Good evening. I'd like to call to order
the meeting of the media bureau council
for this Thursday, August 20th, 2026. Uh
let's begin by standing and saying the
pledge to the flag.
Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
Before
we get to the business of tonight's
meeting, we do have one uh matter of
business, and I'm going to stretch this
out because council vice president Roma
is on her way in. Uh we do have the
approval of minutes from July 16th of
2026.
I was not at that meeting. Um so I will
approve them. Uh assuming there are no
other issues with that, I just wanted to
check with everybody and make sure that
that's all right. I do need a motion to
approve those minutes
>> in the name of also uh stretching time
as much as possible here. I will go
ahead and uh make that motion.
>> And motion uh has been made. Is there a
second? You can do it quickly now. Thank
you.
>> There is a second.
>> Motion has been made and seconded. Uh
any discussion on the matter?
>> Okay.
>> Should we make up discussion? Just
>> We can make up discussion.
Uh, all in favor of approving the
minutes of the July 16th, 2026 council
meeting, please signify by saying I.
>> I. I.
>> Any opposed, say nay.
>> Motion carries unanimously. Uh, you will
notice uh several of our council members
are not present this evening. Um,
council member Taylor Dunn will, I
believe, address us in a few moments.
Um, and council member Malcoun is not
available. We'll also notice uh that our
burough manager uh Britney Foreman is
not uh with us this evening. In her
place, and I hope I don't get this
wrong, is our finance director, John
Waskovich. Okay, very good. Um uh we now
have one of two opportunities for public
comment and privilege of the floor.
There are two ways to get in touch with
us if you'd like. You can send us an
email at comments@mediabau.com
or if you prefer, come to our meeting.
Step to the microphone. We just need
your name and address for the record and
then you have an opportunity to say your
piece. Miss Rapino, do we have any
emails?
>> Nothing tonight.
>> Okay. Thank you very much. Is there
anyone from the public who would like to
speak?
Hi everybody. Uh my name is Taylor Don.
I'm at 500 North Olive. Um I rise today
in support of A1 uh which is my request
for resignation. Uh I don't take this
lightly. I I have the uh absolute
privilege of being appointed by um
Delaware County Councils to be the
public defender. Uh and unfortunately uh
the law that governs the public defender
act uh bars me from holding any other
office. Um I spoke to both the
solicitor, our solicitor and the county
solicitor and could not find a way
around it. So uh unfortunately uh I am
forced to resign and I wanted to uh tell
you all that it was a privilege to be
work along you alongside you and a
privilege to serve the people of media
um and to encourage anyone out there uh
who is interested in applying for my
open seat. Uh because three three and a
half years ago that's how I got
involved. Um there was an open seat. I
applied for it. I wasn't selected
thankfully. Uh Jen, our our wonderful
Jen was was appointed. Um, and then, uh,
I ran and was elected and it was a
wonderful experience. So, I encourage
anyone to step up and do that themselves
and just to say thank you to all of you
for what a privilege it was to work
alongside you and on behalf of the
greatest town I could possibly choose to
live in. So, thank you. Thank you.
[applause]
I just want to ask the solicitor, what
happens if we say no?
Does he get in trouble?
>> Uh, yeah, he is.
>> All right. I'm just just checking on
that one. I don't think it'll be an
issue, but [laughter]
um and I think those uh those comments
were lovely and we echo them. Uh we'll
have more to say in a few moments, but
uh it's was not it was almost as if
you'd been on council for years uh with
your contributions and what you added to
our meetings and the information that
you shared with us. So, it is with great
regret that I'm going to have to bring
that forth in a few moments. Is there
anyone else who would like to speak?
Seeing no one, uh, I would like now to
move on to our manager's report. And the
manager's report this evening will be,
uh, brought forth by Jonathan Musco.
» Thank you, Mr. President, and good
evening to everyone. Um, like I said,
Britney Manager Foreman is not available
tonight, so I'll be delivering the
manager's report on her behalf. Um just
a few small public announcements that
she asked me to deliver. Um the first
one being the and excuse my
pronunciation on this, the Aliviver
Foundation wants to donate uh AED
equipment to Baral Park. They've been
partnering with local municipalities
like Lanstown and Upper Providence
Township. And the donation would include
$1,100 for the AED device itself as well
as an extra $1,100 for the enclosure for
the device. This will run through
properties committee next month, but um
we want to thank the Aliviver Foundation
publicly for considering the burrow.
Secondly, we were recently notified that
Palm Street Mall was awarded a 2026
great places designation from the
American Planning Association,
Pennsylvania chapter. We were nominated
by NV5, who was the landscape
architecture firm that we partnered with
during the project.
And the last one, which is a little more
in my wheelhouse, the fiscal year 2025
audit was completed by Barbcane Thornton
and Company, our um independent auditing
firm. We did receive a clean audit
opinion with no material weaknesses, no
significant deficiencies, and three uh
minor recommendations that they had.
And that concludes the manager's report
for this evening.
>> Very good. Um, I'm going to ask if our
vice president has anything uh that she
would like to say about the audit, the
award that you received earlier this
year.
>> I want to just give you some credit,
sir. We haven't had a chance to do it
publicly.
>> Sorry, just bring that on you.
>> Um, we did address it at last month's
meeting, legislative, and I think that
was the one that that that you missed, but John wasn't here to
>> to hear all receive it in person. Um but
yeah, we were very excited to get this
award acknowledging sort of our fiscal
responsibility and the rigor with which
we ROD reporting and transparency and I
think um one of the real great things
about the award is it was the first time
that we applied for it. So we won as as
a firsttime applicant and you know we'll
try to continue to um you know raise the
bar on that and continue to get
recognized by this but you know really
great work from John and the finance
team and the rest of the burough staff.
>> Thank you. Thank you very much. I
appreciate it.
Uh, any other questions for our manager
or our finance director? Okay. Very
good. Moving on now to our solicitor's
report. Mr. Scott.
>> Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Nothing
tonight.
>> Thank you. Any questions for our
solicitor.
Moving on now to our engineers report.
Mr. Matson.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Again, my
written report was submitted earlier
this month. Just some updates on some
few a few capital projects. We have two
stormwater improvement projects in the
north of town. Uh the first one is
underway is almost substantially
complete at this point which is great
news. That is the empoundment facility
for storm water and the community garden
on top of that. Big thanks to JMC
contractors for working very quickly all
throughout the month to get that work
done. Looking forward to a successful
project. The second one is on North
Olive Street Bridge Road. That bid
opening is August 27th. So that will be
next week. We're eagerly looking forward
to that bid opening. Hopefully we'll
have good news on that one. Our ste
street ballards were recommended by the
council to go out to bid. We will have
that bid opening in September with a
recommendation for the legislative
meeting. Uh our trafficcoming project
over on Laminate Jefferson is
substantially complete as well. I think
it looks great. A big thanks to our
friends at Chipaloney for that project
and our friends at the county. Uh Pico
is almost wrapping up the work on
Providence Road. It seems like it has
been going on for a long time. Uh once
that is completed, we'll be move forward
with the Holly House rabbit rectangular
flashing bacon project. And lastly
tonight in your packets for award is the
2026 red program. And so we had a a good
strong representation from that one.
should be under the
transportation committee u uh report. So
unless there's any other questions that
concludes our report.
