BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTEST THURSDAL,IANUARYI2: 2017 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Cary G. Whitman, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor Ms.. Joàn London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mr. William C. Daniels, Code Enforcement Officer Ms.. Jody Daniels, Borough Resident Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order at 7:32F PMI by APPOINTIMENTS: Resolution 777-2017authorizes the appointments for 2017. There is a full list attached to the Resolution is included in the minutes. Mr. May read the list of appointments and each Council member was given a list. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to adopt Resolution 777-2017 the 2017 Appointments as attached; seconded by Mr. Cary' Whitman; all were ini favor andi the APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the December 8, 2016 meeting were distributed prior to the meeting for approval. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. David Eggertmade the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributedi to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report and the debit service ands sewer loan balances are listed on the bottom of the report for review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were in GENERAL:$15990338 RESERVE:S73903.37 SEWER:$214389.53 UQUIDFUEIS:S17429482 FIRETAX:$521.05 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All of the bills requiring payment and ratification were distributed to Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund from December 9 - 31 totals $104,878.54; bills requiring  Council President, Mr. RobertJ. May.  motion carried.  favor andi the motion carried.  favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/17  1    payment and ratification fromi the sewer fundi from December 9 -3 31 totals $527.09. Bills requiring payment and ratification from. January 1, 20171 through. January 12, 20171 totals $39,616.53. Bills requiring payment and ratification from. January1, 2017 through January 12, 2017 from the sewer fund totals! $6,136.37. Ms. Leinbach also indicated that Council needed to authorize the reimbursement to the general fund from the liquid fuels for the purchase of the truck ini the amount of $10,467.00. MOTION: Mr. Whitman madei the motion to authorize payment and ratification of all bills presented from both the general and sewer funds as well as the reimbursement back to the general fund from the liquid fuels account in the amount of$10,467.00; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were ini favor and the  motion carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA STEVENS  MS4WAIVER- The MS4 4 waiver paperwork was prepared by Mr. Derrek Rhoads and submitted on time. Ms. Stevens indicated that SDE had completed six other waivers for municipalities. Mr. May asked Ms. Stevens if she felt that they would have any success with any oft those waivers; Ms. Stevens indicated that they feel very strongly about being successful buti iti is in the hands of DEP at this point. UGI- The Boroughi is still experiencing issues with dealing with UGI and street opening permits. Ms. London indicated that she would like to have an executive session following the meeting to discuss  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOANI LONDON  potential litigation.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR- MICHAELFRITZ The police report was available for review. BUDGET & FINANCE- ALLISON LEINBACH  UNPAID REAL ESTATE TAXES- Mrs. Susan Eggert, the tax collector, told Council that there are 13 unpaid real estate tax! bills that she would liket to be exonerated from collecting and turn over the Berks County Tax Claim Bureaui for collection totaling $5023.80. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to exonerate thet tax collector from collection of the 13 unpaid tax! bills totaling $5023.80 and turn them over to Berks County Tax Claim for collection; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were in favor and the UNPAID FIRE TAX TAXES: Mrs. Susan Eggert, tax collector, indicated that there are 13 unpaid firet tax bills totaling $535.881 for which she is asking to be exonerated from collecting and turn over to the Borough of St. Lawrence for collection. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to exonerate thei tax collector from collecting the 13 unpaid fire tax bills and turn them over to the Borough for collection; RESOLUTION 779-2017 - Resolution 779-2017 is a professional fee schedule. Thei fee schedule for Kozloff Stoudt is unchanged and the newi fee schedule for SDE is attached. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 779-2017 the professional fee schedule; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all  motion carried.  seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all werei inf favor and the motion carried.  were in favor andi the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  SNOW EVENTS- Mr. Lubenow asked Ms. Leinbach how we did with the new truck during the last two snow/ice events. Ms. Leinbach indicated that was a little bit of al learning curve but that Mr. Rhoads did  ag good job and we did not really have any issues. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/17  2    PLANNING COMMISSION  There willl be no Planning Commission meeting in. January due to the lack of business. Mrs. Eggert will  send e-mails tot the members that the meetingi is cancelled.  RECREATION- DAVID EGGERT  DAMAGE- Mr. May indicated that there is damage to one of the sliding boards at the playground. He had pictures that! he showed Mr. Eggert and Ms. Leinbach. Ms. Leinbach will have Mr. Rhoads take a better look at the damage and the Borough will determine whether it can be replaced or repaired. THIRD PLAYGROUND LEADER - Ms. Leinbach informed Council that she had hired Cameron Blanchard. Mr. Blanchard is an engineering major at Penn State University. He will be at third playground leader to workevenings only andi in the mornings he will assist Mr. Rhoads with various street and stormwater  projects; he was hired at $8.00 per hour. ZONING HEARING BOARD  RESOLUTION 778-2017- Resolution 778-2017 reappoints Ms. Lynn Leinbach to the Zoning Hearing Board for at three year term which will expire 12/31/20. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 778-2017 reappointing Ms. Lynn Leinbach to a 3-year term on the Zoning Hearing  Board; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei int favor andi the motion carried.  