OLD FORGE BOROUGH COUNCIL OLD FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA  IN RE: COUNCIL MEETING  JANUARY 17, 2023 7:00 p.m. 310 SOUTH MAIN STREET OLD FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA  APPEARANCES: JIM HOOVER ANDY BUTLER MICHELE AVVISATO MIKE LETTIERI LOU FEBBO BOB LEGG, MAYOR  RUSSELL RINALDI, PRESIDENT  DAVID LOPATKA, BOROUGH ENGINEER BILL STULL, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM RINALDI, ESQUIRE, SOLICITOR MARYLYNN BARTOLETTI, BOROUGH MANAGER  CHRISTOPHER HART, ZONING/CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER  MOLLIE GILL, RPR COURT REPORTER    2  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Good evening,  ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to call the meeting to order with the Pledge of  Alleglance, please.  (Pledge of Allegiance.)  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Roll call,  please, Marylynn.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Here.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Here.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Here.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR HOOVER: Present. MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Present.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Notari  is absent.  Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Here. Once again, ladies and gentlemen,  welcome to the regular meeting in the 01d    3  Forge Borough. Tonight is Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Before we begin I want to apologize. We're about a half hour late. We had three meetings prior to this with ourselves with DPW meeting, and then we had a C Civil Service Commission Meeting which ran a little bit late. So once again, we do  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  apologize.  Welcome to the meeting, and the  purpose of tonight's meeting is we'17 hear from our department heads. We'17 hear from our reports from last month. We'17 go down the table. We'11 hear from our mayor, our council members, our solicitor, our borough manager. There's a public sign-in sheet. If anyone did not sign in and you would like to speak, we'11 give you a few minutes at  the end of the meeting.  With that said, we're going to go  through first a few housekeeping motions. First motion is going to be a motion to  approve the prior minutes.  MS. AVVISATO: I'17 make that  motion, Mr. Chairman.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the    4  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  floor by Councilwoman Avvisato.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Second item is motion to approve  treasurer's report. Please note this does  not include the sewer accounts.  MR. LETTIERI: I'11 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the    5  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  floor by Councilman Lettieri.  MR. FEBBO: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Febbo. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Third item is motion to approve  invoices for payment. Once again, please note this does not include the sewer  account.  MS. AVVISATO: I'11 make that motion  Mr. Chairman.    6  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilwoman Avvisato.  MR. HOOVER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Hoover. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes. MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Fourth item is motion to approve  sewer department financial report.  MR. LETTIERI: I'11 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the    7  floor by Councilman Lettieri.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. BUTLER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes.  Last item on nousekeeping is motion  to approve sewer department invoices for  payment.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 make that motion. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilman Butler.    8  MS. AVVISATO: I'17 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Councilwoman Avvisato. On the question. Public input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. We'11 go to our department heads.  First department head DPW manager Joseph Lenceski is absent. We all have his report in our packets. If we have any questions,  we can contact him tomorrow.  Our second department head, code  enforcement zoning officer Christopher Hart.    9  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Chris, anything for the meeting?  MR. HART: Nothing else. You guys  got my report today. So if you have any  questions, let me know.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Does anybody  have any questions for the zoning officer?  Thanks, Chris. MR. HART: Thank you.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Dave Lopatka,  engineer.  MR. LOPATKA: I ( didn't submit a  report, but just to give you an update, I didn't have a ton of stuff going other than IV was putting mapping together. And I'17 give you guys these maps. It's just kind of a - picture of the river in 1990 and what it is today. And I mean, you could see that there's some differences between the two.  The Hickory Street project, I know  they did the saw cutting, and I think they are waiting structures at this point before they can kind of really go. I think they are putting some of the pipe in, but I think  that was it.  MR. HOOVER: Powell Street.    10  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. LOPATKA: Powell Street, right  up here. So I talked to Marylynn about that, and she got a price today. I think she's going to bring that up. So the pipe that's there is, to me, I would say it's the borough's pipe. It's in the borough's right-of-way. It's an old terracotta pipe, which the two services coming out of that building are plastic pipes. An old terracotta pipe has to be probably 60, 70, 80 years old, at least probably. So I'm thinking that that pipe is yours. To replace it :- initially when I looked at it, I thought we would bring both services across and tie into the line : the new line that goes up Powell Street. But I don't think you really save much. Plus, you're going to have to cut the street in two spots to fix it as opposed to just going up the shoulder and replacing the pipe that's there. So the pipe that's there I think is only like four or five feet deep. So they don't have to take a lot of material out of there. If you cut across the road to tie into that pipe, that pipe is about eight to    11  ten feet deep. So I don't think you're saving much by going across the road, plus, you know, to me, you don't have to cut the  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  road place. I would :  MR. HOOVER: What's the cleanout  behind the building on the corner?  