35  City Council Meeting Minutes- July 24, 2023  City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on! Monday, July2 24, 2023 @ 6p p.m.; Council convened: att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walshi int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: James Aughenbaugh, Diane Bernardo, Shane Dietza andi Pat Reasinger. Also present were: City Solicitor, Toni Cherry; Acting City! Manager/City Engineer/Public Works Director, Chris Nasuti; Public Works Superintendent, Scott Farrell; Redevelopment Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent, Joel Mitchell; Code Enforcement/Zoning: Officer, Zac Lawhead; Finance Officer, DeLean Shepherd; Police Chief, Blaine Clark; and Administrative Secretary, The meeting was calledt to ordera at 61 p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance wasl led by Mayor Walsh. Mayor Walsha announced: att the! beginning oft the meetingt that an Executive: Session for Personnel was held on Thursday, Julyz 20, 2023, andr no action was taken. Also, an Executive Session for Personnel was heldp priort tot this evening'sr meeting with the Fire Department andi no action was taken. The motion wasi made! by Aughenbaugh: and seconded by Dietz that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes ofJ July1 10, 2023, as presented. Roll call vote was asf follows: Reasinger,yea;l Dietz, yea; Ther motion wasi made! by! Dietza and seconded by Bernardo that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes ofJ July2 20, 2023, as presented. Roll call vote was asf follows: Reasinger,yea; Dietz,yea; Interim Manager Nasutin read down through the categories givingt their totals. Hes statedi that Auto Drafts arej just ours standard monthly! bills, sucha as utilities. PennVESTi is a special fund used for the new Sewage Treatment Plant. The motiony was made! by Aughenbaugh ands seconded! by Reasinger that Council approve the Auto Draft! list datedJ July2 20, 2023,1 int the: amount of $58,655.60;t the General Fundl list dated July2 20, 2023,1 int thea amount of $293,000.98;: and the PennVEST list dated. July2 20, 2023,1 int the amount of $3,164,053.05 asp presented by the Finance Officer. Rollo call vote was asf follows: Reasinger,) yea; Dietz, Iwasp pleasedt tol hear att thel last Council meeting that the budget for the cityi is sound. It was also announcedi thatt therei is goingt tob bea ay vote regarding the contract with Comcast; being the sole provider of digital mediai int the city. Thist to mei ist thes same as aj protection racket! benefiting the city and Comcast; but, unfortunately, not the citizens of DuBois. Let thet free market bef free, let there! be competition. Itis the only way tog get the best service ort the best price. Havinga contract with one entity being the sole provider takes awaya any bargaining power the consumer may have. The same scenarioi is going on with Waste Management. Please stopt taking payoffs from companies toe eliminate their competition for them. Willt ther next be Giant Eagle or Martin's makingt themt the onlys grocery storei in DuBois? Thisi is not the same as what Mr. Mitchell was talking about with the CDBG grant. Mine is grantsi in  Bobbie Shaffer.  Approval of Minutes  City Council Meeting Minutes - July 10,2 2023  Bernardo, abstain; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5-0.  Work Session Meeting Minutes July 20,2023  Registry ofl Invoices  yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Public Comments Charles Mechling- 709 Monroe ST  Lindal London 577 Rumbarger Ave  general.  Whenag granta application isr madet tol be usedi for as specific project, can the awarded grantr money bes switcheda at any time toa another project once it! has been approvedi fori the original request? Who oversees that the: awarded grant moneyi is properly usedf fort the originally applied fora and Upon completion oft the project does documentation makei itto Council that theyi int turn relay the Mayor Walshs statedt that he would answer andi then Interim Manager Nasutic cani interject, ory youcan Question1: Walsh- Once we get a granti ito cannot bes switched. Nasuti- When we get a grant,i itisf for aspecific purpose andp project; if we want tos switchi it, we have tos gob back tot the grant awardee. Sofor example, ifv we weret tryingt to dos something int the park ands switchi itt toa a different project int the park, we  approved project? information: tot the grant provider.  answer, andl lli interject.  would havei to get approval from the peoplet thatg gave ust ther money.    36  Question3: Nasuti- Att the completion oft the project, therei is ana audit done byt thep peoplet that give yout the money;t they track allt their requirements, minimum wager rates, insurances, US Steel, whateverit may be, budgets, andi then everythingi is closed out after that. Theyt typically holdac certain percentage of that grantf funding untilt they cand confirm) you did everything right. So, they do verify at the beginning and Question2: Nasuti - Oversees how we dot the grant? Council willy vote ont the payments we makei for those projects. But theya are not overseeing progress every day, checking out certified payrolls, and US Ms. Londoni felt that clarifieds somewhat, becausel don't thinkl I'mr mistaken whenl Isay that l'vel heardit setting! heret thati money was switched. Ididn't knowt that youy wouldi then gol back tot the grant provider, Nasuti - We can'tj justs switchi it; wel have to get approval from thet funding agencyt to switchit. Councilman. Aughenbaugh: statedt that certaing grants are for certaint things anda are made up and usedin certaina areas. So, depending on! howi the granti is written,) youl have tos stay withint the parameters. Nasuti- - Eveni if wes switch, ifv wel hadag grantf for recreation we can't switchi itt tor roadi rehab, it would! have tob be another recreation project. Eveni if wes switch withint the parameters, we have to get approval from Councilwoman Bernardo: statedt that she believes itis also stated in our audit. Isn'tit? Oury yearly audit? Hea addressed Mr. Nasutia and stated! hel hadp postedac comment about our last City Council Meeting the week of July 10th. Aformer Councilwoman commented: ands said that we were all offered attorneys in the eventt theA AG or Herm's attorneys wantedt tor meet with us. Shes said, we wento on to pay this bill. Is that part oft the $275,000 that we paid, andi ifitis ori isn't wouldy yout the city willingly show us who has Nasuti said oft the $275,000 ity was not allf for Herm's legal attorney's;t there were peoplei int the city Clements stated that het thoughti it was strange, becausei it took allt this time tol learn that. Inever knew thati ina allt the meetings have attended, andy yet itist the former City Councilwoman whor resigned because she careda about the citye enought tos say "Michael, mine were paid." Ifindit odd;1 lwonderi ify youy will Clement said, justt to! be clear, Mayori its under, it'sp part of thei indictment. Mayor Walshs said thati is Clement said, SOV we don't! know, othert than what Shannon told us, she obviously broke! her own confidentiality tos some extent, is whaty you're saying. It'sr not goingt tol ber releasedi is what you are saying? Ijust findi iti interesting. Just a comment, Iwass shocked that she posted, that and said: shel had! been interviewed. Courier Express! has never reportedi it. The City Council never told us. Italkedt tor many of Trailhead- -I was att the Sandy Township meeting with DCED and they weret talking about possibly connectingt toi it up by Spider Lake, ont their end. So, ifthe city would connect itf from the Y out to whatl calll Larkeytown wouldt that be paved. Nasutic confirmedi it wouldb bep paved. So,t then crossinga at DuBois STV wouldt they consider puttingi ins some: sort of pathl like ont thel boulevard, or would wel have to come up and cross ont thes street tol head out tol Larkeytown? I'm asking! becausel Iride a mountain bike. I'm wonderingy willi it bel loopedu underneath ther road. Nasuti said they! have lookeda att this and he doesn't think they can get underneath1 ther roadt there. We do! have ana applicationi inf fora aj pedestrian bridge to put nextt toi it, sot that we can! have ap protected crossing at the trafficl lightt there. Wev wouldr redo that littlei intersection: at Parkway and DuBois. Wer recognize therei isat trouble trying to get across DuBois ST atc otherl locations, sot that was something. Joe andl just puti inc on Friday. Jennifer askedi ifitv would got the wholev wayt through Larkeytown. Nasuti confirmedi ity would. Mitchell stateda asl longa as SandyT Township  att the endt that youd did what youv were supposed to do.  Steelr most oft the grant awardees do oversee the projects foru us.  andt theyl havet toa approvei it for youto dot that. Thanky youi for clarifying that.  thep provider.  Nasuti saidt they dol look att those,) yes. Single audits for specific projects.  Michael Clement - 17 N. Brady ST  beeni interviewed: and who we paidt tol havet those. interviews done with.  government: as well.  release everybody that wasi interviewed, and who their attorneys were. Mayor Walsh statedy we can't dot that. It's still under thei indictment.  correct.  youl neverk heardi it onet time. Jennifer Jackson- -42 N.E BradyST  getst theirs.    37  Kathleen Clement - Chestnut Avenue  She understands that Herm's original contract was changed from! havinga amoral clause tol havingr no moral clause, essentially givingh him the green light to do whatever hey wantsi illegal, unethical andy yet! be  paidu until the end oft the contract. So, is he paidi ifhei ist terminated? Mayor Walsh: said hei is nota awaret that there was evera a change in his contract. Walsh said, nott tor my knowledge. Ididn't draw up the contract. Was there ar moral clause int the other City Manager contracts? Solicitor Cherry said, she didn't draw upt the contract either.  Clements said, sol he never! hada ar moral clause. Deb Mechling -709 Monroe ST  Mechling was curious ast to whether orr not Mr. Suplizio's payi is still being given. Inli light of the fact that wej justl learnedi that Mr. Nasutii is only making $8,0001 for the work hei is doingf fort the city; whyi is Mr. Suplizio'sp pay not beingh held ine escrow until thisi is donea andi increase Mr. Nasuti's payf for cleaning up all Mayor Walsh: stated hev would comment oni ita andI he will probably get slam basted. Mr. Suplizio has not Ms. Mechling said she did say until this allg goes through the legals system.... have never: accused Herm of Mayor Walsh saidb becausel hei is entitled toi it. Hei is not guilty of anything, yet. Innocent until proven  oft this.  been convicted ofa anything.  anything... Ihave felt from the! beginning, whyi is the pay not heldi in escrow?  guilty.  