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everyone I call this meeting of L Del
burough Council for January 4th to order

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can we all rise for a pledge of
allegiance and a moment of silent

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meditation flag United States of America
to the

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stands
indivisible andice

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all

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roll call
please lean angelio present D Bernell

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present Carrie Hawkins Charlton present
Rich deorio Jr here Mary Fuller here

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Jack Hansen here Steven malary present
Jason vaname here Tom work here mayor G

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Andrew Eckley
here thank you good evening everyone

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happy New Year welcome back uh to
welcome to

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2017 um before we get started I want to
remind everyone that we are uh we are uh

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at last live um with our video recording
equipment um this uh this meeting will

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be fully video record video and audio
recorded um everything you do everything

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you say uh Etc will be uh under scrutiny
um and uh we'll ultimately be posted on

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our website we aren't yet live with our
cable access channels uh those will be

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coming later um hopefully not in the
near too distant future um so I just

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want to say for folks in in the public
if you do come up um you you want to

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come up to this Podium over here to my
doesn't really matter okay either Podium

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is fine apparently um but we will want
you to definitely state your name uh and

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address for the record uh can't have
shouting from the from the audience at

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this point otherwise we'll we'll miss
that opportunity on the cameras um

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that's all I'll say about that uh we'll
get started uh taking us out admin and

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finance councilman vaname thank you Mr
President uh after approving the minutes

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from uh last month's meeting we
discussed our financial reports got an

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update uh don't quite have all the end
of year numbers in but it looks like we

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will have uh a considerable Surplus in
the uh

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revenues uh with with a real estate
transfer LST and E taxes all showing uh

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above budget uh coupled with uh
expenditure showing a pretty large

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number below budget there's a couple
transfers yet to make before we get that

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number finalized but uh all in all the
budget we are in good shape from last

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year's uh from
2016 uh we asked there was a question

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about the open gov uh portal on our
website and that is currently being

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updated and should should hopefully be
up to date within the next couple of

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weeks um moving on to business items uh
the the one recommendation we will be

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bringing to council is approval of the
Landscaping bids for maintenance and uh

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grass cutting and trimming for several
properties throughout the burrow uh the

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the bids were done for a three-year uh
term this time with the winning the the

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bid that we are recommending coming from
uh biasi Landscaping uh 3 years for a

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total of
$136,800

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uh we had a we had an item on there
about approving check signers but we

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didn't quite get all the necessary
information in in time so we uh pushed

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that off till to
February uh under old business we had an

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update on the uh trash removal
specifications that specification has

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been
completed uh with the uh recommendation

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to send that out to bid on the 19th of
this month and the council members will

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get a copy of that bid for their
perusal um we were reminded that uh we

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have already
approved uh advertisement and or or what

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is it development and advertisement of
that bid so

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um so so Council will see that bid uh
the public will get a um the scope of

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work put on the website so that they
would be able to Peru that as well uh

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and again it is to get a bid to see what
the numbers would be uh to if if we in

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in fact decide to go that
route

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um under new business we are looking at
uh some potential savings by uh shopping

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insurance carriers for liability and
property insurance um we could

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potentially realize a great saving on
insurance through the Delaware Valley uh

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Insurance trust which we are a member of
and use currently for uh our workers

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comp and health insurance they also
offer um property and liability

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insurances uh we use a different carrier
for that currently uh but we have asked

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staff to uh look into to our options to
see if we could realize the savings

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there so they will will pursue that over
the next

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uh it'll take several months to to
actually uh get through that

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process um
under uh some other things under I guess

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old business uh we do have a potential
the settlement date for the 311 building

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uh is is scheduled for tomorrow so uh
barring any unforeseen

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complications uh that settlement will
happen

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tomorrow uh we were
uh again we have asked for uh current

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updates on our professional reports from
our various professionals that the buau

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uses um and the HR position staff is
currently kind of in the final stages of

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interviewing uh hoping to get down to uh
a selection the vetting process and and

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looking that maybe by the end of January
we might uh be able to agree with

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someone on that position so that's
coming uh one other one last thing under

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new business uh a grand
opportunity uh through the growing

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Greener organization uh it's a grand
opportunity that would provide funds for

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a design on um one of the projects that
is part of the ms4 plan uh that we had

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to develop uh early in
2016 uh that that actual plan and now uh

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approval for that has been pushed off
till later 2017 but this grant

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opportunity is is kind of time sensitive
and it would provide funds for uh the

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design process of a project that is in
that plan um so we have asked staff to

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pursue that grand opportunity It's a
grand opport uh hoping to get about

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$100,000 uh with about a 15 to 20% match
on that the the planning phase of this

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project uh looks to be about $120,000 so
if we can get that plan taken care of

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and shovel ready that puts us in a
better position uh come September when

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those some of those other plans are
adopted and uh so we think it's a it's a

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good thing and it would the pl the
project that they're looking at is

