[0:00] this is the uh
council meeting
[0:07] uh for February 21st 2023 mono Borough
Chief I'd like you to start to lead us
[0:15] with the Pledge of Allegiance
[0:19] I pledge allegiance to apply our United
States
[0:34] yeah
so for one second I'd like us all to
[0:38] have a moment of silence for our fallen
police officer from
[0:43] what time
[0:56] thank you
[1:02] so councilman ondo is with us he's on
speaker here with us so when when uh
[1:10] when he questions us we'll you'll know
where his voice is coming from
[1:14] okay so um we're gonna have the roll
call to order Seth president Brennan
[1:21] here
councilman Frye here councilman Hannah
[1:25] here
councilmanando there councilman Stein is
[1:30] absent
councilman votedian
[1:34] s here mayor Paul's here
according sir thank you thank you
[1:41] so um we're going to start off with uh
president's report
[1:46] um
a lot has been going on we've been
[1:49] talking about several things
um
[1:52] one of the things that we talked about
in executive session which I can speak
[1:56] about is the um yes the railroad
crossing that we we've had so much
[2:01] trouble with down at um the Waterfront
that we finally prepared
[2:06] um one of the things that has come up
with the railroad we did finally find
[2:10] out which railroad owned it and we've
come into an agreement where we're going
[2:15] to be able to finally pave the rest of
that drive off down Waterfront drive up
[2:21] to the bridge and we will eliminate
those railroad tracks and basically the
[2:27] agreement says if the railroad wants to
put another spur back in there we're not
[2:33] going to object to that so it's a pretty
basic agreement they will pass a lot of
[2:37] money to take them out uh we know we are
not going to get any money reimbursement
[2:42] for the repair work that we did
um
[2:46] it's not that um
we wouldn't want to and not that our
[2:51] solicitors didn't try to recoup that
money but they just felt that it was not
[2:56] it was a you know a cause that was not
worth fighting for and throw more money
[3:01] at it as well
um
[3:05] there's there's several other things
that I would like to speak about I'm
[3:08] going to let other people speak about
that tonight um
[3:12] because it comes in other Realms
um
[3:21] and that's really all I have to say for
my report tonight
[3:25] uh mayor uh
we did hire a one officer and I know
[3:31] there's one officer spot opening the
budget yet I still would like to see us
[3:35] uh hire another officer
but we I know we need to do a testing
[3:40] first the testing is good for one year
and it can be extended to a second year
[3:45] I mean we have some other ideas in the
box that some of people achieved and
[3:49] some people came up with but we can
maybe get more people to apply
[3:53] so and there's a risk of maybe losing a
couple through retirement in the next
[3:57] couple years so I would like to see us
approve a testing
[4:03] as soon as possible because as you know
it takes six months it'll take us six
[4:07] months we are going to vote on that
tonight
[4:09] I believe it's on the agenda we are
going to vote on that and that's one of
[4:13] the things I you know we've been working
on go ahead
[4:17] Bree uh who is our liaison the council
and the mayor has accepted uh we should
[4:23] be going to Clemson University next year
wow exciting so majoring in political
[4:28] science
in global economy
[4:33] global politics Oh I thought you said
local politics
[4:41] this is always welcome back
absolutely and there'll be other good
[4:46] luck the chief United congratulations
[4:56] thank you hi
thank you
[5:01] so mayor you have anything else to say
uh no that's awesome thank you
[5:06] uh solicitors report yes thank you
president Brennan
[5:11] you already touched on my primary item
tonight and that is uh I'm just going to
[5:15] elaborate a little bit the agreement we
reached with Union railroad uh in
[5:20] conjunction with the oversight by the
puc the Public Utility Commission
[5:25] overseas and regulates all railroad
tracks including the Crossing on East
[5:30] Waterfront Drive and for many months now
we've been working by having conferences
[5:36] and negotiations with the attorney for
the Union railroad also with the
[5:40] attorney for the Cog because that is
within the footprint of the Waterfront
[5:44] our maintenance fund streets and also uh