>> May I ask the question?
>> Yes.
>> Kevin, do you know when Providence Road
will be repaved? We are getting a number
of complaints about the way the roads
been left.
>> Unders understood loud and clear. Yeah,
there was uh a number of inquiries back
and forth that goalpost had been moving
again. We were promised July. We've been
promised August. So, it's just a matter
of getting PICO to do the follow-up work
of the installation of the service
laterals. So, they need to do some
coordination naturally with the
individual homeowners to schedule
appointments. And that's really where
we're down to. We're down to the last
few. So, it's it's a function of
naturally Pico completing their main,
which is done, and then all the
individual service laterals, which is
the final part of that. So, after that
is completed, the road will be repaid.
But, thank you.
>> Any other questions?
Thank you, Mr. Matson. Hearing no none,
we'll move on to our mayor's report.
Mayor Washington.
>> Good evening, Mr. President, and good
evening, everyone. Um, yes. So, my
report, I have a couple of reports from
the media brow police department and a
couple of updates for me as well. Uh,
there were 731 calls for service and
initiated response for the month of
July. And unfortunately, this is an 11%
increase from July of 2025 with 652
calls last year. 149 traffic stops, 33
traffic details, and some training from
the media bureau police department. The
officers completed their annual use of
force and taser training conducted by
Sergeant Helmond and Officer Devito. All officers will also completed first
aid and CPR training, which is required
every 2 years. And onto the reports of
interest. Uh there are terroristic
threats with a firearm on July 22nd at
the Wawa and oh wait no that's the next
one. Whoops. Uh there is a terrorist
threats with a firearm. Officers
responded to the area within 30 minutes
of the initial dispatch and had the
actor in custody. And then the next one
is public drunkenness on July 4th. At
the end the individual was taken into
custody for public drunkenness and
released once. sober. Um, and that's
something that they have to do so they
make sure people are, you know, good to
go and not and under any liabilities.
And the next one's for a check washing.
Uh, the case has been turned over to the
postal inspector's office of the US
Postal Service.
And then the other one, I think I got
two more. Trespass with a threat of a
firearm. And this is at the Wawwa store
at the 100 East Baltimore Avenue for
report of the subject with a gun. And
the defendant is currently at the
Delaware County Prison. He was taken
into custody without incident after the
uh after the employees
uh reported the incident.
and and another warrant servicing. On
July 25th, Officer Scott was on patrol
when she observed a man walking down
Baltimore Avenue in the area of Ratner
Street. So, the pedestrian stop was
conducted and uh the im the individual
was known to the officer to have an
arrest warrant. And uh yep, the man was
advised as to why he was being stopped
and he was taken into custody where a
search in incident to arrest was
conducted revealing numerous needles,
drug paraphernalia, and elicit drugs. I
just want to thank the police department
for keeping everyone safe this month and
every month. Uh and and moving on to the
focus points for August 2026,
accreditation is underway. The Media
Bureau Police Department is currently
going through their reertification for
accreditation this month and this
reassessment is conducted every 3 years
by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
Association and this re this includes a
review of all policy and procedures as
well as review of reports to ensure that
the department is maintaining the
highest standards. This process has
begun on August 14th and will conclude
on August 28th with an inspection of the
police station equipment, vehicles, and
ride along with with the officers by the
assessment team. And as of today, only
17% of police departments in
Pennsylvania are accredited law
enforcement agencies.
And moving along to finishing up my
report, officers will continue to
conduct traffic details in areas of
concern reported by residents and
identified by patrol officers. Officers
will continue to monitor and strictly
enforce the double parking issues in the
business district. And my notes for this
month so far for August uh National
Night Out, just wanted to note that
National Night Out earlier this month
was a blast. Um and uh it happened on
August 6th with some great turnout. Just
want to thank the media burough police
department, the media fire company, and
the media wreck board for a wonderful
night engaging the community with their
first responders. That concludes my
report.
>> Thank you very much. Uh any questions
for the mayor?
>> Hearing none. Um and before we get into
the council committee reports, I wanted
to note that last week, uh Mayor
Washington had the distinct pleasure of
attending the employee appreciation
lunchon. Um, and I didn't get a chance
to mention uh to when I was uh thanking
John for all of his hard work. Um, one
of the things that I said in just a
couple of very brief remarks is that the
employees of of this bureau make our
jobs very easy. Um, you know, coming in
and knowing that there is competence,
uh, there is integrity, um, and there
is, you know, accountability and
strength behind every moment, every
moment that we have a meeting and every
issue that we face. uh it makes us it
just really makes it a wonderful place
to to be on council. So, thank you. And
I'll tell everyone out there that uh we
do appreciate our our employees. So, I
don't want to miss that. So, thank you.
I got to this point I was like, "Oo, I
better say something." Uh but we'll
start with our council committee
reports. I will be delivering uh the
report for planning commission, zoning,
hearing board, and harb. And I'll hand
the uh gavvel over to the vice president
in case there's anything uh necessary.
Um the first order of business um is to
accept the resignation of council member
Taylor Dunn. Uh as he so eloquently
stated, this is not uh something that he
wanted to do. It's something that he has
to do. Uh and we look forward to
opportunities for uh for council member
Dunn, soon to be former council member
Dunn, uh to volunteer his time to the
bureau. It's all about public service
and working in the public defenders
office, serving on council, serving on
our zoning hearing board. Even though it
was brief, it was uh it was phenomenal.
Um so I will move that we accept the
resignation of council person Taylor
Dunn with great regret.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Seconded.
>> Motion is a second. Any discussion?
All those in favor of accepting the
resignation of Council Person Taylor
Dunn signify by saying I.
>> I.
>> Opposed. The motion passes unanimously.
And just as a clarification of the
process from here on out, um by
accepting the resignation, tonight
starts a 30-day clock uh for council to
appoint a uh a replacement. Uh and
during that time, we have already opened
up uh the application process. Uh and
those applications we are asking to be
into media burough by August 31st at
noon. Um you can find information on our
website and you can send your
application and your uh resume or CV or
whatever you'd like to share uh with us
and then we will have a process where on
I believe September 8th or 9th uh or 9th
or 10th it's it's two days in that week.
No, the 8th is is the day after uh Labor
Day. So, it'll be two of those days that week. We will have uh interviews in
public session and that'll be advertised
and the intent is to appoint uh our new
council member on September 17th at our
September legislative meeting. So, if
there are any questions about that, is
that pretty clear? Thank you. And I
encourage anyone to apply. Um that's
where we stand with that. Second motion
uh is to request to a request to wave
the land development application
requirement for 7 to13 State Road due to
most of the parcel being located in
Upper Providence Township. If you may
remember, uh this is where I believe a
child care center is planned.
>> Um and there's a tiny little bit that is
in the parking lot that is in Media
Burough. Uh, and this is simply a
request to sort of allow this to
progress and not not cause any problems.
