[0:00] You bet, Mr. Mayor.

[0:02] » Good evening, everyone, and welcome to

[0:04] Minerva Citizens Night for August 6th,

[0:06] 2026.

[0:08] I call the meeting to order. Uh to do

[0:10] that, if you please, uh please rise for

[0:13] Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of

[0:14] silence.

[0:15] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:18] United States of America and to the

[0:20] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:23] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:25] justice for all.

[0:43] » And please be seated.

[0:45] First of all, as Mrs. Macindoe always

[0:47] reminds me, make sure, please, if you

[0:49] would, folks, please silence

[0:52] your cell phones, which I forgot to on

[0:53] my other one, as well.

[0:55] You don't mind.

[1:01] There we go.

[1:06] Mrs. Macindoe, roll call, please,

[1:07] please.

[1:08] » Mayor [snorts] Biondo, Mr. Hizzy,

[1:10] » Here.

[1:11] » Mr. Poach,

[1:11] » Here.

[1:12] » Mr. Washington,

[1:13] » Here.

[1:13] » Mr. Crut,

[1:14] » Here.

[1:14] » Mr. Adams,

[1:15] » Here.

[1:16] » Mr. Williams,

[1:16] » Here.

[1:17] » Mrs. Ramsey,

[1:18] » Here.

[1:18] » Mr. Graziani,

[1:19] » Here.

[1:20] » Mr. Ratcher,

[1:20] » Here.

[1:21] » Mr. Rock,

[1:22] » Here.

[1:22] » Mr. Hughes,

[1:23] » Here.

[1:24] » Mr. [clears throat] Lack,

[1:25] » Here.

[1:25] » Mr. Weldon,

[1:26] » Here.

[1:26] » Mrs. Lang,

[1:27] » Here.

[1:29] » All right, good evening, everyone.

[1:31] Welcome nice warm evening this evening,

[1:33] a pleasant.

[1:35] So, we're going to go through our our

[1:37] normal citizens night agenda that we

[1:38] start with. We're going to have some

[1:39] citizens remarks and comments, as well.

[1:42] Just a continued reminder on normal

[1:44] rules. Have been there 5 You need to A

[1:46] be signed in and document that you are a

[1:47] Minerva resident in there. Please, when

[1:50] you come up, state you are a Minerva

[1:52] resident, as well, so we have that for

[1:54] the record to do that. Have a 5-minute

[1:57] time frame for that. My colleague, Mr.

[1:59] Hizzy, brought his outside voice this

[2:01] evening. He'll remind me of the 1-minute

[2:03] time frame and as well Mr. Graziani try

[2:05] to keep that so that you can help allow

[2:07] everyone else to have time to speak as

[2:09] well. To do that, so let's first see if

[2:11] we have anyone is due this evening for

[2:14] any remarks or comments.

[2:19] Please enter and sign in first and make

[2:21] sure you're signed in. State your name

[2:23] for the record.

[2:24] » Jordan Woodhall

[2:26] Monroeville resident

[2:28] At the last meeting I had asked if each

[2:31] member of um

[2:33] council could get a hold of either

[2:36] Cypress or Walmart

[2:38] since I have failed and Lois Drahm

[2:41] Haller up until the beginning of the

[2:43] meeting also failed to get any response.

[2:46] So, I wanted to know um if you had

[2:48] gotten in touch with anybody.

[2:51] And if so, if you could

[2:53] report what's going on.

[2:54] » Okay, our point of contact is usually

[2:56] the manager for those things. Mr.

[2:57] Graziani, have you had any interesting

[3:00] comments or back from them?

[3:01] » Nothing has changed uh Walt Walmart

[3:03] Cypress as a group are trying to

[3:06] finalize deals with the existing

[3:08] leaseholders at the mall property and

[3:12] it's not an easy process. They have the

[3:14] most incentive to be done with that and

[3:16] move on to actually executing

[3:19] and submitting plans for our approval

[3:21] and getting a building built and store

[3:23] opened.

[3:24] » Okay.

[3:24] » However, they're not haven't been

[3:26] successful to get to that point. So,

[3:28] we're all in a waiting pattern

[3:30] you know, till they're able to settle

[3:32] with all of the various interests that

[3:34] still have

[3:36] you know, a

[3:37] a lease if you will or or rights.

[3:39] » Okay, well, I have walked that mall

[3:41] since they took ownership

[3:42] [clears throat]

[3:43] of the mall.

[3:44] And there are few residents, I mean, few

[3:48] tenants left there.

[3:50] And they are left clueless as to what's

[3:53] going on. Most of them have lawyered up

[3:56] um

[3:58] for obvious reasons. But they're not

[4:00] getting any answers.

[4:02] And you know, I want to keep us a

[4:04] positive attitude because you know, at

[4:07] first I said I have no use for Walmart.

[4:09] I

[4:10] But

[4:11] actually right now I feel like I hit the

[4:14] jackpot because I'm looking at the big

[4:16] picture

[4:17] and we have billion-dollar Walmart in

[4:20] front of us.

[4:21] So to me

[4:23] uh one of the

[4:25] things that I wanted more than anything

[4:28] was to have the veterans something done

[4:31] for the veterans and first responders.

[4:34] And looking up there, I can't thank you

[4:36] enough for your service

[4:38] to our community.

[4:39] And um

[4:41] I do want to say before

[4:44] I lose too much time is I attended the

[4:46] first community night out at the park

[4:49] National Night Out. And it was one of

[4:53] the most fulfilling and amazing uh

[4:55] experiences that I've ever witnessed.

[4:58] Just the children alone to see how

[5:00] thrilled they are and how much respect

[5:02] they have for responders and and our

[5:04] police is is just an incredible thing.

[5:06] It's hard to put into words. Um what I

[5:08] wanted to do is one of in particular

[5:11] tenant at the mall. He's been in the

[5:13] mall 34 years. So Cole's Shop

[5:17] Gen X top clothing store in Monroe for

[5:20] 2026.

[5:21] And I don't want to I mean, I could read

[5:23] this into the record. Um I'll leave a

[5:26] copy with you. He's been there 34 years

[5:29] and he is left clueless. He is paying

[5:32] um

[5:34] there's no foot traffic whatsoever

[5:35] there. None at all. Not for any of these

[5:38] stores. Not him. Uh Spector Dulce's

[5:41] gone.

[5:43] Um

[5:43] I've been in Time and Space. I've been

[5:46] you know, taking trying to buy some

[5:48] things at the uh kiosk at the mall and

[5:52] there is absolutely most people think

[5:54] our mall is closed.

[5:57] And it it's really a sad sad situation.

[6:01] So I'm going to ask again if

[6:04] you people would reach out

[6:06] and try and find out what's going on.

[6:08] I'm going to submit this to you.

[6:10] » Yep.

[6:11] » Thank you.

[6:11] » Give it to Sharon, yep.

[6:13] All right. Thank you, ma'am. I

[6:14] appreciate it and and it's very Oh,

[6:16] sorry.

[6:17] » Also, I just want to read part of this.

[6:20] It says

[6:21] we are pleased to inform you that So

[6:22] Cool Gen X has been officially

[6:24] recognized as a top five of 2025 in

[6:27] Monroeville award winning in the

[6:29] clothing store category. An honor based

[6:31] on verified data from Google reviews as

[6:34] analyzed and certified by Business Rate

[6:36] Business Rate provides an

[6:39] Are you serious, Izzy?

[6:40] » Yeah, we got it.

[6:41] » Yep. That's what we were told we

[6:42] » Okay. Okay. Well, you know, congrats it

[6:43] says congratulations again for this

[6:45] outstanding achievement earned not by

[6:48] application or nomination, but by the

[6:50] authentic feedback of your own

[6:52] customers.

[6:53] So I mean this is the type of people and

[6:56] this particular

[6:58] man

[6:59] that one day I went in there, he had a

[7:01] veteran working for him. He just had to

[7:03] step out and he had a young man that had

[7:06] did I think two tours of duty in

[7:08] Afghanistan who he

[7:11] you know, tries to help out. My goal as

[7:14] I said with Mall Mark is to get them

[7:17] either with Wounded Warriors or Tunnel

[7:20] to Towers to do something either on the

[7:22] property or off the property. And one of

[7:25] my suggestions was to get rid of these

[7:27] flea bag hotels that we have that are

[7:29] nothing but nuisance hotels.

[7:32] Crime. People have been murdered in

[7:34] these places. So get rid of them.

[7:36] They're a nuisance. You can get rid of a

[7:37] nuisance bar, get rid of a nuisance

[7:39] hotel. Put something there for for our

[7:42] veterans and our first responders.

[7:44] » All right.

[7:44] » Thank you. Thank you, ma'am.

[7:46] Thank you for your kind comments about

[7:48] Burke's right out. By all means, ma'am.

[7:50] Please, have you entered sign in, state

[7:52] your name, and sign in, state your

[7:53] » In. My name is Cheryl Boyce. I live on

[7:56] Turnpike Gardens in Monroeville, and I'm

[7:58] here as a taxpayer. I'm glad you brought

[8:00] up the mall cuz I'm going to

[8:02] briefly just talk about that. Um next

[8:04] week, Wednesday, 5:30 CCAC,

[8:08] uh we're going to have another meeting

[8:10] with Allegheny County Council about the

[8:14] assessments.

[8:15] » Mhm.

[8:15] » My question to you is, because my

[8:17] husband and I have been researching that

[8:19] as long-time taxpayers in this area,

[8:22] you know, there's the loop program

[8:23] versus a homestead exclusion, the

[8:26] waterfall laws, all that kind of good

[8:28] stuff that when you start researching

[8:31] it, there's a lot of questions. So, my

[8:33] question to all of you is,

[8:35] are they reaching out to the

[8:37] municipalities,

[8:39] also getting input, and talking to each

[8:42] of you about the impact eventually down

[8:45] the road as they're working through this

[8:47] process. What is the communication

[8:49] between the county and you? Is there any

[8:52] at all on that?