with the Union railroad attorneys so we
[5:52] have reached two agreements which I am
recommending and the borough manager is
[5:56] recommending that Council approve and
adopt also recommended by the Cog
[6:02] solicitor who is acting as our
representative also in this one is a
[6:07] settlement agreement whereby the Union
railroad will pay a full estimate to
[6:12] remove the tracks from East Waterfront
Drive and then restore the foundation to
[6:18] bring it up the street level so that
it's an appropriate condition so we can
[6:21] finally get in there and finish this
Paving and that total amount which was
[6:25] calculated by our Engineers so we feel
comfortable relying on the amount 20 675
[6:31] dollars so we're recommending Council
vote to approve that settlement
[6:36] agreement and also a Crossing agreement
as president Brennan had mentioned
[6:40] they're simply preserving their right an
option which they realistically have
[6:45] anyway in case they want to potentially
reopen The Crossing if there's a need
[6:50] for a business over there then they
would still have to go to the puc but we
[6:54] wouldn't try to object and stop it which
we probably couldn't anyway and so
[6:57] that's the second agreement so Council
wants to act on those tonight I would
[7:02] suggest they make a motion to amend the
agenda to add the approval
[7:08] oh sorry it's on there no that's all so
that summarizes those my apologies thank
[7:15] you Seth it's already on the agenda
motion number three yes that concludes
[7:19] my report thank you thank you
[7:23] um Engineers report
do we have a report we do not would we
[7:29] like to introduce our new engineer well
there is a there is a motion uh motion
[7:34] number four well let's let's wait for
them we'll just wait we'll pass on this
[7:37] report all right and do we have anything
from the store Authority for us to
[7:42] discuss about tonight no I think just
that the building's open
[7:46] our their new office is open their new
offices are open here exciting 430
[7:52] thousand dollars
okay we're already out of somewhere
[7:57] Dave what are the hours I'm not positive
because they haven't set it up yet
[8:02] because well they're just two part-time
employees so there's not full-time
[8:06] Staffing there I don't believe
what's going on yeah I'll uh I'll find
[8:11] out and get back to you Richard all
right
[8:14] okay
all right uh
[8:18] Department reports are on file for the
bar manager's office that's that's the
[8:23] uh
[8:26] building inspector or our ordinance
officer and our
[8:30] Public Works directors they no longer
are going to be attending these meetings
[8:34] so if there's any questions about that
portion
[8:38] I myself will be trying to answer them
if we can
[8:43] so um
[8:49] we're going to move to section five
approval of the meeting minutes from
[8:55] January 17 2023
I need a motion how many commotion I put
[9:01] in the minutes Rich Kevin Kevin Mondo
seconded
[9:06] all in favor
um
[9:10] okay
any speakers anyone like to speak
[9:15] tonight yes ma'am I had some stuff I
actually have some pictures too well you
[9:21] can please come up and address us give
us your name and address okay
[9:25] um can I write this up there is that
okay because I'm not real sturdy on
[9:30] Monday absolutely you certainly can come
up and sit right up front you're good
[9:34] right oh you have a chance you have a
chair I got this
[9:49] okay Marie Rustin
and I'm at 8 11 8 11 East 11th Avenue in
[9:57] my home of course and uh
I am thank you
[10:04] um I I want to say like this goes back
years ago Council passed the new
[10:10] ordinance this was years back that if a
person has a handicap sign
[10:16] and they have a garage that they can no
longer have the sign because they're to
[10:21] use their garage now it was taken and
it's done that was years back okay I
[10:27] can't use this garage for nothing that's
why I'm showing these pictures uh from
[10:32] the point of getting in the alley you're
lucky if you have like this much space
[10:36] to squeeze your car people Park morning
noon and night in this garage or in this
[10:41] alley it's a dead end alley that makes
it worse now in my my garage is a
[10:48] three-bay this lady has a yard across
from me she pulls this way in the alley
[10:53] there's a picture there and that's
blocking the garage I I mean we can't
[10:58] get in and out of this garage and
