291  City Council Meeting Minutes April 12, 2021  City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania onl Monday, April 12, 2021 @7p.m.; Council convened: att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walshi int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, James Aughenbaugh, Shane Dietz, Shannon Gabriel. Also present were: City Manager, John "Herm" Suplizio; City Solicitor, Toni Cherry; City Engineer/Public Works Director, Chris Nasuti; Redevelopment, Authority Director/Assistant Public' Works Superintendent, Joe Mitchell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer. Ther meeting was called to order at7P p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Walsh. Ther motion was made! by Gabriela and seconded by Dietz that Council approve the Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of March 22, 2021 concerning Council Bill No. 1960 as presented byt the City Secretary. Rollo call vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh ands seconded byE Bernardo that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes ofi March: 22, 2021 as presented byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was asi follows: Ther motion was madel by Dietz and: seconded by Gabriel that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes ofA April 8,2 2021 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Dietz,yea; The motion was madel by Bernardo ands seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council accept the Purchase Order Listing by' Vendor Name dated April8 8, 2021 int the amount of$ $353,585.79 and the Autodraft Check Register by Checkl ID dated April 8, 2021 int the amount of $38,507.71 as presented! by the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh,  Absent: City Controller, David Volpe  Approval of Minutes:  Public Hearing Minutes- - Council Bill No. 1960- March2 22,2021  City Council Meeting Minutes March22,2021  Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea.  Work Session Meeting Minutes Aprils 8,2021  Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea.  Approval of Registry of Invoices  yea. Public Comments  Ray Hetrick- 418 Burt ST- Topic: People running redI lights int the City of DuBois  Mr. Hetricks statedt thati int the last month! he has seen several people run red lights on. Jared ST, Beaver Drive and Brady Street because they were ont their phones. He believes the solution would. be red light cameras on ours stopl lights, if people get ticketeda at few timest they will stopr running the lights. City Manager Supliziot thanked Mr. Hetricki for bringingt this problem to Council's attention. Chief Clark stated that hel has talked1 tol Mr. Hetrick. Clarks said that thisi is Aggressive Driving Month ini the state Pennsylvania. Councilman Aughenbaugh whot travelsf for works stated! hes sees aggressive driving everywhere he goes. Clarks stated! he doesn'tt think that red light cameras are out of the question. Mr. Hetrick reiteratedi that at ticketi int ther mail would slow people down. Councilwoman Bernardo: asked Mr. Hetricki if he knew that Pennsylvanial ist the only statet that does not allow local police to use radar. Mayor Walsh stated that hei thinks people don't even realize they are running the lights, because they aret talking on thet telephone. Walsh asked Engineer Nasuti to check with PennDOT about the  possibility of using cameras on2 219. Preservation of Downtown DuBois Storefronts apply for façade grants.  City Manager Suplizio announced that therei is money availablei for downtown merchants to Councilwoman Bernardo: stated that the Downtown Group wouldl like tol knowi ifthe City! has an Ordinance prohibiting firstf floor apartments int the downtown. She suggested that Council turn the letterf from the Downtown over tot the Planning Commission to work on an Ordinance. City Solicitor Cherry said that we already have an Ordinance. Councilwoman Bernardo asks ifthe Ordinance is only for a specified area. Planning Commission Chairwoman Moore stated that the Ordinance targets central Commercial downtown. City Solicitor Cherry said that the only way toh have apartments int the downtown is ift they are ont the 2nd floor. Bernardo saidt therei isa rumor that building thati formerly housed Mike's Lock Shop was putting apartments ont the first floor. Solicitor Cherry statedi itisa a matter ofe enforcement. City Manager Suplizio wantedt to know how that worked outi for St. Michael's' Terrace. Solicitor Cherry stated that St. Michael's    292  City Council Meeting Minutes April 12, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Preservation of Downtown DuBois Storefronts (Cont'd.)  