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stream Bank stabilization in the Whites
Road Park

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area um that concludes my
report thank you councilman van Dame any

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questions for admin
Finance one quick question Mr President

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yes the HR Personnel um is the per once
we hire or if we hire an HR department

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head um what other what other multitask
is that that person going to be doing

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besides just HR job in other words job
description

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itself um I'm not going to do very well
answering that question other than to

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say I know there's a pretty full job
description for that position um and I'm

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going to look in Jake's direction for
anything he wants to add yes we we can

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furnish that job description okay as far
as you know what would be expected you

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know of uh the HR Personnel okay um you
know but you know what we expect uh that

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person to be okay is a full member of
the uh the management team okay uh help

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us you know develop uh um you know
develop the the HR you know evaluate our

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existing um uh um information you know
as it as it relates to HR and then

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develop uh uh a uh a plan for moving the
HR process uh you know forward and and

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and making that a a um a um ongoing part
of you know the bur the you know the

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Burrow's operations okay um you know as
to um you know uh what other duties okay

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they they would obviously the duties
would still largely re relate around um

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you know looking at at contracts
benefits okay uh you know looking uh to

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make sure that we stay current with uh
uh the various laws that are you know

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almost changing daily okay uh so that
you know we are um you know um I'll say

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right up with the you know with the
Curve as far as you know where we we

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where we need to be uh compliance wise
okay ultimately you know they would be

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assisting you know with uh you know uh
input into the budget they'd be

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assisting with input into contracts um
you know there's um you know um uh

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there's there's more than enough uh to
keep them busy you know like the rest of

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us uh you know um probably more than 40
hours per

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week than thank you Jake thanks Jake any
other questions admin for admin and

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finance One n here Mr President um Jason
did you mention that the biasi

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Landscaping contract uh was for three
years did okay all right I wasn't I

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wasn't sure all
right thank you anyone

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else all right thank you very much
moving on Code Enforcement and land

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planning councilman angelio thank you Mr
President um after approval of our

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December meeting minutes we moved into
our committee business items uh Mr Ernst

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Pro provided a uh discussion points on
electrical permits what you need to know

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what we go through here in the burough
of Landsdale um just some of the small

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discussion points a very large volume of
permits that are applied for are never

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picked up uh that becomes very very
costly for John's Department to track

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them down did the work get done has it
been completed has it been post inspect

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action so that he can close the permits
um informational for people is that

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while we provide permits for electrical
work we do not inspect the work for

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proper completion that requires an
independent Agency for the final

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inspection for uh that it all follows
guidelines building code that it's

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safely done post inspection by that
independent agency John's uh group will

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go go in inspect make sure it is
properly tagged and stickered so that

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they can close the
permit um it was a actually was

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fantastic discussion we had a lot of uh
public input and um was very well

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received John I think and thank you for
that uh that presentation we spoke about

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our budget activity um John's department
has um

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outperformed uh every year more permits
um but one of the areas that it doesn't

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outperform is less citations less
complaints so um through a comprehensive

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um effort of Outreach to the community
John's group has done a a fantastic job

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of educating people what needs a permit
what doesn't need a permit people are

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more educated John's department has less
issues to deal with where they can focus

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more on what they need to focus on as
opposed to chasing people down they can

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develop you know Progressive platforms
for people to be able to easily uh

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acquire permits Comm uh Planning
Commission report we um on January 16th

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there will be a presentation about the
Madison Street widening project this is

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not the Equis project for Madison
parking lot this is primarily on the

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street widening that street to allow for
additional parking it's um the street

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that abuts the back end of the Main
Street stores for those that don't know

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I'm not sure who wouldn't know where
Madison Street was um it'll also so you

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know work in conjunction with that
ongoing Equis project The Equis project

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itself um as an update is in land
planning uh currently they're going

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through the process of having their
project approved for um beginning which

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would will be nice this has been a a
long project it'll be nice to see this

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project come to fruition uh there will
be also be a presentation on the 16th um

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32 East blae Street this has been a long
ongoing project too the U the the

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individuals that are developing this
project will continue moving

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forward um all business except the
parking garage just a scheduling update

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a prospective opening end of February
beginning of March there's been some

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minor delays primarily concerning
elevators um we spoke about potential

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new ordinances curb sidewalk and house
number inspections um usually or what

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we'd like to think done when a house is
being sold to protect the new owner make

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sure all the information is from the old
owner to the new owner so nobody gets

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any surprises when they when they buy a
new home we will be having a a

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presentation uh by an individual who
would like to present some some

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arguments um against and of course
before we go through with developing any

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kind of ordinance we want to we want to
research it we want to talk about it how

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it affects people dayt day uh we also
spoke um about the a potential medical

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marijuana ordinance uh we're being very
proactive on this because this is

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something that is coming um we have a
model ordinance that has been sent to

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our solicitor to look over it see if it
suits land the community who we are and