MR. LOPATKA: That cleanout : MR. HOOVER: Is that from the main  line from the building out?  MR. LOPATKA: It's just from the  servers coming out of the building. There's two servers coming out of the building, one in the back corner there, and one from the building that's closer to :- or the front of the building that's closer to Main Avenue. So I mean, both of them are plastic pipes. I mean, they were able to run the cameras down those. And where that service kind of ties down into the pipe, the main line, is  where it got blocked up.  MR. HOOVER: Joe told me years ago  - I went for a ride with Joe (inaudible), and he told me years ago that pipes settled. Where it goes from Powell Street into the  drain on Main Ave.    12  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. LOPATKA: Well, according to  Mike Ford, they replaced the section of that. There's a section of that pipe from the manhole back about 20 to 30 feet that  was replaced already.  MR. HOOVER: Yeah, that's what Joe  said. It settled and they had to replace that pipe. He didn't think it went back all  the way up the street.  MR. LOPATKA: It doesn't go all the  way up the street. I think it was an old line, and when they replaced the line on the other side of the street, and that line really only had the corner businesses on it.  MR. HOOVER: A17 right. I'm good. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anything else, MR. LOPATKA: I - don't know. I'17  Dave?  give you guys copies of these maps. So you could take a look at them just sO you could see what the difference is between 1990 and  2021 is.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anybody have  any questions for the engineer?  CHIEF DUBERNAS: I C do. Do you know    13  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  what block of Hickory that's going to be?  MR. LOPATKA: What block of Hickory  what's going to be?  CHIEF DUBERNAS: That they're going  to put the sewer on because we're getting complaints about parking there and some of our residents are asking about one-side parking. Is that going to be in the 500  block or the 600 block?  MR. LOPATKA: I'm not sure what the  block it is. It's the block from : it's the parking lot down to the church.  CHIEF DUBERNAS: No, it's the next  block they are talking about for parking.  MR. LOPATKA: No, it's the first  block.  CHIEF DUBERNAS: That would be the  500 block. Okay.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anybody have  any questions for Dave? Thanks, Dave.  MR. LOPATKA: Yep.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Chief Dubernas. CHIEF DUBERNAS: I have nothing. I  gave you guys all the information prior to  the meeting.    14  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anybody have Assistant Fire Chief Bill Stull,  any questions for the chief? Thanks, Chief.  anything for the meeting?  MR. STULL: No, nothing at all. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Does anybody  have any questions for Bill? Thanks, Bill.  Attorney Rinaldi.  ATTY. RINALDI: So we seem to have a  resolution regarding general order number 354 which deals with the new mobile vehicle recorders and body worn cameras for the police department. So it sets forth all the guidelines. I think the chief passed them out to everybody here tonight. And this resolution is just making that official and adopting it as a general order for the  police department.  The second resolution you have is in  regards to Apollo Drive and parking in the opposite direction. You can do a 90-day under order our ordinance. So we only have to do a resolution for that, and that it's going to last 90 days, and we'11 take it to the winter, see how it works out. If you    15  want to do something next year more permanent, we can do that.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Carly Shimmo (phonetic) is coming on  January 19th at 6:30. So that was advertised for that meeting that's on a comprehensive plan zoning. Pittston Drive, we'11 set up that appointment maybe next  Monday rather than tomorrow.  RLS Gress application for zoning.  Planning commission met and made a recommendation and put it together in a draft ordinance just so we could discuss it. And ironically, Lackawanna County Planning Commission came up with the same  recommendation on changing it to a C-2 zone and requiring more buffer areas. So what planning decided to do is make it a conditional use in a C-2 zone adding warehousing give Council a little more control over how it gets buffered and setbacks sO it doesn't interfere with the neignbornoods and the residential areas. So what we can do with that is set it up for a public hearing on that, and I'11 get with Marylynn and we'11 schedule that. And then    16  after that we would consider passage of it after we heard from the public with regards to that zoning change. So that will just keep that on track. And that's all I have  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  for passage tonight.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anybody have  any questions for the solicitor? Thanks,  Bill.  Marylynn, borough manager.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Okay. First, does  anyone have any questions on my financial  reports?  MS. AVVISATO: No.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Okay. The only  other thing I have for tonight is we received a memorandum of agreement from Lackawanna County. It's for hazard mitigation. So I would like to add that to  the agenda for tonight.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. MS. BARTOLETTI: That's it.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anything else,  Mar?  MS. BARTOLETTI: No, that's all. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anybody have    17  any questions for the borough manager?  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. HOOVER: How many applicants do  we have for the DPW?  MS. BARTOLETTI: One.  MR. HOOVER: Still one? After a  month.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Still one. MR. HOOVER: Any applications for  the other one we get.  MS. BARTOLETTI: No, nothing yet. MR. HOOVER: Nothing yet. Do you  want to interview one person?  MS. BARTOLETTI: I'm fine with it.  We still : we have a few more days. So how about once it's done, then we'11 wait.  MR. HOOVER: Okay.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anyone else  have any questions for the borough manager?  