Terrace was an ADA situation and exceptions are given for Nursing Homes, Group Homes, etc. Chairwoman Moores said that St. Michael's doesn't have apartments ont the first floor there isa Bernardoi then asked Solicitor Cherryi ifa anyone can come into a central Commercial district and builda al high-rise? Her concerni is allo oft the older churches whose attendance have fallen toi the place the congregation can nol longer support the church. Solicitor Cherrysaid, inc orderf for someone to put al high-rise upi int the City of DuBois they wouldi first have to come tot the Planning Commission. That being said, she sees where the older churches with declining parishioners could become a problem int the future. Currently, it'sar matter ofe enforcement.  gathering area and offices.  Recommendations: Maple Avenue Streetscape  City Manager Suplizio stated that after the bids were tabulated it was determined that the project was out of our financial range. We receivedag grant for $750,000 and as everyone cans see the lowest bid camei ina atc over 1.1 million. City Engineer Nasuti recommends that Council deny the bids and we go back and re-scope the project and rebid. He statedt that allt the bids were very close but the lighting put us way over. He thinksi ifv we re-scope the project and onlyt takei ittot thet township line we may be able tos stillp proceed withi it. We don't! have ane extra $400,000t tor make upt the difference and neither does the state. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh and: seconded by Gabriel that Council deny all bids and rebida after the project has been re-scoped. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea;  Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea.  Chemicals  150-50# Bags Sodium Fluoride (Coarse or Granule)- @54.47/bag  Ther motion wasi made by Bernardo: and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council award the 150- 50#E Bags Sodium Fluoride (Coarse or Granule) to Coyne Chemical int the amount of $54.47 per bag. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Ther motion was madel by Bernardo and seconded by Gabrielt that Council awardt the 3,200-50# Bags Light Soda Ashi to SAL Chemical int the amount of $14.40 per bag. Roll call vote wasas follows: Dietz,) yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 13-2000# Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Delivered to Water Plant) @ $2,170.00/C/linder Ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Dietz that Council award the 2000#- Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Deliveredt to Water Plant) tol Univar USAi int the amount of $2,170 per cylinder. Roll call vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; 22-2000# Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Delivered to Sewer Plant) @ $2,170.00/Clinder Ther motion was made by Dietz and: seconded by Gabrielt that Council award the 2000# Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Deliveredt to Sewer Plant)t to Univar USA int the amount of $2,170 per cylinder. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, Ther motion was made by Gabriel and seconded by Dietzt that Council award the 275 gallon IBC Liquid Permanganate to Shannon Chemical int the amount of $2,249.49 pert tote. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. Approx. 1,000 gals Per Month Sodium Bisulfite Solution Liquid @ $1.89 per gallon City Engineer Nasutis statedt that we had two companies with the exacts same price. As thish has happenedi int the past, we accept the bidder we are currently usingi ift they are one oft the companies int thet tie. Int this case, lasty year we award SAL Chemical1 this contract so Engineer Nasuti's recommendation! ist to awardt the chemical to SAL again this year. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Dietzt that Council accept the recommendation: of City Engineer. Nasuti and awardt the Approx. 1,000 gals Per Month- Sodium Bisulfite Solution Liquid to SAL Chemical int the amount of $1.89 per gallon. Roll call vote was asi follows: Dietz,) yea;  Walsh, yea.  3,200- -50# Bags Light Soda Ash @ $14.40/bag  Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea.  yea; Walsh, yea.  7-275 gallon IBC Liquid Permanganate @ $2,249.49/Tote  Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea.    293  City Council Meeting Minutes April 12, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Chemicals (Cont'd.)  24,750#- Pollu-Treat CL416 @ $1.547/Pound  The motion was madel by Gabriel and seconded by Dietzt that Council awardt the 24,750#-F Pollu- Treat CL416t to Coyne Chemical int the amount of$ $1.547 per pound. Roll call vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 30-21/2 Gallon Drum Biological Larvacide @ $178.03/Container  The motion was made by Dietz and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council award the 30-21/2 Gallon Drum Biological Larvacide to Aquafix, Inc. int the amount of $178.03 per container. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Gabrielt that Council awardt the 5-55 Gallon Drum Heavy Duty Degreaser tol Momar, Inc.i int the amount of $884.95 per drum. Rollo call vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, Direct City Solicitor to amend Ordinance vacating un-used walkwayl between 309 and 313 E. Sheridan Engineer Nasuti statedt that thisi isa a request wel have received: several times from Coke Hill property owners. City Solicitor Cherryaskedi ift this was requested byi individuals andi ifitv was part ofap plan. Nasuti confirmed it was part oft the Fairway Terrace Plan. Cherry stated therei isa different procedure when a resident requests vacation than therei is if Council requestsi it. Also, as this part ofap planned Community, all properties included int the Fairway Terrace Plan have a vestedi interest int this walkway. City Manager Suplizio asked howy you would knowi ift they arep part oft the plan. Cherry statedi it would be recordedi int their Deed. Solicitor Cherrys stated that this isr notar roadway, the Cityi is noti int the business ofv vacating walkways that are part ofp planned communities. City Manager Suplizio said thaty youd can't even walk oni this walkway. Mayor Walsh tried to describe wheret the walkway is located; betweent the Reitza and Elensky properties on Coke Hill. Solicitor Cherry said her issuei is not the condition of the walkway ori ift thet terraini is uneven orp perfectly! level. The walkwayi is on a recorded plana ande everyone that bought propertyi int the plan! hasa a rightt to use the walkway. The City vacates roadways not walkways. Ther motion was made by Bernardo: and seconded by Gabriel that Council table this item until further investigation can! be made as to whether orr not the walkwayi is recorded int the planned  5-55 Gallon Drum Heavy Duty Degreaser @ $884.95/Drum  yea.  Community.  Approval of Sale of Agreement with VFW  City Solicitor Cherry statedt that an emergency: arose and iti is not ready yet; she will work on itt this week.  Resolution- DCNR-C2P2- Beaver Interconnect Trail Project Grant  pennsylvania Project Title: Beaverk WHEREAS. thea NOWT itisn resolvedt that: ofsigning. hasal fthes Ni Anya  TION PAGE  Comr  ofF ivania 200363  LegaiN Name: CITYOF DUBOIS Trail desirest torecelvef fromt theDepartmentd  Titie"kand CITY OF DUBOIS CAplicant)desirest taundertaket thep project," "Beaverk Interconnect Trail" ("Project agrantforth thep purposeo ofc carryingoute thisp project: and WHEREAS, thea applicationg packagei includesad documente entitled" Terms andConditionso ofGrant and WHEREAS, thea applicantu understandst contentso documente entitied" Termsa ando Conditionso ofGrant," applicanta andt Departmentifthos referredietherein applicantis is awardedagrant, thet ando and Thegranta applicationn bes electronicallys signedonbehalfo ofthe applicantbyJohns Suplizio"y who, atthet time Ifthis Officials authoritya signedt appliesr the Grant Application Electronic datec ofsigning. Authorizationg priort tothe passagec ofthis Resolution, this thea byt appli the Agreement. signaturep pagef thec Agreement,a andt thea applicantigrantee  andNatural Resources rDepartmenr) Agreement betweent the  City Manager' andthee email addresso hermswplaio@hotmaia the GrantA Application Electronic Authorization, signedby thea above Official,  the" TITLE" igned C Lounci/  andt grantee theg granteey bythe willb beb boundbythe atthetime  Iherebyo thatthis Resolutiony wasa  pplicant, 12 dayof_ April  2021    294  City Council Meeting Minutes April 12, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Resolution- DCNR-C2P2- Beaver Interconnect Trail Project Grant (Cont'd.)  Redevelopment: Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mitchells statedt that this grant isf for the connection between Beaver Drive and the Walkway. The motion was made! by Aughenbaugh ands seconded by Bernardoi that Council approve DCNR-C2P2- Beaver Interconnect Trail Project Grant as presented. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Wastel Management (formerly Advanced Disposal): Spring Clean-Up Week of April 12*h on normal garbage day. Nothing heavier than one person can lift, all loosei items must bel bundled, not tires,  Walsh, yea.  items with Freon, or yard waste. Informational Planning Commission Recommendations:  Edward Walsh/Samanthal Decker- Subdwson/Consoldation  Engineer Nasuti statedt that this was 246.69 squaref feet piecef from property thati is being conveyed from Walsh to Decker. Ms. Decker runs a daycare and wishes to extendi its play area. The request meets all setback, lots size and parking requirements. Walsh explained he would not be voting ont this item nor would hel bes signing any oft the documents. The motion was made by Dietz and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council accept the recommendation oft the Planning Commission and approve the plan contingent on! Ms. Decker executing al Deed consolidating the parcel with her existing property. Nasutis stated that CodeE Enforcement/Zoning Officer Lawhead is already in receipt oft the Deed. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, abstain. 