Mechling said, but hei is underi investigation. Mayor Walsh said, andt that means what? consideration for whath hei is doing.  Mechling said,i its seems likei it's very disrespectfully tol Mr. Nasuti. Hei isi inh here doing the worka and heis doinga allt this right now andH hei ist beingt transparent. Why is her not beingr rewarded: ands shown Nasutis saidt that Council isr rewarding! hima and paying mey what Ithinkl I'm satisfied with. I'mi not unsatisfied  with! how Councili ist treating me; they aret treating mei fantastic. Aughenbaugh: said there was ani increase inl his base pay.  Bev Kurts- 504 Rainbow Drive  Therei isan meeting scheduled for August 16th, thinki iti is, with thej judge thati is goingt tol hear the case and the: attorneys. Has City Council or anyone else askedt that that meeting be postponed? Mayor Walshs said no, whyy would we? Kurt's said because) youa are not ready. Someone ist not ready. Mayor Walshs said yeah, Ithinkt the Attorney Generali is notr ready. Kurts said, sot therei is nor requestt top postpone that meeting? Itv willl bel held? City Solicitor Cherry saidt the city doesn't have any control over that. Judge Seyler would! bei the one who would determine, he set the date. The AGI has toa aski forad continuance or Mr. Suplizio's lawyers would! have to. lwould: assume that ift they arer not ready, they will getr ready. Ms. Kurts said, asi fara as) youl knowt thereh has been no request for... Mayor Walsha asked, from us? Kurts said, Talkinga about contracts, who actually wrotet the contract for the City of DuBois and Herm Suplizio? Mayor Walshs said,t that'sa a good question andg gavei itt to Solicitor Cherry. Cherry said quitei frankly, dor not know. Ididr not doir it. Ihavel heard thati ity was something that Mr. Suplizio drew upa andl lalsol heardt that it was doneb by another attorney. I'm sorry,l don'tknow that. Tryzna saidt the City Council hadt tol know. : Cherry said I'm sure they did, Ididr not. That was) your question tor me, Ididn't writei it. Tryzna said I'm just askingy whoi issuedi the contract, who actually wrote the contract? Sincet the cityi isr responsible for givingt the contract, who... Mayor Walshs saidh her really wishes Mayor Gilbert was herei to answer that,l don'tk know. Iwasj justa a Councilman! backt then. Ididy vote top pass the contract. Iwasn'ti involvedi int the negotiation att thatt time. Idon't! knowt that. Council Aughenbaugh saidh he doesn't know either. Cherry stated thats sher recommendedi that the contract be specific work. In other words, when we are doinga PUCI ratei filingi it wasi my adviset that there should bea aratei fors services performedf fori the water department, theres should! be contracti for thes services performedi fori the sewer department, andt then  froma anyone. Cherry: said, thaty wouldr not bet for ust tor make ar request.  Ron) Tryzna -1 120 South Avenue    38  theres should bea a contract specifically fort the City Manager job. Thatr madei itr much easiert to answert the PUC. Ithinkt the questionf for the PUC, ish howr mucho oft the work done byy various employees oft the City of DuBois goes towardt the water department funda and! how muchg goes toward: sewer andt then how muchi is regular. Because there arer manyr many communities that don't operate a water plant ando operate sewer plants. Tryzna askedi ift that wasi in the original contract. Didy you addt thoset things int the contract, didi itg go backt tos someone else? Cherry saidr no,l recommended thatt the contract that wasi ine existence. Tryzna asked who she recommendedi itt to. Shes said she recommended itt to Council. Cherry said so we could Councilman Reasinger askedi ifs she made any changes tot the contract, like the morals charge or anything. Cherry saidr not tol herl knowledge. No,! wasn't askedi to, andi itv was simply tos splitt them and Council determined thea amount ofr money that would bej paidf for salary for each oft those. Reasinger said, you ares saying there was no moral clause init?  properly dot the PUC filing.  Cherrys said Ihaver nol knowledge of changing anything. Thatl Ican telly you. Isimply recommendedi to Council because wel have PUCf filings that they! be spliti int to three separate contracts. Debl Mechlings saida ast the Solicitor yourj jobi ist tor recommend whats should! be, thev way things shouldb be  handled. Isitt typical fori them to disregardy your opinion? Cherry saidi iti isl herj jobt tor represent Council and...  Mechlingi interrupted ands saidy your recommendi that they changei it and toy your! knowledge : Mayor Walshi interrupted he saids she didn't say change it.sher recommendedi that they putt that int the  contract.  Mechling said buti it didn'th happen. So, I'm askingi ift thati ist typical.  Cherry saidl I didn't sayl said that, saidi recommended that three contracts bei implemented. As separate contract fors services performed as head oft the water department, as separate contract for services  performed: as heado oft the sewer department Mechling saida and that was done. Cherry confirmed.  Mechling said! but the clause wasi not puti int there.  Cherry said Ihaver nor recollection ofar morals clause! beingr removed.  Mechling removed ora added? Cherry said, either one.  Reasinger asked,i ifac contract like that typically has amorals clause.  