BOROUGH OF WILMERDING  MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOROUGH  Meeting was called to order by President Kelly Maxwell at 7:00p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the President.  ROLL CALL: JOHN MARCOZ present; TURNER SIEBLES, present; JOE HARTZELL, present; STEVE VOLPE, present; LEAHMANDA BARNE present; JOHN THOMAS, present; KELLY MAXWELL, present; MAYOR GREGORY. JAKUB was also J.H HARTZELL/S. VOLPETO ACCEPTTHE MINUTES OF THE. JANUARY: 2, 2024 MEETING AS PRESENTED. MEMBERS VOTED  present. APPROVAL, 7-0. PETITIONS & MEMORIALS:  J.N MARSALAK, Herman Avenue: I'm here on behalf oft the CIAC. Dennis had sent a letter to the Borough regarding the planting ofs some trees, and Ijust wanted to know if council had made a decision on the planting of more trees around K. MAXWELL: we have not talked about it since we tabled the letter that was received toward the end of last year.  the park.  J.H HARTZELL: Ithought we wanted to wait until we did the parki improvements?  J.THOMAS: we have to be very careful and respectful of the size of trees that would be planted. It doesn'tsound like it C.LANG: at the November 14, 2023, meeting the letter was brought to council and they did approve the planting of trees along' Westinghouse and Herman as long as the CIAC would maintain the trees after planting. K. MAXWELL: so, we have approved it. will have Caroline put together a letter for you to take to the CIAC meeting. CONNER LOCKLEAR, 244 CARD AVENUE: Ihave been getting parking tickets for parking on the sidewalk, but itis actually more like a parking pad. The walkway ends at my property, there are steps that come down and a tree that DECTECTIVE CARUSO: Ispoke to them the other day; it looks like it's on the sidewalk, but we do need to decide what to EDITH BARRETT: to go back to the trees, our ordinance states that the property owner is responsible fori the sidewalks K. MAXWELL: the trees are noti thei issue, it's the shrubs that have been planted alongside the trees sO we will approve THERESA HICKMAN, AIRBRAKE AVENUE: Ithink we have a great volunteer fire department and the cooperation with the other fire departments in the surrounding area is wonderful. Ithink we have a great EMS service and excellent police service. l'm proud of the Wilmerding Community Center and the things they are doing for our community: and the surrounding communities. lappreciate the seasonal newsletters and I'm pleased with) Westinghouse Arts but would like some more information about their activities. Ido have 3 concerns though; with WABTEC leaving it leaves ay very large building and Isuggest the planning commission be reorganized SO they can watch what comes of that building. They  will cost the Borough anything.  blocks that other side. do with this.  and the CIAC only has so many members so how are we supposed to maintain all these trees?  the trees with no shrubs.  1    BOROUGH OF WILMERDING  MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOROUGH  would be able to ensure that we get a good company and then bring it to the council to decide ift that business is what the borough wants. I'm also concerned about Emergency Planning and want to knowi if we: still have a plan in place? G. JAKUB: we have to do one every 2 years and submit it to the County. There isa checklist ofi items we need or have as well as an evacuation route. We even have a new app that shows us whati is int the trains that are passing through our THERESA HICKMAN: well, also think you need to have more association with Allegheny County, are we a member of J.H HARTZELL: yes, Igot to every meeting and give a report at every council meeting but usually there is nothing at the THERESA HICKMAN: why is that? I'm sure there are things that need to be done here like the promise to paint the AL. HUSSEY: the sale of WABTEC has already happened; it was sold to a large trucking company named Reinfelderand  town.  COG, does the representative go to the meetings and report back to council?  COG meeting that pertains to Wilmerding.  bridge.  the person running the facility is from Forrest Hills.  THERESA HICKMAN: how did they come in and buy it without first going to the planning commission? GREG EVASHAVIK: it'sa private property sale, they can sell it to whoever they want. The new owner does have to THERSEA HICKMAN: Idisagree with that, and we need to have an active planning commission sO they can see who is coming into the area. Maybe our planning commission can work with: some of1 the: surrounding areas sO we can be  comply with the zoning requirements, but we have no right to stop the sale.  aware of what is coming into town. CORRESPONDENCE  1. We received al letter from. John Marcoz resigning from the zoning hearing board.  