[0:11] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
[0:14] America and to the Republic for which it stands, one
[0:18] nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:22] justice for all.
[0:28] Dear God, bless all our actions and carry them on by thy gracious
[0:32] assistance so that every prayer and good work of ours may begin
[0:36] from thee and by thee.
[0:39] Through Christ our Lord, amen.
[0:40] Amen.
[0:53] Attendant roll call. Steve Heske.
[0:56] Here.
[0:58] Joe Monteth.
[1:00] Here.
[1:01] Kim Wagner.
[1:02] Here.
[1:03] Keith Luever.
[1:04] Here.
[1:05] Tom Snyder.
[1:06] Here.
[1:08] Robert Neider.
[1:09] Here.
[1:10] Lynn Grace.
[1:11] Here.
[1:12] Krista Elser.
[1:13] Elser.
[1:14] Elser.
[1:15] Okay. All right.
[1:17] We have a quorum.
[1:21] Okay, we need to approve the April 8th
[1:24] meeting minutes.
[1:26] Make a motion.
[1:28] Second.
[1:28] We have a second.
[1:30] Second.
[1:31] Okay. All in favor, aye.
[1:33] Aye.
[1:34] Any opposed?
[1:36] Okay. Motion carries.
[1:40] Okay, announcements and communications,
[1:43] Joe.
[1:43] All right.
[1:45] The Heritage Day Committee is looking for volunteers to join the committee.
[1:50] There's a flyer with all the information hanging at the front counter for anyone
[1:54] that's interested.
[1:57] And then
[1:59] brush pickup will continue through the month of May.
[2:03] Please put your limbs, brush,
[2:06] out in piles and public works will be around to pick it up.
[2:11] Just a reminder, we cannot put any yard waste or plant matter
[2:15] through the chipper.
[2:17] Public works will only be picking up brush and limbs.
[2:20] Grass clippings and yard waste should be bagged up and put out with your
[2:24] regular trash.
[2:27] That's it.
[2:28] Okay, thank you, Joe.
[2:30] All right, we have our review of our yearly audit from
[2:34] a SEK representative.
[2:36] Can I come up?
[2:37] Yeah, absolutely.
[2:40] Perfect. Good evening, everyone.
[2:42] I'll sit here.
[2:47] Okay. So my name is Jennifer Yates.
[2:49] I'm with SEK, the independent auditor.
[2:52] I'm here to present on the annual 2025 audit.
[2:56] So hopefully you've all gotten bound copies.
[2:59] They were dropped off at the office, I believe, last week, as well as electronic
[3:02] copies.
[3:03] Very high level, I'm going to go through the audit.
[3:06] Enough information that you can take away from today as you're
[3:09] reading through and absorbing, give you some pieces of
[3:12] information to take with you. We are always
[3:16] available, also, if you have questions when going through the audit.
[3:19] So,
[3:20] first and foremost, I know Jessica is not here tonight, but I want to thank her for
[3:24] her help. She's super helpful, neat, organized,
[3:27] answers all of our questions in a timely fashion.
[3:30] So kudos to her for that.
[3:33] The audit that we performed is, of course, on your financial statements.
[3:37] It's also referred to as the DCEB state report.
[3:40] So that has been filed electronically with the state.
[3:44] We also snail mail a copy to the clerk of courts because they
[3:48] require a filing of that as well. And the last filing or
[3:52] to-do is a notice of audit published in the newspaper, which
[3:56] Jessica has taken care of. So aside from my presentation tonight,
[4:00] all audit filings and matters are complete.
[4:04] So I'm going to start with the
[4:07] audit report, which attached to that is our independent
[4:11] auditor's report, which if you read through it, you
[4:15] will understand that we have issued an unmodified opinion, which is a
[4:19] clean opinion. It's the best that you can receive.
[4:22] Just want to point out throughout that report, if you're reading it, wanted to
[4:26] highlight, make sure you understand, the borough statements are
[4:30] on the modified cash basis of accounting.
[4:33] So think of it as items are recorded as cash
[4:37] flows through, income when received, expenses when paid.
[4:41] This differs from GAAP, generally
[4:45] accepted auditing principles, which is okay.
[4:48] The state allows you to record on the modified cash basis of
[4:52] accounting. Okay? It's a big misconception.