[8:52] » I'll let you finish, then I can I'll

[8:54] speak to that. Go ahead.

[8:55] » Um and so far as the mall goes, because

[8:58] we're doing two things in Monroeville

[8:59] simultaneously. We're having the

[9:01] reassessments, which to be honest with

[9:03] you, my house is now worth four times

[9:05] what it was when we first bought here 35

[9:07] years ago. My family's lived here 80

[9:09] years. So, a lot of changes. But, one of

[9:13] my concerns is today, we took a little

[9:15] hike out uh to Westmoreland County

[9:19] because my husband, who has been a

[9:20] Dick's Sporting Goods

[9:22] uh customer forever,

[9:24] got a notice that they opened their new

[9:26] megastore on Route 30.

[9:28] » Right.

[9:28] » Um unless they put one in Monroeville,

[9:31] we can't compete.

[9:32] And I know these stores are leaving,

[9:34] leaving, leaving. That's a huge thing.

[9:37] I mean, Route 30 is not that far from

[9:39] here. We walked [clears throat] through

[9:40] that store, climbing walls, batting

[9:42] cages, all this stuff double what's here

[9:46] in Monroeville. So, as we're arguing

[9:49] also and discussing assessments, we're

[9:52] sitting here with the mall, and she's

[9:54] right, what's going on with with the

[9:56] mall as people are leaving. I mean,

[10:00] Dick's just opened this this weekend.

[10:03] It's you can't believe the parking lot.

[10:05] So, what's going to happen? Um I'm a

[10:07] little concerned about that and how

[10:09] that's going to impact us all. So, if

[10:11] you could just address specifically the

[10:14] county and how they're communicating

[10:17] what's going to happen. Are we going to

[10:19] have public meetings in Monroeville with

[10:21] you guys once they figure out how we're

[10:24] going to proceed with all of this.

[10:26] » Okay.

[10:28] Anything else?

[10:28] » Mr. Poch, you're on.

[10:29] » Well, I was Do you have any You have

[10:31] some time? That's

[10:32] I'll I'll I'll steal your last 2 seconds

[10:35] minutes and a while. In

[10:37] uh my role in the League of

[10:37] Municipalities as well, the answer to

[10:39] your question is, and much to our

[10:41] chagrin, no. They haven't reached out to

[10:44] us. And we have as the the Board of

[10:45] Directors of the League of

[10:46] Municipalities has written letters like,

[10:49] "Hey folks, how about talk to us?" So,

[10:51] it's not a very pleasant piece that, but

[10:53] we're still not finished with that.

[10:54] We've directed the um

[10:56] the executive director of that group to

[10:58] continue to reach out and say, "Hey,

[11:00] guys are scheduling meetings, don't

[11:01] forget to talk to your local officials."

[11:03] So,

[11:05] I would

[11:06] suggest you speak to your county council

[11:08] representative. Is that right, Michelle?

[11:10] Is that right?

[11:10] » She doesn't respond.

[11:12] » Okay.

[11:12] » But, we're going to Some of us are going

[11:14] to go down there on Wednesday and have a

[11:16] little conversation with them because

[11:19] they represent us. And I think sometimes

[11:20] county council fails to realize that cuz

[11:23] we don't always go down and bother them.

[11:25] I think it's time to bother them.

[11:27] So, we'll see what happens.

[11:28] » Thank you for your effort. I appreciate

[11:30] it.

[11:30] » I'm not going to let it go, but thank

[11:32] you very much. And when you do get an

[11:33] update about the mall, please, because

[11:36] she's right. When you walk through

[11:38] there,

[11:38] » We know.

[11:39] » It looks like the valley of the dead.

[11:41] So, thank you very much.

[11:43] » We've had zombies there before.

[11:46] » [laughter]

[11:46] » I had to get a zombie joke in.

[11:48] Had to get a zombie joke in, too. Hi,

[11:50] good evening.

[11:51] » Hi.

[11:51] » And please state your name for the

[11:52] record. I'm sorry, again, please?

[11:54] » My name is Adrienne Weiss, and I'm a

[11:55] Monroeville resident. Would you like me

[11:57] to sign in, ma'am?

[11:58] » And I have signed in previously.

[12:02] There used to be a way to

[12:04] show you

[12:04] » You can

[12:05] there Well, wasn't There's a rough X

[12:07] still right in the middle of it. Now,

[12:08] put it on the ground.

[12:10] » Yes.

[12:11] » So, when driving eastbound on 22,

[12:15] this sign is

[12:16] near the road in front of Bob's

[12:19] Furniture.

[12:20] And there's an L that fell off. So, it

[12:23] looks like Monroeville.

[12:26] » Oh, okay.

[12:27] » This is very bad, and I talked with Mr.

[12:30] Wilson about the

[12:31] » I I'd be I'd be a lap but I'm sorry I

[12:33] drew a pa- I didn't see that.

[12:34] » And and some people would say it is vile

[12:37] how there's so many empty buildings and

[12:39] and, you know, what do we have to show

[12:41] for that Monroeville is so great.

[12:44] And back in the day, when Tim Little was

[12:47] here and I had said right in your front

[12:52] that thing it said

[12:53] municipal building, because the M fell

[12:57] off of your sign in front of this

[12:58] building.

[12:59] » [laughter]

[13:00] » I used to be a proofreader and

[13:01] advertising writer and and so forth, and

[13:03] I'm an author and all that. But,

[13:06] proofreading is one of my things. So,

[13:08] when I saw this sign,

[13:10] I asked about it.

[13:12] Mr. Williams said, "Oh, it's going to be

[13:14] like a $15,000." [laughter]

[13:17] I think he quoted me. And

[13:20] but that it was going to be

[13:21] » [laughter]

[13:21] » Not a municipal expense from your

[13:25] budget, it or

[13:27] improvements or whatnot, it was going to

[13:29] be Rotary.

[13:30] » Yes, the Rotary.

[13:30] » I went to a Rotary meeting and I learned

[13:34] that this sign would cost $150,000

[13:39] and it would be the sign of a of a size

[13:41] of a billboard and electronic like what

[13:44] you have at 2248

[13:46] uh intersection, only much bigger like

[13:49] and you would need a variance and and

[13:51] you need a way to get to it and there's

[13:54] no way to get to it right now.

[13:56] If this becomes a Monroeville capital

[13:59] improvement budget expense instead of a

[14:02] Rotary expense,

[14:04] uh I think, you know, everybody is going

[14:06] to go like,

[14:07] "Why do we need a giant sign like that

[14:10] and electronic and not even solar

[14:12] powered but on the grid, another expense

[14:16] for the municipality

[14:18] to have an electric bill

[14:20] up'd with this thing?" And really we

[14:23] just need the L put on there for now.

[14:26] And it could take several years before

[14:29] they could do this whole variance and

[14:31] and excavation and and the property

[14:34] belongs to some fellow uh that parcel.

[14:37] So, there's just all these things that

[14:40] have to do with it that sort of upset

[14:43] me. It's like, "Why can't you just get

[14:45] another L?" Somebody did inspect that it

[14:48] wasn't on the ground outside. They don't

[14:51] know where it is. Just

[14:53] you know, you're we're we're not

[14:54] welcoming people to Monroeville.

[14:57] It's not a good sign.

[14:59] » Well, so not not to channel my best Pat

[15:02] Sajak, Alex, can you find out getting us

[15:04] an L? Okay. I will do the best we can,

[15:07] Mayor. I I don't mean to make light of

[15:08] it, too, but we'll we'll see what's

[15:09] going on with that, too.

[15:10] » The M you got for the municipal building

[15:12] » Yeah, that was our that was our M, yeah.

[15:14] » It's not the same thickness.

[15:16] » I understand. I know.

[15:17] » It was upsetting to me, too. It's like,

[15:19] "Couldn't you match it or just get all

[15:21] new letters?" But

[15:22] » Can Can you be sure you give give me

[15:24] your Send an email to the manager to

[15:25] make sure that he has your email address

[15:26] and then a follow-up with the two. Okay.

[15:28] » Yeah, there has to be an easement. It

[15:30] could take 5 to 6 years from what I

[15:32] learned and so forth.

[15:34] » Thank you, ma'am.

[15:34] » Okay.

[15:36] Do you want this?

[15:38] » I don't feel vile enough this evening,

[15:39] but that's okay.

[15:41] » Thank you.

[15:42] » It's not very welcoming.

[15:43] » No, no, it's not. It's not.

[15:46] » I better not have any more caffeine

[15:47] before I come to me.

[15:49] Okay.

[15:51] » Hi, good evening.

[15:53] My name is Mallory Grants. I do live on

[15:54] Monroeville Boulevard.

[15:56] » Did you sign in, ma'am?

[15:57] » Yes, I did.

[15:57] » Mhm.

[15:58] » Sure did. Uh and I spoke last uh

[16:00] citizens night a few weeks ago about

[16:02] trust, transparency, and community

[16:04] engagement. So, tonight I'd like to talk

[16:05] briefly about consistency.

[16:08] A few weeks ago, the Monroeville Public

[16:09] Library promoted a children's [cough]

[16:11] program called Faith and Fossils: Adam's

[16:14] Pet Velociraptor, which presented a

[16:16] young Earth Christian perspective,

[16:18] including the belief that humans and

[16:19] dinosaurs lived together. I am not here

[16:22] I'm not here to criticize the library

[16:24] for hosting this event or promoting it.

[16:27] Public libraries serve diverse

[16:29] communities and community members should

[16:30] be free to organize programs that

[16:33] reflect a variety of viewpoints and

[16:34] interests. Now, on Facebook, some

[16:36] residents agreed with the program,

[16:37] others disagreed, and some questioned

[16:39] whether it belonged in the library at

[16:40] all. And all of these reactions were

[16:42] perfectly reasonable in a free and open

[16:45] society.

