Johnsonburg Borough Regular Meeting April 8, 2024  Call to Order Silent Prayer Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes  Regular Meeting March 11, 2024 Guests & Public Comment on Agenda Items  Reports Mayor. Police Department Fire Department Street Department Council Committees Finance/Bills for Payment Borough Solicitor Engineer & Code Enforcement Municipal Authority Recreation Board 1. - EMS Voter Referendum  Old Business  2. 2021 CDBG Second Ave Parking Lot Project 1. Johnsonburg Community Trust Request 2. Borough & Domtar Annual Fireworks Sponsorship  New Business  Executive Session  Public Comment on Agenda Items  Adjournment    219  Johnsonburg Borough Regular Meeting March 11, 2024 4:00 p.m.  Call to Order Silent Prayer Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call/Attendance Cherry, Scott Clopp, John DeAngelo, James DePanfilis, James R. Imbrogno, Louie Imbrogno, Tom Johnsonburg Municipal Authority Kilhoffer, Rachel Maletto, Alfred]. Miller, Ryan (ARS Engineering) Paget, Kyle Poague, Eric Thomas, John R. Warmbrodt, Richard  Title Councilman Police Chief Councilman Councilman Councilman Street Superintendent Representative Secretary President Engineer/ Code Enforcement Mayor Councilman Solicitor Councilman  Present Absent Excused  X X X X X X X X X X X X XA  Approval of Agenda: Amotion wasmade by Councilman Warmbrodt and seconded by Councilman DeAngelo to. approvethe agenda. Motion carried unanimously.  Minutes: Amotion wasmade byCouncilman Poague and seconded by Councilman DePanfilis to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on February 12, 2024. Motion carried  unanimously.  Guests & Public Comment: Nonepresent.  Monthly Reports  Mayor: Mayor Paget had nothing to report.  Police: Monthly report is on file. Chief Clopp reviewed his report and informed Council that the department has received the $9,421.55 tuition reimbursement for Owen Schreiber and  that the full-time patrolman testing process is underway.  Fire Chief: Monthly report is on file.    220  Superintendent: Monthly report is on file. Superintendent Imbrogno reported that the borough'sr recycling trailers have been received but need to be registered before being put  into service.  Council Committees: None.  Finance & Bills for Payment: President Maletto read the borough's account balances and the bills. This month's bills include General Fund $6,910.84, Community Center Fund- $15,840.86, and Community Improvement Fund- - $2,972.54.. A motion was made by Councilman Cherry and seconded by Councilman DePanfilis to pay the bills as presented and Solicitor: Solicitor Thomas asked fori the EMS voter referendum to be placed under old Engineer & Code Enforcement Report: Monthlyreport is on file. Engineer Ryan Miller informed Council that the theater building (528Market St) demolition with Bucktail Excavators should begin at the end oft the month. The propérty and items left on the property were discussed. A motion was made. by Councilman DeAngelo and seconded. by Councilman Maletto to sell the times left behindonthe property. Upon further discussion, this motion  to accept the finance report. Motion carried unanimously.  business in April.  was rescinded by Councilman DeAngelo, Municipal Authority: Minutesare on file. Recreation Board: Nothing submitted.  Old Business: 1.A motion-was madebyCounciiman. Poague and seconded by Councilman DePanfilistoadoptOrdinance012024 whichpertains to the Shared Service Code Enforcement position with Ridgway Borough. President Maletto called for a roll call vote 2. A motion wasmade by Councilman Poague and seconded by Councilman Cherry to adopt Ordinance 02-2024which pertains to the Shared Service Community & Economic Development position.with Ridgway Borough. President Maletto called for a roll call vote 3. Engineer Ryan Miller informed Council that the 2021 CDBG Second Ave Parking Lot Project needs to be rebid due to rescoping of the project. After further discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Poague and seconded by Councilman DePanfilis to reject the current bids, rescope the project, and then rebid the project. Motion carried unanimously. 4. A motion was made by Councilman Poague and seconded by Councilman DePanfilis to accept the low bid ont the 2022 CDBG Harrison Ave Stormwater Project. Motion carried unanimously. The contractor may change depending upon the pendingwithdrawal. of the  which wasunanimous in favor oft themotion. Motion carried.  which was unanimous infavorof the motion. Motion carried.  current low bidder.    221  New Business: 1. A motion was made by Councilman DePanfilis and seconded by Councilman Poague to appoint Secretary Rachel Kilhoffer as the borough's voting delegate at the Pennsylvania State Borough Association's annual convention. Motion carried unanimously. 2. A motion was made by Councilman DePanfilis and seconded by Councilman Poague to purchase an accessory for the street department's storm sewer camera. Motion carried Adjournment: AI motion was made by Councilman DePanfilis and seconded by Councilman Cherry to adjourn the meeting at 5:10 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.  unanimously.  Rachel Kilhoffer Secretary    BOROUGH  JOHNSONBURG Department of Police JOHN CLOPP Chief of Police  2sont  100 Main Street Johnsonburg, PA 15845 (814)965-2816  Ihave thel honor to report to the. Johnsonburg Borough Council the duties performed by the Johnsonburg Police Department for the month ofMarch 2024.  