2  Council Meeting March 7, 2022  Turtle Creek Borough regular monthly Council meeting held on March 7, 2022 was called to  order by President Bianchi, who led the Pledge of Allegiance.  Roll Call:  President Bianchi - present Mr. Estocin present Ms. Henkel - present Mr. Nolan - present Solicitor - present  Mr. Osman - present Mr. Spencer = present Mrs. Tinsley present Mayor Forgie - present  President Bianchi- At this time IV will turn the meeting over to Mr. Evashavic:  Mr. Evashavic As you know, the Borough Council publishes an agenda for every meeting, and those are the topics we typically the only items we address. The Sunshine Law allows for an amendment to the agenda under certain limited circumstances, such as emergency situations related to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough. Very recently, one of our Full Time Officers int the Borough, suffered significant injury, and will not be able to perform his duties as a police officer for an indefinite amount of time. This has left the Borough Police Department short staffed. Iti is the intention oft the Borough Council, tot take steps to replace that  Full Time Officer, which will also require hiring another Officer.  Motion  Mr. Spencer, Mr. Osman authorizing the motion to amend the agenda regarding the item  mentioned above, to include the hiring of a full time Police Officer..  Motion Carried.  Approval of the February 2022 minutes:  Motion Motion carried.  Ms. Henkel, Jack Osman approving the February 2022 minutes.  Correspondence:  The T.C. Watershed Association had sent the yearly membership application.  Motion  Mr. Osman, Mrs. Tinsley authorizing the motion to join the T.C. Watershed  Association, with the membership dues of $100.  Motion carried.  Council's approval is needed to add Mayor Adam Forgie as a signature to the emergency help  fund checking account at The First Commonwealth Bank.    3  Motion  Ms. Henkel, Mr. Nolan approving the addition of Mayor Adam Forgie as a signature to the emergency help fund checking account at the First Commonwealth Bank. Motion carried.  Citizens Reports:  Dennis Lawson -resident of Highland Avenue. He has a concern about his neighbor who has 2 President Bianchi stated that they would look into putting a no parking sign up and look into tow Leroy Wood- resident of 1008 Maple Avenue stated that he is sick of people parking on the  broken down cars ini front of his house and continuously.  notices if the cars are abandoned.  side of the road posted no parking, on the sidewalks, and the corners. President Bianchi told Adam to talk to the Chief about this They are digging up her yard and are very destruction  Mrs. Pickle - resident of Hamilton Avenue stated that the chickens are still a very big problem. President Bianchi - we have cited the owner for the violation of the owner allowing the For any personal damage, you have to go to the magistrate yourself and press charges President Bianchi asked Julie to please let her know the date of the hearing. Beth Hamil - resident of 1413 Maple Avenue started by thanking the Chief for talking on the She invited Council to come to the next TCDC meeting held on April 27th at 6pm. She asked Mayor Forgie when he will begin Crime Watch again and he replied; when lock-down Barry Smith - resident of 270 Rachel Street stated that noone stops at the stop sign. He also complained about a residence with too many people living in it and abandonded cars, but this  destruction of the area.  phone to the people involved in a gun issue.  is lifted.  house is in Monroeville. Committee Reports:  President Bianchi - stated that we had a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Commonwealth in the amount of &192,000 for the Maple Avenue  reconstruction.  Motion  Mr. Osman, Mr. Spencer authorizing Council to pass a resolution authorizing the Borough of Turtle Creek to apply for an LS8 Grant out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Maple Avenue reconstruction in the amount of $192,000.  Motion carried.  *Let the minutes show that Mayor Forgie supports this motion.  A grant that was awarded by the County through the Commonwealth Development Program  must be completed by August.  Motion  Ms. Henkel, Mr. Nolan authorizing the Borough Engineer to design and set specifications for the Cunningham, Caruthers, Garden, and Hamilton Avenue Project, which will be bid out by the Council of Governments.  Motion carried.    4  Ms. Henkel - none Mr. Estocin = none Mr. Nolan- none  Mr. Osman = stated that there is a manhole insulation issue that needs repaired. The 3b bids  received for the project were: Soli $8700 Lawson - $8750 Creative Enterprises - $9500  Motion  Mr. Osman, Mr. Spencer awarding the Albert Street at Center Street manhole insulation repairs to Soli, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $8700.  Motion carried. Motion  Mr. Osman, Mr. Spencer awarding the Beech Street Emergency repairs to Lawson, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $22,775.  Motion carried.  Mrs. Tinsley - stated that we are coming up on a new season for the garden. She wanted to thank Beth Hamil who has spent a lot of time trying to get more people to help. Mrs. Tinsley stated that she is still involved in CONNECT, and former Mayor Kelley keeps her Mr. Spencer - stated that the Police and Public Safety Committee has been interviewing along  informed.  with the Mayor, for a Full-Time Officer.  Motion Motion carried. Motion  Mr. Spencer, Mr. Nolan conditionally offering a Full-Time position to Mark Terry, contingent on satisfying pre-employment requirements set by the Commonwealth.  Mr. Osman, Mr. Estocin approving the motion to purchase 2 vehicles for the Police  Department through COSTAR for $33,855 each.  Motion carried.  They received an Application for Handicap parking space in the Borough Parking Lot on Brown  Avenue.  Motion  Mr. Spencer, Mr. Osman approving the request for a Handicap parking space in the  Borough Lot on Brown Avenue. Motion carried.  They received a request for the removal of a Handicap parking space from 114' Watson Drive.  The resident using the spot has died.    5  Motion  Mr. Spencer, Ms. Henkel approving the request to remove the Handicap parking space  from the vicinity of 114 Watson Drive.  Motion carried.  President Bianchi stated that the top candidate for Full-Time Police Officer, has chosen not to  take the position sO we need to remove him from the list.  Motion  Mr. Spencer, Mrs. Tinsley authorizing the request to remove the top candidate from the  list for eligible Full Time Officers. Police and Public Safety:  Motion carried.  Mayor Forgie - read the Chief's Report for February Total incidents dispatched 393 Total Lock-Ups Traffic stops and incidents Thefts Wanted Persons Shots Fired DUI Overdoes Property citations Scheduled Clean Up Days: March 23 April 6 April 20 April 23 May 11 Solicitor - none Old Business:  10 32 7 12 2 0 0 4  Ratifying payment of the February 2022 bills.  Motion  Mr. Estocin, Mr. Spencer ratifying the action taken by the Borough Administrator ini the payment of the February 2022 bills in the amount of $200,943.60 Motion carried.  New Business: none  Motion  Mrs. Tinsley, Ms. Henkel adjourning until the next meeting on Monday April 4, 2022.  Motion carried.  Recorded by: Kera Rocco