MINUTES Council Chambers Executive Session 6PM Tuesday, August 13th, 2024-6:301 PM  Borough of Ambridge-M Meeting of Borough Council  I.  Call to Order/ Roll Call  Present: Ms. Tessaro, Mr. Cafarelli, Mr. Gill, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Basalyga, Mr. Prentice, Borough Manager Mario N. Leone Jr, Mayor Tina Iorfido, Solicitor. Joe. Askar, Borough Engineer Dan  Slagle, Lt. Chickos, Asst ChiefDave Gorecki  Late: Ms. Mary Jane Gilliam - Arrived prior tol Item VI on the agenda.  II.  Invocation - Matthew Klenk, Senior Pastor, Calvary Community Fellowship Church  III. Pledge of Allegiance  IV. Public Comment on/off Agenda Items (5 minutes per speaker)  Tim Kay, Henrici Street. Wanted to thank the council for their action to slow traffic down by the splash pad. Painting slow on the road has helped tremendously. Asked if possible ifa stop sign and a crosswalk could be placed at the end oft the alley may also help force traffic to stop when Bishop Laythan Foster introduced himself as a new: member of the community. He introduced his new church located at 239 Merchant Street. He looks forward to working with the Borough with  they pull out onto Henrici.  future endeavors.  V. Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes  July 9th Regular Meeting July 23rd Workshop Meeting  Motion by Mr. Dunn. Second by Mr. Basalyga  Revision necessary on vote count on page 3 of. July gth minutes. Mr. Cafarelli was not in  attendance. Motion accepted with revision.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli  Vote Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice  Vote NA Y    Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill  Y Y  Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Y  Motion passed 6-0  VI. Approval to ratify and pay the Bills and Expenses:(For the month ofs August)  1. General Fund 2. Grants / Special Project Fund 3. Recreation Fund 4. 2021 Capital Note 5. ARPA Fund 6. Escrow Fund 7. Drug Investigation Fund 8. Police Grant Fund 9. Fire Department Grant Fund 11. Bicentennial Fund  Unpaid: $ 24,769.46 Paid: $ 494690.19 Unpaid: $ 1,030.00 Paid: $ 437,597.31  Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00 Unpaid: $0.00  Paid: $ 3,281.17 Paid: $0.00 Paid: $0.00 Paid: $0.00 Paid: $0.00 Paid: $ 1,500.00 Paid: $ 8,044.17 Paid: $ Paid: $0.00  10. Fire Apparatus Replacement Fund Unpaid: $0.00  208.36  Motion by Mr. Dunn. Second by Mr. Cafarelli.  Ms. Tessaro requests change for Social Media Director pay to be adjusted into Part-Time  category. Mr. Leone will advise Administration to adjust line item.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill Motion Passed 7-0  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  VII. Consent Agenda  Those matters included: under the consent agenda are self-explanatory and are not expectedto require further review or discussion. Items will be enacted by one motion. Ifdiscussion is desired by any member ofCouncil, that item must be removed from the consent agenda and  considered. separately.  Motion to approve 11 Item listed on the Consent Agenda.  1.  Borough Financial Report -à acknowledge receipt of the Borough Treasurer's Report for  August,2024.  Motion by Mr. Dunn. Second by Gilliam.  2-    Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  Motion Passed 7-0  IX: New Business  1. Consider Action to. Approve payment request #3 from Bronder Technical Services in the amount of  $207,627.65 for the Merchant Street Streetscape project. Motion by Mr. Cafarelli. Second by Mr. Basalyga.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill Motion passed 7-0  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  2. Consider/Discuss Action to Approve Resolution 2024-3 Authorizing Partnership with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by and through Department ofTransportation in the Agility Work Plan. Mr. Leone explained to Council this is a collaboration with PennDot whereas we could exchange services with them. Ifan item needs immediate attention and our Public Works Department can fix it quickly, they will do soi in exchange for future work to be completed by PennDot. And vice versa. Mr. Cafarelli added this is a good Resolution. Mr. Askar explained that this allows us to act faster to put more resources on the ground. We do have to still get permission to do the work from PennDot,  but this expediates the process.  Motion by Mr. Prentice. Second by Ms. Gilliam.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  Motion passed 7-0.  3    3. Consider/Discuss Action to Approve Resolution 2024-4. Authorizing Richard Dobrosielski Jr, Borough Treasurer, to act on behalfo ofthe Borough of Ambridge to request tax information and records from  Berkheimer.  Motion by Mr. Cafarelli. Second by Mr. Basalyga.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill Motion passed 7-0.  