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and what we do here um we also talked
about an ordinance revision uh for

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accessory building definition currently
in

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Landsdale Lots um we're limited to two
accessory structures

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uh in most yards now it would seem kind
of silly but a patio a paved patio is

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considered an accessory structure so
what we want to do is we want to look

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and make sure our ordinances are not
overly binding

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or that they work for the people that
that live here so that they can do

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things with their homes and not have
undue hardship uh new business zoning

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hearing board 623 Columbia Avenue there
was uh the zoning hearing board herd uh

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about a non-conforming porch being built
into an enclosure that was habitable

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space um it basically it uh kind of
projected into a sidey yard which is not

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permitted at this point however they
were uh approved for that um structure

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Hill Hill Crest shopping center two
additional pad sites and parking has

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been approved um for future development
in that location the January 17th uh

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zoning hearing board meeting has been
cancelled we had a lot of public comment

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uh some interesting things concerning
some of the things we spoke about prior

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and some some new ideas it was a well
attended and uh exciting meeting I

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invite you all to join us in a few weeks
to come out so I know it doesn't compare

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to parks and RM but we don't have
fireworks there but we do have a lot of

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fun and that is the end of my
report thank you Council angelio any

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questions for code
enforcement anybody all right thank you

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very much moving right along uh
Communications Commission councilwoman

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Hawkins Charlton thank you Mr President
happy New Year everyone uh we actually

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had a really productive meeting last
night uh we started with a Civics 101

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schedule uh based on our feedback from
previous sessions we've changed the

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format to monthly Workshop instead of 3
weeks at a time uh the first Workshop

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will be held on Tuesday January 31st and
that'll be the legislative branch where

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we talk about how the council functions
what our our appointed officials do for

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us as well as how of our meetings are
structured there's only 10 spaces left

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so uh email Tracy uh to sign up um I
believe there's information on the

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website yes so if you want to sign up
you can go there uh the next workshops

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in the pipeline um will be the police on
February 28th and then in March they'll

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be we'll get to visit judge Ed LaVine
and his council chambers um which was a

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real big hit the last time we did it uh
We've also talked with various

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department heads um and hopefully we'll
get a behind thes scenes tour coming in

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uh the later spring months uh so those
dates will be coming up next uh we also

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talked about the website we took a look
at the metrics and statistics for the

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burough website for the past year and
there are a few items that we found

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interesting the most searched keywords
were job employment and poll the most

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frequently visited Pages were the
calendar Utility payments and the white

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Whites Road concert series uh the
majority of site traffic to our site

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came from Facebook search engines and
job employment sites um we also

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discussed the meeting of the meeting
recordings as D Denton mentioned we're

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now recording and we'll be posting work
session and business meetings on the

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burough website we'll also be posting
those recordings on com and Verizon

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channels uh we have the equipment ready
but we're just waiting for training to

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to get set up on those um also with the
meeting recordings we talked a little

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bit about programming um what else we
want to showcase besides just our

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meetings um so if anybody has any
comments on that please uh send Tracy

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and I an email um possible options are
um ongoing development projects um

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howtos for various departments um you
know some of our burrow events

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throughout the year uh we also started
talking about the editorial calendar how

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to ramp up our media coverage for the
burrow um and capitalize on all the

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events we have H happening in landale um
it's at the beginning of the year so

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it's a great time to uh start to reach
out to those new sources and let them

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know that what we're doing in lale and
hopefully they'll come out and give us

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some press maybe along the way uh also
we are looking into Poss possibly a

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video production
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uh uh we talked about how the demands of
this new video uh channel uh is is

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putting some burdens on our current
staff um and maybe maybe having an

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internship or potentially multiple
internships will help us assist uh

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communic communication efforts for the
burrow we'll also look at various

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Colleges and Schools as well as
potential qualified candidates from

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other areas of the community and that
sums up my report does anybody have any

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questions any questions for
communication yes now just a comment uh

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you really want our ideas on how we can
Jazz up the station Tracy and uh Carrie

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I'll send you some ideas sure go ahead
we could do some kind of uh Council act

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or you know we can you never
know already on the

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list I I do like to hear that uh pool
and Whites Road you know that's that's

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it shows you that uh you know not that
I'm prejudiced or anything about the

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parks and recck system but uh it's
important to communities and it our

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website proves
that thank you any other questions for

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communications all right thank you very
much Carrie moving on economic

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development councilman vaname thank you
Mr President president uh so at our

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meeting we had a presentation from Pam
Kelly who is the CEO of the uh pens

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Suburban Chamber of Commerce of Greater
Montgomery County uh she came to us with

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a proposal to help uh facilitate and
organize a business group here in

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Lansdale uh they currently actually do
this in skip back and lower gnid uh to

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some degree a success we've been trying
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organize some some type of Lansdale
business Association for some time now

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and for different reasons it's it's uh
nobody's really picked it up and run

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with it so Pam has agreed to uh come in
and try to Foster that program we are

