[0:00] Call the meeting to order. Um at 5:01
p.m. uh city clerk takes the role.
[0:05] » Councilman Kitty
>> here.
[0:07] » Council Mattis
>> here.
[0:08] » Councilman Flynn here.
>> Councilwoman Tiberio
[0:10] » here. Mayor Lincoln is not here.
>> City clerk is here. Solicitor
[0:14] » here.
>> Please stand for the pledge of
[0:17] allegiance and a moment of silence.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:23] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:29] under God, indivisible, liberty and
justice for all.
[0:34] » Heavenly Father, we thank you for this
day and we thank you for your great love
[0:37] for our city and the people in the city.
We thank you for these leaders that
[0:41] you've blessed us with tonight. Lord, we
just pray you give them great wisdom and
[0:44] understanding. And Lord, we just pray
for your favor to continue to rest over
[0:48] our town. and Lord that we might each
live to glorify and honor you in Jesus
[0:52] name. Amen.
[0:58] » All right. Before we go into uh public
comment, um last month we had designated
[1:04] the new public works logo. I'm going to
pass it over to um Councilman Addis who
[1:08] spearheaded this so he can present um
the pl.
[1:13] » Yeah, there we go.
>> Hansen, do you want to come on up? Get
[1:16] some pictures. So, this is just a
certificate of award awarding you that
[1:21] you won the Lego contest. We have a
shirt coming for you and we're going to
[1:26] try to get
[1:35] [applause]
>> [cheering]
[1:39] » closer.
[1:51] » I'm going to take a picture.
[1:57] » Show your certificate.
>> I think election's coming up.
[2:04] » Thank you guys.
But we'll reach out. We'll call later
[2:08] and start.
[2:16] » Thank you so much.
>> Thank you. It was wonderful. And as soon
[2:19] as the shirt's done, I'll get that. Not
ready yet.
[2:28] » All right. So, we will move right into
public comment. Solicitor Whit will time
[2:33] the three minutes. You have three
minutes to come up to the podium and
[2:35] address council. Uh we'll start with uh
Janice. So Janice
[2:43] and please just state your uh name for
the record, please.
[2:46] » My name is Janice Kraak. I live at 607
Davidson Avenue here in in Connellville.
[2:52] Um I just wanted to thank I'm sorry the
mayor isn't here tonight. Um just wanted
[2:57] to thank for the quick response. They
did come out and run a camera in the
[3:00] land that's sinking at the back of my
house. They determined it's coming from
[3:03] 611. Um Lindsey Bors, Terry Bors, if
anybody knows him, the daughter Cody
[3:09] Bors works for Armstrong. Their water is
all coming down at me. Everything
[3:13] attached to my house has been
compromised. My sidewalk has fallen. My
[3:17] stoop in front has fallen. Had to take
my mailbox off because the stoop is
[3:21] cracking. I moved bought a new mailbox,
put it on a post, and moved it to the
[3:26] side. The latest thing that's concerning
is my gas meter is tilting to the left.
[3:30] And the gas company came out a turning
the gas company came out a Roger and he
[3:35] tested and he said that it's starting to
like pull. He said keep a watch on it.
[3:40] Well, in the middle of the night if the
ground sinks and somebody tosses and
[3:44] there's drug activity next door to me
too, lady taken out in a body bag two
[3:49] Saturdays ago, they throw a vape up
there or something up there and I go up
[3:54] in flames in the middle of the night and
I blow up. Then who's responsible? Okay.
[3:59] They they can't be directing their water
straight at me. It's not right. Last
[4:04] night, all the water coming down. Last
month when I was here, we have had eight
[4:09] rains since July 21st when the last
meeting it poured down. It stormed. It
[4:13] stormed. We had all these rains and I
keep getting water every time.
[4:17] Everything sinks more and more and more.
And it's coming from up at the top of
[4:22] the alley.
And last night, I could have swore
[4:25] someone had it some pump and they
thought it was funny and they're
[4:28] directing it down my way because I stood
for three hours. If I can just give you
[4:32] these pictures, I didn't hit a chance. I
just got them printed at Walmart. I was
[4:36] out there till 11:00 with a push broom
pushing the water toward the drain. It
[4:41] bypasses. I need Mr. Addis. I need your
the street department. I need you to
[4:46] direct someone in the street to come out
and give me the kind of drain that
[4:51] everybody else in the city has that
actually It takes in water. It bypasses
[4:56] me. There's four pictures. That was last
night. This was this morning. This is
[5:02] last night. Either last night and this
morning.
[5:07] It's eroded. The road is eroded.
The neighbor that's directing his water
[5:12] toward me actually counted one day 16
trips back and forth. It's his own
[5:17] private driveway. I guess I got a mud
hole. This is what's happened to my
[5:21] drain.
[5:25] The neighbor direct in the water thinks
it's funny to run his tire
[5:28] [clears throat] tracks in my yard.
[5:32] This is my neighbor's fix for their
water.
