MINUTES January 3, 2023  NORTH CATASAUQUA BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING  PEOPLE PRESENT CALL TO ORDER-7 7pm PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENT:  President Peter Paone, Counciipersons: Mark Gioielli, Dan Snyder, Michele Hazzard, Mike Macsisak. Mayor Wm. Molchany. Solicitor Steven Goudsouzian, Also present were Police Chief Christopher Wolferand Fire Chief Roger Scheirer  Treasurer Annette Englert, Secretary Tasha Jandrisovits  ABSENT:  John Yanek, Jessica Cope  APPROVAL OF MINUTES  MOTION:  By Mark Gioielli to approve the minutes from 12/5/2023. 2nd by Mike  Macsisak. No additional discussion, all in favor.  PEOPLE PRESENT  Dave Kutzor Pete confirmed that Dave has reviewed the plan for 1021 5th Street from New Image Enterprises. Dave read his letter dated January 3rd, 2023 which reviews the request before council in detail. Letter is attached to the minutes for the record. Dave confirmed yes, the applicant was there tonight to receive approval from the Borough Council for his plan. Dave discussed the zoning hearing board approval, the planning commission approval, with two outstanding issues per his review. One is the placement of the sanitary laterals on the plan and the other is the payment of the $600 for open space, which the developer agreed to pay. The plans show the trees and shrubs as requested by the planning commission to meet the SALDO requirements. Dave stated the shrubs will provide an excellent Dave confirmed that concrete pavers were added. Trees and shrubs will provide al buffer, grow area, require minimal maintenance and can achieve al hedge with these bushes, keep leaves all Pete discussed the sanitary laterals; they still need tol be shown on the plan. This is important because there are two separate laterals for two separate properties. Brian stated he will have the location of sanitary laterals added toi the plan. Brian also noted the plans were incorrect in  bufferwith their growth and hardiness.  year long.  Page 1 of7    the header, they! list 2-bedroom units, the plan should read 4 = 1-bedroom units. He will revise Mike asked about off street parking. Dave confirmed there are 6 parking spaces off street, which complies with the zoning and that was not one oft the variances that zoning needed to approve, Dave discussed most of the 11 variances were not self-imposed, they were due to the Steve told council they have the option of approving conditionally now, approving the waivers and the plan subject to final edits and approval by the engineer and review by the solicitor  and send corrected copies tomorrow.  use of the existing structures.  along with payment of applicable fees.  MOTION:  By Mark Gioielli to grant final approval of the Minor Subdivision Plan, dated 2/4/22, revised 12/28/22. This includes granting of the waivers below set forth in the engineer's letter dated January 3rd, 2023, specifically listed below. Approval is subject to the items noted on the engineer's letter dated January 3rd, 2023, which include placement oft the sewer laterals on the plan along with updates to reflect units as one bedroom. After final review by the engineer and the solicitor. Developer shall also pay all applicable fees. 2nd by Michele Hazzard. No additional  discussion, all in favor.  1. S.A.L.D.O. Section IV. Design Standards, Section 420 Block and Lot Design Standards, 425 General Lot Design Standards, 425.4... depth of residential lots shall be not less More than 50% ofi the lots in this neighborhood do not meet this criteria.  than one. nor more than three times their width.  2. S.A.LD.0.Section IV Design Standards, Section 420 Block and Lot DesignStandards, 427 Lot Access, 427.6 The centerline of an access road shall not be closer to an intersection of street centerlines depth. 427.62 multi-family residential The driveway across the street is approximately the same distance from the intersection. Additionally, in the neighborhood there are several small street intersections with garages on the ROW line putting the driveways at the  developments, 427.623 Fiftyfeet if both streets are local.  intersections.  TREASURER REPORT - Annette Englert  TREASURERSREPORI JANUARY 2023#1  Our general fund ended with at tentative balance of $64,838.62 and sewer fund witha a  tentative balance of $293,883.39  Page 2of7    1. We received the reimbursements on the following grants- Grow NORCO = Carport & Fence Project $50,000 Grow NORCO - Fire Dept Air Packs $50,000 Northampton Livable Landscapes - D&L #58,363.63  2. We were notified that we will were approved for the following Northampton County  Hotel Tax grants in 2023- NCPA Community Days- $2100 Summer Concert Series-$ $2000 OFFICE REPORT - Tasha Jandrisovits Bid for Heavy Equipment for 2023  Lorah excavating was the only bid submission. Pete read the rates for 2023, Mike  agreed these prices were reasonable.  MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to approve the bid from Lorah Excavating for 2023 pending approval from Solicitor. 2nd my Michele Hazzard. No additional  discussion, all in favor.  Ordinance for Moyer Way MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to approve Ordinance #438 for Moyer Way. 2nd by  Mark Gioielli. No additional discussion, all ini favor.  Millage Ordinance MOTION:  By Michele Hazzard to approve Ordinance #439 the 2023 millage rate of 13.7%. 2nd by Mark Gioielli. No additional discussion, all in favor.  