Thank you, Marylynn.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Welcome.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Before we go  into new business, we'11 go into public  comment. Pam Evans.  MS. EVANS: My first question is, I  wanted to know if the engineer had the    18  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  opportunity to check the wall at : the foundation at 149 Milwaukee Avenue.  MR. LOPATKA: I C did not. MS. EVANS: Okay.  MR. HOOVER: And what was that?  149?  MS. EVANS: Milwaukee Avenue. So  it's the old Preate foundation that is dilapidated. I emailed Chris, along with two of my neighbors, in May. So currently what we have now is an attractive nuisance. So in the event that anyone gets hurt or if something happens to someone if they're going up there, I made everyone aware of it. I S sent emails in May, and I have been coming to these meetings monthly regularly and bringing this up. So the ordinance violation is for the three properties that were submitted. He picked and choosed what properties and what ordinance violations that he wanted to submit. So after talking to an attorney - I have an attorney involved now. Because if someone gets hurt there or falls into my yard, then what? He put dirt on the side of the wall. Because    19  he said it was falling down. That was from the owner. So that's the first issue that I  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  have.  The second issues is the trailers  that are all there. Do you have proof of  them all being legal, Chris?  MR. HOOVER: Can we go on his  property and check those trailers?  MR. HART: So by  February 2nd is Billy and I were in court. He has to have everything presented and cleaned up and up to date. So I'm just waiting for February 2nd. It's on a judge's order.  MR. HOOVER: What about the  foundation?  MR. HART: The foundation : MS. EVANS: The foundation is not on  the ordinance violation and nor are the  trailers.  MR. HART: It is not. The  foundation started with him backfilling the road. And Billy and I spoke. That was a civil issue, but we agreed that we would go over and look at it. Tommy Chickey was backfilling that. He was backfilling it to    20  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  support the wall. And then there was a dispute there, and then we came up with that  it was, you know, a civil issue.  MS. EVANS: That is a civil issue. MR. HART: Okay. So then we agreed  we would go over and look at it, but :  MR. LOPATKA: I'11 get over there.  Thursday.  MS. EVANS: Thank you. MR. HART: He is under a court  order, you know, to clean up the property. Otherwise there's an assessed fine every single day afterwards, but he has until  February 2nd.  MR. HOOVER: And on your report it  says : so I could read the report for you.  MS. EVANS: Okay.  MR. HOOVER: It says Thomas Chickey  still has until February 2nd to clean the Preate Winery and surrounding properties under the judge's order, but after he will be assessed a $500 a day fine if it's not done. As for the residential property, that will fall into the zoning if that property is not cleaned. He also : he did not allow    21  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  access to his property where he lives. So I'11 have to coordinate that with Bill the solicitor and have a drone fly above which will take place after February 2nd.  MR. HART: Correct.  MS. EVANS: Okay. But the wall was  not included.  MR. HOOVER: They can look at the  wail.  MS. EVANS: Okay. And the trailers  were also not included. So all of the violations that we initially submitted to him, he did not put them all in there.  ATTY. RINALDI: Well, the trailers  were addressed with the letter because  that's a zoning violation.  MS. EVANS: Right. And he did move  that one that was residential.  ATTY. RINALDI: Right. So he got  the letter. He had 30 days to move it. I  understood he moved it.  MS. EVANS: He did move that one,  that's correct.  ATTY. RINALDI: So that's off the  residential lot. The wall, I don't know    22  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  that it's a hazard. First of all, it's private property. So I don't know what it looks like. It's on his property, and it would fall on easement area, which is your : your easement area. So it's not endangering any public property.  MS. EVANS: It's on the top of a  hill. So when it falls, my yard is a slope.  ATTY. RINALDI: Is that going to hit  a house when it falls? That's why I'm  waiting for the engineer.  MS. EVANS: No, it's going to hit my  fence. So my dogs are out there. My kids  are out there. Like :  MR. LOPATKA: I'm going to look  Thursday.  MS. EVANS: Okay.  ATTY. RINALDI: We can't police it  if it doesn't : you know, there's only certain criteria we can police it for.  MS. EVANS: So if you have  dilapidated foundation :  ATTY. RINALDI: This one we had is  because the woman needed access : she was very elderly, and it blocked her path to her    23  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  house. I don't know if this blocks a path to a house or not. So that's why the engineer is going to review it.  MS. EVANS: Okay. The next question  Ih have is the minutes. So I know that we're not : we are not able to upload them. Is there something you can have them in a binder accessible for us to review?  MS. BARTOLETTI: They are here all  the time.  MS. EVANS: So I could come in at  any time?  MS. BARTOLETTI: You could call.  You could say I'm going to come in, could you make a copy for me. Being that they are not on the website, I would be happy to give you a copy. Otherwise, 8:30 until 4:30, you could come here and you could look at them.  MS. EVANS: Okay. And I don't have  to pay for them?  MS. BARTOLETTI: No.  MS. EVANS: Okay. So I would like a  copy from everything from :  MS. BARTOLETTI: You could come in  tomorrow and request them. You don't have    24  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  have to say it now.  MS. EVANS: Okay. Perfect. I think  that's it.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Thank you.  Robert Zukauskas.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I'm dealing with my  neighbor, the Junken Monkey, the area's friendly junk removal. So I got some things. Mr. Hart, this Junken Monkey had a court hearing. I think it was the 17th : let me get this all straight here. There was a court hearing January 10th for this Junken Monkey to clean up this mess in the back of his property. He had five days :- he was fined $100 and had five days to clean up his mess. Now, this is what the Junk Monkey's mess looked like before. That's what the Junk Monkey's mess looked like  before the court hearing.