29  City Council Meeting Minutes- July 12, 2021  City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania onl Monday, July 12, 2021 @7p.m.; Council convened: att their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walshi int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, James Aughenbaugh, Shane Dietz, and Shannon Gabriel. Also present were: City Manager, John' "Herm" Suplizio; City Solicitor, Toni Cherry; Police Chief,  Blaine Clark; and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer. Absent: City Controller, David Volpe  Ther meeting was called to order at7 p.m. by Mayor Walsha andt the Pledge of Allegiance was led! by Noah Beimelf from! Boy Scout Troop 36 who came with his mother to observe the evenings proceedings. Ther motiony was made by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded! by Gabriel that Council approve thel Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of. June 28, 2021 concerningt the CDBGN Modification of 2018 and: 2020 Programs as presented byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was asf follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, Ther motiony wasi madel by Gabriel and seconded by Dietz that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of June: 28, 2021 as presented! byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Bernardo,yea; Ther motion wasi made! by! Dietza and seconded by Bernardo that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of July8 8,2 20212 as presented! byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was asi follows: Bernardo, yea;A Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Dietz,y yea; Walshyea. Motion passed 5-0. Ther motion wasr made! by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Bernardo that Council approvet the Purchase Order Listingb by Vendor Name datedJ July 8,2 2021 int the amount of $530,480.89 as presented by the Finance Officer. Roll cally votei isa ast follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Dietz,) yea;  Approval of Minutes  Public Hearing- CDBG Modification: 2018 2020- June: 28, 2021 yea; Dietz,) yea; Walshy yea. Motion passed 5-0. City Council Meeting Minutes- June: 28,2 2021  Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel,) yea; Dietz,) yea; Walshy yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Work Session Meeting Minutes- July 8,2 2021  Approval of Registry of Invoices Walshy yea. Motion passed 5-0. Public Comments- Ms. Hess read froma aj prepared statement: July1 12, 2021 To: DuBois Cityo Council Subject: July1 12, 2021 Councii Meeting Questions unusualh happend duringt the" valve replacement"? Ifnot, sincet there wasl lacko of anyo Howl longis ist this." "Dripking. Water Warning" "estimated"t tol lastf for?  Terril Hess 406 Maple Avenue- Concerning Maple Avenue Project  1. Sincet the" "City" has known aboutt the" "leakingy valve" for weeks at 3" andN Maple Ave, dids something. the" "replacement ofthe valve" that occurredo onF Friday) July9 9, 2021, any advancedr notice ofthea affectt this has causeda andp putr residents undera a" "Drinking Water Warning" untilf furtherr notice... 2". Are any ofthe councila awarec ofa anythinge else, goingf forwardv with the Maple AveP Project, that could affectt the quality ofthev water thatr residentss should bea ofa andn readya andp preparedf for? Incase they receivea another" "Drinking Water Warning" ora anyo othert typeo of" warning"t thaty willa affecty water usage 3".1 Ithas beens saidt thatt the MapleA Ave Projectis is" "Ons Schedule". Pleasee elaborate astov what" "On timef framef forv whatis happeninga andy whatisg goingt tohappen..  fromt the" "City" togivet ther residentst thatv were affectedby  inanyv way? Schedule" actuallyn means.. Laterals? Sidewalks? NewF Road Lands Scapef for" "construction damage" thathaven notb beenr mentioned. misinformed. vibrate. Iamb "patches" have created? tothep previous questions. TerriHess Maple Avenue, DuBois City Resident  Ora any other" "Items"a associatedv witht the! Maple Ave Projectt that continuet toorn may affectt ther residents Whenis" "Construction"" Anticpated/Estimated" to ceasef fort the winter? 4". Last... inr relationt tot thet Maple Ave Roadi itself, Ihaveb beent tolda a"Temporary! Road"v will bel laidu untila "Final" roadv willb bec constructedi InA Aprilo of 2022. Please correctr meif ifIamy wronga andh haveb been Myh homeit itself, vehicles driveb bya and" "hit"t the" "patchy work" ort the" "sunken"s sewers grate, will resident's homes and businesses, along witht the" integrity" ofthe bridget thatc crosses overt thec creek. Wheny will this" Temporary" road bela laida andv willit itbe" "smooth"e enought toe eliminate thev vibrationst thatt the That's allI Ihavef forr nowa and7 Thank you Councilf for yourt timet tol listena andh hopet tob be ablet tos give" "clarity"  astov what this doingt tot the" integrity" of ourh home ando other    30  City Council Meeting Minutes- July 12, 2021 (Cont'd.)  