretty much you covered it just real quickly.
[1:02:18] If you're 60 or older, it's 100% free.
[1:02:23] It doesn't cost you anything.
[1:02:25] 60 to 64 is funded 100% by Centre County Government.
[1:02:30] 65 and older is 85% paid by the lottery.
[1:02:34] And the other 15% is paid by Centre County Government.
[1:02:38] If you're disabled, 18 to 60
[1:02:42] with a qualifying disability.
[1:02:44] It's called Persons with Disabilities.
[1:02:45] It's an a DA service we provide,
[1:02:48] and you pay a fee anywhere from four to $7,
[1:02:53] depending upon how far
[1:02:55] Medic medical assistance transportation is
[1:02:58] for medical appointments only.
[1:03:00] And that's for anybody that has that.
[1:03:02] And and we can tell when we register someone,
[1:03:05] what they qualify for, if they're PWD,
[1:03:09] we have an application that's not real complicated.
[1:03:11] It's pretty simple. We can usually approve it
[1:03:13] within a day or so.
[1:03:16] Of course, medical assistance, if we,
[1:03:18] if you give us your documentation we need, we can tell you
[1:03:22] that instantaneously if you qualify.
[1:03:24] So it's pretty, pretty easy to determine that
[1:03:29] what the Borough and,
[1:03:31] and the task force has asked for is a service
[1:03:35] for those individuals that fall between up to the age of 60
[1:03:40] that have no funding.
[1:03:42] And how do we help those people?
[1:03:44] And we've, we've,
[1:03:46] and the data we've been given, there's
[1:03:50] 106 clients have been using the Beeline since last July.
[1:03:55] That's the numbers that I was given.
[1:03:57] So of that number, 46
[1:04:00] of those individuals are registered with us already.
[1:04:03] So the chances are they already have a funding
[1:04:05] source in my system.
[1:04:08] And actually 74 out
[1:04:11] of 106 took 10 trips or less than almost a year.
[1:04:15] So there's a very small number of people that used it.
[1:04:18] A lot less than a dozen people
[1:04:22] that have 16 people actually have used it, 50 or more trips.
[1:04:26] But most of those are, you know, right around 50,
[1:04:30] 60 trips in a year.
[1:04:32] So we're just willing to continue to do the services
[1:04:37] that we already do throughout Centre County,
[1:04:39] including Bellmont,
[1:04:41] and offer the opportunity for the Bellmont Borough to
[1:04:45] give their residents some support that, that are losing
[1:04:49] that come the end of the month, at least
[1:04:52] as a stopgap measure to see if we can't help them
[1:04:56] and, and see where it goes.
[1:04:59] As I've said repeatedly, we don't know what we don't know.
[1:05:02] We'll see once, if it's approved, what happens.
[1:05:05] And if we get bombarded, then we all have to come back here
[1:05:10] and sit down and talk about it and figure out what to do.
[1:05:13] But the state's aware of what we're offering to do.
[1:05:15] They're supportive, obviously,
[1:05:17] for those individuals that are funded.
[1:05:19] And, you know, I I, I think I,
[1:05:23] I truly don't see us using up all the funds
[1:05:27] that you've set aside for transit in, in that short
[1:05:31] of time based on all the data we've been given
[1:05:34] and all the research we've done with that data.
[1:05:39] You know, I, I think we're gonna be okay for the time being,
[1:05:43] but that remains to be seen, of course.
[1:05:45] No guarantee.
[1:05:49] - Okay. Thank you. - Yeah, I, I would like to, Mr.
[1:05:53] LaMason to thank you
[1:05:55] and your staff at the transportation office for
[1:05:59] organizing that data
[1:06:01] and presenting it to the transportation task force.
[1:06:04] I know it's taken time out of their day
[1:06:06] and your day to make, try to make this possible
[1:06:09] for the BEON residents.
[1:06:11] So I appreciate that, appreciate that very much.
[1:06:14] - We do serve 655 residents
[1:06:17] of Bellmont currently in our system.