[5:41] These two houses are about the same
distance apart as my neighbor at 611
[5:45] Davidson. And this is up at the between
the 700 and 800 block on Bir Street
[5:50] coming down from Isabella. and they do
not direct their water to their
[5:54] neighbors. So, this is what I need to
submit. And I've got on my phone if you
[5:59] need dates.
>> I'm just asking for a proper drain so
[6:03] that I don't have damage to my property
and for people to quit sending their
[6:06] water into my yard. I am at the lowest
level. That's all I'm asking. Mr. Addis,
[6:12] would you please see that I pay my taxes
and I need a drain like everybody else.
[6:17] Thank you,
>> Judy Keller.
[6:28] Uh, thank you, Mayor and Council. As you
know, there are 280 names on our
[6:34] Veterans Memorial Honor roll at the
corner of Pittsburgh Street and 119
[6:40] North. Unfortunately, many of those men
were either lost at sea, buried or sea
[6:46] at sea, or were laid to rest in American
military cemeteries in other parts of
[6:51] the world like Italy, Belgium, France,
Normandy, Tunisia, and the Netherlands.
[6:58] And some are even laid to rest in
Arlington and Gettysburg in other
[7:03] military cemeteries in the United
States. But 113 out of those 280 men on
[7:10] the honor roll are laid to rest in our
area cemeteries within the boundaries of
[7:16] the Conno area school district. Places
like Dunbar, Moskin Township, Dawson,
[7:22] Normalville, Mil Run, and Dickerson Run.
But we have three cemeteries here within
[7:29] the city limits of Connellsville. Hill
Grove on Snyder Street, Chestnut Hill,
[7:35] and what is called Old St. Joseph's off
of Wills Road near East Park. There are
[7:41] 495
veterans buried at Hillgrove on Snyder
[7:47] Street. 21 of them were lost while
wearing the uniform of the United States
[7:54] military during a time of war, Civil
War, World War I, etc. through the 20th
[8:01] century and the Middle East conflicts.
There are 115 veterans buried at
[8:08] Chestnut Hill and eight of them made the
supreme sacrifice.
[8:16] I would just like to remind the
community of a project that was
[8:20] initiated [clears throat]
earlier this year, adopt veterans grave
[8:25] project, and that we could follow in the
footsteps of the people of the
[8:29] Netherlands.
There is an American military cemetery
[8:33] at Marraten in the Netherlands. 8,300
Americans are laid to rest in just that
[8:42] one American military cemetery. And
there are 1,700 more
[8:48] who were missing in action. Their bodies
were never recovered. And there are
[8:53] markers for them at Marraten.
[clears throat]
[8:57] This has been a tradition since the end
of World War II in 1945
[9:02] for the people uh at Marraten. And it is
so
[9:07] uh cherished as a tradition
for all those years that there are 300
[9:14] families waiting to adopt a fallen hero.
What is more poignant is we have three
[9:22] area men who are laid to rest at
Margraden.
[9:25] Grant Lintman, Daniel Filurn, and
William Yurich. They either went to
[9:31] Conno High School or Dumbar Township
High School. and Lieutenant Walter Carr
[9:36] who was also a graduate of Dunore
Township High School was shot down over
[9:41] Germany.
His body was never recovered, but there
[9:45] is a marker for him at Margaret.
And so I'm just announcing that again,
[9:50] reminding the community. Uh we do have
of the 113
[9:56] men who are laid to rest in our area
cemeteries, 34 of them have been
[10:00] adopted. So we're almost halfway there.
Some people have adopted multiple
[10:07] graves. We have one family has adopted
10 graves in Springfield Township.
[10:14] Um I'm on Facebook. Uh my phone number
is 724628
[10:21] 3639.
My email is kellerja
[10:26] at zoomin.net.
And I've given the members of council,
[10:32] the solicitor, and our city clerk a copy
of the names of the men that are uh at
[10:39] Hill Grove on Snyder Street, St.
Joseph's, and Chestnut Hill on Wolf
[10:46] Road. I'd ask uh Rita if we can uh we'll
put on the city's Facebook page anybody
[10:52] that wants to um uh adopt a grave to
reach out to you um and you can give
[10:58] them the information on what they need
to do and uh where they're located at.
[11:03] » Well, you know, it's just it just struck
me uh
[11:07] at my heartstrings to think the people
of the Netherlands did that for
[11:12] Americans, people they never even met.
And these are people in our school
[11:17] district. So any any family, any
individual, any club organization, a
[11:23] school group, uh reach out to me. We'll
get you a list of the names and where
[11:27] they're located. We have their uh year
of birth, their date of death, and also
[11:33] if someone adopts a grave, uh you don't
have to cut the grass. Just go and pay
[11:39] your respects. If it's once a year, it
could be Memorial Day or Veterans Day or
[11:44] the uh date of the man's sacrifice or
his birthday. Because if you adopt one
[11:50] of these uh fallen heroes, I have bi
biographical information on them, their
[11:57] uh dates of of birth, their dates of
death, and even where they made that
[12:02] sacrifice. So, you know, it makes it
more personal. If you adopt that person,
[12:07] uh you adopt them into your memory, uh
their memory, I should [clears throat]
[12:11] say, you adopt their memory into your
family and it it does make it very
[12:15] personal. Well,
>> I appreciate you bringing it to us.