there's arguments and all this I just
[11:02] want to avoid all this stuff
now the way it sits now there's three
[11:08] signs in that alley it says no what is
it now no parking no parking alley no
[11:14] parking anytime anytime but it's all up
and down now it's different if you're
[11:19] like delivering groceries or if you're
working you know working on something
[11:25] and you're in your eye because people
are there like morning in your night and
[11:30] it's just you're saying they're blocking
your garage well the way she Parks right
[11:34] across from my garage you cannot swing
she has a 40 50 foot wide yard I have a
[11:39] 10 foot Faith you have to angle
perfectly to get in it you know you
[11:44] always called Parkway and it's either
like um so my question to you is
[11:50] have you called the chief I I you know
what I the police have been called so
[11:55] many
[12:00] just block you for one second Chief are
you aware of what's going on uh yes sir
[12:04] could you give us a little bit of detail
on what's Happening and I've talked to
[12:08] Miss Rustin when I was mayor many times
it is the alley is tough with your with
[12:14] their garages but we Patrol down there
and every time
[12:18] she calls we go down and we cite the
vehicles and do what we have to do that
[12:24] yeah I didn't know that the one game
I know that Molly's out here type it
[12:29] back into
it making it a dead end alley is worse
[12:33] yet I mean either way you gotta back out
somewhere and that lady on that corner
[12:39] she'll Park like if her fence is here
she'll Park three foot from that fence
[12:43] and it's barely he has a little Kona so
Chief is the No Parking allowed on the
[12:50] opposite side of her garage or you're
allowed to park her back there I believe
[12:53] the whole thing's no parking no parking
lot and the only thing I can ask you to
[12:58] do is just to keep up with the chief and
the police department and call them I
[13:04] mean if there's a problem and you have a
problem there yeah that's really not a
[13:09] console person's well does not or call
to enforce the code I don't want to
[13:14] bother them guys no they're not they're
doing their job and that's their job
[13:18] okay and it's not it's not our job as a
council that's the police
[13:24] officers and the chief and the chain of
command through the police department
[13:28] now I was told to come up to a meeting
from one of the offices well you can
[13:32] come up you're welcome to come at any
time you're a resident of the borough
[13:35] and we we certainly welcome you but
certainly
[13:39] there cannot be like an awareness change
down there I'm sure that there's already
[13:44] an ordinance there's orders for no
parking in that outlet yes sir what I
[13:50] think the lady's trying to ask is this
because she has a garage she can't have
[13:53] a handicap parking spot right and in her
defense down there I grew up down there
[13:59] and where I live I don't have people
across the street I got the old 19th
[14:03] Avenue school and I try to back into one
of my parking spots and it's hard I
[14:07] understand that
um this I don't know why her sign was
[14:12] taken away maybe the chief could talk
about that I would have to look at it
[14:16] you're impressed again so here's what
I'm going to ask you to do just just for
[14:20] sake of the meeting please call and talk
to the chief okay he can come down and
[14:25] speak with you and you can visually see
everything he's more than happy to come
[14:29] down a little thing okay and that's
that's the best way assistant chief
[14:33] Camarino has been excellent about
everything you know that's who I was
[14:37] kind of talking to okay that's fine
she'll get out and I know it says no
[14:42] personals but I mean I've spent over a
thousand dollars last year in return
[14:46] fees this lady's really unbelievable
uh and I try to shut my mouth I mean you
[14:53] can only do that so much she's out there
I'm in my backyard she starts right away
[14:58] she could see me out her windows and if
I'm in the garage she's beeping her
[15:03] horns like crazy and stuff just yeah I
let it go that's what else can I do
[15:08] the only your only recourse is is to
talk to the to the Chief and the chief
[15:13] will come back to us and give us any
recommendations and we can move forward
[15:20] he's down to ribbling well he came one