MUNICIPAL LANDS  Mr. Lubenow was asked by Ms. Leinbach to serve on a committee regard the spotted lantern fly. He has  agreed to serve and will keep Council updated. The next newsletter will be senti ine early March. LIBRARY LIAISON- WARREN LUBENOW  NEWSLETTER  Mr. Lubenow indicated that Exeter Township increased their funding to the library by $20,000 and they  have shifted their hours around al little bit to meet demand. POTENTIAL MERGER WITH EXETER TOWNSHIP  Mr. Lubenow indicated that he has been in contact with Mr. Gary! Lloyd the co-chair oft the merger committee and there is a continued hold on the merger process until the business privilege taxi issue is resolved. Mr. Fritz also wanted to thank Ms. Leinbach for being sO cooperative with the Center for Excellence and getting them the information they requested in at timely fashion. It is greatly  appreciated. GENERAL COMMENTS  JODY DANIELS- Mrs. Daniels asked when the Borough decided to buy at truck. Mr. May and Ms. Leinbach explained that there was grant money available and the Borough initially applied for the grant to aid with leaf pick up. The Borough was awarded the grant to cover 80% oft the cost of the truck and it was decided to purchase a plow and salteri for the truck to be paid through liquid fuels which would only cost the Borough around! $10,000. Mrs. Daniels asked when it was decided who would drive the truck. Ms. Leinbach indicated that Mr. Derrek Rhoads was bought on as ai full time employee for the purpose ofs stormwater maintenance and to give him enough time tol bet full time it was decided that he would be  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/17  3    the primary driver oft the truck which is insured by the Borough. Mrs. Daniels also indicated that Daniels Ground Maintenance was receiving phone calls and complaints during the last two storm events about the roads and theyj just wanted people to know that it was not them doing the salting or plowing and wanted to make the Borough aware oft these complaints. Ms. Leinbach indicated thati if they receive any other phone calls to please ask them to contact Borough Hall. Mrs. Daniels askedi if Mr. Rhoads had any experience with plowing; Ms. Leinbach indicated that Mr. Rhoads has three years of experience with  plowing. EXECUTIVE SESSION  At this time Mr. May asked for an executive session to discuss personnel and potential litigation. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel and potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. Council went into executive session at 8:06F PM. Council came out ofe executive session at 8:58 PM. Council took the PERSONNEL- Council decided to give all hourly paid staff $1.00 per hour increases and salaried staffa a 3%i increase. MOTION: Mr. Geibel made the motion to give hourly staff a $1.00 per houri increase and salaried staff a 3% increase; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; Mr. May, Mr. Geibel, and Mr. Lubenow voting in favor; abstaining Mr. Eggert and Mr. Whitman due to personal relationship with certain employees. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Geibel made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were inf favor and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 9:00  following action after coming out of executive session:  PM.  Regpertfulysubmittes, Susan D. Eggert I Borough Secretary  Fgt  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/17  4    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY9,2017 Mr. Robert. J. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Cary G. Whitman, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting, Thursday, January 12, 2017, were presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggertr made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were ini favor and the motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed toi the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. Mr. May indicated that once again the sewer loan balances were also available for review at the bottom of the report. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. GENERAL-:S106,3634 SEWER: $235,626.16 RESERVE: $73,915.92 LIQUIDI FUELS: $174,248.86 FIRETAX: $891.47 APPROVAL ANDI PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: AlI bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $67,040.90. Bills requiring payment from the sewer fund totaled $8,436.52. There were no questions, corrections orc clarifications to the bills that were presented for payment and ratification. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented from both the general and seweri funds; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  President, Mr. RobertJ. May, at 7:31 PM.  Cary Whitman; all were ini favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  2/17  5    REPORT OF1 THEI BOROUGH ENGINEER - PAMELA! STEVENS  CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION- Ms. Stevens indicated that we are expecting to receive a conditional use application from the owner of 3301 Oley Turnpike Road, Landis Property. Theyare supposed to be submitting az zoning permit to undergo a planning review and then to most likely move on to the Conditional Use hearing hopefully at the April Council meeting. The Planning Commission will STREET OPENING PERMITS- The Borough is still experiencing issues with street opening permits and nonrefundable and refundable amounts. Ms. Stevens is suggesting that the Borough put a sliding scale into place. After as short discussion Ms. London suggested that perhaps the Borough enact a $200 security deposit to each permit andi ift the restoration is made correctly they will receive their security deposit back since there has been al lot of problems with restoration oft the streets. Mr. May asked about Mt. Penn' Water and whether or not their restorations are adequate. Council would like to review the ordinance or resolution that exempted them from the permit process. This will be discussed att the March Council meeting. MOTION: Rev Bennethum made the motion authorizing Ms. London to draft a resolution with the appropriate wording for adding a $200 security deposit to street opening permits for review att the March Council meeting; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were ini favor and the motion 494 PARKVIEW ROAD Ms. Stevens indicated that she was asked by Ms. Leinbach to assist her in writing a notice of violation letter to the property at 494 Parkview Road. There are numerous issues at this location mainly thei fact that moret than 40% oft the structure was demolished andi that it sits 100% in thet floodplain. The floodplain ordinance. states that ift this percentage is renovated that it cannot siti in thet floodplain. Ms. Stevens is working on a letter with Ms. Leinbach and this will then be reviewed by HAFER: SUBDIVISION. Ms. Leinbach is currently working with one oft the property owners of the Hafer subdivision on proposed plans to build. Mr. May asked that Ms. Leinbach send Mr. Rhoads out to check 101 N. PROSPECT STREET- Mr. Whitman asked about the property at 101 N. Prospect Street and whether or not there was going to be an expansion of one of the driveways nowt that it appears that Acrylolabs will be opening soon. Ms. Stevens andi Ms. Leinbach told Council that one of the conditions placed at the conditional use hearing was that the entrance closest to the post office will be expanded and is going tol be a one wayi ina and one way out fori truck traffic only for deliveries and thati the other TRAFFIC: SIGNAL ATI MCDONALDS - Mr. Whitman asked about thei traffic signal at McDonalds on Perkiomen when coming out of Mt. Penn Borough. The signal is not directed correctly. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she has been in contact with Telco about this signal in the past. The bracket for the traffic signal is broken andi they are trying to come up with a solution for mounting the signal. Mrs. Eggert was directed to call Telco and get an update on the situation and if there is a solution in progress. Ms. London indicated that she hadi forwarded various documents to Exeter Township'sattorney  review ita ati their March meeting if we receive the application.  carried.  the Solicitor before sending to the property owner.  the water bart to make sure that they are in compliance with that agreement.  entrance will be used for car traffic.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- JOAN LONDON regarding sewer but has not gotten any response back to date.