[4:57] So, you'll see that throughout. The audit report also lays
[5:01] out your responsibility as management for the financial
[5:05] statements, as well as ours as the auditors.
[5:08] So then again, this report is attached to the filing.
[5:11] Next then, you will actually see the actual state report, which
[5:15] might look familiar to you all. Unfortunately, there's no page numbers
[5:19] on it, but I'm keeping it very high level, so you can follow through as you
[5:23] want. But what I really wanted to focus on so that everyone
[5:27] understands as they look at the statement,
[5:30] yes, you report on the modified cash basis of accounting, but as a
[5:34] municipality, you also follow governmental fund accounting.
[5:39] So you have separate and distinct funds
[5:42] at the government that are important to understand.
[5:45] So you have three types of categories.
[5:47] You have governmental funds, proprietary funds, and fiduciary
[5:51] funds. So your governmental funds consist of your general fund,
[5:55] your special revenue fund, which includes the state liquid fuels.
[5:59] You might also hear that referred to as your highway fund.As
[6:03] well as fire tax dollars, which are
[6:07] generated through your real estate tax millage that you've
[6:11] itemized out for fire tax. The last fund under
[6:15] governmental are capital projects.
[6:17] For the borough here, your capital project funds are the rec fund,
[6:22] a general reserve fund, and you have a sewer reserve fund within there as
[6:26] well.
[6:27] The next bucket that you'll see is the proprietary funds, which is your
[6:31] enterprise funds. These are funds that are supposed to be self-sustaining.
[6:35] They're meant to where you provide services to the public, your
[6:39] sewer, your trash, and charge a fee for those.
[6:44] And then finally, your fiduciary fund.
[6:46] This is where your pension plans are reported.
[6:48] So the borough currently has two, a uniform police and a
[6:51] non-uniform. So as you go through that report, you'll see
[6:56] while items are categorized by, we'll get to total
[7:00] assets, revenues, expenses, it's also important to see how
[7:04] they are reported between the funds.
[7:08] So as of December 31, 2025, you can see total
[7:11] assets
[7:13] were about $5.1 million. Of that,
[7:16] 2.7 is the pension fund. So don't look at that in
[7:20] total. You have to carve out the pension piece if you want to look at true
[7:24] operating income.
[7:26] Liabilities then totaled about
[7:29] $8,600. And your liabilities
[7:33] really are made up of two things. One, payroll taxes.
[7:36] So this would be payroll taxes withheld on employees' pay in
[7:40] December, not turned over to the taxing authorities until the
[7:44] following January. And then also new this year, you'll
[7:48] see there's about $7,000 sitting in an other current liability.
[7:52] This was related to a new escrow agreement that you have with Brightspeed.
[7:58] They're installing the fiber optics in the borough.
[8:00] They've made an initial payment to you that you're using
[8:05] to pay engineer fees. So it's not revenue that the
[8:09] borough recognizes. It's just there for you to offset with engineer
[8:13] fees.
[8:14] Okay. The next statement in this report then goes
[8:18] to the statement of revenues and expenditures.
[8:20] It's similar to an income statement.
[8:23] Again, I'm not going to go into it in detail, but it does take your
[8:27] revenues by category
[8:29] and by fund. So if you get to the end of all your revenues,
[8:33] total revenues for 2025 are reported at about
[8:37] $2.9 million.
[8:40] Then same thing, you get into your expenses by category,
[8:44] by fund.
[8:48] Total expenses for the year, about $2.6
[8:52] million, which brings you to your excess of revenues over
[8:56] expenditures, net income, if you will, of about
[8:59] $321,000.
[9:04] The following statement then is your debt statement.
[9:06] So while the borough currently has no debt, you are a
[9:10] guarantor of debt for SAVES. So if SAVES were
[9:14] ever to default on their about $2.7
[9:18] million loan, which they are currently paying on, the borough as
[9:22] well as a few other local municipalities in the area would be
[9:25] responsible to make those payments if they were ever to default.
[9:29] The balance on that loan is about $1.4 million
[9:33] at the end of 2025.
[9:37] The next statement then is titled the Statement of Capital Expenditures.
[9:42] So the municipality does not capitalize
[9:46] fixed assets or record depreciation.
[9:48] If you were, these were the items that you would
[9:52] capitalize and depreciate over their useful lives.
