Council Meeting August 5, 2024  Page 2  Turtle Creek Borough regular monthly Council Meeting, held on August 5, 2024, was called to order by Vice-President Max Spencer who led the  Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call:  President Bianchi - absent Mr. Estocin = absent Ms. Henkel = present Mr. Nolan = present Solicitor - present  Mr. Sanker = present Mr. Spencer - present Mr. King - present  Mayor Forgie = present by phone  Approval of the July 2024 minutes:  Motion  Ms. Henkel, Mr. Sanker approving the July 2024 minutes as submitted. Motion carried.  Correspondence: None  Citizens Report: Ron Gehry-1208 Chestnut Street asked if Council has made a decision on speed bumps for Chestnut Street. The committee is still looking into traffic calming. The committee is creating guidelines and Mr. Gentry stated he talked to the school about the weeds on their property. If the school doesn't remove the weeds the code enforcement  to have some type of deterrence.  will be notified. Committee Reports: Ms. Henkel- None Mr. King- None Mr. Nolan- None    Page 3  Mr. Sanker- None  Mr. Spencer- Asking council to consider a conditional full time police officer position to Rose Mizak at the rate of $28.85 to start on September 1, 2024. The condition is that she must pass all the pre-employment  requirements.  Motion  Mr. Nolan, Mr. King approving the condition full time police position to Rose Mizak at $28.85, passing all pre-employment requirements. Motion carried.  Mayor Forgie- Thanked Council for hiring Ms. Mizak, which now the department has 7 fulltime and 2 part time officers. A grant was obtained for new AED machines from Eastern Area Pre-Hospital and UPMC. Training will be provided on the use of the AED machine. Officer Brian Neff has completed the training to become a firearms instructor. Starting next Monday I will return to office hours. Thanked Chief McCaul for all  his hard work.  Police and Public Safety  Chief's Report for July 2024:  Total Incidents Total Lockups Traffic Suspicious Person Stolen Vehicles Wanted Persons Shots Fired Transport to ACJ Investigations Dispute/Domestics Juvenile Comp/Runaway  444 Year to date 2879  3 85 11 1 2 1 6 3 44 6    Page 4  Walk in to station Check the Welfare Accidents Animals Comp. Other Solicitor - None Old Business:  18 9 8 7 236  Ratifying payment of the July 2024 bills in the amount of  $270,344.22.  Motion  Ms. Henkel, Mr. Sanker ratifying the action taken by the Borough Administrator in the payment of the July 2024 bills in the amount of $270,344.22. Motion  carried.  New Business: None  Motion  Ms. Henkel, Mr. King adjourning until the next meeting on Monday, September 9, 2024 at 7pm. Motion carried.  Recorded by Julie Pantalone