[1:06:20] So, you know, it's nice to know
[1:06:22] that there is a large contingent of Bellmont people
[1:06:24] that use our service and
[1:06:26] that's in our service that are funded.
[1:06:28] So, you know, hopefully the people that
[1:06:33] use the service and need the service are funded.
[1:06:35] And if not, we'll, we'll look for funding for them
[1:06:38] and potentially have it.
[1:06:40] Yeah.
[1:06:42] - So thank, thank you Mr.
[1:06:46] - Lums. You're very welcome. Very much. Yes. Is it your
[1:06:48] - Group that are watching is watching?
[1:06:49] What's going on with this?
[1:06:51] - Pardon? - Is this the, the group your,
[1:06:55] your people you work with?
[1:06:57] Are you guys working with that?
[1:06:58] Or who's, who's watching
[1:07:00] where the money's going and all that stuff?
[1:07:02] - Well, we'll determine that. Oh, okay.
[1:07:03] Oh yeah, no, we, we we'll know daily how much use sir is.
[1:07:08] I mean, I can give a, a monthly report.
[1:07:11] We, we'll send a bill every month is what we'll do.
[1:07:14] We'll send a Borough bill
[1:07:15] and, you know, if we see it climbing up there,
[1:07:19] then we figure out what's going on.
[1:07:20] But we do have some limitations.
[1:07:23] It's primarily for work
[1:07:25] and medical that we're taking on
[1:07:29] non-funded residents for,
[1:07:31] and maybe once a week to go shopping for groceries
[1:07:35] and needs it like that.
[1:07:37] But it's not that you can just decide
[1:07:40] to go every day just to go.
[1:07:42] There has to be a purpose.
[1:07:44] And I think that's what the borough's determination was,
[1:07:47] that we stick to that purpose for the needs of the people.
[1:07:52] It's not just, you know, and,
[1:07:54] and I'm sure some of these trips are just trips, but,
[1:07:57] but the nice thing about our service
[1:07:59] is we're not gonna take them where they have
[1:08:00] to catch three other rides to get to where they're going.
[1:08:03] We're gonna pick them up, take them to where they're going,
[1:08:05] drop them off and bring them back.
[1:08:07] So it's more of a door to door type service for them.
[1:08:11] So, And most of the places
[1:08:14] that we frequent are within the first three
[1:08:17] categories of our funding.
[1:08:18] You know, that, that they're gonna
[1:08:19] use here in Centre County.
[1:08:21] If somebody has to go a long distance, obviously they have,
[1:08:25] they have to prove why.
[1:08:27] And it's like anything else.
[1:08:28] When I take people to the doctor under medical assistance
[1:08:31] and they want to go outta county, they have
[1:08:34] to provide documentation.
[1:08:35] Why? Because they're supposed
[1:08:38] to be seen at the closest facility.
[1:08:40] So if they have to go to a specialist, they have
[1:08:42] to give us a letter for that.
[1:08:44] That's a requirement that medical assistance has.
[1:08:46] So, and we'll hold true to that with the same here.
[1:08:49] You know, we won't just take someone just to take them.
[1:08:53] - I, I look at this as the most affordable option
[1:08:56] we have at this time.
[1:08:58] And, and until we try it
[1:09:00] and see how it works, I, I think this is
[1:09:03] a good program to start with.
[1:09:05] - Yep. We, we feel confident we can meet their needs and,
[1:09:08] and keep it within hopefully a reasonable amount
[1:09:11] of money for you folks.
[1:09:13] Yeah.
[1:09:18] Anything else? All right. No, thank
[1:09:22] - You very - Much.
[1:09:23] Thank you.
[1:09:28] - Is there any other discussion on this?
[1:09:33] Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.
[1:09:36] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill?
[1:09:39] - Yes. - Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes.
[1:09:44] Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms. Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms.
[1:09:48] TostiVasey? Yes. And thank you. Yes.
[1:09:52] And for me personally, thank you very much.
[1:09:55] - Thank you for all your hard work on this.
[1:09:59] Could I have approval of resolution number
[1:10:01] 0 6 1 6 2 0 2 5 0 1 adopting
[1:10:06] the police department's updated policies?
