165  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 4, 2024  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Monday, March4, 2024, at 6p p.m.; Council convened att their regular City Council Meetingwith Mayor Pat Reasingeri ini the Chair. Other Council Members present were. JamesA Aughenbaugn, Shane Dietz, Elliot Gelfand and Jennifer. Jackson. Also present were: Interim City Manager/City! Engineer/Public' Works Director, Chris Nasuti; Interim City Solicitor, Thomas Breth;! Interim Police Chief Shawn! McCleary; Treasurer Lisa LaBrasca Becker; City Controller David Volpe; andA Administrative Secretary, Korbis Slocum. The meeting was calledt to order at 6p p.m. andt thel Pledge ofA Allegiance wasl led! by Reasinger. Councilr meti inl Executive: Session priort tot tonight's meeting to discuss personnel! issues. Before openingt thef floort for comments, Solicitor Breth explained thel legalp procedure fort the public comments duringac council meeting. "Thisi isat time fori the publict to express) your concers, opinions, whateveryou'd. liket to express to Council. It'snota a question-andanswer: session. Ifyoul have questions, that'sfine. Council wantedi tos sett thee expectations that your may not get an answer toy your questions. Questions canl bes submittedi inan number ofv ways: email Council members, email the City Clerk, you can come tot thep public comments: and ask questions. Traditionally, Council will taket those down orl l'Itake them down. That gives Councila and opportunity tof follow up,i investigate and providey your with detailed answers. Ita also protects Councils sot they'rer noti inas situation wheret they feel like they have tor respond not! having allt thei informationi that'sr necessary. Italsol helpst the meeting flow al little bit! better. III apologizei ina advancei ffCouncils says orl need tos say, 'm sorry, they can'ta answer that. Wellgetbackto Reasinger added," "Plls stick around after the meetingi ify youh have a detailed question. I'm moret than  Executives Session (legal andp personneli issues)  you." That's one oft ther reasons) youg givey yourr name and address." happyt tot talk with you. Sometimes thisi isn'tt the rightp place." Public Comments onA Agendal Items Only DebMechling- Monroe Street  "Ini regardt to Old Business, would liket toa amend my comment from thei informationi meeting of February 261 inr regardt to1 195 Brady Street, otherwisel known ast the! beauty school property. Earliert today, Iwas given at tour oft the property! byt the owner Dave Chirico whol boughtt thep property fora dollar. Aftert touringt the building, Ibelieve! hei isc oweds some change. Dave andl spoke ofther rumors of skillg games! havingah home there andh hisi intent, att this time, ist tos stabilizei the buildinga and, int time, tol have small shops int ther main floor ofthe! building. This willl bea at tremendous undertaking: and he'sa alreadyt taken 101 tons of garbage out ofthe! building. Goodi luck tol him becauset there willb be muchy worki involvedt tor make 191 Brady Street "lV wanti tok know what's up with Chief Clark. Just because. Jen. Jackson don't like him? She's allf for Assistant ChiefF Roy. Ifanyone should! bei investigated, its should be him. He don't know! how tol leave the "Ip poseda ac question and comment last weeka aboutt two ofthe City Council members beingl left out ofthe opportunity to! help! healt ther relationship! int the Cityt that some ofy youd claimi is ani issue. Iwas met with, andi many others fromi the City believe, disrespect, combative and disgrace toward Council members, citizens andr myself. You, Miss. Jackson, iny your own wordsi indicated you: are not willingt to workv witht two ofy your fellow Councilr membersi fort the good oft this community. Istand! here today asa a Cityt taxpayer and citizen and askt thaty yous step down SOV we can! havea a City Council member that will move forwardi lina "TH have ac question aboutt the DuBois Days. Ist the Citys giving DuBois Days money?" Reasinger said, "We'll Ther motion was made! byA Aughenbaugh: ands seconded! by. Jackson that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes ofF February 12,2 2024, as presented. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea;  habitable." Karen Parlor- -C Olive Avenue  barracks and whenH he does, hel lies to people." Kristinel Indre - Green Glen Drive  positiver manner and workf fort the whole City."  