191  City Council Meeting Minutes - April: 22,2024  City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Monday, April22, 2024, at6p p.m.; Council convened att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Pat Reasinger int the Chair. Other Council Members present were. James Aughenbaugn, Shane Dietz, Elliot Gelfand and. Jennifer Jackson.. Also present were: City Manager, Shawn Arbaugh; Interim City Solicitor, Thomas Breth; Public Works Director/Engineer, Chris Nasuti;! Interim Police Chief Shawn McCleary; Treasurer Lisal LaBrasca Becker; City Controller David Volpe; and Administrative Secretary, Korbi Slocum. The meeting was calledt to order at6 6p p.m. andt the Pledge ofA Allegiance wasl led! by Reasinger. Council meti inE Executive Sessionp priort to tonight's meetingt to discussl legali issues, water bills, pension,  Executive! Session (legal andj personneli issues) and thei injunction. Public Comments on Agendal Items Only None Approval of Minutes CityCouncil Minutes-April 8,2024  The motion wasr madeb by Gelfanda ands seconded! by. Jacksont that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes ofA April 8,2 2024, as presented. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea;. Jackson, Ther motion wasr madeb byA Aughenbaugh: ands seconded! by. Jacksont top payt the Autol Draft Check Register by Check ID dated April1 18, 2024, int the amount of$ $35,937.14. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh,; yea; Jackson,) yea; Gelfand,) yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5 5-0. The motion wasr madel by. Jackson and seconded by Dietz to payt the General Fund Purchase Order Listing by Vendor Name datedA April1 19, 2024, int the amount of $325,205.34. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz,yea; Aughenbaugh,; yea;. Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed5-0. Ther motion was madeb by Dietz and seconded by Aughenbaught to payt the PennVEST Check Register by CheckI ID datedA April1 18, 2024, int the amount of $1,459,362.93- Roll call was asf follows: Dietz,yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5-0.  yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5 5-0.  Registry ofl Invoices  OLDI BUSINESS  Redevelopment. Authority Cooperation. Agreement  The Redevelopment. Authority Cooperation/ Agreement was distributed to Councili in! Marchi for review. Thisi is ana annual agreement. The motion was madeb by. Jackson and: seconded by Gelfand tot table the matter until Councilr receivesi inputf from Arbaugh whos sits ont the Clearfield Redevelopment, Authority Board ofD Directors. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz, yes,Aughenbaugh.ye, Jackson,yea; Gelfand,yea; The recommendation: is Council denyt the fundingr request off $49,000.00 becauset they statei int the application theyl have the money fort the grantr match. Also, the request wast received after the: 2024 Budget was passed. The City owns thel library! building andl has money! budgeted toa assist with annual maintenance. Ther motion was made by. Jackson ands secondedb by Gelfandt to decline the grantr match requested byt thell library. Roll cally was asf follows: Dietz,yea;A Aughenbaugh,) yea;. Jackson, yea; Gelfand, Brethr revised thep proposali into ac contract. "li incorporatedi the numbers that were contained within the proposal, so Councilj justr neededt to clarify what level of financing you were willingt to provide."The request was for $20,000.00 with ana additional matching $10,000.00 if Downtown DuBois, Inc., was ablet to raise $10,000.001 from corporate: sponsorships and another $10,000.00. Reasinger wouldI like to seet the stipulation thatt the group receive accreditation bep puti intoi the contract. "The wayi iti helps the Citya and themi ther mosti isi ift they get accreditation. Itv wouldh havei to! bes spelled outi int the contract thati it would havet tob bec obtained before they get any morer money. Ithink $40,000.00 isal little steepi for DuBois right now. Ther request came in after wes set our budget, andi itisac considerable: amount." Gelfand said, "think thep people who want tos supportt the downtown needt tos seet the Cityi is on board asv well. Once the City supports them,y you'lls see al lotr more: supportf from the community. It's pretty common for cities to supportt their downtown groups asy we've seeni int the evidence presented1 to us. The benefits and additionali funding sources we'llb bez ablei to accessi through partnering withi the downtown groupy will  Reasinger,yea. Motion passed 5-0. DuBois Public Library Requestf for Funding  yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed 5-0. Downtown! DuBois, Inc. Contract Update    192  City Council Meeting Minutes- - April 22, 2024 (continued)  Downtown! DuBois,! Inc. Contract Update (continued)  prettyr muchp pay fori itself." Consideringt the budget, Reasinger would! like tos seet thei money! broken down as$ $20,000.00 fort this budget) year and the other $20,000.00 coming fromi next) year's budget." Lisa Gablert from! Downtown! Dubois clarifiedt thea amounts requested. "The proposal was $20,000.00 tol help