[1:10:09] These were in your packet.
[1:10:12] Can I have a motion and a second to approve the resolution?
[1:10:15] 0 6 1 6 2 0 2 5 dash zero
[1:10:19] one. So moved.
[1:10:21] - Second. - Thank you. Any discussion?
[1:10:27] Could we have a Roll Call? Vote please.
[1:10:29] - Mr. Bernier? Yes. Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes.
[1:10:33] Ms. Dann? Yes. Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms.
[1:10:37] Purnell? Yes. Ms. Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey basic? Yes.
[1:10:41] Thank you.
[1:10:45] - The Civil Service Commission promotions for Sergeant
[1:10:48] and Corporal Police.
[1:10:49] Chief Whitmer is recommending the selection of Officer
[1:10:53] Macy Ick for Sergeant and Officer Robert Holt.
[1:10:56] For Corporal. Chief Whitmer is recommending the selection
[1:11:00] of Officer Lisa Larkin for detective.
[1:11:04] Could I have a motion and a second? So
[1:11:06] - Move Brachbill. Second.
[1:11:08] - Randy. Thank you. Is there any discussion?
[1:11:14] - Can we have a Roll Call? Vote please. Mr. Bernier? Yes.
[1:11:19] Mr. Brachbill? Yes. Ms. Clayton? Yes. Ms. Dann? Yes.
[1:11:22] Mr. Johnson? Yes. Ms. McKean? Yes. Ms. Purnell? Yes. Ms.
[1:11:27] Sedgwick? Yes. Ms. TostiVasey? Yes. Thank you.
[1:11:30] Thank you. Chief Whitmer.
[1:11:33] - Thank you
[1:11:39] Mr.
[1:11:39] Mayor, you wanna join me?
[1:11:47] - Officer Ick. Officer Bolt.
[1:11:50] Officer Larkin, can you sit up here for me
[1:11:52] - Please?
[1:11:57] - Just have a seat in the front row.
[1:11:58] - I'll call in, sir.
[1:12:04] - Okay. Good evening, council members, I'm pleased to be
[1:12:07] before you tonight to present to you three of our officers
[1:12:10] who are being promoted to the position of Sergeant, corporal
[1:12:14] and Detective As Chief, I'm pleased with the commitment
[1:12:18] that these officers made, not only
[1:12:20] to further their careers in law enforcement,
[1:12:22] but to also take on the responsibilities
[1:12:23] of being a supervisor and making the Bellmont Police
[1:12:26] Department the best law enforcement agency we can be.
[1:12:30] The Sergeant Corporal positions required three steps
[1:12:33] to complete the process to be promoted.
[1:12:36] The first step was taking a three hour long written test.
[1:12:40] The second step was to go through an oral interview,
[1:12:44] and the third step was to complete a 10
[1:12:46] to 15 minute presentation.
[1:12:49] This was the officer's time, effort,
[1:12:50] and commitment to pass each phase of the process, all
[1:12:54] for the betterment, betterment of our police department.
[1:12:57] The third position being promoted tonight is the,
[1:13:00] is the detective position.
[1:13:02] The detective position is an important position
[1:13:05] that is necessary in every police department
[1:13:07] to ensure crimes are being investigated to the fullest.
[1:13:11] The Be Front police Department has not
[1:13:13] always had a detective.
[1:13:14] The position was started in the late nineties
[1:13:16] with Detective Thal.
[1:13:19] The position was quickly, quickly recognized as being a
[1:13:23] necessary position within the Police de Police Department.
[1:13:26] Tonight we will recognize
[1:13:28] and promote the fifth detective in the Bellmont
[1:13:30] Police Department history.
[1:13:33] I'd like to ask Officer Knight to come up.
[1:13:36] Stand right beside Mayor Johnson.
[1:13:41] The Sergeant Position Officer Macy Ick was hired
[1:13:46] at the Bellmont Police Department in 2018
[1:13:49] as a part-time officer.
[1:13:51] 2020, she became a full-time officer.