Bob Swope-DuBois answert that." Approval of Minutes City CouncilA Minutes- - February12,2024  Aughenbaugh,) yea;. Jackson,) yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed 5-0.    166  City Council Meeting Minutes- - March 4, 2024 (continued)  City CouncilMeeting/ Mnutes-Frhnanzs.mM  Ther motion was madeb by Gelfand ands seconded by Dietz that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes ofF February: 26, 2024, asp presented. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,yea;  Aughenbaugn, yea;. Jackson, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Registry ofl Invoices  Ther motion was made! by Aughenbaugh: ands secondedb by Gelfand to payt the Autol Draft Check Register by Check ID datedF February: 22, 2024, int the amount of $3,130.16. Roll cally was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz, The motion wasr made! by. Jackson and seconded! by Dietz top pay the GeneralF Fund Purchase OrderListing byv Vendor Name dated February: 22, 2024, int thea amount of$ $326,356.57- Rollo call was ast follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh, yea;. Jackson, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motionp passed5-0. The motion wasr madel by Gelfanda ands seconded! by Aughenbaughto payt the PennVEST Check Register by Check ID dated February 16,2 2024, int the amount of $2,044,060.98. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand,yea; Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed 5-0. 2022 Audit- Thez 2022 Audit has beens signed and submittedi tot the appropriate. State agency, sot that one Ordinances- - "The question was, Whath happenst to Ordinances ifthey werei improperly written or areno longer valid orr may bei inc conflict witht the ones we are writingr now?' When adopting new Ordinances, we willr review the existing Ordinancest to ensuret there arer no conflicting codes." Reasinger added," "Once we Financiall Records Subpoena - There was arequest from the. January 8, 2024, meetingr regarding the subpoena to access the City'sfi financial records. Brethr responded, "We'vei beeni inc contact, we'v ver received alimitedr responsei from MidPenn Bank. They provided justa a couple ofy years ofrecordss so, ifnecessary, we'llf filea ar motion to compel. We've! been goingb back andf forth with S&T Bank's legal counsel. We receivedI last week confirmation" that theya are gatheringa andv willj providea a detailedi responsetoa allo ofthe  yea; Aughenbaugh, yea;- Jackson, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed 5-0.  OLDI BUSINESS Responset to Public Comments isb behind us.  merge, once the Consolidation is, allt those Ordinances will ber re-written."  subpoenaed records. Ihopet tol havet those within ther next week." Skill Games- This willl be addressed' later this evening.  Abduction, Attempt- - Interim Chief McCleary reported," "On Friday, February: 23 at approximately: 3:30 p.m. a25-year-oldi female arrived: ato our station andi reported she escapeda an abduction: attempt on South Franklin Street. Att thatt time, school police were contacted- - both Penn State and DuBois Area school police. Also, ab Be-On-The-Lookout" was put outt to alll law enforcement: agencies within 100 miles. While investigatingt thati incident duringt that day, ouri investigation providede evidence thatt thep public wast noti in anyo danger. Thei incident is: still currently underi investigation. lalso want to ensuret the publict that ifour department ever receives any crediblei information that therei is any threat tot the public thati information Water Bills- "There wasa question on whether the water bills arei int the name oft ther renter orp property owner. Per our City Ordinance, the water billi ist tob bei int ther name oft thep property owner." Healthcare1 for Public Officials- "We didr remove access tol healthi insurance from public officials." Breth added," "Thec correct procedure wasn'tf followedto provide thath healthcare. Ithadi tol bet through Ordinance. Itcouldr not occur duringt thet term ofa anyo oft thei individuals. Afterr researching that with Chris'sa assistance, that determination wast made. Iprovided Council with my legal opinion and without objection Council agreedt that! healthcare! bei immediately stopped. Itv was stopped February1 1, 2024." Brethe explained,' "Council will have al Resolutioni next Monday for its consideration whichr movest the process farther alonga and provides Council witht the opportunity tof formally terminate the employment of thef former City Manager. Wel have what we calla al Loudermill hearings scheduledf for next week withl legal counself fort thei former City Manager. That'sa a prerequisite tor movingt forward towards Council deciding ont terminatingt the employment oft thei former City Manager. So, there'st two steps- - the Resolution: and thel Loudermill hearingt then ultimately oncet the Resolution is passedt thet former City Manager willl have and opportunity tor request al hearingi ifhev wantst to challenge the elimination ofhis employment."  