1  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21  OLD FORGE BOROUGH COUNCIL OLD FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA  IN RE: SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL  FEBRUARY 6, 2024 7:10 P.M.  OLD FORGE MUNICIPAL BUILDING 314 SOUTH MAIN STREET OLD FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA  COUNCIL MEMBERS:  RUSSELL RINALDI, PRESIDENT  JAMES HOOVER 22 ANDREW BUTLER MICHAEL KOMENSKI JENNA JONES-SHOTWELL  23 24 25  WILLIAM RINALDI, ESQUIRE, SOLICITOR  Mark Wozniak Official 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: At this time  the chair is going to entertain a motion to  open up the special meeting.  MR. HOOVER: I'17 make that motion. MR. RUSSEL RINALDI: By Councilman  Hoover. Second?  MR. BUTLER: I'17 second.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Seconded by  Councilman Butler. On the question? Public  input? Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Shotwell?  MS. SHOTWELL: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Komenski?  MR. KOMENSKI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler?  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover?  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Rinaldi?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. The  special meeting is open. There's only one item under new business. That item's going    3  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  to be a motion to approve a resolution of the Borough of 01d Forge authorizing the execution of the cable franchise agreement with RCN Telecom Services of Lehigh, LLC, Astound, for the Borough of 01d Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.  Whereas, pursuant to the Cable  Company Policy Act of 1984, the Cable Television and Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission and Pennsylvania law 01d Forge borough is authorized to grant franchises to construct, operate and maintain a cable system utilizing public right-of-ways and properties within the borough of  jurisdiction."  At this time the chair is going to  entertain a motion to approve this  resolution.  MS. SHOTWELL: I'11 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: By  Councilwoman vones-Shotwell.    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  MR. KOMENSKY: I'11 second that. MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Seconded by  Councilman Komenski. On the question? Public input? Roll call, please.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilwoman  Shotwel1?  MS. SHOTWELL: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Komenski?  MR. KOMENSKI: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Butler?  MR. BUTLER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman Hoover?  MR. HOOVER: Yes.  MS. BARTOLETTI: Councilman  Rinaldi?  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: Yes. At this  time the chair is going to entertain a motion to adjourn the special meeting.  MR. KOMENSKI: I'11 make that  motion.  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: By Councilman  Komenski. A17 in favor?  (Unanimous.)  MR. RUSSELL RINALDI: The special    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  meeting is now closed.    6  1 2 3 4 5 6 7  CERTIFICATE  Ih hereby certify that I attended the foregoing  proceeding, took stenographic notes of the same, that the foregoing, consisting of 5 pages, is a true and correct copy, done to the best of my ability, of same  8 and the whole thereof.  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Mark Wozniak  Official Court Reporter