[12:17] We'll have Shelley put it on the
Facebook page and try to get some
[12:20] individuals.
>> Thank you very much for your time. I
[12:22] appreciate it.
>> So, that is all that we have signed up
[12:26] unless uh pastor, would you like to
speak? No. All that we have signed up
[12:30] for this evening. So, we will go right
in to the uh city treasurer's report.
[12:35] who is not here. That report is in your
packets. City controller is not here.
[12:40] That report is in your packet. So, we
will go right into the correspondence.
[12:52] » All right. So the first one is the uh
request for a new haven hose uh for the
[12:57] Halloween parade be resolved by city
council of city convol to close south
[13:01] Pittsburgh street at uh Green Street to
East Crawford Avenue left on East
[13:06] Crawford Avenue continue on to West
Crawford Avenue to South 7th Street left
[13:10] onto South 7th Street to New Haven Host
Fire Hall on October 27th, 2026 for the
[13:14] New Haven Host [clears throat] 117th
annual Halloween parade which begins at
[13:19] 7 p.m. Pending review and approval of
the police chief, fire chief, public
[13:22] works foreman, and pendant. I so move.
Is there a second?
[13:26] » I second.
>> City clerk, take the vote.
[13:29] » Councilman Flynn,
>> yes.
[13:30] » Councilman Addis, yes.
>> Councilwoman Tiberio,
[13:32] » yes.
>> Councilman Kitty,
[13:33] » yes.
[13:47] » Wait.
[13:54] Next one, we [clears throat] have a
request um for Crawford School of Terror
[13:58] to close North Seventh Street for their
annual haunt.
[14:05] It was reserved by city council of city
of Connor to close North 7th Street on
[14:08] Fridays and Saturdays from 7 pm to 11 pm
beginning Friday September 25th 2026 and
[14:13] continue until Saturday November 7th
2026 for the Crawford School of Terror
[14:17] pending the review and approval of the
police chief fire chief public works
[14:20] foreman and I assume is there a second
[14:26] » I'll second it
[14:31] » any comments?
>> Yeah.
[14:34] Um, I'm not in favor of this anymore.
Um, I'm just going to be straight out
[14:39] with it. Um,
anybody we give lately a street closure
[14:44] to, they don't abide by it. So, from
here on out, I'm really going to have
[14:49] trouble saying yes to any of these. Um,
because as one of the drivers that
[14:55] drives those big red trucks in this
city, that is the least hazardous option
[15:00] we have to get to that side of the city.
and
[15:06] they just don't keep an open pathway.
I'm sorry. They don't.
[15:10] » Anything you want to add to that, Chief?
[15:18] » It's nothing against them. I just
they just don't keep an open pass. I'm
[15:23] sorry.
>> You're in agreement.
[15:26] » Yeah. You're in agreement
with the street.
[15:31] You're you agree with what Bill's
saying?
[15:34] » Yeah.
>> I mean, we've been down this rabbit hole
[15:40] » every year and you give them a little
bit and then
[15:46] » Well, the one year they said, "Well,
we'll man it. We'll put saw horses up
[15:49] and we'll man."
>> I think that was was that last year or
[15:51] the year before?
>> I don't know. But it doesn't help
[15:54] because when we show up, then they got
to move 200 people off that street.
[16:00] you know, and if we pull out on the 119,
we take a chance of causing a major
[16:04] accident, and that's it's just not worth
the risk. Not in my eyes. So, that's
[16:09] just my stance on it. I mean, I don't
want to hinder a business, but I also
[16:13] don't want to put public safety.
[16:18] » Anything else?
>> Nope, that's all I got. Sorry.
[16:20] » City clerk, take a vote.
>> Councilman Flynn,
[16:23] » yes.
>> Councilman Addis,
[16:25] » no.
>> Counciloman Tiberio,
[16:26] » yes.
>> Councilman Kitty,
[16:30] No, did second.
>> It's okay.
[16:34] » Do you want to shut up? Are we good?
>> I I think we're
[16:41] me, but they said yes.
>> Uh Flynn was yes. Adam,
[16:44] » it's up to me
>> was no. Tiberia was yes.
[16:50] » Well, not really. It would be a tie.
What do we do then?
[16:52] » No, it would be three.
>> Well, if you were a yes vote, it would
[16:55] be three. If you were a no vote, it
would be tied for pass.
[17:00] » Yeah,
>> all action requires an affirmative vote
[17:02] of
>> Didn't mean to put you there, Ethan.
[17:06] » I can I can
[17:15] » When does it start?
>> We did that last year.
[17:21] » I ran into
[17:26] » [clears throat]
[17:33] » Chief, how bad is it over there doing
this thing?
[17:37] » Best thing that I can tell you, Ethan,
is is
[17:40] check it out
>> because I've been there when we said
[17:45] we'll do one gave them that one lane.
>> So, here's the thing. did that.