willb ber released immediately andr make everyone aware."  City Manager    167  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 4, 2024 (continued)  Forest Management Planl Recommendations  Afterr reviewing thei information presentedi inF February by Generations Forestry,i itisr recommended that Councilp proceed witht four projectsi int the watershed whichi include: overstory removall harvesti in Compartment 1,t theh herbicide sprayi in Compartment: 5, overstory removal harvesti in Compartment 9,2 and thel herbicide: spray in Compartment 9. Thep projects càn be approveda as one plan. Gelfand askedifthe work gets! bid out. Nasutin replied, "lt'sap public! bid. We'll put the specifications' together, havei it advertised, we'll gett thel bidsi ina ands go withi thel highest bidderi int this case since it'sp purchasing, not doing Ther motion wasr madel by Dietz ands seconded by Aughenbaugh to approve and proceed with the recommendation: from Generations Forestry. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea;  workf foru us.".  Aughenbaugh, yea;. Jackson,) yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5 5-0.  2024 City Pool  Because wel hada a significant increasei int the: 2023 rates from: 2022, inl looking at our budget andi ther ratesi it is Nasuti'sr recommendationt tok keept the 2024 rates the same ast theyy werei in: 2023- The motion was made byJ Jackson ands seconded! by Gelfandt tol keept the: 2023 rates for: 2024. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea; Jackson,) yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed5 5-0. Nasutia added,' "We arel lookinga att tryingt top provide additional equipment, amenities sucha as chairs, umbrellas, benches, sol may bel bringingt that backt toy you. Idon'tknowi ifwe'llg get all ofito donei this year. I'm working with Mike Ressler down att the pool. Itr may bea a planf forr next year." Reasinger said," "To get agood chairi isk kind ofe expensive andr noti int thel budget SO wer mightr need to get the pricest together and Shawnl Lesky gave: an update ont thej planning for DuBois Days 2024. "We'vel had at few meetings so1 far and! have made progression. Int thet time sincel lasty week's meeting, after consultingwiths some attorneys that double as Solicitors, we wanti toa amend whati itisti that we would ask oft the City. Itwouldn'tbe appropriate to askt the Cityf fora donation toa ar non-profit.. " Reasinger interjected, "We were: allowedto givet tot the Fire Department because they area a division oft fthe City. We can't give the moneyt toa at third party." Lesky continued, "Thats said, itisap partyf for the City. What we would amendi is, think ofita asa potlucky wheret the Cityi isi inviteda ast thel host by definition of geography, so, asap participant, wel hopet the City willo contributet thes same way thata any business orindividual to addt tot the partya amenities. There are items upf for grabst that) you could! help withi that wouldr merity your participation." Reasingerr replied, "'m nots sure we're ablet to dot that." Leskys said, "We could givey youal list and exchange things like that. Asfar asp planning andI logistics, the organizational groups arer makings goodp progress with everythings sof far. Solicitor Breths said, "The City's not ablet toj just give. Iunderstand thei importance of the activities and am notina any way speakingr negativelya abouty your efforts. Taxpayer money can only be spenti in certain manners, sot tog give taxpayer moneyt toa at third-party non-profit organization- no matter how worthyt the organization- -i isr not one oft the permissible ways. There aret thingst the city can do and I'm) happyt to work with Mayor and Council. Shawn, ify youl have as suggestion ons some things,! can certainlyt talk witht them ony wayst they cana assistt the organization. It'sal bige event anda alot ofs services that are neededt throughout that event." Reasinger said,' "We're goingt to! look atv what we cand do. Idoh have afewt things just