BOROUGH OF AMBRIDGE Council Meeting: November 12, 2019 Ambridge Borough Building  MINUTES  Executive Session - Legal and Personnel Matters  The November 12, 2019 meeting of Ambridge Borough Council was called to order at 6:30PM within Council Chambers of the Ambridge Borough Building, 600 11th Street.  Roll Call: Present:  Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Mrs. Miller Mr. Mikulich Mayor Drewnowski  Also Present: Borough Manager Kauer, Chief Romutis, and Solicitor Start,  Absent:  Mr. McCoy, Engineer Suehr and Chief Gottschalk  Invocation - the invocation was conducted by Mrs. Barbara Costa, Trinity School for Ministry.  Pledge of Allegiance Presentations  AF Proclamation of the Ambridge Borough Council and Mayor recognizing the Ambridge Area High  School Marine Corps Junior ROTC Unit was presented to them. Citizen's Participation On/Off Agenda Items (5 minutes per speaker)  1. Ms. Cathy Holler, 824 11th Street, expressed concerns about speeding motorists on 11th Street between Lenz Avenue and Beaver Road. She also questioned if tree grates were going to be installed on Merchant Street. The Manager stated that they were noti in the plans to be installed. The Mayor and Chief of Police stated that they will investigate her speeding  concerns.  Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes October 8, 2019, Council Meeting  Mrs. Caldarelli made the motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Mr. Flannery; a roll call vote  was taken: Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Borough Bills and Expenses taken: 1.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Motion to pay the bills was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mr. Dunn; a roll call vote was  General Fund  Unpaid: $105,801.95 Paid: $86,359.36    2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.  2016 Capital Project Bond Fund Grants / Special Project Fund Recreation Fund Escrow Fund Police Pension Fund Service Employees Pension Fund Firemen's Pension Fund Drug Investigation Fund 10. Fire Apparatus Replacement Fund  Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $1,497.98 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $2,444.35 Unpaid: $7,415.12 Unpaid: $1,515.83 Unpaid: $3,051.67 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00  Paid: $300.00  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Consent Agenda: separately.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Those matters included under the consent agenda are self-explanatory and are not expected to require further review or discussion. Items will be enacted by one. motion. lfdiscussion is desired bya any member of Council, that item must be removed from the consent agenda and considered Motion to accept items 11 through 4 listed on the Consent Agenda was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mrs. Caldarelli; motion carried unanimously.  1.  Borough Financial Report- - acknowledge receipt of the Borough Treasurer's Report.  Treasurer's Report (11/12/2019) Marilyn Sheleheda- Treasurer General Fund Analysis  $573,307.20 $110,909.73 $462,397.47  General Fund Bank Account Balance: as of: Available Balance as of: Totals are ast follows: Deposits: -which include the follow 73 Checks 2 Payroll (s) 2 Debits  -(11/12/2019) -3:00 pm (11/12/2019) -3:00 pm $503,130.33 $963,295.95  AII (including todays checks) Outstanding Checks as of: (11/12/2019) -3:00 pm  General Fund Bank Debits: Summary:  $800,490.42 $147,438.06 $15,367.47  Other Fund Balances as of (11/12/2019) 3:00 pm Ambridge Borough Drug Investigation Fund Ambridge Capital Project Fund 2016-PLGIT Account Ambridge Fire Apparatus Replacement Fund Escrow Disbursement, Account Grants/Special Funds Liquid Fuels Fund Recreation Fund Sinking Fund  $16,503.89 $82,675.01 $0.00 $26,854.90 $6,324.77 $11,734.22 $35,961.82 $418,695.19  $598,749.80 Total Other Funds Balances (Restricted Use)  2    2. 3. 4.  Authorize the closure of Church Street between 14th and 15th Streets on Saturday, December 7th from 10AM to 10PM and Sunday, December 8th from Noon to 8PM1 for Old Authorize the closure of Merchant Street between 4th and 11th Streets with no parking restrictions in place for the parade, on Friday, December 6th from 5:30PM to 8PM1 fort the Authorize the Committee to Clean and Beautify Ambridge to install landscape lighting in  Economy Village's Christmas ini the Village Event. Christmas on Merchant Street Live Event.  PJ Caul Park to light upi five trees and the World Warlmonument  New Business Items for Discussion:  A. Motion to authorize the advertisement and public display of the 2020 Municipal Budget. Motion was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mr. Dunn; Mr. Mikulich commented that the budgeti is balanced and does not call for at taxi increase. This will be 15 years without an increase. Aroll  call vote was taken: Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  B. Motion to authorize the advertisement and public display of Ordinance No. 1314, an Ordinance of the Borough of Ambridge, County of Beaver and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, levying at tax for the year of 2020 of thirty-four and one-half mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property, setting discounts and penalties on collections. Motion was made by Mr.  Flannery, seconded by Mrs. Miller; a roll call vote was taken:  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Motion to authorize the advertisement and public display of Ordinance No. 1315, an Ordinance of the Borough of Ambridge, County of Beaver and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for collection of taxes by the locally elected tax collector between the period of January 15, 2020 and April 15, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of Act 169 of 1998 and its amendments. Motion was made by! Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mrs. Caldarelli; a roll call vote was taken:  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  D. Motion to authorize the advertisement and public display of Ordinance No. 1316, an Ordinance amending the existing Borough of Ambridge Service Employees Pension Plan, in order to amend the plan tor revise the defined contribution features. Motion was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded  by Mrs. Caldarelli; ar roll call vote was taken:  3    Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  E. Motion tor ratify the disbursement of $50,632.16 to Baiano Construction for Pay Application No. 12 of the Merchant St. Streetscape Project. Motion was made by Mr. Cafarelli, seconded by Mrs.  Miller; a roll call vote was taken: Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  F. Motion to authorize the disbursement of $52,230.08 to Baiano Construction for Pay Application No. 13 of the Merchant St. Streetscape Project. Motion was made by Mrs. Miller, seconded by  Mr. Dunn; ar roll call vote was taken:  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Motion to authorize the purchase andi installation of al Plymovent Magnetic' Vehicle Exhaust Extraction System at PA Costars Contract Pricing of $85,750 fort the fire station. (Note: 95% of this project's costs are to be paid for from the awarded FEMA grant.) Motion was made by Mr.  Flannery, seconded by Mrs. Miller; a roll call vote was taken:  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  H. Motion to dedicate Fasmo Towing as the authorized towing provider for the Borough of Ambridge and award contract thereto, as recommended by the Public Safety Committee. Motion was made by Mr. Dunn, seconded by Mrs. Caldarelli; Mr. Cafarelli questioned where Fasmo is located. Mr. Mikulich stated the corner of 14th Street and Duss Avenue, Ambridge. A roll call vote was taken:  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Committee Reports  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Code Enforcement Committee: no report.  4    Public Safety: Mr. Flannery stated that the Committee will be meeting later this month. Mayor Drewnowski reported that there were three drug busts this month, one includinga a significant heroin confiscation. He stated that the use of the SWAT team during the raids are sending a positive message to drug dealers that their actions will not bet tolerated. The Mayor also stated that tips are being acted upon and thanked the community for staying  involved.  Public' Works: Mr. Cafarelli reported:  Curbside leaf collection started on Monday, October 21st. Please pile your leaves in neat piles ati the curb-line, do not park on top of your leaves. Program runs through Grass Cutting is wrapping upi for the year at Borough Properties, Parks, Rights of Park Maintenance: fixed the dugout roof at Panek Park and added topsoil and grass seed to the football field to remove ruts. Water to all park restroom facilities and drinking fountains have been turned off for the season and winterized. Onel DPW employee worked the Tire Collection Event on 10/7/19 - 244 tires Street Light Blitz on October 16th, crew patrolled the entire town and logged 69 street lights out, placed ribbon on each pole toi identify the out light and the office reported again to Duquesne Light. The Light Company was int town last week and fixed all of Catch basin repairs: crew rebuilt the following catch basins - 3rd & Maplewood, 400 block of Locust St., Pine & Ivy, 6th & Maplewood, andi fixed a collapsed section of Electrician replaced burnt out street lights on Church Street andi is working on  December 6th.  Way and Abandoned properties.  collected and properly disposed of.  them.  storm sewer pipe at the corner of Ohioview & 11th St. replacing bad light ballasts on New Economy Drive.  Equipment Maintenance:  Bucket Truck was inspected - did not need anything. Red F-350 Dump Truck - brakes replaced F-350 Stake body Truck- - brakes replaced Two trucks are now ready for snow/ /salt operations.  Sign maintenance is on-going, replacing missing signs and repairing damaged locations. Took down the street sweeping signs on streets that are no longer swept. Ongoing maintenance has been dedicated toi filling pot-holes and repairs to multiple Foreman responded, marked and reported multiple PA-One Call requests.  alleys. Parks: no report. Engineer's Report: no report. Caldarelli; a roll call vote was taken:  Official Reports  Motion to accept the Official Reports; motion was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mrs.  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Other Unfinished Business  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Mayor Drewnowski commented that the Federal Government is building ar new. Air Force 1 plane and that the new! hanger for the new plane is being made with steel from Sippel Steel here in Ambridge. He stated that thisi is great for Ambridge, something we should be proud about.  5    Mr. Mikulich stated that the Troop Banners will be coming down for the year and will go up in advance of Memorial Day 2020. He stated that there are many Christmas events coming up next Mr. Cafarelli reminded everyone that Coffee with a Cop is tonight, following the meeting, at the Mrs. Cafarelli requested Council to schedule a Coffee with Council event in the next month. Mr. Mikulich stated that the US Census Bureau is hiring workers for the 2020 Census. He stated that employment opportunities will be posted ont the message board in the hallway. Mrs. Caldarelli reported that retired Police K9 Hector passed away recently. She expressed her condolences to Officer Chickos and his family. Officer Chickos, who was in the audience, stated that he appreciated all the community support. He stated that K9 Hector passed away peacefully. Motion to adjourn was made by Mrs. Miller, seconded by Mr. Flannery; motion carried unanimously  month in town, please check thet town calendar.  library.  Adjournment - Respectfully: submitted:  -n meeting was adjourned at 7:02PM.  Joseph Kauer Borough Manager/S Secretary  A