[17:51] » All right.
>> And I went over there and it wasn't one
[17:54] lane. They had horses across the whole
street.
[17:59] » So, this happened every year since this
road.
[18:02] » Yeah.
>> So, no, hold on. I got it.
[18:07] » So, what I'm going to do is I think
>> I'm going to vote no.
[18:10] » Okay. But I think they need to submit if
they do want this to happen, they need
[18:16] to submit to you and council a better
plan than just putting up sore horses
[18:21] and manning it. I have been there. Um,
>> it's bad.
[18:24] » It it is bad. I don't want to stop them
from having a a a good event that people
[18:30] from all around come to see because
there is a lot of people that area that
[18:34] comes.
>> I don't want that to happen either.
[18:35] » Right. But I think uh for now I mean
there is time. The first time isn't
[18:39] until September 25th. So there's another
meeting before this. If they um read if
[18:43] you could reach out to them, let them
know to submit a better plan as to how
[18:46] they want to tackle that because Bill is
correct. Having some 200 and some people
[18:51] that have to move out of the way at the
last minute to get a truck through is
[18:55] not safe. Um so we'll go that route. I
vote no.
[18:59] » You can have a plan that's in writing as
well with the there's a violation of the
[19:04] plan also.
>> I like that.
[19:06] » That's a really cool option.
>> I mean just given the
[19:10] penalties if if they do not.
>> So, I'll reach out to them and maybe I
[19:14] can get them to come in one afternoon.
Chief, if you can come and you can come,
[19:18] we can sit down and formulate that plan
and
[19:21] » make sure that
Chief is also there.
[19:25] » That works for everybody.
>> Don't bring me into this is what he's
[19:30] saying.
>> I just I just I'm sorry. I just want
[19:32] them to take a little bit better
responsibility. They got a great
[19:36] business. that it brings a lot of people
here, but
[19:39] » you got to keep it safe.
>> Got to keep them safe and you got to
[19:42] keep the residents of the city safe. So,
>> yeah, I'd say have them submit that plan
[19:47] at least a week before the council
meeting so that the both chiefs and the
[19:51] mayor and everyone can review forming.
[clears throat]
[19:54] » I'd like the penalties, too.
>> Do we have to have that prior?
[19:58] » You mean prior to the council meeting?
Prior to the next council,
[20:01] » do they have to know those and sign off
on them, too?
[20:04] » You mean our chiefs?
>> No, no, no. Crawford.
[20:07] » Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They need would
need to be in agreement with that plan
[20:11] because they're going to agree to be
subject to penalties.
[20:15] » We need to sit down and talk about it.
>> So, we need to sit down and talk.
[20:18] » Yeah. We'll get that together.
>> Okay.
[20:20] » Perfect.
>> All right.
[20:24] » So, we have a request to remove and take
ownership of a bench. Where's the bench
[20:30] located?
>> Over by the old.
[20:32] » Okay. be resolved by city council of
city connis to permit Francis Molinro to
[20:37] remove and take ownership of the
>> Adio Molina's memorial bench and I so
[20:43] move is there a second
[20:47] » city clerk take the vote
>> Councilman Flynn
[20:49] » yes
>> Councilman Addis Yberio
[20:52] » yes
>> council
[20:53] » yes
[21:00] » we have a request for the Veterans Day
parade on November 11th. uh be resolved
[21:06] by city council or city connoisseur to
close north and south side of streets
[21:09] from first street to seventh street off
West Crawford Avenue, West Crawford
[21:12] Avenue between seventh and eighth
streets to the corner of Crawford Avenue
[21:15] and North Pittsburgh Street, all of
North Pittsburgh Street to Route 119 at
[21:19] the Veterans Monument on November 11,
2026 for the Veterans Day parade [music]
[21:22] at 10:45 a.m. Further authorizing the
city of the chief of police to obtain
[21:28] clearance for use of a one lane of route
119 penny review and approval of the
[21:33] police chief public works form and fire
chief pend further permitting the
[21:36] veterans commission use and delivery of
items listed on the utilization form and
[21:41] I so move. Is there a second?
>> Second.
[21:45] » City clerk take the vote.
>> Counciloman Flynn.
[21:47] » Yes. Councilman Adamis. Counciloman
>> Fabio. Yes. Councilman Kitty.
[21:50] » Yes.
[21:56] Now we will move down to the regular
agenda. If you resolve by city council,
[21:59] city corners vote to accept the minutes
from the July 21st, 2026 city council
[22:03] meeting. And I so move. Is there a
second?
[22:04] » Second.
>> City clerk take the vote.
[22:06] » Councilman Flynn,
>> yes.
[22:08] » Councilman Adam, yes.
>> Council Tiberio,
[22:10] » yes.
>> Councilman Key,
[22:11] » yes.
[22:15] be res be resolved by city council or
city con to wave the 4-day resolution
[22:19] rule to allow for items submitted after
the 4-day rule to be read at the meeting
[22:22] tonight. Such resolutions will be marked
with an asterct and I so move. Is there
[22:26] a second?
>> Second.