to remindy you." They discussed1 the applications, insurances and permits required fort the event. "The Cityi is goingt top provide the set-up ofthe electric, we'llo do clean-up assistance fort the electric: and garbage, and we'll havep police on patrol. We want tor makes sure none oft the organizers are makingr money off ofthe event. Wheni it comest tot the non-profits whos selli food,) you're probably goingtor need foodi trucks. Ifone oft the non-profitsi iss selling! hot dogs, we wouldI like not tol have af foodi trucks selling! hot dogs. We don't want thet foodt trucks to compete witht ther non-profits. Comei ina andt talk with Chris orr me anyt time." Jessica, a representative from DuBoisLIVE, asked about thet fireworks permit. "Hows soon! beforet the event will wer needt to dot that?" Nasutiv will dos some researcha and geth backt to Shawn. The first! billi is Registration ofF Residential Rental Units. Jackson: said," "1t think wer needi to do more researchl beforev wer move forward ata all." Nasuti replied, "l wantedto get confirmation thaty you want Zac andI Ito tacklet theset three again." Reasinger said, "Tomy will probably help us witht those." Council "Thisi is goingt tol bet thes same," Nasuti began. "We wantedt to get direction: from Councilt tor move forward. Tom andI can putt togethert the RFP. We'vel hadp people contact us. Iwantt to make: sure Council  doitf forr nexty year." Nasuti added,' "Ib bringi ith back here! before we do anything."  DuBois Days  Consideration of Council Bills  directedI Nasuti and Lawheadt tor movei forward.  RFP for Financial Services  is OK with us doingt that." Council gave the directioni tor move forward.    168  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 4, 2024 (continued)  Sandy Township Section 1081 Loan  The Consolidation. Joint Council: approved the Section1 1081 Loan Guaranteed Cooperation/ Agreement on March7, 2022. Ibelievei itist the State requestingthis. They wouldl like eachi municipality att their own meetings to dot that, SOV wer needt to dot that here att this meeting. ItisaTownshipi loani thati is goingtog go beyond: 2025 SOV wel havet to approvei it. We didi itatt the. Joint Boardb butr never didi it here at our own meeting." Ther motiony wasr madeb by Aughenbaugh ands seconded! by. Jacksont that Councila approve the Sandy Township Section 1081 Loan. Roll call wasa asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh.yea; Nasutie explained, Throughout: 2023, wel hadt threer representatives request to dedicate waterlines tot the City of DuBois. One on Chestnut Avenue, one on Oklahoma-Salem Roada and another servingthe Pfingstler Fieldhouse on DuBois-Rockton: Road. We'd! like to ask Council tot turni this over to our Solicitor toa assistr mei inf finalizingt the paperwork: ands sett those dedications." The motion was made by. Jackson ands seconded! by Gelfandt tol have Solicitor Brethy workv with Nasuti ont thev waterline dedications. Roll call was asfollows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea;A Aughenbaugh, yea;Jackson,; yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed Lastr month, the. Joint Consolidation Board votedt to apply tol DCEDf for at fires study that DCED will complete att their cost. This wills study thei fire departmenta asi itrelates to consolidating ther ninei intot the new City of DuBoisi in: 2026. The motion wasr madeb by Gelfand and seconded by! Dietz to approve the DCED1 fire study. Roll callv was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson,) yea; Reasinger,yea. The. Joint Consolidation Boarda approvedt the Amended Consolidation, Agreement. The amendments include removingt the. Joint Transition Committee, updatingt the Solicitori language, and addinga provision that Capital Purchases moret than $100,000.001 must! be: approved: separately by the governing bodies. They must! bea approvedi individually. It'sas simple amendment. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh ands secondedl by. Jacksont toa approve the Amended Consolidation. Agreement. Rollo call was ast follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh,yea;. Jackson,) yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed5 5-0. Last week, Sergeant Shawn McCleary was introduced: as Interim Police Chief. Nasutii isr requesting Council approvet the appointment. The motion was made by Dietz and: seconded by. Jacksoni toa approvet the appointment of McLeary: asl Interim Police Chief. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz, yea; Thisi is removing parkingr restrictions on Robinson! Streeti from W.1 Long Avenue to! Howard Avenue. The motion was madel by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Gelfandt to approve thes seconda andi final readingof Council Billl No.1 1981. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea;A arbagpheAcse.es Thei firstr reading was on December: 11, 2023. It was properly advertised int thep paper. Thisi isa short section ofF PaperA Alley thati is ofn nou use tot the City of DuBois SOV we'ret turningi it over. The motion wasr made by Gelfanda and seconded by Dietzt toa approve the seconda andi finalr reading of Council Bill No. 1979. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, yea; Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugn, yea; Jackson, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed5 5-0. Everyf fivey years, wes get ar newp permiti for our Sewer Plant. That comes with ane evaluation of our industrial users,) what contaminants they canp puti into ours system so ourt treatment plant canl handle that. They've updatedt thatl list of contaminants, SO wel havet to update our Ordinance. Sandy Township and Thel Ietter ofrecommendation: isi iny your packet. The motion was made! by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Jacksoni toa appoint. Josh Bentont tot thel Redevelopment, Authority. Roll call was ast follows: Gelfand, yea;  Jackson,) yea; Reasinger,y yea. Motion passed5-0.  Dedication ofV Waterlines  5-0. NEW BUSINESS Applicationi for DCEDF Fire Study  Motionp passed5 5-0.  Approve Amended Consolidation. Agreement  Police Chief  Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed 5-0. Second Reading of Council Billl No. 1981- - Robinson Street Parking  Reasinger,y yea. Motionp passed5 5-0.  Second Reading of Council Billl No. 1979- Vacate: al Portion of Fairway Street  Amend thel Industrial Sewer Use Ordinance  Falls Creekv willl havet tof follow this. It'si iny yourp packet for review. Recommendation: to AppointJ Joshl Bentoni tot thel Redevelopment. Authority Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea;. Jackson,) yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5 5-0.    169  City Council Meeting Minutes = March 4, 2024 (continued)  Neighborhood Fund  Wel have openedanewf fund, thel Neighborhood Fund,f forr miscellaneous use. We'dI like your authorization" to opent that. The signatures oft the account willl be Treasurer Lisa LaBrasca Becker, Deputy Treasurer Tom Nowak, Controller David Volpe and myself ast the Manager- alll bonded. The motionv was madel by. Jacksona ands seconded! by Gelfand to opent the Neighborhood Fund account at S&T Bank. Roll call was asf follows: Gelfand, nay; Dietz, nay; Aughenbaugh,yea; Jackson, yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion Solicitor Brethg gave anu update ont thes status of Police ChiefE Blaine Clark. "Asy you are aware, Council took actiont this evening toi formallya appoint Sergeant McClearya ast thel Interim Police Chief. Chief Clark has been placed ona administrative leave with pay. The Assistant Chiefi isr remainingi inh his current position at this time. Council received a complaint withr respectto Chief Clark last month. That matter has been referredt tot thel District Attorney's office. Therei isa ani internali investigation. Iwas scheduled tor meet with the Chiefthisp past Friday. Hel has retainedI legal counsel, sot that meeting! has been pushed until next "IH have severals statements Iwantedt tor make andi thenl havei two questions l'm hoping Mr. Breth can answera att thee end. Thet firsti is what Mr. Brethj justs spoke about. lwant tot thank Council for doingt the rightt thing andf followingt the processi inr regardt tot the Police Chief. lam an! HR professional. Iknow) how delicatei theses situations can be. You are protectingt the City. Youa arep protecting all oft the employees, includingt the Chief. Ithinky you're doingthe rightt thing: andr restoringt thei integrity here att the City. Iknow thati is something) you did campaign upon. Integrityi is abouts strong principles, being! honest, doingt the rightt thing. Whenl Iook at Council,. Jennifer, lapplaudy you. You are as strong person. Iknowy yout takea lot ofc criticism. Andl Iknow! last week's comments might have come asas surprise for some people; some people were offendedl by them. That you! have a difficultt time, att times, workingy with Shane and. Jim. l've knowny you al longt