BOROUGH OF AMBRIDGE Council Meeting: September 10, 2019 Ambridge Borough Building  MINUTES  Executive Session - Legal and Personnel Matters  The September 10, 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 Mr. McCoy Mrs. Miller Mr. Mikulich Mayor Drewnowski Chief Gottschalk  Also Present: Borough Manager Kauer, Solicitor Madden, Chief Romutis and Engineer Suehr Invocation - the invocation was conducted by Mrs. Barbara Costa, Trinity School for Ministry.  Absent:  Pledge of Allegiance Presentations 1.  Mr. Mark" Turnley, CPAI reviewed the 2018 Borough Audit Report.  Mr. Mikulich stated that the Merchant St. Streetscape Project construction is concluding. He stated that the remaining landscaping work is being completed this week. Hei thanked members of Council for their support, approval, cooperation and hard work to bring this project to fruition. Mr. Mikulich thanked Borough staff fort their efforts with the project and also thanked the business owners who were affected during the construction. He stated that this coming Saturday is Celebrate Merchant Street, an event to help clean up buildings and areas within the project limits. To-date 80 volunteers have signed up. Citizen's Participation On/Off Agenda Items (5 minutes per speaker)  1. Mr. Barbara Costa, 1320 Church Street, stated that she has been a proud member of the Ambridge Downtown Development Committee since 2005. She reported that on Saturday, September 14th, 16 teams of volunteers have signed up to clean windows, buildings and areas on Merchant Street between 4th and 8th Streets. She stated that the event sO far has six sponsors and thanked Council and the Manager for their assistance with the event. 2. Mrs. Cathy Holler, 824 11th Street, complained about the paving of Upper. Alley behind her Merchant Street building. She stated that the paving contractor trespassed on her property and left asphalt crumbs on her parking pad. She also stated that they paved over the utility curb boxes in the alley. She wants her property cleaned up. Mrs. Holler also stated that her sewer vent on thet front of her Merchant Street building was covered up during sidewalk construction. The Manager stated that this matter is still being investigated as our sources give  a different report than Mrs. Holler's.  1    3. Mr. Mark Pazanitta, 721 11th Street, stated that Merchant Street really looks nice and believes thet town is coming backt to life. He stated that business owners appreciate the hard work that  has been done to revitalize the downtown. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes August13, 2019, Council Meeting  Mrs. Caldarelli made the motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Mrs. Miller; a roll call vote was  taken: Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Borough Bills and Expenses taken: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Yes Yes Yes  Motion to pay the bills was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mr. Dunn; a roll call vote was  General Fund 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: $75,570.96 Paid: $36,364.61  Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $6,351.26 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $1,700.00 Unpaid: $2,332.50 Unpaid: $1,500.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00  Paid: $1,600  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Consent Agenda: separately. inf favor. 1.  VOTE Yes Mr.McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Yes Yes Yes  Those matters included under the consent agenda are sel-explanatory and are not expected. to require further review or discussion. Items will be enacted by one motion. Ifo discussion is desired by any member of Council, that item must be removed from the consent agenda and considered Items 11 through 4 listed on the Consent Agenda were accepted by unanimous vote; all were  Borough Financial Report - acknowledge receipt of the Borough Treasurer's Report.  2    Treasurer's Report September 10, 2019 Marilyn Sheleheda- Treasurer GeneralF Fund Analysis  $939,929.81 GeneralF Fund Bank Account Balance as of: $52,048.12 AIC Outstanding Checks as of: $887,881.69 Available Balance aso of:  -September 10, 2019 -3:00p pm -September 10, 2019 -3:00pm -September 10, 2019 -3:00pm] $473,021.03 $484,251.74  Totals area as follows: Deposits: Debits: General Fund whichi Include thef follow Summary: 87 Checks 2 Payroll (s  $340,540.23 $143,711.51  Other Fund Balances as of September 10, 2019 3:00 pm Ambridge Fire Apparatus Replacement! Fund  $16,370.35 Ambridge Borough Drug Investigation! Fund $320,517.70 Ambridge Capital Project Fund: 2016-PLGIT Account $11,490.55 Escrow! Disbursement/ Account $10,522.43 Grants/Special Funds $219,262.18 LiquidF Fuels Fund $35,812.76 Recreation! Fund $414,285.89 Sinking! Fund  $12.71  $1,028,274.57 Total Other Funds Balances (Restricted Use)  2. 3. 4.  Authorize the closure of Merchant Street between 16th and 4th Streets and New Economy Drive on Saturday, October 12, 2019 between 11AM and 12:30PM for the 2019 Authorize the Beaver County Humane Society to hang event signs on the fence of the H&H Basketball Courts at the corner of 11th and Duss for their Haunted Trail fundraiser. Authorize the Harmony Twp. VFD Ladies Auxiliary to hang event signs on the fence of the H&H Basketball Courts at the corner of 11th and Duss for their September 21st car  Beaver County Fire Prevention Parade.  cruise.  New Business Items for Discussion:  A. Motion to accept the 2018 Borough. Audit Report as presented by Mark Turnley, CPA. Motion was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mr. McCoy; 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 Yes Yes Yes  B. Motion to approve Change Order No. 5 (final) to Baiano Construction in the amount of $58,033.42 for paving of thet three large crosswalk areas and covering voids in the phase 4 limits of the Merchant St. Streetscape Project. Motion was made by Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mr. Cafarelli;  a 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 Yes Yes Yes  C. Motion to accept and adopt the 2020 Minimum Municipal Obligations to the Borough's Pension Plans: Police $232,038, Fire $20,812, Service Employees Defined Benefit $74,065, Service Employees Defined Contribution- - $15,752. Motion was made by Mr. Cafarelli, seconded by Mr.  McCoy; 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 Yes Yes Yes  D. Motion to authorize publicly displaying all monthly official reports on the Borough's website. 