[16:46] What struck me was not the program

[16:47] itself. What struck me was the response.

[16:50] The residents discussed it, they debated

[16:52] it, they shared their opinions, and some

[16:53] defended it, some challenged it, and

[16:56] many pointed out what they saw as

[16:57] hypocrisy in previous community debates.

[17:00] But overwhelmingly, the conversation

[17:02] centered on the ideas themselves.

[17:04] I did not see demands the library remove

[17:07] the event. I did not see calls to punish

[17:09] the library for allowing it.

[17:11] I did not see the public suggest that

[17:13] the library's funding should be

[17:15] threatened because some residents

[17:17] disagreed with the message being

[17:18] presented. And I certainly did not see

[17:21] elected officials publicly questioning

[17:24] whether the library should be permitted

[17:26] to offer the program at all.

[17:28] That, in my view, is exactly what our

[17:30] residents should expect from our elected

[17:32] officials moving forward. I hope this

[17:34] approach continues next June and in

[17:36] every future conversation about our

[17:38] public library. Council members, like

[17:40] every resident, are absolutely entitled

[17:42] to their own personal opinions and

[17:44] religious beliefs, but those beliefs

[17:46] should not outweigh the professional

[17:48] judgment of the librarians our community

[17:50] has hired to do this work. Our

[17:52] librarians have specialized education,

[17:54] training, and experience in library

[17:56] science, intellectual freedom,

[17:58] collection development, and serving

[17:59] diverse communities. Their expertise in

[18:02] these matters exceeds that of most of us

[18:05] in this room, mine included, and it

[18:07] deserves to be respected. They were

[18:09] hired because they are the professionals

[18:11] and they should be trusted to do the

[18:12] jobs they were trained to do without

[18:14] political interference. The role of

[18:16] council is not to decide which

[18:18] viewpoints deserve a place in the

[18:19] library based on personal preference. It

[18:22] is to support the institution, respect

[18:24] the professionals who manage it, and

[18:26] allow them to serve the entire community

[18:28] fairly and consistently. That consistent

[18:31] or that difference absolutely matters. A

[18:34] healthy community is not one in which

[18:35] everyone agrees, a healthy community is

[18:37] one in which people can disagree without

[18:39] attempting to silence one another or

[18:41] pressure public institutions into taking

[18:43] sides.

[18:45] We do not all have to approve of every

[18:47] book, every display, speaker, program,

[18:49] or anything. In fact, in a community as

[18:51] diverse as Monroeville, it would be

[18:53] impossible to expect that we all would.

[18:55] But I hope we can agree on this

[18:57] principle. Disagreement should be met

[18:59] first with conversation, not political

[19:01] pressure.

[19:02] I also want to take a moment and

[19:04] recognize one of the very positive

[19:05] things that happened in the past 2 weeks

[19:07] in Monroeville.

[19:08] 2 weeks ago, our parks department, in

[19:10] partnership with Gateway School

[19:11] District, brought Seussical Kids to the

[19:12] community through their youth theater

[19:14] program.

[19:15] The Parks Department deserves tremendous

[19:18] tremendous credit for creating

[19:19] opportunities like this and for

[19:20] investing in programs that enrich the

[19:22] lives of our young people. By partnering

[19:24] [clears throat] with Gateway, they gave

[19:25] dozens of children the chance to spend

[19:27] part of their summer learning music,

[19:29] acting, teamwork, and confidence while

[19:31] performing for our community. Those

[19:33] experiences build skills, friendships,

[19:35] and lasting memories that extend far

[19:36] beyond the stage.

[19:38] I also hope to see more members of

[19:40] council at events like these, at school

[19:42] performances, youth sports, community

[19:44] festivals, library programs, and the

[19:47] many activities that bring Monroeville

[19:48] together. There is no substitute for

[19:51] showing up. The more often that you are

[19:54] present where our residents gather,

[19:56] volunteer, and perform, and learn, the

[19:59] better that you will understand the

[20:00] people you were elected to represent and

[20:03] the institutions that make this

[20:04] community so special.

[20:05] » One minute.

[20:06] » As residents, we should continue

[20:08] supporting these institutions,

[20:09] celebrating their successes, and

[20:11] remaining engaged in the decisions that

[20:13] affect them. I said during my last visit

[20:15] that the people are paying attention,

[20:16] and this remains true today.

[20:18] I'm not saying this because we are

[20:19] looking for conflict, but because we

[20:21] care deeply about our community, our

[20:24] public institutions, and the principles

[20:26] of fairness and consistency that allow

[20:28] them to thrive. Thank you for your time.

[20:30] » Do you want to Do you want to submit

[20:32] » I'm sure I got a bunch of notes all over

[20:34] it, but yeah.

[20:35] » [laughter]

[20:35] » Okay, thank you.

[20:40] » Nancy Ceiling.

[20:47] » Hello all. My name is Nancy Gormley. I

[20:49] live on Greenleaf Drive in Monroeville,

[20:50] and I did sign in.

[20:52] » Thank you.

[20:53] » Um I hate to beat a dead horse,

[20:55] but there was a comment made

[20:57] during the um councilman's uh

[21:00] councilperson, excuse me, Mr. Mrs.

[21:03] Ramsey,

[21:04] um

[21:05] um conversations at the end of the

[21:07] meeting that we didn't have a chance to

[21:08] address.

[21:09] And that was about the library code.

[21:12] And, um,

[21:14] one councilman said, "Yeah, I think

[21:16] there's something in the PA library

[21:17] code." Well, let me inform you, this is

[21:20] exactly what it says.

[21:23] A local library, this is chapter 9318,

[21:26] local library governance.

[21:29] A local library established under this

[21:31] chapter

[21:32] or of the former act of June 14th, 1961,

[21:36] known as the library code, shall be

[21:39] governed exclusively

[21:41] by a board of library directors as

[21:43] follows. And then there's some

[21:45] exclusions that don't pertain to us,

[21:47] like if two municipalities share a a

[21:49] library.

[21:50] But the interesting thing,

[21:52] considering what we were talking about

[21:54] last month,

[21:56] is when we look at Monroeville's own

[21:57] code,

[21:59] chapter 80-1.

[22:01] This is hereby created and established

[22:04] in the municipality of Monroeville,

[22:06] the board of directors of the

[22:08] Monroeville library, which shall have

[22:10] full and complete control over the

[22:13] operation and conduct of a municipal

[22:16] library, including the effort to get

[22:18] such a library established.

[22:20] Which means,

[22:22] in my legal opinion,

[22:24] and that's just from watching TV,

[22:27] I believe that our municipal manager, at

[22:30] the direction of council, some council

[22:32] members overstepped.

[22:34] Because there was a board meeting held

[22:36] that month to discuss the topic at hand.

[22:39] They voted to allow the display to stay,

[22:41] and it was overruled. And I think that's

[22:43] a violation of this ordinance, and I'm

[22:46] very disappointed that our manager

[22:48] didn't know better, because that's his

[22:50] job.

[22:51] So, thank you.

[22:52] » Thank you.

[22:53] » Thank you.

[22:55] » Anyone else in any other Monroeville

[22:57] items that we have in citizens night?

[23:02] All right, I'll be close that section of

[23:04] the meeting for now.

[23:07] And on to my favorite part

[23:10] is we have some a couple of hearings for

[23:12] folks

[23:13] next on a couple of

[23:15] items for conditional uses as we move

[23:18] forward to do that. The first one is

[23:21] Seven Brew for those individuals that

[23:23] are involved and want to give testimony

[23:25] or anything please could you please

[23:27] stand up?

[23:30] You're the only one, sir. Could you

[23:31] raise your right hand?

[23:33] Tell the truth

[23:35] promise to tell [clears throat] the

[23:35] truth, the whole truth, and nothing but

[23:36] the truth?

[23:37] » I do.

[23:37] » Please state your name for the record.

[23:39] » Bob Gage.

[23:40] » Okay.

[23:42] Bob, can you come forward?

[23:43] » Good evening.

[23:44] My name is Bob Gage. I'm with Brew Brew

[23:47] LLC. We are a franchisee of Seven Brew

[23:49] Coffee.

[23:52] And I am here to request conditional

[23:54] approval

[23:56] for a conditional use.

[24:00] The reason for the conditional use, we

[24:02] are a use by right, but the reason for

[24:04] the conditional use is two primary

[24:07] structures on one parcel. At the last

[24:10] month's meeting, the Express Car Wash

[24:12] came through. I believe you all saw that

[24:14] and that was approved and this is the

[24:16] second structure that is on that

[24:18] » Just for everyone's refreshment, so to

[24:20] limit, no pun intended.

[24:22] » [laughter]

[24:23] » Yeah.

[24:24] Could you please identify the two major

[24:26] roads that are on the two sides?

[24:27] » Yes, sorry. William Penn Highway and

[24:29] Center Street, I believe. Center Road.

[24:32] » Yep.

[24:32] » Yes.

[24:34] This is the basic layout of the proposed

[24:37] development. We have a right in right

[24:39] out off of William Penn

[24:41] that comes in, circles around, our queue

[24:43] lanes start on the the northwest side of

[24:45] our of our parcel.

[24:48] Wrap back around and the building sits

[24:50] here facing toward William Penn.

[24:52] This is a 100% drive-thru facility.

[24:55] There is no walk-up traffic, no sit-down

[24:57] traffic. Uh 100% drive-thru.

[25:01] Um

[25:02] as you come through, get uh your

[25:04] product, leave. You've got the choice of

[25:07] either coming back down and doing a

[25:08] right out on William Penn or going back

[25:10] over to center and coming down to the

[25:12] light and going in either direction uh

[25:13] east or west from there.