time. Youa area a straight shooter. You: say what your mean, andy your mean what yous say. And, likei it orr not,) you alwayst tellt thet truth andt that makes people uncomfortable. Kudost toy you for acknowledging that youl havet that difficulty att times working withr members of Council. Not many people will admit that and doi itp publicly. But) you didi it, andy you don't owe anyone ana apology. Ifeelt that we are owed an apology as citizens. Remember that thet former Council voted tor not removet ther manager. They wouldr notp put! him on paidl leave when! his home andt the City was raided. We did not receive ana apology ora ane explanation whent they wouldn'tbuy out! his contract. And we certainly did notr receive ana apology when Council wast fightingt thei injunctiont tos stop! his payout. So, thank) youf for fighting for our City, Iwill sayi inr regardt tol last week'sr meeting, was frustrated. lwas al littlel bita angry, disappointed. Ifeltit was somewhat: av waste oft time! knowing wel hadi tor rehashe everythingheret this evening. Just remember youy were elected by mandate. Andi itv was ar mandate of change, to dot things different thant the previous Council. Ikind off felt like wev were: somewhat ona ar rewindb button, andI wasi really disappointed. But,I wills say it'sab breath off fresh air, nop puni intended, Tom, that you are! here. You did a goodj job of explainingt thingsr regardingt the Public Comment portion. Movingf forward,l hopet that Council we will hearr moret fromy you, especially Shane and. Jima anda allo ofy youz about howy youf feel aboutt things. Ihope the atmospherei ismore conversation-like,; allowing us toa ask questions, evenifthey'rei impromptu. Ithink Inl light oft the actions regardingt the Police Chief,1 do havet two questions andi it actually regards the Fire Department. Althought the Fire Chiefs are elected, City Code: states they report to Council. So, does City Council have thea authority to discipline orr remove al Fire Chieff from their post? Does City Councill havet the Brethi replied, "Justs sol I'm consistenti ini my previous comments, wrote downt those questions and willl be happyt to addt them tot thel listt ther next time we get togetherr next Monday evening. Hopefully we can have public answers fore everyone." " Reasinger added, "You're goingt to getr more thorough answersf from usi instead ofs something quick. Ithinki it's goingt tol be! betterf for both of usifv we doi itt the way that we "Attorney Breth,) youl hadi mentionedi tonight that Chief Clark obtained counsel. Cany you: say who he retained?" Brethr replied, T could! but quite honestly,I decline. Ithink that'sa question he wouldb be  passed; 3-2.  week." Public Comments KristinVida- ChestnutAvenue  Jennifer. Yous shouldr not be condemned buta applauded.  that's important.  authorityt to discipline any firefighterifthe department fails to dos so?"  should."  Kathleen Clement- Chestnut Avenue betters suitedt to answer."  Clement continued, "T dol have: a comment. Really? S&T Bank, guys? Come on."    170  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 4, 2024 (continued)  Melissal Keen SandyTownship  "Allo of ours samer members on Council aret to! be commendedi fort takingas step tor runf for office. It'smy understanding- ando correctr mei ifl'm wrong- -1 that as part oft the Consolidation process eachr member elected, event ther new ones,t their positions will be open. So, ifyoul like whatt they're doing) you can vote themb backi in. Ifyou dor not! like whatt they're doing, you cany votet them out. Ory you are welcome tor run lalsol have a question sort ofr relatedi tot the alleged abduction. Do we have NeghborhoodWarches Is "We have an Assistant Chief. Whyi isn'th he the Chief? Isn't that how ranks go up? With the abduction, before we didn'th havei toa ask foru updates. Whya are we havingto comef forward and aski for updates now? Why are we nowh havingt to askt tob bei informed: about whoi iss safe int the community? "Blaine Clarkisaf fair and! honest man, inr my opinion. You canp prover me wrong. That's fine. His dad was and outstanding officera and Chief. The comment ont ther rentals. Anyone here on Council have rentals?" Both. Jackson: and Reasingerr raisedt their hands. "Arey your waterb bills ands sewer billsi iny your names?" Reasinger replied,' "They'rei inr my wife'sr name." Phillips asked,* "Cany youy verify thatf for us?" Reasinger said, "Follow me outt tor my truck. Ijust paidt them today. Ihavet