135  City Council Meeting Minutes- - April 4, 2022  City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania onl Monday, April4 4, 2022 @ 6:10 p.m.; Council convened: att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walshi int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, James Aughenbaugh (phone), Shane Dietz, and 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,. Joel Mitchell; Public Works Superintendent, Scott Farrell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark and Ther meeting was calledt to order ate 6:10 p.m. andi thel Pledge of Allegiance was led! by Mayor Walsh. Prior tot the City Council Meeting, the DuBois/Sandy. Joint Board Meeting was held at 6p.m.  City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer. Absent: City Controller, David Volpe  Approval of Minutes  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 21,2022  Ther motion was made! by Gabriela ands seconded by Dietzt that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of March: 21, 2022 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0. The motion was made by Dietz and seconded by Gabriel that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of March 31, 2022 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Work Session Meeting Minutes - March 31,2022  Approval of Registry of Invoices  Ther motion was made by Dietz and seconded by Gabriel that Council approve the Purchase Order Listing by Vendor Name dated March3 31, 2022 int the amount of $536,957.15 and the Check Register by Check ID dated March 30, 2022i int the amount of $45,970.68 as presented by the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was asf follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed  5-0. Public Comments None  DuBois Memorial Park Improvements DCNRI Resolution  pennsylvania  Commonwealth ofPennsylvania WebA Application ID: 2005170  pa.us/grants  Name: CITYOF DUBOIS  Project Title: DuBois Memorial Parkl Improvements WHEREAS, cmyo OF DUBOIS (Appicanf)desirest toundertaket thep project," "DuBois MemorialP Parkl Improvements" ("ProjectT Title")and WHEREAS, thea applicantd desiresto tor receivefi fromth theD Departmento ofConservationa andN NaturalResources (Department") agrantfort thep purposeo ofcarryingoutt thisp project; and WHEREAS, thea applicationp packageir includesa documente entitled" Terms ando Conditionso ofGrant"a and WHEREAS, thea applicantu includinga appendicesn ot therein, willb becomet thet termsa ando conditionso ofa GrantA applicanta andt theD Departmentif fthea applicantisa awardedagrant,a and NOWT itisre resolvedt that: IfthisC Official signedt the GrantA ApplicationE Electronic IFthea applicantis willbeb boundbyti theG GrantA Agreement. Iherebyc certifyt thatthisF Resolutiony was adoptedbyth the enrgbdsapier ofthisa applicant this_ 4th  thatthec ofthed documente Termsa andc Conditions ofGrant,"  belweenth the  Thegranta applicationn maybeel electronicallys signedonb behalf ofthea applicantb by" "Johns Suplizio"y who, atthe time ofsigning. hasal TITLEof" City Manager' andt thee emaila addressof" emsuplieghoinsicon,  priort tothep passageo ofthisF Resolution, this signedby! thea above Oficial,  appliesre retroactivelytot thed dateofs signing. agrant, the GrantA ApplicationE Electronic  signaturep pagef fort theG Grant Agreement, andt thea applicantigrantee  Anya amendmentto tothe GrantA Agreementr maybes signedo on behalfo oftheg grantee bythe Officialv who, atthetime ofsigningofthea amendment, hasthe" TITLE" spedifiedinparagraph 1andth thegranteew willbeb boundbythe  DuBois City Council hz  porough  boardo 2022    136  City Council Meeting Minutes - April 4, 2022 (Cont'd.)  DuBois Memorial Park Improvements DCNR Resolution (Cont'd.)  Authority Director Mitchell stated that this isag grant for basketball: and volleyball courts ands skate park improvements. The motion was made by Gabriel and seconded by Dietz that Council approve Resolution DCNR-C2P2- DuBois Memorial Park Improvements asp presented. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0. She wantedt to stress thei importance oft the Drug Task Forcei int the City of DuBois. Mayor Walsh askedi if Chief Clark had anyr numbers. City Manager Suplizio statedi that our Finance Officer would put the Wanted top piggyback ont to Gabriel's comment: He wanted tol know what the process isf for people (individuals working with drugs). who are rounded up. Chief Clarks statedt thatt the individuals are charged anda any moneyt thati isf found ont them is usedi for processing, ift therei is more moneyt than the cost of processing after the case iss settledt the police ask the DA for the money to be released back to them. Gabriel mentionedi the new' Vent Hoodt the police hadr recently acquired. Clark stated itc cost $10,000 and was purchased from some oft the funds relinquished by the DA's office. The Vent Hood will allowt themt tot tests substances safely without having tos send it awayf for processing. Prior toi the Hoodi it wouldi take upt tof four months tos get the results back; 4r months with the individual free to walk the Mentioned the new Tasers available -al lasso? Clark doesn't feel the lasso took off like they thoughti it would. Bernardo askedi ifc Clark is considering purchasing one; Clark wants to see further testing on Bankruptcy- We receive several bankruptcy letters for chains stores that arer not located int the City limits. At onet time these stores were located att the DuBois Mall. She wanted Council to be aware that  Councilwoman - Shannon Gabriel numbers together. Councilman- - Shane Dietz  streets.  Councilwoman - Diane Bernardo them before he would commit. City Solicitor- Toni Cherry  eveny when as stores goesi into bankruptcy it does not alleviate paying taxes.  Councilman- - Jim Aughenbaugh City Manager - John' "Herm" Suplizio  Eastside Building?- City Manager Suplizio said he would call Mr. Kepple. Pool Project- - wheni isi itt to begin?- - City Manager Suplizio saidr not until after the season. Top oft the Embankment at the end oft the boulevard- - Summer project hoping tol bei finished by Community Days inJ June. Councilman Aughenbaugh askedi ifap picture could! be put on the Work will be restarting on! Maple Avenue through the end ofs summer; we should be gettinga  Website. Suplizio confirmedi it would be.  letter outt tor residents. Currently, they are doing drainage.  Councilwoman - Shannon Gabriel wouldr need tor report those to Penn DOT.  Addressed: some comments she had seen recently on Facebook concerning potholes. She wanted people tol know they can call into the office and report potholes. She also wanted themt tol be aware that not allr roadsi int the City of DuBois are City roads. Route 255 and 219 are state roads so people There! beingr noi further business tot transact; the motion was made! by Bernardo and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council adjourn. Rollo cally vote was asf follows: Aughenbaugh,y yea;Bérnardo,) yea; ATTEST: php Approvedi R  Adjourn  Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passeds 5-0.