Calls for Service Signal Calls Telephone Calls Investigations Hearings Traffic. Accidents Written Warnings Receipts: Fines  244 53 57 37 5 1 25  Parking Violations House Watches Vehiclel Lockouts Light outage B.O.L.O Asst. Fire/Ambulance Asst. other Police Dept. 15 Special Information:  0 1 4 0 9 8  $ 1,481.00 A Annual control tactics training completed on 03/11"&14".  Reports $ 45.00 ECHA support letter for safety and security grant. Tickets $ 0.00 Approved $7,500.00 Act 13 Grant for body armor. Total $1 1,526.00 Full-time patrolman written/physical test held on 04/06.  Offenses: Drugs Assaults Burglary Thefts Criminal Mischief D.U.I. Disorderly Conduct Mental Health Sex Offenses Family and Children AII Other Offenses Totals  Number 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 14 14 46  Arrest 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 22  Handled Otherwise 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 13 35  1(11 MV Arrests) 13  Respectfully L. Chr  gh    Boro  report  street crew  Fixed storm drain on bergen street. Fixed a couple alleys. Clean ditch on bergen street. Put wheel bearing on 2017 police cruiser.  Marked pa one calls. Took spreader out of 20121 f350. Hauled white goods to recycle.  installed new curtains on 2003 street sweeper. Got both sweepers ready to starts sweeping. Swept sidewalks down town. Washed all vehicles. Held dumpster day. Started sweeping.  Got police car ready for code inforcement.p  1        ARS ENGINEERING  SERVICES  Engineer's Report - April 8, 2024.Johnsonburg Borough Council Meeting  The following is a summary ofwork performed over the last month, including updates on current project  status, provided herein for your review: Engineering Services  The Second Avenue Parking Lot Project was recently re-advertised with a condensed scope of work; bids were due on April3, 2024. Three (3) bids were opened at the Commissioners Meeting on April 4th and weret tabled toj provide time for review and evaluation by Borough Council at the April meeting. The Borough was previously approved for a CDBG grant in the amount of $17,594.00 for the project, any overage would be the responsibility of the Borough to pay.  Results of the bidding was: . - S.E. Rodich Excavating, Inc. . St.N Marys Paving Company, Inc, 3. RJV Vollmer Excavating  $20,825.00 $24,950.00 $31,100.00  The low bid for the Harrison Ave Storm Sewer Replacement Project from St. Marys Paving Company, Inc. in the amount of$105,994.00 was at the Commissioners Meeting on March 21st. The apparent low bid from the initial bid opening was withdrawn after the contractor acknowledged a clerical error in the original bid. The County is currently working with the Contractor to get all the contract documentation finalized and notice to proceed will be issued We have been in constant contact with Bucktail Excavators, Inc. concerning the demolition of the old' Theater building onl Market Street. The Contractoranticipates starting the demolition and The roadcrew has been working to get estimates from Costars-approved material suppliers for the required pipe and catch basins for the Center Street storm sewer project. The County will use the recommended estimate to purchase the materials sO they are available when PennDOT notifies thel Borough they are ready to complete the replacement work. We are also working with the County to bid out the curb replacement portion of this project with the understanding the contractor will be "on-call" once PennDOT confirms the construction date(s). Bidding is Work to finalize thel Hemlock Street Stormwater Project design, plans and project specifications will be ramping up now that other construction projects are getting ready to begin. We will be coordinating easement agreements with the solicitor as a result of the proposed alignment. We continue to anticipate this project being advertised later this Spring. This project is being funded by an ARPA PA Small Water & Sewer Grant previously awarded by the Commonwealth Finance  shortly. The Contractor is currently working on material procurement.  cleanup this month.  anticipated to be completed by the early portion of May.  Authority.  P.O. BOX202, JOHNSONBURG, PA 15845 phone: (814)9 965-2211 . fax: (814)9 965-4028 www. arsenginertingsenvices: com    ARS ENGINEERING  SERVICES  The Stormwater Management controls for the Nittany Energy/lohnsonburg Mini-Mart addition project have been installed and no issues have been noted during the most recent rain events. The Borough was recently notified they have received a $50,000 grant from the Palumbo Foundation for al Restoration Project at the Community Building. This work will include the initial portion ofr repointing the entire brick portion of the exterior on all sides. Cly Hornung had spearheaded the application process and has been acting as a liaison with the Foundation on behalf of the Borough. According to correspondence provided by thel Foundation this work ist to be completed by the end of the calendar year. We have already met to discuss the scope of work and anticipate advertising the project this month with bids due shortly thereafter. We had received estimates for this work from multiple contractors for use with the application SO1 there is We continue to work to finalize the Flood Study Report with TranSystems. They had provided pre-final plans and updated cost estimates in November which were used to complete the LSA grant application fort the West End Flood Control