[1:13:55] When Officer Knight was hired,
[1:13:59] She became the first female police officer
[1:14:02] Beon Police Department has ever had.
[1:14:05] Prior to her law enforcement career,
[1:14:07] officer Naik earned her bachelor's degree in criminal
[1:14:10] justice from Lock Caven University.
[1:14:12] Her law enforcement career started at the Centre County
[1:14:15] Sheriff's Department a few months
[1:14:18] later on the job.
[1:14:21] After a few months on the job,
[1:14:24] it was apparent Officer Natick was hardworking, determined,
[1:14:28] focused, and always wanted to put her best foot forward.
[1:14:32] Officer NY was ambitious
[1:14:33] and wanted to further her career in law enforcement
[1:14:36] and her last few years, officer Nyak
[1:14:39] has attended several important trainings
[1:14:41] to mention A few desert, snow field training officer,
[1:14:46] traffic patrol, drug interdiction, and aide.
[1:14:48] That's just a few.
[1:14:50] In 2023, officer Knight became recipient
[1:14:54] of the Centre County Law Enforcement Officer of the year.
[1:14:57] She won this award because of her attention to detail,
[1:15:00] her hard work and dedication to good police work.
[1:15:04] Officer Knight was also the personnel member
[1:15:07] of the Belmont Police Department to date
[1:15:09] to win law Law enforcement Officer of the year.
[1:15:13] In 2024, officer Knight became a field training officer
[1:15:17] and has revamped our FTO program to what it's today.
[1:15:22] She has also become a member of the Centre County Badge
[1:15:24] to Badge peer support group.
[1:15:27] Since Officer Natick has been with the department,
[1:15:29] she has demonstrated time
[1:15:31] after time, good work ethic, the ability to adjust
[1:15:34] and deal with any situation, her strong bond
[1:15:38] with the community, her dedication to police work,
[1:15:40] and her ability to make good decisions.
[1:15:42] These are all qualities our department
[1:15:45] and our community need in a leadership role.
[1:15:48] Officer Ick Corporal position
[1:15:53] Robert Holt,
[1:16:00] Officer Robert Holt has been
[1:16:03] with the police department since 2001.
[1:16:05] Officer Holt's career has spanned over 30 years.
[1:16:08] He graduated from the police academy in 1994
[1:16:12] and begun his career in Clearfield County prior
[1:16:16] to being hired by the Bellmont Police Department.
[1:16:19] Over the span of his career,
[1:16:20] he has attended several notable trainings, just
[1:16:23] to mention a few leadership in the 21st century weights
[1:16:26] and measures missing
[1:16:28] and abducted children, training, intelligence,
[1:16:31] assisted policing, assessing
[1:16:33] and planning for active assaults.
[1:16:35] That's just a few to mention.
[1:16:37] Over the past two decades,
[1:16:38] officer Holt has received several accommodations
[1:16:41] for his notable acts
[1:16:42] or his service to the community Officer has been,
[1:16:46] has seen several changes in law enforcement over his career
[1:16:50] and has adapted to each one of those.
[1:16:53] He has been able to adjust and deal
[1:16:54] with any situation that comes his way.
[1:16:57] I, for her, refer to him as my field general,
[1:17:01] as his knowledge and experience is second
[1:17:02] to none in critical incidents,
[1:17:05] officer O has also displayed a strong bond
[1:17:07] with the community, and over the past two decades,
[1:17:10] he has become the officer
[1:17:11] of choice the public knows and wants to speak with.
[1:17:13] Because of his dedication, his fairness, his compassion,
[1:17:17] and his voice of reason, officer Holt
[1:17:21] holds all the leadership qualities.
[1:17:22] This department needs to be the best law enforcement
[1:17:24] agency we can be.
[1:17:27] The third position. Detective.
[1:17:29] Officer Larkin, can you come up, join us please.
[1:17:37] Officer Larkin began her career in the state
[1:17:40] of Oregon at the University of Oregon Police Department.
[1:17:43] While there, she rose to the rank of Sergeant.