[25:15] Um

[25:17] it is a 510 sq ft building with a 273 sq

[25:20] ft auxiliary building, which is a cooler

[25:23] that sits adjacent to the primary

[25:24] building.

[25:25] Uh it is a modular structure. It will

[25:28] come in on the back of a truck uh once

[25:29] we get all the site work done, we bring

[25:31] it in, set it down, 4 days later it's

[25:34] ready for business.

[25:35] Uh be happy to answer any questions if

[25:37] anyone has any.

[25:39] » Council?

[25:40] » Yes, Bob.

[25:41] » My other question, uh the sidewalks

[25:43] around that property,

[25:45] uh they need repaired or replaced. And

[25:48] and

[25:49] was was that addressed?

[25:51] » Yes, they're actually going to uh

[25:53] replace the stairs, put a ramp in, and

[25:57] uh most of the sidewalk on their portion

[26:00] was in decent shape. There might be a

[26:01] couple areas that need touched up, but

[26:03] for the most part it wasn't too bad.

[26:05] » My other question is this is a

[26:09] drive-thru facility only.

[26:10] » Correct.

[26:11] » Okay.

[26:12] And our ordinance still requires all

[26:14] these extra parking places. Nobody's

[26:16] ever going to park here if it's driving

[26:18] through.

[26:19] » The

[26:19] » Employees.

[26:21] » Uh the parking spaces are for the

[26:22] employees. So

[26:23] » Employees?

[26:24] » Yes, sir. Uh we have uh

[26:27] 4-hour shifts throughout the day, so we

[26:29] have a lot of people coming and going uh

[26:31] employees that uh we we want to provide

[26:34] enough parking there for the overlap

[26:36] during the the shift changes.

[26:38] » Okay.

[26:39] » So that's the reason for the the number

[26:40] of uh parking that we have here. And if

[26:43] the store does get busy, we do have the

[26:45] capacity to have as many as 22 employees

[26:47] on site at a time to take care

[26:48] [clears throat] of that volume.

[26:49] » Okay. What what is the size of this

[26:51] module?

[26:52] » 510 square feet.

[26:54] » Do you Do do put an illustration up

[26:55] there?

[26:56] » An illustration or something?

[26:58] » This is the front of the building?

[27:04] » Oh, it's small.

[27:06] » It's very small.

[27:06] » And that

[27:08] comes in sections?

[27:09] » It does, yes sir. It'll come on three

[27:11] semis. So, the base, this this part

[27:14] under the canopy will come on one truck.

[27:16] The top part will come on a second

[27:17] truck.

[27:19] And then this is the cooler, auxiliary

[27:21] cooler building that will come on a

[27:22] third truck along with the canopies.

[27:26] » Why Why is the cooler not connected to

[27:28] the building? They got to walk outside

[27:30] to get to the cooler?

[27:31] » We've got constraints regarding

[27:32] transportation.

[27:34] So, we we can only have we can only go

[27:36] so big with the main building and still

[27:38] fit it on a truck and get it here on

[27:39] site

[27:40] through DOT permitting.

[27:43] » Okay, thank you.

[27:44] » Yes, sir.

[27:46] » Bob.

[27:47] » Um what are your days and hours of

[27:49] operation?

[27:50] » Uh we're open 7 days a week, 5:30 a.m.

[27:52] till 10:30 p.m.

[27:54] Uh

[27:55] on Sunday it is 6:30 a.m. till 9:30 p.m.

[28:00] Those are starting hours depending on

[28:02] what the volume is, what our traffic

[28:04] looks like, those can be adjusted after

[28:06] we get get it open and and operating,

[28:08] but those are the area hours that we

[28:09] start with.

[28:10] » Sure, one of the questions always is

[28:12] about these kind of facilities. How much

[28:13] of a queue do you have [clears throat]

[28:14] for cars? It looks like you have a fair

[28:16] number. Do you know what the number is?

[28:18] How many cars you can fit in the area

[28:20] inside your uh

[28:21] » I do.

[28:22] » Those two driveways?

[28:23] » Yes, so we've designed this to hold 31

[28:25] cars.

[28:26] » Okay.

[28:27] » So, and that that is in the queue lanes

[28:29] up to this point here.

[28:31] Where the queue lane starts. So, uh

[28:33] theoretically we have more room if we

[28:35] needed. Uh the best operating store that

[28:38] we have to date uh will do 28 cars at

[28:41] the peak hour in the afternoon and that

[28:42] typically lasts for 2 minutes during

[28:44] that 4-to-6-hour rush. Uh so, we feel

[28:47] like we've designed it to handle uh the

[28:50] biggest load we can expect.

[28:52] » Thank you.

[28:52] » Yes, sir.

[28:54] » Question for solicitor.

[28:56] » Yes.

[28:57] » Refresh my memory

[29:00] when you

[29:01] put in a conditional use

[29:03] and they would decide to tear this down

[29:05] and put something else in there. Does

[29:07] that conditional use stay with the

[29:09] property or the project?

[29:11] » No, it's not like a variance. If they

[29:12] terminate the use, then the use doesn't

[29:14] exist anymore.

[29:15] » Okay.

[29:15] » Nobody has a right to that use if they

[29:17] remove everything from the property.

[29:19] Now, if the if the building stayed

[29:21] then a person would be able to continue.

[29:24] But if they remove the the building

[29:27] itself, then that's the end of the use.

[29:30] » Okay. Thank you.

[29:30] » To start all over again.

[29:32] » And this is a lease for us and we do

[29:35] have written in the lease that we have

[29:37] the ability to remove the building once

[29:38] » Yeah.

[29:39] » If and when we ever close it.

[29:41] » Can I Can I think I heard when the car

[29:42] wash was here, excuse me for

[29:44] interrupting you.

[29:45] I think I heard that you have cross

[29:47] easements and everything to handle it.

[29:49] The getting in and out onto the highway.

[29:51] » Yes, sir. Yes, sir. We have cross access

[29:53] easements for both.

[29:55] So car wash people can enter our site

[29:57] and we can leave and enter through the

[29:59] car wash site as well.

[30:00] » Okay. Great.

[30:01] » So with this property,

[30:04] they can't sell the car wash or the

[30:08] coffee shop to another individual. It

[30:11] has to stay with the same individual.

[30:13] » No, they could they could sell it if

[30:14] they want. I mean, whoever would buy

[30:17] part of it, let's say, would be subject

[30:19] to the same rights that have been

[30:22] already been established between the two

[30:24] property, the two operations.

[30:26] So, yeah, they can

[30:28] freely transfer it.

[30:29] » Okay. Thank you.

[30:31] » Any other questions from council?

[30:34] » Staff, Paul, anything interesting in

[30:36] » This isn't really a I guess it's kind of

[30:38] a new

[30:39] experience for us.

[30:40] » No, uh know, we've reviewed it. Gateway

[30:42] Engineers has reviewed it. There's some

[30:44] stormwater questions they're working

[30:45] through, but uh we expect full

[30:48] compliance.

[30:49] » And we'll be ready to go by Tuesday?

[30:51] » Uh maybe Wednesday.

[30:56] » Okay. As long as we have it spelled out

[30:57] for the look for it here. All right, if

[30:59] there aren't any other questions, thank

[31:00] you, sir. We look forward to you.

[31:01] » Thank you.

[31:02] » I'll see you next week.

[31:03] Yeah, I

[31:04] That's true, too. Is there anyone

[31:06] presently I didn't nobody else stood up

[31:07] to for the testimony, but did

[31:09] » He's the only one who stood.

[31:10] » Yeah, he's the only one who stood up,

[31:11] but nobody else had comment. Okay.

[31:14] Thank you for reminding me that.

[31:16] All right. Uh motion to close that

[31:18] particular hearing.

[31:19] » Motion.

[31:20] » Second.

[31:21] » All in favor?

[31:22] » Aye.

[31:22] » Okay, closed.

[31:25] All right. So, we want to talk about

[31:27] next item on the agenda is the

[31:29] proposal for the capital improvement

[31:31] plan. Mr. Graziani, please see me at the

[31:33] podium.

[31:34] » Yes, sir.

[31:35] Jared, if you could put the slides up,

[31:37] we'll just quickly go through them. Not

[31:38] a lot of slides, there's only nine.

[31:40] Um so, back in the end of July, there

[31:43] was a draft capital program given you as

[31:45] you recall from our discussions last

[31:48] year when we uh spent a lot of time on

[31:49] it. You should be familiar with the

[31:51] process, but I'll quickly go through the

[31:52] slides. So, you know, we're always

[31:54] looking 20 years out ahead. Why? Well,

[31:56] we talked a lot about fire trucks

[31:58] lasting 20 years. We talk about

[32:00] buildings maybe lasting more, but it's

[32:02] trying to maintain our our capital

[32:04] assets over time. So, the 20 years is

[32:07] what you look at, the 5 years is what

[32:08] you focus on, and of course every

[32:09] December you uh

[32:12] you make 1-year CIP.

[32:14] Uh but throughout the years, you guys

[32:15] have done, you know, we approve purchase

[32:18] orders for capital improvements.

[32:20] And we're constantly assessing that. Uh

[32:22] notice [clears throat] there was a

[32:23] little bit of flow.

[32:24] Um the the capital purchase requests

[32:27] didn't occur in January. I think we

[32:28] started in February, and then we went

[32:30] through a bunch. There's none on this

[32:32] month's meeting just because that's how

[32:34] they they flow. We try to manage cash

[32:36] balances. We try to manage, um, you

[32:39] know, the timing of when the purchase

[32:40] order is ready to be submitted to you

[32:42] all, and then you make that that

[32:44] decision. But, it's all about trying to

[32:46] maintain fund balance in the long run.

[32:48] Um, so right now, you know, our capital

[32:50] needs are about 28 million. And if you

[32:53] read the cover sections of the plan that

[32:57] was submitted the end of July last year,

[32:59] we were about 38 million dollars.