Project. Once completed thel Flood Study and plans will make the Project "shovel ready" and can be used to pursue additional funding Ar reminder that the County Planning Office has sent out an announcement requesting applications for this year's CDBG grant funding round. Suggestions for potential projects are welcome sO we can begin planning to get scope(s) of work started and estimates generated. Residents are once againi reminded indoor furniture isi not permitted tol be discarded, stored and/or set in yards and on open porches and decks subjected to weather. The material on these items is noti intended to be weathered and may result ini mold infestation and nuisance odors which may impact public health. This has become increasingly common throughout the Borough and can become a habitat for wildlife, bugs and vermin. Property owners will receive violation notices  interest ini this project.  opportunities.  Code Enforcement  ifthese practice continues and is identified.  Respectfully Submitted, fAR Ryan Miller, PE  P.O. BOX:202, JOHNSONBURG, PA1 15845 phone: (814)9 965-2211 . fax: (814) 965-4028 www.a arsengmeerngservices com    JOHNSONBURG MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY Regular Meeting Minutes Wednesday, February14,2024  Ther meeting was called to order at 4:00p p.m. by Chairman Jack Fowler, followed by The Pledge of Allegiance and a ROLL CALL-J Jack Fowler, TJ Weaver, Earl Park, Duane Duffy via ZOOM, Paul Villella, Ericl Poague, Tony King Also present: Corey McCabe, Chris Everett, Tracey Brown, Solicitor Reith, Travis Long of JHA via ZOOM VISITORS - Aljoe Maletto, Joyce Maletto (The. Johnsonburg Press), JRI DePanfilis, Representative Mike Armanini APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ar motion was made by Eric Poague and seconded by Earl Park to approve the agenda VISITOR COMMENTS (on agenda related items) - Representative Armanini spoke on his support of the Waterline  moment ofs silence.  (carried). Ext. project  EXECUTIVE! SESSION - None  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING -Ar motion was made by Earl Park and seconded by Eric  Poague to approve the minutes from the. January 10, 2024 Regular Meeting (carried).  MANAGER'S REPORT - Copy attached WATER REPORT - Copy attached SEWER REPORT- Copy attached ENGINEER'SI REPORT - Copy attached  Ar motion was madel by Tony King and seconded by TJ Weaver to send al letter to the school requesting al letter fromi them in support of the Waterline Ext. project. Tony and Brian will deliver thel letter toi thes school inj person SOLICITOR'S REPORT - Solicitor Reith suggested that the Administrative Committee meet with Brian and Tracey to work on updating our Rules & Regulations. He also said our Bylaws need updated. He is willing to do ar re-write draft. He saidt that non-board members can be voted secretary or treasurer oft thel board, but our bylaws say COMMITTEE REPORTS = Chairman Fowler assigned the new committees for 2024. There was an error, so they will  (carried).  differently.  be announced at thel March meeting. A. Administrative - none B. Operations none Finance-none D. Fire Department- -none E. Hiring none Johnsonburg Borough none G. Grants-none  TREASURER'S REPORT - AI motion was made by Eric Poague ands seconded by Earl Park to approve the Treasurer's report with a corrected date of January 31, 20241 fort thel bank balances listed (carried, Duane Duffy abstained). BILLS FORI PAYMENT - AI motion was made! by Eric Poague and seconded by Earl Park to approve thel bills for  payment int the amount of $ 80,233.34 (carried).    Bank Balances as of:. January31, 2024 Northwest Sewer! Money Market- -$64,411.07 Payroll- -$145,374.32 Water Pennvest- $510.67 Sewer Pennvest- -$37,856.04 Operating Checking- -$107,202.62 Sewer Savings -$5 52,552.43 Water Savings- -$194,909.80 CNB CD-$26,159.50 Savings Acct. $4,284.79 Water Project Checking (COA)-$96,286.63 Sewer Checking-$ $7,408.37 Waterline Extension-$14.00 PLGIT General Fund-$513,145.53 DebtP Payments CNBI Mortgage -$327.92 CNB Waterline Ext. LOC (interest only)-$1,463.06 CNB WWTP Upgrade LOC-$3,459.20 Pennvest -$8 8,580.54 Pennvest- -$11,718.30  BOARD DISCUSSION Earl Park asked about thet firel hydrants that need replaced. Brian and Angel should get BUSINESS AFFAIRS - Ar motion was made by Eric Poague and seconded by TJ Weaver to name. Jack Fowler, TJ Weaver, Earl Park and Duane Duffy as signers on alll bank accounts atl Northwest and CNBI Bank (carried). The 2022 Auditi is complete and was passed out tot thel board members. They will review it and discuss next Ar motion was made by Ericl Poague and seconded by Earl Park to move ther money from a maturing CDi into our COMMENTS FROM VISITORS - JRI DePanfilis commented that het thinks the agenda should contain as section for old business. Aljoe Maletto said that a copy oft the audit needs tol be ont file att thel borough office. EXECUTIVE! SESSION -A A motion was made! by Earl Park: and seconded by Ericl Poague to enter into Executive: Session at 5:19( (carried). Amotion was made by Eric Poague ands seconded by Earl Park to exit Executive Session ande enter into ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING- Ar motion was made by Eric Poague and seconded by TJ Weaver to adjourn the  together andi make a plan to get these done.  month.  PLGITaccount to receive a higher interest rate (carried).  Regular Meeting at 5:55( (carried). Personnel &1 litigation were discussed withr no action taken.  