MINUTES March 4, 2024  NORTH CATASAUQUA BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING  CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE ROLL CALL PRESENT:  President Peter Paone (virtual), Vice President. John Yanek, Councipersons: Adam Landis, Mike Macsisak, Jessica Cope, Michele Hazzard, Dan Snyder. Jr. Councilperson Kaitlyn Lawton Mayor Molchany, Solicitor Stephanie Steward,  Secretary Tasha Jandrisovits, Treasurer Annette Englert  ABSENT:  na  Also in attendance was Police Chief Christopher Wolfer (virtual) and Fire Chief Roger Scheirer.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION:  By Michele Hazzard to approve the meeting minutes from the February 19th meeting. 2nd by Mike Macsisak. No additional discussion, all in  favor.  PEOPLE PRESENT  Mayor Molchany swore in two new police officers- Samuel Safadi and Quentin Knecht both  took the Oath of Office.  OFFICE REPORT- Tasha Jandrisovits  Heavy equipment bid - received only one bid -i it was from Lorah Excavating. Opened by John at the meeting, John read the prices to council. Mike commented that those were  really good prices. MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to accept the bid from Lorah Excavating for heavy equipment. This was the only bid received. Price list attached to the end of report. 2nd by Dan Snyder. Noadditional discussion, all in favor.  Almond Street repair bid - no bids received. Stephanie stated we will need to rebid.  MOTION:  By Jessica Cope to approve re-advertising the bid for Almond Street repair. 2nd by Dan Snyder. No additional discussion, all ini favor.  Page 1 of4    TREASURER REPORT - Annette Englert  All the year-end reports were completed: Costars 2024 Road Salt Program Survey of Financial Conditions  Local Share. Assessment report for the DCED on gaming funds AG385 for the Police and Non-Uniform Pension Funds Chapter 94 for the Borough of Catasauqua Sewer Flows  Completed all the paperworki fori the 2023 actuarial report for Foster: and Foster: and ready  for Michele to sign.  PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR REPORT = Travis Brett - no report. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORT - Greg Scheirer - no report. FIRE/CILSERVICE/OPERATIONS - Roger Scheirer  11 calls for the month of February. Average response from dispatch to enroute is 3 7n members in firefighters' class 2 right now, this is a 100-hour class. Departments will Roger handed out reports to council, lists Incident type on page 1 and times of dispatch reported how long on that incident, etc. He will provide this report each month. Civil service set dates for the testing (4/20) and interviews (5/1-6 6pm), for the full time SRO position, it was advertised, posted on website and doors. Applications are due 3/22  minutes, 48 seconds.  have 90% of members ati firefighter 2 level.  by 4pm.  Civil Service will present the list to council the first meeting in May.  Belfor completed the temporary roofr repair.  Heater on the first floor of the Borough building stopped working 4 days ago. Roger secured 3 quotes-Henderson: $22, 470, Deiter Bros. $26, 584 and Climatemp $39,205.  Pete thanked Roger and the fire departments for their response to the 3rds street fire. Roger discussed that Henderson has a 5-year parts and one year labor warranty. Maintenance contract would be the same, will need prices if we choose to get one. Prefer option 2 on their quote, using existing heater for office and PD has mini splits already. The new unit will put the  entire first floor on onezone.  MOTION:  By Adam Landis to accept the bid from Henderson for $22,470.00. 2nd by  Dan Snyder. No additional discussion, all in favor.  POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT- Chief Wolfer  Chief Wolfer's monthly stats report and data is attached to the end of this report. Wei instructed Physical Conditioning at the Lackawanna Police Academy on February 27,  2024. The primary instructor was Corporal Santiago  Page 2 of4    ChiefWolfer: asked for approval for 3 locks for evidence room, storage room and firearms room - max price of $520.00. John confirmed with Annette there was money in the  budget for this purchase.  MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to approve the purchase of 3 locks with a max price of $520.00. 2nd by Adam Landis. No additional discussion, all ini favor.  ChiefWolfer confirmed theya are actually on: sale, he placed the order and costi isonly $345.96. 1316 3rd handicap parking temporary, revisit from last meeting. No off-street parking is  available. Chief Wolfer recommended approval.  MOTION:  By Michele Hazzard to approve the temporary handicap parking spot at 13163rds Street. 2nd by Dan Snyder. Mike Macsisak abstained. No  additional discussion, alli in favor.  1144 3rd handicap parking - resident has cane, unable to walk length of yard to get to  parking. ChiefWolfer recommended approval.  MOTION:  By. Jessica Cope to approve handicap parking at 11443rds Street. 2nd by  Dan Snyder. No additional discussion, all in favor.  TRAINING COMPLETED  Police Administrator Debbie Bailey completed Municipal Records Managementraining  through PA. Association of Boroughs  Corporal Santiago completed Police Executive training through Penn State  OFFICE INSURANCE & PERSONNEL REPORT - Adam Landis no report.  PUBLIC WORKS REPORT-, John Yanek no report RECREATION COMMITTEE REPORT - Michele Hazzard  Michele stated the rec committee is meeting next week. They ran ads for the park program but are not getting applicants. They are meeting with the YMCA to review what they can offer; they could take over and run the program, John thought this was a better option than cancelling for the second summer. Pete asked when they needed council to vote to give the YMCA notice,  Michele said they have until May to let them know. LAW COMMITTEE REPORT Michele Hazzard - no report  Page 3 of4    PUBLIC PROPERTY & PARKS REPORT Jessica Cope no report PUBLIC SAFETY-POLICE -I Michael Macsisak- no report PUBLIC SAFETY-FIRE REPORT - Daniel Snyder - no report  MAYOR REPORT - William J. Molchany Commerce will be held on April 24th at 6pm. SOLICITOR REPORT - Atty. Stephanie Steward  Mayor Molchany reported the bench dedication at the park with the Whitehall Chamber of  Stephanie had nothing to report, and stated she was happy to answer any questions. John asked what happens with Almond Street if we still do not get any response after 2nd advertisement. Stephanie confirmed we can then go through alternate procedures; she will  confirm we have a resolution in place for that. COUNCIL PRESIDENT REPORT- Peter Paone  Pete stated he received a bid from Keystone Engineering just this morning for the creation ofa bid package and the project evaluation for the roof repair/replacement. He will review and  discuss at the next meeting.  NEW BUSINESS - no new business APPROVAL OF BILLS MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to approve payment of all invoices. 2nd by Adam  Landis. No additional discussion, alli ini favor.  ADJOURNMENT  MOTION:  By. Jessica Cope to adjourn the meeting at 7:32pm. 2nd by Dan Snyder.  No additional discussion, all ini favor.  ATTEST:  Tasha Jandrisoyits Borough Secretary Page 4 of4    10  LL    A    ?    a  vodayppupsio/o#    CATASAUQU FIREI DEPT,  North Catasauqua Fire Company This report was generated on 3/4/2024 9:14:16 AM Start Date: 02/01/2024 IE End Date: 02/29/2024 MUNICIPALITY: CATASAUQUA Station 18 North Catasauqua Fire: :  North Catasauqua, PA  Incident Type Count per Municipality per Station for Date Range  INCIDENTTYPE 111-E Building fire 151- -( Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 440- Electrical wiringlequipment problem, other 442- Overheated motor 651 Smoke scare, odor ofs smoke 710-N Malicious, mischievous false call, other 733- Smoke detector activation due to malfunction  #INCIDENTS  2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 8  # Incidents for 18 North Catasauqua Fire: #INGIDENTS FOR CATASAUQUA:  MUNICIPALITY: COPLAY Station 18 North Catasauqua Fire:  611- Dispatched & cancelled en route  1 1 1  #h Incidents for 18 North Catasauqua Fire:  #INCIDENTS FOR COPLAY:  MUNICIPALITY: NORTHAMPTON. 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