time he gave me a ticket
[15:42] naming names we're not recording people
out
[15:46] yeah we want to help you if you have a
problem and let's just move on yeah and
[15:51] you can you can talk with the chief
you'll come down and look at her and
[15:55] he'll send the assistant chief down okay
and we'll handle this okay and then and
[15:59] then I'm going to ask the chief next
month for a report from us and we'll
[16:03] we'll get to the bottom I can tell about
anything that can be done okay I can
[16:07] tell you right now she won't Park back
here now because her yard's like a swamp
[16:11] so that's why she's kind of laying low
right now so that's happening thank you
[16:17] Brad I'm glad you come home but some of
us didn't know what was going on when we
[16:21] um no I didn't know that was going on
yeah
[16:28] it has been yeah and I don't like I said
I I know you're saying for others
[16:34] they got a better job to do than
referee me and her you know what I mean
[16:40] well it's just we thank you for coming
and talking with us thank you guys
[16:44] thanks anyone else have anything they'd
like to speak about yeah
[16:59] Shannon yeah
um
[17:10] [Music]
[17:14] there is I've been super sack there is
some spaces available in this building
[17:19] we really need to help out the community
currently right now we're asking our
[17:24] children to go to Steel Valley high
school and the middle school to get
[17:27] supplies that they need if we have
something for the community that's us
[17:31] helping and the borough helping so it's
a benefit for both of us if we can get
[17:37] into
space so we've spoken about your your
[17:42] your request
um
[17:45] and we're glad you're here to talk with
us yeah even if I can't get a space with
[17:50] the building
um if I can drop a shipping container
[17:53] and one of the back parking lots
um yeah I cannot get off my solar power
[17:57] I don't need any electricity to run into
it so
[18:03] um I think no no someone else is calling
me but I'm not going to answer them I'll
[18:08] call him later anyway
um what I suggest you do is come in and
[18:13] and we can talk informally a little bit
and get some plans because Council had
[18:17] mentioned a couple things items that
might be a possibility
[18:22] um I don't know how well a storage
facility would work a storage container
[18:26] in the cold weather I don't see how that
would be an option to be honest with you
[18:30] I think that would be very hard
Braddock has three storage containers
[18:34] that they use I just I don't know I'm
just going to be very hard and I don't
[18:38] think that back area back there is
appropriate right now we're not
[18:42] physically ready back there for that I
don't think I don't think the public
[18:46] would be very safe back there there's a
lot of wood and there's a lot of stuff
[18:51] back there I don't think it yeah
it's just not ready right there we've
[18:56] mentioned and talked about possibilities
of you moving into the old municipal
[19:00] building and taking spots there we can
look at some of those ideas so that we
[19:06] have we have talked about
your your specific wants and we just
[19:12] need to move move forward a little bit
further and see how things go okay
[19:20] okay and um Seth can speak with me and
others and councils when anyone wants to
[19:26] get involved and we can talk and
certainly
[19:29] um it's certainly an open book right now
okay okay I was the former president
[19:34] just because of so many things going on
in life I was too busy but I am learning
[19:40] liaison between the council
well thank you mayor well thank you but
[19:48] uh but it is a group that is trying to
do good things in this program we
[19:52] understand to work with you know help
people that are in need help the mayor
[19:56] was not at our last meeting you missed
the conversation we talked about this
[20:00] and we had a thorough conversation so
um I think we need to have another one
[20:06] and have you present at the conversation
we can talk about things and and we can
[20:10] move forward okay okay I think you need
to put what you know you know have a
[20:16] presentation of what you want we
understand the requirements okay I mean
[20:21] that we will know both parties will know
what we're talking about everything I've
[20:26] heard is just plain verbal at this point
