136  City Council Reorganizational Meeting Tuesday, January: 2, 2024 @ 11a.m.  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner. Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Tuesday,January: 2, 2024 @1 11a.m.; Council convened: att their regular Reorganizational Meeting with Mayor elect Reasingeri int the Chair. Other members present were ast follows: James Aughenbaugh, Jennifer. Jackson, Elliot Gelfand, Shane Dietz and City Controller, David Volpe. Also present were: Interim City Manager andE Engineer/Public' Works Director, Chris Nasuti; Deputy" Treasurer, Tom Nowak; Redevelopment, Authority Director, Joe Mitchell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark; Public Works! Superintendent Scott Farrell; Finance Officer, DeLean Shepherd; ITI Director, Matt Johnson; Detective Corporal Matt Robertson; Corporal Lanny Prosper; Police Secretary, Carrie Gladysiewski; and City Secretary, Korbi Slocum. The meeting was called to order: at 11a.m. andt the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor  elect Reasinger. Public Comments Debbie Maching-Momoestre: Swearing in of Elected Officials  Mechling congratulated" thei incoming members of Council and thanked them for leading the Mayor elect, Pat Reasinger; Councilwoman elect. Jennifer. Jackson; Councilmen elect, Elliot Gelfand; and City Controller re-elect, David Volpe having received a majority of votes cast for their respective offices, were duly elected as Mayor, Members of City Council, and City Controller oft the City of DuBois for( (2)year and (4)) year terms, beginning. January: 2, 2024. Ina accordance with Article' VII, Section701, oft the Third-Class City Code, Mayor Reasinger, Councilwoman, Jackson and Councilman Gelfand presented their "Certificate of Election"to bef filedv witht the Administrative Secretary. Mayor Reasinger wass swori inl by Notary Public Thomas M. Nowak, Jr. Councilman Gelfand and Councilwoman, Jacksony were: sworni inby Mayor Reasinger. All were duly certified as! Mayor and Members of City Council. City Controller David Volpe was: sworni ine earlieri int the morning by. Judge Frederic. J.A Ammerman.  Cityi into: 2024. "Tapplaudy your ability tos step forward. Thank you."  Ther new Council convened with. Mayor Pat Reasingeri ini the Chair.  Selection of Vice President of Council  Ther motion was madel by. Jackson and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council appoint Councilman Gelfand as Vice President of Council. Roll call vote was ast follows: Aughenbaugh, yea;- Jackson; yea; Gelfand, abstain; Dietz, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion Selection of Consolidation Committee (10-person committee) Co-Chair Nasuti explained that the committee isr made up ofthes City of DuBois Council members andsr members oft the Sandy Township Supervisors. Sandy Township electsa Chair and the City of DuBois elects a Co-Chair and theyr run every other meeting. The motion was made by. Jackson: ands seconded by Gelfandi to elect Pat Reasinger ast the Consolidation Committee Co-Chair. Roll call was asi follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Dietz, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed 5-0. Determination of day and time of: 2024 Council Meetings Ther motion wasi made by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded! by. Jacksoni that Council continue to holdt the City Council Meetings ont the seconda andi fourth Monday ofe eachr month at 6:00 p.m. Roll cally was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea;. Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Dietz,yea;  passed 4-0.  Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5-0.    137  City Council Reorganizational Meeting (continued)  Authorize Request for Proposals for 2024 Solicitor  Ther motion was madel by Gelfand and seconded! by. Jackson that we advertise al Request for Proposalsf for City Solicitor: services with RFPst tol bei received nol latert than April1 1, 2024, and reviewt thes scope oft the RFPs att the April 8,2 2024, Council meeting andr maket them available tot thep public. Roll call was as follows: Aughenbaugh,) yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Dietz, Reasinger explained that Council receivedar resignation from Gleason, Cherry & Cherryas Solicitorf for the City of DuBois. The motion was made by. Jackson ands seconded by Gelfand to accept ther resignation of Gleason, Cherry & Cherry as City Solicitor. Roll call was as follows: Aughenbaugh, nay; Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Dietz, nay; Reasinger, yea. Motion The motion was madel by Gelfand and: seconded by. Jacksont to appoint Thomas Breth of Dillon, McCandless, King, Coulter & Graham, LLP of Butler att ther rate of $3,200.00 per month. Aughenbaugh raiseds several questions. "First, under the Third Class City Code optionalf form ofs governmenti isn't the! Solicitor required to have an officei int the City of DuBois? Iwant to make sure we are doing this the right way. Second, thel letter sayst the Solicitor must attend all Council meetings, either inp person or virtually. Are wes set upi to do "*Mr. Mayor, l'd! be happy to comment on! behalf oft thet firm. Iam unaware oft the requirement the Councilman speaks to, but we're obviously happy to establish an office in DuBoisi ift that's required by the optional Third Class City Code. Withi respect toi the virtual, that's only at the direction of Council. Wet fullyi intendt to attend inj person all Council meetings. There are, fromi timet tot time, occasions when Council indicates! it willl bea a: short meeting and wants to doi it virtually. IfCouncil gives direction for us to participate virtually we're! happy to doi that; otherwise, we willl bel herei inp person." Becauset the firm's offices are in Butler and Cranberry... " Breth clarified, "We havet three offices." Aughenbaugh asked, "Will therel be any feest for travel toi the City andb back?" Breth replied, "Not within the retainer. Travelt time isi included int the retainer. There's also provision for, ifa asked! by Council to do: special projects we've provided anl hourly rate fori those special projects. Just SO we're clear, ift those special projects necessitate travel, that travel time willl be billed." Roll call was asf follows: Aughenbaugh, yea;. Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Dietz, yea;  yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed 5-0.  City Solicitor Position  passed3-2. Appoint Interim Solicitor  that virtually? Ifthat'st the case, is this allowed."  Reasinger, yea. Motion passed 5-0. City Manager Position  The motion was madel by Gelfand ands seconded by. Jacksont to authorize thel Interim Solicitor to assist City Council with thei immediate termination of John Suplizio'se employment with the City. Roll call was as follows: Aughenbaugh, nay; Jackson,yea; Gelfand,yea; Dietz, nay; Therel being not further business toi transact; the motion was made! by. Jackson ands seconded Reasinger announced that Council would be goingi into an Executive Session following adjournment. Amember oft the audience: asked, "Whati is the reasoni for thel Executive Session?" Reasingerreplied, "Personnel/legal. information. We've got some new Council Roll cally vote was asi follows: Aughenbaugh,yea;. Jackson,yea; Gelfand, yea; Dietz,yea;  Reasinger, yea. Ther motion passed3-2. by Gelfand that Council adjourn.  Adjourn  members."  Reasinger,yea. Motion passed 5-0. ATTEST:_ Yhb Slocum  APPROVED:  Conk