Cherry saidi inl light oft the Administrative Code, Ithinkt that Council always has the discretion1 to determine iftherei is activity ori inaction that wouldy warrant dismissal. Ithinki iti isp pretty clear that with at felony Reasinger askeda about the land purchase, where he went against City Council's wishes, not wishes but actual motion. Instead of buying 27 acres he! bought7a acres. Why wasn'ts something done at that time, that toi mei isi irreproachable. That should have beent taken care ofr right thena andl Ithink yous should! have Cherry said,i ify youl look att the Deed, didn'th handle them. Thep property was brought to Mr. Suplizio first byt ther realtor. Thisi isv whatl Ihaveb been told by thei individuals who werei involved. Mr. Suplizio had! been looking for landi for quites some time tob builda a camp. When the offer was brought to him by ther realtor, her mentioned to City Council, you cans seei iti int ther minutes, that there was land coming available. Council directed himi toi investigatei it. Att that point,! Iwas noti involvedi in what happened, understandat third party camei ina andy was willing to purchaset the other land. Icant telly yout this,! thought whenl Treada about thep project andl heard about the possibility ofp purchasing landa andi the price per acre, my comment was  conviction, dismissal is warranted.  said to Council, heyy wer needt to dos somethinga about this.  Councilman, Aughenbaugh: said hel believesi if your readt that it approves up toz 27 acres.    39  thati ity was noti in Council's business plan and wayt to expensive. Thep pricep pera acre of this piece of property was wella above what wel have ever spent. Typically, wel havel looked onlyf for land around the watershed that we can forest andt therei isr nothing on that property. Ify youl have gone outt there, andI have, therei isr nothingt there. The only part that was valuable tot the city was the road. Thati is, int fact, what Councile electedi tob buy. Idon'th have aj problem withi it, hej paid full pricef fori it; the other party paid full pricet fori it;t the cityl Ifeltp paiday veryl hefty price andt tor mei itv would! have only been worthi it to get the road. Othert thant that, recommendedi that Council not purchase the additional land and they didi not. Reasinger said, wheny yous statede earliert that the city was onlyi interested inl landi that hadi forest oni it,is Cherry,) yes historically wel have only bought land withi forest SO we can regenerate it... Reasinger interrupted ands said, ist that whys you bought those: seven acres?  That was handled! by outside Counsel.  that correct?  Cherry saids she wasn't happy witht the price ont the seven acres. The city needed ana access roadt tot the back oft they watershed, and thought that mades sensef for that strip of ground. Tobe ablet tol keep people away,t therei isa a gate acrossi it. lunderstand thati itisa also used by ther neighbort to geta access toh his property.I don'tk knowi ifhep payst the city anything that! has never been! brought tor my attention. Ido knowt that therei isag gate oni it. Ithinki for the protection oft the watershed, its serves a purpose. Thati is the only wayy we can access the land. Icoulds see aj purposet for thei road parcel,l Ididn'ts seet the purpose for ther remainder ofit it becausei it doesn't have at tree oni it, tot the best ofr myk knowledge. Mr. Clement addressed Ms. Cherry about the comment: shej justr made. Iflam understanding correctly, if someone, Godi forbida actually, isf foundg guilty ofa ai felony; yous said youy wouldr recommendi to Council that they terminate thep person. Whatk kind ofa advice wouldy youg give Council ast to whether orr not they guarantee thet fullys guaranteed contract? Wouldy yous say, let'sn not payi ita and let thems suet the cityf fort this Cherry said,l Idon'tt thinki itisf fairt to ask met tor makea aj public comment aboutt that. We have ar man thati is innocent until proven guilty. Ihappent tol believef fromi my contacts witht the AG that they are not goingt to  Michael Clement 1 17 N. Brady ST  payment?  finda any money missing from the City of DuBois. Clement said, whichi is goodr news.  Cherry said, whichs shouldb ber really goodr news for everyone. Something that... Clement interrupted ands said, l'mj just curious because yous saidifitisaf felony. :  Cherryi interrupted: ands said, felonies are very different matters. Idon't seef felonies coming out here. I'm Cherry went ont tos say,l don'tt thinkt there was probable cause to eveni file. P'lIg go onr recordt that way. Councilman Reasinger said! hel hada a question. So, $93,0001 inc cash oft the city's moneyi is, OK?  sorry,l don't.  Clement said, l'mH hopingi it doesn't'.  Walsh: askedi ift there were any other questions. Clement said, yeaht thank) youF Pat.  Reasinger went ont tos sayt that! hes should! havel beent fired right that day.  