sounds like a good idea okay but we
[20:30] would have questions like do you have
some sort of insurance
[20:35] if you have all those things right there
[20:41] currently starting out only one to two
days a month because we don't have
[20:46] enough supplies yet but you know the
schools are are helping out all of our
[20:50] all of our kids have to go to the
schools and say I need deodorant
[20:54] you know the parents can come in and get
the supplies themselves and their kids
[20:59] can just focus on school they don't have
to worry about any deodorant for the day
[21:03] so what we're going to do is we're going
to put a couple ideas together one you
[21:07] give us some some idea of the kind of
square footage you want to use and then
[21:12] we'll give us we'll give you some
feedback of what we might accept you and
[21:16] allow you to do with borrowed property
and we'll move forward okay all right
[21:21] okay great I mean one of the other Keys
is money wise there's not a lot of money
[21:26] in this organization we understand that
why is it we understand
[21:32] anyone else have anything they'd like to
say any comments from any other
[21:36] residents
yes
[21:42] and
um let me stand up
[21:45] um I'm going to be covering the meeting
for the Daily Mirror but I have a
[21:50] question are we going to discuss what's
happening with the water crop we are is
[21:56] that on the agenda well we were supposed
to okay we were supposed to and um I'm
[22:01] just curious
the chief uh we did speak about that in
[22:06] executive session
and um if the chief would like to take
[22:10] this question we can certainly let me
speak about it
[22:15] so the Waterfront is private property
but it has it allows access to everybody
[22:21] but there's rules that they have to
follow to be there
[22:26] um so the Waterfront has a code of
conduct policy and they are simply just
[22:31] adding another rule to their conduct
policy
[22:34] uh I have a copy here if you would like
to look at it
[22:40] they're adding a 6 PM curfew for anybody
under the age of 18. and if you're under
[22:46] the age of 18 you need to be accompanied
by someone who's 21.
[22:52] um
[22:55] a 16 year old that's working I don't
have their badge yes
[23:03] this gives us everything I need to know
yes
[23:11] I was going to ask the chief if you'd
like to speak on some of the actions
[23:15] that have been going on on Main Street
and um I know a lot of people commenting
[23:20] on this on Facebook and they're talking
about what's been going on what's not
[23:24] been going on and I and I and I just
want to let everyone know that the Mount
[23:29] Hall police are working diligently on
this and I'm going to let let the chief
[23:33] speak about that as well we've had two
businesses uh broken into uh they broke
[23:37] a window
uh took some items and we had one store
[23:42] that was uh robbed twice
um but we were able to identify the
[23:49] person and we have a warrant for him and
we're actively looking forward right now
[23:58] I'm limited on what I can say because
it's an ongoing investigation but we
[24:01] know who it is and we're looking for
Rick yes sir is there cameras on main
[24:06] street yes there are they're operating
yes there are
[24:09] yeah and they picture they've caught
several of the people on there yes
[24:13] they're not as they're we'd like to have
some more but but we do have cameras
[24:17] there they are in operation and they did
pick up this per se individual correct
[24:22] um
so we do
[24:26] and that's another here saying we don't
have cameras working there here and
[24:30] there but they are working
um and there are cameras that we're
[24:34] looking into that need some work done to
them
[24:38] um but in this particular area they are
working and they did pick up this person
[24:42] so yes there are cameras working and all
from that Main Street they are working
[24:46] so I'm not going to give out certain
areas because you know
[24:51] okay anyone else
I I think that this phone spoke a little
[24:57] bit before I think what we and we're
looking at
[25:00] how to do this you know with you know
some funding out of police funds I think
[25:06] we should you know Seth can look into
grants itself but I think what we need
[25:10] to do is just create a system itself not
just and then link up the areas that we
[25:16] have now that probably the biggest thing
