47  City Council Meeting Minutes- August 23, 2021  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner. Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Monday, August: 23, 2021 @7p.m.; Council convened: at their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walsh int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, James Aughenbaugh (by telephone), Shanel 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, Joe Mitchell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark and  City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer. Absent: City Controller, David Volpe  Ther meeting was calledt to ordera at7 p.m. andt the Pledge of Allegiance was ledl by Mayor Walsh. Ther motion was made! by Gabriela and: seconded! by Dietz that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of August 9, 2021 asp presented! byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was ast follows: Dietz, yea; Bernardo yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,yea. Motion passed 5-0. The motion was made! by Dietz ands seconded! by Gabriel that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2021 as presented byt the City Secretary. Courier Express reporter, Nick Hoffman, pointed out that Dietz had! been absenta att the Thursday' Work Session and therefore couldr not make the motiont toa approve. Thei motion was made! by Gabriel and seconded by Bernardo that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2021 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz, abstain (due to absence); Bernardoy yea;  Approval of Minutes  City Council Meeting Minutes of August 9,2021  Work Session Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2021  Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0.  Approval of Registry of Invoices  Ther motion was made! by Gabriel ands seconded! by Dietz that Council approve the Purchase Order Listing! by Vendor Name dated August 29, 2021 int thea amount of $224,498.17 andt the Check Register by Checkl ID dated/ August 19,2 2021 int the amount of $1,652.78 asp presented byt the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was ast follows: Dietz, yea; Bernardoy yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea.  Motion passed 5-0.  Public Comments: No Public Comments - Jason Gray- Consolidation Study  City Manager Suplizio called Mr. Gray and his wife distinguished guests; Mr. Gray didn't believe he wouldg got that far. Mr. Gray thanked everyone fori their initiative ont the Consolidation: Study. He wentt tos sayt that hel hadr read the studyi int full andi foundi it tob be extremely comprehensive and well done. Hef feels, that duet to COVID restrictions wel hada a very lowt turnout for the two previous meetings. Mr. Gray finds that bothersome. So whent thet township Supervisor's decided they didn't wantt tor movet forward,i it changed the proposed process. That being said, Mr. Gray contacted the PA Economy League: andr requested oner more question and answer session! before thei item goest to vote. The citizenp petition was effective and consolidation will ont the November ballet. He stated that the Gray Foundation would pay tol have the PAI Economy League come back to answer questions. Hei feels they can answer questions concerning the change ofs status from Home Rule to Third Class City. Mr. Gray is asking City Council ands Sandy Township Supervisors to promote the next meetingt tot the community. The more educatedy we: are ont the subject the better. Request: 2nd Public Hearing for CDBG: 2021 Application Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 6:50 p.m. The motion was made by Gabriel ands seconded by Dietzt that Council approve the request fora second Public Hearing concerningt the: 2021 CDBG/ Application on! Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 6:50 p.m. Roll cally vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Bernardo yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, City Engineer Nasuti said we hada as successful bid opening and he recommends awarding the contract to Glenn O.H Hawbaker int the amount of $3,225,000. He went ont to say that Roman Excavating was hiredt tor replace the main waterl line andi thel laterals; we'rel beginning tos see thel lighta at the end of thei tunnel ont that project. Hopefully he willi finishu upi int ther next two tot threev weeks and we cang get Hawbaker's working. Terri Hess fromt the audience asked about the sidewalk corners; Nasuti  yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Recommendation: Maple Avenue Turnback    48  City Council Meeting Minutes- August: 23, 2021(Cont'd.)  Recommendation: Maple Avenue Turnback (Cont'd.)  stated thatt the sidewalks are scheduled tol bef finished byt the end of October. The motion was made by Bernardo: ands seconded by Gabriel that Council accept the recommendation: oft the City Engineer and awardt the contract to Glenn O. Hawbaker in thea amount of $3,225,000. Roll cally vote was as follows: Dietz,) yea; Bernardo yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel,) yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 5-0. The motion was madel by Gabriel and seconded by Dietz that Council approve the request from Falls Creek Borough for onel EDU: sewer tapi for the Dollar General Store. Roll call vote was as follows: Dietz, yea; Bernardoy yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0. Thep power outage couldr not have come ata a worse time today; right ats school dismissal. Our officers stepped up andl helped withi traffic. He went ont tos sayl hel heardt the outage had to doy with the  Request from Falls Creek Borough for onel EDU for Dollar General Store  Chief of Police- Blaine Clark Shawville line.  Itv was mentioned that thel light on West Long Avenue iss still blinking.  Redevelopment: Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent, Joe Mitchell Mayorv Walsh asked if Mitchell hada anything, he said' lapparently Ihave a stop light tot fix onr my way Shout Out to Councilwoman Gabriel for using! her expertise tol help thej police department deal with individuals with mental health problems and setting up thej program to help officers find resources  home".  Councilwoman Diane Bernardo concerning police officers suicides. Councilman Shane Dietz Councilwoman: Shannon Gabriel investment int the community.  Goodj job officers movingt the traffic during the power outage.  Thanked. Jason and Libby Gray for coming ande expressed her and Council's appreciation for their Mayor Walsh asked Mitchell tot tell Council and the audience about thet training he and. James Mitchell statedt that they were askedt to act ast terrorist thati infiltrated as schooll building. It wasa goode exercise andI Mitchell and" Tokarcik gave themarunf fort their money. Mitchell went ont to say that itv was areale eye opener ast tol how many officers it wouldt taket to really secure a school.  Tokarcik went to onl Friday, August 20, 2021  City Solicitor- Toni Cherry  Statedt that shel had the Mayor and City Manager signa a Deed agreement that was entered intoi inA April2 2021, in whicht the Citys sold 1.70 acres to Angry Goat Restaurant for additional Wel have received a Right tol Know from Kristen' Vida askingf for our current and prior  parking.  contracts with Advanced Disposal. City Manager John' "Herm" Suplizio aree educated, thel better off the Community willb be. Mayor Edwardl L. Walsh Councilman, Jim Aughenbaugh  Thank youJ Jasona and Libby we appreciate ally your hard worka and generosity. The more people that  Expressed his appreciation: for allt the Gray's dot for the Community.  Thank yout the Gray's- wish hev was here personally tot thank them.  Thanked! Shannon Gabriel for her work with the Police Department and expressed his appreciation for thel balanced Council; everyone brings something different tot the table.    49  City Council Meeting Minutes- August 23, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Adjourn  Therel beingr not further business tot transact; ther motion was madeb by Gabriela and secondedb by Bernardoi that Councila adjourn. Roll call vote was asf follows: Dietz,yea; Bernardoy yea;  Aughenbaugh, yea;, Gabriel,) yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5-0.  ATTEST: App