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  2/17  6    REPORT OFT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER enforcements being worked on ati this time. BUDGET & FINANCE- ALLISON LEINBACH  Mr. Daniels wasr not present this evening. Ms. Leinbach indicated that there are a few code  NOI NONSENSE NEUTERING PROGRAM RENEWAL- The Borough had entered into an agreement with No Nonsense Neutering last year. This program will trap, neuter and release feral cats. The Borough would pay $25 per cat and the resident would pay $10. This helps to keep thei feral cat population down. MOTION: Mr. Whitman made a motion to renew the agreement with No Nonsense Neutering for the 2017 calendar year; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS-  INDUSTRIAL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE- The proposal from Industrial Grounds Maintenance fori the spring street sweeping was received. They will provide the service at a cost of $2050.00 with an additional charge of $4001 to do St. Lawrence Avenue. Mr. Rhoads is currently in communication with Lower Alsace to see ift they could use the clean debris which would be cinders; Lower Alsace is currently using their own debris. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to accept the proposal from Industrial Grounds Maintenance as stated above; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were ini favor and the motion SNOW PLOWING- Mr. Lubenow wanted to thank Mr. Rhoads for aj job well down with the current POTI HOLE - Mr. Geibel asked about the pothole at the bottom of Adams Street. We have determined it tol be on St. Lawrence Avenue which would bet the state'sresponsibility. Mrs. Eggert will report itt to  carried. snow event today. Penn DOT.  PLANNING COMMISSION the Landis property. ZONING HEARING BOARD MUNICIPAL LANDS lantern fly. NEWSLETTER springtime information. JOINT COMPREHENSIVE MEETING  The February Planning Commission meeting willl be canceled since there is no business. Itisa assumed that there will be al March Planning Commission meeting to review the conditional use application for  Cellco was given their variance request with a vote of2-1.  Mr. Lubenow indicated that he will be attending a seminar on February 17, 2017 regarding the spotted  The next newsletter is scheduled to go out the beginning of March and will include the egg hunt and  MEDICAL MARIJUANA Mr. Lubenow stated that he attended and one oft the topics of discussion was medical marijuana plants. This would be considered an industrial manufacturer use and would be allowed int those districts and cannot bet treated any differently than an industrial business. The other  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  2/17  7    use for this type of operation would be dispensary use which could be done in a commercial district but cannot be less than 1000 feet from schools or daycare centers. Mr. Lubenow indicated that discussions were held about passing ordinances for this type of situation. Ms. London indicated that she has sample ordinances that she will forward to Ms. Leinbach or Mrs. Eggert to pass on to Council. MINI CELL TOWERS- Mr. Lubenow indicated that the Planning Commission had discussed the mini cell tower issue in the past but this was also discussed at the joint municipal meeting. Ms. London and Ms. Stevens indicated that they have sample ordinances of this as well that they will forward to the Borough office. This will include pictures of what ity would look like. It was noted that these can appear anywhere  in the right of way even in front of people's! homes.  LIBRARY LIAISON  Mr. Lubenow indicated that the Library was very appreciative of the increased donation. Also Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Borough has made a donation of extra arts & crafts supplies. Mr. Lubenow  said they were very thankful for the supplies as well. Mr. Lubenow said this is still idling at this time.  POTENTIAL EXETER MERGER STORMWATER UNFINISHED BUSINESS  The Borough will need to reapply fori the permit in July.  COMCAST FRANCHISE AGREEMENT- The Borough has finally received the signed franchise agreement  with Comcast. This will bei included in the minutes.  NEW BUSINESS  RENTALI INSPECTIONS- Mr. Golashovsky had a discussion with Mr. May about the importance of rental inspections for life safety reasons. There are numerous rentals in the Borough and we need to be sure that these residences or commercial spaces are safe. Mr. May indicated that we would need to come up with a per unit fee and decide what items and concerns we want to address in our inspections. Ms. Leinbach and Ms. London both agreed that we cannot make this is a money making project but the time has come to implement inspections. Ms. London will draft a resolution fori further discussion at CASH FLOW DOCUMENTS - Ms. Leinbach indicated that the cash flow document has been updated. The catergories have been changed tol be more similar to Exeter's in case of a merger; it is much easier FLEET CARD Ms. Leinbach indicated that we have been approved for a fleet card for the purpose of gasoline for the truck and we have already saved al lot of money since we are paying the price of gas  the March meeting. This will be drafted as Resolution 781-2017. to do a comparison with the new cash flow document.  without taxes.  GENERAL COMMENTS TO COUNCIL  TAX COLLECTOR AUDIT - Ms. Leinbach indicated that there is going to be at finding on the tax collector audit. According to the PA! State Tax Collector Manual the entities are to be making refunds not the tax collector however that is not occurring. The tax collector is making the refunds because the school and  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  3/17  8    the County don'twant to make the refunds. Ms. London is going to look into this matter because no LIQUID FUELS ACCOUNT- Ms. Leinbach explained to Council that there is going to a check written out of Liquid Fuels which was not ours. Apparently: another bank customer did an electronic check and mistyped the account number by one digit and it was our liquid fuels account. The bank has straightened out the error but this will appear on the next bank statement.  finding should go without beingl lookingi into further.  ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were ini favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:32  PM.  Respertfulysubmited, IE Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  2/17  9    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, MARCH9,2017  ATTENDANCE:  Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Cary' Whitman, Councilman Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor Mr. William Daniels, Code Enforcement Officer Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF1 THE MINUTES: The minutes from the February 9, 2017, meeting were presented to Council prior toi the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded TREASURER'S REPORT: Thei treasurer's report was presented" to Council prior to the meeting for review. Ms. Leinbach also indicated thati there is a corrected January report because when preparing the February treasurer's report shei found an error that was made on the. January report. The sewer loan balances were also included ont thei treasurer's report. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to approve thei treasurer's report as presented; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were in favor and GENERAL: $104,925.33 RESERVES: $73,927.26 SEWER: $232,441.72 LIQUIDF FUELS: $174,302.51 FIRE TAX: $891.61 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were distributed to the members of Council for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications toi the bills presented. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $78,825.36. Bills requiring payment from the sewer fund totaled $6,000. MOTION: Mr. Whitman made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented from the general and sewer funds; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all werei in favor and the motion carried. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she needs approval  President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:30P PM.  by Mr. Cary' Whitman; all were in favor andi the motion carried.  the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  3/17  10    for a reimbursement toi the general fund from the liquid fuels fund fort the purchase of checks int the amount of $43.89. MOTION: Mr. Whitman made the motion authorizing the reimbursement of funds to the general fund from the liquid fuels fund for the purchase of checks in the amount of $43.89;  seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei inf favor and the motion carried.  REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT  FIRE INVESTIGATION- - Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Borough does not have anyone appointed to investigate fires. Mr. Ricky Gerhart is an assistant tot the state police fire marshall's office. Ms. Leinbach indicated that the problem with him just doingi it when there is ai fire is the workman's compensation issue because of him not being an employee. Ms. Leinbach proposed that the Borough hire him on with al retainer of $25.00 per month and if and when the need arises to investigate at fire he would be paid an hourly rate of $25 per hour. There was some discussion; Mr. May opposed having someone ona retainer that doesn't spend any time int the office. Ms. Leinbach explained that Mr. Sands is paid a retainer per monthi for the same reason, workman's compensation. Workman's compensation is the main reason that they need tol be established as employees. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion appointing Mr. Gerhart as a part time employee tol be paid a monthly retainer of $25 to bet the assistant tot the: state police fire marshall's office with an hourly rate of $25 for anyi investigating that may needt to be done; seconded by Mr. Eggert; Mr. Eggert, Mr. Lubenow, Mr. Whitman, Mr. Geibel and Rev. Bennethum voting ini favor; Mr. May opposed. This appointment will be done by Resolution and  will be signed at the next meeting as Resolution 784-2017. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- - PAMELA STEVENS  LANDIS ZONING PERMIT. APPLICATION- Ms. Stevens indicated that Ms. Leinbach and herself have completed the zoning review. The Planning Commission will review at Conditional Use Application at their March meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 7:30 PM. Mr. Lubenowi indicated that he will not be ablet to attend that meeting. Ms. Stevens indicated that shei feels that Council can move onto the Conditional Use Hearing and that it could be scheduled for the April Council meeting which is Thursday, April 13, 2017. Ms. London indicated that she feels that the hearing should take between 30 and 45 minutes. Mr. May asked that the hearing be scheduled: for 7:00 PM with the regular Council meeting to STREET OPENING RESOLUTION- Ms. Stevens asked that the Street Opening Resolution bet tabled 494 PARKVIEWI ROAD- Ms. Stevens is working on the notices of violation for this property. PLANNING COMMISSION The Commission will meet in March to review the zoning and Conditional HAFER HEIGHTS! SUBDIVISION- Ms. Leinbach indicated that she has received az zoning permit application for one of the plots of the subdivision to begin building. The zoning review is in process. MS4- - There has been no word about whether or not the Borough has received a waive. Ms. Stevens indicated that Centre Port and Port Clinton have received their waivers. Council will be kept up to date  follow.  until she can meet with Ms. Leinbach and Mr. Rhoads.  Uset for 3300 Oley Turnpike Road.  ont this matter.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON  RENTAL INSPECTION ORDINANCE- Ms. London sent a sample rental inspection ordinance and this was included ini the Council packets. This willl be e-mailed to all of the Council members to review for  discussion next month. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  3/17  11    BUDGET & FINANCE  RESOLUTION 782-2017 - Resolution 782-2017 will appoint Mr. Derrek Rhoads as the primary representative tot the Berks County Cooperative Purchasing Council and Ms. Allison Leinbach as the alternate. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 782-2017 appointing Mr. Rhoads as the primary representative to the Berks County Cooperative Purchasing Council and Ms. Leinbach as the alternate; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. 2016 BOROUGH. AUDIT- The 2016 Borough Audit was available for review. There were no general findings. Council reviewed the audit. MOTION: Mr. Whitman made the motion to accept and approve the 2016 Borough Audit; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were int favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  PARKING LOT LIGHTS- The parking lot lights have been ordered and: should be here int the next few TRAFFIC! SIGNALS - There was a discussion about thet fact that there is a problem with LED traffic signals int that they don't get hot enough to melt the: snow. We will keep this in mind since the traffic  days. Mr. Golashovsky willl be installing the lights. signal at Perkiomen Avenue was recently replaced.  PLANNING COMMISSION  RESOLUTION 783-2017 = Resolution 783-2017 will appoint Mr. Warren Lubenow to the Planning Commission to ai five year term ending 4/1/22. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 783-2017 appointing Mr. Lubenow to the Planning Commission for a 5-year term; seconded  by Mr. Whitman; all were in favor and the motion carried.  RECREATION the egg hunt.  EGG HUNT- The Recreation committee is beginning to prepare fori the Easter Egg Hunt which is scheduled for Good Friday, which is April 14. RMI Palmer has again made their generous donation for  MUNICIPAL LANDS- WARREN LUBENOW  Mr. Lubenow told Council that he did indeed attend the meeting at the AG Center on the Spotted Lantern Fly. There was information regarding wrapping the trees with a special tape to trapi the insect. It was advised to keep at few alanthus trees around to use as bait fori these insects sO that they can be  trapped and killed. NEWSLETTER  The newsletter will go out the end of March. STORMWATER- ROBERT MAY  Mr. May indicated that hel has been asked to be a speaker on MS 4 and stormwater by the steering  committee. UNFINISHED BUSINESS further next month. 3/17  MT PENN WATER - The: subject of street opening permits and Mt. Penn Water Authority being exempted from having to get a street opening permit and fixing the roadway properly will be discussed  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  12    PROPERTY TAXI RELIEF- Mr. Geibel asked about the possibility of property tax relief for volunteer fire fighters whichi is fairly newl legislation. Ms. Leinbach explained that iti is al little bit more complicated than it may seem with regard to how much relief can be given. Since thisi is fairly new legislation; the research that Ms. Leinbach has done thus fari indicated that it needs to be based on how many hours need to be volunteered, what percentage of relief will be given and who confirms the hours volunteered. Mr. Geibel is going to dot further research on the matter and try to gather more ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  information to discuss further at next month's meeting.  8:12 PM.  