Mayor & Town Council Monthly Publiç Meeting Date: Monday, September 25, 2023. Location: Kitzmiller Community Building Time: 7 PM In Attendance: Mayor Robert Reckart Councilman G. MichaelBrady Councilman Michael Hechmer Allegiance was led by Nancy Brady. Councilman Cory R. Stieringer Town Clerk Rebecca M. Glotfelty This meeting was called to order by Mayor Reckart at 07:02 PM. Opening prayer and Pledge of Councilman Stieringer motioned to accept the meeting minutes from Tuesday, August 29th, 2023. Councilman Brady seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion Carries. Announcements: -The new chairlift has been successfully installed and inspected by the state of Maryland! Newsletters will be prepared to send out by the end of next week. Ify you have any information you would like to include, please get in touch with Beccie. Recognized Guests: Dale Lipscomb - Museum Coordinator - Asked the council if it would be okay to drop the temperature in the museum to 58°F. Then, when we know the museum will be visited, we could increase the temperature to warm it up, then decrease the temperature after the visitors Nancy Brady = Owner of Helping Hands Thrift Shop/Resident - The clothing give-away at the thrift shopdidn'tnecessarily go as great as she planned, but it was definitely a joy to be able to the 6or7families that came. They haven'tnecessarly been too busy, but they have been help Diane Kisner - Kitzmiller Librarian - The Summer reading club for both adults and children had a total of 72 participants! They held 7 summer programs and had an overall participation of 186 participants. The library held 10 passive programs over the course of the summer for a total 131 Participants. They had 19 Reading Challenge Completers, with 311 books read in total. The of library will be giving away a FREE copy of the book There, There by Tommy orange and will be hosting a discussion on October 16th. The library will be starting a Student Discovery Series kids in grades K-12. October 18th from 4:30to 5:30 will be the first one and it will be on "Eco for Systems in your Backyard. . They will be learning how to build, Toad Houses and Bird which will be located in the Botanical Garden. As a reminder, the Department of Social Houses, also visits the library every third Thursday for individuals who need help with Mayor Reckart - President of the Kitzmiller Lions Club - He would just like to thank the Town Kitzmiller for the ad that they purchased for their 75th Anniversary Dinner. celebrate with 85 people in attendance, from all over the State of leave. steady. Services filing forms and of They were able to such with them. Maryland. Also, in Attendance with nothing to discuss was Sharon Paugh (K.V.F.D.), later joined by Missi USDA - Dump truck- Sam.gov was having technical issues allowing "vendors" to submit their application. Beccie had a few meetings to work out the bugs and was able to get them all Nesselrodt. Grants: September 2023 Meeting Minutes 114 resolved. We are down to the 10to 14 Business Day wait from the CAGE code people to verify Community Parks & Playgrounds - Restrooms - Peggy is officially moved back into her office, is slowly sorting through all her files. Is hoping to have an update on this by the end of Community Legacy - Sidewalks - All three invoices have been paid. Two have been refunded, waiting on the reimbursement for the final invoice, the County said that the guy who does the checks was on vaçation, and will have it no later than the end of next week (First Week in Oct). LPPI - Electric in Park- $30,000 for electrical upgrades in Park. Mayor was able to meet with an electrician from Metz Electric for the electrical upgrades in the park. They said they would be able to have electric installed on the Pond Side of the, Park by the end of October or early November. As for the Pavilion side of the park, it was advised that once the new restrooms are completed, then maybe we would be able to have an electrical box centralized from there SO that way there is a stationary spot for the electric for that end of the park. Project Open Space (POS) a The Town of Kitzmiller was awarded $30,000 to purchase/build: a portable stage to use for community events like Homecoming for example. all of our information. September. CDBG- 1. Blighted Property - Peggy was able to contact Cindy Stone about getting our next steps. Peggy is working with Cindy on