256  City Council Meeting - January 11, 2021  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Monday, January 11,2 2021 Q7p.m;Council convened att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walsh int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, James Aughenbaugh, Shane Dietz, Shannon Gabriel; and City Controller, David Volpe. 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; Police Chief, Themeeting was calledt to order at7 p.m. andt the Pledge of Allegiance was ledl by Mayor Walsh.  Blaine Clarka and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer.  Approval of Minutes:  2nd Public Hearing. - 2021 Taxl Levy & Budget- - December 28, 2020  Ther motion was madel by Aughenbaugh: and seconded by Dietz that Council approve the: 2nd Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of December 28, 2020 concerning thez 2021 Tax Levy& Budget as presented by the Administrative Secretary. Roll call vote was asi follows: Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Dietz, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed5-0. Public Hearing- - Rezoning North Main Street Extension- - CB #1954 - December: 28, 2020 Ther motion was made! by Dietza and: séconded! by Gabriel that Council approve the Public Hearing Meeting Minutes concerning the Rezoning of North Main Street Extension- CB #1954 of December 28, 2020 as presented by the Administrative Secretary. Roll call vote was asf follows: Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Dietz, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion Ther motion was madeb by Gabriel and seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of December: 28, 2020 as presentedI byt the Administrative Secretary. Roll call vote was asi follows: Gabriel,y yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh,yea; The motion was made! by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Dietzt that Council accept the City Council Reorganizational. Meeting Minutes of January 4, 20212 as presented byt the Administrative Secretary. Roll call vote was ast follows: Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, abstain; Aughenbaugh, yea; Dietz,yea; Walsh,yea. Motion passed4-0. Bernardo abstained duei to Ther motion was madel by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Gabriel that Council accept the Work Session Meeting Minutes of January7,2 2021 as presented by the Administrative Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, abstain; Aughenbaugh,yea; Dietz, abstain; Walsh, yea. Motion passed3-0. Bernardo and Dietz abstained duei to  passed5-0.  City Council Meeting Minutes - December 28, 2020 Dietz,) yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed5-0. City Council Reorganizational. Meeting - January.4,2021  absence.  Work Session Meeting Minutes January: 7,2021  absence.  Approval of Registry of Invoices  The motion was made! by Bernardo and: seconded by Dietzt that Council approve the Purchase Order Listing by Vendor Name dated. Januaryz 7, 2021 int the amount of $268,643.96 and the Check Register by Check ID dated January7,2021int the amount of $25,042.92 as presented by the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was ast follows: Gabriel,) yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Dietz,yea;V Walsh, yea.  Motion passed5 5-0. Public Comments  Mr. Darl Ferguson, 4255 S. Churchs,DuBois. PA  Mr. Fergusons statedt that! he has beeni interestedi inp politics sincel he was in grade school and Eisenhower was the president. They woulds sendi thel kids homet froms school with "Votet for Eisenhower" pins. Hel believes what! happened att the Capitoll building on' Wednesday,- January 6, 2021 wass shameful. Hel believes the Republicans needt tot take their party back andi itl begins at the local government! level. He wouldl liket tos see Council writea al letters supporting the new administration. Mayor Walsh told Mr. Ferguson he appreciates his opinion and agreesi it starts at the  local level but thisi is not thet forum to discuss suchi things.    257  City Council Meeting- - January 11, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Public Comments (Cont'd.)  Mr. Darl Ferguson, 425 S. ChurchST, DuBois, PA (Cont'd.)  Mr. Ferguson thant talked about the trees that are! being cut down on Maple Avenue, hel believes if youd cut at tree, youp plant at tree. Mayor Walshi informed Mr. Ferguson thatt the City planted 1,200 trees out att ther reservoir. He went ont tos suggest that Mr. Fergusont take al look at thet trees that Mr. Fergusont than discussedi the COVID vaccination and believes the Citys should be pushing it. Mayor Walsh explained thatt the City Council has nothing to doy withi the vaccinet that itisa all under Penn! Highlands control; although, we would liket tos get our firefighters and police officers Mr. Ferguson feelst the nationa as a whole need to get withi ita and get vaccinated.  have been cut,t the majority have beenr rotten. Mr. Ferguson agreed.  vaccinated.  City Manager Suplizio informed Mr. Ferguson that the tree roots hadi ruined all of thes sidewalks on Maple Avenue sot the trees need tos gol before we putr news sidewalks in. He encouraged him tot try  and walk upt the sidewalk on Maple Avenue.  