Respectulysubmite., soSp Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  3/17  13    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES HURSDAVAPAL3,2017  ATTENDANCE:  Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Cary G. Whitman, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Chief Raymond Serafin, Central Berks Police Chief Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  -  ABSENT:  CONDITIONAL USE HEARING: Prior to the regular meeting there was a conditional use hearing for 3300 CALLTOORDER: The regular meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order at 8:21 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes oft the previous meeting, Thursday, March 9, 2017, were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert madei the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all were ini favor and the motion carried. TREASURER's REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. Rick Davidson made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented; seconded by Mr. Cary Whitman; all GENERAL: $87,002.76 RESERVES:: $73,939.82 SEWER: $235,044.70 LQUDFUEISS17435616 FIRE TAX:$6,747.60 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarification. Ms. Leinbach noted that there was one bill to the fire taxi fund dealing with money received from Berks County Tax Claim. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve payment and ratification of all bills  Oley Turnpike Road.  PMI by Council President, Mr. RobertJ. May.  were in favor and the motion carried.  presented; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  4/17  14    REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA STEVENS, SDE Shopping Center. The new owners will address thei issues in the notice.  NOV There were courtesy notices of violation sent to the new owners oft the Antietam Valley UGI- There isaf field meeting scheduled with representatives from UGI on Tuesday, April 18. NEW CONSTRUCTION - There is going to be a new home constructed at 11 Ranor Court. SDE was contacted concerning whether or not storm water design could be done by a third party. SDEdid advised them oft the engineer's who were familiar with the Borough's Ordinance. HAFER HEIGHTS There may be a stormwater deficit at the location of the water bars which are to divert storm wateri into the basins sincei the lower water bars were not constructed per the detail ont the plans. There is current activity by one oft the property owners to build and review of the storm water INSURANCE CLAIM- There is ani insurance claim since at treei fell on al house and property lines are unknown at this time therefore it is unclear ift thet tree was located on Borough land. There is an ongoing question about property lines on. Jacksonwald. Avenue and behind the homes on Pine Avenue as well. The needi for a surveyi is going to be needed especially if the Borough does go through with placing the leaf dump up behind Pine Avenue. Mr. May directed Ms. Stevens to mark outi in red, yellow and green and placement of possible monuments on plans. There is also some question about South Chestnut WAIVER The Borough did receive an answer from DEP regarding the waiver however no definitive  and building setbacks were: submitted to the Borough.  being vacated; more research willl be done on this matter.  answer was given.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- - JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF STOUDT  CONDITIONAL USE HEARING- There was a conditional use hearing held at 7:00 PM this evening for the property located at 3300 Oley Turnpike Road. The use of an equipment rental business was presented. Council did grant the use with conditions; Ms. London will prepare the decision to be EXETER TOWNSHIP- Ms. London asked for an executive session at the end of the regular meeting to  reviewed and signed by Council at al later date.  discuss potential litigation.  REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER  NOV- Notices of Violation were sent to the property at 394 Parkview Road. No further action has  been taken ati this time.  REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH MAYOR- MICHAEL FRITZ  Mayor Fritz was not ina attendance this evening however Chief Serafin was present to answer any questions. There was some discussion about speeding and when the speed sentry signs going back out. Mr. Whitman informed the Chief oft the amount of speeding on St. Lawrence Avenue; the police willl be REQUESTI FOR A SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON KLINE AVENUE- Mrs. Eggert indicated that she has receiveda complaint about the amount of speeding on Kline Avenue and a request to place a stop sign on Kline Avenue since there is currently not one there. There is a Borough ordinance setting all Borough streets with as speed limit of 25 MPH. Council felt that this was a reasonable request and authorized: a speed  doing more speed enforcements.  limit sign to go on Kline Avenue.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  4/17  15    BUDGET & FINANCE- ALLISON LEINBACH  TAX COLLECTOR AUDIT- The tax collector audit is not yet available for review however it was noted that there is going to bei finding on the tax collector audit. Apparently according to the PA State Tax Collector Manual the tax collector is not make any refunds out of the tax collector accounts and that the taxing authorities are to make tax refunds. The County wants the tax collector to make the refund as does the school district. The funds coming int for the Borough taxes are comingled and therefore authorization to have the tax collector make the refunds is a reasonable request. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she spoke with a representative from Barbacane Thornton and al letter from the taxing authority directing the tax collector to make the refunds should be on file and satisfy that finding. MOTION: Mr. Robert May made the motion authorizing the Borough Tax Collector to make any refunds for overages paid on taxes from the tax collector account; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were ini favor  and the motion carried. STREETS & LIGHTS  PARKING LOT - The parking lots lights have been installed but are not energized yet. They are POPLAR DRIVE- The street light on Poplar Drive that has not been working was most likely struck by lighting and will have to be replaced. There was an extra head ordered fori the parking lot and we may  expected to be energized sometime next week.  just use that head to replace the bad head on that street light.  RECREATION  EGG HUNT- The annual egg hunt is scheduled for tomorrow, April 14th.  POTENTIAL MERGER WITH EXETER  Mr. Whitman said that he would like to cease talks permanently with regards to the merger. Mr. Geibel indicated that he does not think thati that would be a good idea because he does not want to see the Borough be liable for any of the fees with the Center for Excellence and just let the talks continue. Currently the talks are at a standstill until Exeter hears back from the state on the business privilege tax.  There was no action taken. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER TAXI RELIEF- The information that Mr. Geibel found with regard to the volunteer fire fighter tax relief was copied and put int the package for everyone to review. Mr. May asked that everyone review the information and this will be discussed further at the next Council meeting. Mrs. Eggert indicated that she did read over the material and indicated that the tax bill needs to show the relief that it cannot be something that gets reimbursed sO that even ifit is just one bill there would be a setup fee of $1000 by the County to make this change on the bills. Mrs. Eggert was directed to ask the County if that fee could be waived if the Borough would decide to grant tax relief for  volunteer fire fighters. NEW BUSINESS  EXETER Ms. Leinbach gave Council the calculation for the Exeter Sewer payment and explained how this was calculated. The amount to be paid to Exeter for sewer for the first quarter was $22,118.75 using the formula that St. Lawrence developed. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion to pay Exeter Township $22,118.75 for sewer fort the first quarter; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were in favor and  the motion carried. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL 4/17  16    PROCLAMATION FOR MICHELE HEYDT- Michele Heydt, is al long time postal carrier, for al large section oft the Borough. Michele retired att thel beginning of ther month but had served the Borough well forr many years. Mr. Lubenow: suggested that the Borough do something for Michele. The Borough office will work on something to present to her as at token of appreciation for her service to the  residents.  EXECUTIVE SESSION: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to enter into executive session at 8:53 PM to discuss potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  Council came out ofe executive session at 9:23 PM.  MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Ms. London to prepare a declaratory, judgement with respect to the ownership of the Exeter Sewer plant; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Davidson made a motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all were in favor andi the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  motion carried.  9:24 PM.  Respectiulysubmited, sor Susan D. Eggert BoroughSecretary  -  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  4/17  17    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, MAY11, 2017 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Cary G. Whitman, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Mr. Alex Elliker, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor Chief Robert Jordan, Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mr. Keith Stunz, POSof A Camp 230  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Mr. Heinz Klemm, Tenant 3300 Oley Tpke, LLC- = Exeter Rentals  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF1 THEI MINUTES: The minutes of the April 13, 2017, meeting were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. TREASURER's REPORT: The treasurer'sreport: was distributed toi the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were corrections made to the February and March reports as well that needed to ber reviewed. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the corrected February and March reports as well as approve the April treasurer's report; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were inf favor and the motion carried. APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for approval. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $62, 254.76. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fundi totaled $38,181.57. Bills requiring payment from thei firet tax fund totaled $32,400.00. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification from the general, sewer and firet taxi funds as noted above; seconded by Mr.  President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:30P PM.  Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHO COUCIL  5/17  18    PROCLAMATION MICHELE HEYDT- Atl last month's meeting Mr. Lubenow suggested that Council give a proclamation ofappreciation to Mrs. Michele Heydt who retired from the post office after serving the Borough for quite ar number ofy years. Thel Borough has a certificate and a small gift as at token of appreciation. Mrs. Heydt was unable to attend this evening due to prior commits. MOTION: Mr. May madei the motion approving the proclamation for Mrs. Heydt; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor  and the motion carried. PUBLICI HEARINGS AND PETITIONS:  HEINZI KLEMM- Mr. Klemm is the owner of the Exeter Rentals which is located at 3300 Oley Turnpike Road. Mr. Klemm realizes that Council gave the conditional use last month but part oft the condition was that the stormwater problem needed to bei fixed before he could open. Mr. Klemm explained that he needs to open and was asking whether or not he could put up al barricade or do something so that he would be able to open. Mr. Landis has talked to the suggested engineer but nothing has been done to date. Ms. Stevens the Borough engineer, suggested that a plate could be placed over the storm drain sO that no more water can enter directly into the pipe. The condition that was placed was placed with the intent to prevent any further direct discharge into that pipe. Mr. Lubenow asked what kind of timeframe will be given to the owner to make a more permanent fix. It was decided that Council will give Mr. Landis 90 days to have ar more permanent fix in place with regard toi the stormwater issue and will look for monthly updates. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion allowing the tenant Mr. Klemm to plate and seal the stormwater grate SO that no direct discharge of water can enter and a 90 day time framei for a more permanent fixt to thei issue will be expected with monthly updates on the progresso of such repairs and once the plate and seal are done the Borough engineer will inspect andi issue a temporary U & 0; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei ini favor andi the motion carried. CHIEF ROBERT. JORDAN - Mr.. Jordan presented this evening tot thank Council for the appointment ofa fire investigator. Chief. Jordan wanted to introduce Mr. Richard Gerhart to Council. Mr. Gerhart introduced himself to Council and he told Council that hel has served Lower Alsace Township for 47 years and has been the Lower Alsace Fire Marshall for the last 20 years. Mr. Gerhart said that he works alongside oft the police wheni investigating fires. This is done to assure that there is no criminal intent and that this is whyi iti is done in this fashion. Mr. Gerhart also told Council that there are 16 certifications that are needed to be qualified to dot this and ify you don't have these certifications you should not be doing this job. Attachedi to the minutes is an agenda that Mr. Gerhart followed and he touched base on all oft those things listed. Mr. Lubenow asked what kind of coverage there is if he is away on vacation or unavailable. He informed Council that he will let the police know when he is away and he will also inform the statei fire marshal's office. Int that case iti is upt to the police department to decide whether or not someone in from the state fire marshal's office. Council thanked Mr. Gerhart for KEITH STUNZ - POS of A CAMP 230- - Mr. Stunz presented this evening on behalf oft the POSOfA Camp 2301 to aski ift the POS ofA could do a flag display in the window fort the summer months. Council had no problem with this display. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion allowing the POS of A Camp 2301 to do ai flag display in thet front window for the summer months, Memorial Dayt through Labor Day;  coming ini this evening.  