meeting at 5:56 p.m. (carried).  Jack Fowler, Chairperson TLB    Johnsonburg Community Center Recl Board Meeting Minutes April 4, 2024  Present: John O'Rourke-excused  Jim Lecker  Patty! McDivitt  TJWeaver Scott Cherry  Taral Poague  Tracy Crowe  Sarah Grunthaner-excused  Nikki Zimmerman-excused  Call to order 4:03 p.m. February 1, 2024 Minutes Financial Report See attached Open Issues  Passed Motion to accept: Patty McDivitt  Second: Jim Lecker  Vote: Unanimous  Passed Motion to accept: Patty McDivitt  Second:. Jim Lecker  Vote: Unanimous  1.) Dehumidifier in Weight Room The borough paid Jon Updyke'st bill before the job was done and we aren'thappy with the way he did things. We want him to extend the duct worki in the weight room and extend the exhaust int the guard 2.) Weight Room PM's APEX did more damage than good the last time they were here. He fixed the broken treadmill and the next dayi it was broke. He came back and fixed it then two days later the other treadmill broke, andi it still is out of order. We are wondering how much ifany of oure equipment is still under warranty; if none should we or could we  room and connect it with the current venting system.  outsource the servicing of this equipment and find someone else to do it. 3.) Weight Room Ceiling The leaking slowed down but is still an issue.  4.) Camera's We have twenty five camera's up and running in and around the building. Thursday Carlson's willl be installing ai twenty sixth one by the outside entrance to the pool. This will leave us with the one on the rampi in the  weight room and the entire building willl be completely done.  Director's Report See attached Jim Lecker's Report See attached New Business  1) Earth Day' We partnered with Domtar to have an Earth Day clean up at the playground on! May 4, 2024 from 8am-4pm or until finish. Domtari is paying for all the supplies that we ordered from Challenger Transport and willl helpu us get volunteers to replace all of the mulch at the playground and on the Bridge Street side oft the building, put stone around the basketball court, add decorative stone to the left side of the steps to the patio. We need as many volunteers as we 2) Pool The new pool heater broke, but luckily, we bought an extended warranty and were able to get it fixed for free. 3) Carlson's They have been doing really great work for us. It hasn't been easy for them, but they got all our camera's up and running along with new ones installed. They are currently transferring the old desk top computer to ther new one  can get this day (rain or shine). The more help the faster we will get done.  that Domtar gave us.    4) 814 Archives The website is up and running so people can order and pay online. We have five bricks sold thus far. We have onlya advertised on Facebook and Instagram as ofr now, but we will get it sent to the Ridgway Record, Kane Republican, and St.Marys Daily Press. Taral Poague put togethera a flyer and letter to hand out to any local businesses. We should extend the deadline sO that we can give people a chance to hear about and purchase bricks alumni weekend 5) JCT We decided that after building rental, cleaning fees, and salary that iti isi in our best interest to charge a $600 non refundable fee to the. JCTI for alumni weekend. They also must provide their own tables and chairs because we do not have enough for them to use. We decided that this $600 will go towards buying as many round foldable tables that we 6) Hot Water Tank The bottom blew out on our hot water tank. We called EPIC and they drove to Maryland the next day to pick upa a new one for us. It cost $10,000. They also donated about $2,000 worth of labor and new piping. 7) Weight Room Door Wel have been havingi issues with the door closing all of the way to the weight room. We had a couple of people come and look at it andi they both: said that the door is old and needs replaced. We got one quote sO 8) Palumbo's Grant Cly Hornung informed us that Palumbo'si is granting usa portion of what we asked for to do the repointing of thel building. We need $200,000and Cly asked for $100,000. The borough is going to put bids out on this  whichi is July 12th and 13th.  can get to keep for events like this.  fari for $5,000.. Jim Lecker is going to get us another quote, next week.  and askf for portions of the building be quoted separately and we will goi from there.  Meeting adjourned at! 5:19 p.m. Next Meeting May 2, 2024 at 5:00pm  X Tara Poaque JCCI Director Filli in Secretary    March/April Z0Z4 Directors Report  Monday February 5th our 80 padded chairs were delivered for the Ball Room. We set 50 oft them up at the tables Monday February 5th the water bottle filling station started beeping and quit working. We replaced the filter Wednesday February 7th Michelle started yoga classes. She had 17 show up to the first one. Everyone seemed Friday February gth Tara Poague showed a guy from Gary and Sons around the building to get a quote on servicing our heat and air conditioning units including the boiler. Service twice a year, 15% discount on material, no overtime or emergency call fees for $1,350/year. This is to compare to Tettis Plumbing and Heating that quoted us at $1,080 to clean and service everything except the boiler. Is this something we need to do? Monday February 12th Jim Maletto stopped in to check out the leak in the wall in Agnus's room. He said that it Monday February 12th Garett Lehman noticed that we completely ran out of chlorine. He turned the pump off Wednesday February 14th Jesse Poague went to Kersey and picked up our chlorine from Jim Lecker and we got ith hooked up right away and had the chlorine back up before it got low enough the pool had to be closed. Thursday February 15th we hosted the ELK YAC (Youth Advisory Council). The kids got to meet with a few  and put the extra 30 in the balcony for when we need them.  and Tara Poague cleaned off the sensors and moved them so that it would stop beeping.  