[1:17:48] She then briefly stepped out law enforcement
[1:17:50] and was employed by Child Protective Services, a child abuse
[1:17:53] and neglect investigator.
[1:17:58] She then entered back into the law enforcement career
[1:18:00] where she was then employed
[1:18:02] by Corvallis Police Department in Oregon.
[1:18:05] In 2022, officer Larkin
[1:18:07] and her family traveled across the country
[1:18:09] to relocate in Centre County.
[1:18:11] She began her law enforcement career in Pennsylvania at the
[1:18:14] Penn State University of Police Police Department,
[1:18:17] where she gained vast knowledge of Pennsylvania law
[1:18:20] and criminal procedures.
[1:18:22] Prior to her law enforcement career,
[1:18:24] officer Larkin received a Bachelor's
[1:18:26] of Arts degree in history.
[1:18:28] She furthered her education, received a master's
[1:18:31] of Science in Clinical mental health counseling.
[1:18:34] In 2024, officer Larkin was hired full-time
[1:18:38] with the Bellmont Police Department.
[1:18:42] It was apparent when Officer Larkin began her
[1:18:44] career with the department.
[1:18:46] She brought knowledge, experience,
[1:18:47] and dedication with her officer Larkin's hard work,
[1:18:51] attention to detail
[1:18:52] and her ability to handle difficult situ didn't go
[1:18:55] unnoticed by her colleagues.
[1:18:57] Last month, officer Larkin was notified
[1:18:59] that she's a finalist for the Law Enforcement Officer
[1:19:01] of the year, which will be selected next month.
[1:19:05] Not only was Officer Lar Larkin's hard work
[1:19:08] and dedication noticed by me, but by others as well.
[1:19:11] The detective position is near and dear to me.
[1:19:14] As I've been the previous detective
[1:19:16] for the last eight years, I'm confident
[1:19:19] and Officer Larkin's ability to maintain a high quality
[1:19:22] of professionalism, a high quality of work output,
[1:19:25] and the dedication to the position
[1:19:27] of detect the detective position demands
[1:19:31] and demands to provide
[1:19:33] to the best service the the Bellmont community deserves.
[1:19:37] I'm gonna ask Mayor Johnson
[1:19:39] and Judge Walker come up and give them their oath.
[1:19:49] - Thank you, sir.
[1:19:54] - Would you each please raise your right hand
[1:19:56] and respond with I will.
[1:19:59] I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution
[1:20:03] of the United States, the Constitution
[1:20:05] and laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the laws
[1:20:08] and ordinances of the Borough of Beante,
[1:20:12] and obey all the laws and regulations pertaining to
[1:20:15] and governing the Borough of Beante.
[1:20:18] And that I will well and faithfully discharge
[1:20:21] and perform all the duties of my office accordingly
[1:20:25] and to the best of my knowledge and ability.
[1:20:35] - Detective Larkin, would you raise your right hand? Please?
[1:20:37] Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support, obey,
[1:20:41] and defend the Constitution, the United States,
[1:20:43] and the Constitution of this commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
[1:20:47] and that you will perform the duties of detective
[1:20:49] for Belmont Borough Police with fidelity?
[1:20:52] I do. Congratulations. Thank you, your honor.
[1:21:02] Corporal Holt, would you raise your right hand?
[1:21:04] Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support, obey,
[1:21:07] and defend the Constitution of the United States
[1:21:10] and the Constitution of this commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
[1:21:14] and that you will perform the duties of Corporal
[1:21:16] for Belmont Borough Police with fidelity?
[1:21:19] I do. Congratulations, corporal. Thank you.
[1:21:24] Sergeant Knight, if you object, please do you solemnly swear
[1:21:28] or affirm that you will support, obey,
[1:21:30] and defend the Constitution of the United States
[1:21:33] and the Constitution of this commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
[1:21:36] and that you will perform the duties of Sergeant of
[1:21:39] for Belmont Borough Police with fidelity.
[1:21:41] Thank congratulations, Sergeant, the
[1:21:43] - Judge.