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waiting to hear from her on a couple
dates to get that started but we are

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hoping to start that uh by the end of
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she's agreed to run a 12-month program
uh it would be free to anybody that's a

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current member of the Chamber of
Commerce and uh a nominal annual fee for

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uh non chamber members uh they would
provide you know monthly agenda and

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support to these meetings and then
hopefully the business Community can

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grow uh that Association out of this
program uh the the group thought that

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that would be a a great thing here for
the businesses in Lansdale there's

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definitely a need and a desire so uh
we're going to see what we can do to get

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that going um other than that we welcome
one new business in November uh Visiting

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Angels over on Vine
Street and uh we reviewed the caners as

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the business of the month of December
and coming up this month Mr Ray Liberto

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will be presenting the business of the
month the only other thing I have the

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report on I don't know if Mary will get
this in her report but the uh folks that

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ran the Christmas tree display uh by the
cougle ball uh wanted to report they had

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over a thousand people sign in and it
was a very successful uh even though it

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they got shortened by a day it was still
a great great thing to do in a great

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location so help helped contribute to uh
the the season here in Lansdale and that

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concludes my
report thank you Mr vaname any questions

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for
EDC all right moving right along

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electric committee councilman D Gregorio
thank you Mr President um the approval

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amendments 30-0 our our committee
business items first was the uh purchase

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of the rear yard buggy from the machine
that we were talking about this past

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year the machine was earmarked for
$175,000 but it came through coars with

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13185 from alte Industries this will be
coming to in the next uh business

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meeting for consideration for purchase
second would be the uh line switch gear

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update uh the the gear is actually 98%
completed and ready to energize

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tomorrow next is the um maintenance sub
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maintenance um there's been concern
about the um security with our

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substations and our facilities um our
our committee was talking about possibly

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looking into a security systems to
protect and keep an eye on on our U

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infrastructure with our electric so
that's that is uh in process with our

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committee and also uh Andy's talking to
uh other people about uh ideas and specs

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and stuff like that
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2016 um things that we uh did this year
with the electric first would be the

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main substation breaker the 145,000 volt
and the 345 volt Breakers next would be

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the phase one and the Aline green
project next would be the uh

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dvrpc LED um light project that that's
what we did last year next would be the

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fiber equip equipment and training for
Phase 2 um the guys are getting uh more

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guys are getting trained on the fireberg
equipment and we will be in a process

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about doing more fiber this coming year
uh 2017 like I said um our goals would

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be the repair and upgrade the main
substation equipment uh replace the

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substation in preparation for the
Madison parking

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development um next would be the
purchased to install 2,000 more um RX

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meters that we talked in the past and
finally another we're talking about the

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IR the heating system in the uh service
building of the electric Department

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about getting a new heater system so
we're in a process about investigating

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that
situation Department operations finally

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septic garage is work has completed in
the garage next would be the meter

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replacement the creu are like I said
we're um changing meters

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out and finally the CPR certifications
the entire crew was recently recertified

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in CPR training um it's great that we
have a safety coordinator and the guys

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are getting their certifications for
that situation too to keep everybody

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safe finally the new business the power
blip this morning at 7: a.m. was due to

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PP now fault line in hfield that
affected our main line power was

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restored in a matter of
seconds and that was end of my report

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any questions from Council yes
yes uh you mentioned that piece of

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equipment you called a backyard
truck something back backyard machine

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yes backyard machine and we estimated it
at

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175,000 and we found it that we could
possibly get it on co-star for 131 yes

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yes Mr hansome I like that thank you
it's a a great machine um with a we have

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a lot of telephone poles in our
backyards in our uh burrow and having

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this machine is is going to help
tremendously with the labor with our

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electric department just because it's in
Ace it won't tear up a lot of people's

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Lawns it's it's smaller um it's smaller
used meaning that has a has a bu bucket

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attachment to it so alignment can
actually go up in the air um also we

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take the bucket out it also can set a
pole move a pole um it also has

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hydraulic lines for jackhammering so
it's a very multi-purpose piece of

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equipment that the bar would definitely
could use and help our uh Manpower and

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our electric Department keep up the good
work and keep saving us money thank you

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Mr thank you any other questions for
electric

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committee all right thank you very much
Rich much

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appreciated uh let's see Library
committee vice president Fuller here

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thank you Mr President your favorite
report of the night uh we had no

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committee meeting in January AR uh we
are due for a library Board of Trustees

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meeting next business meeting which is
January 18th uh and our next committee

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meeting will be Monday February
6th but um thank you very much and you

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can keep us going with parks and Rick
thank you Mr President uh suggestion for

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opening these meetings now with the
cameras I think you should start it with

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live from Lansdale it's Wednesday night
and just just thrown that I'll take it

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under consideration thank you uh as all
committees do uh we did like everybody

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else and approved our minutes so I'll
I'll note that as well so you don't