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  4. Consider/Discuss Action to Approve the conditional hiring Part Time Police Officer Isaac Jones upon  completion of Background Clearance.  Motion by Mr. Basalyga. Second by Mr. Cafarelli.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill Motion passed 7-0.  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  5. Consider/Discuss Action to Approve the conditional hiring Part Time Police Officer Cody Record  upon completion of Background Clearance. Motion by Mr. Basalyga. Second by Mr. Dunn.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  Motion passed 7-0.  6. - Consider/Discuss Action to close the Bicentennial Account and make a $10,000.00 donation to Old Economy Village for future Programming cost, and the remaining $10,000 balance will be allocated to  Honor Roll upgrade/mprovement project as recommended by the committee.  Motion by Ms. Gilliam. Second by Mr. Basalyga.  4-    Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  Motion passed 7-0.  7. Consider/Discuss Action to add an Addendum to the current Police Department contract, removing  Corporal and replace with K-9 Officer starting at Step D ofcurrent pay scale.  Motion by Mr. Basalyga. Second by Mr. Dunn.  Mr. Prentice asked Lt. Chickos ift the Police Department and Bargaining Unit supports this action. Lt.  Chickos said they do.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr.Gill  Vote Y Y Y N  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  Motion passed 6- -1.  Committee Reports  1. Public Safety Committee - Mr. Prentice stated they met last month. One Fireman will be deployed 2. Mayor's Report - Attended the Mayors Conference in July. Good networking opportunity. Met with several Mayor's from across the Commonwealth as well as the State Attorney General. The 3. Code Committee - Mr. Basalyga stated several inspections and code sweeps were conducted and 4. Public Works Committee - Mr. Cafarelli mentioned line painting is being completed. Also, would like to discuss with GM Rentals the possibility ofleasing a. JLG on an as needed basis. Ms. Tessaro 5. Parks and Recreation Committee - Ms. Gilliam met with members of Rotary Club to collaborate with Borough for benches ini the parks. Parks are being well maintained. Splash Pad has beena success. Fall Festival of Churches is moving forward and are looking to add la3 on 3 Basketball  by military, and they are looking into how to fill the void in his absence.  conference was very informative.  follow up letters were sent out to violators.  agreed that this should be explored.    tournament to the festival. Ms. Tessaro would like social media Director to post to the website,  Facebook, and Soofa. announcements of the upcoming festival.  6. Engineer's Report - Starting on the design for the Melrose parking lot and 7th Street lot in which Mr. 7. Solicitor's Report - Mr. Gill asked about the Merchant Street demolition project. Mr. Askar stated they have received the documentation that was requested. Advised the property owners Attorney that we need a status ofthe demolition. Mr. Leone added that the property owner is getting al bid to 8. Manager's Report - Provided conceptual drawings for the PJ Caul Park project. Streetscape is on hold while Columbia Gas is changing some laterals to the buildings. Should resume next week. Preliminary drawings have been provided to the Engineer for the Parking Lot projects. A tour through the Borough was conducted for representatives from CCBC. Visited numerous sites. They were incredibly impressed with the job the Borough has been doing. Finalizing the Tree Grant for the fitness court park. COGS meeting will be August 22rd. Nakeya Mosley graduated and will be having a briefluncheon on August 23rd. Attended the PSAB Board of] Directors meeting in preparation for the Fall Conference, ifa any council members were interested in attending. Submitted Grant Application for Energy Grant in the amount of$750,000 for Senior complex.  Leone secured a $124,200 grant to facilitate.  finish the demolition.  X. Official Reports - Motion to accept Official Reports. Motion by Mr. Basalyga. Second by Ms. Gilliam.  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill Motion passed 7-0. XI. Other Unfinished Business XII. Adjournment  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y  Motion by Mr. Cafarelli. Second by Mr. Prentice  Council Mr. Basalyga Mr. Cafarelli Mr. Dunn Mr. Gill Motion passed 7-0.  Vote Y Y Y Y  Council Ms. Gilliam Mr. Prentice Ms. Tessaro Mayor Miller  Vote Y Y Y    NEXT MEETING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL:  Workshop Meeting: Regular Meeting: Announcements:  Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 at 6:30 PM Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 6:30 PM  Turtle Racing Championship: August 17th, 2024-F P.J.C Caul Park Ambridge Area Chamber of Commerce Bridges & Brews August 24th, 2024  -7-