[9:55] So things purchased in 2025 reported on this
[9:58] schedule would be computers, police car computers, a salt
[10:02] spreader, street signs, security office cameras, those
[10:06] types of things.
[10:08] And then the last page of that report then again includes our audit
[10:12] opinion and just two footnotes. Footnote one, again disclosing the
[10:16] fact that the borough reports on the modified cash basis of
[10:19] accounting. Footnote two discloses the guarantee of debt that you have on the
[10:23] SAVES loan.
[10:26] I know that was quick and fast, but I know you have a lot
[10:30] to conquer in one day.
[10:33] The notice of audit then, you might also see it separated by a blue
[10:37] sheet in your binder. This is what gets published in the
[10:40] newspaper. Keep in mind when you're looking at the notice of
[10:44] audit, it's a very condensed version of the state report.
[10:48] It does not include the pension funds.
[10:50] So if you want a good high-level view of borough
[10:54] operations, this sheet will show it to you.
[10:57] So again, total assets were about $2.5 million.
[11:01] You have 8,000 of liabilities. And then get to your
[11:05] net income, about $191,000 with that
[11:09] pension piece carved out.
[11:12] Then there are two letters that we're required to issue.
[11:16] The first, if you're following along, has a bolded heading
[11:20] titled Significant Audit Matters.
[11:23] Again, you can read down through some of those, but the big highlights that I'm
[11:26] required to talk about today is that as
[11:30] management, you are responsible for the accounting policies that you
[11:34] follow under the modified cash basis of accounting.
[11:38] There's a section for difficulties encountered in performing the audit.
[11:42] There were none, so nothing is disclosed there, but to me, it's just as
[11:46] important for me to tell you that there were none than to tell you if there were
[11:50] some.
[11:52] Last paragraph on that page talks about corrected and uncorrected
[11:56] misstatements. So there are no uncorrected misstatements.
[11:59] Attached to this letter are a handful of corrected
[12:03] misstatements, which are audit journal entries, which have been posted to the
[12:07] borough's books, and we'll look at those in just a
[12:09] second.The second page talks about any
[12:13] disagreements with management over accounting matters, reporting, et cetera.
[12:17] Again, there were none. The fact that as management, you
[12:21] can seek out other independent accountants for a second
[12:25] opinion to consult with them. To our knowledge, that did not happen.
[12:29] And the letter concludes then that as your independent auditors, we do
[12:33] discuss different matters with the borough and secretary
[12:37] treasurer throughout the year,
[12:39] none of which reflects our independence or retention
[12:43] as your auditor.
[12:45] So then attached to the letter there,
[12:48] if you look through, there were a total of eight adjusting journal
[12:52] entries, which might seem like a lot, but actually for a small
[12:55] municipality of your size, is quite common.
[12:58] Most of them are small in nature, really,
[13:02] two more significant ones. Just to give
[13:06] you an idea of the impact, because I don't expect you to read through here
[13:09] and understand the debits and credits, but just to give you an impact of the
[13:13] entries,
[13:15] bottom line to the net income, we adjusted your net income by
[13:19] $1,600. That is great.
[13:23] That tells you that the reports that you're getting on a
[13:26] monthly basis, that you're making your decisions on, are
[13:30] reliable. So again, kudos to Jessica for that.
[13:34] Excuse me.
[13:35] Yep.
[13:35] On the disagreements with management, and it's talking about the financial
[13:38] accounting.
[13:40] I guess I said there were none, but if it was, would they have to put that down?
[13:44] Correct. We would have to describe the situation and what the disagreement was and
[13:48] what the resolution pertained to.
[13:50] The resolution. Okay.
[13:50] Yep.
[13:53] Thank you.
[13:53] Okay. And so there's eight adjusting entries.
[13:57] There's one reclass entry, which it's so
[14:01] minuscule, but when you report to the state, you can't report more than
[14:05] 1% of total revenues in miscellaneous revenue.
[14:09] So we had to move, you get a small refund from YATV,
[14:13] we had to move some of that to a better bucket so that you wouldn't get an
[14:17] error when you file. Again, very common, but that's why it's listed there.
[14:22] Okay. And then the final letter is the management letter.
[14:26] So in addition to our audit of the financial statements,
[14:29] we take a look at your internal controls and procedures
[14:33] over financial reporting and issue any
[14:37] comments or
[14:39] material weaknesses that we find.