[33:02] Um, and that was cuz we did have a a bit

[33:04] of an extra year, so it was a basically

[33:07] a a 6-year instead of a 5-year, as well

[33:09] as some other backlog projects.

[33:11] Um, the when we look at funding, you

[33:14] know, right now there's a gap, and that

[33:16] quite frankly is cuz we got to apply for

[33:17] grants. You know, when you approve those

[33:19] traffic signals,

[33:21] you might be doing a 1.2 million-dollar

[33:23] project, and we might have an

[33:25] 800,000-dollar grant, for example. So,

[33:27] we don't have those grant commitments in

[33:28] hand, we won't proceed with a project,

[33:30] for example, that is relying on a grant

[33:33] commitment. So, roughly you're about 29

[33:35] million dollars in expenditures with

[33:36] about 25 million dollars in funding. Um,

[33:40] just to give you a framework. Meanwhile,

[33:43] we depend on the different years,

[33:47] they're not uniform. For example, there

[33:50] might be a larger purchase in one year

[33:52] and less. What remains relatively

[33:54] constant, at least we're trying to, are

[33:56] the investments we make in roads and

[33:59] specifically the the paving program, as

[34:02] well as the associated crack sealing and

[34:05] uh seal coating fog sealing, and the the

[34:09] guardrail. I've already mentioned

[34:10] traffic signals. Now, as you all

[34:12] realize, we're getting less paving over

[34:16] time

[34:17] with the same investment, you know, just

[34:19] like in your home, inflation is

[34:20] impacting our

[34:23] ability to get things done. So, it's

[34:24] it's something that we've got to keep in

[34:25] mind. The number of roads don't don't

[34:28] shrink over time. In fact, they grow as

[34:30] developments get approved.

[34:31] Uh, however, our buying power decreases,

[34:34] but that's a significant portion, a good

[34:37] bit of the program is in the road

[34:39] program itself.

[34:41] So, when we look at that, we talk about

[34:43] the different breakdowns. You know, the

[34:46] road's $2.6 million.

[34:48] You look at public safety, police

[34:50] vehicles, public works vehicles, the

[34:52] fire truck that we're looking to order,

[34:54] you know, and so forth. So, these

[34:56] details are all in the report. We can

[35:00] take as much time as you like to go over

[35:01] the report, come to our office. If

[35:03] questions will walk through it and help

[35:05] you. The the fire agreement is something

[35:08] you have approved, so it's in this plan.

[35:10] It's just like we worded it.

[35:12] We will make sure the final that you all

[35:14] look at have those exact numbers as

[35:17] reflected. Now,

[35:18] maybe those quotes change a bit

[35:20] when they actually are ordered, but

[35:22] right now they'll reflect what's in the

[35:24] the agreement.

[35:26] Implementation,

[35:27] obviously everything depends on

[35:29] resources.

[35:30] The general [clears throat] fund is

[35:31] first.

[35:33] That's the day-to-day, keep the lights

[35:35] open 365, 24 hours a day.

[35:38] Once that's fed,

[35:40] the leftovers go to things like the

[35:41] capital.

[35:43] So, we always are trying to maintain

[35:44] that. We're for us, our goal is that

[35:48] January 2032,

[35:50] the community has at least 20% reserves

[35:52] in the bank January 1, 2032. We're

[35:55] always working at that number. So,

[35:57] everything is predicated on will in

[35:59] January 2032 we have at least 20% in the

[36:02] bank for our capital part or for our

[36:04] general fund. If we don't, what gets

[36:06] dialed back, quite frankly, are capital

[36:09] expenditures. We have a pay-as-you-go

[36:11] program. This anticipates no debt. We're

[36:13] now out of debt. We made our last bond

[36:15] payment. This capital program has no

[36:17] debt. As I said, if there is a grant

[36:20] that we're not successful in getting, we

[36:22] won't execute the project. Just how it

[36:24] goes. We have to keep the lights on. So,

[36:26] the general funds came and this is

[36:28] subservient to the general fund. So the

[36:30] transfers for the most part the fund the

[36:32] capital come out of the general fund and

[36:34] each December you'll be approving that

[36:36] transfer. When you adopt the general

[36:39] fund within that is an expenditure or a

[36:41] transfer to the capital and at that time

[36:44] in December you'll be approving that

[36:46] year's capital. So they will differ and

[36:48] will always will like what we do in

[36:50] August for 2027 will be definitely

[36:53] slightly different than what is you

[36:54] adopt in December of 2026 slightly. And

[36:57] what actually gets bought in 2027

[37:00] will differ just based on costs and what

[37:02] we're able to do. We might not be able

[37:04] to

[37:05] afford something we thought we could

[37:07] just simply because of inflation or the

[37:09] price adjustment which have wildly

[37:12] changed in particularly vehicles.

[37:16] We've seen a fluctuation but just look

[37:19] at you all have experienced that with

[37:21] tariffs and some of the vehicles you

[37:22] might have bought 5 years ago and what

[37:24] you're paying for those same vehicles

[37:25] now is

[37:26] very different. So just to give you an

[37:28] idea of how we do all this.

[37:30] Public hearing, council action,

[37:33] the home rule charter contemplates that

[37:36] the ordinance is adopted by the you know

[37:38] before the end of September. We'd like

[37:39] you to be able to do it next week. If we

[37:41] can't do it next week, you know we can

[37:42] do it in September.

[37:44] And that's kind of it for my slides and

[37:47] the presentation Jared. You can turn

[37:48] that off

[37:49] or you can take any comments or

[37:51] » Well, I was going to say I was going to

[37:52] leave the public I like the public

[37:53] comment window in there because if

[37:55] anybody has any public comment

[37:57] on that in this hearing, please feel

[37:58] free to

[38:00] step forward and voice them.

[38:03] Council, anything at this time?

[38:05] » No.

[38:06] » Yes. Yes, Mr. Williams.

[38:09] » I am extremely concerned about our money

[38:13] in Monroeville.

[38:15] If we run our households like most

[38:17] communities run their boroughs, we'd all

[38:20] we'll under a bridge.

[38:22] We need to watch the money. Right now,

[38:24] I'm I'm thrilled that Monroeville's

[38:26] debt-free.

[38:27] And and I intend to do my part to keep

[38:30] it that way. And uh, and then we need

[38:33] economic development. We got a lot of

[38:35] empty storefronts. And I don't know how

[38:37] we're going to do it, but we need

[38:38] somebody to take care of economic

[38:40] development and put these empty

[38:42] storefronts out there uh, so that people

[38:45] can see what Monroeville has and why

[38:47] it's a good place to have a business.

[38:50] Uh,

[38:51] next couple years are going to be tough.

[38:53] We're we're we're we're losing a lot of

[38:55] money with with uh, stores leaving. And

[38:59] uh,

[38:59] it it's just a concern. And in this new

[39:02] budget, uh, we're going to have to

[39:04] tighten up the purse strings. And uh,

[39:06] every department's probably going to be

[39:08] hurting a little bit. Uh, but uh,

[39:11] I'm I'm I'm not for uh, going into debt

[39:13] and borrowing millions of dollars. And

[39:15] and that's where I stand. I thank you.

[39:19] » All right, Bob. Thank you.

[39:20] Anyone else on council?

[39:24] All right, we'll look forward to that.

[39:25] And I'm going to close that section of

[39:26] the public hearing for this evening. All

[39:29] right, thank you.

[39:32] All right.

[39:34] I do want to read this. We always read

[39:35] this before most of our regular meetings

[39:37] and put this in place, too.

[39:39] Uh, as well that we want to have an

[39:40] announcement that we had an executive

[39:42] session uh,

[39:43] uh,

[39:44] this evening. Uh, council conducted an

[39:46] executive session on Thursday the the

[39:47] 6th from um,

[39:49] 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to discuss our

[39:51] collective bargaining union negotiations

[39:53] and the police policy wage policy

[39:55] committee and matters of attorney-client

[39:56] privilege and legal advice related to

[39:58] those negotiations.

[40:00] Uh, council and any legislative action,

[40:02] if there if there is any, uh, will be

[40:04] taken at the council meeting on Tuesday

[40:06] the 11th, 2026 or at some future public

[40:09] meeting.

[40:10] All right, just so we have that in the

[40:11] record.

[40:13] And as you see then item four for this

[40:15] evening, we'll review the take a look.

[40:17] Any questions from anyone on the

[40:19] proposed agenda?

[40:20] » Yep.

[40:21] » I'm sorry, did you miss the skip the

[40:23] minutes?

[40:24] » I don't didn't remind myself of any

[40:26] minutes for on here today.

[40:27] » Yeah, so so

[40:28] » They're It's here. It's on the back. I

[40:29] got it for here.

[40:30] » Do you do that, too? And we'll have our

[40:32] minutes be available on Tuesday, August

[40:34] 11th.

[40:36] » I don't I didn't submit any minutes for

[40:39] approval this month.

[40:40] » Yeah, so if you know for July

[40:42] » It's not available.

[40:42] » Okay.

[40:43] » Feature me. Okay.

[40:45] » Yep.

[40:45] » Got it.

[40:46] » So just just for housekeeping purposes,

[40:47] we're reviewing next week's agenda.

[40:50] » That's correct.

[40:51] » We've now entered, when we close the

[40:52] public hearing, is a regular workshop

[40:54] meeting, which is a little bit freer of

[40:55] a meeting. We'll be discussing next

[40:57] week's agenda. And we're

[40:59] to the best of our ability showing you

[41:01] that agenda of how it will look next

[41:03] week. So when you get there, you'll be

[41:04] like, "Oh, I remember we talked about

[41:06] that last week."

[41:07] » That's correct.

[41:07] » We can move forward. So now, if you're

[41:09] following, you know, we would be on page

[41:12] five

[41:13] » Of 10.

[41:14] » 10.