Mr. Ferguson stated he can't walk up Maple, his legsj just couldn't doi it.  City Manager Suplizio said tol Mr. Ferguson that his mother madei the best hot dogs int town. Mayor Walshi introduced and thanked, Joe Mitchell, thep past Fire Chief as of eleven days ago. Mitchell thanked the Councilf fora all theirs support oft theF Fire Department: and emphasized! how important itist tot the Department. He went on toi introduce and thankt the people who stood with him for thel lastt two years and had! his back; Fire Chief Tony Roya and/ Assistant Fire Chief Mike Federici. Chief Roy thanked Mitchella andt toldt the Council he lookst forwardi tos serving. He stated he  Introduction of Fire Chiefs  has at few points he would like Councilt tol looki into:  Hev would like all commercial buildings tol have Knox Boxes, and would like a registry listing He wouldl like tos see alla addresses uniform; preferable 8" numbersi instead of 4". He went on tos sayi ity wouldr makei itr much easier; for not onlyt the fire department but also EMS tos seei the  multi-tenant occupancies. numbers.  End of the) Year Fire Department Report for: 2019 and: 2020 Aughenbaugh, yea; Dietz,) yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5-0.  Former Fire ChiefJ Joel Mitchell read the: 2019 andz 2020 Fire Department Reports int their entirety. The motion wasi made! by Dietz ands seconded by Gabrielt that Council approve the: 2019 and: 2020 Fire Department Reports as presented. Roll call vote was as follows: Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea;  Planning Recommendation:  Day Property Holdings, LLC-4 403 Patterson Avenue - Subdivision (Old. Jehovah Witness Bldg.) The motion was madel by Bernardo: and: seconded by Aughenbaugh that Council accept the recommendation: of the Planning Commission and approve the subdivision at 403 Patterson Avenue as presented. Roll call vote was asf follows: Gabriel, yea; Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, City Engineer/Public' Work Director Nasutis statedt that PennDOT had contacted! him abouta at traffic Discussed thel large narcotics traffics stopi from the evening before. He went on tos say thet force did ai fantastic job and he was happy tos say thatt theyt took a substantial amount of narcotics off  yea; Dietz,) yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed5-0. PennDOT Traffic Count- - First Street & College  study thaty willl lastf for four months on First Street and College Place.  Police Chief - Blaine Clark  the street.  Councilwoman Diane Bernardo occupancy registry.  Fire Chief Roy- loved your suggestions - Knox Boxes and we'llt try to get a multi-tenant    258  City Council Meeting - January 11, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Street Department- - Bernardo told Council and the audience about a friend of hers that had come over from Clearfield the day after the! bigs snowstorm. She stated that her friend was reallyi impressed with how well the snow hadl been cleaned off the roads. Shes saidi in Clearfield they only hade enough room for one car to pass ont their roadways. Great job on thep pre-planning for the plowing prior to the storm. Thanked the Fire Chiefs for taking thet time tos serve; no one realizes how much time it takesi from your families. Thank you. To Former Fire Chief Mitchell, you did an outstanding job; thank youf for yours service. It couldn'th have been easy given the amount of time youl have tos spend away from your family. Thank yout tot the police department for the exceptional job they do. Thank yout to the Fire  Councilman Jim Aughenbaugh Councilwoman: Shannon Gabriel  To Chief Clark great jobg getting the drugs off thes street. Thank) you.  Councilman Shane Dietz City Solicitor Cherry All quiet on thel legal front. City Manager - John "Herm" Suplizio  Chiefs, no one realizes how much work you do.  Plowing - Our guys did an excellent job with 15+ inches of snow; people thinki it Police did an excellent job - the department is veryl busy trying to stop narcotics Knox Boxes (Directed att the Fire Chiefs) Try to get an ordinance from another municipality. Let's get working on this; ify you can get an ordinance we can get itt to our solicitor. Ifata all possible, let's shoot for ther next Work Session. House Numbers Chief Royhas a good point, it's not just the Fire Department that havet trouble finding houses; so does police, EMS and your pizza deliveryguy. I believe we need to update the Ordinance requiring bigger numbers. Currently they Goodwill Industries - Back to Blue Campaign. Itisaf fundraiser through Downtown Imprints for the City of DuBois and Sandy Township Police Departments. People are  should be gone immediately. from entering our city.  Former Fire Chief - John Mitchell; good job and good luck.  are 4"Ibelieve we need 8" numbers.  actually getting heckled because they are backing the police. Thank you Chief Clarky you and the department do ane exceptional job.  Mayor Edward L. Walsh last storm. God BlessYoy.  Joe, Chris, and Hermy you did an unbelievable job planning the snow removal during the Jim, Mike and Tony youl havet the Council's support, we work well with our Fire Chéfs.  APPROVED:  Zpsye  a