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think parks and wck is lack in doing
that uh we discussed a few requests that

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are um that we're researching to move to
council should they be necessary uh one

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is the potential use um by the
USA US Tennis Association

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um potential rental of three of our
courts on a couple hours uh in on

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Saturdays from late April early May for
8we courses for kids we'll move that

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forward as we do some more research and
decide if um the user is interested in

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renting and agrees to the price that
that we will set forth uh the other

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request that is um in the research phase
in the the park system is a request uh

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for soccer field usage um and this would
be for the Merc soccer program uh

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currently uh I think we're aware MC is
selling some of its property they would

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not have a soccer field they do have an
employee soccer program so they are

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researching local
municipalities uh for the potential use

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of uh soccer fields again if the fit is
right uh we'll come before Council uh

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with a suggested um use and price so
more more to come on that as

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necessary uh we had several successful
programs following our last meeting and

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uh in keeping with all the holiday um
hij Jinks here in the burrow uh we had a

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successful Charlie Brown Christmas
concert over at pendale Middle School uh

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decently attended can always use more
there I know it's a busy time of year

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but our thanks to obviously the school
district the Eric mtel quartet and

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everyone who attended and enjoyed that
program in December uh we also thank uh

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Alan gold and Ellen Price Malloy who
once again put together a very

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successful manure lighting program on
December 26th uh was one of the most

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highly attended events of that nature um
so having it two days after the start of

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Hanukkah didn't seem to affect actually
the weather cooperated there were 16

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horns of Hanukkah applying and uh
overall the night was very successful uh

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the Santa house was also successful uh
help uh with the the being so close to

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the trees I'm sure the tree display in
the Santa house uh that was always my

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particular dream and goal to have those
two uh holiday events close enough to

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each other that people could easily uh
go back and forth and appreciate the

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both of them so thanks to uh all of
Santa's helpers who were on hand and um

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and helped do Santa's bidding to all the
children uh who so chose to visit with

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him uh we are now gearing up for spring
and summer programs and I'll keep you of

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course apprised of them as we move
forward uh maintenance activities uh

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tradition you know typical ongoing
maintenance for this time of year in

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addition to that we are looking at some
valve issues at Whites Road pool and

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looking into taking care of uh make sure
everything's in proper working order uh

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our budget closed out in good shape for
2016 uh we're happy to report that uh

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the parks and wreck department did not
exceed its uh budget in expenses but it

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did exceed its budget in revenues so so
we're we're very happy with that uh on

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in Old business uh Liberty Bell Trail
update uh the bids um are due by uh

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January 12th and this is the section of
the trail that runs from Andale green to

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uh Hancock road to behind Andale green
that stretch um so potential biders have

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until
11:00 um Friday morning the 6th to

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submit any questions uh bids are due by
11:00 a.m. on the 12th so by next this

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time next month maybe we will have some
reports on on how that um how the

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bidding went uh we did touch uh briefly
on Skate Park update um Carl is uh

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researching the Tony Hawk foundation and
whether or not um the criteria has

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loosened up some on that so we're
looking into uh having seeing if we can

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get some money there which we could put
against the current grant that that we

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have um so we'll keep everybody posted
on that uh we did uh have some um some

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of the residents who spoke during public
comment regarding this issue uh our goal

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as the parks and recck committee is to
have a decision on location uh by this

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time next month we'd like to uh have a
recommendation our hope is to have a

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recommendation for Council uh coming out
of our next committee meeting which

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would be the first Wednesday in
February

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so
um we talked about the uh

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grandstand project uh the bid packages
are right now being reviewed vied by

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Chris fio and Chris conle uh we are on
target our goal was to have them out

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late December sometime in January we're
still on track with that um so that that

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should go out later this month our
long-term goal of course is to have the

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grand stand uh renovated by the
beginning of this year's baseball season

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so we're still on track to accomplish
that uh we reviewed we reviewed and

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discussed our park bench sponsorship and
donation program uh as we move forward

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with that uh Carl has given the
committee some uh recommendations and uh

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some specifications for what other
communities do uh Justin Smith has

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graciously he's our our resident
GIS Guru uh has mapped out all the

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existing benches in each of the burrow
parks and what kind of benches they are

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because as we move forward if people
want to um donate a memorial or honorari

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honorari not a word uh a bench to honor
someone they will um be consistent with

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what's already in the park we're also
looking at um a plaque program as well

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uh there is a a specific request already
in front of us to put a plaque on a

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specific park bench in system so we will
come up and make sure come up with a

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plan to make sure plaques are also
consistent and we will share all the

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details of the length of the program and
the charges surrounding that as we move

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forward

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um we discussed pool policies under new
business uh Carl will be meeting with uh

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pool managers and and those uh
stakeholders in in that area uh to

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discuss maybe reconfiguring a few of the
policies perhaps uh not the least of

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which could include
um uh revising pool hours uh admissions

