Borough of Coraopolis Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Regular Council Meeting viat teleconference April 10,2024 6:30PM  The Regular Meeting of the Borough of Coraopolis was called to order by Council Vice-President George Mihalyi.  Police Chief Denbow led the gatheringi ini the Pledge toi the Flag.  AF Roll Call of Members was then taken.  Present Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Michael Dixon, Mayor Absent Robb Cardimen  Allison Marine Via Teleconference  Mr. Mihalyi said Mr. Cardimen and Mr. Spencer will not bei in attendance this evening due to participating in a disaster Mr. Mihalyi said are there any questions from Borough Council ont the Agenda? Mr. Mihalyi said are there any visitor  drill today at the airport.  requests or comments regarding these Agenda items? Being none, the meeting continued.  Mr. Mihalyi said we have a presentation for Officer John Haring.  Police Chief Denbow saidl IV would like to recognize and commend Officer John Haring fort the work he has done fort the past fifteen years on the Borough Ordinances as our Ordinance Officer while also performing his regular patrol duties  andi investigations.  Mayor Dixon presented Officer Haring with the Outstanding Community Service Award. Officer Haring said thank you all, lappreciate it and he continued to explain.  Mr. Bolea made a motion to approve the Minutes of the March 13, 2024, Regular Council Meeting. Ms. Haskins  seconded the motion.  Motion passed by Unanimous Voice' Vote.  Mr. Bolea made a motion to approve the Minutes of the April 3, 2024, Council Workshop Meeting. Mr. Harris seconded  the motion.  Motion passed by Unanimous Voice Vote.  1    Mr. Bolea made a motion to approve the Invoices for April 2024 in the amount of $201,397.77. Ms. Haskins seconded  the motion. Upon Roll Call Vote Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Alison Marine Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Motion carried.  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Ms. Haskins made a motion to approve the Payroll fort the month of March 2024 ini the amount of $133,264.87. Mr.  Bolea seconded the motion. Upon Roll Call Vote Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Alison Marine Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Motion carried.  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Ms. Haskins made ar motion to approve Ordinance 1824 amending Ordinance 1249 prohibiting parking on the west side of Chess Street from the southern side of 4th Avenue to the northern side of Hiland Avenue. Mr. Bolea seconded the  motion. Upon Roll Call Vote Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Alison Marine Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Motion carried.  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Mr. Harris made a motion to approve Change Order No. 2 (Final) to decrease the contract amount by $22,335.25forthe Riverfront Park Improvement project with C.H. & D. Enterprises, Inc. Ms. Haskins seconded the motion.  Upon Roll Call Vote Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Alison Marine 2  Yes Yes Yes    Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Motion carried.  Yes Yes Yes Yes  Mr. Bolea asked for an explanation.  Mr. McCutcheon said the original contract was hundreds oft thousands of dollars andi this is decreasing it.  Mr. Null said this is to reconcile final quantities and he continued to explain.  Mr. Harris made a motion to authorize LSSE to prepare Bid Documents for thel Montour Street Roadway Improvement  Project. Mr. Bolea seconded the motion. Motion passed by Unanimous Voice Vote.  Ms. Haskins made a motion to approve the purchase of 8 Light Fixtures fort the Town Square Parking Lot from Sternburg  not to exceed $18,000.00. Mr. Harris seconded the motion.  Upon Roll Call Vote Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Alison Marine Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Motion carried.  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Ms. Haskins made a motion to approve the purchase of three 8-foot Rectangle Perforated Steel Tables, one 8-foot Portable ADAI Rectangle Perforated Steel Table and two 46-inch Square Perforated Steel Tables for $10,023.93 fort the Riverfront Park from Snider Recreation, Inc. COSTAR#014-22255. Mr. Harris seconded the motion.  Upon Roll Call Vote Rudy Bolea George Mihalyi Alison Marine Gary Flasco Kim Haskins Mike Harris Joe Szabat Motion carried.  No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Ms. Haskins made ar motion approve the use of Shelley Jones Memorial Park on Sunday, August 18, 2024, for the CFW Cancer Support Group Church event andt the closure of Mill Street from the northernly corner of 1st Avenue to the Water  Plant Building from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Mr. Bolea seconded the motion.  Motion passed by Unanimous' Voice Vote.  3    Ms. Haskins made ar motion to approve al handicap sign for Verna Lyles of 5071 Mt. Vernon Avenue. Mr. Harris seconded  the motion.  Motion passed by Unanimous Voice Vote.  Solicitor's Report  Mr. Richard Start said the parties have submitted their briefs on the zoning appeal case for Mr. Shallenberger's Riverhounds Facility and the decision is pending ini front of the Judge. Ido not have at timeline, soi it can be any day ora  long time from now, but as soon as Ido knowl I will reporti it.  Police Chief's Report  Chief Denbow gave the Police Department Report for the month of March 2024.  Chief Denbow said the National Drug Take Back from the DEA will be April 27th, from 10 am to 2 pm. We have a drop boxi in the front room for unused prescriptions. Do not bring any needles as they will not be accepted.  Engineer's Report  Mr. Drew Null: said Riverfront Park; you have the change order that was acted upon this evening. We do not have a pay Mr. Null saidt the grant application update fort the third and next phase includes the DCNR application was made earlier this month. The resolution was taken care ofl last month fort the Greenways Trails Program, sO we' re working on  request and some minor punchlist items are outstanding, but they are being worked on.  finalizing it.  