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 Yes Yes Yes  E. Motion to set the 2020 Budget Meeting for Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 4:00PM. Motion was made by Mr. McCoy, 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 Ves Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Yes Yes Yes  F. Motion to accept the resignation of part-time Patrolman Austin Turner effective. August 16, 2019. Motion was made by Mr. Cafarelli, seconded by Mr. McCoy; 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 Yes Yes Yes  Code Enforcement Committee: no report.  Public Safety: Mr. Flannery reported that the Committee will be meeting this month and that he attended Emergency Management Coordinator Training this past week.  4    Mrs. Caldarelli questioned the status of police body cameras. Mr. Flannery stated that the Committee is still looking into them and is getting proposals. The Mayor stated that the department is also looking into grant programs to help make these possible. He also stated that the department is seeking consideration to apply for a COPS hiring grant that would hire Mayor Drewnowski asked the Chief to give his monthly report. Chief Romutis reported that monthly Coffee with a Cop will be following this meeting, 7:30pm at thel Library. He stated that the officers have been actively enforcing truck weight restrictions on the bridge. The Chief stated there is an issue with trucks driving the residential streets in the Historic District and urged the Council to consider completing a weight study so that restrictions can be formally put into effect. He also reported that all crossing guards participated in the annual training before school went back into session. Lastly, he reviewed crime statistics to-date and stated that there was one drug bust this past month at a repeat location. Mrs. Caldarelli let Chief Romutis know that he can take the Teddy Bear bin and now Mrs. Miller stated that she believes all children should be protected at the school bus stops that have crossing guards, not just public school children. She requested Council to direct the Crossing Guards to stay at their posts until all private and charter school students board the buses or return home. Mr. Flannery stated that he will research the matter and the Public Mr. Mikulich stated that parking on curbs and sidewalks throughout town is an issue, and offenders should bet ticketed. He asked the Chief of Police if anything can be done about  two additional full-time officers.  distribute them during incidents to children.  Safety Committee will discuss it. this, the Chief said yes.  Public Works: Mr. Cafarelli reported thei following:  Street-sweeping: is underway every other week and increased in French Point Creek Watershed area. Street-sweeping ends for the year on October 4th. Curbside leaf collection starts on Monday, October 21st. Streetscape Project: crew continues to install traffic signs, benches, trash cans, bike racks and sponsor plaques. They also repainted the existing metal traffic signal poles at the corner of 4th and Merchant Streets. Grass Cutting is underway at Borough Properties, Parks, Right of Ways and Line Painting: crew has been working the overnight hours repainting all crosswalks, stop bars, parking lines, arrows and directions stencils throughout Park Maintenance: replaced damaged and worn-out swing seats at both 8th Electrician repaired the traffic signal at 8th and Rt. 65 on 8/21. Crew continues to hang Military Troop Banners. Crew mulched all oft thel landscape beds around the Borough Building Red 5-ton Dump Truck, alternator was replaced.  Abandoned properties. town.  Street and Panek Park. Equipment Maintenance: bad. locations. multiple alleys.  Old lawn tractor had a tune up at Town and Country on 8/23 = it was running Street-sweeper had an oil change and pony motor serviced on 8/27. Sign maintenance is on-going, replacing missing signs and repairing damaged Ongoing maintenance has been dedicated to filling pot-holes and repairs to Foreman responded, marked and reported multiple PA-One Call requests.  Mr. Cafarelli questioned the Manager on the status of the street restoration of Rice Avenue at 8th Street. Manager Kauer stated that Columbia Gasi informed him that they will restore the site with concrete per the Borough's specifications. Mr. Cafarelli also stated that there is an issue with burnt-out street lights not being addressed quickly enough. He stated that  Duquesne Light needs to step up their work.  5    Mr. Mikulich thanked Fernando Bevalaqua for donating his time and labor to construct the brick pedestal that the streetscape dedication marker is mounted to in the downtown. He also stated that there was a problem with the UV coating on the sponsorship plaques in the streetscape project limits; he stated that all of the plaques are being redone at the manufacturer's expense. Mr. Mikulich stated that Mr. McCoy set policy years ago that we buy Ambridge first and that's whati this project has done. All of the plaques were purchased from R&S Enterprises. Mr. Cafarelli echoed Mr. Mikulich's comments and stated that Mr. Parks: Mrs. Miller stated that work is underway planning the upcoming Fall Festival of Churches on September 28th. She reviewed the schedule of events for the children's Mr. Mikulich stated that help will be needed that day for the festival. He thanked Mrs. Miller's family for always volunteering. He also thanked Kim' Villella for her help and hard work in making the festival a success. He stated that the plan for September 28th is: 10AM- - streetscape dedication, 11AM- - Fall Festival Parade, 11:30AM - Opening Ceremonies for Fall Festival, 12-6- Fall Festival of Churches in PJ Caul Park, 4-Dusk - fireworks and Engineer's Report: Engineer Suehr reported that paving work of Merchant Street, Upper Alley and the two municipal parking lots is complete, and that hei is working on drafting the Motion to accept the Official Reports; motion was made by Mrs. Miller, seconded by Mr.  Bevalaqua did an excellent job with the pedestal. activities and recognized the event sponsors.  entertainment in Panek Park.  punch list. He stated that the project went very well.  Official Reports  McCoy; a roll call vote was taken: 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 Yes Yes Yes  Mr. Mikulich stated that Historic Church Tour is Friday, September 27th. He stated that Kim Motion to adjourn was made by Mrs. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Caldarelli; motion carried  Villella does an excellent job organizing this event each year.  Adjournment = Respectfully: submitted:  unanimously - meeting was adjourned at 7:40PM.  A