CITY OF CORRY 7:00 PM  CHAMBERS  JUNE 17,2024 ROLL CALL  Mayor Baker called the meeting to order, invocation was given by Rev. Mary Norton and was followed with the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call found Council members Fike, Hammond, Lindstrom and Maloney present. Also present, was City Solicitor Caparosa, City Administrator Smith, Public Works Manager (1) Mayor Baker announced an amendment to the gemd-remoungem/c- CNI/Erie County Motion was made by Mr. Fike and was seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously. (3) Mayor Baker requested a motion to approve the minutes of the. June 4th, 2024 Special Meeting. Motion was made by Mr. Maloney and was seconded by Mr. Hammond; motion carried unanimously.  Leofsky, Fire Chief Hodak, Police Lt. Kitchen and Officer Turner.  AMENDMENT TO AGENDA REGULAR MTG MINUTES APPROVE 6/4/24 SPECIAL MTG MINUTES HEARING OF1 THE PUBLIC  Land Bank- = 228 W: Smith St.  (2) Mayor Baker requested a motion to approve the minutes of the May 20th, 2024 Regular Meeting. APPROVE 5/20/24  Hearing of the Public: NONE  (4) Mayor Baker requested a motion to receive and file letter dated. June 6, 2024 from Dr. Karl Hens CREMATORIUM and Bill Beggs regarding the crematorium opposition. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. OPPOSITIONLETTER Sewage Facilities Plan Update Revision. Motion was made by Mayor Baker and seconded by Mr. Maloney; SEWAGE FACILITES PLAN  Hammond; motion carried unanimously. motion carried unanimously.  (5) Mr. Fike requested a motion to adopt Resolution 24-20 approving a Comprehensive Act 537 (6) Mr. Hammond requested a motion to adopt Resolution 24-21 related to the utilization of the Strategic Management Plan Program (STMP) for phase three related to policies, procedures, employee handbook and a! 5-year capital improvement plan. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and: seconded by Mrs. (7) Mr. Hammond requested a motion to approve Resolution 24-22 to allocate State Local Fiscal  RES 24-20 COMP ACT! 537 UPDATE REVISION RES: 24-21 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PLAN PROGRAM (STMP) RES24225LFRF/ARPA  Lindstrom; motion carried unanimously.  Recovery Funds (SLFRF also known as ARPA) for use in completing the! Sewer GIS Mapping in preparation FUNDS ALLOCATEDTO of the new wastewater treatment plant. Motion was made by Mrs. Lindstrom and seconded by Mr. Fike; SEWER GIS MAPPING (8) Mr. Maloney requested a motion to accept on first reading Ordinance 1652, Bill 24-03 to amend ORD 1652, BILL 24-03  motion carried unanimously.  FIRST READING FIREMEN PENSION CHANGES HIREF FTPOLICE OFFICER  and restate ini its entirety ordinance number 1652 and to make changes as are necessary to bring the Firemen Pension into compliance with the Pennsylvania Third Class City Code. Motion was made by Mr. (9) Mayor Baker requested a motion to approve the hiring of Benjamin Meyer as a full-time Police Officer with the start date of June 30, 2024 pending successful completing of all pre-employment testing BMEYER and certification by thel Municipal Police Officer's Education and Training Commission (MPOETC). Motion (10) Mayor Baker requested a motion to approve the hiring of Gabriel Bleicher as at full-time Police Officer with the start date of. June 30, 2024 pending suçcessful completing of all pre-employment testing GBLEICHER and certification by the Municipal Police Officer's Education and Training Commission (MPOETC). Motion (11) Mr. Hammond requested a motion to approve the billl list as presented. Motion was made by Mr. BILLIST  Fike and seconded by Mrs. Lindstrom; motion carried unanimously.  was made by Mr. Maloney and seconded by Mr. Fike; motion carried unanimously.  HIRE FTPOLICE OFFICER  was made by Mr. Maloney and seconded by Mr. Fike; motion carried unanimously. Fike and seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously.  