January 23, 2018 MILLERSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES The MILLERSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING was held on' Tuesday, January 23, 2018 in the Millersville Borough Public Meeting Room located at 100 Municipal Drive, Millersville, Pennsylvania. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Council President, Daniel P. Ostrowski, President Ostrowski introduced the new Borough Manager, Mr. Bradley N. Gotshall and seeing that Mr. Gotshall has not had the opportunity to meet everyone, asked that everyone at the followed by the pledge to the flag and a moment ofs silence was observed. dais introduce themselves. COUNCIL MEMBERS Daniel P. Ostrowski Lynn M. Miller Dianne M. Bates Bruce. A. Cantey Richard M. Moriarty, Mayor Scott A. Bailey Linda L. Bellile Mary Ann Gerber OTHERS PRESENT Edward J.. Arnold, Millersville Borough Interim Manager Bradley N. Gotshall, Millersville Borough Manager John D. Rochat, Millersville Borough ChiefofPolice Jessie L. Ebersole, Millersville Borough Finance Officer Steven A. DiGuiseppe, Millersville University Alexandra Jean-Paul, Millersville University Student Advisor J.F Philip Gerber, 10 Circle Road, Millersville Sam Bigler, 17 Wabank Road, Millersville Ian and Abby Rawhauser, 61 Pilgrim Drive, Millersville CITIZEN'S REQUESTS OR CONCERNS Elaine Jones, LNP Mr. Rawhauser from 61 Pilgrim Drive voiced his concern for speeding vehicles through his development. He recognizes this is an ongoing issue and asked ift there is aj permanent solution. He and his wife would like Council to re-visit this concern again. Mr. Arnold noted that the County had provided timing equipment for this area to monitor and record the speed. Chief Rochat elaborated on the results oft the timing equipment. He noted that less than one percent of the vehicles recorded were actually recorded as over the speed limit. He further noted that Officers have been sent to this area for speed enforcement but under vascar systems, Officers cannot write a ticket until you are over the speed limit by10 mph. He went on to note that the placement of stop signs was considered, however PennDOT does not allow stop signs to be used to control speed. Chiefstated he will put more speed enforcement patrols in this area. MINUTES None 1of4 January 23, 2018 MILLERSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OR BOARDS Mrs. Miller reported on the quarterly Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee (LIMC) meeting. She mentioned some conversations were on bringing the two municipalities (East Hempfield and Manheim Township) back into the organization. She went on to mentioned the low water pressure issue that affects the Borough. A single water tower may be put up to handle the water for the construction of a new elementary school but that would not address the rest of the areas with low pressure. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Moriarty reported on the monthly police report stating the Calls for Service were at 304 for the month of December. He provided additional analysis reports for the Police Department. Those reports reflected statistics and graphs for the month of December, 2007 back tol December, 2002 (15 years). He also provided statistics and graphs on the calendar year 2017. MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY REPORT Mr. DiGuiseppe gave an update on the Presidential search. Dr. Anderson has agreed to move. his retirement date from March 1to June 29th to ensure that the Millersville University community will have strong and stable leadership from one presidency to the next. He went on to provide an update on the retirement announcement ofVice President for Finance & Administration, Roger Bruszewski. Millersville has made arrangements for Mr. Guilbert (Gil) Brown tol be Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration and will start his employ on April 2, 2018. Mr. Brown is currently serving as the Acting Assistant Vice Chancellor at the System Office. Mr. DiGuiseppe mentioned the State System Board of Governors is seeking a Chancellor and that the search will continue through the Spring, with the expectation that a new Chief Executive Officer would be on board by the beginning oft the 2018-2019 academic year. He went on to mention that the Threat Assessment Team (TAT) has been renamed the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) as it more clearly reflects the team's mission and role. The Behavioral Intervention Team is another way tol keep campus community safe. Mr. DiGuiseppe announced that Milton Hershey School and Millersville University have signed al Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The formalized partnership aims to improve the national college graduation rates for low-income, first generation college students. He reported another accolade for the MU. According to U.S. News & World Report Millersville University's online programs are among the best in the nation. Millersville has two online bachelor's program, for nursing and social work. The online bachelor's enrollment is 268 with an average class size of17 students. Alexandra Jean-Paul reported that with the extension of Dr. Anderson's retirement, he will be graduating their Senior class, including her in 109 days, but who is counting. She announced the multi-cultural center in the Student Memorial Center, which promotes diversity, will be opening January 30th. Miss Jean-Paul stated that the new semester started yesterday and requested that ifa anyone is on campus, to please wish the students good luck and push them toward their goal of graduation. 2of4 January 23, 2018 MILLERSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES PENNI MANOR REPORT None PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Ostrowski opened discussions to consider the final revisions to the Millersville Borough's Standing Committees. He presented two options. The first structure consisting of the Finance Committee as a standalone committee, merges Personnel and Safety Committee, and then combines Streets, Waste Water, and Planning and Betterment. The second option is tol have the Finance Committee as a standalone committee, Personnel as a standalone committee and combines Streets, Waste Water, Safety and Planning and Betterment as one being called Public Welfare and Public Works. Mrs. Bellile questioned ift the options presented would resolve having one meeting start at 6j p.m. and potentially having to wait until 7 p.m. to start another meeting. President Ostrowski confirmed there would be only one meeting per evening starting at 6 p.m. Mr. Bailey made a motion to adopt the resolution to reestablish the Standing Committees as discussed in the second option. Mr. Cantey seconded the motion. With no further discussions the motion passed by a unanimous voice vote. RESOLUTION BOOK RESOLUTION NO.2018-4 President Ostrowski stated he formed the committees based on input received from Council members on their interests and background. He mentioned he could not honor every request but believes hel has appointed the members in a way that builds strong committees. He then presented the members of the 2018 Millersville Borough Standing Committees as follows: PERSONNEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meets 2nd Wednesday 6 PM Chair: Bruce A. Cantey Vice Chair: Scott A. Bailey Linda L. Bellile Dianne M. Bates PUBLIC WELFARE AND PUBLIC WORKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meets 2nd Thursday 6. PM Chair: Lynn M. Miller Vice Chair: Bruce A. Cantey Mary Ann Gerber Linda L. Bellile FINANCE. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meets. 3d Wednesday 6. PM Chair: Scott A. Bailey Vice Chair: Dianne M. Bates Lynn M. Miller Mary Ann Gerber 3of4 January 23, 2018 MILLERSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES BOROUGH MANAGER REPORT Mr. Gotshall introduced himselfa and thanked Council for the opportunity to serve as the Borough's! Manager. He mentioned that he and his wife, Katie and their eleven month old daughter are in the process ofcompleting their move to Lancaster County (still living out of boxes). He comes from Indiana Borough, another University town. He further mentioned that he looks forward to being here and is appreciative in the opportunity given tol him. He welcomed Council members to reach out to him and would be happy to assist in any way he can. Mayor Moriarty mentioned he recently spend some time with Brad's former Mayor and that he mentioned we are very fortunate to have Brad, that he was sad to see. him leave and that he's a good guy. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 7:45 p.m. Council broke for an executive session to discuss aj police personnel issue. At the conclusion oft the executive session, Council reconvened into regular session at 8:05 p.m. Mrs. Gerber made ai motion to move forward the disciplinary action to the Officer as recommended by Chief Rochat. Mr. Bailey seconded the motion. With no: further discussions the motion passed by a majority voice vote, with Mrs. Miller and Ms. Bates opposed. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, Mr. Bailey made ai motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:07 p.m., seconded by Mr. Cantey. Respectfully submitted, BradleyN. Gotshall Borough Secretary BNG/jle 4of4