tor really enjoy it, she has had a steady 10-17 people every week.  Friday February gth Larry' Wilhelm and Scott Tomaski hung the tv in the billiard room.  isn't going to be an easy fix, but he will see what he can do. and Jim Lecker ordered some to be picked up on Wednesday for us.  important leaders in our community and take at tour of the downtown. Friday February 16th Jim Lecker replaced the door handle on the basement door. tot finish up our website and pamphlet sO we can begin advertising.  Tuesday February 20th our sample brick came from Polar Engraving. It looks great. We are, just waiting on them Tuesday February 20th APEX cam and fixed the treadmill and replaced the cushions on some oft the benches. Thursday February 22nd Jon Updyke installed a new breaker to run the mini splits in on the second floor without  being overloaded.  Thursday February 22nd TJ Weaver and. Jim Lecker cleaned the pool filters.  Thursday February 22nd Jon Updyke installed the dehumidifier ini the weight room. This isn'trunning as often as its should be. Tara Poague and TJ Weaver tried to program it using ther manual, but it still doesn'tseem to be Thursday February 22nd Jim Lecker and Tara Poague cleaned all oft the filters in the mini splits.  working right. Need to get Updyke in to look at it.  Wednesday February 28th was our last day for Volleyball Club. It was a successful 18 weeks. We started with 27 Wednesday February 28th we had a major water problem int the weight room. Water was seeping through the Wednesday February 28th the fire extinguisher inspector was here. He said we need a fire extinguisher in the weight room and one int the basement. He installed them for us and gave us a bill for $300. Tuesday March 5th the bottom of the hot water tank blew out. We called EPIC and they ordered a new one that  girls and finished with 24. mats on the floor.  they said they would install. Total cost $9,898.  Tuesday March 5th Carlson Technologies was here working on the cameras.  Wednesday March 6th, we had to close the pool until 4pm because it was a complete mess. The pool deck was Thursday March 7th EPIC came and installed the new hot water tank. They ran new gas lines and new water  dirty, the water was dirty and cold, and we of course didn'thave hot water for showers.  lines.    Friday March g Brandon Mitchell from Carlson Technologies came and finished the cameras. We now have 25 Friday March 15th one oft the morning swim ladies complained about the bathroom door not locking ini the Friday March 15th David Sallack and Justin Haupright installed a brick wall ini the main room oft the weight room. Friday March 15th Judy Galsick found a needle at the playground around 1:30pm. Tara Poague checked the cameras and can only speculate that it fell from a guys pockets because Preschool was there around 10:301 that morning and only one other guy had been there between then and it being found. No actual proof it came from Monday March 18th TJ Weaver, Jim Lecker, Dave Votano, and Tara Poague ran three wires from the office to the weight room. One was for the camera, one fori thei internet, and onei for the key fab door system. Monday March 18th Matt from EPIC came and fixed the leaking radiatori int the Billiard Room this cost us $133 Thursday March 21st Carlson came and hooked up the rest oft the cameras. We now have 25 working cameras in Thursday March 21st David Sallack came back and put al brick wall around the sign in room at the weight room. Monday March 25th Taral Poague spoke with Keith Smalley (Johnsonburg native) about doing a free, one hour presentation ini thel ball room called "A Reference for wood". Hel has a collection of all different types of woods and al history lesson on them, this including a piece oft the last liberty tree out of Maryland. We are thinking Monday March 25th Stephanie Distler called Tara Poague and asked her ift they could use the gymnasium Saturday night alumni weekend tol have dinner for the elderly people who don't want to stray away from the tradition of years past. They will have a special. event liquor license, people will use tickets to get drinks, dinner will be served, and they will have al DJ. They are thinking from 5-10pm Saturday. They do not need to set up the night before. Apparently they did not want to wait for our response on this before advertising that they were Tuesday March 26th Cly Hornung, Ryan Miller, Aljo Malleto, Rachel Kilhoffer, Jim Lecker, and Tara Poague had a meeting discussing the Palumbo Grant. Cly said Palumbo's is sending us a check, but it won't be for the whole amount. We are going to have the borough put bids out to have the contractors break the building down into sections since we know we aren't getting the whole amount. We will then have to decide what we are able to Someone broke one of the swings in half over the weekend. We do not have a replacement swing SO Tommy Imbrogno and. Judd Zilcosky took the broken one down on Wednesday March 27th and Tara Poague ordered a Wednesday March 27th Carlson hooked upi the new ethernet cable to the door in the weight room and Tommy Imbrogno pand. Judd Zilcosky fixed the door, but it didn't change much fori the performance oft the computer Thursday March 28th, we had our 3rd annual celebration for intellectual disabilities awareness month. We played chair hockey and it was a great time and there were 12 participants and 8 in the cheering section. Thursday March 28th we held a water color class in the ball room. Wel had 12 kids come and they had a great  working camera's.  locker room sO. Jim Lecker drilled a bigger hole for the lock and fixed it.  