ther receiptsi inr myt truck." Phillips said, "Ther merger with the Township. Istill want the Cityt to stay out oft the rentals. Ifyoul have rentals, I'm "just wanti to comment ont ther rentals. Ourcasei isk kind of different. They owni the property; we owni the land andt they rentt the landi from us. Ther reasoni for having Registration of Rentals is we arer required because ofs 911 and Megan's Law...theset things aret top protect the community. They're alreadyi inp place. I justy wantedt tos statet there are goodr reasonst fork knowing whoi is! livingint the community, who comes and "'mr nott taking: anything away from thel DuBois Dayst thing. Ist the Cityi ina any way overseeing anything or kind ofk keeping: an eye onp people?" Nasutic clarified, "Willy wel have police theret that day?" "Ist there anyone keepingt themi inl line, makings sure ther money goes tot ther rightp plaçe or arey youj just trustingt them? What's the differencei ify yous supplyt the City workers ors supplyt the Firel Department fort the fireworks? To me,t that'st the same thing. Everybodyi int this room at one point or another has saids something about taxpayerr money. Iwanted yout tol keept thati int thel back ofy your mind as well. Nott tryingt tot take away from anythingt they'ret tryingt to do, butt thisi is nott the City of DuBois[ [planningt the event)."  yourself.  thats somethingv we couldl look at? Maybe it'sap possibility tol looki into.  Bobbi Mauthe-E Pifer Street  Richard Phillips -Tozier Avenue  sure you'll understand." Melissa Keen-S SandyTownship  who goes asf far as residents moving outa andi residents movingin."  Bob Swope -DuBois  Council Member and Staff Comments Treasurer Lisal LaBrasca Becker  Mentionedi thep policer needing tob be called up tot thet front desk because: someone was upseta about their water bill. "When wes stiri itupa al littlei inh here, wet take abuse. We dot take al bit ofahitu uph here. We're employees oft the City. We do our bestt tos servey you. Ifwe can'tanswer questions, we'da appreciateitif youb beal littlel kindi to everybody. Andt taxes are comingi in, SOV we appreciate that." "Ont the water bills... ist that somethingy you cand comment onr now about how we'ret tryingt to align things with the Township?" Nasuti replied, "Wea arer movingthev water bills. Rightr now, they go out mid-month. We'res goingt tor movet them tot the end oft ther monthi to! be consistent with SandyT Township. Rathert than making the changei in onel bigs step, we willr movei it one week ata at time. So,) your billy willl lookal little bit bigger becausei itv will bet fori five weeksi instead off four. You'rep payingt the same rate. Itwillt taket two months andi theny you'llbe ona a regulars schedule." Itv was noted that the updated plan does not match the "Witht thei RFPi forf financial services, can wei include thel Neighborhood Fund?" Nasutiresponded, "AII financial services willl bei included. We'llbringit! backto Council before we sendi it out." "Last week we,l lwent to Friendship along with. Jim, Pat and Shane andi it was anicer meeting." Reasinger  Councilman. Jim Aughenbaugh  lettert thaty went outi ini recent water bills. Coundlwomanlemnifter. Jackson  said hea and! Shane: also went tol Third Wardo on Wednesday.    171  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 4, 2024 (continued)  Interim SolicitorThomasi Breth consideration: next week." Pat Reasinger Elliot Gelfand Shane Dietz Adjourn  "One ofthet things we're working on andi takingal look ati ist the games ofs skill. Philadelphia is getting aggressive on games ofs skill. It'sa state-widei issue. Hopefully we'llh have: somethingi for Council's Thanked everyonei int the audience. "itv was one oft thel best meetingst that I've: attended. We'll continue toa answery your questions asy you ask them. Remember, wel have sor muchu up ont the website. "'vel hadal lot ofp people email me. lappreciate the questions andt the care for ando concerns for the City "l appreciate everyone comingt tonighte event thoughi it was so beautiful outside. Thankyou." Thereb beingr nof furtherb business tot transact, the motion was made! byA Aughenbaugh: and secondedby Jacksont that Council adjourn. Roll cally was asf follows: Roll call was asf follows: Aughenbaugh,yes;  sop please continue tor reach out."  Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Dietz,yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passeds 5-0. ATTEST: Verli Sloam APPROVED:  nooNL    172