Mr. Drew Null said the Ridge Avenue Tot Lot; the COSTARS proposal fort the surface was approved last month. Idid get an update from the contractor on the playground equipment. lam planning on a field meeting next week, and bei in Mr. Drew Null said the Mill Street Roadway Improvements; conceptual plans are being worked on to bring it back to Mr. Drew Null said Neely Heights Roadway and' Waterline and Sewer mprovementglantcpate having this out to bid Mr. Drew Null said Montour Street was out for motion this evening funding in the amount of $456,516.00 was awarded through the Commonwealth Finance Authority Multimodal Transportation Fund. This is below the request of  shortly after that, sO start the prep work.  Council.  for consideration for next month's meeting.  $565,000.00 for the project, but still substantial.  Mr. Drew Null said Grant Applications; there are a number of grant applications listed. There isn't a response on the COG and PennDOT Multimodal. You have until the end of Mayi if you want to look at the Flood Mitigation Program.  Eligible projects include engineering studies required for levy certification.  4    Mayor's Report  Mayor Dixon said would like to extend my extreme thanks for the condolences that my family and Ireceived from the  community and Council Members in regards to the passing of my father.  Committee Reports/Comments from Council iss scheduled for the end of the month. Mr. Bolea said have nothing this evening. Ms. Marine said Ihave nothing to report this evening. Ms. Haskins saidI have nothing to report.  Mr. Flasco said the Personnel Committee has a second meeting scheduled with the Police regarding their contract. This  Mr. Szabat said thel Library Board met last week and advised them that there would be a motion at the Workshop Meeting regarding the asbestos abatement contract. The low bidder was BLT Contracting Inc. in the amount of $37,255.00. Mid Atlantic Environmental Consultants will oversee the abatement project at a rate of $400.00 fore every Mr. Harris saidI have a comment on Ms. Barb' Williams who is looking for al longer payment process with delinquent tax payments. Mr. Cardimen and had a call with Tucker Arensberg and eventually: an extension would be on1 the Borough and asked about fees that the Borough would incur due to penalties and administrative work. These fees would eventually be passed back onto the resident and he continued to explain. Mr. Harris said there are personal choices that can be made with the property owner, ift they sO choose. Thati is the best that we can do, Iwas hoping Ms. Williams  eight hours of work and he continued to explain.  would bel here to heart this information, but V will make sure that she does get it.  Managers' Report  Mr. McCutcheon saidI Ireceived a request today from the CCDC and they want to close the section of Pine Alley from Broadway tot the back oft their property. Their event is not until May 11h, so it can be added tot the Workshop agenda Mr. McCutcheon said ify you haven't heard, the Sewickley Bridge will close completely starting on the evening of Friday, April 19th and willl be closed for ten days. There willl be some extrai traffici in Coraopolis, sO we will have Officers at 5th Mr. McCutcheon saidt the Civil Service Test was administered last night and it is my understanding that it went well. Mr. McCutcheon said we have a parade meeting scheduled with the VFW fort the Memorial Day Parade.  andi it can be approved at the Workshop Meeting next month.  and Montour, Ridge and! 5th and Ferree and he continued to explain.  5    Mr. McCutcheon said we are having some more issues with the Riverhounds, they were playing music with the doors closed and people on Cornell Street were. hearing the bass. We also had an officer on the Montour Trail and he said he could hear the bass as well. We are not getting anywhere negotiating with them sO it will go  before aj judge and he continued to explain.  Mr. McCutcheon said we do need to pick a date for the Grand Opening of] Riverfront Park. Do we want to do that before Memorial Day and maybe have a cook out with hot dogs? A discussion pursued and Mr. Mayor Dixon said let me know when you pick a date and I will get the hot dogs for you.  McCutcheon said let me know what everyone wants to do.  Mr. McCutcheon said a Riverfront Park was mentioned on television which made me think that there are: many Riverfront Parks along the Ohio River, sO maybe we should refer to it as the Coraopolis Riverfront Park and he Mr. McCutcheon said Mr. Cardimen and I were looking at the Totl Lot and there are quite a few trees on the west side oft the playground area. Rick came out and he will remove about 201 trees for $4,080.00. He Mr. McCutcheon said there are two other trees along the walkway (ifyou) know where the steps going down to Mr. McCutcheon said Ms. Marine and Imet with the STS representative for the cameras and he was happy to hear those trees were coming down, sO two cameras will cover everything and he continued to explain. Mr. McCutcheon said Ms. Marine got a quote for the cameras at Riverfront Park in the amount of $10,717.00 Mr. McCutcheon said Italked with Dennis (our IT person) and explained we would be using the internet from the CWSA and he was shocked ofl how old the system is and advised us to contact Verizon to upgrade and a Mayor Dixon said ifyou want me to. look over any oft that just let me. know, I am happy to give my professional  continued to explain.  continued to explain and a discussion pursued.  the YMCA were) there are two trees there that he said he will remove for $1,800.00.  and he continued to explain. discussion pursued. opinion.  Mr. McCutcheon said I'd bel happy to.  Mr. Bolea made a motion to go into Executive Session. Ms. Haskins seconded the motion.  Motion Approved by Unanimous Voice Vote. Motion Approved by Unanimous Voice Vote. Motion Approved by Unanimous Voice Vote.  Mr. Bolea made ai motion to come out of Executive Session. Mr. Harris seconded the motion.  Mr. Bolea made ai motion to Adjourn. Ms. Haskins seconded the motion.  Meeting Adjourned.  6