100 Work Session Meeting Minutes- December 9, 2021 City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Thursday, December 9, 2021 @ 4p.m.; Council convened: at their regular Work Session with Mayor Walshint the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Jim Aughenbaugh, Diane Bernardo, and Shannon Gabriel. Also present were: City Manager, John "Herm" Suplizio; City Engineer/Public Work Director, Chris Nasuti; Redevelopment. Authority Director/Assistant: Public Works Superintendent, Joel Mitchell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark; ITI Director, James Tokarcik; and Finance Officer, DeLean Shepherd. Absent: Approval of Minutes Review for Monday Approval of Registry of Invoices Review for Monday Review for Monday 248 South Brady Street- Bid Councilman, Shane Dietz (Came ina att the End); and City Controller, David Volpe Second and Final Reading of Council Bill No. 1964- Amended Industrial Sewer Use Ordinance 2485 South Brady Street 10,00100 fen Housand SHay? M4H slal Brtinal MMA 81-952- 2140 Ms. Muthy was the only bidr received for the property located at: 248 S. Brady ST. The motion was made by Gabriel and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council awardt the sale oft the property located at: 248 South Brady Street to Brittany Muthi int the amount of $10,000; with the understanding, Ms. Muthy willa abideb byt the stipulations oft the bid agreement. Roll call vote was asf follows: Bernardo, Reappoint Marcial Belin-Muir tot the Housing Authority Board for ai five-year term ending. January1, Ther motion was madel by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Bernardo that Council re-appoint Marcia Belin-Muir tof five-year term ending January 1,2027. Roll call vote was ast follows: Bernardo,yea; Joint Municipal Meeting! between City of DuBois and Sandy Township- Wednesday, January 12 @6 yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel,) yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. 2027 Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 4-0. p.m.- City Building/ /Council Chambers Tabled until Monday, Councilman. Aughenbaugh may have a conflict that day. 101 Work Session Meeting Minutes- December 9, 2021( (Cont'd.) Resolution No.: 2021-0347 Green Light-Go Program Project Funding CITY OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA Resolutionz 2021-0347 GREENL LIGHT- GOPROGRAMP PROJECTE FUNDING CITY OFI DUBOIS 16W. DUBOIS, TESI Administrative Ségétary- phs IBobbie.. foregoingisatruea Shaffer,A andcorrecto Administratives copyoftheR Cityc ncll, Date: des 4 Raz 1 Mayor Bph Ther motion was madel by Gabriel and seconded by Bernardo that Council approve Resolution No. 2021-0347-Green! Light-Go Program Project Funding. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo,yea; Aughenbaugh,yea; Gabriel,yea; Walsh,yea. Motion passed 4-0. Request from Sandy Township for as single Sewer Tapi for Gilbert. J. Barker, Jr. Subdivision on Ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Bernardo that Council approve the request from Sandy Township for a single sewer tapi for Gilbert. J.E Barker, Jr. Subdivision on Ice Plant Road. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, Review for Monday with thoughts ofi increasing fee. Currently we charge $25 monthly or $225 The motion was madel by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Gabriel that Council authorize advertising for bids for Water Plant Flocculators. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo,yea; It was discovered during codification1 that due tot the cut off deadline, we adopted Ordinance No. 1861 after the deadline but prior to the codification; therefore, we reverted back to the original ordinance. Ordinance No. 1861 is an ordinance of the City of DuBois amending chapter 149 oft the code of ordinances establishing ther requirement that buildings within the City of DuBois be numbered and amending the requirements for such numbering of buildings and structures within the City of DuBois and amending the minimum and maximum penalties for violation oft the provisions of Chapter 149 was presented for re-adoption. The motion was made by Bernardo and: seconded by Gabriel that Council re-adopt Ordinance No. 1861 entitled Ice Plant Road. yea. Motion passed 4-0. Permit Parking annually. Approval to advertise for Bids for Water Plant Flocculators Aughenbaugh,yea; Gabriel,yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 4-0. Re-adoption of Ordinance No. 1861- - House/Building Numbers 102 Work Session Meeting Minutes December 9, 2021 (Cont'd.) Re-adoption of Ordinance No. 1861- House/Building Numbers (Cont'd.) House/Building Numbers ini its entirety. Roll call vote was ast follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh,) yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,yea. Motion passed 4-0. Tabulation- Hoover & W. Washington. Avenue Waterline Replacement Project 2668 Center BASEBID 178,416.00 187,454.00 277,235.00 HIRG BIDDER Recommendation: Monday Extension ofi four-year contract with School District & County" Tax Collection witha a 4% increase Ther motion wasi made! by Aughenbaugh: ands secondedi by Gabrielt that Council authorize writinga letter tot the County Commissioners: andi the DuBois Area School Districtr requesting ane extension of thec current contract witha 49i increase annually. Roll cally vote was as follows: Bernardo, yea; Annually Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Thef following wasi int thep paper on' Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Letter tot the Editor Resident concerned about parking meters Dew DuE fai chools there arki chutir ses ink Why viths Lers cy e, hes linge oE they imten and 103 Work Session Meeting Minutes- December 9, 2021( (Cont'd.) Letter tot the Editor (Cont'd.) Itwast theg general consensus that Council wouldl love tol havei freep parking during the holidays butit isr not possible as many oft thep people whol livei int the downtown fill upt thes spots and won'tmove their vehicles. Inf fact, some of merchants haver requestedi noi free parking because oft this. City Manager Suplizio! has beeni in contact with Mr.F Rubritz and thel Kiwanis Clubi isi interested in Betweens 53 and7p p.m. tonight, kids can meet the Grinich herei int the City Building fora a toy drive. Councilwoman Bernardo isr noti int favor of addressing this matter. giving the City of DuBois money toa add items to the kid's park. Kiwanis Club- Kids Park Police Chief- Blaine Clark Nol Tax Increase. Still No Tax Increase. ITDirector- James Tokarcik No Tax Increase Councilwoman Shannon Gabriel Councilwoman Diane Bernardo City Engineer/Public' Works Director- Chris Nasuti Redevelopment: Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent, Joe Mitchell Red Banks should! be commended, did wellf for Districtg. Christmas lights are! beautiful. Believes parkingi is very cheapi int the City of DuBois. Strongly encourages: a rate increase. Addressed the Chief about Radio Adventures- Hei is ont the radio every Monday morning talking aboutt thep police department and what's going on. Asked about the Christmas lights for Maple Avenue; not this year. Councilman. Jim Aughenbaugh Councilman Shane Dietz- No Tax Increase ATTEST! 2 LMLAPROVED A