I think it's good governance to, you
know, work with our neighboring
communities and just say, you know, this
is this is on your end. Go for it. Um,
do we need a formal motion for this, Mr.
Scott?
>> The the owner needs to note on their
development plans that media is not
asserting jurisdiction. So to do that
there needs to be a vote and there will
somebody sign.
>> Sure.
>> So I will make a motion to wave the land
development application requirement for
7 to 13 State Road due to most of the
parcel being located in Upper Providence
Township.
>> In the form of a motion.
>> A motion has been made. Is there a
second?
>> Seconded.
>> Motion has been seconded. Any
discussion?
All those in favor of waving the land
development application requirement for
7 to13 state road due the parcel being
located in upper pro most of the parcel
being up located in Upper Providence
Township signify by saying I
>> I opposed. The motion passes
unanimously. The next item on the
agenda, and I have to acknowledge having
not been at the planning commission, we
have a very large uh collection of
documents here regarding uh a request
for a line adjustment and subdivision
for a property at 509 North Lemon
Street. We do have representatives, I
hear uh who are ready to answer any
questions. Um, so if you want to make a
very brief statement perhaps about the
request and I will simply say that this
went through the planning commission and
the planning commission recommended the council not oppose.
>> Yeah. My name is Steve Willison. I'm a
land surveyor with GD Hoopinstein. It
was our office of prepared plans. I have
Nathan Miller who's the owner of 509
Lemon Street and his father Mike Miller
who owns 333 West Fifth Street. Uh the
purpose the back of Nate's property, the
side of Nate's property backs up to his
father's property and there's we did a
survey was done and found out that the
patio of Nate Nathan's property has a
slight 1-ft encroachment onto Mike's
property. Uh and there were some bushes
and shrubs that were there from the
previous owner which have been removed.
We're simply trying to move that
property line 16 ft so he can have his
buffer back again, plant it, and have a
little more room back there. It's a
little tight back there.
uh his father had bought the property to renovate it, possibly move in, but
with the slope to the property, he's
looking for something more one level.
It's leaning to a split level. So, once
we get this property line moved and
relocated, then we'll probably put that
house back up for sale and everybody
will be happy. Very good. Thank you for
the uh explanation. Very clear.
>> Um
>> so, this is Mr. President, this is on
the agenda for you you to approve the
lot line uh plan tonight. It's not it's
not you you'd mentioned not opposed.
>> This doesn't go to zoning.
>> Nope.
>> Okay. So, this is something we would
approve.
>> This is a subdivision approval and it's
ready for for for consideration tonight.
>> So, then I will make a motion uh that
the to accept the lot line adjustment
subdivision for the property at 509
North Lemon Street and 333 West 5th
Street. I'll make that in the form of a
motion. A
>> motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Seconded.
>> The motion has been seconded. Any
discussion?
>> There are waiverss that we should note
for the record. You'll be you'll be
approving it subject to those waivers.
>> Um and they are more familiar with
>> Yeah. that not to have to submit a
combined culinary final. Um not to
provide because this is such a simple
plan. they're not providing um
topographical features and uh benchmarks
and things that they would normally put
on a on a more wholesome development. Um
there the plans don't show the location
of benchmarks of of storm sewer drains
of location calipers of 8 in or more.
Those are not really relevant to the lot
line. So thank you.
>> Just to reiterate, there's no um
construction activity associated with
this. It's the movement of an imaginary
line.
>> Mhm.
>> So would you recommend we alter this and
add with the waivers or
>> Why don't you Is it Do the maker and the
seconder accept the uh amendment to be
approved the plan subject to the
waivers?
>> Subject to the waivers. Okay. I'm okay
with it. Second.
>> I'm okay with it.
>> Okay. Great.
>> Um I have a question. Within this
packet, there's this huge amount of like
deed information. is that's not really
relevant to
>> that's part of the submission package
application package. You have to submit
the deeds for both properties.
>> Okay. It looks okay.
>> Part of that is the the again the lots
are changing geometry. So that lot line
although it's imaginary it's a legal
line it's being redefined. So that
redefining process has to be recorded
>> okay
>> and then verified and then ultimately
recorded at the county. That's all the
ass.
>> Okay. It just looked like there was a
lot happening here that wasn't but
>> ultimately it's it's a date. It's a
complicated date because it's part of a
property disposition.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Yeah.
» Any additional discussion?
All those in favor of accepting the lot
line adjustment subdivision for property
509 North Lemon Street uh subject to the
waivers signify by saying I. I.
>> I. opposed.
The motion passes unanimously
>> and that concludes the report for
planning commission zoning hearing board
and HARP. Thank you.
>> Any questions for President Poff on this
part of his agenda?
>> Seeing none.
>> Thank you. We'll now move on to uh
transportation, fire, EMS, and civil
service. Council member Trey Herman. Mr.
Herman.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. All right. So
starting off tonight, I have one
leazison announcement uh regarding the
uh special EMS meeting we had about a
week ago. Uh so council had a special EMS meeting specifically to
discuss the upcoming regional authority
that's been proposed by uh members of
the working group and our neighbors in
uh Nether Providence Upper Providence
WMO
>> Rose Valley and Rish
close.
>> It's okay. I always forgot one of them.
>> Yeah. He said
>> uh yes. So we had a meeting regarding
that authority and we discussed uh the
various options with whether or not
media was likely to join uh and to try
and get an understanding as to uh the
general costs.
Um while we don't have the full final
numbers just yet uh at this time at that
time at the end of that meeting general
sense of council of those who were
attendant was that media would likely
not join at this time due to both uh
just a general uncertainty on the costs
but also some
uncertainty as to the leadership of that
uh authority and how it would affect
uh our residences.
Thank you. Um, and if I may add, I
attended a similar special meeting on
Tuesday evening in Upper Providence
Township where many of the same
questions were asked. Um, many of the
same issues were raised. Um, and you
know, the the general sense that I got
at both meetings, although I don't want
to speak for Upper Providence, I can
only speak for myself and the and the
others who were at our meeting on
Monday, was that there are just too many
questions in the air. Um, and we don't
want to burden our residents with a uh a
fee. Um, we want to make sure that if we
are going with this, we have done all of
our due diligence and that we have done
everything we can to keep the costs as
low as we can for our residents uh in
media burough. Um, one of the other main
concerns that that was raised is that you know the leadership of this
authority
um does not have to follow any of the
recommendations of this working group
regardless of who's on the authority.
Um, and media fire company uh, you know,
could very well wind up on the outside
looking in. Um, and we've heard from
this, I can tell you, we've heard from
our residents in Upper Providence and in
Media Burough, um, that they're very
happy with the service from the media
fire company in EMS. Um, and we should
be very proud of that. Um, and consider
that to be a feather in our cap. Um, so
I I just wanted to bring that up. The
approval of the authority wouldn't
happen at one of our meetings. There is
a meeting scheduled for September 2nd, I
believe, at Strath Haven Middle School
or high school.
>> Middle school.
>> Strath Haven Middle School. Um, and that
at that meeting, each of the six
municipalities have been asked to bring
uh a quorum of their membership to vote
whether or not to join this authority.