Cherry saidi think that response isp part of Mr. Mechling's statement, the money was given! by' Waste Management, the same amounti is givent to adjourningr municipalities; it's givent to Sandy Township. The letter fromt the representatives of Wastel Management makes it very clear that they wantedt the moneyt to be used byt the Fire! Department for thei fire department purposes andi for City purposes. Now that money was locatedi ina al building that was used byt the Community Days Committee. Theyk kept allr receipts there, theyl keptt their monies there, theyk kept their collections there. Ther money, there are accompanying envelopes that willl become part of the evidence int the case that show thati it was left over moneyf from particular years andy was being saved for thet followingy year. Tol be quite frank, Community Daysa activities arer noti funded! by collections or donations solely. They are supplemented by what was calledt the Community Fund money. Ihappen tok knowt that the AG was advised that that money existed, and the AG did notl looki int the room wheret the Community Days activities were conducted. That means    40  thata all oft the receipts that were kept there were not,t thankfully, confiscated by the AG. They remain, and the AG was advisedt that they exist. Thati isa alll Icans say rightr now because itisp pretty obvious thatt they Reasinger continued, Tonii itis $93,000i inc cash oft the city's money. Whether you calli it Community money Cherry statedi it was originally inac checking account andi it was removed before payment was made in  exist.  thats shouldh have beeni inac city checking account ors savings account. Clement once againt thanked Pata and started ar round ofa applause and whistling.  cash.  Reasinger interrupted ands said, andt thati isr not at terminatable offense. Clement interrupted ands said,i it was six weeks before anyone knew: abouti it.  Jennifer. Jackson- -4 42 N. Brady Isito common that the city pays cashi for things?  Reasinger interrupted ands said,t that's not booti moneya and laughed. wondering aret there other instances that we pay cash.  Jackson continued; Imeani ist thisr normal that we pay cash? Most business activity it'sa check; 50, I'mj just Cherry said, wet the city didr notp pay cash. Ithink there were some certain! high well-known: special guests, such as, ex-Steelers, certain acts that demandedi tol be paidi in cash the same way the Steelers Football team demanded tob be paidi inc cashi from the United Way. Dolpay people in cash, nol don't. Does the City of DuBoisp pay peoplet for cityb businessi inc cash, not they do not. Thesei individuals required paymenti in cash, alsot the littleg girls andh boys carryingt the banners were paidi inc cash, the collegel kids who workt there were paidi inc cash! becauset they puti inal lot oft time. Certainly, city bills arer not paidi inc cash.  Jackson askedi ifv wei issued1 1099's or wouldi theyi issue1 1099's?  Someone: saidi it was alli illegal.  Cherry said, itisr noti illegalt top payi in cash, itisi illegal nott tor reporti it ony yourt taxi return.  Dave Rupperch- - Sher Del Line Road, Sandy Township Even after payingt thel kids ands stuff wes still have $93,000 left over? Cherry confirmedi from yeart toy yeart toy year.  Ruppercha askedi ifits should! have! beeni inas securedl location. Likeabank. Morel laughter. Cherry said, I'm noti in charge ofit. Idon't know whatt tot tell you. Itis whati itis,1 l'm noti inc charge. Reasinger once again addressed Cherry, so) youk knew! Herm was paying people with cash, stars and all  Rupperchs said, likel Ikeep $93,0001 inr my house.  thats stuff.  Mayor Walsha and Councilman. Aughenbaugh said, Ithink everyone knewt that. Cherry saidl Ithinki itv was welll known. Iwas never there when! he paidt them. Reasinger said, wea area a city, wer need tos send checks, we need tos send 1099's. Mayor Walshs said Community Days isr not part oft the City of DuBois. The wholer roome erupted. Clement saidi ifthati isa at true answer, howt then didt thati money become city money? Because, I'm confused by thet transfer, Ms. Cherry droppedi it offt to Mr. Nasuti and the Chief of Police. Somehowi itis Cherry said,i ith has always! been Community Fundi money donated by) Waste Management. Waste Management was very aware ofv whati ity was being usedf for. Why didl wanti it brought to the city at that momenti int time? Becausel feltl Ihad enough trail, andl didn't want the Attorney General to come and confiscate it ast they confiscatedi the other cityr money that was sittingy upt there; Iwantedt to make surei it wenti for cityp purposes. The other money theyt took, whent they came ina and didt their raid.  nowi inac city account, itv wasn't cityr money priort tot that.    41  Clement asked, sot therei is cityr money with someone else? Cherrys said, there was other cash on Bobbie's desk for Community Days.  Clement said, whent they camei in? Cherry confirmed.  Clement said, can) yout tellr me why all thes suddeni it became city property, Iguess? But the Mayor justs said  thati it was not ours thati it was Community Fund. Clement, not underj jurisdiction oft the city?  Cherry said, Ihave always identifiedi it as Community Fundi money. Cherry said, thinki ith has always been under thej jurisdiction of Council.  Clement said, we wouldk knowt that money was sittingi inas safe, wouldn't we? Ithink Council knew... (she Cherry said, Community Days asks City Council for contributions every, year. It'sint the minutes every year. Clement interrupted ands said, understand buth how didi it become our money thei moment someone took ito out oft the United Way Building, whichl stillo don't understand howt that happened. Itg got here, now we'res sayingi it's city money. Itwasn't cityr moneyi it was Community Days money that came from) Waste  wasi interrupted by Clement)  Management.  Cherry said, Ihave always calledi it Community Fund money. Clement said, but not under the jurisdiction oft the city. Clement askedi ift the account isr now marked Community Fund. Reasinger askedi ifitv was undert the city EIN number att the bank.  