seconded by Rev. D. Michael Bennthum; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  5/17  19    REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA STEVENS, SDE  GREEN LIGHT GO GRANT- Ms. Stevens told Council that she was happy to inform them that the Borough was awarded $251,107.001 in the Green Light Go grant that the Borough applied for months ago. This grant would cover the cost of having all the traffic signals except for Elm Street changed to LEDs. The Borough needs to match 20% of the grant and this will be paid out ofl liquid fuels. Since the Borough was awarded such al large amount of grant money Council asked Ms. Leinbach and Ms. Stevens CONDITIONAL USE DECISION FOR: 3300 OLEY TRPKE ROAD - The conditional use decision is available to! be signed. It will be amended however to allow Mr. Klemm'si to open as requested and allowing Mr. Landis a 90 day timeframe to do something more permanent to fix the stormwater issue. STORMWATER TESTING- The engineering firm for the builder will be on site at 11 Ranor Courton Wednesday, May: 18 to do the testing. Mr. Rhoads will be on sitei to witness the test. MS4 PERMIT After some confusion the Borough will remain a general MS4 permit since the PCB and  tos get pricing on the cost to replace the Elm Street traffic signal.  TMDL requirement has been taken out oft the equation. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- KOZLOFF STOUDT  Ms. London was noti in attendance this evening however her associate Mr. Alex Elliker was filling in and  was available to answer any questions. REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER  Mr. Daniels was not present his evening. After some discussion Council has decided to appoint Ms. Leinbach ast the co-code enforcement officer and Mr. Rhoads as an assistant code enforcement officer. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to appoint Ms. Leinbach as the co-code enforcement officer and Mr. Rhoads as an assistant code enforcement officer; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor  andi the motion carried.  REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH MAYOR- MICHAEL FRITZ  STREET SIGN AT TROUT STREET- Mayor Fritz indicated that numerous people have approached him about the street sign at Trout Street and St. Lawrence Avenue. This sign has been down for quite al bit of time. Ms. Leinbach said that we need to order a news sign to bei in compliance with the state and that SPEEDING Central Berks Police are compiling the information from the speed sensory sign to do  order is being compiled. As soon as the sign is available we will have iti installed.  more enforcements on speeding.  RECREATION to ber replaced.  BACKBOARDS- One of the new backboards was installed this week and the other back board will go up as soon as there is time. The hoop was stolen off of the backboard that was up therefore the needed  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR  ACRYLABS Acrylabs will be having at tour on Tuesday, May 16 at 6:30 PM fori thei fire departments and any Council person wishing to see the operation. There willl bei food provided, anyone who wishes  to attend should let Mr. Geibel know since he is coordinating this event.  NEWSLETTER 5/17  The next newsletter willl be going out at the end of May prior to the playground opening.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  20    STORMWATER  Mr. Mayi indicated that he was a speaker fora a seminar ons stormwater.  LIBRARY- WARREN LUBENOW extremely grateful. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  Again Mr. Lubenow thanked Ms. Leinbach for thei information that wasi in the newsletter. The library is  VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS - Handouts were provided at the April meeting regarding tax relief that could be given to volunteer fire fighters. Legislation was passed in 11/16 allowing municipalities to enact a discount. The largest amount of discount that can be given to a volunteer firei fighter is 20%. There was discussion about this new act. Mrs. Eggert informed Council that the County said thatit couldn't be done on the tax bill and that it would have to be as a "refund". There would be approximately twot toi three households that may be entitled toi this discounti ift the Borough chooses to SURVEYING Ms. Leinbach provided drawings for Council oft the areas owned by the Borough where property lines are not really known. It was decided that not all areas really needed to be surveyed. However it wasi noted that the Borough would not have been able to vacate South Chestnut completely because there is at facility on that property that needs to be maintained. Aftera a lengthy discussion, Council directed Ms. Stevens to come back with a quote on surveying thei following areas; Pine Avenue because of implementing a possible leaf dump; Hunters Run area because of all of the wooded areas; South Chestnut because oft the stormwater facility and Levan Street in the area oft the headwall.  move forward with it. Council will continue to looki intoi this further.  GENERALCOMMENTS TO COUNCIL  NEW SIGN Mayor Fritz asked whether or not there is ever going to be a new. sign in front of Borough Hall. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she had gotten quotes about two years ago but that the cost would be significant and Council did not move forward at that time. Mayor Fritz will looki into other options fora TROUT RUN- Recently Exeter Township has decided to charge $10 for Trout Run cards with an annual $10 fee per card holder and anyone not paying the $101 fee by. January 1 will have their card deactivated. After speaking with Exeter Township they were not quite sure how they would be handling the St. Lawrence residents who have cards but that they will probably be billing the St. Lawrence EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion to go into executive session to discussion potential litigation; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were in favor andi the motion carried. Council went into executive session at 8:58 PM. The Council came out of executive session at 9:22 PM.  sign.  residents personally as well.  After executive session Council took thei following action.  MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion preauthorizing the Borough Solicitor to proceed legally to protect the Borough'si interests with regard to the opinion of ownership with regard to the Exeter Sewer  plant; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  5/17  21    ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Whitman madet the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all werei int favor and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  9:23 PM.  Aor  Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  5/17  22    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Cary G. Whitman, Councilman Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting, May 11, 2017, were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve thet treasurer's report as presented; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the GEERAL:$360,10.56 RESERVES: $73,964.52 SEWE:$247,368.71 LIQUIDFUELS:: $223,663.67 FIRE TAX:$859.94 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council fori review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. Bills requiring payment and ratification fromi the general fund totaled $85,356.17. All bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $436.15. Bills requiring payment from the firet taxi fund total $10.00. The payment from thet fire taxf fundi is administrative. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Whitman; all were int favor and the  President, Mr. RobertJ J. May, at 7:30 PM.  seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all were in favor and the motion carried.  motion carried.  