Um, so we will be there. I believe we'll
have a quorum there. Uh and at this time
again our our predisposition is not to
join. Um but again a lot can happen in
the next couple of weeks. So it's
something where I encourage residents to
reach out to us. Uh if you have any
questions about what you've heard. That
was one thing that came up on Tuesday
was we don't know what the residents
think. I'm you know we're all residents.
Um, and you know, from the standpoint of
I don't want to pay more than I need to,
uh, or what more than what's fair, uh, I
think would be something that that's,
uh, you know, rolling around in our
heads as, as members making a decision.
>> I was not present at that meeting. May I
voice my opinion?
>> Yes, absolutely.
>> Thank you. Um, so I've had some time to
dig into the relevant data provided. Um,
and what I would like to call out is
that across the six mun municipalities,
media borrow has the lowest median
household income. So to me, if we have
the lowest median income of all
participating munality municipalities, a
flat fee structure is regressive and
places the highest burden on the
community with the least ability to
absorb it. Um,
>> excellent.
>> I have I have the numbers if folks want,
but I did dig into some census data. Um,
and right, we have the density, we've
built out, we have commercial activity
means that we pay more, but our
residents aren't necessarily wealthier.
So, I know that we've talked a lot
about, right, there's equal votes, but
it's not equitable votes. And I think
that is my biggest concern right now.
Um, and additionally, right, we're
talking about the governance structure.
Um we've discussed concerns with media
only having one vote despite the
differences um in income and ability to
pay across the multiple municipalities.
So I my perspective right now is no
because we have folks who would be um
would have a higher burden than our
neighboring municipalities and that does
not seem equitable nor does it seem
financially responsible for us to make
that decision.
>> Thank you. That's an excellent point. I did a little number crunching myself
and I looked at the populations of
Swathmore that are very similar and if
you look at the six municipalities our
total population is about 16th of that
entire group combined. So if you're
looking at one out of six it's not that
big a deal but when you're looking at it
financially and fiscally that's a much bigger difference. Um so I I really
appreciate that and thank you thank you
for that. May I add that we would have
one vote out of six, but we also have
about 25% of the call volume.
>> That's correct. Yes, that's the other
piece, too. Thank you. Um, so that uh
I'll turn it back to Mr. Herman. It's
your report. So, thank you.
>> All right, moving on. Uh, this month's
uh traffic education topic for August
2026. [clears throat] This month's topic
is safety and construction zones.
Uh, Aqua, Pico, Pendot, and other crews
work every day to get these projects
finished safely. Landscaping crews and
tree service companies frequently have
cones, flaggers, and equipment in
surprise locations.
Stay on top of the planned projects in
through our newsletter, which is a great
source of info and highlights
throughout the summer. Throughout our
major and minor streets, construction
has become a pretty familiar site around
media this summer. Detours, lane
closures, and flaggers can be
frustrating. Please be patient.
Plan ahead. Check the burrow, Aqua, and
Pico websites when you can. Construction
zones change, equipment moves, and
detours can shift. Knowing where work is
happening may save you some frustration
or give you a chance to take another
route.
Slow down and follow the flaggers and
signs in work zones. The crews are often
working only a few feet from moving
traffic. Please give them some room and
let them do their job safely. And
remember, the people working out there
have families and people waiting for
them at home, too. A few extra minutes
and a little patience can help make sure
everyone gets home safely.
[snorts]
And moving on, uh, next up, I have the,
uh, change order for Jefferson and Lemon
Streets, uh, community development block
grant project, which I submit in the
form of a motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
Is there
>> What? What? I'm sorry. What What is this
grant for? [laughter]
>> I apologize.
>> If I may, Mr. So this is the Lemon
Jefferson project
>> and when that bid came in the low the
low bidder was well under the grant cap
allocation. So the the the grant was
award pardon me the bid was about
$70,000 and that project had been
allocated about $144,000.
So again in in order to maximize the
benefit of that uh grant uh it was
recommended to have some extensions to
existing line items. So specifically
what you would see out there is that
area had some sidewalks that weren't in
great shape because of the nature of the
trees and the age of the neighborhood.
So the recommendation is to have those
improved. Some of the ADA facilities we
can get additional improvements, some
additional landscaping and there are
some areas of curbing that just that
were dated and old and again so the
ability to inject additional resource
under the existing line into that
contract just gives that the project a
nice more polished look. It just allows
us to inject more resource into that
area and I think the overall uh look
will be sharp.
>> Thank you.
» All those in favor?
>> Thank you.
>> Can I add one more thought on that one?
>> Yes.
>> Again, that project is funded uh with
the uh the funds from the county. This
change order, although it's a change
order to our contract, doesn't cost our
taxpayers additional money. What it does
is it allows us to use the additional
allocation uh that was awarded by the
county with support from federal funds.
>> Great.
>> So it's not it's not additional cash
from the uh burough taxpayers. It's the
usage of additional allocation from the
grant.
>> Thank you very much for that
explanation. Uh hearing no more
discussion. All those in favor of
accepting the change order for Jefferson
and Lemon Streets Community Development
Block Grant Project, please signify by
saying I. I. I.
>> Any opposed say nay. Motion carries
unanimously.
>> Thank you. Moving on. I have a proposal
from Carol Engineering for a
comprehensive parking study in the
amount not to exceed $41,800, which I
offer up in the form of a motion.
>> The motion has been made. Is there a
second?
» Second.
>> Motion has been made and seconded. Is
there any discussion?
>> Can we get some clarification on what
the parking study includes or will
include?
Unfortunately, I don't have my notes in
front of me.
>> I know we discussed a couple of
different routes and I'm and I just
would like for us to be to be clear to
be clear about what it's including and
what it's not.
» Is this something that we might want to
revisit next month?
>> My understanding is that this was the um
was this the GIS to GI Global Imaging
Service? I can't recall the AC acronym,
but I believe that this was looking
around some of the overflow areas like
around the courthouse. I know that that
was one area mentioned. Um, so I believe
that this was going to have folks um
from Carol going out into the burrow and
perhaps leveraging AI to help understand
where the true areas of need are for
parking um so that we can make informed
decisions on where to invest in parking
infrastructure. Again, if it's helpful,
I do have I do have that scope. If it's
helpful.
>> Yeah. Would you mind? Because I mean, I
know in a couple of different
committees, we've talked about a couple
different types of parking and I just
want to make sure. I think you are
right, Amelia, but I don't know if there
were other parts of the scope as well.
>> Yep. Certainly. Again, so part of the
genesis of this naturally was parking is
a really key issue in town
>> and we had spent a lot of focus in the
area of State Street studying the area
actually the garage going back to
earlier this year. This is an extension
of that study to take a more focused
look at areas that were both impacted by
high usage but also affordable housing.
So the the impact of affordable housing,
the impact of different land use on our
street system. Again, so there is
there's a series of breakouts. One of
which is primarily a parking inventory.
Another one are curbside strategies to
help maximize and the usage of delivery
vehicles around State Street.
>> That was what I wanted to make sure it
was included in it.
>> That's right. The other one is our
parking standard or a review of our
existing parking ordinances
>> to make sure that they are consistent.
