127  City Council Meeting Minutes- - March 7, 2022  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on! Monday, Marchy, 2022 @ 6:45 p.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, Shannon Gabriel; and City7 Treasurer, Lisal LaBrascal Becker. Also present were: City Manager, John' "Herm" Suplizio; Citys Solicitor, Toni Cherry; Public Works Superintendent, Scott Farrell; Code Enforcement/Zoning Officer, Zacl Lawhead; Redevelopment, Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent, Joe The meeting was calledt to ordera at6 6:451 p.m. andi the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Walsh.  Mitchell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer.  Absent: City Controller, David Volpe  The DuBois/Sandy. Joint Board Meeting was held priort to Council ate 6p.m.  Approval ofl Minutes  City Council Meeting Minutes of February21, 2022 Work Session Meeting Minutes of March3 3,2022  Ther motiony was made by Gabriela and seconded! by Dietzt that Council approve the City Council Meeting Minutes ofF February: 21,2 2022 as presented by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh,; yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel,) yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed5-o Thei motion wasi made by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded! by Gabriel that Council approve the Work Session Meeting Minutes of March3 3, 2022 as presented! by the City Secretary. Roll call vote was asf follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0 Ther motiony was made by Dietza ands seconded by Gabrielt that Council approve the Purchase Order Listing by Vendor Name dated March3 3,2 2022 int the amount off $453,719.38a andi the Check Register by Checkl ID dated March3 3,2 2022 int the amount of $29,771.76 as presented by the Finance Officer. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo,) yea; Dietz,) yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed5 5-0 Theg guys ont the 9 Person Consolidation Committee are greatt to worky with. No animosity; better thanl City Manager Suplizio stated that wel have as grant for this. The motion was made by Aughenbaugh: and seconded by Dietz that Council accept ther recommendation of City Engineer and award the contract to low! bidder Ma andE BS Services, LLCi int the amount of $377,354.06. Roll call vote was ast follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0  Approval of Registry ofl Invoices  Public Comments expected. Recommendation:  Dick Whitaker- -9 Person Consolidation Committee Chairman  Signal Replacement/ADAL Improvements  East DuBois Avenue Sidewalk Project  City! Manager Suplizio statedt that we willl be using our 2022 CDBG Funds ont this project. Hel believes this ist ther mainf focal pointi fori the City of DuBois and we shouldr makei it stando out. He went ont to say that this willr not complete the entirep project, we will havet to cuts some items out but there will ber more to come once we acquiret theg grants. The motion wasi made! by Gabriel and seconded! by Bernardo that Council acceptt ther recommendation: oft the City Engineer and award the contract tol low! bidder Dave Roman Excavating, Inc. int the: amount of $1,183,495. Roll call vote was asf follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo,  yea; Dietz,) yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 5-0 Tabulation &1 Recommendation: Heindi Field- - Outfield Bleachers  Heind! Field Bleachers Bid Opening February 1,2022 @11a.m.  Dave Roman Excavating, Inc. 1135 Reyn-Sykes Rd Reynoldsville, PA 15851  $529,254    128  City Council Meeting Minutes - March 7, 2022 (Cont'd.)  Tabulation & Recommendation:l Heindl Field- Outfield Bleachers (Cont'd.)  Ther motion wasi madeb by Gabriel ands seconded by Dietz that Council accept the recommendation: of City Engineer Nasutit toa awardt the contract tol lowb bidder Dave Roman Excavating, Inc. int the amount of $529,254. Roll call vote was asf follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, Recommendation: Ferguson/Kutsel- Ridge ST- Modification, Subdivision &1 Lot Consolidation City Solicitor Cherry statedt that thisi item was presentedt to Planning: as a Subdivision/Land Consolidation request; the property line runs through thel home. Planning was unablet tos grantt the request withouta a modificationi request, whichy wer nowl have. Ther motion was made! by Aughenbaugh: and: seconded by Gabriel that Council acceptt the recommendation: oft thel Planning Commission: and grant the request for Modification, Subdivision: andl Land Development. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; City Solicitor Cherry statedt that wel have al lot ofs substandard lots int the City of DuBois, we may want to thinka aboutr modification asa ay wayt tor maket themb buildable andj put them back ont the tax roll. Resolution! No.: 2021-0348- DCEDI Local Share Account- - WTPI Filter Grant  yea. Motion passed 5-0  Bernardo, yea; Dietz, yea; Gabriel,) yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5-o  CITY OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA  16W.s  DUBOIS,  (814)371-2000  Resolution No.2  Appendix I-Authorized Official Resolution. Beit RESOLVED, thatt theCity ofDuBoiso ofClearfield herebyn Water7 TreatmentP PlantF Filtration. RESOLVED, thattheA Applicantd doesherebyd designateE Edward Walsh, Mayor andJohns Suplizio, City? Managera astheo oflicial(s)toe executea alldocuments andagreements betweent! theCityo ofDuBoisa amdihe-Commonwealh FinancingA Authoritye tofacilitatea andassistin obtainingt therequestedg grant. 1,Bobbies Shaffer, dulyg qualifieds Secretaryn ofiheCitya certiflya thatthet ofthe recorded Minut INW WITNESS THEREOI affix FMarch,2 2022. Applicant Clearfield  thec  FinancingA Authority tober usedfor  PA, hereby  andcorecte copyo ofaR Resolutiond dulya adoptedbya amajority regularn heldMarch7, 202amdsaidResahutionk hasbeen ity ofDuBoisa remain neffecta asofthisd date.  aga  Ther motion was made by Gabriel and secondedi Bernardoi that Council accept Resolution No. 2021-0348 and designate Mayor Edward Walsha and City Manager. John Suplizio to execute allo documents and agreements between the City of DuBois and Commonwealth Financing Authority. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Bernardo, yea; Dietz,) yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passeds 5-0 Ther motion was made! by Aughenbaugh: ands seconded! by Dietz that Bobbie. J.S Shaffer be authorizedi to sign Resolution No. 2021-03481 fort the City of DuBois. Roll call vote was as follows: Aughenbaugh, yea; Verys surprisedi that the Committees are ahead ofs schedule and that things are going So well. Everythingi is going welli int the Treasury, people are paying their taxes and water bills. Shel hasn'theard  Bernardo, yea; Dietz,) yea; Gabriel, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed5 5-0  Attorney Chris Gabriel Treasurer, Lisal LaBrascal Becker  anything negative about Consolidation, let's stay positive.    129  City Council Meeting Minutes- March7 7, 2022 (Cont'd.)  Councilman, Jim Aughenbaugh Councilwoman Bernardo Councilman Shane Dietz Councilwoman Shannon Gabriel another grant. Councilman, Jim Aughenbaugh City Solicitor Toni Cherry City Manager- John' "Herm" Suplizio letter next week. will divert again.  Ask the City Manager Suplizio about the Wells- Filtering System they were looking at; Suplizio said currently they aren't! looking at anys systemj justs seeingi if they can secure thes grantt tor movei forward. She had changed seats due tot the prior. Joint Board Meeting and likes the view from! her new: seat better.  Statedt that our well wateri is good, it'sjustr not up to our usuals standard.  Wanted tok know what the1 1.18 gets us; Manager Suplizio statedy we wills still gett thei fountain! but the pavilioni is out. The1 1.1is only getting us about half ofv what we wanted. We arer moving forward with Questionedi the Penelec lights stillo onl Maple Avenue. Suplizio stated we were waitingt tor make sure our  lights worked, we cany write al letter andt tryt tos gett them pulled thiss summer. Talkeda about a repeat Rightt tol Know thats shev will take care ofa answering.  Statedt that the work willl bel beginninga again on! Maple Avenue we will tryt tos send out another Asked Public Works Superintendent Farrellt tog get thes stops signs up on Chestnut Avenue astraffic Thanked Mr. Whitaker and Attorney Gabriel. Went ont to say that bringing different personalities together make for very tryingt times. To repeat what Councilwoman! Bernardo said Mr. Whitaker ist the right person, att the rightt time,i int the right place. Wehave tog get throughit, wéhaven no ZApp   other chojce. Appreciates: allt thes sub-committees anda allt  ATTEST