City Manager Suplizio tried to answer: some of Ms. Hess' questions:  Hee explained that there! has beena al lot ofv work done and there is stilla al lot ofv work to do. Hes statedt thatt the City didn't have a choice, it was mandated by Penn DOT tor replace the Thev valveh has beenr replaced; it didn'tr make sense to replacei it until the new line was inj place. The oldl line was one hundred plus years old and tor not replace it wheny we were replacing the Wel hadi tor replace several (approx. 160)l lead service lines, whiche entails tyingi in all the laterals. Itv will probably bea at few more weeks before thisi is completed. Because not only does this affect Park: and Maple, ita also affects several others streets; such as, Church Stockdale, etc. Not sure we're even half way done with thel laterals. Oncet the waterline is completely done, we will begin working on curbing ands storm drains, then we dig down 18" and replace ther road putting a new base coat down. Wel hope to accomplish: all oft this before winter; int thes spring we will pave. 18" oft blackt top cannot be dug up overnight; itisg going tol be: al long andt tedious process. Not only willy wel be digging The sidewalk project has begun andi itv will continue to Seventh ST. Originally we wanted to takei it tot the Oklahoma Salem Road! butt thet funds just aren'tt there. We are putting the waters shut offsi int the news sidewalk; currently grass grows over our shut offs and they are  road.  road would haveb beeni irresponsible.  but we willh have to continue tol keept ther route opena as we do.  hard tof find, this will makei it easier. Ale letteri isl being prepared tol bes sent out.  Ms. Hess was concerned about the "Boil Water Notice" she received on! her door, she would liket to know wheni ity willb bel lifted. City Manager Suplizio statedt that she willr receive another notice on! her door when itisl lifted. He explained a sample of water hadt tol bes sent for testing andi when we Ms. Hess is concerned witht the wateri int ther new line; City Manager Suplizio statedt that itr might look milky ory you couldh have air int thel linel butj justr runi itu untili it clears. The milky looki isf from the chlorine Ms. Hess askedi ift the sidewalks andl lighting will be done! by winter; City Manager Suplizio confirmed Ms. Hess is concerned withi thev vibration ont the road whenp people traveli fast over it. She'safraidit will affectt thes structure of her house. City Manager Suplizio stated that wel hope tol have the base coat downb before winter; thel base coat willl be almost likea a new road. Ms. Hess askedi ift there were unforeseen circumstances wouldt theres stillb be: ar road. City Manager Suplizio confirmed there will be Councilwoman Gabriel: suggests that people! limit their use of Park and Maple Avenue untilt the Ms. Hess wanted tol know about her landscaping; City Manager Suplizio stated that it will be put back asitv was found. Pictures were taken previously. She also wanted tol knowi ift they willl be replacing the trees that were cut down. Suplizio said they are looking into replacing them withat type oft tree Councilwoman Bernardo: statedt that any renovations or construction is inconvenient, but once the projecti is completed wes should havea a complete loopa aroundt the Cit.-.beautiful. Also, the notice isa ana advisory you don'th have tof followi iti ify you don't wish tol but your run the chance of getting some Hess was upset becauset the valvel leakedi for several weeks! but they were given no notice until the boily warning. Suplizios statedt that the valve was ont the old line, no use ofrepairingi it wheny we were Suplizios stressedi itisg going tos get worse beforei itg gets better. The 18" dig hasn't even went out for  receive the all clear we will distribute ther notices.  puti int the lines to cleant them.  they willl be.  aroad.  projecti ist finished; use an alternater route asr much as possible.  that does not destroy sidewalks.  contaminate.  puttingi int the new line.  bidy yet. We may nots start digging until September.    