Again, the option for the GIS here is is
highlighted here so that there are uh
modern technologies that are used to
take a look at our parking facilities
around town, take a look at our street
systems. Uh and I think that generally
was it. So, it was it was an expansion
of good work that had begun earlier this
year to add some additional focus areas.
This is the one that it goes north
towards like third, fourth, fifth
street, I think, right? Yeah.
>> Overflow.
>> Awesome. That that's helpful. Thank you.
Mr. Matson. And thank you,
um, Council Person Delgroso.
» Seeing if there's if there's no more
discussion, all those in favor of
accepting the proposal from Carol
Engineering for the comprehensive
parking study and an amount not to
exceed 40,000 $41,800.
That's not my uh Hang on a moment. All
those in favor of accepting the proposal
from Carol Engineering for a
comprehensive parking study in an amount
not to exceed $41,800,
please say I.
>> I. Any opposed? Say nay.
>> Motion passes unanimously.
>> All right. Moving on. My last item up
for business is a motion to accept a bid
from AF Damon Company Incorporated in
the amount of 130,920
for the 2026 road program.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion has been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
>> Mr. Matson, can you explain what is
covered in our road program for this
year? Uh actually so um there's this our
road target program is the usage of
liquid fuels monies. So when anybody is
driving they pay gas they pay the gas
tax that money is routed to Harrisburg.
Then liquid fuels monies are broken up
over the 3,000 or so municipalities. Uh
so we have a local road program here
that we do in media and our streets are
um a continuation of the streets that we
were paving last year. So naturally,
since we have 15 miles worth of of roads
in media, we don't pave all of them at
the same time. We pay for about a half a
mile of streets in town. Uh those
include um Manchester Church, a portion
of Monroe, and there's one other on the
west end of town that I can't remember,
but I'll pull up. But it's about four or five different streets around
town. So Damon has done good work for us
in the past, very reputable contractor.
So it's my recommendation that this be
awarded.
>> Very good. Thank you. Uh, as there's no
more discussion, uh, all those in favor
of accepting the bid from AFDAN company
in the amount of $130,920
for the 2026 road program, please
signify by saying I. I.
>> I. Any opposed? Say name. Motion carries
unanimously.
>> That concludes my report.
>> Thank you. Uh, any questions for Council
Member Herman?
hearing none. We will now move on to
finance media business authority and
library council vice president Elizabeth
Roma. Miss Roma and
>> thank you President Poff. I don't have
any leison on announcements from the
library. They did not meet in July. They
are meeting on Monday, but I do not have
any announcements for them. For the
media business authority, um a couple of
cool things have been going on in town.
One, John Roberts seller will be
celebrating their oneyear anniversary
this week. So that's very exciting. And
um Glim Glimmer was featured on a new
segment on Positively Philly. So if you
didn't get a chance to check that out, I
think believe they do it on their social
media. It was a really lovely segment.
Moving on to my main agenda items.
Uh normally this time of year, we do a
midyear we do a mid-year budget
adjustment. So, it is the best practice
to do an adjustment um throughout the
year financially so that way you can
make any adjustments for any under or
over spends in the first half of the
year to make sure that you end the year
in a good place. Um we have a couple of
expenses that have come to light in the
last week that we want to make sure that
we're really diligent about
understanding what the full cost would
be and then what ultimately that
adjustment would be need to be made. So,
we're going to I'm suggesting that we
table this agenda item until September.
We'll discuss this in detail at the
September workshop and then hopefully
ultimately um vote on it at our
September legislative meeting. Um
there's no, you know, there's no we
we're under no obligation to um you
know, vote on an adjustment, you know,
at the midyear. You can actually vote on
adjustments at any time during the year.
So, this won't really affect our 2027
budgeting schedule and it won't really
affect any of our fiscal responsibility
or transparency values that we have in
our finance process. We just need a
little bit more time to get in line with
some some additional costs that are
coming through.
>> Thank you. As this motion was not moved,
um we just leave it where it is and
we'll take it up next month.
>> Great. Uh my next agenda item is um as
part of our desire to deliver great
resident service and great services to
our businesses um we in began to review
proposals for a different partner to
collect business privilege and
mercantile tax. Um our current partners
we've been with for a while. We wanted
to see, you know, where if we might be
able to realize any gains in service or
any gains in um in fees and the finance
committee reviewed several different
proposals and recommended that we move
forward with Tri-State, which would
start collection in the next fiscal
year. So, I want to make a motion to um
approve the tri-state agreement for
privilege, excuse me, business privilege
and mercantile tax collection services.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second. Motion has been made and
seconded. Any discussion? I know we have
someone present who can speak to this.
Is that correct? Yes.
>> Okay. So, do you have
>> you do the introduction or
>> that would be terrific. Thank you.
>> Okay. Um we have with us tonight uh Rob
Schaefer from Tri-State Financial Group.
Um he's here to answer any questions if
you guys if anything comes up or um any
specifics you want to know about the
agreements or how it might differ from
the current services that we get. Um the
floor is yours if you
um if they have anything that that they
they'd like to ask you.
>> Well, if you'd like to just sort of
outline for us what what's
the microphone? Thank you.
>> Thank you, M.
>> And uh my name is Robert Schaefer. I
work with Tri-State Financial Group. I'm
actually a a partner in the firm. I'm
also the chief operating officer. Uh
Tri-State's uh a company that's been
around for quite some time. Um I've been
a partner with it since 2010. They were
around under a different name u for
about 18 years prior to that. So we're
not a fly by night new company. Um we go
we handle 15 different municipalities
um large ones and small ones alike. um
small ones like East Lands on Barrow,
just not even 100 u businesses up to uh
the city of Bethlehem, you know,
thousands and thousands of businesses,
probably 13,000 businesses up there,
including their rentals and things like
that. I have small dollar amounts u you
know, and large ones. I do handle Upper
Marian Township, which is extremely
large, is the largest, if not second
largest, business privilege mercantil
collections in the state. Um uh I have
been around doing this probably since
1994. I actually had a long time ago
worked uh in Media Barrow doing
collections in Media Barrow under a
different company uh just as a worker uh
back in like 1994 I believe that was. Um
and you know we've been doing business
privilege for a long time. Um and we are
a business privilege administrator. Yes,
we do a couple um local service taxes
for some of our jurisdictions that would
like us to do that for them. It's just a
handful and I do a couple small
amusement taxes as well. Um but I think
why we do things good is because we're a
business tax administrator. So business
privilege mercantil tax, that's what we
do. Uh if you have any questions, I'm
glad to answer them for you.
>> Thank you
questions.
>> Thank you very much. No problem. Any
questions or further discussion? Okay.
Um,
all those in favor of approving the
tri-state agreement for business
privilege mercantile tax collection
services, please signify by saying I. I.
>> I. Any opposed say nay.
>> The motion carries unanimously. Thank
you.
>> My final agenda item is for the payment
of bills for July for the general fund.
the amount of $472,271.94
for the liquid fuels fund. $0 for the
recreation fund, $5,241.7
for the capital fund. 102,9727
for a total amount of 500,
$579,61028.