[14:41] There is one area, very, very common and not
[14:45] unusual in municipalities of your size.
[14:48] It's related to the segregation of duties, the fact that the
[14:52] secretary treasurer or office clerk could perform
[14:55] a transaction from start to finish.
[14:58] Not saying that happens all the time, but there are instances where it
[15:02] does happen.
[15:04] In a perfect internal control, each task
[15:08] and procedure is segregated between them.
[15:11] The letter does go through and acknowledge that a compensating
[15:15] control is all of you, that Sedona Borough Council.
[15:17] You review the financial information, approve it, cosign checks,
[15:22] review bank reconciliations, and sign off on those.
[15:25] So I just want to highlight that fact, that is a very important part of the
[15:29] internal control, that you are doing your due diligence, reviewing all of
[15:33] those things as a compensating control to that risk.
[15:37] Okay. Aside from that, those were my comments.
[15:40] I hope I kept it short and sweet. I know it can be a bit long.
[15:44] We spend many hours completing this audit, so for me to condense it
[15:48] into this doesn't quite go through the extent of effort that Jessica puts in
[15:52] with us. But I'm open if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer.
[15:55] If not, I'll let y'all move on.
[15:58] Very good. Thank you.
[16:00] I'm good. Thank you.
[16:00] One thing, is this the last time that we get a public rundown?
[16:04] Yeah, it is not. I was talking to Jessica. It is not common that we...
[16:08] We do present at some municipalities, but it is
[16:12] not a requirement. So my suggestion is years where
[16:16] I need to be here and say, "We had these issues," then I'd be here,
[16:20] but a clean year like this, it's not necessary.
[16:24] Okay. Very good. Thank you very much.
[16:25] Yep.
[16:26] Thank you very much.
[16:26] You're
[16:31] welcome.
[16:32] Okay, on to committee reports. Mrs. Mayor?
[16:36] I have a proclamation to give to
[16:39] Motorcycle
[16:42] Matt.
[16:44] Yes.
[16:44] If you may.
[16:45] Sure.
[16:49] Hi, hon.
[16:50] Hi.
[16:51] Today, I'm pleased to proclaim May 26th as
[16:55] Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month here in Mercersburg Town
[16:59] Borough.
[17:00] Motorcyclists are some of our most vulnerable road users.
[17:04] By simply checking blind spots, sharing the road, and riding
[17:07] responsibly, we can help prevent crashes and save
[17:11] lives. I encourage all residents, riders,
[17:15] and drivers alike to renew our commitment to safety
[17:19] this month. Let's make our roads safe for everyone.
[17:23] And with... Thank you so much.
[17:26] Can I say a few things?
[17:27] Yes, sir.
[17:28] Okay.
[17:29] So,
[17:31] I forgot my stuff.
[17:35] So good afternoon, evening. My name is Matt Von Sass.
[17:40] And I'm proud to be here today to represent Mason Dixon Chapter of the Alliance of
[17:43] Bikers Aimed Towards Education, ABATE.
[17:46] So this is a statewide organization dedicated to protecting the
[17:50] individual rights of motorcyclists through political change, public
[17:54] education, and charitable works.
[17:56] Today, we're here to support the declaration of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness
[18:00] Month in the Borough of Mercersburg.
[18:02] Motorcyclists are your neighbors, your coworkers, your friends, your family.
[18:06] We ride for transportation, for freedom, and for the simple love of the road.
[18:10] But with that freedom comes risk. Too often, motorcycle crashes happen not because
[18:14] of reckless riding, but because riders are simply not seen.
[18:18] So that's why Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month matters.
[18:21] For drivers, it's a reminder to look twice, check your blind spots, and share the
[18:24] road responsibly. A motorcycle is smaller but has the same rights
[18:29] to the road as anyone else does. For riders, it's a time to recommit
[18:33] to safe riding practices, wearing proper gear, staying visible, and riding alert
[18:37] at all times. At Aveda PA, we believe education and awareness
[18:41] save lives. This declaration is more than symbolic.
[18:44] It's a commitment from this community to look out for one another.
[18:49] By recognizing May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, McSherrystown Borough
[18:53] sends a clear message that safety matters, awareness matters, and every life
[18:57] on the road matters. Thank you.
[18:59] Thank you.
[19:01] And I have some stickers if anybody wants it.