right there with any surveillance system
[25:20] is to have somebody watching
okay so the reality is uh we have one
[25:27] dispatcher right there so it might be a
little challenge there but I think
[25:31] looking it into the future designing a
system for surveillance would you know
[25:37] run money we may be able to find funding
through forfeiture funds or potentially
[25:42] grants that do that but there would
potentially also be the need for
[25:46] somebody to monitor you could always
take it out to a third party to do that
[25:50] a lot of companies do that today the
security systems and uh being that
[25:56] they're you know in a straight you could
go with using cellular as the connection
[26:01] itself or you could use you know some
extensions of fiber optic cabling you
[26:07] know into a system and we can look at
other areas we could do it I mean I
[26:12] think once Tom and Jaime are just
beginning to look into it and I sit down
[26:16] and gladly assist with putting together
those type of requirements so I think
[26:21] it's a thing that we definitely need to
do repair your short term and I think
[26:25] there's a longer term thing that we need
to look at
[26:29] anyone else have any other questions I'm
just going to speak for a console that
[26:34] shouldn't have please achieve in the
mayor we are committed to key
[26:38] Main Street safe I know there's a lot of
stuff you see on Facebook
[26:43] that maybe you know but we are committed
to do that and one question did come up
[26:49] was maybe uh we need to look maybe under
the alert system too
[26:53] that's you know so we can alert people
on well we we've talked about that and
[26:58] we need to do that I think we have to
have some sort of a system that our
[27:02] Emergency Management coordinator is all
in favor of and that's that's stuff that
[27:08] we we can start doing now I think we
need to look into that they're not just
[27:12] for Crime for other problems whether
there's a water main break exactly
[27:16] whatever a gas leak that we need to get
maybe the alert system started agreed
[27:21] agreed I mean most alert systems that
work in the health care industry you
[27:28] know you there are you know alerts for
active shooter there are alerts for
[27:32] biohazard there are alerts when
patients get lost actually uh but
[27:39] residents get lost right
but they're typically you know you need
[27:45] people to opt into a system right that
they can get the alerts but they're
[27:50] pretty
and they're pretty narrow and focused
[27:54] they're not going to say you know
there's some action happening on Main
[27:57] Street well if you go on to Facebook
they're pretty they're pregnant they're
[28:02] pretty they're pretty uh pinpoint right
where things are going my dog ran up
[28:06] video Drive well I saw it the last week
of something about a dog or not on video
[28:10] drive I'm just telling you what systems
are designed to do about my dog but
[28:16] another dog right they are resigned to
do that our new website will have some
[28:20] capacity to do that but it is an opt-in
system so residents will try to give out
[28:25] right or opt-in receive give their phone
number and I'll let you receive but
[28:30] we're well aware of that and I think
once we have a system started in place I
[28:36] think we will get a lot of residents
involved now one thing I want to just
[28:40] say is I'm so glad to welcome Deb
Deborah you can call me Debbie Debbie we
[28:48] have not had a representative from our
local newspaper and probably two or
[28:53] three years
so we we thank you for coming and we
[28:59] welcome you and thank you again okay
[29:06] any other questions from anyone
[29:11] okay let's move on
uh any public comments for items or for
[29:17] consideration which I think we followed
that
[29:21] um so we're going to move on for the
items of consideration
[29:25] motion to pay bills for the period of
January 1 2023 through January 31 2023
[29:33] as summarized in the total amount of
586 820
[29:40] and 80 cents I need a motion
motion by Kevin I second second by
[29:48] Rainey
[29:52] any questions on the motion
[29:56] all in favor all right
did I do that correctly Craig see I'm
[30:02] really any opposed yeah
thank you motion to approve number two
[30:08] motion to approve payroll to the period
ending
[30:13] 2020 through December 31st to
January 14 2023.