I would like to ratify that ratify that
payment of the of bills for July. I make
that in the form of a motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Any discussion?
Hearing none. All those in favor of
ratification of the payment of bills for
July and the amounts outlined by Vice
President Roma, please say I.
>> I. Any opposed, say nay. Motion carries
unanimously.
>> And that concludes my report.
>> Thank you. Uh any questions for Vice
President Roma?
Hearing none, I'll move on to my report.
uh public safety and historical
archives. Uh I don't have any liaison
announcements. Uh the mayor covered the
main one with the accredititation uh for
the police next week. Another wonderful
feather in our cap. I have two uh items
of business. Uh very uh one is
relatively simple and the other there's
a little complexity but but not much. Um
the first item is the mass gathering
permit application for Media Elementary
School's welcome back block party. It's
scheduled for September 25th from 4 to
900 p.m. on Edgemont Street with a rain
date of October 2nd of 2026.
And uh this is one that uh did not go
through public safety. We didn't meet
last month. Um however, it's one that I
checked with the committee and nobody
had any problems with it as it's
something that happens every year. So I
make that in the form of a motion.
>> The motion has been made. Is there a
second? Second. The motion has been
seconded. Any discussion?
All those in favor of approving the mass
gathering permit application for media
elementary school welcome back block
party to be held on September 25th
signify by saying I.
>> I opposed.
>> The motion passes unanimously.
>> And the next item was actually approved
by the committee months ago but then uh
we were requested to pull it back
because there was a circumstance uh with
the sponsors of the event but it is back
on. So, uh, I'm proud to say and happy
to say that, uh, I will make a motion
for, and, you don't need to say all of
this, uh, to approve a mass gathering
permit application for the Santa Parade
Fun Run Block Party to be held Sunday,
November 29th from noon to 7:00 p.m. on
State Street, from Radner to Veteran
Square to Front Street, and then back to
Edgemont Street. Also, Edgemont Street,
both north and south of State Street,
closed for a staging area. The block
party itself is at Veterans Square from
State to Baker Streets and the run will
follow the normal parade route. I make
that in the form of a motion.
>> The motion has been made. Is there a
second?
>> Second.
>> Motion has been seconded. Any
discussion?
>> This I would point to as an a moment in
time where our residents have stepped up
um to keep something that they really
like going. I I credit our vice
president who kept the uh Halloween
parade going um almost single-handedly.
Um you know this kind of thing is
wonderful that the community is
absorbing situations where individuals
are not able to continue. So uh it's
just again it's another wonderful thing
for our community.
>> Thank you. Any additional discussion?
Are we comfortable discussing the like
what I I'm not sure that everyone knows
why we're kind of talking about it being
a different situation than previous
years. Can we talk about
>> the individuals who had run it
previously I think had just determined
that they were not ready to continue
>> to hold it. And when word got out that was likely going to be the case, a
lot of our residents came together to
put together an organization or or a set
of sponsorships I guess I guess is the
right way to say it. Um to hold it and make it happen.
>> Uh so I think that is that uh that's
clear
provide a little clarity on it. Um yeah,
so it it the
it it is true the the steering committee
who had been planning for many years had
met that sponsorship dollars have dried
up. It's you know there's it's a parade
that does take some bit of money to put
on. It's a wonderful event. Um and they
decided you know this is the year that
we sunset the event. They did make that
announcement formally that they were
going to not move forward with the
parade and there was a ground swell of
um of people volunteering to volunteer
to continue to have it. So the committee
then had an open meeting with volunteers
and they um have been exploring
different revenue sources.
>> Mhm.
>> To generate and I up to and including I
believe there's a GoFundMe going on
right now. Um, and they are speaking
they are seeking sponsors for the
parade. But it is their intent right now
to move forward with the parade and the
event as it has been in the past,
but it does need the support of revenue
from our community and sponsors. So, you
know, certainly if that's something that
you're interested in funding as an
individual or a sponsorship, you know,
all that information is on social media.
>> Thank you.
>> Very good. Thank you.
>> Any other discussion?
All those in favor of approving the mass
gathering permit application for the
Santa parade fun run and block party to
be held on Sunday, November 29th,
signify by saying I. I
>> opposed. The motion passes unanimously.
>> Thank you. Uh that concludes my report.
>> Any questions for pres president.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you. Uh moving on now to community
development and the environmental
advisory council. Uh council member Lisa
Gellman. Miss Gellman.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um I do not
have any leison on announcements. The
EAC did not have their regular meeting
scheduled in July. They have their
retreat during that time. Um I do have
several legislative items. The first of
which is for the ordinance number 119 of
2026 amendments to seasonal outdoor cafe
dining ordinance. We've talked about
this for several months now and it has
been advertised and today we will be
voting on that ordinance.
I'm sorry. Can you repeat that?
>> Today we will be voting on the ordinance
after
it feels like multiple months of actual
discuss
>> seasonal outdoor cafe dining.
>> Did you make a motion?
>> Um and I make that in the form of a
motion.
>> Thank you. That was what I uh motion has
been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion? Council member Gman, do you
want to go into any specifics? Um, we
have talked at length about how the
seasonal outdoor cafe [laughter]
previously had been on the books where
you could not have that second row of um
tables had to be touching the housing or
of the building.
>> Um, but now we are going to be able to
have multiple rows as long as [music] it
meets all ADA standards. the the ordin
the the requirements have for outdoor
dining were split between two ordinances
previously which made it yeah you could
easily miss it thinking you found what
governs the ordinance that governs it.
So [clears throat] I removed it all from
the the health code and put it all on
the sidewalk code consolidated into one
place and kind of filled out the process
the the requirement to get an annual um
permit. It was kind of implied before
but wasn't really explicit. So, it's
just cleaning it up a lot.
>> Thank you.
>> Um, one question for clarification.
[clears throat] Um, since we're sitting
here on August 20th and we're in the
back half of the seasonal dining season,
when does this come into effect or like
when do we start collecting fees? Is it
this year or are we prating it?
>> No. Yes. It's going to be for 2027. Yes.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Very good. Any more discussion? Hearing
none. All those in favor of ordinance
number of approving ordinance number
1179
of 2026 amendments to seasonal outdoor
cafe dining ordinance. Please say I. I.
>> Any opposed say nay. Motion carries
unanimously.
>> Okay. So not the most glamorous
legislative item. [laughter]
However, this has taken up um quite a
lot of discussion in CDC and that is
that we are now authorizing the
solicitor to advertise the grease trap
maintenance and cleaning ordinance. Um
this has this was something that brought
was brought to us by Aqua. Um so that we
can best regulate what's happening right
now within our crease. Um I I don't even
know how to go on about this. [laughter]
Uh so between our engineer and our
solicitor they might be able to explain
this better.
>> Well
restaurants are required to to do to
clean their grease traps and if they
don't it ends up grease gets passed into
the pipes and clogs and then sewage
flows down the streets which I've seen
is not uncommon. Um, this sets up a
requirement that restaurants uh um
operators do cleaning on a regular
basis, keep the records of it, make them
available for inspection if the bur
determines they need to, and they'll get
fined if they haven't been complying.