[19:06] New York Times.
[19:06] And we have New York Times too in the back, if anybody wants it.
[19:09] Well said.
[19:10] Yes.
[19:10] Well said.
[19:12] Thank you-
[19:13] Thank you, Beth
[19:13] ... sir.
[19:14] So I have a question, please.
[19:17] Sure.
[19:18] I just found this out about a year and a half ago.
[19:23] Talking about safety, is it true, I don't know if it was a rumor, is it
[19:27] true that
[19:28] when you ride your motorcycles and there's grass out on the
[19:32] street, because a lot of people mow their grass-
[19:34] Mm-hmm
[19:34] ... I was told when those tires hit that grass, it's almost like riding on
[19:38] ice.
[19:38] It can be very slippery, yes. For sure, yes.
[19:40] So that's something that we... Well, we shouldn't have our grass out on the
[19:44] street anyway. That's something that everybody should be made aware of.
[19:47] And a lot of municipalities-
[19:48] Yeah
[19:48] ... it's enforceable as well. There are rules on the-
[19:52] Because I haven't seen it. Okay, let's talk about it out here, but I think we need
[19:55] to enforce a little bit more
[19:58] because-
[19:58] Have you seen grass on the road?
[20:00] I've seen the road, yes. And I think we should enforce it a little bit more because
[20:03] I didn't realize that until I was told.
[20:06] I'm like, "Wow, that is dangerous," and I see a lot of that.
[20:09] Yeah. It happens a lot. Mm-hmm.
[20:11] It might be something we want to look into being a little bit more strict about
[20:14] because it's...
[20:17] Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for bringing that-
[20:19] Yeah
[20:19] ... to everybody's attention.
[20:20] Yeah.
[20:23] Absolutely.
[20:23] There's a lot of that.
[20:23] I guess the same is true with wet leaves in the fall.
[20:26] That's right.
[20:26] Yeah.
[20:26] You know?
[20:27] Any kind of reference. Because we have only two wheels.
[20:31] Right.
[20:31] If you own a vehicle-
[20:31] You can't-
[20:32] ... a car, you have four wheels.
[20:33] Yeah, you can't. Exactly.
[20:34] So you have four points of contact.
[20:35] Right.
[20:35] So you hit that wet grass, the wet leaves, all that kind of stuff, and it is like
[20:39] that.
[20:39] It goes 50%, yeah.
[20:41] Yeah. And there's a balancing factor-
[20:43] Mm-hmm
[20:43] ... on that.
[20:45] Yeah.
[20:47] All right.
[20:48] Can we get a picture?
[20:49] Yeah.
[20:50] With you three?
[20:50] All three.
[20:51] Whoever wants to come up.
[20:52] Do you want to do it now?
[20:53] Yeah.
[20:54] You don't mind? Okay.
[20:54] Let me get out of here.
[20:55] Is that okay for you?
[20:57] Absolutely. You guys want to get in, too?
[21:01] Is that a no, Steve?
[21:03] Oh, come on, Steve. Come on.
[21:06] We appreciate all the-
[21:06] Yeah, I think the president-
[21:08] I believe
[21:08] ... yeah, for sure.
[21:09] Can you just sign this?
[21:18] I
[21:18] didn't
[21:23] know I'd get the bike.
[21:26] Yeah.
[21:26] You want me to stand up, though?
[21:27] Yeah, I am standing.
[21:33] I know. I need the one of Shawnee by herself with a postcard.
[21:38] I'll get in that one.
[21:39] You should have a...
[21:42] Get everybody looking at it. There you go.
[21:44] Want to hold that up?
[21:48] No. Hey, ready? Can you see him? Okay. Yeah. Do you want to hold the sign?
[21:53] Yes.
[21:56] Everybody ready?
[21:57] Yes, sir.
[21:57] Yeah, cheap.
[21:58] Everybody say Harley.
[21:58] Harley.
[22:01] Honda.
[22:04] Scooter.
[22:06] Halbert.
[22:10] I think we should be good with
[22:14] that.
[22:16] And thank you.
[22:17] Thank you, sir.
[22:18] There you are.
[22:18] Thank you.
[22:19] Thank you.
[22:19] Thank you, sir.
[22:20] Absolutely. Thanks,
[22:24] guys.
[22:26] Thank you. Motorcycle Onesie Club. Come on. It's very honored.
