BOROUGH OF AMBRIDGE Council Meeting: April 10, 2018 Ambridge Borough Building  MINUTES  Executive Session - Personnel and Legal Matters  The April 10, 2018 meeting of Ambridge Borough Council was called to order at' 7:00PM within  Council Chambers of the Ambridge Borough Building, 600 11" Street.  Roll Call: Present:  Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Mrs. Miller Mr. Mikulich Mayor Drewnowski Mr. McCoy, Chief Mann  Also Present: Absent: Ministry.  Borough Manager Kauer, Solicitor Start, Chief Gottschalk and] Engineer Jovanovich  Invocation- - the invocation was conducted by Rev. Aidan Smith, Dean of Advancement, Trinity School: for Mr. Mikulich addressed the Council and audience: regarding the March 18th. water emergency that faced the community as result ofa major waterline break inl French Point Creek Hollow. He thanked Chairman David Bell, the Ambridge Water Authority Board of Directors, General Manager Michael Dominek for keeping the Council and Borough Staffi informed during the situation. He stated that the Authority's crew did an excellent job fixing the waterline that was located in a very remote and hard to reach area. He thanked the Authority's office staff for keeping the citizens informed and calm, he also thanked Borough staffi including thel Mayor and] Firefighters for distributing water and managing the water buffalos. Lastly, he thanked the citizens who were affected for dealing with thel low pressure ori no water at all for the extended time during Mrs. Miller thanked the businesses as well for their patience. She stated that many suffered losses as they closed their businesses during the water outage. Mr. Mikulich: recognized Creekside Springs Water Company for donating a large supply ofbottled water toj provide for the community during the incident.  thei incident.  Pledge of Allegiance Presentations-  Borough Council and Mayor presented al Proclamation recognizing the Aloe Family and Frank's Pizza for over six decades of1 business in Ambridge to members oft the Aloe Family. ii. Rev. Aidan Smith, Trinity School for Ministry presented a checki ini the amount of $5,000 to the Borough of Ambridge as a token of generosity for the numerous services thel Borough provides to Trinity School for Ministry. Rev. Smith thanked the Council for its service.  Citizen's! Participation On/Off Agenda Items (5 minutes per speaker)  No citizens had comment for Borough Council.    Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes March 13, 2018, Councill Meeting spelling error; ai roll call vote was taken:  Mrs. Caldarelli made the motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Mr. Dunn; Mr. Flannery corrected a  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Treasurer's Report:  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Mr. Mikulichi reviewed the Treasurer's Report with Borough Council:  Treasurer's Report (April 10, 2018) MarlynSheleheda- Treasurer General Fund Analysis  $663,276.36 General Fund Bank Account Balance as of: -(April 10, 2018) -3:00 pm  $158,022.13 AIIC Outstanding Checks as of: $505,254.23 Available Balance as of:  -April1 10, 2018) -3:00 pm -April 10, 2018) -3:00 pm  Totals are asf follows: Deposits: Debits: 2 Payroll (s)  $386,313.23 $337,490.63  General Fund -which include the follow Summary: 72 Checks  $174,297.06 $163,193.57  Other Fund Balances as of (April 10, 2018) 3:00 pm  $5,131.35 Ambridge Fire Apparatus Replacement Fund $87,061.31 Grants/Special Funds $208,614.73 Liquid Fuels Fund $14,821.26 Escrow Disbursement, Account $29,714.26 Recreation! Fund $38,452.23 Sinking Fund  $1,188,626.56 Ambridge Capital ProjectF Fund: 2016-PLGIT Account $9,627.95 Ambridge Borough Drug Investigation! Fund $7,582,049.65 Total Other Funds Balances (Restricted Use)  Motion to acknowledge: receipt oft the Borough Treasurer's Report was made byl Mr. Dunn, seconded byl Mr.  Flannery; ai roll call vote was taken: Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. Borough Bills and Expenses vote was taken:  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  Mr. Mrs Mrs Mr. Mot  Motion tol Pay thel Bills (General Fund Unpaid: $124,933.02/Paid: $47,994.48; 2016 Capital Project Bond Fund Unpaid: $1,856.14, Recreation Fund Unpaid: $0/Paid: $0, Police Pension Fund: $643.54, Service Employees Pension Fund: $687.62) was madel byl Mr. Flannery, seconded byl Mr. Dunn; aroll call  2    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  New) Business- Items forl Discussion:  1. Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1305, an Ordinance amending the existing Borough of Ambridge service employees' pension plan ("plan"), Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in order to amend the plan to add defined contribution features and to comply with the Federal and Commonwealth ofl Pennsylvania laws and regulations in effect as of] January 1,2018. Motion was made by Mrs. Miller, seconded by  Mrs. Caldarelli; 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  2. Motion to advertise Ordinance No. 1297, an Ordinance of the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania setting forth the requirements for obtaining fire ands safety certificates prior to the transfer of all structures, establishing procedures for obtaining said fire and safety certificates and setting fees for said certificates. Motion was made byl Mr. Cafarelli, 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  3. Motion to advertise Ordinance No. 1307, an Ordinance oft thel Borough of Ambridge, County of Beaver, and Commonwealth of] Pennsylvania, amending the Ambridge Borough Code of Ordinances, Part II, Chapter 216, Section 1-2, entitled' "Rental Property Registration." Motion was made by Mrs.  Miller, seconded byl 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  4. Motion to adopt Resolution No. 2-2018, al Resolution of thel Borough of Ambridge proclaiming Saturday, April 28, 2018 as Arbor Dayi in Ambridge. Motion was made byl Mrs. Miller, seconded by  Mr. Cafarelli; ai 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  5. Motion to authorize the removal of on-street parking meters on and along the Merchant Street corridor, and authorize the Solicitor toj prepare an Ordinance that would repeal Section 290-46 (Parking Meter Zones Established) oft the Ambridge Code and designate established: zones as two (2) hour parking areas. Motion was made byl Mr. Cafarelli, seconded byl Mrs. Miller; Manager Kauer explained that this is the first phase oft the streetscape project. He added that thei recommendation to1 remove the parking meters was made by our Downtown Development Committee to help foster development in  the downtown area. 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  6. Motion to authorize the sale of the 20071 Pelican Street Sweeper to the Township of] Potter for $25,000. Motion was made byl Mr. Flannery, seconded byl Mr. Cafarelli; a roll call vote was taken:  Council Mr. Cafarelli Mrs. Caldarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Flannery Motion carried. 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  7. Motion to authorize the American Legion to use PJ Caul Park on Monday, May 28th for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony. Motion was made by! Mrs. Miller, seconded byl Mr. Dunn; ai roll call vote  VOTE Yes Mr. McCoy Yes Mrs. Miller Yes Mr. Mikulich Yes Mayor Drewnowski  Council  Vote Absent Yes Yes  8. Motion to authorize Ambridge Crime Watch to use PJ Caul Park on' Thursday evenings starting June 21,20181 through August 23, 2018 for movies in the park. Motion was made by Mr. Flannery,  seconded byl Mrs. Miller; ai 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  4    9. Motion to authorize the closure ofMelrose Avenue between g"h and" 7th Streets, and 7th Street from Melrose to Glenwood. Avenue on Saturday, April 28,2018 from 8AM to 4PM: for Fire Department training purposes. Motion was made byl Mr. Flannery, seconded byl Mr. Dunn; Chief Gottschalk stated that the church has allowed the AFD to conduct training exercises ini the old convent building; 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  10. Motion to authorize this Council to appoint CSI Corporate Security and Investigations, Inc., to conduct ani independent investigation of the Ambridge! Boroughl Police Department Motion was made byl Mr.  Flannery, seconded by Mr. Dunn; 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  11. Motion that this Council place Chief. James Mann onj paid administrative leave pending further investigation and possible future action byt this Council was made by] Mr. Flannery, seconded by Mr.  Cafarelli; 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  12. Motion that this Council impose the disciplinary action ofa 30 day unpaid suspension upon the Ambridge Borough Police Officer discussed in executive session was made byl Mr. Flannery, seconded  by! Mr. Dunn; 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  Solicitor Start addressed the audience and media regarding motions 101 through 12. Hes stated that all were matters of personnel and as such they are confidential in nature. Atl his direction, thel Borough Council and Mayor are not going to give any comment on these matters. They are privileged and confidential ini nature  and we cannot share anymore insight at this time.  