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who we allow in and what type of ID they
would have to present uh relaxing the

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number of guests per member that you
would be allowed to bring to the the

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pool the age of uh a child that you can
drop off

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unaccompanied uh that kind of Works hand
inand with the insurance piece that

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Jason talked about if we move to a new
carrier we that may have to be changed

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for insurance purposes um and and that
um outside of the public comment uh most

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of which uh surrounded the skate park
that concludes our report thank you

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thank you very much any questions yes Mr
Hansen I just want to say I really like

419
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:12,079
what I'm hearing here tonight you said
you did not exceed expenses and you did

420
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:16,640
exceed revenues I applaud the forks and
Rec Department thank you very much I

421
00:38:14,079 --> 00:38:22,119
appreciate that thank you I'd say I work
hard at that but I gotta yeah give props

422
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:26,920
to that guy over there it's not on
camera that's right

423
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:29,800
right Mr President yes sir um I actually
witnessed

424
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:35,440
how that happens and how Carl does it
and I don't know how he does this either

425
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:42,560
through extensive study review of past
uh statistics Carl was able to set up to

426
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:47,079
Santa house see every child over a
multitude of days whoever wanted to see

427
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:51,640
and sit with Santa hand out a little
goodie bag and at the end of a multitude

428
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:59,040
of weeks and couple of hundred kids
managed to have one Surplus bag one so

429
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:03,720
I'm not sure what kind of Witchcraft you
use say cook your numbers Carl but

430
00:39:01,599 --> 00:39:09,640
definitely it was absolutely a Christmas
miracle very good well done

431
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,640
sir

432
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:18,119
Joan all right so really Joanne deserves
all the credit s a senior elf she was

433
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:22,599
absolutely wonderful and uh she
certainly enjoys it my credit goes out

434
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:30,200
or my my Thanks goes out to her
too so I I guess that goes that proves

435
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,200
the point that behind every good

436
00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:39,800
man all right now that the video cameras
are on yeah okay all right well done

437
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:43,880
well done uh any other questions for
parks and

438
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:48,560
W all right thank you very much moving
right along Public Safety councilman

439
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:53,359
work thank you Mr President uh three
items of note from the public safety

440
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:59,520
meeting this evening uh first an update
on the commercial vehicle parking

441
00:39:56,040 --> 00:40:07,079
ordinance um we have now completed the
vetting process of that ordinance and

442
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:12,280
are prepared to uh send our um our
proposed changes onto the burough

443
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:18,280
solicitor uh for the uh crafting of a
draft uh and just as a quick highlight

444
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:22,960
um of those changes um they include
restricting parking of the following

445
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:30,359
Vehicles overnight uh it would include
commercial vehicles uh 1,200 lb and over

446
00:40:26,599 --> 00:40:35,000
12,000 oh 12,000 lb over thank you it's
a little

447
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:42,960
light 12,000 my Prius was in trouble
yeah yes my Honda's in trouble uh motor

448
00:40:39,079 --> 00:40:47,520
homes RVs and campers uh any unattached
trailers uh and then any commercial

449
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:53,119
vehicle that's solely designated to
transport um cargo or goods and then of

450
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:56,880
course there will be exemptions uh that
will be included in that to includeed

451
00:40:54,880 --> 00:41:03,200
construction equipment in an active Zone
Fire equipment uh Etc so uh stay tuned

452
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:09,000
uh that will be forthcoming for uh our
review as a full counsel uh second item

453
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:15,160
was uh we addressed an appeal of a
handicap parking request at 1032 popler

454
00:41:12,319 --> 00:41:19,839
Street uh uh last month we had denied
this request based on information we had

455
00:41:17,839 --> 00:41:25,839
there was adequate off street parking
however um residents did appeal uh Chief

456
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:30,760
mcdy did a site visit spent a fair
amount of time with the resident

457
00:41:28,359 --> 00:41:36,079
uh and determined that there really is a
significant need there uh so he did

458
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:40,359
recommend that we uh reverse that and
approve and we have so that will be

459
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:44,720
forthcoming for final approval uh later
in the month and then finally we had a

460
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:51,440
visit from the folks uh from the
Hometown Heroes walk um seeking approval

461
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:58,079
for uh the walk on Saturday May
13th uh again uh initiating at Trinity

462
00:41:54,920 --> 00:42:04,280
Lutheran uh a 10: a.m. start
and we did as a committee uh approve to

463
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:10,359
save that date as a side note they are
the first event of the year uh subject

464
00:42:07,839 --> 00:42:17,319
to the new events ordinance that uh we
recently passed so uh final approval is

465
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:22,079
is subject or contingent upon um uh
approval of that application which we

466
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:28,720
will expect will happen uh as well as
all the regular Insurance Etc so unless

467
00:42:25,359 --> 00:42:35,440
there are questions concerns is my
report yes sir only one thing Tom you

468
00:42:32,599 --> 00:42:41,520
didn't mention the fact that our
committee was the first committee to get