cover operating costs fort this year, thena a $10,000.00 match only ifwer raise $10,000.00 in corporate sponsorships." The other $10,000.001 was basedt through ther redevelopment: authority specificallyt to increase façade grantf funding. We: already do $50,000.00 ayear and we uset that every, year. That comes from DCED." "I Downtown: DuBois, Inc., isy willingt tor request the $10,000.00 for façade granti funding directly Ther motion was made! by Gelfanda ands seconded! by Aughenbaught that Council approve $20,000.001 this yeara andt ther matching $10,000.00, ifraised, tol bep paida aftert thet first oft the year (2025). Roll cally was as follows: Dietz,y yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passeds 5-0. Two responsest tot the RPF1 for Solicitor were received. Onet from Breth's firm (Dillon, McCandless, King, Coulter & Graham, LLP)1 from Butlera and another firm from Pittsburgh. Ther recommendation! isto maintain Tom Bretha as Solicitor: fort the City of DuBois.A Ad question wasi raiseda ast tot the length ofthe appointment. Breth explained, "Is serve att the pleasure of Council, soi it's day-to-day. Imadel ito ciearto Councilt that! I'm! herei to assistt the Cityi int thes short term to deal witht thei issuest that arel before the City. In thes shortt term, there's goingt tol be consolidation. lam! happy to continuei to work withi the City ifitist the desire of Council upt to consolidation,' butl Ido not, witha allo duer respect to everybody- we love everybody we'rev workingy with-t thei firmi is greatly appreciative ofthe opportunity to assisty you. This isn'talong- Ther motion wast madeb by. Jacksona and seconded! by Gelfandi to appoint Tom Bretht from Dillon, McCandless, King, Coulter & Graham as Solicitor. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz,yea;A Aughenbaugn,yea; Ther recommendation ist to award architectural: services fort ther municipal building's addition tol KTH Architects. This was approved! byt the. Joint Board. Ther reason Council hast to approvet this individuallyis the contract with DCEDI iss specifict tot the City of DuBois andI DCED. The motion was made! by. Jackson: and seconded! by Aughenbaught to acceptt the: recommendation: and award the architecturals servicest tol KTH Architects: subjectt tot the Solicitor'sa approval oft the final written contract. Roil call was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea;. Jackson,) yea; Gelfand, abstain; Reasinger, abstain. Motion passed 3-0. Aughenbaugh: asked! how the chemical costs compare tol last year. Nasutis stated," "Most ofthem were 130- 50# Bags Sodium Fluoride (Coarse or Granule)- $9246bag-Univar USA The motion was madel by Aughenbaugh: ands secondedb by. Jacksont that Councila acceptt the recommendationt toa awardt the contract tol Univar USAi int the amount of $92.46/bag. Roll cally was as follows: Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugn, yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed 5-0. Thet motion was madel by Gelfand ands secondedb by! Dietz that Council accept the recommendationt to awardi the contractt tol Univar USAI int thea amount of $17-31/bag. Roll call was asi follows: Dietz,y yea; Aughenbaugh,; yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5-0. 13-2000# Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Water Pan)-235700ylnder. Univar USA Ther motion was madel by Aughenbaugh ands secondedl by. Jackson that Council acceptt ther recommendation toa award thec contractt tol Univar USA ini the amount of $2,357.00)cylinder. Roll cally was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea;. Jackson,y yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed5-0. 16-2000# Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Sewer Pam)-s235700kylinder. - Univar USA The motion was madeb by Gelfand ands seconded by Dietz that Council acceptt ther recommendationto awardt the contract tol Univar USAI int the amount of$ $2,357.00)cylinder. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz,yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5 5-0.  fromt the City'sF RedevelopmentAwthonty.  Appointment of Municipal Solicitor  term gigf forr me. I'ma about ank houra anda ahalf away."  Jackson, yea; Gelfand,y yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Recommendation: to Award! Bids ArchitecturalSenices  Chemicals  righti int thes same ballpark."  3,500- -5 50# Bags Light Soda Ash- -$17-31/bag- - Univar USA    193  City Council Meeting Minutes - April 22, 2024 (continued)  Chemicals (continued)  5-275 gallon) IBCL Liquid Permanganate- $2,743-14/tote- - Shannon Chemical Ther motion wast madel by Gelfand and seconded by Aughenbaught that Council accept the recommendationt toa awardt the contractt to Shannon Chemicali int the: amount of $2,743.14/tote. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson,y yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed 5-0. Approx. 1,000 gals Per Month Sodium Bisulfite Solution Liquid- -$3.185/gal.