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Is that the  back of the building?  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: That's the back of  the building. This is before the court hearing. You could see there's black mold there. So this is what the judge saw. This    25  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  is the picture the judge saw. Saw all this here. Now : sO that was before. Now, this is : that was five days that the judge gave this Junk Monkey to clean that mess up.  Now, it is seven days, and this is  what that same stuff looks like after seven days. This is what the Junk Monkey does. He doesn't clean the stuff up. He tarps it. He puts a tarp over this stuff here.  This is what it looks like today,  Mr. Hart.  So my question is, the judge : do  we have to go back to the judge to have this mess cleaned? That's what it looks like today. January 10th, the judge says you have five days to clean this stuff up, pay $100 fine. I don't know if he paid the $100 fine, but you could see 2:00 this afternoon that's what that looks like in the back. Do we have to go back to the judge to waste his time to get that stuff cleaned? Do we have  to do that?  MR. HART: The fines were paid. I  have the documents here.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Fine.    26  MR. HART: I was down there directly  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  after. Billy and I were in court. He pled guilty to everything. The whole front, everything is gone. I have pictures of the back from that day when we were in court and it was cleaned up. The judge agreed and  ruled.  MR. HOOVER: These are from today. MR. HART: Okay. But like I said,  this ended last week. I mean, I didn't go back since. When I went back after the inspection, this was not there sO this is new to me. But it's also not : I'm not  going to go live down there.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: This is my  question and my one and only question. That area is not zoned for a junkyard; correct?  MS. BARTOLETTI: Right. And we sent  him a letter, and I think he's moved out.  MR. HART: Yeah.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: So my question  is  MR. HART: There's nothing there. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Right. He's  not there anymore?    27  MR. HART: No. No, there's no cars  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  out in the driveway. The chief could tell you. He drove by today. There's nothing he was there yesterday. There's nothing  there.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: At 2:00 : you could  see I wrote there. 2:00 that's what it looks like. This is what it looked like before the hearing. This is what it looked like before the hearing. So what is he  saying?  MR. HART: If this is stuff left in  the back, I don't know why, but if it's left there for him to get out of there because he is taking everything out : because the chief could tell you. He was there. There's nothing left in the front. He  emptied everything :  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: There is a  basketball hoop in the front.  MR. HART: Yeah, there's a  basketball hoop there, but that's it.  There's nothing there.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: The two cars are  gone. And that was another thing, too. You    28  know, they were there for months and all. And then I thought they had to be towed away. A11 that Junk Monkey did was put the key in the ignition and drive those vehicles off that lot. Okay. Well, they are gone. Let's look at the back. That's what the back looks like at 2:00 today. Now, do we have to go back to the judge to get rid of that? Look at that mold. That's my house right here. I took $32,00 I spent to put a roof on my house, and you have that dump right across the street from me.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. HART: What's under the tarps?  G couldn't tell you. They were not there. Ih have pictures. I have pictures from five minutes before the court hearing took place. Imean, Billy was there with me. Once everything was settled in court, it was done  and over with.  MR. HOOVER: I'm guessing he took  the stuff from the front of the building and put it in the back of the building to cover  it.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Exactly.  MR. HART: Well, now, when the front    29  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  of the building was cleaned out, this was not in the back because I went down myself when the cars were gone. So he may have taken a side of a truck and put it there say today or yesterday. I don't know. But like Isaid, we ended the Court hearing, he paid the fines. I mean, if this is somewhere I got to sit there all day every day, I mean,  Iw will, I mean, but it's :-  MR. FEBBO: Go down tomorrow and  check it again.  MR. HART: I gladly will. And  that's all I'm saying is I inspected it after the hearing after the judge's ruling.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I don't know what  the heck he is saying. You can see for  yourself it's there.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: A11 he is  saying you can't see what it is under the  tarps you can't.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I don't know. It's  trash. I mean, the trash is still there.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. Chris,  go down and fine him.  MR. HART: That's the best I could    30  do.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Chris is going  to go down and fine him tomorrow because the judge told him to clean it up. Go down and  fine him tomorrow.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: One more thing I  would like to discuss. I have one more thing about this. I wanted to bring this up. I have something here about that building. May I read this. I prepared this up in November. I wanted to go to your work session, and I didn't make it in November. So this is what I wrote back in November. But I wanted to present this to the judge, but he said no, this is a zoning issue. When we were at the court with Mr. Rinaldi, we were just talking about the rubbish. So I said to the judge, I have something I want to read to you. And he's there, no, that's zoning. You got to talk to him about zoning. We're talking about rubbish. Okay.  So may I read this now.  