[22:28] » I got you, James.
>> City clerk, take the vote.
[22:31] » Council Flynn, yes.
>> Councilman, yes.
[22:33] » Counciloman Tiberio,
>> yes.
[22:34] » Councilman Ky,
>> yes.
[22:40] » All right, so we will go right up.
Chief, you want to give your police
[22:42] department reports
somewhere?
[22:48] » Evening, honorable
members of the city count city council
[22:53] of Connor respectfully submit the
following report for the city of Connell
[22:57] Police Department for the month of July
2026.
[23:02] A total of $4,46848
in fines was remitted to the city
[23:08] treasurer.
The police department answered 442
[23:12] complaints for the month. Requests for
assistance 22. Courtesy warnings issued
[23:18] nine. Criminal and traffic related
arrests 25.
[23:23] Traffic accidents investigated 18.
Traffic citations issued 65. Non-traffic
[23:31] citations issued 50. Broken down as
follows.
[23:37] Dog law violations. Six, curfew
ordinance. [music] 10, [snorts]
[23:43] harassment for criminal trespass. Two,
trespass regular trespass. Eight, retail
[23:50] theft. One, evading arrest on foot,
seven, disorderly conduct, seven, public
[23:57] intoxication, seven, purchase alcohol by
minor, one. Total miles traveled by the
[24:05] police vehicles for the month 7,380.
Any questions?
[24:12] » Anything you want to add?
>> Nope.
[24:16] » Then
[24:20] the fines are they just all police fines
or some of the health and safety input
[24:24] into that that total?
>> Is that a collective?
[24:29] » That's somewhat a collective.
>> Okay.
[24:31] » Yes. Thank you.
>> Yeah,
[24:36] » thank you.
>> The uh CDBG report is in your package
[24:41] for uh review
>> September 11 ceremony just remind
[24:49] » Friday September 11.
>> So there is uh
[24:55] this is great. Uh we're having a
September 11th ceremony um at the
[24:59] Veterans Plaza on September 11th at 6
PM. Um it's the 25th anniversary this
[25:05] year. The Canon's going to be
>> We don't know yet.
[25:08] » Okay. And I won't say that.
>> We're working on it.
[25:10] » Yeah. It's a it's a very busy year for
that particular occasion. So
[25:15] » I'm going to move on.
>> Yep.
[25:19] be resolved by city council of city
Connorville to grant permission to the
[25:22] city clerk to file uh the 2026 local
shares account grant on the behalf of
[25:26] the city and I so move. Is there a
second? So I do.
[25:30] » What is this for?
>> The uh statewide LSA right now it looks
[25:36] like we're going to u meet in September
to talk about doing some stuff around
[25:40] this building.
>> Okay.
[25:42] » City clip. Thank you.
>> Councilman Flynn.
[25:45] » Yes.
>> Councilman Addis. Yes.
[25:46] » Counciloman Tiberio. Yes. Yes.
Councilman Kitty.
[25:48] » Yes.
[clears throat]
[25:53] » Trick or treat be resolved by city
council, city carnis to set trick-or-
[25:57] treat in the city of Connorville for
October 31st, 2026 from 6 p.m. to 8:00
[26:01] p.m. And I so move.
>> Second.
[26:04] » City clerk, take the vote.
>> Councilman Flynn,
[26:06] » yes.
>> Councilman Addis, Counciloman Tiberio,
[26:09] » yes.
>> Councilman Kitty,
[26:11] » no.
>> He seconded. I second. the man on a
[26:17] mission.
>> It's all good.
[26:19] » Yeah, he's on it.
>> All right. So, there is a list of
[26:23] reminders here if they will also be on
the city's website and Facebook page. Uh
[26:29] please see those for all the events
that's happening in the next uh month.
[26:34] I'm going to pass it over to you,
Councilman Katon.
[26:37] » Thank you.
[26:41] [laughter]
>> He was acting mayor before
[26:45] » acting mayor.
I pass it over.
[26:49] » I was like bangs the g now.
>> I guess I can just keep talking.
[26:53] » Yeah, keep going. You're on a roll.
>> Tim, just the
[26:59] So, I have a couple resolutions this
evening.
[27:03] [clears throat]
The first two deal with the uh state
[27:06] budget being passed, which which has a
mandated uh cost of living increase for
[27:11] retirees for the police and firefighter
pension. These two resolutions that will
[27:16] be passed will um
make sure that we implement them and
[27:21] that we're authorized to uh do the cost
study that's required for the statewide
[27:26] mandated pooling
be resolved by city council city
[27:32] a resolution to approve and authorize
the implementation of a statemandated
[27:36] cost of living adjustment for the
Connorsboro police pension plan for
[27:42] retirey retroactive to August 1st 2026.
six for eligible participants and the
[27:46] members and I so move
>> second
[27:52] one on this four pages here city clerk
take the vote
[27:55] » council Flynn
>> yes
[27:57] » councilman addis council
>> yes council
[27:59] » kitty
>> yes
[28:03] » you've done
[28:14] be resolved by city council or city
carnis a resolution to approve and
[28:17] authorize the implementation of a
statemandated cost living adjustment
[28:20] pooler for the city of carnisville
firefighter pension plan for retirees
[28:24] retroactive to August 1st 2026 for
eligible participants and members and I
[28:29] so move
>> second
[28:32] » thank you
City clerk, take the vote.
