132  City Council Meeting Minutes- - March 21, 2022  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner. Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Monday, March2 21, 2022 @ 6:40 p.m.; Council convened at their regular City Council Meeting with Mayor Walshi ini 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; Public Works Superintendent, Scott Farrell;  Police Chief, Blaine Clark; and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer.  Absent: City Controller, David Volpe  Thel DuBois/Sandy. Joint Board Meeting was held prior toi ther meeting at 6p p.m.  The meeting was calledt to order at 6.40 p.m. andi thel Pledge of Allegiance was led! by Mayor  Walsh. Approval of Minutes  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 7,2022  Ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Gabriel that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of March7, 2022 as presented byt the City Secretary. Roll call vote was asf follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, yea; Walsh, yea.  Motion passed 5-0.  Work Session Meeting Minutes - March 17,2022  The motion was made by Gabriel and seconded by Dietz that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2022 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion Ther motion was madel by Dietz ands seconded by Gabriel that Council approve thel Purchase Order Listing by Vendor Name dated March 17, 2022 ini that amount of $365,807.19 and the Check Register by Check ID dated March 15, 2022 in the amount of $13,546.53 as presented by the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Gabriel, yea; Dietz, yea;  passed! 5-0.  Approval of Registry of Invoices  Bernardo, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0.  Public Comments Things are going well. Police Chief - Blaine Clark  Dick Whitaker - 9F Person Consolidation Committee Chairman  Thanked everyone fori their texts and prayers while they were down at thes scene. He was amazed how well behaved everyone was at the scene. Went on to say they! had al lot of  support andi it was very much appreciated. Councilwoman- - Shannon Gabriel  Itisr nice that we don't deal with this sort of crime very often int this area; buti it was good to see  the officers were wellt trained and able tol handle the situation. Mayor Walsh Off duty officers came in to assist.  Chief Clark- When Officer Tracy left his house to come in, the State Police had thes suspect Thanked the witnesses for coming forward and giving information. Wel livei inai rural area; in big City's you don'thave that cooperation, everyone. just does their own thing no one comes forward. Chief Clarks said that is true, ini this case they had ar name within! 5 minutes.  pulled over right by his house. Councilwoman - Diane Bernardo    133  City Council Meeting Minutes- - March 21, 2022 (Cont'd.)  Councilman - Jim Aughenbaugh City Solicitor -Toni Cherry job well dones sir.  Goodj jobt tot the Police Department and all the departments that came to help.  To the Police Chief, you did an extraordinary, job, you could telly you were in charge and quite comfortable coordinating all entities involved. You clearly had a plan. Looking att the consolidation, you are truly up to thet task ofl leading a larger department. Congratulations ona  City Manager - John' "Herm" Suplizio  Carbon Credits - Should have more information in the next threer months. There is currently an issue witht thet federal government, buti iti isi in a good way. The longer thet trees growt the! better. Wel have been talking to. Jamie Phillips to get information, but currently have not signed on with anyone. 1. Wer needt tos start looking at Brady ST and E. Long Avenue, people are starting to come out the wrong way. Itis pretty well marked, so keep an eye on it, maybe ai few 2. People going to the! hospital have started parking on Munroe Street. See ift thisis The 12" waterl line on Hoover Avenue willl be tied in tot the rest of thel line on Saturday Kudos to the Police Department, both DuBois and Sandy, within 35 to 40 minutes they  To Chief Clark  tickets would helpt the situation. disrupting traffic. morning.  hadt the whole incident wrapped up. Excellent work.  Councilwoman- Diane Bernardo  Asked Police Chief Clark about thes snake charmer in the City Park. Asked Solicitor Cherryif therei is anything on our books about exotic animals. Chief Clarks stated that Code Enforcer Lawhead told thei individuals only dogs on al leash are allowed in the park and the people left. Bernardo asked about feeding deer. Lawhead referred thei individuals tot the Game Commission is there anything in our Ordinances. Solicitor Cherry stated that any Ordinance the City of DuBois would! have concerning hunting animals would be pre-empted by the Game Commission. The City can regulate nuisance animals such as mice, rats, pigeons, etc. Last year it was people feeding foxes on the walkway; the Game Commission stated they are not allowed toi feed thei foxes. He suggested that we reach out to the Game Commission and ask themt to come in and talk to Council. People should not be feeding the deer. Therel being no further business tot transact; ther motion was made by Aughenbaugh and seconded by Bernardo that Council adjourn. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh,yea; Gabriel, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed! 5-0. ATTEST:   Mayor Edward Walsh  Adjourn