1    (12) Mr. Maloney announced a reminder to elderly and frail residents to please be cautious oft the heat and to drink lots of fluids. He also announced that Tower 109 ladder testing should be completed this week (13) Mr. Leofsky announced that tar/chipping is ahead of schedule - duet to heat and no rain it willl be dusty. Fog seal will bea applied in approximately two weeks to locki int the stone and! keep dust down. Vac Truck was used recently on Sciota St by Harecreek Campground. Water was not going to down catch basins asi it should- - has been an issue for many years. Iti is now completely open and flowing. Several root balls the  PUBLCSAFETYUPDATE STREETS UPDATE TAR/CHIP & VACTRUCK EVENT REQUESTS: CORRY FARMERS MARKET KIM KUZMA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT  andi it should bel back next week.  size ofal bale of! hay were removed which is pretty amazing. (14) Mrs. Lindstrom requested a motion to approve event requests for: Corry Farmers Market-Fridays, June 21 - October 25 -K Kim Kuzma Softball Tournament- = July 19-21 at the Beaver Complex Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously.  (15) City Administrator Smith announced that due to the extreme heat this week-Waste Management CITYA ADMIN UPDATE  willl be: starting their trash pick-up routes at 4:00 am, please have trash out night before. This was posted on  our website and Facebook today and willl be in the newspaper tomorrow.  Hearing of the Public:  HEARING OF THE PUBLIC  Bill Roche spoke regarding Impact Corry and the N Center St Trail- - inviting the City to have ar meeting with the Impact Board and DCNR Reps with no public. Hea asked the City to respond tol him directly with any Seth Trott spoke regarding Impact Corry and the N Center St Trail - Impact Corryi is hopeful that the project wills still follow through but understands the Cityi is making sure the residents are being heard. Mr. Trott pointed out that the trail is the same argument the City is making about the crematorium - it's been voted on, it'sa a done deal - but fors some reason this doesn't apply to thet trail. He asked Council to decide and not Cassie Utegg spokei in regards to Impact Corry and the N Center StTrail- - citing numbers from petition signers including city residents, N Center Str residents andi non-residents. She advised that she will continue tol keep Council updated on petition numbers as they come in and pointed out thati iti is clear the majority of Jennifer Utegg spoke in regards tot the N Center St Trail- - at a previous council meeting she observed: a council member mouth the words "we heary you" to al N Center St Trail resident. She said this concerned her and would like to know ifc council is heret to represent everyone or just a small group of people. Shel believes the majority of residents arei int favor of thet traill being open and available for use ands she feels councili is Kimberly Hawkes spoke in regards to the N Center St Trail by reading al letter from Corry Community Sherri Taylor spoke sharing comments of support for the N Center St' Trail, opposition to the crematorium and asked for more transparency! from the Police and for them to enforcei thel laws consistently. She also asked council to discontinue the use of surveys and as well as council re-hashing decisions made by the Shawn Bedow spokei in regards to thel N Center St Trail saying he lives across from the trail and has seen no problems. He is wondering what data therei ist for the amount of crime increase and police reports made since the trail opened up. He also said his family misses walking on the trail since closed.  questions to be asked submitted in writing.  stay neutral anymore.  tax payers want his trail and, int thel location, designated.  losing thep publics confidence.  Foundation that was: sent to Council todayi in support of the trail project.  previous council.  2    Sara. Jukes spokei in regards to the N Center St Trail- -stating that after thel last meeting she thought of things from the N Center St residents' perspective and would not want a trail in her! back yard. She also believes thati ift thet trail is closed- -1 these residents willl be left dangling on their own because the people will still be back there. Sara asked thatt thep project movet forward and allow Impact Corry to provide the fencing that Rex Messenger spoke ands said! he opposes the trail. He also addressed the fire billing ordinance saying he believes it might be illegal andi it was jammed down the residents' throats. He was toldi insurance would pay  theyl have committed toi in order to help these people.  for it but they don't.  (16) Announcement of meetings:  MEETINGSCHEDUIE ADJOURN  a. Monday, July 8, works session, 7 pmi in Council Chambers. 0. Monday, July 15, regular meeting, 7 pmi in Council Chambers.  (17) Respe  sadjourned at 7:31 pm.  753  3