WEST HOMESTEAD BOROUGH  Council Meeting December 14, 2021 Minutes  Call to Order  President Joe Baran called the meeting to order at 6:15 pm.  Pledge of Allegiance  Moment of silence for Bill Stasko.  Roll Call Absent: Mr. Guzzi  Present: Mr. Baran, Ms. Cain, Ms. Ferson, Mr. Fonos, Mr. Harhai, Ms. Scolieri Also, in attendance, Mayor John Dindak, Solicitors Stanley Lederman and Michael Lederman, Borough Engineers Bill Roth and Mark Brashear, Borough Manager Bill Etherington, Borough Secretary Donna McMichael, Junior Council Person Riley Furrick  Public Comment on Agenda Items  No comments. REPORTS:  Engineer: Mark Brashear  Justin McAfee (Guardian Angels Building) obtained a dumpster to clean out West Homestead Zoning Map has been amended for accuracy. Presentation by Alcosan, 7% increase for the next 5 years. Next step for the consent order is coming soon. Aggressive Timeline. Proud to work with and thankful to Bill Stasko for serving the community.  building and to comply with court order.  Engineer: Bill Roth  Solicitor: Stanley Lederman Mayor: John Dindak  No report  Borough Manager: Bill Etherington  Thank you to West Homestead Fire Department, Public Works, Police, West Mifflin Fire Department and Maxim Crane for the joint effort in the accident that occurred on 12/3/21 at our building. Clean-up and recovery were done in less than 8 hours and allowed for our scheduled annual Light Up the Night Event. Thanks to Borough Department Heads for assisting with the 2022 Budget.    Police Chief, Christopher Deasy  Total number of calls/complaints for the month of November is 133:  22 incidents, 6 arrests, 5 traffic citations. 12 prisoners held from Homestead.  Fire Chief, John Dindak  WHVFD responded to 386 calls as of the end of November 2021. Also had 1 train derailment and 1 car on the track, very fortunate no injuries. Planning for the Christmas Parade this Saturday. Called out on 2 fires as mutual aid. Thankfully, our town was quiet. Next Saturday will be our annual drive around Toy Drive. Fire Department purchased the generator for a warming and cooling center. A gas line will still need to be installed, most likely in 2022. Jason McMichael passed his fire fighter exam. Congratulations. We do appreciate Council for all their support.  Public Works, Glenn Guckes  Thanks to Borough for New Salt Bin. Working with Donna on ordering the salt.  Trucks are tested and ready to go. All the lights worked for Light Up Night. Snowflakes will be installed this week.  Steel Rivers Council of Governments: Ashley Cain Steel Valley Enterprise Zone: Barb Ferson  No report  Did not meet in November. Did not meet in November  Main Street TIF: Ray Fonos COMMITTEE REPORTS  Community Affairs; Barb Ferson, Chair  Thank you to the Fire Department, Public Works, Donna, Robin, and Lisa for  Light Up Night. Thanks to Santa.  Next event will be Clean-Up Day in Spring 2022.  Personnel: Dave Harhai, Chair  Making progress on the Collective Bargaining Agreement with Police/Union.  Thanks to Ray for all his work during his term on Council. We have new owners for the property at gth and Hays.  Property, Rose Scolieri, Co-Chair  They will be in touch with Donna and Mark on Code/Zoning requirements.  Public Safety, Rose Scolieri  Public Safety Meeting tomorrow, December 15th.  Sewer Management: Ashley Cain, Chair  Met with Alcosan prior to meeting.  Discussions on PAWC Purchase and PFM Valuations on Hold    Website: Ray Fonos, Chair Legislation on Agenda  No new report.  1. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Accept minutes, as written, from the Council Meetings of  November 1, 2021, and November 9, 2021.  Second: Mr. Fonos All voted in favor of motion. month of December 2021. Second: Ms. Cain All voted in favor of motion.  2. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Approve and ratify all bills paid and to be paid for the  3. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-029: Borough 2022 Budget.  Second: Ms. Cain  Mr. Lederman reads Resolution #21-029. $2.8M with no change in Milage Rate.  All voted in favor of motion.  4. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Approve Resolution #21-030, 2022 Tax Rate.  Second: Mr. Fonos  Mr. Lederman reads Resolution #21-030. 8.8 Milage Rate.  All voted in favor of motion.  5. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-031: Setting pay deduction for Police  Pension Fund. Second: Mr. Fonos  Mr. Lederman reads Resolution #21-031. All voted in favor of motion. Service Employees Pension Fund. Second: Mr. Fonos  6. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-032: Setting pay deduction for  Mr. Lederman reads Resolution #21-032.    All voted in favor of motion.  7. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-033: MMO's for the year 2022.  Second: Mr. Fonos  Stanley Lederman reads Resolution #21-033.  All voted in favor of motion. 2022 and thereafter. Second: Mr. Fonos  8. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-034: Establishing Sewage Rates for  Stanley Lederman reads Resolution #21-034.  All voted in favor of motion.  9. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-035: Enter into an Agreement with  eLoop LLC. Second: Mr. Fonos  Stanley Lederman reads Resolution #21-035.  All voted in favor of motion.  10. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Adopt Resolution #21-036: Establishing a 2022 Fee  Schedule. Second: Mr. Fonos  Stanley Lederman reads Resolution #21-036.  All voted in favor of motion.  11. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Approve proposed Ordinance #718, amending the Zoning  Map.  Second: Mr. Fonos All voted in favor of motion.  12. Motion by Mr. Harhai to Advertise proposed Ordinance #718.  Second: Mr. Fonos  Stanley Lederman reads proposed Ordinance #718  All voted in favor of motion.    13. Motion by Mr. Harhai To advertise the DCED Audit for the Fiscal Year 2020.  Second: Mr. Fonos All voted in favor of motion.  14.Motion by Mr. Harhai to advertise all Borough Meetings for the year 2022.  Second: Mr. Fonos All voted in favor of motion.  Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items  No comments were made from the public. Joe Baran: Ray, thank you for your service.  Ray Fonos: Provided comments on last four years on Council. Please continue to do the right thing. Thanks to the residents over the last four years. Wishing Bill  McLaughlin, the best.  Adjournment  President Baran adjourned the meeting at 6:44 p.m.  ATTEST  Donnal MI McMichael, Borough Secretary  Joseph M Baran, President of Council