140 City Council Meeting Minutes- April 18, 2022 City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania onl Monday, April 18, 2022 @ 6p.m.; Council convened: att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walshi in the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, James Aughenbaugh, and Shannon Gabriel. Also present were: City Manager, John" "Herm" Suplizio; Assistant City Solicitor, Paula 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. Absent: Councilman, Shane Dietz; City Controller, DavidV Volpe Ther meeting was called to ordera at7 p.m. andt the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Walsh. Ther motion wasi madel by Gabriel and seconded by Aughenbaughi that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of April 4,2 2022 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Bernardoi that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of April 14, 2022 as presented byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Ther motion was madel by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Gabriel that Council excuse Councilman Shane Dietzi from the evenings proceedings. Roll call vote was ast follows: Bernardoyea; Approval of Minutes City Council Meeting Minutes of April 4,2022 Work Session Meeting Minutes of April 14,2022 Excuse Councilman: Shane! Dietz Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 4-0. Approval of Registry of Invoices Ther motion was made by Gabriel and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council approve the Purchase Order Listing by Vendor Name dated April 14, 2022 int thea amount of $467,921.79 andt the Check Register by Checkl ID datedA April 14, 2022 int thea amount of $13,577-95 as presented by the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo, yea;A Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,yea. Motion passed 4-0. Public Comments None Recommendations Chemicals City of DuBois Memo To: DuBois City Council From: Chris Nasuti Date: 5/6/2022 Re: Chemical Bid Recommendations After reviewing thet tabulation, thet following are our recommendations: 1. 150-50# Bags Sodium Fluoride (Coarse or Granule)- Univar USA @ $116.50/bag 141 City Council Meeting Minutes - April 18, 2022 (Cont'd.) Recommendations (Cont'd.) Chemicals (Cont'd.) 2. 3,200-50# Bags Light Soda Ash @$15.95/bag @ $2,380.00/Cylinder @$ $2,380.00/Clinder @ $3,410.08/Tote @ $2.89/gallon SAL Chemical Univar USA Univar USA Coyne Chemical SAL Chemical NOBIDS Kinzua Env. 3. 13-2000# Cylinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Delivered to Water Plant) 4. 22-2000# Cllinder Liquid Gas Chlorine (Delievered to Sewer Plant) . 7-275 gallon IBCI Liquid Permanganate 6. Approx. 1,000 gals Per Month- Sodium Bisulfite Solution Liquid 7. 30-21/2 Gallon Drum Biological Larvacide 8. 5-55 Gallon Drum Heavy Duty Degreaser @ $745.25/Drum The motion was made! by Gabriel and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council accept the recommendation: oft the City Engineer and award the! bids tot the lowest bidder as showna above. There was a question ont they vote: Councilman. Aughenbaugh wantedt tol know abouti item #7 that shows NOI BIDS. Nasuti stated that itisa a specialty item and we will continue top purchase itt through our previously contracted provider Aquafix, Inc. Roll cally vote was as follows: Bernardo,yea; Erickson & Arbogast- - Subdivision/Lot Consolidation- 404 E. Sheridan Ave & 425 Randall Court City Engineer/Public Works Director Nasutis statedt that thisi isa a minor subdivision/lot consolidation he believes itis isj just at few feet; he believes they are trying to square up the property. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Gabrielt that Council accept the recommendation oft the Planning Commission and approve the subdivision/lot consolidation between 404 E. Sheridan Avenue and 425 Randall Court. Roll call vote was asf follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Request from Redevelopment Director Mitchell to appoint. Jessica Runyon, a City of DuBois resident, tot the Redevelopment Authority for ai five-year term ending May 8, 2027. Mitchell pointed out that her term ending date is pastt the date of consolidation, sol hei is currently checking witht the consultants. Ther motion was made! by Gabriel and seconded! by Bernardo that Council appoint. Jessical Runyon tot the! DuBois Redevelopment Authority for ai term tol be determined byt the consolidation consultants. Roll call vote was ast follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh,yea; Complimented ther road crew ona ai fantastic job, many accidents all around us but none in DuBois. He stated1 that Sandy had between 25- -301 incidents because oft the snow and DuBois had none. Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 4-0. Recommendation: Planning Commission Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Police Chief- -Blaine Clark Councilwoman Diane Bernardo Shout Out for Steve Way- Granta administrator ort the Downtown Façade Grant Program which isat totally volunteer position. She went oni tot talk about a property owner that owns ane entire block using the grant; Planet Bike tol Medical Supply store. She would like tos see the grant used Pours for Paw flyer- - asked everyone tot take one to display. Goodwill Industries made the flyers for the Gateway Humane Society. The money from the event willg got toward for moret than signage. Neutering/Spaying: and healthr needs oft the animals. 142 City Council Meeting Minutes- - April 18, 2022 (Cont'd.) Councilman. Jim Aughenbaugh City Manager- John "Herm" Suplizio Thanked Chief Clark fori the outline. Councilwoman Gabriel asked ift the Chief had gone over the outline withh his officers. He saidi not yet but plans toi int the next week. Discussedi the memo/outline from Chief Clark Announced that Code Enforcement/Zoning Officer Lawhead and Redevelopment Director Mitchell willl be attendinga a. Judicial Salei in Clearfield on Friday concerning the Cosmetology Building and al house on E. Weber. He went ont to sayt thatt therei iss some interest ini the Cosmetology School. Mayor Walsh asked about the parking at the East Weber house. Suplizio statedt therer reallyi isn't any theyh have tos scrabble upa and downt the bank. Councilwoman- - Shannon Gabriel approved: advertising fori testing. Nick Hoffman - Courier Express Askedi ift the Chiefr needed approval from Council to discuss the outline with! his officers. He stated he did not, he planned ont talking tot them sometime this week. Mayor Walshs statedi that Council hada already Askedi if Council had a comment ont the recent Attorney General searchefthe,City! Building Office. Mayor Walsh: stated that the press! knows asr much as we do. ATTESTL CBglype APPROVED: aT2