The property at 1248 South Main  Street was once owned by 01d Forge resident Mrs. Biscontini. She operated a bar,    31  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Biscontini's, and outside of the bar alongside of the building, Mrs. Biscontini had a vegetable garden. Okay. Sam and Ann Freeze later bought that property. Sam : Ann continued to run that property as a bar, Ann's Cafe, and she offered pizza and beer. Sam was a mechanic. He paved over Mrs. Biscontini's vegetable garden on the side of that building and he built a garage, S&S Auto Repair. So Sam built that garage right there. And people used to ask, Sam, what does the S&S stand for? Because he had a son. He goes take your pick. It's either Sam and son or Sam and Sam. It was a joke because he did all the work himself. His  son did nothing.  So right now, for heat - now,  inside : we're talking about inside that building now. For heat Sam had a potbelly stove. He burned wood. That was his heat. There was no running water in that building. There is no toilet in that building.  The former S&S Auto Repair is now  being used as a gym. There is a guy that comes there seven days a week and works out.    32  He works for the Junken Monkey. He is one of the monkeys. He is one of the Junken Monkeys. So six days a week he comes works out. Because they have : God knows what kind of trash. They got gym equipment there. So he works out there. So my question is, has there been a change of use for that building? Being it's a gym now, don't have you to file a change of use? And is that building up to code for all that crap  that trash that's in there. Because  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: You mean a gym  as far as a business?  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: No, it's not a  business. It's one of his monkeys that comes and works out there. They put gym  equipment inside there.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I - don't think  that's illegal.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Okay. I 6 expected  that.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: It's not a  business. It's personal use.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: How about when the    33  Junken Monkey is using that, how about code?  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Is that thing up to code?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: As far as does  the garage need running water?  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: It's just a fire  hazard. It's a fire hazard.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Wait, one  second. Why would you think it's a fire hazard? The assistant fire chief is right here. We could ask him. Because he would  know the :  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Was it ever  inspected? Would you go out there and  inspect that property?  MR. STULL: Absolutely.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Okay. I would be  satisfied if somebody just inspected it. I  would be very satisfied.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: He'11 look at  it.  MR. HART: The owner will gladly let  me in he told me. The owner told me he'1l gladly let me in. He said all he has is personal gym equipment in there.  MR. HOOVER: A personal garage.    34  MR. HART: That's it.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Now, what about all  this mold and stuff on the back?  MS. AVVISATO: The owner has to get  rid of the mold.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Right. So they are  not doing nothing. It's been seven days. He had five days to clean out that stuff, and you can see 2:00 this afternoon :  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Chris is going  down there tomorrow to fine him.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: He'11 be fined? MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Chris. MR. HART: Yeah, I'17 go down. Like  I said, we went through everything. Billy saw the pictures from ten minutes before.  Everything was cleaned up.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: He hs a  judge's order :  MR. HART: And he did everything. MR. ZUKAUSKAS: No, he didn't do  everything. How could you say that when it's 2:00 where I have a picture there with that trash there. How could you say :  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Mr. Zukauskas.    35  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I'm sorry. Ij just  get emotional. I'm sorry.  MR. HART: At the end of the court  hearing  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: According to  -- Idon't know who the guy is you're  calling the Junk Monkey.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: The Junk Monkey.  He's a Monkey, and he's making a fool out of us. He's thumbing his nose to us. That's  what he's doing.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. At the  end of the court hearing, the front was all  cleaned up.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Well :  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: The front was  all cleaned up. If he moved the stuff into the back, now we know it's in the back. Chris is going to go there tomorrow. If it's that stuff or different stuff or stuff that has to be removed, Chris could fine  him.  MR. HART: It's different stuff. I  know for a fact it's different stuff.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. And    36  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  then Chris could fine him.  MR. HART: Because when I went down  when the cars were removed, I went in the back, and it was still the same way as the day of the court hearing. So this had to have happened over the weekend.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Attorney Rinaldi,  before that court hearing, would you agree that that's -- junk was in that picture that  s showed you before the hearing?  ATTY. RINALDI: I saw the pictures  from November, September. That's the ones  we used for the judge.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Do you think that  was clean?  ATTY. RINALDI: No.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Because he's saying  it's cleaned.  ATTY. RINALDI: He cleaned it  subsequent. Because I talked to Chris this week, and he said the guy is leaving. He is not even coming back to the site; correct?  MR. HART: Right. And like I said,  mean the chief is a witness :  ATTY. RINALDI: He is not even    37  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  coming back.  MR. HART: The fire chief. They  were both down there.  