[41:14] » Or we

[41:15] » Discuss those particular minutes, and

[41:16] then we'll discuss reports of the tax

[41:18] collectors as well. That's on there.

[41:19] That's included in our green section for

[41:21] council that's in here. It's added on

[41:22] that. Discuss the list of bills and

[41:24] budgets and transfer in the payrolls and

[41:27] the CIP purchase order list

[41:29] for next week, as well.

[41:31] » So number seven is one that you want to

[41:32] give a lot of thought to.

[41:34] » We do.

[41:35] Why don't you go into the background,

[41:36] Mr. Griffin?

[41:36] » All right. Thank you.

[41:37] » If you notice how thick your packet was

[41:39] this month, it's because we did get a

[41:41] report from our traffic engineer related

[41:44] to a petition that was submitted last

[41:46] fall. The way things work in

[41:48] Monroeville, if you're concerned about

[41:50] speed or traffic uh in your community

[41:53] being unsafe, you can petition council

[41:57] to initiate a traffic calming study, and

[42:00] the residents along Logan Ferry

[42:02] submitted one of those back at the end

[42:05] of or at the end of the meeting back in

[42:07] the first meeting of October 2025. That

[42:09] led to

[42:11] the report that's in your packet. On

[42:14] July 6th, 2026, the draft study found

[42:16] that the 85th percentile speed of 36 mph

[42:20] on a road that's posted 25 mph

[42:24] um

[42:25] identified potential speed humps,

[42:26] pavement marking enhancements, speed

[42:28] feedback signs for further

[42:30] consideration. The draft does not

[42:32] include construction costs or additional

[42:33] engineering fees. So, what you all need

[42:36] to do is, you know, receive the the

[42:38] study, review the study.

[42:41] Um if you want to move forward, we're

[42:42] going to we would need some sort of a

[42:44] motion to advance

[42:46] uh the next step with HRG and getting

[42:49] into the construction costs

[42:52] and so forth. So, so you need to

[42:54] familiarize yourself and ask yourself as

[42:56] a council, is this worth pursuing

[42:59] further or would you like to narrow the

[43:01] scope? For example, you might say, you

[43:03] know, we reviewed the study and we want

[43:05] the traffic warning signs, the speed

[43:08] feedback signs, you know, for example.

[43:10] And and we would get guidance on that

[43:12] and proceed with costs and figure that

[43:14] out and move forward. But right now

[43:16] we've done

[43:18] I think what we can do and and you'll

[43:20] might need some time to review it. We

[43:21] might not be able to act next Tuesday,

[43:23] but at a future meeting you may decide

[43:24] to act based on this information.

[43:26] Mr. Huggins is much more familiar with

[43:28] it than I am, especially with the

[43:29] history of how we even got the speed

[43:31] humps bumps. They're really not humps,

[43:33] they're more like bumps.

[43:34] They're not speed tables, that's for

[43:35] sure, on Logan's Ferry

[43:37] » Humps. By definition, they're speed

[43:38] humps.

[43:39] » So,

[43:40] » [cough and clears throat]

[43:40] » If you have questions, he can answer

[43:43] them probably better than I could.

[43:45] » [clears throat]

[43:46] » Mr. Washington, Mrs. Ramsey, this is

[43:49] runs in your neck of the woods. Any

[43:50] questions for the staff right now?

[43:54] » Joe, what's your recommendation?

[43:56] » Well, the the the speed humps that are

[43:58] in place and all excuse [clears throat]

[43:59] me, that was based on a traffic study

[44:02] that was done in 2008.

[44:04] That was prior to the construction of

[44:07] Maple Crest and the senior housing.

[44:10] So, that's really, you know, Mr.

[44:12] Pugliano came up and voiced his

[44:14] displeasure with traffic and speed and

[44:16] so forth. That's why this study was

[44:19] done. We took Yeah, there was a

[44:20] petition.

[44:22] There was a lot of you know, a lot of

[44:24] recommendations by the residents, by Mr.

[44:26] Pugliano. We took all those. All those

[44:29] recommendations were given to the

[44:30] traffic engineer to look at

[44:32] on that section of road. Um so, the

[44:34] original study was in 2008. It was kind

[44:36] of antiquated because we did not look at

[44:39] the area from Willow Hedge to Old

[44:42] Frankstown. And that's what we

[44:43] concentrated on this time.

[44:45] Um part of the

[44:46] part of the design restraints is is

[44:49] Locust Tree Road and you know, Mr.

[44:51] Pugliano was very adamant about speed

[44:53] humps on that slope. But, if the slope

[44:57] is greater than 8 to 10%, you don't put

[44:59] speed humps on.

[45:00] It's a recommendation that you don't do

[45:02] that. So, there's other things that you

[45:04] can do which is in the report. But, you

[45:07] know, this specific recommendation shows

[45:09] that there four additional speed humps.

[45:12] Um you know, a traffic you know, similar

[45:15] to what you see on a lot of streets

[45:17] where it says your speed is blank, you

[45:20] know.

[45:20] Uh we we look at doing one of those.

[45:23] Um now, that is an official traffic

[45:25] control device under PennDOT. You have

[45:27] to get a permit to install those.

[45:30] Um along with some other minor

[45:32] [clears throat] recommendations. So,

[45:34] you know, it's you know, it's definitely

[45:36] going to affect the traffic flow.

[45:38] So, you need to think about that.

[45:41] » All right.

[45:43] Questions from anyone else?

[45:44] » When you say traffic flow, what do you

[45:46] what do you mean?

[45:47] » I mean, to me you when you're traveling

[45:48] that road, I mean, you're going to be

[45:49] experiencing four additional speed

[45:51] humps. You're going to be experienced

[45:53] you know, basically rumble strips going

[45:56] down Locust Tree Road or coming back up

[45:58] the

[45:58] » You said they weren't you You put speed

[46:01] humps on.

[46:01] » No, not on a slope.

[46:03] But they're showing four speed humps in

[46:04] totality. Two on the lower section of

[46:07] of

[46:08] of Logan's Ferry and two on the upper

[46:10] section. So, four additional speed

[46:12] humps,

[46:13] some rumble strips.

[46:15] » Would the rumble strips go on the slope?

[46:17] » Yes, they do. And that's the that's the

[46:19] trade-off to a speed hump on on a steep

[46:22] slope.

[46:24] » With that amount of space out from

[46:26] Frankstown to

[46:28] say Gary's house,

[46:30] one speed hump would probably be

[46:31] significant there.

[46:33] I mean

[46:34] » Well, based on the again, you know,

[46:36] based on the speeds and

[46:38] you know, the traffic volume, that's

[46:40] what was warranted.

[46:43] So, from old Frankstown to

[46:45] um

[46:46] the entrance to the Ezell plan, you

[46:48] know, you're looking at two additional

[46:49] speed humps. Then you're going to go up

[46:51] slope over some rumble strips. You're

[46:54] going to get to the top of the hill,

[46:55] you're going to have two more speed

[46:56] humps.

[46:58] You know, so it's it's going to slow

[46:59] traffic down.

[47:00] » Did they do anything about any

[47:02] consideration concerning the flooding

[47:03] that's for that

[47:04] » That has not flooded.

[47:07] That has been rectified.

[47:10] » Good to hear.

[47:11] » [snorts]

[47:11] » So, are they saying we have to choose

[47:13] between one of these three or we could

[47:15] do all three?

[47:16] » Well, this is what the recommendation is

[47:17] is in front of you.

[47:19] Now, you can pick and choose

[47:21] some or all or none.

[47:22] » We could modify

[47:24] » Sure, they recommend

[47:25] » Right. I'm sorry?

[47:26] » They're recommending all three of these

[47:27] measures?

[47:28] » Yes.

[47:29] » Okay.

[47:32] » And what we were suggesting was if you

[47:33] want us to advance, the next step would

[47:35] be get costs.

[47:37] » Cuz the one thing that came out jumped

[47:38] out to me was the traffic volumes on

[47:40] Logan's Ferry Road do not meet the 3,000

[47:42] vehicles per day or 300 vehicles per

[47:44] hour thresholds to warrant traffic

[47:46] calming measures.

[47:48] And then they're recommending

[47:50] » But that's based on classification of

[47:51] the road, though.

[47:52] » Okay.

[47:52] » You have to continue reading that

[47:54] section.

[47:55] » Okay.

[47:58] As far as the speed signs go, they've

[48:00] been talking about that for the last 10

[48:02] or 15 years.

[48:03] » Right. Well, something should be done

[48:04] there.

[48:05] » The speed signs aren't going to slow

[48:06] traffic.

[48:07] » Can we go back to that now?

[48:08] » Kind of worked on in Pitcairn. I've seen

[48:10] them

[48:10] » [clears throat]

[48:11] » Mr. Huges, can we can you help us

[48:13] understand the comment because I think

[48:15] what's confusing [clears throat] is the

[48:17] one talks about the volume but then the

[48:20] 85% speeds

[48:22] then merit it. So, that's what the last

[48:25] sentence based on vehicle speeds Logan's

[48:27] Ferry Road is applicable to traffic

[48:29] calming measures in accordance with the

[48:31] traffic calming policy. So, there's kind

[48:33] of two things, you know, you're looking

[48:34] at volume but if that volume though it

[48:36] be low, for example, is traveling at

[48:39] that percent high,

[48:41] then you might want to consider it.

[48:43] That's Does that help you?

[48:44] » Yeah.

[48:50] » Anyone else?

[48:53] Any questions? Good.

[48:55] » Mike.

[48:55] » Okay.