Printer- amend agenda to discuss  MOTION:  By Mark Gioielli to amend the agenda to discuss the ordering of a new printer for the police department- - Chief and Detective's office. 2nd by Mike Macsisak. No additional discussion, all ini favor.  Printer - cost is $641.33 if we want to purchase outright or $12.76/month for 5 years. Printer comes with toner for 1k black and white and 1k color copies. Council agreed to  purchase outright rather than lease. 4-week lead time.  MOTION:  By Dan Snyder to approve the purchase of the above printer for $641.33. 2nd by Mark Gioielli. No additional discussion, all in favor.  PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR REPORT - Travis Brett  No report. Page 3of7    CIVIL SERVICE-I Roger Scheirer  No report.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORT - Roger Scheirer  Effective 1/2023 -E Emergency evacuation plan revised and in affect. Copies handed outi to those  who needed.  FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT - Roger Scheirer  -  PAS  2023 Officer Contact Listing  Fire Chief1801 Roger Scheirer ortncatasauquaema@yanoo.com Cell # 484-239-0551 Borough Cell # 610-663-4232 Assistant Chief1802 Dan Dougherty Neverwins006@verizon.net  Cell # 484-866-7559 Cell # 610-428-9211 Cell # 610-751-7082 Cell # 484-221-0886  Lieutenant 1807 Brad Panto bpantz62@gmal.com Fire Marshal FM18 Fran Hadik hads18@a0l.com  Police Fire Marshal 77 Detective Stephen O'Donnell sodonnell@ncatapd.org  Chief Scheirer also handed out a comprehensive report on call volume, call types, and training ini the department. The full report will be attached to the final minutes recorded in the office. CPR training, Stop the Bleed, AED and Hazmat refresher training completed combined with Catty Fire Department. Pete thanked Roger for the level of detail and transparency in his  monthly and year end reports.  Page 4of7    POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT - Chief Wolfer  POLICE  North Catasauqua Borough Police Department January 2023 1st Monthly report  Moving Forward  RTK SOP, Bias-Based Policing, and Record Retention and Destruction SOP  We began our audit of the disabled parking spots throughout the Borough and will give monthly status updates. So far, we completed Front Street and all the number streets. On these streets there were a total of 38 signed disabled spots. Of the 38, 14 were verified with valid placards, 2 aret for the! Masonic' Temple, and letters were sent out to 22 residences for either not having the appropriate request form and/or not having a valid placard attached to our records. It should be noted that all spots that had expired or no placards also did not have the proper request form. Every council member was given a sample of the letter sent. The residents had 30 days from date of postmarkto On December 14th, we were audited by the PA: State Police juvenile unit. Overall, went very well. There were: some minor changes that needed to be made to our protocols and Ofc. Hazim began phase II of Field Training on 12/26/2022. Doing well so far. We were awarded the Medical Marijuana Grant that we applied for early in 2022. This is anot match grant in the amount of $49,900 to train officers, acquire supplies, and create al Medical Marijuana community outreach program ini the Borough of North Catasauqua  respond.  these changes have since been completed and enacted.  for the 2023 & 2024 calendar year  TRAINING COMPLETED  Ofc. Santiago andlcompleted DUI case law training through thel Institute for lattended open records training through the PA Association of Boroughs Ofc. Douglas completed Surveillance Awareness training through the US Dept. of  Law Enforcement Education  Homeland Security  Page 5 of7    Ofc. Santiago completed Personal Fitness Trainer Certification through the Ofc. Hazim completed Police Cyclist training through the International Police Mountain Bike Association. He is now fully trained and certified as a bicycle cop  International Sports Medicine Association  MOTION: MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to add discussion of 2022 police vacation time toi the agenda. 2nd by Michele Hazzard. No additional discussion, all in favor. By Pete Paone to approve carryover of police vacation through June of 2023. 2nd by Mike Macsisak. No additional discussion, all in favor.  OFFICE INSURANCE & PERSONNEL REPORT - Mark Gioielli  No report. Absent.  PUBLIC WORKS REPORT- John Yanek  RECREATION COMMITTEE REPORT - Michele Hazzard LAW COMMITTEE REPORT Michele Hazzard  Meeting. January gth. No report. Absent. No report. No report. No report. No report.  PUBLIC PROPERTY & PARKS REPORT Jessica Cope PUBLICSAFEIV-POLCE- Michael Macsisak PUBLIC: SAFETY-FIRE REPORT - Daniel Snyder MAYOR REPORT - William J. Molchany, Jr. SOLICITOR REPORT - Atty. Steven Goudsouzian COUNCIL PRESIDENT REPORT Peter Paone  Pete wished Happy New Year to all. He let council know that we received applicants for the part time office assistant and the Treasurer. Per past practice, the office staff will meet with candidates first. For the full-time position, candidates will then be passed to the Office  Committee, if available, for 2nd interviews.  Page 60 of7    NEW BUSINESS No new business. APPROVAL OF BILLS MOTION: ADJOURNMENT MOTION:  By Mike Macsisak to approve payment of all invoices. 2nd by Mark  Gioielli. No additional discussion, all in favor.  By Michele Hazzard to approve adjourning the meeting at 7:38pm. 2nd by  Mike Macsisak. No additional discussion, all in favor.  ATTEST:  Tasha. Jandrisovits' Borough Secretary  Page7of7