[28:36] » Councilman Flynn,
>> yes.
[28:38] » Councilman Addis, Counciloman Tiberio,
Councilman Kitty,
[28:40] » yes.
[28:44] » Be resolved by city council cityville to
decline accepting the multimodal program
[28:48] for the pedestrian bridge and tunnel.
And I so move.
[28:53] » Second.
>> We're going to cut out. Is there a
[28:55] second?
>> Yeah, I'm fine with that.
[28:59] We're going to cut out the Is there a
second?
[29:01] » Is there a second question? do that.
Tim,
[29:04] » what's that?
>> Do I have to ask?
[29:08] » No, anybody could just
[29:13] » Come on, Mayor Katy. Best to ask for a
second.
[29:15] » Yeah.
>> Yeah. Come on, Mayor Katy.
[29:21] » City Clark, take the ground.
>> Councilman Flynn.
[29:24] » Uh,
yes.
[29:26] » Councilman Addis,
>> yes.
[29:27] » Counciloman Tiberio,
>> yes. Counci,
[29:33] » so I hate turning money down, but the
the cost of this project is going to be
[29:38] how much are we doing?
>> Well, so the grant itself is about $1.2
[29:43] million, but we're responsible for
coming up with 30% of that. So it's
[29:49] about $425,000.
[29:53] And then the cost of the actual project
is another three to 450.
[29:58] No. Yeah. 300 to $450,000
more than the 1.2. So the city
[30:05] » would be on the hook
>> would be on the hook for about $800,000
[30:08] for a pedestrian bridge on Mount Creek
Park area,
[30:13] » which we do not have.
>> Yeah.
[30:15] » And it wouldn't be utilized
like the money we're spending.
[30:21] » So on that I vote no.
>> Okay.
[30:24] » Oh, wait. No. Sorry. I vote yes. I vote
[laughter] yes. You vote yes. check the
[30:28] yes here just to say
>> if you vote yes to say no
[30:30] » yes
[30:34] » we might pass
>> over to you Councilman S. Thanks,
[30:40] Ethan.
Mayor, Councilman, [laughter]
[30:43] Ethan Katy. Um
the um
[30:50] city's reports in your packets. Uh they
check parks daily, emptied the city
[30:54] garbage weekly, marked phone calls
daily, cut the grass daily,
[30:58] weed eat weekly, ran sweeper weekly,
painted curbs, and set up and cleaned up
[31:03] for events. I talked to Jimmy. He is
really happy with the new hire. So
[31:08] everything's working out great. He's
fitting right in with the group. So
[31:15] » and that's all I have.
>> Thank you, Councilman Harris. I'll go
[31:19] over to you, Councilman Flynn.
>> All right. I have a few.
[31:24] uh be resolved by the city council of
the city of Connorville to grant
[31:28] permission to the Knosville recreation
board in the Jamie McBo Foundation to
[31:33] hold the annual Jamie McBo bike run walk
on October 3rd 2026
[31:39] 10:00 a.m. the streets of the city's
southside in Austin Park pending
[31:45] approval from the police chief, public
works foreman, and fire chief.
[31:49] » I so move.
>> Is there a second?
[31:58] » Oh, city clerk, take
>> Councilman Flynn. Almost.
[32:01] » Yes.
>> Councilman Adams. Yes.
[32:03] » Councilman Siberia,
>> yes. Councilman Kitty,
[32:05] » yes.
[32:10] Okay.
[32:13] » Um, okay. Be it resolved by the city
council of the city of Connisville to
[32:18] grant permission to the Console
Recreation Board to use the Yawk River
[32:22] Park on October 3rd, 2026
from 6:00 p.m. until 10 p.m. for the
[32:28] Tangled Up and Brew event. Further
authorizing alcohol in the park with
[32:32] proper permits from the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board. I so move.
[32:37] » Is that a second? Second.
>> I thought you said
[32:42] » Is there a second?
[32:49] » I'll second it. Can I second it? Okay, I
second it.
[32:53] » City clerk, take the
>> Councilman Flynn.
[32:56] » Yes.
>> Councilman Addis?
[32:57] » Yes.
>> Councilwoman Tiberio?
[32:59] » Yes.
>> Councilman Kitty?
[33:00] » Yes.
[33:04] » All right. [clears throat]
[33:08] Be it resolved by the city council, the
city of Connor to grant permission uh to
[33:12] the Conno Recreation Board to hold the
second annual whiffle ball tournament
[33:16] Saturday, September 12th, 2026 at Austin
Park, Mccoy Field, starting at 9:00 a.m.
[33:22] with registration beginning at 8:30. I
so move. Is there
[33:27] » is there a second?
>> Yes.
[33:28] » Second.
[33:31] » City clerk, take the vote.