[22:30] Have a good one.
[22:30] We appreciate all the support you give. This part at the end. You know?
[22:33] Because we're all sharing.
[22:36] Thank you. Appreciate you guys.
[22:40] I was going to say,
[22:42] I guess we can have a formal
[22:44] meeting.
[22:45] But I appreciate you bringing that up.
[22:47] Yeah.
[22:47] I see it on the calendar we have this afternoon.
[22:50] And great job on the good speed.
[22:53] You want to put these on your desk?
[22:56] Yeah.
[22:56] Especially in curves.
[22:57] Yeah.
[22:58] My mind.
[22:59] Thank you.
[23:00] You don't need to think about it. I'm like-
[23:01] Can you sign your dad real quick? I don't know if Trey can walk in.
[23:04] When I'm in my truck-
[23:06] Thank you. We appreciate it
[23:07] ... can you see that?
[23:07] Thank you all.
[23:07] A brown shape.
[23:08] Thank you.
[23:09] And get over top of the grass and try to blow it off the road.
[23:13] How do you clean your truck?
[23:14] Is what that does. Yeah. Doesn't always catch it, though.
[23:18] Yeah.
[23:19] I would ride a little bike even faster.
[23:21] Yeah, right.
[23:24] Well, Brian,
[23:25] I think they were learning that whole bike thing.
[23:28] Electric bikes too, though.
[23:30] We got those, too.
[23:31] Just reading up on those. Chuck and I have been looking at that.
[23:34] Yeah.
[23:35] I guess all the-
[23:37] Ah, perfect. Thank you.
[23:43] Thank you.
[23:45] Thank you.
[23:45] Thank you.
[23:46] About being on an electric dirt bike.
[23:48] All right.
[23:49] They can't handle
[23:51] it, but...
[23:53] David.
[23:54] Yes, sir.
[23:55] Back to committee reports. So
[23:59] police report?
[24:00] Yes, sir. McSherrystown Borough Police Department
[24:04] April 2026 monthly activity report.
[24:07] Our total calls for service were 152.
[24:11] We had 64 building and business checks.
[24:13] We had 11 school checks, one alarm, two animal
[24:17] complaints, one assault-Two civil incidents, one disorderly
[24:21] conduct, two disturbances, two domestics, three
[24:25] forgery and fraudulent practices. Harassment, we had two.
[24:29] We had nine information requests, two juvenile calls.
[24:35] We have one ordinance violation, one sex offense, four
[24:39] suspicious activities, four thefts, three traffic
[24:42] complaints,
[24:44] six assist EMS, two assist police,
[24:47] one family and children, nine mutual aids, three welfare checks.
[24:52] We had 38 field contact reports,
[24:55] 48 follow-up
[24:57] calls to service,
[24:59] five lost and found, one police notification, and three
[25:02] validations.
[25:04] Six calls were covered by PSP in April.
[25:07] We had five incident offenses. Two were cleared by arrest.
[25:10] Both of those were adult.
[25:12] We had 518.5 patrol hours. We had
[25:16] 24.1 hours of overtime, 3.5 hours were
[25:20] for training, 5.4 hours were holiday pay, 4.4
[25:24] hours were the aggressive driving grant,
[25:27] 5.5 hours were for investigations, and 5.3 hours were
[25:31] overtime late calls.
[25:33] We had 32 hours of vacation and PTO.
[25:36] We had 30 vehicle stops resulting in 19 citations and
[25:40] 11 traffic warnings. We had three parking complaints, which
[25:44] ended up as three parking warrants.
[25:46] We had four total accidents for April.
[25:50] Three were reportable. One was non-reportable.
[25:52] The locations were Main Street and North Second Street, which was
[25:56] reportable, 500 block of Main Street, which was reportable,
[26:00] North Street and North Second Street, also reportable, 300
[26:04] block of Main Street, which was non-reportable.
[26:07] Our monthly use for the vehicles is 954.9 miles.
[26:11] Total fuel used was 179.2 gallons.
[26:14] Donations for April were $500. And for April 25th,
[26:19] for the drug takeback, we got 147.8 pounds.
[26:23] Is that a record or is that-
[26:25] No.
[26:25] No?
[26:25] No, we had more in October, but everybody was bringing stuff in.