ATTY. RINALDI: I don't know if  that's the woman who own the property's stuff. We don't know because it wasn't there a day ago or two days ago. When we was there. He is not down there every day.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: But I am there. I  live there, and I can see this stuff.  ATTY. RINALDI: His job is to make  sure everything was out of there.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: But it's not. ATTY. RINALDI: But it was.  MR. HART: It was. I have pictures. MR. ZUKAUSKAS: It wasn't. How can  you people say that? I have pictures.  ATTY. RINALDI: I saw pictures of  the back of that building. There was nothing there the day before yesterday. So somebody moved stuff back there. It's news  to me.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I just don't  understand how you can say that there was nothing there because I have pictures of it.    38  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  ATTY. RINALDI: I saw the pictures.  A11 the tires was gone. Everything was cleaned up in the back of the building, just  the building.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: But do you see  what's there now?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: He's going down  tomorrow because it's there now.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Okay. So,  Mr. Rinaldi, would you agree that when he goes down there tomorrow that picture I showed you at 2:00, would you agree that all that has to be gone? There should be  nothing left there.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I don't know  what's back there. I have to wait until Chris comes back. Mr. Zukauskas, there is about four piles with tarps over it. I don't know what's under there. There's four tarps under here. I don't know what's under there. I have to send the zoning officer down because he gave him access to the property. Chris could go back there and remove the tarps. Now, I'm not saying : this is, what? Four piles of dirt. He    39  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  doesn't have to remove that.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: So if there is  rubbish under there, would you say  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Whatever would  have to be removed according to our ordinances, Chris will make him remove.  MR. STULL: Thursday morning. Now,  here's the only thing. If we go down there and we do an inspection on it, okay. They get a report that is sent to Chris, but they get 30 days to have everything made it before we go back and inspect it. So you're not going to get anything done overnight.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I have been here  since the summer. I understand that completely. I just want something done. I mean, he is just thumbing his nose at us.  What the heck is this.  MR. STULL: Then again, even if he  doesn't abide by it, after 30 days, we send our report back to Chris, and then it's in his hands, and then he's got to do whatever he's got to do with it. You just can't go in there and shut a business down like that.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: No, I understand    40  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  that. Send somebody to obey on order from a judge. What is that? Contempt? Is that what you call those? Contempt of court.  MR. STULL: We'11 go down there  Thursday. We'17 take a look at it. It's going to be a little bit of time. Then if you go back and he did some stuff to it, and he didn't do everything, then you have to extend that back out another 15 days to him sO that he could get everything taken care  of.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Mr. Rinaldi, just  one more thing. When we got to the hearing, the, the Junk Monkey raises his hand, and he said to the judge, you know, I have these ladders and stuff. Can I leave them outside. I'm going to prop them outside. And the judge said when I finish with my materials, you know, I put them in the garage. So the judge says, no, you can't put them outside. You have to put them in the garage. So you know what the Junken Monkey does? He puts them in the back. There's right in the back. There's no room in that garage for his ladders and stuff.    41  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  That's what he does. He just moves things  and tarps it.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: And that's why  we're going to send Chris down again tomorrow sO he could go and identify what's there and what's not. I ( can't guess at  what's there.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: I understand  Mr. Rinaldi. But it's just that, like I said, he's just : he's just ignoring everything as if, you know, he's just laughing. He's making a fool out of all of us. - Not only me, but everybody here. Who the heck wants a trash dump across from the street from their house. I just put $32,000 roof on my house. A11 my life I've been living here and never dealing with a person like this before. It's just so frustrating, and there's no reason for it. I mean, there's laws. Is he special that he doesn't  have to obey a court order?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Did he not  obey the court order?  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: He did not obey a  court order. It's still there, and it was    42  there since the summer.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. HART: There was pictures. I  mean, I'11 go back tomorrow.  MR. FEBBO: Just go back tomorrow. MR. ZUKAUSKAS: He is going to say  it's clean. I know that. So do I have to  go back to :  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Who is going  to say it's clean?  MR. HART: I'm taking Billy down  with me as well.  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: Who is Bill? MR. HART: Our assistant fire chief  right here And the chief if he wants to.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay.  Anything else, Mr. Zukauskas?  MR. ZUKAUSKAS: No, thank you. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. David Marhelski (phonetic.) THE WITNESS: Yeah, I would like to  know what the status is : it's been over a year : on the stormdrains up on the heights  section.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Are you  talking about the water Keyser Avenue?    43  THE WITNESS: Yeah.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Dave, we have  that. Right?  MR. LOPATKA: Yeah, we put a plan  together.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: $150,000 I  think. Right, Dave? Is that the estimate?  MR. LOPATKA: It's probably more  than that depending on what the extent is  you want to do it.  