[1:21:50] - Now I'd like to call - Up
[1:21:53] - The officer's choice of a loved one who wants to
[1:21:55] pin their new badge on your shirt.
[1:22:00] You can come pull it.
[1:22:20] Go ahead and just remove the old body and put
[1:23:17] We can do colors after.
[1:23:18] Yeah, we'll do colors. They take a little longer,
[1:23:32] - Further.
[1:23:33] I can't see right now. I can't see. Okay.
[1:23:37] - Alright. Everybody have their knee balance? Thank you.
[1:23:44] - Thank you. All right. - Council
[1:23:46] members, I present to you.
[1:23:47] Sergeant Ick, corporal Holt. Detective Larkin.
[1:24:06] We'll get we'll get pictures afterwards. Yeah. Thank you.
[1:24:28] - Do we have Public Comment regarding issues
[1:24:30] that are not on the agenda tonight?
[1:24:35] Seeing none, we will ask council members for comments
[1:24:37] or for the good of the order.
[1:24:40] Mr. Beney, or would you like to start tonight please.
[1:24:42] I have nothing to add. Thank you. Thank you.
[1:24:48] - I have nothing but to say congratulations
[1:24:51] to the three officers promotions tonight.
[1:24:56] Oh, nothing to add tonight. Thank you. Thank
[1:24:58] - You, Mr. Johnson.
[1:24:59] - Nothing tonight. - Same.
[1:25:04] - What happened to Happy to be here.
[1:25:06] - I am very happy to be here.
[1:25:08] - Thank you. Congratulations.
[1:25:11] This is very exciting for our police department.
[1:25:14] - I, - I'd like actually like to thank counsel
[1:25:18] for approving the proposal to work with the county
[1:25:21] for transportation, and I just want the public
[1:25:25] let the public know that I've been using their service
[1:25:27] for over a year now,
[1:25:28] and I would be more than happy
[1:25:30] to share my personal experience with using that system
[1:25:34] and how well it works.
[1:25:37] You will get to your destination on time.
[1:25:40] My email's on the website. It's dClayton@bellmontpa.gov.
[1:25:45] If you have questions about the service itself, you need
[1:25:49] to call the, the county Transportation office at
[1:25:51] 8 1 4 3 5 5 6 8 0 7
[1:25:54] and their staff will walk you
[1:25:56] through the registration process.
[1:25:58] It's very easy. It's all it takes is a phone call.
[1:26:01] Thank you.
[1:26:06] - I have nothing. Thank you.
[1:26:11] - I I
[1:26:16] gave the same thanks to council
[1:26:18] and to the public for taking a chance
[1:26:22] on this new transit system.
[1:26:25] I think it will work well.
[1:26:27] It is a, an experiment.
[1:26:30] We will be going forward to attempt to do a long-term
[1:26:35] transfer trans transit development plan,
[1:26:39] but that's gonna take a while.
[1:26:40] Meanwhile, we have what we believe
[1:26:42] to be an excellent service.
[1:26:45] And finally, congratulations to our three new
[1:26:49] leadership officers. I have no comment.
[1:26:55] - I, - I had something come across my school email
[1:26:59] and we may have talked about this when it actually happened,
[1:27:02] but I just, and if we did, it's worth mentioning again,
[1:27:06] Christian Larson, who was our former council member.
[1:27:11] Student council member.
[1:27:12] Well, whatever, whatever the title is,
[1:27:14] junior council member, I'll get it right, was selected
[1:27:17] as the Elks Tina of the month for April,
[1:27:19] and I don't remember if that was mentioned here before
[1:27:22] or not, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
[1:27:26] Thank you. And also,
[1:27:27] I haven't done this in a really long time,
[1:27:29] but I'm giving a shout out
[1:27:30] to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
[1:27:31] Rodney and Carrie. I know they're probably watching.
[1:27:35] - Thanks, Rita.
[1:27:38] Could I have a motion and a second for adjournment please?
[1:27:42] - So moved. Brachbill - Second.
[1:27:45] - Thank you. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?
[1:27:50] Thank you.
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