- - Barber's Chemical The motion wasr madeb by Gelfand and seconded by! Dietz that Councila acceptt the recommendationt to awardt the contractt toE Barber's Chemicali int thea amount of $3.185/gallon. Roll call was ast follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugn, yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Reasinger,! yea. Motion passed 5-0. 5-55 Gallon Drum! Heavy Duty Degreaser- $552.86/drum- - Clearfield Wholesale The motion was madeb by Dietz and seconded! by. Jacksont that Councila accept the recommendationto awardi the contract to Clearfield Wholesalei int the amount of $552.86/drum. Roll cally was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugn, yea; Jackson,! yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,y yea. Motion passeds 5-0. The bidsi for worki ink both the Citya and Sandy Township were highert than expected. We areg going tov work with Matt Cooka ats Sandy Township tor revise projects that willf fit within our budget. The recommendation ist to rejecta allb bids. The motion wasr made! by. Jackson and: seconded by Gelfandt toa acceptt the recommendation and rejecta allp pavement marking! bids. Roll call was ast follows: Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh,yea; Jackson,yea; The recommendation: ist to awardt the replacement oft the boiler att the City Garage to Epick Heating & Cooling for $19,495.00. The motion was madeb byA Aughenbaugh and seconded by Gelfand toa acceptt the recommendation: and awardt the contract tol Epic) Heating & Coolingi int thea amount of$19,495.00. Rollc call was asf follows: Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugh,yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed The only bidr received was from Purrfect Paws Cat Rescue. The recommendationi ist toa awardt the contract to Purrfect Paws for2 2024. Ther motion was madeb by. Jackson: and: seconded by Gelfand to accept the recommendation: anda awardt the contractt to PurrfectF Paws. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz,yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand,) yea; Reasinger,a abstain. Motionp passed 4-0. Union" Township purchases water fromt the City of DuBois. There wass some wording we wantedt to get consistent." Wel have! been usingt the same calculation: for years. This willj just documentimemorialize those calculations. Ith has not changed the calculation. The motion was madel byA Aughenbaugh: and: seconded! by Jacksont to approve ther reviseda agreement with UnionT Township Municipal Authority. Roll call wasa as follows: Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugn, yea; Jackson,) yea; Gelfand,yea; Reasinger,yea. Motion passed5 5-0. Request from Goodwilll Hose Company; #5 to Close South State Street froml Rumbarger. Avenue to Spring Avenue- - Junei 17-21 from 18:00- - 22:00 and. June: 22 from 12:00 -23:00 This is ana annualr request for Fireman's week. Ther motion was madel by Aughenbaugh ands secondedb by Dietz toa approvet the road closure request asp presented. Rollo cally was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea; Jackson, yea; Gelfand, yea; Reasinger,yea. Motionp passed 5-0. Recommendation from Watershed Committee tos sell D-Tag permits for deer hunting in: 2024 Wel have donet this fort the pastf fewy years per recommendationi from our Forester. Itis essentially extra tagst tot trya and controlt the deer population andi regenerate forest re-growth. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh ands seconded! by. Jackson toa accept ther recommendation oft the Watershed Committee to selll D-Tag permits for: 2024. Roll cally was ast follows: Dietz, yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea;. Jackson, yea; Gelfand, White: asked whyt thel line painting! bids werer rejected. Arbaugh statedt thej prices werel higher thant the City had budgeted. "lfy youl havei toj prioritize, isitb budgetary constraints? ist that thep problem." Arbaugh explained, "We'reg goingt to take a looka at both programs for Sandy Township and DuBois and re-bidit out." Whites suggested, "If youv would,) your mightt thinko ofthes safety, the ones youy want highy visibility like  Pavement Markings  Gelfand, yea; Reasinger, yea. Motion passed5 5-0.  Garage Boiler Replacement  5-0. CatControl  Unionl Township Municipal Authority Water Agreement  NEWE BUSINESS  yea; Reasinger,) yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Public Comments  MattWhite- owner ofAztecl Linear, Inc., 1QuaryAvenue    194  City Council Meeting Minutes - April 22, 2024 (continued)  Public Comments (continued)  schoold crosswalks orh hightrafficl liket the Boulevard: andj prioritize those. Hight ticketi items arer railroad crossings, very expensive, whereas unit! line pricingf for double yellow lines or anything! like that is virtually inexpensive. Arrows andi things liket that are expensive ands some oft them are very visible asi itish but may not meet reflectivity standards buta are veryy visible andl lit. So, you can consider: all oft that andi ffy you need help, we'rea available."N Nasutis said, "Wel have been driving arounda andl looking att thema and will bec out again on Wednesday. Ideally, we'di liket to paintt thema all, but therea are prioritized ones wel have to do." "Mains Street- -1 