>> Councilman Flynn,
[33:33] » yes.
>> Councilman Addis, yes.
[33:35] » Counciloman Tiberio, yes. McKini.
>> Yes.
[33:42] Uh, be it resolved by the city council
of the city of Connorville to grant
[33:46] permission to Colombia Gas and WVU to
have a 5K run walk on October 4th, 2026
[33:54] for Mike's mission for the March of
Dimes beginning at Y River Park at 8:00
[33:59] a.m. to 11 a.m. pending the $350 payment
for pavilion and stage and liability
[34:05] insurance. I so move.
>> Is that a second?
[34:09] » Second.
>> My question is it on the trail itself?
[34:12] » Yeah. My question.
>> I'm like I'm looking at that like where
[34:15] are they running?
>> I wonder what's up. Right.
[34:17] » No trail.
>> It's all on the trail. We're just
[34:20] They're just going to use the pavilion
in the park.
[34:22] » Which way are they going? Do you know?
>> They're going north towards the
[34:26] campground.
>> Okay.
[34:27] » City Clark, take the
>> Councilman Flynn.
[34:30] » Yes.
>> Councilman Addis. Yes.
[34:31] » Councilwoman Siberio. Yes. Councilman
>> Kitty.
[34:33] » Yes. Excuse
[34:40] [clears throat]
me. Be a resolved by the city council in
[34:43] the city of Connorville to grant
permission to the General Brad Fish Club
[34:47] for the use of York Park the York River
Rally on June 11, 12, and 13, 2027.
[34:55] Pending liability insurance and assigned
contract utilization form is to be
[34:59] turned into the public works foreman 30
days prior to the event. I so move.
[35:05] » Is there a second?
[35:09] » Second.
[35:12] » Did it correct? Take the record.
>> Councilman Flynn.
[35:14] » Yes.
>> Councilman Addis.
[35:15] » Yes.
>> Councilwoman Fabio.
[35:17] » Yes.
>> Councilman Ke.
[35:18] » Yes.
[35:24] Be it resolved by the city council of
the city of Connorville to grant
[35:28] permission for the Colton Dwit Memorial
Softball Tournament to be held on
[35:33] Saturday, September 26, 2026 at the
Woodruff Park from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00
[35:39] p.m. pending liability insurance and
signed contract which we um I so move.
[35:45] » Is that a second?
>> Second.
[35:50] City clerk take it up.
>> Council Flynn. Yes. Council. Council
[35:53] » Tiberio. Councilman Kitty.
>> Yes.
[36:01] » Be it resolved by the city council of
the city of Connorsville to purchase a
[36:05] new generator through Ruite Electric.
Cost is not to exceed $8,000. Funds to
[36:11] come from line item 409250.
I so moved.
[36:15] » Is that a second?
>> Sorry. What's this generator for?
[36:18] » The building. Her current one is dead.
>> Not going to exceed $8,000.
[36:23] » Nope.
[36:26] » What?
>> How much?
[36:30] » To exceed 8,000.
>> That's just for the generator, not all
[36:32] the work. We haven't got to the work,
but
[36:34] » I thought it was somewhere around 32.
>> With all the work we have to move the
[36:39] natural gas line and whatever, then it
might be by the time we're done. But
[36:42] this is just to get it ordered because
that's been the biggest problem we've
[36:45] had.
>> Yeah. replacing the one we have is that
[36:47] nobody had them. Um so
[36:54] you can't do that.
>> So we're just approved.
[36:59] » Yeah. This is just to get it ordered so
that we get it
[37:01] » so we don't not get it again
>> soon before the next you know hopefully
[37:05] I mean soon's could be a few weeks right
now while we while they work through
[37:11] their back orders but we got to get it
ordered or we're never going to get one
[37:14] » and trying to find certified folks who
can touch the natural gas lines
[37:20] has been slowing us down. So let's just
get it ordered and we have it and we can
[37:24] move on when we find the vendor to do
it. Yeah. I don't have anything.
[37:28] » Yeah. So,
>> city clerk, take the vote.
[37:30] » Um, Councilman Flynn, yes.
>> Councilman Addis, Counciloman Tiberio,
[37:34] Councilman Kitty,
>> yes.
[37:39] » Um, I just have two quick quick things.
On uh September 16th, Connells Rec Board
[37:46] is going to hold ramp training here in
uh here at city hall. If anybody is
[37:52] interested or knows anybody, um you can
contact me and we'll get you signed up.
[37:56] If it's a three-hour class, there's no
charge. Um, and then after 3 hours, you
[38:02] take a 10-minute test to get your
certification.
[38:06] And, uh, real quick second. Um, as
everybody probably knows, Connor will
[38:10] set a Guinness book a world records
uh, two weeks ago, a world record here
[38:15] on the river. And I just want to, uh,
thank everybody that helped and was
[38:20] involved. Jeff, Bill, um, you guys,
great job. Thank you. Thank you for your
[38:24] help. And uh we're now in the uh
Guinness Book of World Records. Thanks,
[38:30] Council.
>> That's it.
