BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES Thursday, May 9, 2024  CALLTO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to ordera at 7:31 PM by ROLL CALL: Council President Robert May did roll call, thet following members were present; RobertJ. May, Council President, David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President, Michael Fritz, Member, Steve Geibel, Member, Warren Lubenow, Member, Corrie Zana, Borough Mayor, Derrek Rhoads, Roadmaster, Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Treasurer, Borough Solicitor. Joan London, and Susan Eggert, Assistant Borough Secretary. Borough Engineer Pamela Stevens, Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Member, Gregory Zawilla, Member were all absent for tonight's meeting. Borough Secretary, Amanda Muso arrived late to APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting, were presented to Council for review. There was no corrections or questions. MOTION: David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Warren Lubenow; all were in favor so the motion carried. APPROVAL ANDI PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification up to andi including May 8, 2024 were presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund up until May 8, 20241 totaled $160,210.26; sewer fund totaled $15,216.89; liquid fuels fund totaled $3,318.17; fire taxi fund totaled $32,700.13; EMS taxf fund totaled MOTION: Dave Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; GARAGE GRANT FUNDS: The Public' Works Grant money requested by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been returned. Thei interest credited upon closing oft the account totaled int the amount of $577.91. This remainder of money was granted to the borough for administration fees, and will be transferred into the borough general fund account. The Public' Works account will then bet fully closed. MOTION: Dave Eggert made the motion to approve the transfer off funds then close the account;  Council President Mr. RobertJ. May, on Thursday, May 9, 2024.  the meeting.  $21,015.21.  seconded by' Warren Lubenow; all were in favor and sO the motion carried.  seconded by' Warren Lubenow. All were int favor SO the motion carried. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. audit; seconded by Dave Eggert; all were int favor and the motion carried. PW GARAGE GRANT: $0.00; EMST TAXF FUND: $3,847.01; TOTAL FUNDI BALANCE:S127851911  TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. MOTION: Michael Fritz made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it for GENERAL: $639,576.95 SEWER: $137,478.87 RESERVES: $193,975.751 LIQUID FUELS: $296,057.44 FIRE TAX: $7,583.09  Page 1 of4    PUBLIC COMMENT: There were no public comments made, however there are public concerns that were Election Day Observation: It was noted that the St. Lawrence Woman's club was sellingi items too close to the entrance/exit door of the building. There was at tripping hazard due to their location of tables. The borough will send the Woman's Club a letter with the exact location of where they will be allowed to sell There were twol borough residents that did trip on election day. Neither were injured, however the borough along withi the engineer will be discussing and designing a new plan for the bottom entrance of the building. The new plan will be better fitted for handicap accessibility as well as comply with ADA  brought to council.  in the future.  guidelines.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER - PAMELA STEVENS, SDE  Pamela Stevens submitted her report which was added to council's packet for review prior to the meeting. Included in the report was that before a garage is placed or built, the property must have the The floodplain ordinance will continue, more work will continue when the weather permits. The borough and Engineer will review the existing Ordinance with hopes of a revised Ordinance. Updates will be discussed at the Planning commission meeting on May 22,2024. There were no questions, comments, or  residence completed first.  concerns with her report.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  The tax-exempt status of Goodwill will remain until next year. The Exeter school district decided it was in the best interest to withdraw their appeal, the borough was linked to the appeal and sO the borough will also be withdrawing. In an article, Goodwill will now be taking electronic donations of all types.A Anything PUC-PA AMERICAN WATER The PUC published their findings on May 7,2024, which stated that they feel as though the Borough of St. Lawrence does not pay enough and will be increasing their special customer charge to $465.50 per month. PUC has decided that the borough should be placed in Zone 1 which increases our customer rate to 4X the amount that we are currently paying without a reasonable explanation. Council has decided toi file exceptions and appeal this rate increase on behalf of the Ar motion was made to formally file an appeal to the PUC. Dave Eggert made the motion; seconded by Steve Geibel; all we int favor. There was another motion made to allow. Joan, Borough Solicitor, to send a 15t letter of discussion to PA American Water. The motion was made by Steve Geibel; seconded by Dave  thati is not sold will be sent to recycling.  borough.  Eggert; all were in favor.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR- CORRINE ZANA  The Police Commission awarded Dave Eggert and Duane Ziolkowski, from St. Lawrence, the Civilian Service Award. These two residents jumped into action involving an incident that occurred on  St. Lawrence Ave. in February.  Page 2 of4    PUBLICWORKS- DERREK RHOADS  Derrek Rhoads submitted his report which was added to council's packet for review prior to the meeting. Included in the report wast the work done on the bridge. Two metal plates have been installed in the bridge among other upgrades. The next bridgei inspection will bei in September. The drone footage has  been released; we now have an in-depth viewi into the borough lands. The Planning Commission does not have any new business to discuss.  PLANNING COMMISSION  Scheduled meeting will be on May 22,2024  ZONING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT: ALLISON LEINBACH, BOROUGH MANAGER Letters have been sent out to those properties who have had complaints filed due to unsafe and unsanitary conditions. We will continue to follow-up with those individuals.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS No unfinished business to discuss. NEW BUSINESS  Jacksonwald Ave willl be closed on. June 12,2024 for the Touch a Truck event held by the borough A motion was made to close. Jacksonwald Ave. for the Touch a Truck event by Dave Eggert; seconded by  playground. Int the event of rain, it will be the following day. June 13, 2024  Mike Fritz; all were int favor.  EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR FLOODING-  It has been nearly a year since the. July flooding, the loans and assistance from the Federal Government for the flood disaster have all been utilized. The work that needed to be done to the creek has been locked in with the USDA and will continue. There is no longer a need for the emergency declaration to  continue, it will end May 9,2024. ADIOURNMENT:  MOTION: Dave Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Warren Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:12pm.  Respectfullysi submitted, Amanda Muso AMw Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  5/10/2024  Page 3 of4    Page 4 of4