[48:56] All right, moving on. I'm just going to

[48:58] have Mr. Graziani read the next

[48:59] proposals for the that'll be the

[49:01] applications for consent development

[49:03] application we'll be considering in your

[49:05] warrant section. Do you have

[49:06] » So, as was discussed at the hearing,

[49:07] basically, the applicant is requesting

[49:09] site plan approval pursuant to

[49:10] Monroeville Zoning Ordinance 27-79 as

[49:13] amended to permit the construction and

[49:15] operation of a drive-thru coffee shop

[49:16] business and associated amenities. As

[49:19] we've discussed, the property address is

[49:20] 41-11

[49:22] William Penn Highway and is identified

[49:23] as tax parcel 743-H-040

[49:27] in the Boulevard Zoning District. The

[49:28] Planning Commission recommends approval

[49:30] of this application and again, more

[49:31] information is in your packet.

[49:33] Related item is number nine. It's the

[49:36] Seven Brew Conditional Use Approval. So,

[49:39] one's a site plan, one's a conditional

[49:41] use approval. Same information as we

[49:43] discussed before.

[49:47] And it's all in the agenda there.

[49:50] Lastly, would be the sewage planning

[49:52] module for this development.

[49:54] And number 11 is the sewage planning

[49:56] module for the car wash.

[49:58] » Okay.

[50:00] Any other questions on that, folks?

[50:02] Okay. Moving on, we've got the next

[50:05] resolution.

[50:06] » Yeah, so these are [clears throat] um

[50:07] related to the capital discussion. Um

[50:10] quite frankly, you know, if some of

[50:12] these are successful, since Dr. Lang has

[50:15] been here, she would have had a part in

[50:17] about a million dollars of grants

[50:20] additional grants coming into our

[50:21] community. We're we're trying to be as

[50:22] active as we can. We need capital

[50:24] improvement plans to be in place so we

[50:25] can apply for grants. State wants to

[50:27] know, are you serious about getting this

[50:28] or doing this?

[50:29] And as I mentioned, if we don't have the

[50:31] grant, we're not going to just go ahead

[50:32] and buy it. You know, it's sort of like

[50:34] a chicken and egg thing. You guys say

[50:36] you want to do it, we apply to get it,

[50:38] they fund it, we do it. If they don't

[50:40] fund it, then we

[50:42] apply again, and try it another year.

[50:44] You know, just delay the project.

[50:46] » Revisit.

[50:46] » Yeah, revisit it. So, these are a couple

[50:48] grants. Um you can read those. You Some

[50:51] of you are familiar with these programs.

[50:52] One of them that we're looking to get,

[50:54] the item 12, is the replace the turf

[50:57] um

[50:58] at the baseball fields.

[51:01] And the next one is for the improvements

[51:04] that we're looking at Overlook Park.

[51:09] » Mhm.

[51:11] » So, any questions on those two projects?

[51:14] » What you're talking about was the

[51:16] Overlook Park was the turf replacement.

[51:19] Where's the artificial turf there?

[51:20] » The ball fields, the four ball fields at

[51:22] Community Park West are AstroTurf.

[51:25] » AstroTurf, that's the old name.

[51:26] » We'll call it artificial.

[51:28] » The infields are AstroTurf, the

[51:29] outfields are grass.

[51:30] » Okay, thank you.

[51:32] » And

[51:33] » How old is that turf?

[51:35] » I was trying to look at my records

[51:36] today, but I'm thinking it's probably

[51:38] about 10 10 to 12 years old, though.

[51:40] » Oh, I thought that happened since I've

[51:42] been on council. Hey, with the baseball

[51:44] field.

[51:45] » And it was originally paid for with a

[51:46] grant.

[51:47] » Right.

[51:47] » That's all the all the fields were the

[51:49] AstroTurf was put in.

[51:51] » Tremendous amount of use.

[51:52] » Yeah.

[51:53] » Is that about the lifespan for

[51:55] » Yes, we're getting to the limit of the

[51:56] lifespan.

[51:57] » Okay.

[51:59] Okay.

[52:00] Turn it off. All right.

[52:03] How does it Monroeville Baseball

[52:05] contribute to any of that or is that all

[52:07] on the taxpayers?

[52:09] » As was mentioned, it was a grant before.

[52:12] Um

[52:13] and we were trying to seek a grant now

[52:15] and seek actually not only this one but

[52:17] we've been talking to visit Monroeville

[52:19] about also support.

[52:21] Monroeville Baseball, if I understand

[52:23] it, we've talked for years about field

[52:25] use agreements

[52:27] and and and so forth and I think Council

[52:29] even got to the point where they were

[52:30] looking at charging an annual fee.

[52:32] Right, but there isn't right now. Um but

[52:36] they will apply as well and at times

[52:38] they've gotten grants to contribute to

[52:39] these and I don't know all the details,

[52:41] but for example, whether it's the

[52:42] scoreboard or something, because they're

[52:44] a nonprofit, you know, they sometimes

[52:47] can get grants that we wouldn't be

[52:48] eligible for and can get funds. So,

[52:51] they're a player, but I I can't tell you

[52:53] in this project or in the last project

[52:54] um they have and I see you you might

[52:57] have an idea of how much they were in

[52:58] the last one.

[52:59] » No, I don't, but as a former president

[53:01] of the Baseball Association many years

[53:03] ago.

[53:03] » Yeah.

[53:04] » Um when my kids were younger. Um

[53:07] the the Monroeville Baseball Association

[53:09] is primarily Monroeville kids.

[53:11] » Yes.

[53:11] » So, the idea is they try to establish a

[53:14] budget whereby they get enough money to

[53:16] buy uniforms and um uh pay umpires and

[53:20] do that stuff and you know, there's

[53:21] contributions and people sponsor teams.

[53:24] And so they to keep the cost down of

[53:26] playing baseball for

[53:28] kids that are citizens of the community,

[53:31] um that's a part we have that amenity

[53:33] there for them.

[53:34] Um so, it would just be like somebody

[53:36] going to one of the other facilities and

[53:39] you know, we don't charge the fee to our

[53:41] residents for those.

[53:42] » Yeah.

[53:42] it's a similar issue, but they do try to

[53:44] get grants.

[53:45] » And they have been successful to get

[53:46] some scoreboard funding.

[53:48] » Yeah, and some other kinds of things,

[53:49] but

[53:51] I hope that helps, Mike.

[53:52] » Yeah, well, I'm just I

[53:54] I was just asking. I didn't know if they

[53:56] since they did get a grant for the

[53:57] scoreboard whether they had money left

[53:59] from that

[54:01] part of the

[54:03] » Well, I don't think so.

[54:03] » It always seems that all of us when we

[54:05] get a grant it's never enough.

[54:07] » Yeah, I don't think I don't know that it

[54:09] was enough money to I think it was like

[54:11] a sort of match thing. You know, you had

[54:13] to get money from somewhere else to to

[54:14] complete it, but it paid for a certain

[54:16] portion.

[54:19] » Okay.

[54:22] All right, moving along. Uh the next

[54:24] ordinance then as you can see on page

[54:25] nine, that's on the two that we'll act

[54:27] on next week is going to be I think we

[54:29] can short say that it's going to be an

[54:30] acting proven the adopting the capital

[54:32] improvement program. I don't think

[54:34] there's anything there that's unusual

[54:35] for us, but we'll talk about that.

[54:37] » I can just read the

[54:39] » If you would, please.

[54:40] » Some of it into the record. An ordinance

[54:41] of the Municipality of Monroeville,

[54:43] Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approving

[54:45] and adopting the 2027 through 2031

[54:47] capital improvement program.

[54:50] Uh the proposed 2027 to 2031 capital

[54:53] improvement program identifies capital

[54:55] projects totaling $28,121,592.95

[55:02] for the five years beginning January 1,

[55:04] 2027 and ending December 31, 2031.

[55:08] The program also identifies

[55:10] $2,448,527.78

[55:15] in preliminary capital needs for the

[55:17] 2032 informational and long-range

[55:20] planning purposes. The proposed capital

[55:22] improvement program for 2027 totals

[55:25] $4,890,476.

[55:30] » Great.

[55:31] » Excuse me for double-clutching there.

[55:32] » That's all right.

[55:35] There's a lot of humidity.

[55:36] » I put some of the 78 cents

[55:37] » Sir.

[55:41] » All right, moving right along. Look at

[55:44] this, reports of municipal staff

[55:45] already. Wow, let's grab let's start

[55:47] with Mr. Ratcher.

[55:48] » I have nothing for you tonight.

[55:50] » Thank you, sir. Mr. Graziani.

[55:53] » Yeah, Jared, if you could just put up

[55:54] the slide. Obviously, I have a

[55:56] um

[55:58] in your packet, my report. You know,

[56:00] just focusing on a lot of the things

[56:02] we've been up to.

[56:03] The forecasting of budget is a big deal.

[56:06] You know, the 2027 to 2031, as I

[56:08] mentioned, the goal to have 20%

[56:11] at the beginning of the year 2032.

[56:13] Um you know, the the public works campus

[56:16] design

[56:18] sequencing is coming along. You know,

[56:20] hopefully

[56:21] maybe September or October, we're making

[56:22] presentations related to that. We had an

[56:25] officer begin work at the beginning of

[56:27] July, and we had three recruits start in

[56:29] the academy.

[56:31] Um each department is beginning to

[56:33] include in your packets their reports.

[56:35] You can follow throughout the year what

[56:37] they're up to. Um we did a

[56:41] new magazine, new newsletter that went

[56:43] to every resident. Now, that's been

[56:44] mentioned to earlier in July that went

[56:46] out, and we're focused on getting

[56:48] another one out in October.

[56:49] And then, as far as the mall

[56:50] redevelopment, that's a big deal, uh but

[56:53] we're kind of waiting at the developers'

[56:56] ability to move forward.

[56:57] They have a high interest in moving

[56:59] forward. When they're able to, they

[57:00] will.

[57:01] Until that time, we're in a holding

[57:03] pattern. Uh we do know that the

[57:05] Westinghouse

[57:06] campus has had a large announcement that

[57:09] Bechtel will be moving from their

[57:11] current location at 2300 Technology

[57:14] Drive to the NextTier facility,

[57:18] i.e., the former Westinghouse facility.