[38:33] » Over to you, Councilwoman Tyber.
>> Okay. Um do you want to do the health
[38:38] report or if you want to talk at all
about it?
[38:41] » Nothing. Say that meaning how fast we're
moving. Just remember that there's been
[38:45] a lot of rain, so lots of grass is still
growing 12 in. And of course, there's
[38:48] always garbage cans with lids, you know,
bag skin cans with lids.
[38:52] » Do you want to give an update on your
software?
[38:55] software. We're doing weekly training,
weekly training sessions with it. Um, so
[39:00] we're chuging right along.
>> I think the streamlining of the tickets
[39:06] I think it's it's early too early to
tell, but it does
[39:09] » Yeah, we're not I'm not there yet. Yeah,
we're still we're still with the
[39:12] programming and learning it and how to
do it and how to format stuff and where
[39:15] stuff's coming from. So, it's still a
process there. But, yeah, we do weekly
[39:18] training hour sessions once a week.
>> It's best practice.
[39:21] » Everybody on council will get a login.
You only be able to see, not edit. Yeah.
[39:28] » Yep.
>> Interesting.
[39:31] » And the community will be able to log in
too, right?
[39:34] » Yeah. So, ideally, when everything's
said and done, you'll be able to file
[39:36] complaint online. Yes.
>> Have a link from our website and you'll
[39:40] be able to click on that, take you right
to their their complaint form and off
[39:43] you go.
>> And you can complain anonymously or
[39:47] » Well, right now we've got it set up that
you're going to have to provide your
[39:49] information to when you when you
complain.
[39:51] » So, that'll be available like the person
who's in violation, they can see.
[39:55] » No, no, no, no, no. That's not public
view. No, no, no.
[40:00] » That's good.
>> We won't give them any.
[40:03] » No. Yeah. That that that that the only
way that becomes public view is if a
[40:06] judge orders it.
>> Right. Right. Right. Okay. That's good.
[40:09] » All right. And now we have the New Haven
Jeff.
[40:13] » I like this. I don't have to do
[40:24] That's a tough one.
>> Good evening, city council, city clerk,
[40:29] solicitor. This is your fire department
report for the month of July 2026.
[40:35] We had uh 44 calls. We had uh one
explosion,
[40:41] one carbon monoxide call, two citizens
uh request for assistance, two damage
[40:47] assessments, 10 fire alarms, two gas
leaks, one hazardous materials release,
[40:55] one one lift assist, nine motor vehicle
crashes,
[41:00] two false calls, one odor call, two
rubbish fires, one traumatic injury, one
[41:08] swiftwater rescue, two smoke
investigations, two structure fires, one
[41:14] trash fire, and one grass fire. We also
provided uh fire suppression for the
[41:21] fireworks night. And uh we also two
Sundays ago I took uh a group of our
[41:29] young firefighters from New Haven to the
California University burn building
[41:33] where we did uh interior structural
firefighting. That was an eight hour day
[41:39] and uh went well
[41:45] » and then of course the tube float.
>> How's the mine situation?
[41:53] Uh they are supposed to be there on the
26th.
[41:58] The uh repairs that the mine Bure Mines
did that night seemed to be working.
[42:05] They actually let the resident back in.
They've been doing
[42:11] uh air sampling and air quality and
everything is good. But they're still
[42:16] coming in the 26 with their engineers.
They're going to meet with the building
[42:21] owners and they're going to establish
some sort of mitigation plan to try to
[42:27] fix this.
>> So, why do you think the air was so bad
[42:30] that one particular week and just
>> they uh what they did was they sealed
[42:36] off the drains,
>> the floor drains.
[42:41] So somehow that carbon dioxide which
attacks oxygen and that's why they were
[42:47] getting low readings of oxygen in the
building.
[42:52] » They were lucky.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[42:58] » Thank you, Chief.
[43:03] » All right. the EMS report for July they
had 175 calls and uh the total calls for
[43:12] per this year is 1,12
and that's from Rick Adabato EMT chief.
[43:20] Okay, I have one resolution.
We're going to fill the health and
[43:25] board. We have a vacancy.
Be it resolved by the city council of
[43:30] the city of Connellville to appoint Gene
Whipky to the board of health effective
[43:34] immediately term to expire January 2030
and I soon move.
[43:40] » Is there a second?
>> Second.
[43:42] » Ter?
>> Yes.
[43:44] » Councilman Addis? Yes.
>> Counciloman Tiberio?
[43:46] » Yes.
>> Councilman Kitty.
[43:47] » Yes.
[43:50] » And that's all I have. Back to you,
Mayor.
[43:54] Well then,
it well then we will adjourn this
[43:58] meeting and we'll see everyone back here
in September. Be resolved by uh city
[44:02] council city Cornersville that this
meeting of the city council does hereby
[44:05] adjourn and I so move. Is there a
second? Second.
[44:09] » City clerk, take the vote.
>> Councilman Flynn, yes. Council
[44:11] » Adam, yes. Counciloman Tiberio, yes.
Councilman Kitty,
[44:14] » yes.