THE WITNESS: Is it going to be done  or is it not going to be done?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Well, if we  could find the 150,000.  THE WITNESS: Well, it seems we  could find money for everything else in town. So first of all, is Austin Heights  part of 01d Forge?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI:  Of course.  THE WITNESS: Do we pay taxes? MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I think you  do.  THE WITNESS: Well, there you go. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I don't check  anyone's tax roll.    44  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  THE WITNESS: I don't care, I'm a  taxpayer. I pay taxes.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I don't know  who pays taxes. I know I do.  THE WITNESS: So do I.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I'11 take your  word for it then.  THE WITNESS: So why don't you do  something. Everything in 01d Forge gets done but nothing ever gets done up there. The same thing people saying about the other  guy nothing gets done.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: We have to  find the money.  THE WITNESS: Maybe if somebody know  where Austin Heights is and talk a walk and knock on some doors up there and see with  what's going on.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I know where  Austin Heights is.  THE WITNESS: Then go up there. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I'm up there  three times a week.  THE WITNESS: Yeah, okay. I'm sure.  You could find money for everything else,    45  though. It's amazing. So in my opinion, I guess it's never going to get done.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: I would love  to fix it tomorrow, if I could.  THE WITNESS: Yeah. Well, it's not  going to get done. I could see it now. So it's a waste of time coming here.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anything else?  THE WITNESS: No.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: James Rezzino. MR. REZZINO: I have nothing. Thank  you.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: You sure?  You're on the list.  MR. REZZINO: Yeah. I'm good.  Thank you.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. You're  welcome. Anyone else before we move into  new business? Okay.  First item under new business, is  resolution one approve the 01d Forge Borough Police Department police general order 3.5.3. A resolution approving 01d Forge Police Department policy general order number 3.5.4 establishing guidelines and    46  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  procedures for multiple vehicles recorders and body cameras by the 01d Forge Borough  Police Department.  MS. AVVISATO: I'17 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilwoman Avvisato.  MR. BUTLER: I'17 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes.    47  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Second item is resolution number two  allowing for parking in the direction of opposing traffic during the months of January through March. Resolution allowing for parking in the direction of opposing traffic during the months of January from March on the easterly side of Apollo Drive for a distance of 700 feet from the  cul-de-sac traveling north in the Borough of  01d Forge.  MR. HOOVER: I'11 make that motion. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilman Hoover.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.    48  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Third item is motion to approve  invoices for payment for Dunbar's Evergreen Landscaping Incorporated in the amount of  $9,000.00.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 make that motion. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilman Butler.  MR. LETTIERI: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Lettieri. On the question. Public input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.    49  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Item number four is a motion :  there's going to be a motion to table the hiring of full-time police officers.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 make that motion. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilman Butler.  MR. FEBBO: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Febbo. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.    50  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. - BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Bill,  item 5.  ATTY. RINALDI: He corrected all the  issues with that. So it's a motion to  appoint Officer Terhune.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI:: Item number  five is a motion to approve officer Dennis Terhune to the sergeant rank position.  MS. AVVISATO: I'11 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilwoman Avvisato.  MR. HOOVER: And I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Hoover. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.    51  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Officer Terhune is in the back of  the room. congratulations.  MS. AVVISATO: congratulations. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Marylynn, item  number six is going to be a motion to add the sewer project on Apollo Street.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Yes. Add -- have  to adjust. So we're going to add that on, and the next one will be that one.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: So item number  six is going to be a motion to add. We're going to add motion to the sewer project on  Apollo Street.  The amount, Marylynn? MS. BARTOLETTI: $16,800.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: This is just a    52  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  motion to add to the agenda.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Yes. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anyone? MR. LETTIERI: I'17 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilman Lettieri.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes.    53  So next item will be motion to  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  approve the Apollo Street sewer project in  the amount of $16,800.  MR. FEBBO: I'11 make that motion. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilman Febbo.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. - BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. Next item is, once again, just a    54  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  motion to add to the agenda. It's going to be a motion to add memorandum of agreement of 2026 hazardous mitigation plan update.  