[26:29] I think the weather kind of helped people out because it was overcast and rainy
[26:33] and-
[26:33] Yeah
[26:33] ... people don't want to go out in that sort of stuff.
[26:36] Yeah.
[26:36] So I kind of get it.
[26:38] When it's miserable like that, it's like, "I'll wait till the next one."
[26:41] Yeah.
[26:41] That's how they feel about it. So hopefully October we'll have a
[26:45] good one in October.
[26:47] All right. Thank you.
[26:49] Personnel committee, Kim?
[26:51] No report.
[26:51] No report. Okay.
[26:54] Finance committee.
[26:55] Yeah. I'd like to thank the, well Jess isn't here, but
[26:59] the staff here has done a great job with the audit for one
[27:02] thing, and I'd like the residents of McSherrystown to know that so
[27:06] far expenditures are in line with our budget for the year, which is a
[27:10] good thing. So
[27:13] the staff's doing a good job.
[27:15] Absolutely.
[27:16] Yes, they are.
[27:18] All right. Streets and Highway?
[27:20] I don't have anything.
[27:21] No. No report.
[27:23] Sanitation, Grace?
[27:25] Questions arisen about what we're allowed to
[27:28] recycle, because for a while back, and I don't
[27:32] remember how I knew this, if it was in the newsletter, but they were telling
[27:36] us not to put glass in our recycling bins.
[27:40] But then Jess called Kneader's and confirmed
[27:43] that, yes, we can still continue to put glass
[27:47] in our recycling bins. It's only if you're taking it there to
[27:51] Kneader's yourself directly, they don't accept glass.
[27:55] Oh, okay.
[27:55] So I just wanted to clarify that.
[27:57] So that's clear glass-
[27:58] For the last couple months, yeah
[27:59] ... clear glass and colored.
[28:01] Yeah. Except blue, I believe. Brown, green, and clear
[28:04] glass can be recycled in our bins.
[28:07] Okay.
[28:08] And I actually saw it in the, um-
[28:10] And then there was-
[28:11] In the, uh-
[28:12] I think they mentioned not mirrors
[28:14] ... specifications for the contract.
[28:15] No mirrors, right?
[28:17] But that was a seasonal letter.
[28:18] Yeah.
[28:18] No plate glass and no mirrors. Is that all?
[28:21] I think that's still the case, yes.
[28:22] Okay.
[28:24] But we can continue then to start putting glass back in our recycling
[28:27] bins.
[28:31] That takes a lot of weight out of the trash.
[28:33] Yeah. And we need to, of course, when we get to
[28:37] it further down with the bids,
[28:41] but I see that's in new business, so yeah.
[28:44] Yeah. All right.
[28:45] All right.
[28:45] Thank you, Grace.
[28:45] That's all I have.
[28:48] All right. Sewer. Sewer, Joe.
[28:51] Nothing to report.
[28:53] Planning and Zoning?
[28:59] Nothing to report.
[29:00] Okay.
[29:02] Building and Grounds?
[29:03] Nothing to report.
[29:04] Okay. Recreation, Tom?
[29:06] I just want to thank Dave. He's got the parks really looking great.
[29:10] He's done a lot of mulching. His weed eating and mowing's being kept up real well.
[29:15] Put new basketball nets on back of our park back here,
[29:19] and slowly but surely, he's getting everything done.
[29:23] They can only do so much with two men.
[29:26] They're working at it the best they can, and I'd like to thank them for their
[29:28] dedicated service.
[29:31] That'd be it for me.
[29:32] All right. Thank you, Tom.
[29:33] That's an attaboy.
[29:37] Atta boy. You need that once in a while.
[29:39] Once in a while. Yeah.
[29:40] Okay. Open up public comment periods.
[29:44] Steve.
[29:46] Back to personnel.
[29:51] Do we need to know about the
[29:53] ad that's going out tomorrow, or?
[29:55] We're gonna, if you want to explain that or-
[29:58] Do you want it now? There's a-
[29:59] You can go ahead and-
[30:00] Okay
[30:00] ... put it-
[30:01] The, an ad is going out tomorrow for a part-time public
[30:05] works person.
[30:08] So that will be posted tomorrow,
[30:11] and we'll start taking applications then as well.
[30:13] Will that ad be in the newspaper and anywhere else?
[30:16] Do you know?