31  City Council Meeting Minutes- July 12, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Councilwoman Bernardo feels that the Cityi is blessed to havei in-house engineering. When DuBois Street wasi redone it was the state andi turned out tol be quite the mess. Glad Maple is a DuBois Police Chief Clarks statedt that they haveb been out on Maple and Chestnut tryingt to slow traffic down, Mayor Walshs stated thata al letter fromt the City willb be going out to explain the project verys soon. Ms. Hess than referred tot the weedsi int the creek bed. City Manager Suplizio stated that wel have Thanked Chief Clark for allowing him tor ride along with our K-9 Officer (Rhed). Dietz said it was very Shey was happy that social medial kept her up-to-date whiles she was away on vacation. Great work taking the dilapidated building downs safely. Mayor Walsh was amazed at how talented the crane  project andr not as state project. butt they! haver minds oft their own.  receiveda a grant for Sandy Lick Creek but we'rer nots sure how fari it will go.  Councilman Shanel Dietz interesting.  Councilwoman Shannon Gabriel  operator was whilet taking down thel building. Councilwoman Dianel Bernardo  Concert tomorrow: at 6:30 p.m.- Keystone Cats ares stillu until federalg guidelines.  Shout out to Municipal League for pushing for Act 1621 dealing with small wireless tower providers. Mayor Walsha askedi if we can charge what we want to charge; Bernardo: said we Councilwoman Bernardo stated that sher made an observation and she would like to doa shout down, nota a shout out but a shout downt tot the DuBois Downtown, Inc. organization. Shev was disturbed tos seet the picture oft the downed building on' West Long Avenue and the noticea attached tot the old Tommy D's building ont their website. As and organization tryingt to promotet the City and! bring business in, she did noti feeli ity wasi int the besti interest oft the City toh have those type ofp pictures ont the Downtown's! Facebook. They arer not the Courier Express reporting ont the goings oni int the City, they are tol bet the positive face of City  businesses. City Solicitor, Toni Cherry  Hadi nothing ont the legalf front, but as a representative oft the Planning Commission: she has concerns for the downtown. Shet feels we needt tot tighten our ordinances up or writer new ordinances concerning people purchasing buildings that they can't affordt tor repair and clean up. Ap person leaving al building got tot the point ith becomes a safety hazardi is not acceptable. Al person stating, they cannota affordt tof fix al building prior toi it becominga as safety! hazard is not acceptable.  City Manager, John' "Herm" Suplizio  Gave Councilac copy of the Tanker Fill Site Memoi in case theyr received phone calls.  To: From: Date: Subject:  Water Haulers Sandy Township John' "Herm Suplizio June: 28, 2021 Tanker Filll Location  AII Fire Department Outside of the City of DuBois  As of July1 1,2 2021 anyone fillingt tankers of any kind, now needt to fill theirt tankers at thel DuBois City Garage, 10 Parkway Drive during normal working hours of 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or a certified metered fill station. We are not saying you cannoti fill tankers, we are simply saying ify you are goingt toi fill them, they    32  City Council Meeting Minutes-Julyi,2021 (Cont'd.)  City Manager, John' "Herm" Suplizio (Cont'd.)  Gave Councila a copy of the Tanker Fill Site Memo inc case they received phone calls. (Cont'd.) have tol be done at a certified site. We are under the guidance oft thel P.U.C. and Duet tot the draw and affect that this has on our system, only in case ofaf fire or extreme emergency should any other hydrant be used thati is ont the system. Shawn, we trust that you will pass this along to any water haulers and also the Sandy  D.E.P., sot thisi isa a strict rulet that must be followed.  Township Fire Department.  Thank) youi fory your attention to this matter.  Officer Casey Dohertyi is tryingt to put together a movie night ini the park the end of West Long Avenue property has been cleared of 99.9% of the debris, once itis  August.  cleared they willl begini fillingi itup. pitch. Seventeen teams including DuBois.  Mayor, Edward L. Walsh  Sr. League Tournament- Wednesday 8 p.m. Stern Field- Mayor Walsh will throw out thei first Beginning July 15 there willl beaz 241 teamt tournament here, St. Mary's and Brookville. The mayor believes thate every! business will reapl benefits fromt these tournaments on our fields. Mayor Walsh thanked Noah Beimel from Boy Scout Troop: 36f for being with ust this evening. There being not further business tot transact; the motion was madeb by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded by Gabrielt that Council adjourn. Roll call votei is asf follows: Bernardo, yea; Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, ATTESTL Lipup R  Adjourn  yea; Dietz,) yea;V Walshy yea. Motion passed5 5-0.