469
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:46,319
these new lapel pens from our chief and
the whole commit is f on that Tracy can

470
00:42:44,559 --> 00:42:50,079
you can you zoom in on the new on
they've been loing these pins over me

471
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:54,520
for the last 20 minutes I we we better
get these pins and we thank you Chief

472
00:42:51,720 --> 00:43:00,839
they're they're they're wonderful and
amazing thanks Jack

473
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:06,240
all right any questions for Tom
fantastic lastly Public Works councilman

474
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:11,079
malary thank you Mr President after
approving our minutes we jumped right

475
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:15,160
into our business items uh 2016 roadway
and utility Rehabilitation project

476
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:20,960
that's Crestview durstein and the Force
main sanitary sewer laterals were worked

477
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:25,319
on along Crestview Road um and sanitary
line and manhole were installed on East

478
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:29,960
Fifth Street at the vacant lot between
Crestview and Lansdale Avenue uh there

479
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:36,280
will be a request for payment number one
and we actually did vote on that and in

480
00:43:32,559 --> 00:43:36,280
the affirmative for the amount of

481
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:02,880
$144,300 Church Road and then some areas
on Cherry Street the intersection of

482
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:06,240
Wicken Avenue and Highland Avenue and
then finished up on both sides of

483
00:44:04,119 --> 00:44:12,040
Highland as well the burough was
responsible for Paving or paying rather

484
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,040
for the black top which came in at

485
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:28,000
$4,618.00
total for this project is

486
00:44:24,599 --> 00:44:32,559
$96,900 budget for what we had budgeted
for at

487
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:37,680
$100,000 so we got a lot of work done um
and it also came in under budget so this

488
00:44:35,079 --> 00:44:42,599
project has been closed out from our
agenda um we next spoke about the nap

489
00:44:40,359 --> 00:44:47,520
Road Bridge uh the wayfinding signs were
installed the week of December 19th so

490
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:52,040
if you haven't seen them go take a look
go walk by see how they are uh see if

491
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:55,800
there's any Resident feedback from that
and uh we can also close this project

492
00:44:54,559 --> 00:45:05,160
out from our
agenda uh next we spoke a little bit on

493
00:45:00,359 --> 00:45:09,160
the wastewater treatment plant and so
there weren't any uh Merc flow numbers

494
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:13,520
for this month but Dan did give us a
good number and he says since we've

495
00:45:11,119 --> 00:45:19,559
actually started taking uh Wastewater
from Merc we've done uh about 500

496
00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:24,559
million gallons of waste waterer from
them and that's uh from

497
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:31,760
2013 is when we started that so that was
a an impressive number uh none L um we

498
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:35,680
then spoke about the TMD alternative um
so that is for the Wicken tmdl

499
00:45:33,599 --> 00:45:42,160
alternative uh the next meeting for that
is th the second Thursday in February um

500
00:45:38,839 --> 00:45:45,480
subcommittees are being formed um and
there was a name change for the group

501
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:50,200
actually it is now being called the
Wicken clean water

502
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:58,000
partnership and the plan will be called
the Wicken water quality improvement

503
00:45:54,160 --> 00:46:03,000
plan and then spoke a little bit about
the ms4 um Jason really touched on that

504
00:46:00,839 --> 00:46:08,640
so I'm not going to go any further on it
um unless there's questions um as far as

505
00:46:06,319 --> 00:46:14,240
the budget is concerned we did start
talking about um looking into getting

506
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:19,040
some prices for a six wheeel dump truck
and uh also a small bucket truck and uh

507
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:24,599
we'll be getting some more information
on that next month and that is in our

508
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:29,839
Capital um capital budget for
that um in Old business

509
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:35,359
um the hometown hero banners have all
been removed from the polls uh they're

510
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:41,520
packed up into the dock boxes provided
by Anon Ed shuring and picked up by lale

511
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:47,880
Warehouse on December 29th and to be
stored over the winter months and also

512
00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:52,079
uh further old business we got some
correspondents from pendot that North

513
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:57,040
Broad Street is scheduled and this is in
writing to be paved this year

514
00:46:54,760 --> 00:47:02,599
2017 and uh as we get any more
information I'll keep you all

515
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:08,839
posted uh furthermore in Old business um
survey work was completed uh by by the L

516
00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:13,440
Lansdale Abington hospital um and we
identified uh where our easement needs

517
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:17,400
to be for the forc main work that's
there and basically that area that we're

518
00:47:15,359 --> 00:47:21,720
talking about is where the burrow line
is and where the hospital property is

519
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:25,440
and there's residences along that area
we need to do the survey to see where we

520
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:29,079
needed to run the work for the Force
main that needed to be there and where

521
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:32,760
the easements needed to go so the next
step is actually getting those easements

522
00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:39,559
done
um let's see after that oh the last