Councilman. Aughenbaugh: statedt that the account the money was puti intoy was marked Community Fund.  Nasuti asked, was ito orisit? Reasinger asked, wasi it. The consensus of Council was it was not. Someone: askedi ifitisr now? Mayor Walshs statedit itisr now.  Ther room erupted and ther mayor usedt the gavel.  Cherry stated the account wasi int the name oft the DuBois Volunteer Fire Department wheret they! keptt the money for Community Days. Therev wouldh be checksi issued andr receipts for bills that were paida and then therev was moneyl left over andi it was! kept. Thati is really alll cant tell you. We wantedi tor makes sureit was Community Fundi money as opposedt to United Wayr money. It didnot belong tot the United Way. I previously asked how muchr money wast frozenb by the AG andl Iwas toldi none, nowy yous say they did Mayor Walshs saidt they took, they actually didn'tt take any, wellt there may! have been some cash, buti it was mostly checks that people donated to Community Days. Tot this dayt they! have never been cashed. Clement asked, SOV wel had checkst that had never been cashedt that justs sat there? Walsh clarified, donations. That camei int that week, we deposited week toy week. Every Thursday or Friday, whatever date Bobbie madei the deposit. They camei ina andt took allt the checks for that week.  thoughtlwouldi maket that very clear. Elliot Gelfand- -15. Highland ST confiscate money.    42  Clement asked, sot they confiscated whatt theys saw. Mayor Walshs said thati ise exactly correct.  Councilman. Aughenbaugh statedt that Mr. Mitchell explained that inap prior Council meeting. Mr. Gelfand askedi ift there was extra cashi takeni from the United' Way or anywhere else byt the AG'soffice.  Mayor Walsh confirmed there was not. Mr. Gelfand askedi lifitv was al large amount if money. Walsh confirmedi it was not. Comcast Cable Franchise giveh her recommendation.  Nasuti statedi that we: asked the Solicitor tol look at this at the last meeting. Ibelieve shei isp prepared to Cherry statedt thats shel has reviewed line byl line oft the agreement. One oft thet things Iwas concerned abouti isi ift there was ane exclusivity clauset that wel hadt to agreet that Comcast wouldb bei the only franchise andt that hasb beena alleviated. Ap priora agreement Isaw they were thee exclusive provider, this contract under: 2.41 thei franchise granted Comcast shall ber nonexclusive. Nothingi int this agreement shall affectt the right oft the cityt to grant other franchises to operate and maintain a cables system. Therei is also no requirement that ac cablec company bet the sole provider ofi internet ort television services. So, therei isr no prohibitioni for Directv, Hulu, Dish. However, what therei is underz 2.6ist that a requirement that ift the city permits as subsequent franchise or othera authorization top provide similar wire videos services that when taken asa a wholei those contracts will not! ber moref favorable thant the provisions that wel havei imposed upon Comcast under the contract. Thep pricet that Comcast paysi is 5%0 of thei fees that they collect. The city hasa a right toi inspect their work. They also provide a $10,9868 grant anda as well as at free cables services to ther municipal building, polices station, fire companies, public work buildings, water ands sewer: authority. That amount of cost cant be deducted from 5%1 franchisef fee capt that they pay. Therei is also a one-time $10,986 educational: andg government channel grant paidt tot the cityf for thei institution andr maintenance of ane educational and governmental: access channel. Based onv whata appearst to be done, these wires are onlyt tol ber raiseda above ground or below ground depending on wheret the other utilities arei int thata area on city property andi theyl have the requirement ift they goi into disturbi it, tor replacei iti int the conditioni in whichi it was priort tot their entry onto thep property. Whichi is obviously ai much! better situation than we Myr recommendationi ist that the concerns hadl have beena addressed: and lhaver no objection to Council Ther motion was made by Reasinger ands seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council acceptt the recommendation: oft the City Solicitor and authorize the mayor to sign the Comcast Cable Franchise Agreement as presented. Roll cally vote was asf follows: Reasinger, yea; Dietz,) yea; Bernardo, yea; Councilman Reasinger stated he! has beeni toa a couple of Work Sessions since he's new and! he didn't see where they were very valuable. Really ally we dois iss set the agenda. We can dot that through email very easily. Iflwantt toa adds somethingt tot thez agenda,! would juste email andg geti it added. Hej just doesn'tsee Nasuti stated that we canl have allt thei information ready by the end of Wednesday, emaili ittoe everyone, youd can! haveah hardo copy as well. Ifyou don't want toh havet the meeting, we can still get) yout the Reasinger said,i itc costs money wel havei four orf five citye employees here att them, their time could be much  have withl National Fuel. enteringi into this agreement.  Aughenbaugh,; yea; Walsh,yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Work Session  the purpose oft thema andl byl lawy we don'tneedi tol havet them.  information.  