MS. AVVISATO: I'17 make that  motion, Mr. Chairman.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilwoman Avvisato.  MR. HOOVER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Hoover. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes.  MS. - BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes.    55  This item will be to approve : sO  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  next item is a motion to approve a memorandum of agreement for the 2026 hazardous mitigation plan update. The city Borough of 01d Forge will cooperate with the Lackawanna County preparing for 2026 five year update of the Lackawanna County hazardous mitigation plan first adapted in 2009. This will be providing information to the best of our ability, attending meetings, and adopting the plan. As with the original plan, participating in the update process will remove the municipality from having to prepare its own individual plan and will not jeopardize the municipality's eligibility for disaster funding before or following an event. This is a motion to approve.  MS. AVVISATO: I'11 make that  motion, Mr. Chairman.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Motion on the  floor by Councilwoman Avvisato.  MR. BUTLER: I'11 second it. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Second by  Councilman Butler. On the question. Public  input. Roll call, please.    56  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: Yes. MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Rinaldi. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: I was just going to  add that it's 2026, but they are starting it early because there was grant money that they were able to use toward it. That's  all.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Okay. No more  items under new business. I'11 go down the table and see if anybody has anything before  we adjourn.  Mayor Legg.  MAYOR LEGG: Thank you,    57  Mr. Chairman. I would also like to congratulate Dennis. I think you will do a fine job and keep the chief moving. Okay.  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  That's all I have. Thank you.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: You're  welcome.  Councilman Febbo.  MR. FEBBO: In Bill's report :  Bill, you mentioned project 70 on there. Perhaps doing something and bring on Sam to look for grants. I would like to go forward and have him see what kind of grants are available out there for any projects that we have coming up, especially that projects   feel like if we take that off the table because we're not going anywhere with developing or selling the land anyway out of your plans. I would like to bring on Sam looking for - search grant money.  Do I need a motion on that? MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: No, he's  already on board.  MR. FEBBO: Let's get him in there  and meet with Marylynn and some of the Council. Get together with us and get him    58  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  with Marilyn and see where we can best utilize him for get some committees working.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Sounds good. MR. FEBBO: Perhaps we could look  for some money for your flood project up  there in the heights.  MR. HOOVER: I was just going to  mention that.  MR. FEBBO: The planning committee.  We got to get together let's look forward to, you know, finding some money. That's  all.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Thanks,  Councilman Febbo. Councilman Lettieri.  MR. LETTIERI: congratulations,  Dennis. That's all. I'm good.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Councilman  Butler.  MR. BUTLER: I'm good.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Councilwoman  Avvisato.  MS. AVVISATO: I was just going to  echo about grants for the heights. And I just want to congratulate Sergeant Terhune, and you're going to do a good job. I know    59  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  it. That's all I have.  MR. TERHUNE: Thank you ma'am. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Councilman  Hoover.  MR. HOOVER: On the grant for the  Keyser Avenue project. I think we should put this on head of the table and try to get this done because it's an ongoing problem up the there. And you know, he's only one resident that's coming here, and I've heard from two other ones. So I think we'17 get together and do something about it.  MR. FEBBO: We'11 act on finding  some grant money.  MS. AVVISATO: We will.  AUDIENCE MEMBER: I appreciate that.  When water pulls at the bottom of the thing when it gets cold and freezes, you're going to end up accident one way or other there.  MS. AVVISATO: You're right. MR. FEBBO: I agree with you there,  but I hear both of our arguments. It's an enormous amount of money to spend, which we don't have in our budget, but that being said, there's so much grant money out there.    60  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  AUDIENCE MEMBER: When they put the  stormdrains in, it's not you had to put them all them streets. The problem is when it comes down, it comes across. What they should have done was put the stormdrain on  the opposite side.  MR. FEBBO: What's done was done.  We could only go forward from here.  AUDIENCE MEMBER: And if they can do  it an easier way, fine.  MR. FEBBO: Well, we're going to  look into it. Okay.  AUDIENCE, MEMBER: A11 right. I  appreciate it.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Anything else,  Councilman Hoover?  MR. HOOVER: No, I'm done. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Dennis, once  again, congratulations. Great job.  With that said, motion on the floor  to adjourn.  MS. AVVISATO: I'11 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: By  Councilwoman Avvisato. A11 in favor?    61  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  (Unanimous. Meeting adjourned.)    62  1 2 3 4  CERTIFICATE.  h hereby certify that I attended the forgoing proceeding, the notes taken by me are contained fully 5 and accurately of the above cause, and that this copy 6 is a correct transcript of the same to the best of my  7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  ability.  9.00  aia  Mollie Gill, RPR Court Reporter  (The foregoing certificate of this transcript does not  23 apply to any reproduction of the same by any means 24 unless under the direct control and/or supervision of  25 the certifying reporter.)