CITY OF CORRY 7:00 PM  CHAMBERS  AUGUST 19, 2024 ROLLO CALL  Mayor Baker called the meeting to order, invocation was given by Pastor Al Gernovich and was followed with the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call found Council members Fike, Hammond, Lindstrom and Maloney present. Also present, was Solicitor Bill Speros, City Administrator Smith, Public' Works Manager Leofsky, Motion was made by Mrs. Lindstrom and was seconded by Mr. Fike; motion carried unanimously.  Fire Chief Hodak, Police Chief Cherry and City Engineer Maas, via phone.  (1) Mayor Baker requested a motion to approve the minutes of the. July 15th, 2024 Regular Meeting. APPROVE: 7/15/24  REGULAR MTG MINUTES HEARING OF THE PUBLIC BRACKEN FUNERAL HOME LTR- NOTICE OF APPTO OPERATING PERMIT MOODY AND ASSOC.LTR  Hearing of the Public: None  (2) Mayor Baker requested a motion to receive and file letter dated. July 29, 2024 from Bracken Funeral Home Inc. informing the City that they submitted an application to Pennsylvania DEP Air Quality Center St. This letter satisfies the required municipal notification. Motion was made by Mr. Maloney and (3) Mayor Baker requested a motion to receive and file letter dated. July 30, 2024 from Moody and Associates, Inc. giving notice that a Remedial Investigation Report has been submitted to the Department RE: 844 ROUTE6 of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the site known as the Former Corry! Hiebert Facility at 844 Route 6. REMEDIATION The report indicates that the remediation planned will attain compliance with the site-specific cleanup standard. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously. November 15th.Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried (5) Mrs. Lindstrom requested a motion to approve the request from the United Fund for the placement of signage in the City Park for the 2024 campaign. The signage must be removed by November PARK 30th. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mayor Baker; motion carried unanimously.  Program for a State Only Operating permit of the cremation unit installed at their facility located at 315 N DEP FORSTATE ONLY  seconded by Mr. Hammond; motion carried unanimously.  (4) Mrs. Lindstrom requested a motion to receive and filel letter dated. July 15, 2024 from the United UNITED FUND LTR- Fund requesting to place signage in the City Park during their campaign which runs from September 1:- SIGNAGE REQUEST  unanimously.  UNITED FUND- CAMPAIGN SIGNAGE/ CITY  (6) Mr. Maloney requested a motion to receive and file letter dated August 16, 20241 from Fire Chief FIRE CHIEF HODAKLTROF Jerred Hodak related to hisi intent to retire effective February 19, 2025. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and INTENTTO RETIRE 2/19/25  seconded by Mrs. Lindstrom; motion carried unanimously.  RES2 24-25 PAI BROADBAND READY COMM. DESIGNATION- ERIE AREA COG, MUN. CHAMPION RES24-26 AIRPORT CREDIT CARD/FUEL1 TANKI PROJECT  (7) Mayor Baker requested a motion to adopt Resolution 24-25 authorizing an application to the Pennsylvania Broadband Development. Authority for a Broadband Ready Community designation and to authorize the Erie Area Council of Governments to serve as the Municipal Broadband Champion for the City of Corry. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mrs. Lindstrom; motion carried (8) Mr. Hammond requested a motion to adopt Resolution 24-26 to allocate State and Local Fiscal Upgrade and Fuel Tank Conversion Project. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. Maloney; City/swithdrawal from the Northwest Pennsylvania Tri-County Council of Governments and repeal or Ordinance 1414, Bill 99-02. Motion was made by! Mr. Hammond and seconded by Mr. Maloney;  unanimously.  Recovery Funds (SLFRF also known as ARPA) for usei in completing the Corry Lawrence Airport Credit Card SLFRF ALLOCATION (9) Mr. Fike requested a motion to accept on first reading Ordinance 1653, Bill 24-04 authorizing the ORD: 1653, BILL 24-04  motion carried unanimously.  