This was volunteer work.  him though.  He also brought us 10 new bell caps fori the radiators that cost us $497.  and around the bulding/playground.  alumni weekend will draw the biggest crowd. Thoughts on a good time to dot this?  doingi it, SO what are your thoughts on prices and terms?  do with the money we are given.  new one and it came in already.  program.  time.  Thursday March 28th TJ Weaver cleaned the pool filters.  Friday March 29th Brandon Mitchell from Carlson came and figured out the problem with the software for the  weight room door. Iti is working    Monday April 191, Tara Poague came into work and there was a sign on the tront door saying the wateri is freezing cold. She went to the basement and checked out the situation and found that the new pool heater had an Error SFS code. Shei tried turning the heater off and turning it back on and nothing happened. TJ Weaver went to Seven Seas and reported this. We had this heater installed March 29, 2023 sO wej just passed our one year warranty, however we got the extended warranty and have one year left. They are going tos sendsomeone to service the heater and figure out what went wrong. Our old heater is working, but does not heat the water Monday April 1st Rich Warmbrodt stopped in to check out if we could tap Into the power in the bathroom to get an outlet in the lobby for the tv, but he said it can't be done without a whole lot of work. Wednesday. April 3rd Carlsons came and started to hook up our new desktop computer and get our advertisement tv running with a free software that they downloaded. He was having a hard time because our current computer is SO old and again we don't have any of the information that we need from Aaron to make the process smoother. We also need the tvi installed int thel lobby and someone to install an outlet. Wednesday April 3rd Seven Seas came and fixed the pool heater and also put a new thermocouple in the old Wednesday. April 3rd we had Life Screenings in the gymnasium. They had 44 people registered. Wednesday April 3rd Brian Thorwart stopped in and gave us a quote for $300 to install an outlet int the lobby Wednesday. April 3rd Dicky Cherry and Ben Cummings stopped by to check out the leak in Agnus'sr room. Ben said he remembers chiseling out that doorway way back when. They are, going tol let us know theirt thoughts Saturday May 4th, we are partnering with Domtar to have an Earth Day Clean up at the playground. Tara Poague had Challenger Transport give us a quote backi in February to get all new mulch fori the playground and bridge street side of the building, stone for around the basketball court, and decorative stone for the other side oft the porch steps to match the side that already has stone. We presented Domtar with this quote and they said they will pay for all ofi it, it came to $5,946.50. Tara Poague called Challenger and placed the order to have it May 4th. Challenger is going to donate the delivery fee and some man power to help usi install it. We will need as many volunteers as we can get this day (and lots of prayers for good weather). Itv will probably run from 8am-4pm or until finished sO the more hands we have the quicker we can get done. Our 814 Archives website is up and running. We have it set up sO people can pay online. Tara Poague made a flyer that we will hand deliver to all oft the businesses in town and surrounding areas. Iti is advertised on Facebook and Instagram, we. just have to get it to all of the local newspapers. If this is a feei is it okayi if Tara  nearly as good as the new one.  heater.  for the advertisement tv.  oni fixing it.  still submits it?    JAMES THE BUTLER' For all your cleaning needs:  March/April Report  166 Volunteer Hours in February 152 Volunteer Hours in March  Dave Votano is working on the barn door for the weight room.  What is going on with the dumpster door? Maybe we should just take the other The old sandbox seats are finished being sanded. We now have to getthem stained Dave Votano is working on installing handles on the doors on the third floor. There Dave Votano is finished sanding and staining the door for the men's restroom on  door off and leave it open all of the time. and put on the wall in the weight room.  are 9 of them all together. the third floor.  Kitchenette is done.  New urinal was installed in men's locker room. Terry Gabor knocked the fake wall out in the basement. Put a new handle and lock on the outside basement door. Updyke installed dehumidifier in weight room.  Updyke installed a new breaker1 fori the mini splits that were installed on the second  floor.  Cleaned the mini split filters.  Swept and hosed down the whole basement.  TJ Weaver cleaned the pool filters once at the beginning of the month and once at Jacob DeStephano put latches on all ofthe broken lockersi in the men's! lockerroom. Putal brick wall in the weight room along outside wall and in front room where they  the end of the month in February then again at the end of the month in March.  