[30:19] Jess told me she's posting it, so I would assume wherever she normally posts this,
[30:23] which is in the Gettysburg, I would think she'd do Gettysburg Times
[30:26] and-On the website?
[30:31] We should put it on the website?
[30:32] Possibly.
[30:32] Yeah.
[30:32] I think that's what it says part-time, I would say.
[30:36] So there's a few places to look.
[30:38] Yes.
[30:40] All right. Thank you.
[30:43] So any public comment?
[30:46] Just have a question because of something that the lady said that was
[30:50] here from dotted. I guess it's for Chief Fitzmiller.
[30:54] Do we have any uniformed officers in our borough?
[30:58] No, ma'am.
[30:58] Oh, okay. Well, she just mentioned something about that, and I just
[31:02] wondered. Okay.
[31:04] She mentioned non-uniform.
[31:06] Yeah, that's-
[31:06] That would be the public works.
[31:09] Okay.
[31:10] And
[31:11] the office staff.
[31:14] Police is one, and then non-uniform is the other-
[31:18] Okay
[31:18] ... side of the-
[31:21] For the town
[31:22] ... yeah, the employees.
[31:26] Thank you.
[31:26] You're welcome.
[31:28] Okay. New business.
[31:32] As Kim just mentioned,
[31:34] we need to advertise a part-time public works position,
[31:40] and we need to vote on that.
[31:42] I'll make the motion that we approve the
[31:46] advertising for a public works position.
[31:52] I second.
[31:53] Second?
[31:54] I'll second.
[31:54] Okay. Yeah.
[31:55] Okay.
[31:57] All in favor?
[31:59] Aye.
[31:59] Aye.
[32:00] Aye.
[32:00] Any opposed?
[32:01] All right. Motion carries.
[32:06] And we also, the second part is, we need to
[32:10] prove the notice of intent to award the municipal solid waste hauling and
[32:14] recycling service contract.
[32:17] Grace, do you want to read off a little bit of that?
[32:20] The notice of intent?
[32:22] Yeah. For
[32:24] who it is we're going to award.
[32:26] Okay.
[32:28] The project description is for the next three years, 2026 to 2029,
[32:32] municipal solid waste hauling and recycling service for the Borough of
[32:35] McSherrystown. The Borough of McSherrystown has considered the bid you
[32:39] submitted for the above described project in response to
[32:43] its notice and
[32:45] related contract documents, and it's addressed to Niederer
[32:49] Sanitation
[32:50] because they had the lowest bid,
[32:53] and
[32:54] that's what we're obligated to award.
[32:57] Do we know how many bids came in?
[32:59] Two.
[33:00] Two. Just two.
[33:01] Yeah.
[33:03] Better than in the past.
[33:05] Yeah.
[33:07] And do you want to-
[33:08] So you're handling this one.
[33:09] Oh, y'all want to handle something.
[33:10] It was
[33:13] attached to the email Jess sent to us out yesterday.
[33:16] Goods Disposal Service.
[33:30] So I make a motion that we approve Niederer's bid.
[33:35] Second.
[33:35] Okay.
[33:36] All right. All in favor?
[33:38] Aye.
[33:39] Aye.
[33:39] Aye.
[33:39] Any opposed?
[33:40] All right, motion carries.
[33:47] All right, the next item is approval of expenditures.
[33:51] Make a motion that we approve the expenditures as written.
[33:55] I second.
[33:57] All right. All in favor?
[33:59] Aye.
[34:00] Aye.
[34:00] Aye.
[34:00] Any opposed? Motion carries.
[34:05] All right, so there's one more item here.
[34:08] This would've been under communications.
[34:11] The McSherrystown Heritage Day
[34:14] Association is seeking volunteers
[34:18] and members.
[34:20] So they're going to meet on May 21st at 6:30
[34:23] PM
[34:25] at Main Street Park,
[34:28] and they're going to have pizza in the gazebo, and if you're
[34:32] interested in helping out, you can stop by then.
[34:36] And is that the notice hanging up?
[34:38] Yeah, it should be hanging-- Yeah, it should be in the-
[34:40] It said May 21st, 6:30-
[34:43] Yeah
[34:43] ... PM.
[34:44] Should be a flyer hanging in the borough office there.
[34:48] And so that's it. Need a motion to adjourn.
[34:54] I'll make a motion to adjourn.
[34:55] All right. Adjourned.