15TREADING CIYWITHDRAWAL NWPA TRI-COUNTYCOG  motion  carried unanimously.  1    (10) Mrs. Lindstrom requested a motion to approve. 5-year lease agreement between the City of Corry and the Harvest Community Church, located at 627 Worth St, foras specific section of City property on tax maintenance and repairs setf forthi ini the agreement. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. (11) Mrs. Lindstrom requested a motion to approve! 5-year lease agreement between the City of Corry include regulation softball, baseball and/or other athletic fields and may support facilities, concession facilities and related uses and activities. Motion was made by Mr. Fike and seconded by! Mr. Maloney; motion (12) Mr. Maloney requested ar motion to approve agreement between the City of Corry and the Salt Church fort thei installation of a newborn safety device known as Safe Haven Baby Box and the Salt Church's agreement to pay all applicable fees set forth int the contract between the City of Corry and the Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Inc. Motion was made by Mrs. Lindstrom and seconded by Mr. Fike; motion carried (13) Mr. Maloney requested a motion to approve agreement between the City of Corry and the Safe Street. Motion was made by Mr. Fike ands seconded by Mayor Baker; motion carried unanimously.  HARVEST COMMUNITY CHURCHI LEASE AGRMT LOT  parcel 7-13-47-8 for the use ofa aj parking lot. In lieu of rental payments, the lessee shall be responsible for the 7-13-47-8, PARKING  Maloney; motion carried unanimously.  HARVEST COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FIELDS SALT CHURCH. AGRMT RE: SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX/FEES SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES! INC-LEASE/ FIRE STATION INSTALL STEPHENSON EQUIP - JOHNI DEERE TRACTOR w/ ROTARYBOOM MOWER  andt the Harvest Community Church, located at 627 Worth St, for taxp parcels 7-13-47-8 and 7-13-47-8.05 for CHURCHLEASE, AGRMT the restricted legal uses which are for the purposes of open space and related outdoor recreation which shall 7-43478,7-13-478.05  carried unanimously.  unanimously.  Haven Baby Boxes Inc. fori installation ofai newborn safety device at the Fire Station located at: 14 East South SERVICE AGRMT (14) Mr. Fike requested: a motion to receive and filel bidt for John Deere Tractor with rotary boom mower. BID RECEIVED  One bid received:  Stephenson Equipment, Inc. 1944 hours 50" Tiger Rotary Mower $45,000  2008. John Deere 63302WD with Tiger Boom mower 105HP turbo diesel, enclosed cab with heat and AC  Motion was made by Mr. Maloney and seconded by Mr. Hammond; motion carried unanimously.  PURÇAHSE- -2008 MOWER SLFRF/ARPAFUNDS. -AMBULANCE -WAYNES ST DEEDS/CLEANUP  (15) Mr. Fike requested a motion to purchase 2008. John Deere 6330: 2WD with Tiger Boom mower from JOHNI DEERE 63302 2WD Stephenson Equipment, Inct for $45,000 utilizing "unclassified" General Restricted Funds. Motion was made w/1 TIGER BOOM (16) Mr. Hammond: started discussion with Council regarding State & Local Fiscal Reçovery Funds (SLFRF) DISCUSSION RE: converted, lettered, wired w/ some equipment and a $40,000s stretcher. Mr. Hammond askedi if these specs STORM WATER  by! Mr. Hammond and seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously.  ora also known as ARPA funds. Discussion included:  Mr. Maloney presented an Ambulance bid receivedi in the amount of $151,807.Thisi is a 2024 Transit Van, need put out for bid. Solicitor Speros said there are no ARPA requirements for that and  would need to just  follow procurement rules within City Code. advised just 1e-mail and that was forwarded to Council.  Mrs. Lindstrom asked if any e-mails were received regarding use of thet funds. City Administrator Smith -Mr. Hammond brought up: storm sewer separation and thet future sewer plant. He said at tomorrow's Municipal Authority meeting he will talk to Burgess & Niplet to see what' 'how much' money willl buy us. -Mayor Baker advised thati in regards to the Wayne St right-of-way's, he asked the City Administrator to provide deed for the properties, 2 of which have restrictions/City rights-of-way. Hel has asked her tot forward (17) Mr. Hammond requested a motion to approve paying bills ast funds are available. Motion was made BILL LIST  those on to engineer, etc.  by Mr. Fike and seconded by Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously.  