BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY,IANUARYI 10,2019 Mr. Robert. J. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Mr. Zachary Sullivan, Borough. Engineer, SDE Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Keith Dmochowski, Reading Eagle Mr.J Jerry DeBalko, PA American Water  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Ms. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt - Arriving 8:08 PM  CALLTOORDER: The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order at 7:32 PMI by APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the December 13, 2018, meeting were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications toi the minutes. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. David Eggert; all were ini favor and the motion carried. 2019 APPOINTMENTS: A list oft the 2019 appointments were presented to Council fori their review. A list of the appointments was done by Mr. May and are included in the minutes for review. The appointments need to made and approved by Resolution. This would be Resolution 815-2019. MOTION: Mr. Michael Fritz made the motion to adopt Resolution 815-2019 making all of the appointments for calendar year 2019; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurersreport as presented andi file it for audit; seconded by GENERAL: $186,487.38 RESERVE: $74,599.79 SEWER: $285,586.07 LIQUIDFUELS:; $273,359.91 FIRET TAX:$ $946.44 FIRE ESCROW: $10.00 The sewer loan balances are also included on the bottom of the treasurer's report for review. APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were distributed prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the bills presented. Bills requiring ratification from December 14-31, 2018 totaled $35,305.29. Bills requiring ratification fromi the sewer fund from December 14-31, 2018, totaled $446.09. Bills requiring  Council President, Mr. RobertJ. May.  Mr. Lubenow, all were int favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  1/19  1    ratification from the general fund from January 1-10, 2019, totaled $41,606.06. Bills requiring ratification from the sewert fund from. January 1-10, 2019, totaled $6,000. Bills requiring payment from the liquid fuels account totaled $6,699.67. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Fritz; ally were int favor andi the motion carried. JERRY DEBALKO - PA. AMERICAN WATER - Mr. DeBalko introduced himself to Council. Mr. DeBalko presented this evening to discuss the Act5 537 Plan Update Special Study. This is a requirement from DEP and outlines for transition of ownership of the wastewater treatment plants. This was presented tot the Borough Council and a copy will be keep on filei int the Borough office and one for public review. This needs to ber review and approved sO that PA. American can: submit itt to DEP. Mr. DeBalko is looking to perhaps gett this approved by the Borough so thati it can be submitted to DEP by March. The Planning Commission willl be review this document as well. Mr. Mayi indicated that the Borough would make every attempt to review this document and give it an approval at February's meeting. GREEN LIGHT GO GRANT- The bids were opened; the low bid was Telco int the amount of $181,460.00. Upon brief review it appears that all oft the documents seem to be in order including the certification ofi insurance and the bond. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to accept the bid of Telco in the amount of $181,460.00 contingent upon thei final review of the Borough Solicitorand" Traffic Planning and Design; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were int favor andi the motion carried. Mr. May asked that the Borough Manager to inquire with Telco about the how long the batteries would last and whether or  PUBLICI HEARINGS, PETITIONS:  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER - ZACHARY SULLIVAN  noti there would be a service agreement that would cover those matters. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  STORMWATER o & M AGREEMENTS- The agreements have now been prepared for 11 Ranor Court and 33 NI Bingaman Street and will need tol be signed by the property owners and thent filed. The Borough will send letters toi the property owners to make them awarei that these documents need to PUC- The Borough submitted two petitions to the PUC and both have been accepted. Ms. London was looking forauthorization: to attend the PUCI hearing conferences. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Ms. London to attend the PUCI hearing conferences to protect the interests of the MCDONALD'S- Authorization is needed to sign thel harmless agreement along with Mt. Penn Borough and the McDonald's franchise. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to sign the harmless agreement with the McDonald's Franchise and Mt. Penn Borough; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and UCC CODES ORDINANCE- Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Borough needs to adopt the UCC Codes Ordinance. Ms. Leinbach is working with Ms. London on the ordinance and would like to get authorization to advertise for the February meeting. This would be Ordinance 445. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to advertise Ordinance 445, UCC Codes, for adoption at the February meeting;  signed.  Borough; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were int favor and motion carried.  the motion carried.  seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor andi the motion carried.  ST.LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/19  2    BUDGET & FINANCE  CASH FLOW DOCUMENTS - Ms. Leinbach indicated that the fire tax has all moved into the 5mills as UNPAID REALI ESTATE TAXES TO TAX CLAIM- The amount of real estate tax to be turned over to Berks County Tax Claim for collection is 14 bills totaling $4,768.80. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion exonerating thet tax collector of 14 bills totaling $4,768.80 to bet turned over to Berks County Tax UNPAID FIRE TAX- The unpaid fire.taxi is 14 bills totaling $508.66. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion exonerating the tax collector of 14 bills totaling $508.66t to bet turned over to the Borough of St. Lawrence for collection; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were int favor and the motion carried.  shown on the cashi flow documents.  Claim for collection; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all in favor and the motion carried.  PLANNING COMMISSION  Mrs. Eggert will contact the Planning Commission to indicate that at the. January 23, 2019, meeting they willl be reviewing Act 5371 that PA. American has submitted for the transition of the ownership oft the  Exeter' Wastewater Treatment Plant. TRASH & RECYCLING  Al letter was received from Mascaro indicating that all mattresses that are put out fort trash must we wrapped in plastic. They have been experiencing a huge problem with bed bugs. Ms. Leinbach will contact Mascaro to find out if they will be sending a mailer to the residents since our newsletter has already gone outt to residents and the next newsletter will not be going out until late March.  RECREATION  The pole with al light at the playground has fallen. The pole has been removed and the power has been locked outi in the control box. There willl be further discussion about replacement so that the field can  bel lit during the playground program.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR- DAVID EGGERT  Mr. Eggerti indicated that he has been working with Ms. Leinbach to coordinate the addresses that will require changes to meet the standards put in place by the County. There is no deadline at this point but  this will need to be done. ZONING HEARING BOARD  RESOLUTION 814- Resolution 814 reappoints Mr. David Smith toi the Zoning Hearing Board to at three yeart term. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 814-2019 reappointing Mr. David Smith to the Zoning Hearing Board for another 3 year term expiring 12/31/21.  LIBRARY LIAISON  Mr. Lubenow indicated that library is planning on holding a .5K Beer Run Fundraiser. This is still being planned but one of the locations they are considering for the event is Shemanski Stadium.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE- Mr. Rhoads attended the Co-Op Purchasing Council meeting this past week and the Animal Rescue League was discussed. Ita appears that Brandywine SPCA may bei interested in providing this service and moving into Berks County. The Co-Op Purchasing Council willl be putting out  an RFP. Updates will be given as the Borough office receives more information.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/19  3    NEW BUSINESS  STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST- Statements of Financial Interest were distributed to Council SPOTTED LANTERNFLY- Mr. Lubenow indicated that financial aid will be available to areas with large amounts of infestation. Mr. Lubenow indicated that het feels that the Borough should look into this EXECUTIVE SESSION: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to enter executive session to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. Council went into executive session at 8:23 PM. Council came out ofe executive session at 8:48 PM. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  to bet filled out and turned into the Borough office by May.  more for the few properties that have a large amount ofi infestation.  8:48 PM.  Respertfulysubmittes, AS5N Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/19  4    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 14, 2019 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Jerry DeBalko, PA American Water Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mr. Zachary Sullivan, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALL TO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the January 10, 2019, meeting were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. Mr. Lubenow indicated that he was on the website and noticed that the minutes from 2018 were not posted. He indicated that he felt that the minutes need to posted in order to keep our residents well informed; Mr. May indicated that if Ms. Leinbach needed assistance with this that he would be willing to assist in TREASURER's REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications and Ms. Leinbach indicated that the treasurer's report could be approved as presented and filed for audit. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve thei treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in GENERAL'S169,835.04 RESERVE:S74,612.46 SEWER: $297,122.65 LIQUIDI FUELS: $266,662.12 FIRETAX:$1,568.74 FIRE ESCROW:$10.00  President, Mr. RobertJ. May, at 7:31 PM.  getting the minutes posted.  favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  2/19  5    APPROVAL. AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were distributed to Council for their review. Ms. Leinbach explained that the Mr. Rehab payment was for an invoice from 2018 where Mr. Rehab did not deposit the check from bill payer and the money' was returned to the account; when they tried to deposit it it was no longer valid therefore another payment was distributed. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $86,688.95. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $9,187.50. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion toa authorize payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor  and the motion carried. PUBLICHEARINGS & PETITIONS:  ACT5 537 - Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Planning Commission did review the Act 537 at their January meeting. The Commission did not have any questions however the concern over the sewer rates was a concern. Mr. DeBalko indicated that a letter from the Planning Commission indicating that there were no questions about the Act 537 would be great to have to file with the PUC. Mr. May asked Mr, DeBalko what their deadline was fort the PUC. Mr. DeBalko indicated that they would like to have this by the March Council meeting. Mr. May and Ms. London indicated that they did not feel thatt this would be an issue. The plan at this point is to finalize and pass the motion at the March Council  meeting.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER  GREEN LIGHT GO GRANT- Ms. Leinbach indicated that Borough Council needs to approve Change Order #1. The change order would include the fifth pole and controller box to the bid. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve and authorize Change Order #1; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow;  all were in favor and the motion carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR-. JOAN LONDON  PUCPRE CONFERENCE MEETING- Ms. London and Mr. May attended the PUCI Pre Conference hearing for the transfer of ownership ofi the wastewater treatment plant. Ms. London explained what took place at the hearing. The main concern was that Exeter Township was providing service to municipalities, namely Lower Alsace outside oft their owni township without any approvals. The PUC will not negotiate or make any exceptions for those actions. The transfer is now in a holding pattern. RESOLUTION 816-2019 - Resolution 816-2019 allows for a reimbursement of $25 per snow event for replaçement ofar mailbox that was damaged by the plow during a snow event. ExeterTownship has a similar policy in place currently. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 816-2019;  STREETS & LIGHTS  seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  PLANNING COMMISSION  2018 ANNUAL REPORT The Planning Commission has submitted their 2018 annual report. The Commission met only one time! in 2018, June. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to accept the Planning Commission's 2018 annual report; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion  çarried,  BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE  2/19  6    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR- DAVD EGGERT  PAGERS- The new pagers are finally in and are currently being programmed. We should be receiving ADDRESSING Mr. Eggert is working along with Ms. Leinbach to compile the list of addresses that RUN CARDS- Exeter Township Fire has sent another run card change to be reviewed. Mr. Eggert reviewed the changes and indicated that all oft the changes were minor adjustments to equipment. Mr. Eggert recommended to Council to approve. the changes that were requested. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to submit the run card changes to DES; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor  the pager in the very near future.  really need to be changed. This will be sent to Council to review.  and the motion carried. NEWSLETTER  The next newsletter will be going out after the March Council meeting. This newsletter will include the Egg hunt, spotted lanternfly information, springtime type information as well as the Hike through the  woodlands that Mr. Lubenow organizes. BOROUGH MANAGER'S REPORT done in the spring as far as grass planting.  EXETER SUPPLY- The addition at Exeter Supply is almost complete with ai few items that need to be MCDONALD's- The project at McDonald's is a little bit behind schedule but should be completed  shortly.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS meeting.  STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST- Statements of Financial Interest are due by the May Council ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Mr. Michael Fritz made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  8:15 PM.  Respectfully submitted, Ar G5r Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  2/19  7    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019  ATTENDANCE:  Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Ms. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Zachary Sullivan, Borough Engineer, SDE Mr. Alex Elliker, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALLTO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the February 14, 2019, meeting were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; TREASURER's REPORT: The treasurer's report was presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. Ms. Leinbach indicated that the treasurer's report could be approved as presented and filed for audit. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; seconded by Mr. Rick GENERAL'S142496.98 RESERVES: $70,623.91 SEWER: $293,705.02 LIQUIDE FUELS: $266,663.84 FIRE TAX: $1,827.93 FIRE ESCROW: $10.00 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: The bills requiring payment and ratification were distributed to Council prior to the meeting for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $74,459.18. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer totaled $52,469.18. Bills requiring payment from the liquid fuels account totaled $6,378.81. Bills requiring payment from the fire tax fund totaled $2,750.00. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion authorizing the payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion  President, Mr. RobertJ. May, at 7:30 PM.  seconded by Mr. Michael Fritz; all were int favor and the motion carried.  Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  3/19  8    PUBLIC HEARINGS, PETITIONS:  RONALD. IVISON Dr. Ivison presented before Council with concerns regarding the 9-1-1 addressing. Dr. Ivison's home has a Stoner Avenue address however the street was never put all the way through. The only access to the home is from Post Place. Dr. Ivison asked whether there was any other option because changing his address would be a huge inconvenience to him. Dr. Ivison indicated that Map Quest offers an emergency indicator and would like to know whether or not that could be an option for his property. Mr. Eggert and Mr. Geibel tried to explain that emergency services does not use Map Quest. Mr. Eggert also tried to explain that this would need to be done Countywide for others who need to have their address changed and that there is no software that would allow this to be done. The best and easiest option would be to change the address. Dr. Ivison asked Council to consider his request when making the decision to have his address changed. Dr. Ivison also expressed a concern about the condition oft the carbonizing plant.. Dr. Ivison indicated that he does sit on the. Juvenile panel and as the weather gets nicer there will be more incidences involving juveniles since this building is not secured. The Borough will investigate; Mrs. Eggert was asked to request police reports for the last five  years at this location.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR ALEX ELLIKER, KOZLOF STOUDT  RESOLUTION 817-2019 - Resolution 817-2019 will approve the Act 537 submittal by PAWC with regards to sewage facilities plan update. This was reviewed by Council as well as the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission has also submitted a letter to the Council indicating that they had no questions or concerns. MOTION: Rev Bennethum made the motion to adopt Resolution 817- PUC- Mr. Elliker gave the Council an update on the hearings oft the PUC with regards to the transfer of ownership of the Exeter Township Sewage Treatment Plant to PAWC. The PUC may consolidate some of the issues and therefore Mr. Elliker was looking for authorization to have Ms. London continue to attend these hearings to intervene on behalf oft the Borough. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion authorizing Ms. London to continue attending the hearings to intervene on behalf of the Borough;  2019; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried.  seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor and the motion carried.  BUDGET & FINANCE  CASH FLOWS- Ms. Leinbach indicated that all of the cash flow documents have been updated and  were distributed to the members of Council for review.  STREETS & LIGHTS  INDUSTRIAL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE- The quote for street sweeping was received from Industrial Grounds Maintenance with a price of $2,250.00 and $400 additional for St. Lawrence Avenue. The street sweeping is currently scheduled for April 16 and 17. The cost is the same as 2018. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion approving the quote from Industrial Grounds Maintenance for 2019 street  sweeping; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  PLANNING COMMISSION  RESOLUTION 818-2019 - Resolution 818-2019 reappoints Mr. Gregory Zawilla to the Planning Commission for another five year term. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 818-2019; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST.LAWRENCE BOROUGH  3/19  9    SANITARY SEWER  Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Chapter 94 report has been completed and submitted. Mr.Conrad: and Ms. Leinbach are currently working on a bid to televise the lines that have not been relined.  TRASH & RECYCLING  Mr. Fritz and Mr. Geibel indicated that there has been a complaint by Mr. Gill Morrisette about the alley: at Ganster Street being chewed up by the trash truck and causing damage to his property. This will be  investigate further by Mr. Rhoads. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR Mr. Eggert has received the new pager.  MUNICIPAL LANDS  The annual hike will be done by Mr. Lubenow on April 20th. He asked that this be advertised in the newsletter and to indicate that people wear proper foot attire for hiking. In addition, Ms. Leinbach informed. Council that two dead trees have been removed from the Borough Land.  NEWSLETTER NEWI BUSINESS  The next newsletter willl be going out hopefully the end of March.  The municipal officials dinner invitations were distributed prior to the meeting. All reservations will be made at one time and Mrs. Eggert asked all who wished to attend let her know by tomorrow.  GENERAL COMMENTS TO COUNCIL  Mr. Lubenow indicated that he attended the. Joint Municipal meeting and the topic of discussion was inr regard to al bill thati is being considered which will require ar municipality to offer two inspectors for building inspectors. Mr. Lubenow gave a copy of the bill to Ms. Leinbach who will distribute this to each ANIMAL RESCUE- The Co Op Purchasing Council is still working on this matter. At this time it was ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all werei in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  member. Mr. Lubenow will keep everyone informed.  decided to hold off on any decision regarding the Animal Rescue League.  8:21PM.  Respectfulysubmittes, s56 Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary 3/19  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  10    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019 Mr. RobertJ J. May, Council President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Ms. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mr. Ty Leinneweber, Borough Engineer, Kozloff Stoudt Dr. Ronald Ivison, Borough Resident Mr. Michael Jupina, Exeter Township School District Mr. David W. Eggert, Vice President  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALL TO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the March 14, 2019, meeting were distributed to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; TREASURER'S REPORT: The Treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; seconded by Mr. Michael Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried. The sewer loan balances were also GENERAL:S161,45902 RESERVES: $70,664.40 SEWER: $274,497.72 LIQUIDFUELS: $314,589.32 FIRE TAX: $3,647.49 FIRE APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were available for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $65,567.32. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $46,526.43. Mr, Fritz asked about the invoice from 3/29/19 for Central Berks Regional Police; Ms. Leinbach indicated that that was for overtime due to a child abuse case. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented from both the general and sewer fund; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all  President, Mr. RobertJ. May, at 7:31 PM.  seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  available for review at the end of the treasurer's report.  ESCROW:$10.00  were in favor and the motion carried. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  4/19  11    PUBLICHEARINGS, PETITIONS  RONALD IVISON - Dr. Ivison presented before Council this evening regarding the address change. Dr. Ivisont thanked Mr. Lubenow for all the research that he had done on his matter. Dr. Ivison asked whether or not an address can be changed to a private lane because Post Place is a private lane and not a Borough street. It was determined thatj just because it is private it still appears on maps and that it can be done. Dr. Ivison then asked what it would take to have the Borough take over that road; Ms. Leinbach indicated that that road would never meet Borough standards. Dr. Ivison also asked about the carbonizing plant and asked about the status of that investigation. Police reports were received and the MICHAEL! JUPINA- Mr. Jupina appeared before Council representing the Exeter Township School District to find outi ift the Borough had any questions or concerns to be addressed with the school district and indicated that whenever there are any concerns or questions to please reach out tol him.  investigation is being done at this time..  BOROUGH ENGINEER- TVLEINNEWEBER, SDE  READING REAL ESTATE- Mr. Leinneweber prepared a: zoning review letter with regards to plans that were submitted by Reading Real Estate. This review letter was reviewed with Council andi included concerns with lighting plans, height and yard regulations, landscaping plans, signs, adequate access for loading and unloading, PennDOT permit requirements, parking and aisle widths. All questions were  answered; no further action was taken at this time.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH, SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  CELLTOWER Ms. London indicated that on March 20, 2019, she filed the paperwork with the County with regard to the cell tower and their tax exemption status which will go away on the portion oft the PUC- Ms. London is still monitoring all of the action involving the PUC and the: sale of the Exeter MUNICIPAL LIENS Ms, Leinbach has sent the cèrtified mail to the residents who have not paid their 2017 fire tax to the Borough. There are four properties owned by two individuals who have not paid the outstanding taxes and were given until April 15, 2019 to pay or the Borough will place al lien on their property. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion authorizing Ms. London to move forward with the municipal liens for unpaid 2017 fire tax; seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all were in favor and the motion  property involving the cell tower.  Sewer Plant.  carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR- GREG ZAWILLA The police report was available for review.  PRE-EMPTION DEVICES Ms. Leinbach indicated that she has spoken to the police chief with regards tot the pre-emption devices. Telco informed us that the pre-emption device controllers will cost around $1,000 per and Chief Serafin indicated that there are three police cars that could potentially respond intot the Borough. Ms. Leinbach would like to purchase Central Berks Regional Police three controllers for the cars. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion authorizing the Borough to purchase three controllers for Central Berks Regional Police; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were ini favor and the REQUEST FOR CRIME WATCH SOCIAL MEDIA APP The police department has requested the Borough top participate int the crime watch social media app at an approximate cost of $300 with an annual fee.  motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  4/19  12    This would aid the police department to monitor what is being posted on social media. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion authorizing the participation oft the crime watch social media app;  seconded by Mr. Davidson; ally were in favor and the motion carried.  BUDGET & FINANCE  2018 AUDIT- The Borough's 2018 audit was available for review. The only comment that was made  was the lack ofac capitalization report. TRASH & RECYCLING  Ms. Leinbach indicated that we have received the last of the grant money for recycling. There has been ac change in pick up. They are. now taking the recycling first since there were numerous complaints about recycling being thrown into the trash in hopes that this could alleviate that problem. In addition there should be less problems with recycling blowing all around the Borough on windy days.  RECREATION  EGG HUNT - The egg hunt is scheduled for Friday, April 19 at 9:00 AM. residents to attend their program and have limited the number of attendees. Mr. Rhoads prepared a report for public works for Council to review.  PLAYGROUND PROGRAM- Mrs. Eggert informed Council that the Borough has received numerous phone calls about the playground program since Exeter Township is no longer allowing St. Lawrence  PUBLIC WORKS REPORT- DERREK RHOADS  NEWSLETTER  The newsletter has just gone out with spring time information. The next newsletter should go out in the  May timeframe which will contain summer and playground information.  NEWBUSINESS  ELECTRIC SUPPLIER- Ms. Leinbach indicated that she has received a proposal from AEP at a price of 0.04394. MOTION: Mr. Fritz made the motion to accept the proposal from AEP for electric; seconded by ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Geibel made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:23  Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  PM.  Respetulysubmittes, IGr  Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  4/19  13    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, MAY9, 2019 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Mr. Tyl Leinneweber, SDE, Inc. - Borough Engineer Ms. Joan London, Kozloff Stoudt, Borough Solicitor Mr. Charles Waterbury, Resident, AVRCC Liaison Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALL TO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the Thursday, April 11, 2019, meeting were distributed to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions. The sewer loan balances were also included at the bottom of the report for Council to review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all were in favor GENERAL: $418,884.97 SEWER: $286,366.54 RESERVES: $74,725.77UQUID FUELS: $314,635.72 FIRE TAX: $36,027.37 FIRE ESCROW: $10.00 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general, sewer and fire tax funds were. presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $93,104.34. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $22,832.80. Payments from the fire tax fund totaled $29,047.01. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented for payment and ratification; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor  President, Mr. Robert J. May, at 7:30 PM.  by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  and the motion carried.  and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  5/19  14    PUBLIC HEARINGS, PETITIONS-  CHARLES WATERBURY- Mr. Waterbury is a resident and the Borough's liaison to the AVRCC. He came this evening to present the Borough with a checki ini the amount of $2501 for recreation. The Borough decided to turn the money back over to the AVRCC for their recreation efforts. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to turn the money back: to the AVRCC; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all  were in favor and the motion carried. There were no updates at this time.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- - TYLEINNEWEBER, SDE  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  EXEMPTION HEARING There is an exemption hearing scheduled: with the County Board of Assessment on May 20, 2019 regarding the Shemanski Stadium with regard to the portion oft the land STORMATER OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT The owners for the 11 Ranor Court property has signed the agreement and the agreement is here to be signed by Council. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Mr. May to signed the stormwater management agreement for 11 Ranor Court; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT- The hold harmless agreement with McDonald's and Mt. Penn Borough which states the Borough as the applicant for the HOP. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Mr. May to sign the hold harmless agreement; seconded: by Mr. Lubenow; all were. in favor  used for the cell tower. Mr. May will also attend.  and the motion carried.  BUDGET & FINANCE- ALLISON LEINBACH  VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS TAXF RELIEF- Ms. Leinbach indicated that there are three fire fighters to be given tax relief for 2018. Mr. Steve Geibel will be refunded $409.82; Tyler Neiswender $293.67 and Gil Morrisette $13.38. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the three refunds; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; Mr. May, Rev. Bennethum, Mr. Eggert, Mr. Lubenow and Mr. Davidson voting in favor;  Mr. Geibel abstained due to personal reasons.  STREETS & LIGHTS  Ms. Leinbach indicated that she received the first invoice from Traffic Planning & Design for the Green Light Go grant for $44,114.631 to be paid out of the liquid fuels fund. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment of thei invoice for $44,114.631 to be paid out of the liquid fuels fund; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. Also Mr. Zawilla and Rev. Bennethum have commented about thet timing of the traffic signal at Elm Street and also Mr. Zawilla indicated that he has witnessed the Bingaman Street light not changingi in one direction at that same time as the other direction. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she would contact Telco to come investigate to  be sure. that the timingi is correct. TRASH & RECYCLING  The contract will expire at the end oft this calendar year, The new bid will go out in August for an  opening in September in case the bid needs to go out again in October.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  5/19  15    RECREATION  The Easter Egg Hunt was successful and well attended. The playground is scheduled to open on Monday, June 10. Mrs. Eggert indicated that the Borough has been receiving phone calls with inquiries about the recreation program from interested parties who have never attended the program in the past. Mr. Eggert handed out a list of revised addresses that he would like to submit to The Department of Emergency Services for proposed change. There is a concern for the residents that this could cause potential problems ifit is not changed across the board with other departments. Ms. London indicated that she could send al letter to the County Solicitors with those concerns and asked that these concerns be resolved in 60 days. MOTION: Rev Bennethum made a motion for have Ms. London send the letter tot the County Solicitors; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried. Ms. Leinbach indicated that Mr. Rhoads has done a lot of work on the stormwater channel on:  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR- - DAVID EGGERT  MUNICIPAL LANDS Jacksonwald Avenue. NEWSLETTER  The next newsletter is scheduled to go out the first week in June.  LIBRARY LIAISON - WARREN LUBENOW  Exeter Township has paid to have to the building cleaned and stripped of all of the mold.  EXECUTIVE SESSION  Council needs to have an execution session requested by Ms. London to discuss potential litigation. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to go into executive session to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. Council went into executive session ADIJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favorand the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  at7:59P PM. Council came out of executive session at 8:38 PM.  8:38PM.  Respertfulysubmitted, Angis Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  5/19  16    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, JUNE: 13, 2019 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Mr. Ty Leinneweber, SDE- Borough Engineer Ms. Joan London, Kozloff Stoudt - Borough Solicitor Mr. Keith Dmochowski, Reading Eagle Mr. Jeff Peiffer, Businessman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Mr. RobertJ. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the May 9, 2019, meeting were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. Rick Davidson made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was presented to Council for review. Mr. May indicated that the sewer loan balances were also available for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report and Ms. Leinbach indicated that the treasurer'sr report could be approved as presented and file it for audit. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made a motion to approve. the treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all were in favor and the GENERAL: $393,420.68 SEWER: $322,073.58 RESERVES: $74,789.22 LIQUID FUEIS:S270,554.56 FIRE TAX: $13,447.92 FIRE ESCROW: $10.00 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $80,299.00. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $37,128.85. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to approve payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  May, Council President, at 7:30 PM.  seconded by Mr. Michael Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried.  motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  6/19  17    PUBLICI HEARINGS, PETITIONS  JEFF PEIFFER - Mr. Peiffer presented before Council for an informal discussion about the Wolfe Dye & Bleach property. Mr. Peiffer is interested: in the property for use. as warehousing ofs space heating units. Hez also indicated that there would be one or two tractor trailer deliveries a week andi is willing to secure the building and install cameras. He is well aware ofa all oft the issues with the building and was looking for guidance from Council. Mr. May and Ms. London indicated that a large portion of the issues with that property is floodplain conditions and they suggested that he hire professionals to assist him with those concerns.. Council indicated that they would like to see the building occupied and used but some of thei issues are out oft their hands especially when it comes to FEMA regulations. Council would be willing to work with him on issues that are in their realm of control. There was a short discussion and  Mr. Peiffer thanked Council for their time.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER TY LEINNEWEBER  Mr. Leinneweber indicated that there are no updates. The written report was available for review. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she would like to discuss a code enforcement matter in an executive  REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER- ALLISON LEINBACH  session.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- JOAN LONDON  CELLTOWER HEARING Ms. London indicated that the assessment hearing is scheduled for the cell tower tax exemption on Monday, June 17, 2019, at 10:00 AM. Ms. Leinbach will also be attending the PUCHEARING Ms. London indicated that the PUCI hearing regarding the sewer plant is scheduled for June 27 and. June 28. Mr. May will be attending. This matter needs to be discussed further in executive  hearing. session.  BUDGET & FINANCE- ALLISON LEINBACH  EXETER TOWNSHIP REQUEST- Aletter was received from Exeter Township requesting that the Borough consider contributing! $1875.00 in their 2020 budget for upgrades to the Library building. The letteri isi included int the minutes for details. The Council discussed the matter briefly and the request has EXETER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT - Asi in the past Exeter Township School District has requested a reimbursement of their Borough real estate taxes totaling $187.42. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the refund of Exeter Township School District's Borough real estate taxes; seconded  been tabled..  by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  PAYMENT #2 and PAYMENT #3 for GREEN LIGHT GO PROJECT- Payment #21 to Telco fort the Green Light Go project totaled $4,705.20: and Payment #3 to Telco for the Green Light Go project totaled $113,793.76. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authoring payment of request #: 2 and # 3to Telco for the above amounts which included a 10% retention; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were int favor and the motion carried. Mr. Lubenow commented that he did notice that during the most recent power outage that lasted approximately two and al half hours that the traffic signals were working. Mr. May  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  6/19  18    asked how long the battery backups were: supposed to last for which Ms. Leinbach was not sure and would look in tot the matter and report back to Council. Mr. May asked whether or not Ms. Leinbach could inquire whether or not there is an option to obtain extra solar backup for1 the lights. STREET LIGHTS- The street lights on Maci Way and Elm Street have been repaired. TEAK STREET LIGHT- This street light has not been repaired because the Borough is still looking at the best option. To tunnel under the street to avoid overhead wiring which would cost over: $10,000 and solar is not the best option for this location due to all of the vegetation and trees in this area. Rev. Bennethum indicated that he had received a phone call from Mrs. Joan Eshelman because the water company turned her water off. Ms. Leinbach indicated that Mrs. Eshelman did call the Borough office and the Borough did address the issue. Apparently there was a technical glitch with the computerized payment and the payment was actually received and the water company turned heri water off for nonpayment. The water company claims they sent notice and posted the property and Mrs. Eshelman claims that that did not happen. The Borough did call the water company and her water was restored within two hours. Council indicated that they would like Ms. Leinbach to contact the water company and ask them to notify the Borough when they are planning to turn the water off at any residence in the Borough 50 that we can address issues such as what happened at Mrs. Eshelman's  SANITARY SEWER  property in the future. TRASH & RECYCLING This was addressed with Mascaro. RECREATION- DAVID EGGERT  The week of Memorial Day it was noted that trash and recycling were being thrown into the same truck.  The playground opened on June 10, 2019. The attendance numbers have been great for the first few days. The morning sessions with rain was about 10-15 kids and without rain up to 33. The evening  sessions are ranging from 25 - 42 depending upon the weather.  NEWSLETTER  The newsletter went out the beginning of June.  JOINT MUNICIPAL MEETING  Mr. Lubenow indicated that the topic of discussion had to do with volunteerism with fire companies having manpower issues and that equipment is not being properly maintained for those reasons. Mr. Rhoads has submitted: a public works report for review. Mr. Fritz commented about some of the stormwater grates being on backwards and not directing water properly. Mr. Lubenow indicated that we should have the Borough building checked for hail damage because during the last storm earlier in  PUBLICWORKS- DERREK RHOADS  the week he had issues with siding and his roof at his home.  ST,LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  6/19  19    NEW BUSINESS  COMMUNITY PARK- Ms. Leinbach informed Council that she had an informal meeting with Exeter School District and Exeter Township regarding Community Park. They were looking for the Borough to pay a third of the cost to rebuild Community Park.. The estimate to rebuild would cost between $600,000 to $700,000. Ms. Leinbach informed them that she could pretty much assume that Council would never agree to that and that ifa less expensive option was offered she would bring it to Council at  that time but that the Borough has their own playground to maintain.  INCOMING & OUTGOING COMMUNICATION  Mr. Lubenow told Council that Mr. Tom Beil was very appreciative and complementary, of the work that EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mr. Mayi indicated that Council needed an executive session to discuss potential litigation. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to enter into executive session to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were int favor and the motion carried. Council entered into ADIOURNMENT- MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were int favorand the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:48  was done by Mr. Rhoads on the. Jacksonwald Avenue swale.  executive session at 8:21 PM. Council came out of executive session at 8:48 PM.  PM.  Respectfullys submitted, Susan D. Eggert, Borough Council ES  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  6/19  20    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES MONDAY,JULY15; 2019 Mr. RobertJ J. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Mr. Ty Leinneweber, SDE, Borough Engineer Ms.. Joan London, Kozloff Stoudt, Borough Solicitor- 8:45P PM  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALL1 TO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order at 7:30 PMI by APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the Thursday, June 13, 2019, meeting were distributed tot the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT- The treasurer's report was presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report and Ms. Leinbach indicated that the treasurer's report could be approved as presented and filed for audit. The sewer loan balances are included at the bottom of the report which: separates out interest to give al better understanding about the sale of the sewer plant. MOTION: Mr. Michael Fritz made the motion to approve thet treasurer'sreportas presented. and filei it for audit; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all were ini favor and the motion GENERAL:S420,68301 RESERVES:$75,050.84 FIRETAX:S15,45834 SEWER: $290,831.00 LIQUIDFUELS: $170,897.61 APPROVAL ANDI PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. Bills requiring payments and ratifications from the general fund totaled $72,478.88. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $20,370.94. Bills requiring payment from the fire taxi fund totaled $672.90. Bills requiring payment from the liquid fuels account totaled $3,665.46. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented for payment and ratification; seconded  Council President, Mr. Robert. J. May.  carried. FIRE ESCROW:$10.00  by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  7/19  21    REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- - TVLEINNEWEBER  Mr. Leinneweber indicated that there was nothing newi to report. The report is included for review. WOLFE DYE & BLEACH- Currently they have started to board the building upi for security reasons and  REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER- ALLISON LEINBACH  debris has been cleared out around the bridge.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON ARRIVING AT 8:45 PM  NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM. AVSC- The Antietam Valley Shopping Center has filed an appeal for their stormwater NOV. Ms. London is attempting to contact their attorney to discuss. What would be required to rectify the problem would bet to replace and/or repair the existing manhole which has collapsed with new pipe and as sump pump and the new style grate (bicycle type grate). ORDINANCE 311/ZONING ORDINANCE- We havel been receiving complaints from a resident abouta neighbor parking trailers and recreation vehicles ont the street or front or side yard which according to thesei two ordinances are not allowed. There was a discussion with regard to these somewhat dated ordinances; the main problem is that we will havei to go after all the residents who do this which would actually require an additional code enforcement officer. Council was asked to review these two CELL TOWER EXEMPTION HEARING Ms. London indicated that she attended the hearing for the cell tower tax exemption hearing but she has not received a decision yet at this point. UNPAID FIRE TAX: 2017- The liens have been placed ont the properties. PUC HEARING- Ms. London indicated that she and Mr. May attended the hearing on. June 28, 2019on behalf oft the Borough's interest with regard to the sale oft the wastewater treatment plant. Ms. London PA AMERICAN AGREEMENT- Ms. London indicated that the PA. American. Agreement is ready to be signed. Mr. Fritz had ai few concerns which Ms. London addressed. She further explained that this agreement has nothing to do withi the sale oft the plant or our issues with Exeter Township. This agreement is addressing the method of billing once the plant is actually sold. The Borough will remaina bulk customer, two years of water meter reads and method of billing. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion authorizing Council President and Borough Secretary to sign the agreement; seconded by Rev.  ordinances for further discussion next month.  indicated that she has filed on behalf oft the Borough.  Bennethum; all were int favor and the motion carried. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR - GREGORY: ZAWILLA  NATIONAL NIGHT OUT- The Borough received a request from Central Berks Regional Police fora contribution of $5001 for National Night Out which is scheduled for Tues. August 6. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made a motion authorizing the contribution of $500 to Central Berks Regional Police for National Night  Out; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were ini favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  STREET LIGHT AT TEAK/PATTON- We have received a complaint from a resident on Patton Street about the street light thati is still not working. We are continuing to research what can be as far underground wiring or solar. The best option would most likely bet to relocate the pole to makea  shorter electric run. This will continue to bei investigated.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHG COUNCIL  7/19  22    SANITARY. SEWER  RESOLUTION 819-2019 Resolution 819-2019 appoints SDE as the Sewer Enforcement Officers as well as naming a specific individual as well as alternates. This Resolution is included in the minutes for details. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 819-2019; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all RESOLUTION 820-2019 Resolution 820-2019 sets the fee schedule for the sewer enforcement officers. This Resolution is also included in the minutes for details. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion adopting Resolution 820-2019; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried. BID: SPECS- The bid: spec will be available in August for review by Council. There was a discussion  were in favor and the motion carried.  TRASH & RECYCLING  about options that could be added to the bid spec for review in August.  RECREATION- DAVID EGGERT  Mr. Eggert reported that the recreation program is going very well and has been fairly well attended  with the exception oft the week of July 4th which is always a very slow week. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR- DAVID EGGERT  Mr. Eggert indicated that he filed the rain report after the last storm late last week. Noa additional scour  ont the bridge was noted. NEWSLETTER  The next newsletter will most likely go outi in September.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  GREEN LIGHT GO- All of the intersections are completed. There are 30 day preliminary inspections and al letter wasr received for repair items that were noted by PennDOT. We are still receiving some complaints about the timing oft the signals. There are ai few questions we have for PennDOT and TPD SEIDEL STREET/ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE Mr. Fritzi indicated that he believes that the stormwater grates are on backwards because of the direction that the water is flowing. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she would have Mr. Rhoads check this location out since he is our stormwater specialist. LIBRARY- Mr. Lubenow indicated that he was told that other municipalities were also sent the same letter as the Borough with regards to the request for monies in 20201 fori the upgrades to the library EXECUTIVE SESSION: Ms. London asked for an executive session to discuss potential litigation. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to goi into executive session to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. Council entered executive session at 8:24 PM. Council came out of executive session at 8:50P PM. Noi further action was taken ati this time.  with regards to the timing and also obtaining a key to the control boxes.  building from Exeter Township.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  7/19  23    ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Steve Geibel made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr, Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned: at  8:51PM. Repectulysubmitted, - Susan D. 785 Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  7/19  24    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, AUGUST12, 2019 Mr. Robert. J. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council' Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Mr. Ty Leinneweber, SDE, Borough Engineer Ms. Joan London, Kozloff Stoudt, Borough Solicitor Chief Raymond Serafin, Central Berks Police Chief Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman  ABSENT:  CALLTO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting held on Monday, July 15,2019, which was rescheduled from the Thursday, July 11, 2019; the proof of publication is attached. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurersreport was distributed to members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. Ms. Leinbach indicated that thei treasurer's report could be approved as presented andi filed for audit. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all werei in favor and the motion carried. Ms. Leinbach indicated that the fire escrow GENERAL:$391.013.28 RESERVE: $75,114.59 FIRE TAX: $17,220.70SEWER: $289,538.79 LIQUID FUELS: $167,262.03 APPROVAL OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification from the general, sewer, fire tax and liquid fuels accounts were available for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $77,442.93. Bills requiring payment and ratification fromi the sewer fund totaled $12,574.23. Invoices submitted for payment from thet fire taxi fund totaled $12,976.50. Invoices requiring payment from the liquid fuels account totaled $20,587.50. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the bills report. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were inf favor and the  President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:30 PM.  Davidson; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  account has been closed. The sewer loan balances were available for review.  motion carried. 8/19  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  25    REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER. TY LEINNEWEBER  READING REALI ESTATE- Ms. London has spoken toi their attorney, Mr. Mark Koch, indicating that a land development approval is needed because of the changei in use. OnJ July 23, 2019, a revised plan was submitted however Mr. Leinneweber indicated that there are stilli issues with parking and uses that needed to be addressed further. Ms. Leinbach indicated that ast the zoning officer shei feels that a variance would be required and they would need to go before the Zoning Hearing Board fori to address AVSC- Ms. London has also talked to the attorney, Mr. Mark Koch, about the stormwater violation that was sent to the shopping center regarding the sink hole and what would be required to fixt the WOLFE DYE & BLEACH PROPERTY- The property has been boarded however we need to investigate  this matter.  situation. Ms. London is negotiating at this time. as to whetheri the outside weeds have been addressed.  REPORT OFT THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR -J JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  STORMWATER AGREEMENT The Stormwater Controls and Best Management Practices Operations and Maintenance Agreement is prepared and readyt to be signed andi filed for the Cell tower located at the Shirk Stadium. The agreement willl bei included in the minutes. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Council President to sign the agreement; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in DECISION FROM PUC- The decision fort the settlement from the PUC for the Lower Alsace Customers requires that Exeter Township reimburse those customers the total amount of all charges since they did not have authority to provide service. No decision on the Borough's claim at this time. UNPAID 2018 FIRE TAX- - The Cuesta property at 3614. Jacksonwald. Avenue has remained unpaid; the property owner was sent certified mail informing them that this was going to be going to lien ifit remained unpaid. There has been no response from the property owner therefore Ms. Leinbachi is asking Council to place al lien on this property for 2017 unpaid fire tax. Ms. Leinbach is also seeking pre- approval to place a lien ont the Heltzenrater/Hidalgo property located at 28 N. Bingaman Street since the timeframe to receive payment will be before the September Council meeting. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the lien for 3614. Jacksonwald Avenue and pre-authorizing the lien for 28 N. Bingaman Street for 2018 unpaid fire tax; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all werei ini favor and the motion  favor and the motion carried.  carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR - GREGORY: ZAWILLA  ORDINANCE 311/TRACTOR TRAILER PARKING Mayor Zawilla asked what the status or the plan was to address these ordinances and the ordinance violation for a property on Poplar Drive. Ms. Leinbach indicated that there was ar neighbor complaint about the parking of a recreation vehicle in the side yard of a propertyt that apparently has no reary yard for a particular property however the property two doors down is in the same violation for which no complaint has been received. The problem is that the ordinance is very old and not very clear and the ordinance needs to be cleaned up so that enforcement can be done therefore deferring enforcement at this time until the ordinance can be redone.  BUDGET & FINANCE  FIRE TAXI LIENS- The fire tax liens have been addressed and Ms. London will be handling the liens.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  8/19  26    20181 TAX COLLECTOR. AUDIT- The 2018 Tax Collector audit) was made available for review. Ms. London reviewed the audit and indicated that this appears to be: a clean audit. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to approve and accept the audit as presented; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all  were. int favor and the motion carried. STREETS & LIGHTS  STREET LIGHTS The poles for the new light at Teak and Patton and the new lights for Elm Street have DAMAGED POLES- Chief Serafin asked if we had any contact information for whom is supposed to take care of the damaged poles. The poles are being replaced but the damaged ones are being leftin place which is causing a safety hazard. Mr. Eggert indicated that he could get the information from the. Communication Center if that would be any help to them. Chief Serafin: indicated that he would take  been installed. The electric for the light at Teak willl be done next week.  anyi information that would be available to him.  TRASH & RECYCLING  TRASH BID SPECS Ms. Leinbach is working on the trash bid specs which she would like to get to Ms. London next week: so that it can be advertised for opening on 9/11/19: so that it can go to Council for approval on 9/12/19. Ms. Leinbach asked ifi it would be possible to go witha 3 year contract witha3 year extension. Mr. May also asked if we could specify the day that we wantedi trash picked up on for which Ms. Leinbach indicated is already int the bid: specifications. Ms. Leinbach also indicated that we really, do need to update our trash and recycling ordinance to be able to bill the multi-unit properties for  additional trash pickups. RECREATION- DAVID EGGERT  Mr. Eggert indicated that we had a very successful playground program this year with higher attendance  then we have had previously given the weather and the excessive heat.  NEWSLETTER information.  The next newsletter should go out mid: September to include leaf pick up information and fall ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  8:04 PM.  Respgetfulysubmittes, 7 Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  8/19.  27    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Mr. Robert. J. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mr. Tyl Leinneweber, Borough Engineer, SDE Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Mr. Charles Gundlach, Resident  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Mr. RobertJ. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting held on Monday, August 12, 2019, were distributed to members of Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. Rick Davidson made the motion to approve the minutes as presented and TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. Ms. Leinbach indicated that treasurer's report could be approved as presented and filed for audit. Mr. May indicated that the sewer loan balances could be found at the end of the report as well for review. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it foraudit; GENERAL: $320,286.44 RESERVE:: $75,178.37 SEWER: $339,394.76 LIQUIDI FUELS: $276,350.02 FIRE TAX: $4,514.77 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification from all funds were presented. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $86,446.66. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewerfund totaled $14,143.88. Bills requiring payment from the liquid fuels account totaled $20,285.67. Mr. Geibel asked who Aquarius Enterprises LLC was and Ms. Leinbach indicated that that is the group who ran the underground wiring for the new street lights on Elm and the replacement light at Patton and Teak. Mr. May asked if the payment to the U.S. Postal Service was to cover newsletter mailings; the answer to that was four mails and the permit fee. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills  May, Council President, at7:30 PM.  file them for audit.  seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  presented; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  9/19  28    PUBLICHEARINGS, PETITIONS  CHARLES GUNDLACH: Mr. Gundlach resides on Kline Avenue. Hei indicated that he had roof damage during the hail storm in. July. Greenawalt Roofing applied fora a permit and it took close to two months tog get the permit. Itwas explained that there were pieces oft the permit missing and payment oft the permit was not made for over three weeks. Mr. Gundlach stated that he came into the office and was told that there was a problem with the permit and was told that Greenawalt Roofing was the problem. Mr. Gundlach indicated that he was dealing with Connie Greenawalt from Greenawalt Roofing and she çlaimed that all of this was done and that he was a roofer for over 30 years and did not understand why there were all oft these issues. Mr. May indicated that the permit process needs to follow aj proper procedure and in this case itj just didn't happen and that things are different now than they were years ago. He apologized to Mr. Gundlach however the office was helpful ing getting him his permit and the work was done. Also Mr. Gundlach had a complaint about this neighbor at 3911 Kline Avenue and fireworks that are being set off every weekend. The office will reach out to the Chief however Mr.  Gundlach was told to call the police whenever this occurs. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- TY LEINNEWEBER, SDE  READING REAL ESTATE- The most recent plan was reviewed and al letter was completed with outstanding items. There is a meeting scheduled next week with Reading Real Estate to go overt those items. Mr. Leinneweber: and Ms. London will be present for that meeting. The Borough does still feel GREEN LIGHT GO GRANT- PennDOT has given the Borough an extension fort the submittal of information since the timelines were too close to the end of the project sign off from PennDOT.  that they need to go to PennDOT1 for a HOP which has not been done to date.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  HANDICAP PARKING ATI PLAYGROUND Ms. Leinbach informed Council that she feels it is necessary to put ai time limit on the handicap parking at the playground because of the need to access the playground and keep the space open for playground use. There is one space marked for parking and the other is crossed hatched. There was discussion andi it was decided to cap the time to three hours and also have the cross hatched area as ai tow away area and will be marked as such. This would be Ordinance 445. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Ms. London to draft an ordinance limiting the handicap parking time to three hours to keep it open for playground use and to create the towa away zone; seconded by Rev. Bennthum; all were in favor and the motion carried. ANIMAL SERVICES. AGREEMENT- The Borough received information from Safety Net Sanctuary out of Fleetwood to provide us with at facility to send stray animals. The agreement was sent to everyone to review prior tot the meeting this evening. They are willing to prorate the cost to cover the Borough for the rest of the year. Council discussed briefly. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to signt the agreement with Safety Net Sanctuary to handle stray animals for the Borough; seconded by Mr. CONDITIONAL USE HEARING - Ms. London indicated that Mr. Dustin Manzi is requesting a conditional use hearing before Council to build al house on the property off of Pine Ave and Ridge Street. There are questions with regard to sewer and water however no plans have been filed. Ms. London has been in discussion with his attorney and would like to holdi this hearing at the October Council meeting which would be Thursday, October 10, 2019. The hearing will be: scheduled for 6:30 PM with the Council  Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  meeting to be held immediately following the hearing.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  9/19  29    REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR- GREGORY ZAWILLA  RESOLUTION 821-2019- Resolution 821-2019 sets the Halloween Curfew and Trick or Treat Nights. The Borough has set a curfew of 9:00 PM1 to 6:00 AM1 for anyone under the age of 181 not accompanied by an adult from Saturday, October 19th through to andi including Saturday, November 3rd. Also trickor treat nights willl be Oct 30th and Oct 31stf from 5:00 PM1 to 9:00 PM. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 821-2019 setting Halloween Curfew and Trick or Treat; seconded by Mr.  Steve Geibel; all were ini favor and the motion carried.  BUDGET & FINANCE  RESOLUTION 822-2019 - Resolution 822-2019 updates the professional and uniform construction code services fees for 2019. The real change being made is adding ini fees for accessibility. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 822-2019 updating fees for accessibility, professional and uniform construction code services; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all werei in favora and the motion  carried. STREETS & LIGHTS  GREEN LIGHT GO- Mr. Eggert asked ift the walk through for the traffic signals has been scheduled and the answer is no not yet howeverT Telco has no problem with giving the Borough keys to the control boxes and showing us how to reset the lights and sO forth. Mr. Eggert would like tol bei included in the NEW STREET LIGHTS- The street lights on Elm and Teak/Patton have been installed. Currently Mr. Golashovsky! is waiting to do a walk through with First Energy before the lights can be powered.  walk through with Telco when it is scheduled.  TRASH & RECYCLING  The bids were opened yesterday and the spread sheet is included withi the minutes. The low bidder was JPN Mascaro. Ms. Leinbachi indicated that the option of providing totes for recycling is also included on the: spread sheet and would cost approximately $22,000 more over thet three-year contract to provide those containers. Ms. Leinbach suggested that the Borough try to apply for ag grant to cover this cost next year. Council was in agreement with Ms. Leinbach about looking for a grant for recycling çontainers. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to go withJF P Mascaro as thel low bidder fora three-year contract for trash collection contingent upon the review by the Borough Solicitor; seconded  by Mr. Eggert; ally were ini favor and the motion carried. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR - DAVID EGGERT case of an emergency. Thiswill be kept on file withi the Borough office.  LITTLE TREASURE DAY CARE CENTER- Little Treasure Day Care Center has submitted and emergency evacuation plan to the Borough. Their emergency evacuation plani is to Community UCC Preschool in  NEWSLETTER  The newsletter will be going out end of September. LIBRARY LIAISON- WARREN LUBENOW  Mr. Lubenow indicated that the Library is trying to do easy fundraisers to raise money such as Chick-Fil- A days and other restaurants. In addition, Mr. Lubenow reported that the air conditioning went out at the library and Exeter Township picked upt the cost of repairinga and restoring the air conditioning to the  building. 9/19  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  30    NEWBUSINESS  BUILDING PROTOCOL FOR ELECTION DAY- Ms. Leinbach indicated that there have been issues with election day and parking. Residents are coming to vote and the parking loti is parked full mainly because of Women's Club, POS of A and election workers. There needs to be protocol for building use and parking since we already know that next year's presidential election will be very busy. It is suggested that the POS of Al be asked to please not meet on election day, ask the election workers to please park at the lower end of the parking lot, the dentist office has already been notified that they cannot park in the lower end of the parking lot during election day and notify the Women's Club that they may not park any of their vehicles int the lot when they are here to sell food sO that parking can be left for the residents who are coming to vote. Council was in agreement that this could cause major problems next year and Ms. Leinbach was asked to send those involved a letter. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion aythorizing Ms. Leinbach to write al list of the protocol of building use for election day and send to those  inyolved; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor and the motion carried.  INCOMING & OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS  BERKS PARTNERSHIP Mr. Lubenow indicated that he attended the meeting and they were handed the map indicating the cuts in funding for liquid fuels in the neart future. It appears that everyone in Berks County will have funding reduced. Also Mr. Lubenow indicated that they are asking for help to get the word out to residents to please fill out the census next year. It was discussed that the best way to do that is to have the tax collector hand out information when residents are paying taxes. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion authorizing the tax collector to hand out information regarding the 2020 çensus to tax payers; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were int favor and the motion carried.  EXECUTIVE SESSION  MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to go into executive session to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were ini favor and the motion carried. Council went into executive session ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were  at 8:44 PM. Council came out ofexecutive session at 8:57 PM. inf favora and the motion carried. Council adjourned at 8:57 PM.  Respectfulysubmitted, fsfm Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  9/19  31    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, OCTOBER: 10, 2019 Mr. Robert. J. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Mr. Ty Leinneweber, Borough Engineer, SDE Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Chief Raymond Serafin, Central Berks Police Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Ms. MaCherie Dunbar, Representative Chrissy Houlahan's Office  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes of the September 12, 2019, meeting were presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; TREASURERSREPORT: The treasurer's report was presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to thei treasurer's report and Ms. Leinbach indicated that the treasurersreport. could be approved as presented and filed for audit. The sewer loan balances were also available for review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion approving thet treasurer's report as presented and filingi it for audit; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were inf favor and the motion carried. GENERAL: $281,208.14 RESERVES: $75,240.17 FIRE TAX: $4,586.74 SEWER:$334,546.73 LIQUIDI FUELS: $257,005.40 Bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for their review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $112,341.36. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $17,978.39. Ms. Leinbach told Council that the invoice for Telco in the amount of $33,169.79 willl be reimbursed tot the Borough as an insurance claim minus the $1,000 deductible; iti is thei insurance claim for the pole and traffic signal box located in the Auto Zone parking lot that was previously hit and damaged. There was also a discussion about protecting the area  President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:30 PM.  all were in favor and the motion carried.  APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  10/19  32    around the pole to prevent this from happening again; sidewalk placement byt the property owner or perhaps water barrels. This will be discussed furtheri int the future. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Rev. Bennethum;all  were in favor and the motion carried. PUBLICHEARINGS, PETITIONS:  MACHERIE DUNBAR Ms. Dunbar presented this evening representing Representative Chrissy Houlahan's office. She handed out pamphlets containing information about the services that Representative Holahan's office could be of assistance including federal outreach services and assistance with obtaining grants. Council thanked Ms. Dunbar for attending and providing us with thei information. Chief Serafin was ina attendance this evening. Mr. Lubenow asked what could be done about the firework issue that was discussed last month. Apparently, there is a resident in the area that is setting off fireworks that are not permitted. Aftera short discussion it was decided that al letter from the Borough should be sent asking that this activity be stopped. The residents were asked to continue  CHIEF SERAFIN - CENTRAL BERKS POLICE  calling the police when this occurs.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- TYLEINNEWEBER: - SDE  READING REALI ESTATE- Mr. Leinneweber indicated that there was a meeting held with Reading Real Estate that was attended by Ms. Leinbach, Ms. London, Mr. Rhoads and Mr. Leinneweber. New plans were received and still need to be reviewed. Azoning variance application was received and al hearing is being scheduled, no date fort the hearing has been set to date. They are planning on asking for a waiver DUSTIN MANZ- Mr. Manz's attorney has filed a conditional use hearing application to go before Council at the November meeting to obtain a conditional use for building his home on the Ridge Street/Pine Avenue property. The hearing will begin at 7:00F PM. They have requested the Topo Map and willl be asking for that portion of Pine Avenue tol be vacated. After a lengthy discussion about the topographical map Mr. May asked that money be budgeted next year for updating this map. Mr. Leinneweber indicated that the Borough should looki into using Lydar PASDA1 that was used for  to go to PennDOT for an updated HOP.  floodplain mapping which can be used at no cost as a starting point.  BUDGET & FINANCE  FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE - The total amount of foreign fire insurance monies received was $9,124.47. As per the agreement this money' willl be split 50/50 with Mt. Penn Fire Company and Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Company. The amount of money to be distributed to Mt. Penn Fire is $4,562.23 and $4,562.24 for Exeter Township Fire Company. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the funds to be released as stated above; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and BUDGET MEETING- The budget meeting will be scheduled for Wednesday, November 13, at 7:30PM. This will need to be advertised as a special meeting. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to advertise the budget meeting for November 13, 2019, at 7:30 PM; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor  the motion carried.  and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  10/19  33    MAGISTREIL DISTRICT. JUDGE AUDIT 2018- The audit was available for review. There werer no questions. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion to accept the audit as presented; seconded by Mr.  Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  Mr. Golashovsky is waiting to meet with Met Edi to dot the walk through sO that the new: street lights can be energized. The walkthrough for the traffic signals has not be scheduled as ofy yet; Mr. Eggert and Mr. PLANNING COMMISSION- Planning Commission will meet on' Wednesday, Oct 23, at 7:30 PMto discuss the applications for conditional use and zoning variance that were received and give a ZONING HEARING BOARD The zoning board solicitor is ini the process of setting up the hearing date for Reading Real Estate. The Planning Commission will review their application later this month. Rev. Bennethum asked Ms. Leinbach ifs she had been contacted by Mr. Oswald from Lower Alsace Township about sharing in the leaf dump that the Borough was looking into forming at the top of Adams Street. The Borough is not quite ready to begin this process because the agreement with Berks Nature would need to opened up again sO the Borough is currently not using it as al leaf dump. Rev. Bennethum indicated that Mr. Oswald would most likely be contacting the Borough office inquiring about Lower Alsace's interest in using this al leaf dump as well. Ms. Leinbach indicated that their road crew has also  May would like to bei included int the walk through if at all possible.  recommendation.  MUNICIPAL LANDS  been in discussion with Mr. Rhoads in regard to the same project. The newsletter was sent out the end of September.  NEWSLETTER LIBRARY LIAISON  Mr. Lubenow indicated that the library received a Gold Star rating for promoting literacy from PA Forward. Mr. May asked Ms. Leinbach to send them a congratulations letter. Mr. Lubenowi indicated that Rev. Bennethum is willing to take over as the new library liaison in January. This is will also be  included int the letter. NEW BUSINESS  MEETING SCHEDULE- Council was reminded that nexty year is a reorganization year sO the meeting in January will be held on Monday, January 6, 2019 at 7:30 PM. There will be no meeting the second Thursday in. January. Also Mrs. Eggert asked Council to look over their calendars and decided whether or not the April Council meeting being! held the second Thursday of the month was going to bea problem since it does fall on Holy Thursday and let her know before a meeting schedule is presented in SAFETY NET SANCTUARY The 2020S Safety Net Sanctuary agreement for 2020 is available to signed. They do require a 90-day notice if you are not going to be resigning with their organization for the next calendar year. Since Council agreed to resign with Safety Net information was received from the Animal  December for advertisement. SO that the change can be made immediately.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  10/19  34    Rescue League and forwarded to Council to review before tonight's meeting. The issue at hand will be animal cruelty investigation. Mr. May asked Chief Serafin ift there would be: an officer willing to go for training to take on animal cruelty cases, The Chief will get back to Council on that matter. The Animal Rescue League is willing to! handle animal cases at $1 per resident whichy would cost the Borough $1,809 for the 2020 calendar year on top of what was committed to Safety Net Sanctuary" which was $1000. This will be discussed at the budget meeting to see what funds) would be available, PRE-EMPTION DEVICES - Apparently the pre-emption devices are not working properly. This is being looked into at this time by PennDOT: as well as the timing of the signals. The Chief reported that the traffic signals are programmed properly just not working properly which is why PennDOTI is looking into this matter. Apparently, iti is not just our new traffic signals it is the news signals in Exeter and Mt. Penn aswell, There was also a discussion about upgrading thel light bars for Central Berks with pre-emption devices since wel havet the most signals; the Chief will do research and report back to the Borough. ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  8:58 PM.  Respectfulysubmitted, Ioar Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  10/19  35    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mr. Ty Leinneweber, Borough Engineer Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor Mr. Mark Koch, Attorney- Reading Real Estate Mr. Jason Lutz, Owner Reading Real Estate Mr. Rob Hain, Berks Surveying  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Borough Council of St. Lawrence was called to order at 8:55 PMi following the Conditional Use Hearing for Mr. Dustin Manz. The Conditional Use Hearing was held before the regular meeting and will be continued on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at 7:00 PM. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting, Thursday, October 10, 2019, were presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes presented. MOTION: Mr. Rick Davidson made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. David Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried. TREASURER's REPORT - Thet treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council for their review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. The account balances are stated below. Itv was also noted the sewer loan balances were available for review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motioni to approve the treasurer's report as presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and GENERAL: $235,441.99 RESERVES: $75,304.07 FIRE TAX: $4,509.50 SEWER: $253,757.50 LIQUIDI FUELS: $254,506.48 APPROVALA AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: AllI bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $70,867.82. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $109,078.77. Bills requiring payment totaled $2,516.32. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; ally were in favor and the motion carried.  the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  11/19  36    REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- TYLEINNEWEBER  READING REALI ESTATE The Planning Commission met on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, to discuss and review the zoning variance application for Reading Real Estate located at 3209 and 3209 RC Oley Turnpike Road. Mr. Mark Koch, Attorney for the applicant, Mr. Jason Lutz, applicant and Mr. Rob Hain, Berks Surveying were present this evening to review the same application with Borough Council. There isar review letter included in the package and made part oft the official minutes from SDE. There is alsoa letteri fromi the Planning Commission withi the results of their extensive review. In summary, the Planning Commission had no problem with the variance requests from the applicant with the exception oft thei following items: 1) The Planning Commission is not in favor of waiving the land development plan and would like to see a land development plan submitted for this project; 2) The Planning Commission is also not in favor of granting a variance on parking; 3) The Planning Commission has made no recommendation with regard to the variance request on obtaining a HOP from PennDOT and was deferring this to Borough Council and the Zoning Hearing Board. There was a short discussion about the HOP. Mr. Rob Hain from Berks Surveying who was also present this evening indicated that therei is no work or proposed work tol be done to the propertyi in the PennDOT right of way. Mr. Leinneweber informed Council that that is correct and that if any work would be done tot the driveway entrance that that would absolutelyt trigger a HOP from PennDOT. The Attorney and the applicant feel that PennDOT will not come to them with the work that is being proposed andi if they do then they will deal with that when the time comes and are seeking Council'ss support fort this variance request. Mr. May indicated that he would not support the request fora a variance from obtaining a HOP from PennDOT. Mr. Lubenow asked to review the plan. Mr. Eggert asked Mr. Leinneweber and Ms. London if PennDOT would come after the work is done whether or not the Borough holds any responsibility: and the answer was no. MOTION: Mr. Michael Fritz made the motion to send a letter to the Zoning Hearing Board supporting the Planning Commissions letter and: support oft the variance request for the HOP from PennDOT; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; Mr. Eggert, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Lubenow, Mr. Geibel, Mr. Fritz and Mr. Fritz voting in favor; Mr. May voting against; with a vote of 6-1t the motion passed. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Ms. London to attend the Zoning Hearing Board meeting to look out for the besti interests of the Borough; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the  motion carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  ORD445- Ordinance 445 is to limit the handicap parking at the playground. Allowing one space with at tow away zone, 3-hour parking limit with a $25.001 fine and after the third offense the car will be towed. There will be a 30-dayt timeframe to payt the fine and ifr not thet fine becomes $100. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to advertise Ord 445; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were int favor and  them motion carried. BUDGET & FINANCE  2020 PROPOSED BUDGET- The proposed budget for 2020 was presented to Council for review and discussion. The budget meeting was held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at 7:30 PM. There isa.6 mill proposed increase driven by three factors which include trash, police and 911 fees. That would take the general millage rate to 6.85. There is also an increase int the fire tax of. .2 mills as pert the RFP to  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  11/19  37    a millage rate of. .66. There will also be an increase int the sewer fund contribution toi the general fund making the contribution $40,000. The budget was available for review. It was noted that in addition to the general budget that there is as sewer, fire tax and liquid fuels budget. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to advertise the proposed 2020 budget; seconded by! Mr. Davidson; all were inf favor and the ORD 446 - Ordinance 446: sets the 20201 tax millage rate to 6.85 for general and .661 fort the fire tax. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made ther motion to advertise Ordinance 446; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were COUNTY SHARING. AGREEMENT- The cost sharing agreement with the County for the mailing of the tax bills was available for review. The costi is unknown however in the past the Borough has shared in the cost oft the printing and mailing of real estate tax bills. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Mr. May to sign the cost sharing agreement with the County of Berks for the mailing of the  motion carried.  ini favor and the motion carried.  tax bills; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS TRASH & RECYCLING  NEWS STREET LIGHTS- We are still waiting on Met-Ed for the street lights to be energized. CONTRACT- Ms. Leinbach indicated that we are. still waiting to get the signed contract back from CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON- Mascaro has invited the Borough Council members to a Christmas Luncheon  Mascaro fori the start of the new contract, 1/1/20.  on Dece 6. Mr. Lubenow, Mr. May and Mr. Geibel are planning on attending.  ZONING HEARING BOARD  VARIANCE HEARING- The Zoning Hearing Board willl be holding al hearing for Reading Real Estate, 3209 Oley Turnpike Road, Reading, PA 19606. They are requesting a number of variances and the application was discussed with both the Planning Commission: and the Borough Council. The hearing is scheduled for December 5, 2019. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Mr. Ty Leinneweber to attend the hearing representing the Borough as well as Ms. London; seconded by Mr.  Davidson; all werei inf favor and the motion carried.  MUNICIPAL LANDS  Mr. Lubenow commented that the no motorized vehicle and no gunning signs are: fading and unreadable. He was asking whether or not we could purchase aluminum signs to be hung 5O that we  don't have tol keep replacing the paper ones.  NEWSLETTER NEWE BUSINESS  The next newsletter will be going out after the December Council meeting.  PENNS GHOST PARANORMAL - Mr. May received an e-mail from the Penns Ghost Paranormal about doing as study ini the Borough Hall. Council had no objections and Mr. May has offered to come and stay here during the study andi then escort them from the building. The e-mail is included in the minutes for  more details.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  11/19  38    GENERAL COMMENTS TO COUNCIL  VAPING Mr, Lubenow asked whether or not the Borough should ban vaping on Borough property since we do have a no smoking policy. The Borough office will inquire with the Association of Borough's  tof find outi ift that would be included int the no smoking policy.  EXECUTIVE SESSION and the motion carried.  Council wênt into executive session to discuss potential litigation. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to enter executive session to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were in favor ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 10:08  PM.  Regpectulysubmitted, Susan D. Io Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  11/19  39    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 Mr. Robert. J. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council' Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Ms. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mr. Ty Leinneweber, Borough Engineer, SDE, Inc. Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Dr. Ronald Ivison, Borough Resident Mr. Edward Oswald, Reading Eagle Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The regular monthly meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order APPROVAL OFTHE MINUTES: The minutes of the previous meeting which was held on Thursday, November 14, 2019, were distributed to the members of the Council priort to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were int favor and TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer'sreport was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report and Mr. May noted that the sewer loan for PNC was provided for review. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion to approve thei treasurer's report as presented and filei it for audit; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; GENERAL: $201,238.05 RESERVE: $75,358.54 FIRE TAX: $4,818.38 SEWER: $292,935.53 LQUIDFUE5S24552024 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the bills presented. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratifications of all bills presented for payment and ratification; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were ini favor and the motion carried. Bills requiring payment from the general fund total $99,898.90. Bills requiring payment from the sewer fund  by Council President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:30 PM.  the motion carried.  all were in favor and the motion carried.  total $7,477.80. Bills requiring payment from the fire taxi fund total $1,800.00.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  12/19  40    PUBLICHEARINGS, PETITIONS:  RONALDIVISON- = Dr. Ivison presented before Council with three concerns.  1. Adams/lacksonwald Avenue intersection- Dr. Ivison indicated that this intersection is extremely dark and he is concerned that the memorial that is int the mall area will be hit because no one is going to see it. Ms. Leinbach indicated that the street light has been out int this area for at few months and Mrs. Eggert indicated thati itl has been reported to First Energy at least three times and will report it again as a safety issue. The curb on the island 2. St. Lawrence Avenue/Walnut Street Intersection Dr. Ivison indicated that het feels that people are parked too close toi thei intersection and that when making at turn that this poses ac dangerous problem. The one side of the street is already no parking. Ifhe notices anyone parked int the no parking areas of the yellow curb areas that he should report it to the police. 3. Trash Collection Dr. Ivison indicated that his wife has noticed that at least twice ar month that thei trash hauler is throwing the trashi in with the recyclables. It was noted that this needs to be reported to the Borough office each and every time that this occurs because with the new contract there are penalties in place for such violations.  will also be repainted to make it more noticeable.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- TYLEINNEWEBER, SDE, INC.  READING REAL ESTATE- There was a variance hearing held on December 5, 2019 for the zoning variance requests fori the applicant. Mr. Leinneweber indicated that they did withdraw their request for a parking variance. The Zoning Hearing Board with meet in. January to render a decision. MIAMI LOUNGE- Mayor Zawilla asked what was going on with the Miami Lounge. Ms. Leinbach indicated that plans were submitted but rejected because their liquor license was fora a  restaurant and not a club.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  ORDINANCE 445 Ordinance 445 which was for the no parkingi int the handicap spot at the playground. There were some issues with the ordinance and we are awaiting some replies from Chief  Serafin. BUDGET & FINANCE  2020 BUDGET- The 2020 budget was posted on the building and advertised in the Reading Eagle. The budget includes a 0.6 milli increase in the general millage and 0.2 mill increase in the fire tax. The general, sewer, fire tax and liquid fuels budgets were all distributed to the Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt the 2020 budgets as presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were inf favor and the motion carried. ORDINANCE 446- Ordinance 446 sets the 2020 tax millage rate at 6.85 and 0.66 mills for fire tax. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Ordinance 446; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all 2019 CONTRIBUTIONS- The list of contributions made in 2018 were presented to Council. Council decided to makei the same contributions in 2019 as were made in 2018. The list of contributions  were in favor andi the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCL  12/19  41    are attached to the minutes for review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the following contributions and memberships: Exeter Library $7236, Berks County Crime Alert $250, Berks County Solid Waste Authority $250 and Berks County Conservation District $250. The Center for Excellence $500,CO-OP Purchasing Council $150, Berks County Mayor's Assoc $50, PSAB. $383, and PSATS $200;  seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor andi the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  We are: still waiting on First Energy to activate the power on the newlyi installed street lights. Ms. Eggert will speak with Mr. Golashovsky: again to check on the status of the matter. Mr. Mayi indicated that he was at a seminar earlier today with First Energy and will try to contact someone that he met there today  to check on the status as well. SANITARY SEWER  ARRO ENGINEERING The Borough received al letter from Arro who are the engineers for Mt. Penn Municipal Authority asking for al letter of support for a grant application that they are applying for to install generators at their pump stations. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Mrs. Eggert to prepare and send al letter of support to Arro for the grant application; seconded by Rev.  Bennethum; all were in favor and the motion carried.  TRASH & RECYCLING  TRASH CONTRACT- The trash contract for the next contract starting in 2020 was available this  evening to be signed. This was previously authorized.  MUNICIPAL LANDS  AERIAL VIEWS- Mr. Lubenow indicated that he had aerial photographs of the municipal lands  that lay out boundaries. Mr. May asked ift this could be scanned and sent. The newsletter will be going out sometime before the holidays.  NEWSLETTER LIBRARY LIAISON library board.  Mr. Lubenow will be stepping down as the liaison and Rev. Bennethum will be taking his spot on the  BOROUGH MANAGER'S REPORT  Ms. Leinbach indicated that she had a sit down with PA American to discuss the billing process. There was also a discussion about taking over our owns sewer billing since PA American is going to need the water reads to calculate the billing and just eliminating Mt. Penn Water in the billing process.  NEWI BUSINESS  2020 MEETING! SCHEDULE The meeting schedule for 2020 Borough Council meetings and Planning Commission meetings were available for review. There are no conflicts. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the advertisement of the 2020 meeting schedules; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all  were in favor and the motion carried. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  12/19  42    ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favora and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:20PM.  Regpectiulysubmited, Eos  Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  12/19  43