Committee Reports  Codel Enforcement Committee: Mrs. Caldarelli reported that the Borough of Ambridge has been awarded the 2018 Governor's Award for Local Government Excellence in the Fiscal Accountability and Best Management Practices category for Ambridge's efforts to create andi implement its new Fire Department staffed Codel Enforcement Program. Ambridge'sr new Fire Department Code Enforcement  5    Program was established 20171 by Ambridgel Borough Council when it replaced the vacancy oft the full- time Code Enforcement Officer position with a unique program that transferred all code enforcement duties to the Ambridge Fire) Department. This program has saved tax dollars, doubled the staffing of our career fire department (combination department, both paid and volunteer), and increased the efficiency and service hours of our department to cover operations while the majority of our volunteer firefighters are at work. The Code Program has been successful in fighting blight, bringing many properties into compliance with the Property Maintenance Code, reestablished Commercial Fire Inspections, and inspected rental properties within the Borough. This program is al best management practice that not only saved taxpayers considerable funds, but also was a unique way to increase departmental efficiency and operations while returning on the investment aj proactive wayt to approach code enforcement and the shortage of volunteer firefighters. The results of this program have been a safer, cleaner and healthier community. On Wednesday, April 11th; the Ambridge Code Enforcement Committee thati is made up of Council: members. Janet Caldarelli, Tina Iorfido-Miller and Bobl Dunn; along withl President of Council Michael A. Mikulich, Borough Manager. Joel Kauer, Fire Chief Robert Gottschalk and Assistant Fire ChiefDonald Larrick, Jr., will travel tol Harrisburg to receive the award on behalf of the community at the official Local Government Day Awards Ceremony at the She thanked thel Fire Chief and team for making this new program successful and recommended that Public Safety: Mr. Flannery reported that the Committee has recently met with the Mayor and Chiefs. He stated that al loti is being accomplished. Mr. Flannery thanked thel Mayor forl his  Governor's Residence.  the Chief accept the award for the town at tomorrow's ceremony.  participation and Mr. Dunn forl his support. Public Works: Mr. Cafarelli reported on the following: all week by Tymco representatives. Equipment Maintenance: need anything. Skid-Steer was serviced  Street-sweeping started on. April 2nd and runs every-other week through October. News street sweeper is scheduled tol be delivered on Monday, April 9"; Crew will be trained on its operation  Crew has been busy with snow: removal of streets and public sidewalks  Truck 1 (2017 F-550 Dump Truck) and] F-1501 Pickup Truck were inspected - did not Bucket Truck is at. A&H Equipment - it needs an actuator replaced fort the boom. Sign maintenance is on-going, replacing missing signs and repairing damaged locations. Ongoing maintenance has been dedicated to filling pot-holes andi repairs to multiple alleys. Foreman responded, marked and reported multiple PA-One Call requests. Parks: Mrs. Miller reported that thel Borough's Parks Improvement) Project that is 100% grant funded tor make improvements at both Panek and gth Street Parks is currently out to bid; bid opening is scheduled for May 4". She also reported that shei is working with the Chamber to plan this year'sFall Engineer's Report: Engineer. Jovanovich stated that the Engineer's! Report has been distributed to Council, and madel himself available to answer any questions regarding thej projects outlined within the Motion to: accept the Official Reports; motion was made by Mrs. Miller, seconded byl Mr. Dunn; a  Festival of Churches.  report. Official Reports 1.  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    Other Unfinished Business  Mr. Mikulich stated that there has been an ongoing conversation by members of Council to possibly consider implementing a consent style agenda. He explained that a consent agendai is formatted thati issues that are typically administrative that traditionally doesn't warrant any controversy bel lumped together and voted on by one single vote. This would reduce the amount ofroll call votes taken and make more time to discuss matters and reports. Hei requested Council and Mayor forward any questions or concerns they have regarding this style agenda to the Borough Manager. He stated that we can consider approving this agenda form at our. June or) July Mr. Mikulich also reported that this coming Saturday: is the Ambridge Volunteer Fire Department's Cash] Bash Fundraiser at the Falcons Club. He encouraged everyone to attend.  meeting.  Adjournment- -  Motion to adjourn was made byl Mr. Flannery, seconded byl Mr. Cafarelli; motion carried unanimously-  meeting was adjourned at 8:00PM.  Respectiulysubmited: Boowehvimager/Serety -  7