2    (18) Mr. Hammond requested to table discussion on the 2024 CDBG Funding Projects until the by Mr. Fike and: seconded by Mrs. Lindstrom; Mayor Baker announced that discussion ist tabled.  TABLE DISCUSSION  September gth, work: session. Newi information is coming from the State regardingt the Gity/slow/Moderate 2024 CDBG FUNDING Income Areas. Until alll LMI information' isr received, projects cannot be planned. Motion to table was made PROJECTS (19) Mr. Hammond thanked everyone who's shown interest ins study of the trail- - we willl hold that open TRAIL SYSTEM until the end oft the month for anyone else interestedi in sending in a request to be on the committee. Name, COMMITTEE REQUEST  LETTERS EVENT REQUEST: PARADE  phone number, address and e-mail are requested as well as why you're interested in the trail system.  (20) Mrs. Lindstrom requested a motion to approve event request:  C CAHS Homecoming Parade: scheduled for Sept. 19th at 6pm. The parade route willl be E Pleasant St CAHS HOMECOMING  oCenter St to E Bond St to' Wright St..  Motion was madel by Mr. Fike and seconded by! Mr. Maloney; motion carried unanimously. (21) Mrs. Lindstrom: said Mead Park! has been' "attacked" and we need cameras. Per Mr. Leofsky, new bathrooms were vandalized between 3:30 pm Saturday and Sunday morning- wet toilet paper was thrown VANDALIZED all over walls, inside of door needs re-painted, automatic flusher was broken. Picnic tables were also stacked on top ofe each other. A1 few weeks ago, the picnic tables weres spray painted. Bathroom willl be locked until Discussion was had! between Council, Mr. Leofsky and Chief Cherry regarding the camera system needing upgraded/replaced. Ifallowed, Chief Cherry will speak to/make recommendations to Mead Park Assoc. (22) Solicitor Bill Speros introduced himself and advised that he will be covering for Solicitor Caparosa as (23) City Administrator Smith announced that City Hall will be closed Monday, Sept. 2nd for Labor Day. Bill Beggs spoke in regards to the crematorium - saying no one asked residents when it was puti in, asking Council not to approve Bracken's request for ap permanent permit and tol have the crematorium moved to an Karl Hens spoke in regards to the crematorium saying it's been nothing but hassle you can't breathe after it runs and: smoke is black while it'srunning. He also advised they are pursuing legal action against the City for illegally allowingi ita and asked Council to state their opinion on allowing the permanent permit. Solicitor Speros advised Council not to comment publicly on1 this matter due to possible pending! litigation. CityA Administrator asked for clarification that Council has nothing to do with issuance of the permit. Solicitor Speros confirmed thati it would be issued by DEP and Council would not have a sayi int thei issuance ofp permit. James Taylor spoke in regards to the crematorium saying there was no notice to residents andi it was signed  MEAD PARK BATHROOM  toilet isf fixed.  SOLICITOR! SPEROS INTRODUCTION CITY HALL CLOSED 9/2/24LABORDAY HEARING OF THE PUBLIC  needed.  Hearing oft the Public: outer perimeter.  by one person then voted through. He feels thet funeral homel has outgrown its spot. a. Monday, September 9, work session, 7 pm at the Community Center. . Monday, September 16, CDBG Public Hearing 6:30 pm, at the Community Center Monday, September 16, regular meeting, 7 pm at the Community Center. (25) Mayor Baker announcedi there would be no executive session held following tonight'smeeting.  (24) Announcement of meetings:  MEETING: SCHEDULE  NOE EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURN  (26) Mmeetngas adjourned at7 7:48 pm.  , t, supmits cm hemas- Clerk  3