4-0 Nasuti stated that the majority of the sewer plant isl located in Sandy Township with a small areal being in DuBois; whichi ist the property wer recently purchased from the railroad and the VFW. This plan will be presented beforet the Sandy Township Planning Commission tomorrow. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh ands seconded by Dietz that Council accept the recommendation oft the Planning Commission and accept the subdlwson/consolidation plan as presented. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 5-0 Eagle Rail Car Facility- 450 Osburn Avenue- Single Sewer Connection- -4 420 gal per day- Adding Ther motion was made! by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Gabriel that Council approve the request from Sandy Townshipi for as sewer tapi for 420 gallons per day at4 450 Osburn Avenue for Eagle Rail Car Facility. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 5- ATAF Facility- 187 Spider Lake -2E EDU-336-758 gal per day- Addition of Restroom, Locker Room etc. Ther motion was made by Dietz and seconded Gabriel that Council approve the request from Sandy Township for a sewer tapi for 336- 758 gallons per day at 187 Spider Laket for the ATAF Facility. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 5-0 Ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh: and seconded by Bernardo that Council authorize: advertising for bids for firefighter PPE. There was a question ont the vote from Councilman Dietz, he asked what specific PPE we would bel bidding out. Redevelopment Authority Director/Assistant: Public Works Superintendent, Joel Mitchell, stated we willb beb bidding out full ensembles So whent firefighters are dealing with COVID patients they cany wash their seta and! borrowa a set until theirsi isr readyt to use. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 5-0 City Manager Suplizio stated that the City and Sandy Township would like top pollt the residents to see how wei fair with consolidation. Councilwoman Bernardo: statedi that they! had learned last week that there were additional presentations available int the package we purchased from the consulting group. She wouldl like tos see a presentation hosted by Sandy (possibly inl Treasure Lake) before we spend money on a poll. The motion was made by Gabriel and seconded by Dietz that Councila approve expending $2,500f for polling, with any additional being paid! by Sandy Township, contingent on one more presentation hosted! by Sandy Township. Rollo call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea;  Cityof DuBois Sewer Plant ubdlvson/Consolcaton  Sandy Township Sewer Tapl Requests  Restroom 0  Authorization tol bid 2020 CDBG COVID fori firefighter PPE  Consolidation Polling  Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Walsh, yea. 5-0    295  City Council Meeting Minutes April 12, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Topl Liberty Boulevard  City Manager Suplizio believes the top oft thel boulevard is af focal pointi int the City of DuBois. That being said, we are goingt to proceed with renovating the bank; but it may not happen this year. He believes it isav veryi important to Penn State, sol he would like tog get authorization from Council tov write al letter to Mr. McBrider requesting financial help ont the project. The motion was made by Bernardo: and seconded byA Aughenbaugh that Council authorize City Manager Suplizio to writet tol Mr. McBride about Penn Statef financially! helping with the top oft the boulevard embankment project. Roll call vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaug, yea; Walsh, yea. 5-0 Asked our City Solicitor abouta al legal question. She asked that we prohibit signage att the top oft the boulevard. City Manager Suplizio statedt that we already do; please give Zaca a calli ify yous see as sign, he'll removei it. Mayor Walsh reminded everyone that people cannot place signs int the City's right of way. Presented: a copy of Council Bill No. 1962 entitled Vacant Property Registration. She asked Council to readi it over and tot think aboutt the registration fee. She wouldl like toi impose the fee by resolution, she statedt that way wea are not stuck withi iti ifv we find we don'tl like it. This Council Bill will have tol be published after first reading. She believes this will give Lawhead some teeth when dealing with vacant properties. Council needs tol bet thinking about whatt they want as ana annual registration fee. Councilman. Aughenbaugh: statedt that abandon houses have been aj problem for asl longa as he has been There! beingr nof furtherb business to transact; the motion was made! by Aughenbaugh ands seconded by Gabriel that Council adjourn. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea;  Councilwoman Diane Bernardo  City Solicitor, Toni Cherry  on Council. First Reading willl be at our next Council meeting.  Adjourn  Augrenbaughyea.yash, yea. 5-0  ATTEST  34php a