[57:21] By doing so, they're going to add

[57:22] another thousand employees. They have

[57:24] about a thousand in there now, and

[57:25] they'll be looking to add about another

[57:27] thousand, which would for the most part

[57:29] fully occupy by old Westinghouse

[57:30] facility. However,

[57:32] we need to find by 2029

[57:35] a tenant. And back to Mr. Williams'

[57:37] comment about economic development, Mr.

[57:39] Wilden and I have met several times with

[57:41] the current owner, Technology Drive

[57:43] Elmhurst is the the company that has the

[57:45] property off of Jameson Lane. And um

[57:48] they've begun marketing it aggressively,

[57:51] including meeting with the Lieutenant

[57:52] Governor and regional economic

[57:55] development people because

[57:57] they know that the clock is ticking on

[57:59] them and they don't want to have a month

[58:00] without rent. You can understand, you

[58:03] know, you'd be hopefully in the same

[58:04] boat. Uh so, we're we're working with

[58:06] them to make sure we're all on the same

[58:08] page of what potential users might find

[58:10] their way. They have a very nice

[58:12] building there. Many of you recall they

[58:14] did a significant investment in 2019 or

[58:17] so to remodel that facility, so it's

[58:20] ready to be remarketed and they've begun

[58:22] even though it's 3 years out before

[58:24] they'll

[58:25] have a vacancy there. So, hopefully that

[58:26] won't happen. That was just my report.

[58:28] Uh other reports is is I mentioned are

[58:30] in your packet. Please, if you have

[58:32] questions, let me know. Um willing to

[58:34] spend time to, you know, walk you

[58:35] through those issues.

[58:37] » Did it?

[58:39] » Some. Okay.

[58:41] MK, anything for you?

[58:43] » Thank you, Mr. Poach. I do have just a

[58:45] brief something to add. So, we're

[58:47] working on the CIP

[58:49] and uh also starting the budget

[58:51] narratives and the budget numbers going

[58:54] into late summer here.

[58:56] And I just wanted to note that we're

[58:58] going to be working on

[59:00] the budget narratives in a way that it

[59:02] kind of develops into a more like

[59:04] strategic plan.

[59:06] And the reason that we're doing that is

[59:07] because grants have become more and more

[59:10] competitive and what and I've been

[59:12] finding that when we're writing these

[59:13] grants, that they want to know, "Okay,

[59:16] this is a great project, but did you

[59:17] plan for it or did you just pull it out

[59:19] of a hat?" Uh so, we're work the team's

[59:21] working really hard to

[59:23] connect our project needs from the CIP

[59:25] and other areas into grant funding.

[59:28] And just with the CIP we passed last

[59:30] year coming into this year,

[59:32] we were awarded, this does not count any

[59:35] of Mr. Huggins' awesome road grants over

[59:37] there, but for parks and rec and some

[59:40] other smaller grants, we were awarded

[59:41] $318,000

[59:43] in 2025.

[59:45] We were also awarded 150,000 already in

[59:49] 2026.

[59:50] We have a pending award that should be

[59:53] announced in September for 200,000 for

[59:55] LSA.

[59:56] And before you tonight and a few other

[59:58] ones that are due this month, that would

[1:00:00] equal a total 425,000

[1:00:02] dollars in grant submissions. So, in a

[1:00:05] 2-year period,

[1:00:06] we

[1:00:08] almost will receive about a million

[1:00:10] dollars in grant funding.

[1:00:12] » Well done. Thank you.

[1:00:13] Anything else?

[1:00:15] Is that it?

[1:00:16] » Yes, thank you.

[1:00:17] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:00:18] Appreciate it. You too.

[1:00:21] Mr. Huggins.

[1:00:22] » Yes, the Hawkeye Park play facility is

[1:00:27] completed.

[1:00:27] » Yeah.

[1:00:28] » Finally.

[1:00:29] » I heard that.

[1:00:29] » Pretty big project. Looks very nice.

[1:00:31] They did a great job, public works, and

[1:00:33] all the construction

[1:00:35] for it.

[1:00:36] So, if you get a chance, go look at it.

[1:00:38] » I actually somebody [clears throat] at

[1:00:39] um

[1:00:40] National Night Out on Tuesday actually

[1:00:42] said that to me, too. They there and

[1:00:44] thought it was was looked great,

[1:00:46] too. I forgot I'm glad you brought that

[1:00:48] up.

[1:00:48] » This is the second one that public works

[1:00:49] has has undertaken. We're going to do

[1:00:51] try to do one a year as long as we

[1:00:52] [clears throat] have funding to it. So,

[1:00:54] we're moving on to the next one,

[1:00:57] which will probably be Overlook.

[1:00:59] » Okay.

[1:01:00] All right.

[1:01:01] Thank you, Paul.

[1:01:03] Josie.

[1:01:03] » Uh nothing.

[1:01:05] » All right. Thank you. Well, you're

[1:01:06] you're saving up his budgets and capital

[1:01:09] you're you're saving up.

[1:01:10] » Yeah, I'm I'm working with uh

[1:01:13] Dr. Liang and uh

[1:01:15] Alex

[1:01:17] on

[1:01:18] the budget and the CIP program.

[1:01:21] » As always looking forward to it.

[1:01:24] To budget hearing season.

[1:01:26] » [clears throat]

[1:01:26] » Mr. Sellick.

[1:01:27] » Yeah, just FYI, the surplus auction last

[1:01:31] month, we had a recycling truck that we

[1:01:32] had to pull back because of a title

[1:01:34] issue. Well, we put it up for bid again

[1:01:36] and we got a little over $6,000 for it.

[1:01:39] So, total for the surplus auction was

[1:01:42] $125,000.

[1:01:44] We did pretty well.

[1:01:45] » That's pretty good.

[1:01:46] » So, yeah.

[1:01:46] » You didn't normally get it. That's

[1:01:47] pretty

[1:01:47] » Did really well this time, so. That's

[1:01:49] all I have.

[1:01:49] » Garage sale, thank you.

[1:01:51] » Yeah.

[1:01:51] » Thanks, Jeff, too.

[1:01:52] All right, reports of council members.

[1:01:54] Mrs. Ramsey, let's start over here

[1:01:55] today.

[1:01:56] » Nothing.

[1:01:57] » Nothing else to say? Mr. Williams.

[1:01:59] » Now, Mrs. Weiss did [clears throat]

[1:02:01] contact me on that missing L down there

[1:02:04] by Bob's Furniture. And I personally

[1:02:06] went down there and looked for it.

[1:02:08] It was not there. And I wouldn't take it

[1:02:11] too much effort to make a wooden L or

[1:02:13] something to put it on there. I I talked

[1:02:15] to Tim Little, who is with the Rotary.

[1:02:18] And he mentioned he was going to talk to

[1:02:20] Alex, whether you ever did or not, I

[1:02:22] don't know. But but I think $150,000

[1:02:25] is overkill for a sign welcoming people

[1:02:28] to Monroeville. As far as a billboard

[1:02:32] that's an enormous thing. There's

[1:02:33] already a billboard right there and I

[1:02:35] don't even know how that would conflict

[1:02:37] with that. But but she did contact me

[1:02:40] and I did go down and look at it.

[1:02:42] » Mr. Williams, can I interrupt you?

[1:02:43] » Mhm.

[1:02:43] » It is on public works to do list to do

[1:02:45] some minor renovations to that sign.

[1:02:48] » Okay, thank you. Thank you.

[1:02:50] » Gotten to it yet.

[1:02:50] » Mhm.

[1:02:52] Uh another thing is uh

[1:02:54] Walmart.

[1:02:56] We have no clue what they're doing. They

[1:02:58] have no clue what they're doing. And as

[1:03:00] you know, Georgiana, being on the

[1:03:01] planning commission, there's a process.

[1:03:04] The process is if they

[1:03:06] do demolition, they got to come and get

[1:03:08] a permit where they're putting that

[1:03:11] uh scrap. The second thing is, when they

[1:03:14] get plans, they go to the planning

[1:03:15] commission or not the planning

[1:03:17] commission but the building department

[1:03:19] and they go over it. Then they go to the

[1:03:21] planning commission. Then it comes to

[1:03:23] council. They really have no obligation

[1:03:25] to meet with us or the public or anybody

[1:03:28] until the process

[1:03:29] gets moving.

[1:03:31] The third thing is our volunteer

[1:03:33] firemen.

[1:03:35] It's just heartbreaking that nobody

[1:03:38] volunteers and it's every volunteer fire

[1:03:40] department in the state, I believe, that

[1:03:43] that needs people. Get off your iPads

[1:03:46] and your cell phones and get out there

[1:03:48] and see what our men and women do in the

[1:03:50] volunteer fire departments. Take a tour

[1:03:53] and it might change your mind and maybe

[1:03:55] volunteer in a few hours a week. So,

[1:03:58] give it a shot. They would appreciate

[1:04:01] it. Municipality would appreciate it and

[1:04:03] that's all I have.

[1:04:04] » Thank you. Thank you, Bob.

[1:04:06] » Nothing.

[1:04:07] » Nothing tonight.

[1:04:07] » Okay. Mr. Krantz.

[1:04:09] » Nothing, thank you.

[1:04:10] » Oh, backwards to me. I have nothing else

[1:04:12] to add for this evening.

[1:04:13] » I'm good, thank you, sir.

[1:04:15] » I'm good, too, sir.

[1:04:16] » All right, thank you, as well. Okay,

[1:04:19] folks, there's nothing else. I entertain

[1:04:21] a motion to

[1:04:22] » To adjourn.

[1:04:23] » Motion to adjourn.

[1:04:24] » Second. All in favor?

[1:04:25] Aye. Thank you. We are adjourned.

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