completing the final application, which will be sent out on 09/26/2023. They like to report the funds when they announce the projects. Once Window Replacement at Community Center - We are currently working on an application for window replacement at the Kitzmiller Community Center (Former School). This grant will be roughly around $83,000. This will help contribute to weatherizing the building to help cut costs as far as heat and other costs. Peggy will Peggy hears back about this project, she willlet us know. update us as soon as she hears more. Old Business: Flags in Park - Parts are coming in slowly (Flags & Bases)! We also had a surprise sponsor, the Sponsors: 1. Toby Upton Memorial Fund, (Maryland Flag), 2. Kitzmiller Lions Club, (Marines), 3. Coal. Bucket Restaurant, (Navy), 4. Brian White & Barb McKenney, (Coast Guard), 5. VFW & VFW Auxiliary, (POW/MIA), 6. American Legion, (American Flag), 7. KVFD was able to raise funds in order to help buy one more flagpole. American Legion Associate Groups. (Air Force), & 8. KVFD (Army)- Dog on Main Street A formal letter has been sent. before he is able to start with this project. Oak Street & Alley K Storm Drainage - Johnny is waiting for some more equipment tto come September 2023 Meeting Minutes 2 I4 New Business: Cameras & Keyless Entry-c Councilmember Cory Stieringer made a motion to ask Network and Maxx Tech to verify if the estimates given were a hard price or ift there Chips were monitoring fees that would need to be paid. Once the answers to these questions have been any answered, Beccie is to email the, answers to the council SO they can make an informative decision to get the projectstarted. Councilmember Michael Hechmer seconded the Stairlift at School Estimate- Shenandoah Elevator Company (The same one who installed new chairlift at the Community Building) was able to take measurements to be able to the Town an estimate of howmuch it would cost for the town to install a chair lift at the give the Community Center (Former Elementary School). This estimate came in at a total of This chairlift would be installed at the front set of the steps SO visitors could the estimate until the next meeting, 10/23/23, in order to give the council 3-0. Motion carried. motion. Kitzmiller $23,699. access the stair lift enough time to think through the "Ramp Door" attached to the cafeteria. Councilmember Brady motioned to table about the project. Councilmember Councilmember Concerns: Stieringer seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion carried. G.Michael Brady - Lowes dropped off some supplies to finish the ramp project at the school. Those supplies need to be transferred to the, shop, SO they don'ts get stolen. Beccie will let Cory R. Stieringer - Update on the Fall Social, things are coming together. If anyone would Councilmember Brady motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:09 PM. Councilmember Hechmer Councilmember Brady motioned to enter executive session at 8:11 PM. Councilmember Councilmember Brady motioned to exit executive session at 8:34 PM. Councilmember Kenny know SO they can be moved. Michael Hechmer = Nothing to be a part of the event, please let him know. seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion carried. Stieringer seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion carried. Seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion carried. Phone Vote: A motion was made by Councilmember Hechmer on proceed with the installation of the security like Stieringer September 29th, 2023, to systems from Chips Network. Motion obtain a second. failed to Phone Vote: A motion was made by Councilmember Stieringer the Estimate given to the town from Maxx Tech systems for the Kitzmiller Community Center (Former School on October 4th, 2023, to approve Building) and Kitzmiller Town Services, LLC for the installation of security Hall. Councilmember Harvey seconded the motion. 3-1. Motion carried. These meeting minutes were prepared-bythe Town Clerk/Treasurer/gn1 Rebecca M. Glotfelty, Town owmshsg 3 September 2023 Meeting Minutes 314 These minutes were approved on this 23 day of the month of Cctohexin the year 2023 by the following Mayor and Town Council. Robert L. Reckart, Mayor Councilman G. Michael Brady MML Councilwoman Theresa R. Harvey/ EN .Hary Councilman Michael A. Hechmer Councilman Cory R. Stieringer Cguy 4 Saeo September 2023 Meeting Minutes 4 14