Uh the the other issue is that at the
plant where everything is ultimately
treated, uh the plant has a permit and
that permit has certain requirements of
things that they're allowed to uh treat
every single day. The D takes it very
seriously that they don't exceed the
permits. Uh in the last couple years, uh
there the the policing between the
creation of the county health department
and transitions about who was doing
inspections was a little bit loose. Some
of those things started to elevate. So
we got we got flagged by Aqua who said
can we tighten up some of our protocols
about Greece so that we can prevent
things from getting into the sewer
system before it gets sent to us so that
we can maintain regulatory compliance
and we don't have to either issue um
moratoriums or citations to any of the
parent municipalities. So there are
three towns that discharge into that
plant. This is it's really helpful to
keep the plant in compliance but also
like Bob said to keep our system clean
and everything flowing neatly.
>> Thank you. Um, I also want to say that
CDC spent um just I mean I don't know
hours it feels like talking about how
best to put this in practice so that
we're not overburdening our burough
employees um so that it works with
everybody with both burrow and the
businesses and aqua and so on. So, um I
do think that we came up with a a good
solution and um so therefore we are
authorizing the solicitor to advertise
the grease trap maintenance and cleaning
ordinance. Thank you again for your all
of your support. Um and I offer that up
in the form of a motion.
>> Very good. Uh is there a motion has been
made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion has been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
And I am counting on you, Miss Delgos.
Yeah, I I'm glad that we can grease the
wheels to compliance.
>> Oh,
>> thank you.
>> There we go.
>> I've been waiting all night.
>> I've been waiting 55 minutes. [laughter]
I don't know why it's taking this long.
>> There was never an opportunity.
[laughter]
>> It's not like the resignation of a
council member lends itself to uh puns.
Um although Taylor is done, I guess.
[laughter]
>> I I had to go there.
said that with regret.
>> With regret. [snorts]
Yes, we're not done with uh
hearing. No more discussion on the
matter. All those in favor of
authorizing our solicitor to advertise
the grease trap maintenance and cleaning
ordinance, please signify by saying I.
>> I.
>> Any opposed say nay.
>> Motion passes unanimously.
>> Thank you. Um, my next item is for
resolution number 2026-55,
request for PA council on the arts
creative districts program grant
application.
I do not have more information on that I can share. I don't recall. I know
there's
>> is this the letter of support
>> from from the MBA and the media arts
council to support basically we have to
approve the letter that would support
their grant application that they they
are managing but this would be part of
that.
>> Yeah,
>> we are going to support the grant
application that the MBA will be
requesting for the creative districts
program grant. Thank you.
>> Very good.
>> And I offer that up in a motion. Motion
has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
>> Hearing none. Uh, all those in favor of
resolution number 2026-55.
Uh, the request for Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts Creative District's program
grant application, please signify by
saying I.
>> I. Any opposed? Say nay.
>> Motion carries unanimously.
>> Okay. Um, finally, we are to have a
discussion on the 2026 State Street
District holiday signage.
And I believe we have
handouts on that.
>> It's a little show and tell.
» Mr. Fairman did come to um CDC to show
us one of these. Uh,
we're um this is quite large. it sits on
the ground and so forth. So,
do you mind if I jump in with some table
setting? Sorry.
>> Do you mind if I like
>> Yeah, go ahead.
>> So, so
many of us really enjoy a lot of the
holiday decorations that happen in
downtown State Street. Um, you know,
they go up in November and they go
throughout January. You know, the
lights, the trees, the decorations, they
do come at an expense. So believe the
MBA is looking for additional um revenue
uh opportunities to help offset those
costs. Certainly there are events and
there are sponsors, but this is uh
another way that they might be able to
generate revenue to offset those costs.
So what you're seeing here would be a
stansion sign and you'll see some
mockups and a map of where the
recommendation would be. Um, and that's
why this is put forth because this would
be another way to just generate some
revenue, offer some sponsorships, um,
and really support sort of the holiday
feeling in downtown in the downtown
streets district.
>> Um, and if I may add, Mr. Fairman
mentioned how this particular size is
going to be fit like um, what was
previously not available as far as not
being too small and not being too big.
It was like the Goldilocks of signs for
um sponsorships of a block instead of
like the giant sign for the entire
street.
>> That's right. And we can see the
12 of them I think is what it was.
>> I don't think we need to be taking a
vote right now, but I think the
discussion was supposed to be how are we
feeling about having these signs? I
originally I thought I remember us
talking about the CDC was concerned
about it, you know, getting in the way
um maybe being cluttered,
having any issues with ADA, but we're
>> that's my only question.
>> This is not going to be a problem. Does
anyone have any other
>> concerns? I mean, my only real concern
would be on especially number nine there
where it's that's already a very busy
area.
>> That might be a bit too much for trying
to navigate again any ADA issue and as
well as just people walking with a dog.
>> I have seen so many, you know, tight
squeezes in there.
>> It's It is tight.
>> Oh, yes.
>> It can be tight. And if we had any snow
or situation before
>> the new year, it would be a problem.
>> You have any crazy snow patterns that
knock over any any meter posts?
>> Yeah.
>> And he also said that he would do his
best to try to um you know pair up the
sponsoring business with the actual
block that business is on and hope not
to um encourage other competitors block
so forth. So, I'm sure that the MBA would do their
best to try to make it the best
placement
to put my back to.
>> Okay.
>> So, do they do they need um what do they
need from us?
>> I don't.
>> It's my understanding that we don't need
to vote that the MBA was coming to
council to just get their buy in, but
there actually isn't a need for approval
or a vote. They just wanted to make sure
that like we were cool with it. Yeah.
>> Again, I just as long as there are no
ADA concerns, um, as long as there are
no legal worries, then this
>> maybe we get feedback that number nine
doesn't look great, but the other 11
seem probably okay.
>> Maybe they could relocate it.
>> Mayor, do you think that there's any
other spots there that
>> um, see? Yeah, I mean, I think number
nine's definitely a standout spot where
like, you know, you change the area
there. Uh, if possible, maybe try to put
it like inside or toward the uh the the
mall, the medium mall,
>> just right in front of the mall.
>> Yeah, like in front, but maybe just like
on the opposite side of that.
>> Yeah. Just to kind of show people that
there's something going in there going
on in there. Oh, my thing's off. Oh, I'm
so sorry. Oh my gosh. [laughter]
But my comments were just about u
contestant number nine kind of sticking
out a little bit too much. So um yeah, I
think that that's my issue there. As
long as it's not blocking anything um
you know like uh visibility or anything
like that and near curbs that people
might be using. I'm Yeah,
>> I see number one at one end of the Plum
Street Mall. Could nine be relocated to
the other side?
you know that I mean that's just an idea
that I
>> right that might that might be something
>> because there's a lot of foot traffic
there also.
>> Yeah. Yeah. That I think that's a great
way to
repurpose that one. Yeah.
>> Very good.
>> Okay.
>> Great. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Great discussion. It's a great idea.
>> So I mean it did come to CDC and we did
look at it but it was something that we
wanted to bring before all of council.