thank) youl Mayor and Councilf for tonight. lalso want tot thank Chris Nasutii for the last severalr months working SO welly with! him as acting City Manager. lwantt tot thankh him and Ken Carr fora all their helpt this weekend with oura annual Spring cleanup. That was ay wonderful event, andy we appreciate allt the helpy you've extendedi throughout: allo oft this. Iwantt to say thank yout to our Beautification Committee, thoset that have donateda and: allt the participants. Wel hada a wonderfuli turnout, and our downtown ands surrounding areai isl lookingvery clean. It's great timing because wel have Main Street America coming int this Wednesday: and you (Council): all have beeni invited. hoper many of our Council and City leaders cana attend. Wel have! been takings sponsorshipsi for our flower pots and! have hada a great response. Down to Earthf flower club maintains: att the City building, Pershingl lot and thel library, but we do thei flower pots dispersed throughout downtown. We have our Chocolate Festival coming up May 11. "Thet fire department has been very busy since I'vel been herel last as far as calls and community stuff. We did churchy washdowns! before Easter. We did downtown washdown last night. We cleaned up allt the winter debrist to helpt the businesses out. Also, it's greatt trainingfor oury young guys withi nozzles and hooking upt tol hydrants. We're doinga a mock crasha att thel high school on! May 16. Thel Township fire department isi involved witht that alongy with DuSan,t the police, Mr. Baronick, and the coroner. Wetryto makei ita asr realistic: asp possible to deter thel kids from drivingi impaired on prom. Wel have a couple fundraisers stillg going on. The Volunteers! have their fireman's platter. Ifyoul haven'ts gottent tickets, see one ofthose guys or see me. Fourth Ward hast their chicken! barbeque at1 11:00 a.m. on! Mother's Day, May 12.1 wantt tot thanke everyonet for Third Ward's meatloaf dinner. We sold outi ina an! hour! Next weekend we have our ModF Fourt for ourf fire school. Oury young people willl be doingt their final testing. Thesei folks deserve al lot of credit- - 200! hours oft trainingt to volunteer1 tos servet the community. lt'simpressive. These young people could! be doingal lot of othert things, but they dedicate themselves tot that. Ifyoul have Facebook, check out our Facebook page. We'ret tryingt to get the community tol know ourf firefightersa Kolashh brought up concerns about communication with the City office. Brethe explained, "Sir, Iwill deal witht this. Beforey youl leavet this evening, lwillg givey your my business cardt that willi include my cell phone number ande emaila address. You communicate directly withr me.I Iwill sharet thei information witht the City Manager and City Council. Send me whatever you have, andI will communicate withy your regarding this matter. It'sa very serious allegation and Council takesi ity very seriously. Nowt that) you've! broughti itto their attention directly, willr respond toy youi immediately." Thisi isr nott the correcti forumf fort this type of  Shirley Dahrouge- - Downtown DuBois, Inc.  Shawn,' wel looki forwardi to workingy withy you." Leo Brooks -Assistant] Fire Chief  little better andh ber more recognizablei int the community."  Mark Kolash- -E.Washington Avenue  informationt to be exchanged." Council Member Comments Councilwoman. Jennifer. Jackson City Managers Shawn Arbaugh Councilman Elliot Gelfand  "IV wantt tot thank thei fire department. Asab business owner downtown, I'ma al little particular about how my propertiesl look. love cleans streets, sol Ithank them. appreciatei it. Andt thanks, Chris, it's been great workingv withy you.I Iknowi it'sbeen a goodi four months. Welcome aboard, Shawn." "Ij just wantt tot thank City staffa and City Council fort the warm welcome. llookt forwardi tov working! here.I want tot thankt thel DuBois City Police. Wel hada aj pretty majore eventi in Sandy Township that they were instrumentali inh helpinga anda assisting us with, sot thanks again for ally your help." "Welcome, Shawn.I Hlook forwardi tov working withy you. Chris, Ican'tt thanky youe enough. Greatj job! Youg got throwni into ani impossible situation and didt the! best anybody could have done. We appreciate ally your time: ande effortt to keep the City ont the railsi for asl longa as) you did.1 look forwardt to continue workingv with youa as Engineer anda asy wer movet towards consolidation. Goodj job, mucha appreciated."    195  City Council Meeting Minutes - April 22, 2024 (continued)  Councilmans ShaneDietz Mayor Pat Reasinger Adjourn  "Iwantedt tot thank everyonet that donatedi their time ande energy tot the Spring cleanup and the: street  washdown. Thes sidewalks ands streets look pretty good." "Chris,t thanks. You've! been very helpfultou us. Shawn, goodl luck."  Therel beingr nof further business tot transact, the motion was made! by Jackson: and: secondedh by Gelfand that Council: adjourn. Roll call was asf follows: Dietz,) yea; Aughenbaugn, yea;. Jackson, yea; Gelfand, nay;  Reasinger,yea. Motion passed 4-1.  ATTEST:_ Y6rhn SRocum  APPROVED:  SL