better spent doingt theirj job: andt they would probably rather do that. Gelfand said we could schedule them as needed. Mayor Walsha askedi for questions or comments from Council. Aughenbaugh said,) yeaht that could be ane executive: session, Iguess.  Reasinger said,t that wouldr maker more sense.    43  Aughenbaugh: said, his commenti is you got this outi int the public now seei ifv we get any feedback and act Mayor Walsh said web broughtt this upa about fiver months ago andt thet feedback we got was completely negative. What were wet trying tol hide, why are we cancelling them, etc. We always didhavei them. We saidr not to cancellingt them. My opinioni is, ther new council seatedi inJ January cand decide whether they want tol have them or not. Ther motiony was made! byF Reasinger, toc discontinue Work Sessions. Reallya all we doiss sett thea agenda;l Ijust think youa are wastinga lot of employee time. I'dl like tor make that motion tos seeifl Icang getas second. Councilman Aughenbaugh wouldl like tov wait until the nexti meeting to see Request for Council to appoint Robert Burns, Jr. tot the Civil Service Boardreplacing. Joel Lazore with! his Ther motion wasr made! by Aughenbaugh and secondedby Reasinger that Council appoint Robert Burns, Jr. tor replace. Joel Lazore ont the Civil Service Board with! hist terme ending November 5, 2024, andaletter be sent tol Mr. Lazore thanking himi forh hisy years of service. Roll call vote was as follows: Reasinger,yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed5-0. Authorization toa advertisei forb bids for the Coke Hill Water Line- Phasei Nasuti- wel have! beenl lookinga at doing the waterline/sewer linej project, we doh have enoughf funding on handt to doa portion of what wev will call Phase 1, which will bes starting at Division STa and Coke Plant Alley. We'llg gou up Division STH halfa ablockt to allo of Orient Avenue, allof North Court, South Court andt those streets willl bep paveda att thist time. Wel have thec designf fort thel back! half done, wea arej just lookingf for funding; hopefully, wec can get that constructedr nexty year. Ificanj just get) your approvalt tob bid out Phase 1,dot thev work, geti it paved; hopefully havei it done by October 31t. Ther motion was made by Dietz and secondedby! Reasingert that Council authorize advertisingi for bidsf fort the Coke Hilll Water Line- - Phase1. Rollo call vote was asf follows: Reasinger, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo,) yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh,) yea.  onitt ther nextr meeting.  what kind off feedback wes get. Ther motion diedf forl lack ofas second.  terme ending November 5, 2024  Motion passed 5-0.  Resolution! No. 2023-0369- DCED Multimodall Downtown Trailhead  CITY OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA POBOX4 408 16W.SCRIBNERAVE. DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA: 15801  TELEPHONE: 814-371-2000 FAX: 814:371-1290  APPENDIXI II-A AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL RESOLUTION Resolution No. 2023-0369  BEITR RESOLVED thatt the City of DuBois of Clearfield County hereby requesta Multimodal Transportation Fundg grant of $211,6341 fromt the Commonwealth FinancingA Authorityt tobe usedf for Downtown Loop BEI ITFURTHERI RESOLVED1 thatt theA Applicant does hereby designate Edward Walsh, Mayor and Christopher Nasuti, Acting City Manager/ Engineer ast thec official(s)toe execute all documents anda agreements between the City of DuBois andt the Commonwealth Financing Authority tof facilitate anda assisti in obtainingt the 1,Bobbie Shaffer, duly qualifieds Secretary of the City of DuBois, Clearfield County, PA, hereby certify that the forgoingi isat true and correct copy ofar Resolution duly adopted bya amajority vote oft the City of DuBois ata regular meeting! held Monday, July2 24,2 2023, ands said Resolution has been recordedinthe Minutes oft the City INV WITNESS THEREOF, laffix myl hand and attacht thes seal of City of DuBois, this 24th day ofJ July: 2023. Thisi is thep project. Joe andI Ihave been working on witht the Downtown DuBois groupf fora acouple of months now. Converting the S&TBank Parking Lot across the streeti into better utilization of parking. Right now, weh have about 45 spots over there; withs somel building demolition and  Trailhead.  requested grant.  ofD DuBois andr remainsi ine effect aso oft this date.    44  reconfiguring we canh have upward of 70 spots. Itshould help bring more business downtown and service businesses weh have downtown: already. Ifwe could get that resolution, Joel has the grant Ther motion wasr made! by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Bernardoi that Council approve Resolution No. 023-0369- DCED Multimodal Downtown Trailhead- Authorized: Signatures as presented. Roll cally vote was as follows: Reasinger, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. Nasutis statedt that the purpose oft this agendai itemi is seek support tor rename the Sandy Bridge to honor Air Force Veteran and State Police Officer, Trooper First Class Brad Wilson. Trooper Wilson was woundedi int thel line of duty in: 2013 leavingh hima quadriplegic. Ther request was submitted on behalf oft thel Military Order oft the Purple Heart and the Pennsylvania State Police. The Sandy Township Supervisors votedi ins support oft this att their last meeting on. July 17"h. We would be voting ins support; itisas stater roads