>> Oh great. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> That concludes my report.
>> Thank you. Any questions for council
member Galman?
Hearing none. Uh we'll now move on to
properties, public works, and shade tree
commission. Council member Jen Malcoun
again uh she's not able to be with us
tonight. Um so her report will be
delivered by council member Amelia
Delgroso.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um so for
liaison announcements,
um let's see, there [clears throat] is
an open seat on the shade tree
commission, so please consider joining.
Um and
Oh, the media youth center is moving
forward with their project for a sport
court. Um, and I believe the next steps
for that are engaging with um neighbors
to make sure there are no objections to
that. Uh, Mr. Matson, is there any color
you'd like to add to that? I had the
opportunity to meet with their uh
representative today and with Larry
Johnson just at the site just to go over
some logistics but it look it looks like
a a promising application and again look
forward to making sure that they have
all their details buttoned up uh as they
move forward with uh the next committee
review.
>> Thank you. All right so I think that is
the liaison announcements. Um, so then
moving to the first order of business,
which is resolution 2026-56,
authorization to sell 1995 K Cabota
B-21000
tractor to Forge Rentals for $6,1
which I make in the form of a motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
And it looks like we already have a new
tractor.
>> Oh, yeah. I'm I'm a fan of getting money
for 31-year-old tractor.
All those [laughter] in favor of
resolution 2026-56
authorizing the sale of a 1995 Kubota
B2100 tractor to forge rentals for
$6,1001.
Please say I.
>> I. Any opposed say nay.
>> Motion carries unanimously. Thank you.
Um, similar situation for item number
three, resolution 2026-57,
authorization to sell 2009F-750
dump truck to John Grey Bill for
$13,500,
which I make in the form of a motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
>> Similar thing. Uh, old dump truck
getting getting cleared out.
>> Dumping the dump truck.
>> Dumping. Yes, we're dumping the truck.
Thank you. [laughter]
» Excellent. Uh, any more discussion?
Hearing none, all those in favor of
resolution number 2026-57
authorizing the sale of a 2009 F750 dump
truck to John Greyville for $13,500.
Please say I.
>> I.
>> Any opposed say nay.
>> Motion carries unanimously.
>> Excellent. Thank you. Um, so next on the
docket is resolution 2026-58,
application to Main Street Matters
Planning Grant in the amount of $85,000
for housing and parking garage
feasibility study, which I make in the
form of a motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
>> So in the dropbox um under properties
public works, you'll find a memo from
Alli Garrett. Um so high level the
purpose of this grant is to provide
funding assistance to municipalities
with planning activities that advance
community improvement and future capital
projects. Um so for our purposes um
administration recommends applying to
this grant for funding a feasibility
study for a municipal parking structure
that could incorporate affordable age
restricted housing. study would evaluate
redevelopment opportunities at both the
existing Baltimore Baltimore Avenue
garage and front street and Olive
parking lot.
Any commentary to add?
>> No, I think you pretty much nailed it.
Yeah, that's exactly right. There's not
much more to add. Yeah.
>> Cool.
>> And this is just a planning grant. This
is not
>> just a planning grant. Further details
are in the memo.
>> Yeah. Very good.
>> Yes.
>> Any more discussion?
Hearing none. All those in favor of
resolution number 2026-58,
the application to Main Street Matters
Planning Grant in the amount of $85,000
for a housing and parking garage
feasibility study. Please signify by
saying I.
>> I. Any opposed say nay. Motion carries
unanimously.
>> Excellent. Thank you. Next up is
ordinance number 1180 of 2026 recycling
definition which I make in the form of a
motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
discussion?
>> Do you want an explanation?
>> I would like I'd like to know what the
definition is. the state
>> uh in in reviewing the bureau's
recycling grant application noted they kind of do a compliance check on
your ordinance and they require that
there be local regulation of recycling
at community events and our ordinance
has no definition of community events.
So they directed that the ordinance
should be amended to include such a
definition in order for the bur to be
eligible for grant funding
>> which we want. Yeah,
>> we definitely will. Yes. Thank you, sir.
Thank you, Mr. Scott. Um,
>> any more discussion?
>> Still a motion.
>> Excellent. Uh, hearing no more. All
those in favor of ordinance number 1180
of 2026
uh to add the recycling definition as
outlined by uh the solicitor. Please
signify by saying I. I.
>> I. Any opposed? Say nay.
>> Motion carries unanimously.
>> All right. So, next on the agenda is to
discuss a proposal from Miadia theater.
Um, however, I do not believe we have
enough information from the organization
to have a productive discussion at this
time. So, I'd like to table it.
>> Excellent. Yeah, I think that uh I Yeah,
that's it.
>> It'll come back in October or September,
whatever next month is.
>> Next.
>> Thank you.
Uh, that concludes Miss
Malcoun's items.
>> Thank you very much. Any questions
regarding properties or public works or
shade tree? Nope. Nobody. Uh, thank you.
We'll move on now to personal and
recreation. Council member Amelia
Delgroso. Miss Del Roso.
>> Back with me again. Thank you. Um, so
for liaison announcements for the
recreation board, we had the privilege
of supporting the inaugural national
night out with Mayor Washington and our
first responders and community um,
organizations. And it was a great
success. really nice to interact with
folks um in an environment where they
can touch a truck, get to see the
equipment, play some yard games. Um so,
a really awesome showing for the first
event. Thank you for inviting us.
>> Of course. Thank you all so much for
providing everything. And I also wanted
to mention that there were color
changing cups from the Media Bureau
Police Department and pretzels. So, I
really hope that everyone who visited
had a great night. It was a a really
amazing night that I honestly did not
want to end.
Thank you.
>> Um, so that is the liaison announcement.
Um, and next up we have a hiring of
Charles Deak Allen for the position of
Phil and crossing guard. Um, his resume
was not in the dropbox. However, I do
have a copy of it um, from Chief
McCormack. Should anyone be interested?
>> I offer this in the form of a motion.
>> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
>> Second. Motion has been made and
seconded. Any discussion? I will say
that I know uh I've known Mr. Allen for
years. His two sons grew up with my son.
He's just a great guy and I I can
imagine him as a terrific fill-in
crossing guard.
>> He absolutely will be.
>> Yeah, he'll be great.
So, hearing no more discussion, all
those in favor of hiring Charles De
Allen for the position of a fill-in
crossing guard, please signify by saying
I.
>> I.
>> Any opposed say nay.
>> Motion carries unanimously.
>> That concludes my report. Thank you. Any
questions for council member Delgos?
Hearing none, we will now move on to our
second opportunity for public comment
and privilege of the floor. Uh again, uh
you can email us at commentsmediabro.com
or stand up here and uh state your case.
Uh Mr. Pino, do we have any emails?
>> No, we don't.
>> Thank you. Uh is there anyone present
who would like to speak?
Okay, seeing none, I will entertain a
tray. A motion to adjurnn.
>> So moved. A motion to adjurnn does not
require a second. Uh all those in favor
of adjourning, please say I. I.
>> Uh all those opposed say nay.
>> We are adjourned. Thank you.