[30:22] and that total number is
325
[30:27] 856 dollars and one cent and I need a
motion
[30:33] motion by cabin
I need a second
[30:37] second by Rich
any questions on the motion
[30:44] I question one question why is it but
going back to December because of the
[30:48] way the period ended the weekend got the
31st payroll didn't actually hit until
[30:52] January okay very good all in favor all
right any Nays all in favor
[31:01] okay number three motion to approve
agreement with Union railroad
[31:07] um and that was all spoken about by our
solicitor
[31:11] um in the executive session it's
actually two of them so just so for the
[31:15] record settlement agreement and Crossing
agreement and Crossing agreement we're
[31:18] going to vote on them uh both at the
same time yes okay so both are are two
[31:24] separate agreements and we're gonna have
one vote on it council's fully informed
[31:28] of what's going on the public here is
fully informed of what's going on so I'm
[31:33] going to ask for a motion motion motion
by Dave
[31:37] second by Rini any questions on the
motion
[31:42] all in favor
aye it's all unanimous there are no Nays
[31:50] okay
um motion number four motion to a point
[31:54] green and Peterson Inc GPI as our
Borough engineer
[32:01] I need a motion
motion by Rich
[32:06] second by Rini
I heard you in there Mr Rondo but I
[32:11] didn't give you the vote
hi you're welcome any uh
[32:17] any Nays or any questions on this
hey are you selected this one okay okay
[32:26] uh all in favor
all right all right
[32:31] so it worked I didn't ask for a roll
call vote guys but um it's a four to two
[32:36] vote
[32:38] um
so
[32:40] motion passes
um
[32:44] after I go through all the Motions I
want to introduce you okay
[32:52] acceptance of the the resignation of a
public works employee with an effective
[32:58] date of February 14 2023
um this is motion number five I need
[33:07] emotion motion motion by Dave
second by Rini
[33:13] all in favor
aye any Nays
[33:18] any questions
[33:22] moving on to number six ratify the
January 31st 2023 vote to re-approve the
[33:30] plate Mill subdivision originally
approved 422
[33:35] 2022. I need a motion
motion by Kevin
[33:41] second by Dave
[33:45] uh any questions on this
[33:49] all in favor
all in favor no names
[33:55] motion passes
approve the Civil commission the Civil
[33:59] Service Commission to advertise for a
new Civil Service list for police
[34:04] officers this is item number seven
I need a motion motion did I interview
[34:09] you say motion mayor is that you uh I
would like to about that yeah
[34:13] when I was there I used to make a motion
all the time
[34:17] positive
[34:23] any emotion I'm sorry motion motion by
Dave
[34:27] I need a second
second bite yeah I gave you that Kevin
[34:33] all right so
um just a a just a little statement the
[34:37] mayor talked about this earlier this is
not meaning that we're going to hire new
[34:42] police officer this is a motion to take
a list we can look at the list we can
[34:47] see where we're at this is going to take
roughly how long to get a list together
[34:52] several months
yes most likely yeah so this is just
[34:57] this is a parliament this is preliminary
work on doing this so I need a vote all
[35:03] in favor
[35:06] no names
okay motion number eight
[35:10] approve a resolution to apply for USDA
funding not to exceed fifty thousand
[35:16] dollars for the purchase of a new police
vehicle and authorizing the borough
[35:21] manager to sign and execute any
contracts or agreements arising from
[35:26] said Grant application
I need emotion motion motion by Dave
[35:33] second by
anyone second by Rich
[35:40] any questions on this
I need a vote all in favor
[35:46] aye
no names just to add a little statement
[35:51] there we are applying for uh grants for
garbage trucks as well is that correct
[35:55] Seth I am actually meeting with the
truck with the truck vendor next week to
[36:00] start working on the specs so that we
have the pricing for the Grant
[36:04] application just saying that for the
public just letting the public now okay
[36:07] anything else I miss Council
[36:12] all right so um
I think at this time we should uh let
[36:18] our new uh engineer please stand up and
introduce yourself to everyone hello
[36:23] everybody my name is Ashley Reed I'm a
professional engineer licensed with the
[36:27] Commonwealth uh and we responded to the
borough council's request for proposals
[36:33] for Engineering Services and went
through the interview process with them
[36:36] and that's what brings me here tonight
and I'm thankful the council for the
[36:40] appointment I'm really looking forward
to working with you and uh I'll be
[36:44] meeting with Seth next week to get
started Ashley welcome aboard thank you
[36:48] for being here yes
[36:52] foreign
[36:58] at this time any any questions from the
public I always let the public speak if
[37:03] they need to any additional items if not
I need a motion for a journey absolutely
[37:12] very appropriate and the way from the
meeting you've got
[37:16] it was pretty rough there
it's a learning it's a learning we're
[37:22] very proud thank you very much most
improved
[37:27] I can get worse too
any any other statements from anyone
[37:35] yes ma'am I just think you're a super
guy I always did thank you Marie it's
[37:40] finally a pleasure for you to come and
be at the councilman thank you yep
[37:45] um I need a motion for German
motion second second
[37:50] by Kevin
who was the first most who motioned that
[37:54] Dave Dave and Kevin for the second all
in favor
[37:58] aye thank you all for coming