COMMITTEE REPORTS:  PUBLIC SAFETYT.SIEBLES The fire department had 38 calls for the month. 15 ini town, 23 out oft town, 4 work details, 41 trainings, and 15 maintenance hours. The EMS report shows 45 calls with the average emergency response time was CODE ENFORCEMENT - ALI HUSSEY: the demo is scheduled to begin tomorrow, they are g-bringing in their own water trucks to keep the dust down and got the residents to move their cars so thet trucks can get in to remove the debris. 1 PUBLIC WORKS -J. MARCOZ: our 1-man street department is doing what he can. He has the snow blower working, and J.T THOMAS/'S. VOLPE1 TO HIRE MICHAEL MAY ASA Al FULL TIME PUBLIC' WORKS LABORER AT $16.00/HR WITH SINGLE  9.6 minutes and the average non-emergency response time was 10.7 minutes.  am still working on the Airbrake Avenue problem and will keep you posted on the progress.  he's 'sj just cleaning up the best he can.  PARTY HEALTH BENEFITS AFTER 90 DAYS. MEMBERS VOTED APPROVAL, 7-0.  2    BOROUGH OF WILMERDING  MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOROUGH  ENGINEER = B. BRNATHOOVER: still waiting on the GEDTF paving that should begin in Spring. Wet found out that we received $50,000.00 for the replacement of catch basins. Iwould ask the council to have the public works department go around and make a priority list. Icame down and met Tyler to look at the ceiling of the public works garage, lalso talked to Don Glenn about this. Wel have at fewt things that we would like to look at and Tylera and Ihave a game plan sO we can monitori it when we. get some rain. Iwill keep council up to date on this. The Ice plant Hill bids were opened today and will be approved at the East McKeesport meeting tonight. We will be starting in the WCC parking lot to open COG-J. HARTZELL: There was no. January meeting due to the annual dinner that is scheduled for this Friday.  up some lines that appear to be clogged and we will move forward from there.  BORO PROPERTIES & UTILITIES- - S. VOLPE: what is included in Borough Properties?  K. MAXWELL: anything in the building that may need repaired, the parks around town, the parking lots, basically J.HARTZELL: the list of streetlights that were sent, do we know if they were alli taken care of beçause the lights from the C.LANG: will have to submit those again. Now with the online submission we do not get confirmation that anything J.MARCOZ: there is al leaking hydrant on Caldwell Avenue that has been turned into WPJWA but nothing has been done SOLICITOR- -G.E EVASHAVIK: not much to report, Idid look over the contract for Fastest Labs to do our employee testing C.LANG: the one in East McKeesport has shut down SO we had to decide on a new facility. Everything is the same as in the past place and we pay as we need them. The prices are comparable for everything, the only real change is that we  anything the boro owns.  deli to the apartments are all out.  was completed.  about it. Ouri fire department tried to tighten it but iti is still leaking.  and concluded that everything wasi in order.  can have them come here and have allt the employees tested at once.  FINANCE-J. THOMAS:  J.THOMAS/S. VOLPE PAY ALL OTHER BILLS FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $112,897.76 AND FROM J.THOMAS: REPORT ON THE INCOME WE HAVE RECEIVED. The real estate forJ January was actually a 2023 payment in the amount of $3,206.06, the delinquent real estate was $1,228.26, delinquent garbage was $663.32, RAD $10,077.16, deed transfer $6,829.89, EIT $5,682.83, and LST $676.65. Everyone should of received more information on the RECREATION- - L. BARNES: We are going to start working on Easter and I'm talking with Steve to get an idea of things.  PLIGIT SEWAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,450.00. MEMBERS VOTED APPROVAL, 7-0.  delinquents sO we can discuss who you would like to take to court.  OLD BUSINESS: nothing NEW BUSINESS: nothing  3    BOROUGH OF WILMERDING  MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOROUGH  MAYOR'S! REMARKS-G.JAKUB: There has been a series of stollen vehicles, and the police and surrounding police are  cracking down on this. Also, Monroeville will be getting a dogi in the neart future.  S.VOLPE/L. BARNES TO ADJORN 7:50F P.M.  4