sign in.    March 7,2024 Meeting Minutes  Office of the County of] Elk Commissioners  Elk County, Ridgway, PA  The County ofElk Commissioners met on Thursday, March 7,2024 at 10:00. AM, County of] Elk Courthouse, Thomas G. Wagner Conference Room. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Those present were Commissioners M. Fritz Lecker, Matthew G. Quesenberry and Gregory J. Gebauer. Alsoj present were. Rick Brown, Solicitor; Patrick Straub, ChiefClerk; Emily Anders, Office Administrator; Dan Rimer, IT; Matthew Frey, Treasurer; Becki Taylor, CDBG Coordinator; Kimberly Frey, Elections Director; Scott Atwell, Warden; Tracy Gerber, Planning Director; Derick Morey, Deputy ChiefofProbation; Mark Quagliani, Dinsmore Welding and Fabricating; Ryan Miller, ARS Services; a1 representative from Industrial Welding and Fabricating; Tiff Winkler and Pam Fingado, Cameron Elk IDD; Al Maletto, Johnsonburg  Borough Manager; and Marilyn Secco, Press. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  Motion made by Gregory J. Gebauer, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry and carried  unanimously.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES  Motion made by Matthew G. Quesenberry, second by Gregory J. Gebauer and carried  unanimously. PRESENTATIONS-NA RESOLUTIONS-  1. 2024-07-Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month-Information provided by Pam Fingado and Tiff Winkler from Cameron Elk IDD. Motion made by Gregory J. Gebauer, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry and carried unanimously.  OLD BUSINESS -N/A NEW BUSINESS  1. Bid Opening for) Elk County Jail Yard Screening Project. After review by Ryan Miller, hes stated the lowest bid, held by Swanson's Excavating and Fabricating was acceptable, as long as prevailing wages were being used. A motion made to accept this bidi if the wages are correct by M. Fritz Lecker, second by Gregory J. Gebauer  carried unanimously.    2. Bid Opening for CDGB FY2021 Johnsonburg Borough 2nd Ave. Parking Lot) Project. After bid opening, Ryan Miller requested the acceptance ofthel bid bet tabled until the next meeting. Ryan request to take the bids to the Johnsonburg Borough to review. A motion by M. Fritz Lecker to table item, second by Matthew G. 3. Bid Opening for CDBG FY2022. Johnsonburg Borough Harrison Ave. Storm Sewer Project. After bid opening, Ryan Miller requested the acceptance of the bid bei tabled until the next meeting. Ryan request to take the bids to the Johnsonburg Borough to review. A motion by Matthew G. Quesenberry to table item, second by M. Fritz 4. Request by Ridgway Community VBS, Application for use oft the Courthouse Lawn for July 28, 2024 until August 1, 2024. A motion made by Matthew G. Quesenberry, 5. Request by Ridgway Fire Department, Application for use ofthe Courthouse Lawn to hang al banner from May 1,2024 through June 24, 2024. Motion made by Gregory J. Gebauer, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry and carried unanimously. 6. Request by Probation, new contract with LexisNexis Risk Solutions for "Accurint for Lawl Enforcement". This contract willl by funded by the supervision fee account. Derick Morey provided information. This will be: a 1 year contract with a cost of $155 per month. After the first year, they would evaluate to seei ifthis was effective. Motion made by Gregory J. Gebauer, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry, carried 7. Request by Veterans Affairs, 4 veteran burial requisitions and 4 veteran headstone forms. Motion made by Gregory J.G Gebauer, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry, carried  Quesenberry, carried unanimously.  Lecker, carried unanimously.  second by Gregory J. Gebauer, carried unanimously.  unanimously. unanimously.  CORRESPONDENCE-I (The following correspondence, if: any, is availablei in the  Commissioner's office for further review.) N/A  GOOD OF THE COUNTY  M. FritzI Lecker announced 30 applications for Act 13. These would be reviewed and Kim Frey, Elections Director, provided dates and information on mail in ballots and Introduction of the Courthouse Facility Dog, Miss Praline, will occur at the March 21st Kim Frey will discuss the excess inventory auction to be held the week of February 24th, 2024. Auction items are located in the Annex Gymnasium for public inspection during Please continue to pray for our military personnel, our families and our children, their  the winners announced at next meeting.  the Primary Election. Commissioners' meeting. regular business hours.  We welcome and encourage the public to attend our meetings.  teachers, all elected officials and peace in the world.    QUESTIONS! FROM THE PRESS  1. Marilyn Secco, Courier Express asked Ryan Miller the expected start oft the Prison Screening Project and the estimated completion time. Ryan stated the contractor! has 60 days to start, unless material is not available and completion time should be 1-2 weeks.  QUESTIONS FROM' TAXPAYERS-NIA  ADJOURN MEETING  The meeting was adjourned at 10:35AM on a motion by Gregory J. Gebauer.  