soi ity willl havet tog got through the Department. They wouldl liket the support ofb both municipalities asitis on the Sandy/DuBois line. Ther motion was madel by Reasinger ands seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council supports renaming the Sandy Bridgei in honor of Trooper First Class Brad Wilson. Roll call vote was asf follows: Reasinger, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, This is justa awareness of theA Awareness Day. Clearfield, Jefferson Drug and/ Alcohol Commission annually puts flags along Liberty Boulevardi for thea awareness oft the overdose epidemic. They will place thet flags after wel have ane event on the: 27th, they will maintain thei flags, andt then remove them. The motion was madel by Aughenbaugh: ands secondedl by Dietz that Council name August 31st International Overdose Awareness Day. Roll call vote was asf follows: Reasinger, yea; Dietz,yea; The police department: av while! back started our drug vice unit. Iwant tos stepi into a second phase of it,V which willl basically helpt target druge enforcement whichisf focusing on engagingt the citizensi ini the community. Wes startedac drug! hotline, basicallyi it's ane email address forp people toa anonymously giveu ust tips. Alot of people don't want to come tot the city building or are even reluctant to call County Control. Itiss soi important toh have community involvement. That's why we will bes startingit. Wea are also goingt toh have members oft the department out talkingt tot the community, tryingt tog get whateveri information we can. Ihave tog give the guys kudos; they! have done a fantastic jobs sof far with drug enforcement. They haver made great headway. Thisi is the second phase; Ithink itisg going tol bee extremely important because itis just as simple as getting one email ands sendingt the information. We needi it, we can't doito on our own. Wei need everyone's help and again thisi is the second phase ifa anyone has anyi ideas, pleasel letr mel know. Itwillg gos straightt tot ther narcotics guys. They areg going to readi it, take care of it, andr respond! back accordingly. Our departmentis headstrong: about dope right now. We arer making! headway, believeit orr not even thoughitdoesn't look likeit sometimes. Mayor Walsha askedi ifhel hadas statement ready for thep press. Clark Jennifer. Jackson askedi ifs she has at tip at2a.m. does shes sendi itint then. Chief Clark said yes. She wanted tok know if thes sitev will ber monitored. The Chief saidr normally the drugs guys whent they come ini they willl look atit, but he will probablys give the supervisors access toits sot they can look atit too. Somethingt that needs tol happeni right now, they can go ahead anda act onit. Ifitis something Mr. Mechling askedi ifhe was goingt to havei itp postedo ont the City's website. The Chief confirmed! he is. Mr. Mechling saidt thati is where he wouldl look forit. The Chief said he'sl looking for every avenue Trees again. Ifound outt that our 52t trees we are gettingf from thes state, wel have top put them on public property we cannot put them onp private property. So, I'mg goingt to! bel looking for moneyf for7 trees, thatl Ipromised top puti int the privates sector. Iwill get back toy youint two weeks, Ihopel Ican Kathleen Clements wanted tok know how muchatree. Reasinger said about $500 atree, which includes thet tree, planting the tree, the! bag for the tree, trimming the tree at) year 2,5 and 10) years.  ready tog go. Itis due by the end oft this week.  Motionp passeds 5-0.  SandyE Bridge Renaming Request- Trooper First Class Brad Wilson  yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5 5-0. International Overdose Awareness Day- August; 31  Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5-0.  Police Chief- Blaine Clark  confirmed he does.  that can wait fort the drugs guys, they cans shoot thema message.  hec can get the word out on. Councilman Pat Reasinger finditbyt then.    45  Itisa long-term project andt they are about $500 atree. Whichiknow: sounds likea lot, but these are Clements askedi ift they aref figt trees orb bigt trees. Reasinger didn'ti feel we could grow figt trees here; buti ify you wanta ai figt tree, I'lls seeiflcang geti it. They are 12'a 'and21 1/2 "around. Asked Chief Clarki ifhe would share thev website address with all ofu us: dnugtip@dubospagor The district attorney has tiplines ands sometimes they are phased away before we getit. Iwant Thankedi Police Chief Clark and! his department for allt the work the drug teami is doing on stopping SR2 255 int front of the High School, we are goingt tor mill and pave that the nights of July; 3oth Following thaty wev will bei restartingt the Division STtraffic signal on August 7th, shouldbe completed byt thet time school starts. Iwill be attending North Central's funding opportunities on August 8th. Jake Brake signs areina andy willl be put up this week. yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. Motionp passed5-0. ap4p  12' trees, they are! bigt trees. Councilwoman Diane Bernardo something morei immediate. Councilman. Jim Aughenbaugh narcotics. Interim City Manager -Chris Nasuti and3 315t.  Adjourn  There being not business tot transact; ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh and secondedby Reasingert that Council adjourn. Roll call vote was asf follows: Reasinger, yea; Dietz,) yea; Bernardo,  ATTEST  APPROVED:  nRA