523
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:45,160
thing I wanted to mention in Old
business was our sludge truck that we uh

524
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:47,920
want to sell on municibid actually uh
got a bid for

525
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:52,760
$61,000 which was uh I think we
initially thought it was going to be

526
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:58,559
around
35 so uh definitely much more than than

527
00:47:56,040 --> 00:48:05,960
we expected so hopefully we'll we'll
confirm that soon

528
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:11,280
um on let's see on new business uh the
Christmas tree pickup will be Saturday

529
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:15,839
this coming Saturday January 7th so
please have your Christmas trees out and

530
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:22,920
any uh decorations that are left on them
will be coming onto the Public Works

531
00:48:20,359 --> 00:48:27,520
tree I think for next year's tree
display is that correct okay perfect so

532
00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:34,079
if if you're Miss in an ornament you
might find it on the holiday tree

533
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:38,720
display um let's see in public comment
we did have a resident come from Shaw

534
00:48:36,359 --> 00:48:43,960
Avenue to discuss uh the snow removal
practices from our large storm that we

535
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:51,839
had last year um and to see how possibly
we could um alter or or um change our

536
00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:55,400
snow removal practice on that street so
uh we did address some concerns and

537
00:48:53,680 --> 00:49:00,640
we'll be in contact with that Resident
as as the winter prog dresses and uh

538
00:48:58,319 --> 00:49:06,000
we've had some ideas of how to make sure
that residents are aware of what streets

539
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:11,160
were plowed um and when they might be
plowed and also telephone numbers to

540
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:15,599
call uh if they haven't been plowed um
other than that unless I'm missing

541
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:21,559
something that ends my
report well done sir thank you all right

542
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:26,000
any questions for Public Works yes Mr
Hansen I just have to say we've really

543
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:31,040
thrown down the gauntlet tonight on
saving money money so let's all keep it

544
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:35,000
up let's keep it up thank you 12 more
months and we're not going to have any

545
00:49:32,839 --> 00:49:40,359
budget problems at all next year thank
you all right

546
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:44,480
excellent uh that concludes our reports
uh announcements we'll uh we'll do it in

547
00:49:42,119 --> 00:49:48,319
an orderly fashion to my left coming
this way

548
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:54,480
anyone all right to my right going in
this direction yes go for it okay uh

549
00:49:51,799 --> 00:49:59,200
January 11th just to remind everyone is
the international Spring Festival

550
00:49:56,720 --> 00:50:04,160
kickoff dinner uh all of you should have
received an invitation if you can make

551
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:10,119
it I highly recommend it great food and
a little Glimpse at what a great day uh

552
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:16,839
the event will be when it is held
officially in in April um and since I

553
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:20,920
didn't have a library report I'll plug
the library a little bit always a lot

554
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:26,359
happening there uh there's a day off a
school coming up in January library is

555
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:33,680
always a popular place on those days
plent of programs Day evening weekends

556
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:38,319
movies Book Sales cribbage game nights
uh all kinds of clubs you can join so

557
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:44,640
take advantage of your local
library thank and and I will add sorry

558
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:50,079
uh John welcome aboard uh everybody's
making you look really good the admin of

559
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:55,640
Finance meeting ended not only on time
but early people are saving money so uh

560
00:50:54,000 --> 00:51:01,599
you know keep it
up anyone else to my right yes Mr dorio

561
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:05,319
thank you Mr President hey just a a word
of note about U with the weather and in

562
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:09,920
climate weather with the snow look out
for your neighbors if neighbors need

563
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:15,520
help shovel and snow or anything look
out for the Aly and like I said reach

564
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:22,440
out and help people thank you thank you
very much anyone else all right uh

565
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:22,440
public comment do we have anyone this

566
00:51:23,119 --> 00:51:29,040
evening Dan Dan you have public comment
go for it come on

567
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:37,680
up this is unusual during a committee
meeting but I I want to give credit to

568
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:42,440
Bob Miller who drove the truck almost
the entire time that uh we've had it he

569
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:48,680
took really good care of it and I think
that's one reason we receive so much

570
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:51,920
money for it thanks we were talking
about the sludge truck in case anyone

571
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:57,920
was confused yeah we sounds like we got
30 around $30,000 more than we

572
00:51:53,880 --> 00:52:01,240
anticipated so G so excited yeah I yeah
I've never for for the record I've never

573
00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:06,200
seen him stand up and say anything in
public comment either

574
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:10,680
so this is a this is a first a night of
Firsts wonderful do we have any uh other

575
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:16,079
public comment Mr President I'm just
curious Dan do you think that um Dan are

576
00:52:14,319 --> 00:52:22,160
we getting extra money for that truck
because you're selling it loaded or

577
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:27,319
unloaded just
curious be careful how you answer little

578
00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:34,359
extra in the bed you know
all right any serious public

579
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:39,200
comment all right very good thank you
thank you very much everyone we are

580
00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:42,200
adjourned no
exactly