Next Meeting: Thursday, March 21,2024  10:00 A.M. Thomas G. Wagner Conference Room, Courthouse Annex  Attest:  DS    Matthew G. Quesenberry to follow Ryan Miller's advice, second by Gregory J. 2. Bids for CDBG FY 2022 Johnsonburg Borough Harrison Ave. Storm Sewer Project. Ryan Miller, ARS Services stated the) lowest bid was significantly lower due to a clerical error on the contractor's part. The contractor withdrew their bid in writing. Recommended St. Marys Paving at. Johnsonburg Borough's recommendation with a bid of$105,994, be awarded the contract. Motion made by Matthew G. Quesenberry to follow Ryan Miller'sa advice, second by Gregory J. Gebauer and carried  Gebauer and carried unanimously.  unanimously. NEWBUSINESS  1.1 Request for County of] Elk Amazon Business Account with a credit line of $10,000. Yearly cost is $179.00 forl Business Account. A motion made by M. Fritz Lecker, 2. Request by Emergency Management, MOU agreement between County of] Elk and Pennsylvania State Police. This is a 20 year agreement. A motion by Gregory J. Gebauer, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry, carried unanimously. 3. Independent Contractor. Agreement between Commissioners and Diana Wolfe for cleaning MDJ: 59-02-2. Rate will be $150 per month, 2 times per month, $1,800 per year. An motion by M. Fritz Lecker, second by Matthew G. Quesenberry, carried unanimously. It was stated that an Independent Contractoris still needed for the St. 4. Request by Veterans Affairs, 4 veteran burial requisitions and 3 veteran headstone forms. Ar motion made by Matthew G. Quesenberry, second by Gregory J. Gebauer, 5. Bid Opening on behalf ofNorthern Tier 911 Consortium for maintenance for Northern Tier 911 Consortium's current Vesta calll handle equipment. This will be for 24: months. Two bids were received. A request was made to table a decision until the next meeting, giving MCM Consulting time to review and make recommendations. Motion made by M. Fritz Lecker to table until the next meeting, second by Matthew 6. Spring 2024. Act 13 Grant Award announcement. A complete list can be found after these minutes. Motion made by Matthew G. Quesenberry, second by Gregory J. 7. Request by Ridgway Downtown Display Committee, application for the courthouse lawn from 3/22/24 to 4/7/24 for Easter decorations. Motion made by Gregory J. Gebauer,  second by Matthew G. Quesenberry carried unanimously.  Marys Office.  carried unanimously.  G.C Quesenberry and carried unanimously. Gebauer, carried unanimously.  second by Matthew G. Quesenberry, carried unanimously.  CORRISPONDENCE-Che following correspondence, if any, is available in the 1.F PA DEP [addressed to Greentree Landfill, LLC with copy to County of Elk] (received February 14th) regarding enclosure of a permit modification to Solid Waste Permit No.  Commissioner's office for further review.)    101397 for the operation of Greentree Landfill, LLC issued in accordance with Article V 2. SGL Carbon (received February 21st) regarding intent to apply to the PA DEP, Bureau of Air Quality, for approval to install three (3) additional coating reactors with wet scrubbers. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 PA Code Section 127.43a, as amended by 3. Mersen USA GS-Corp. (Received February 27t) regarding intent to apply to the PADEP, Bureau of Air Quality, for approval to install pulverizing equipment with dust collection. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 PA Code Section 127.43a, Section 127.413 and by Section 1905-A, as amended by Act 14 which requires a 30-day public comment 4. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) (received February 28th) regarding National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporations' intent to apply to the PA DEP for a General NPDES Permit for maintenance Replacement of Water Obstructions and Encroachments (GP-11)and a Chapter 1021 Erosion and Sediment Control application: for earth disturbance. Project scope includes installation and replacement of568PRofumdegoumd pipe. (CEC project #333-504). This notice is provided in accordance with Section 1905, as amended 5. U.S. Dept of Agriculture (received March g") regarding initiation of an environmental analysis for the North Kane project on the Marienville Ranger Station of the ANF. This process is subject to a pre-decisional objection process pursuant to subparts A and B of36 Code of Federal Regulations 218. The comment period end April gth. The Borough of Ridgway (Received March 8") regarding the application for special exception by the Peace Foundation-CAPSEA. The Zoning Hearing Board to make a determination whether and/ or whether not off-premises parking is permitted for the mixed-use Residential/ Commercial building. The hearing will bel held March 27th at  of the Solid Waste Management Act, 35 P.S. Sections 6018.101 et seq.  Act 14 which requires a 30-day public comment period.  period.  PA Act 14, which requires a 30-day public comment period.  5:00pm.  GOOD OFTHE COUNTY  We welcome and encourage the public to attend our meetings. teachers, all elected officials and peace in the world. Election update by Kim Frey. Reminder of key dates.  Please continue to pray for our military personnel, our families and our children, their Bids are being accepted for the 1998 Chevrolet Express Van until March 28, 2024. Introduction of Calvin Moore as IT/GIS Director for the County ofl Elk, effective 3/2/24.  QUESTIONS FROMTHE: PRESSN/A QUESTIONS FROMTAXPAVERS-NA    ADJOURN MEETING  The meeting was adjourned at 11:13AM on ai motion by M. FritzLecker, second by Gregory J.  Gebauer.  Next Meeting: Thursday, April 4, 2024  10:00. A.M. Thomas G. Wagner Conference Room, Courthouse Annex  Attest:  Dae    BEBEBBEEEBEBE