motion carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA: STEVENS, SDE  OLEYTURNPIKE ROAD- Ms. Stevens aided the Borough staff with determining site distance issues at 3379 Oley Turnpike Road. There was previously: a row of arborvitaes at this location and the new homeowner wants to remove those trees and put up a fence. Mr. Rhoads used Ms. Stevens  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  6/17  23    recommendations andi the permit received zoning approval. The site distance is actually much improved 3300 OLEY1 TURNPIKE ROAD- - The stormwater correction plan is in process. EXETER SUPPLY- Exeter Supply will be appearing before Council this month for an informal presentation and discussion. They! know that installation ofs side walki is going to be an issue and that is one oft the things that they would likei to discuss with the Commission. GREEN LIGHT GO- Ms. Stevens indicated that she verified thati the Green Light Go grant application actually didi include the street light at Elm Street. Nothing new to report with regards toi the grant and STORMWATER PERMITS- There are currently threei incomplete stormwater permits in process. All questions were answered previously. Ms. London did ask for an executive session at the end oft the  since removal of thet trees.  when the monies will be available.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH. SOLICITOR. JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF: STOUDT meeting regarding potential litigation with regard to sewer. REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH MAYOR- MICHAELFRITZ The police report was available for review.  STREETS & LIGHTS  The street light at 200 Poplar Drive has been replaced with an LED light. The speed sensory report from  Bingaman Street was available for review. PLANNING COMMISSION that as well. TRASH & RECYCLING  The Planning Commission will be meeting in. June to meet with Exeter Supply with regards to an expansion project. They are aware that sidewalk is going to be a requirement and would like to discuss  Mr. Whitman indicated that al lot of trash cans are being ruined by thei trash people because of the way  they are handling the cans. This will be addressed with Mascaro.  RECREATION  The playground program willl begin on Monday.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR - ROBERTI MAY  WEATHER CLASS- Mr. May asked about Mr. Rhoads attending an upcoming weather class. He will get FLAGGER COURSE Mrs. Eggert asked Mr. May about whether or not he will be able to do a flagger course. Mr. Rhoads had inquired about this at few weeks ago. Mayor Fritz indicated that he would be able to runi a class. He will get together with Mr. Rhoads to seti it up, apparently there are ai few road SMART9-1-1 - Mr. Eggert indicated that the County of Berks will bei implementing this system very soon. This allows you to register cell phones with al lot of pertinenti information which will come up right away if9-1-1i is called from your cell phone. Ms. Leinbach asked ift the County was going to sharing any  more details to Ms. Leinbach.  crew guys from Lower Alsace and Exeter Township who need thei training as well.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  6/17  24    information withi the municipalities. Mr. Eggert said thisi is fairly new and has not been completely implemented yet but he will inquire about getting information out to the municipalities sO that they can  advertise toi their residents. NEWSLETTER  There will be as stormwater newsletter going out in. July and a regular newsletter going out the end of  August which would include the leaf pick up and all of the fall information.  LIBRARY LIAISON  Mr. Lubenow indicated that Exeter Township may not be letting the Friends oft the Library continue to use the Dunn Community Center because of implementing a youth center at that location. They may be  looking for somewhere else to hold and store books for their Book Bonanza.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  STORMWATER MEETING- We need to hold our annual public stormwater meeting in July. We also need to present our notice of intention to renew the permit. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the Borough office to advertise the public stormwater meeting and notice ofi intent fort the permit; seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel. This meeting will start at 7:30 PM with the Council meeting to RUN CARDS- Mr. Eggert asked that FM: 23 be added to the run cards for vehicle fires since he is now the Borough's Fire Investigator. Hei is already on the run cards for structure fires and this way neither fire company needs to notify him it will be done at thei time of dispatch. MOTION: Mr. May made the motion to add FM2 231 to the run card for vehicle fires; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the  follow.  motion carried. NEW BUSINESS  SPEED DETAIL FORI BINGAMAN STREET- Mr. Rhoads moved the speed sensory sign to Bingaman Street. Included int the package was a printout detail oft the speeds on that roadway. The speeds were excessive and the police have requested a speed limit sign which willl be done as soon as Mr. Rhoads can place the PA One Call. Mayor Fritz indicated that given these excessive speeds on Bingaman Street and the other printouts reviewed at the May meeting for St. Lawrence Avenue he asked whyt the police are noti issuing more citations VS. warnings. He would liket to see more citations written. Mr. Eggert and Ms. Leinbach indicated that not all oft the warnings given are speed related but that to get clarification ont this matter that he should: speak to Chief Serafin. Mayor Fritzi indicated that he will speak with the WEBSITE Mr. Lubenow indicated that hei thinks are website is looking very good and is very informative however ify you are on the County of Berks website where they list all of the links to local government websites the old website address is still there. Ms. Leinbach indicated that he had sent EXECUTIVE SESSION- Ms. London would like to go into executive session to discuss potential litigation regarding the sewer plant. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to go into executive. session; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were int favor andi the motion carried. Council went into executive  Chief for more details on this matter.  them that information in the past but will send itt to them again.  session at 8:08. Council came out of executive session at 8:46 PM.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  6/17  25    ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggertr made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Cary Whitman; all werei ini favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  8:47 PM.  Respertfulysubmittes, fuos Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  6/17  26    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES HURSDAL,UIY13,2017 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Borough Mayor Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stout Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Brad Smith, Arro Engineering Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Mrs. Stephanie Hartman, Free Library Presentation  CALL TO ORDER: The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council President, Mr. RobertJ J. May, at 7:30 PM. Mr. May asked that everyone take a moment to remember Mr. Cary G. Whitman who passed away. Mr. Whitman served on Council since 1988 and willl be greatly APPROVAL OF1 THE MINUTES: The minutes from the Thursday, June 8, 2017, were presented to Council forr review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications toi the minutes. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow madei the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick RESIGNATION OF THE MAYOR: Mr. Michael Fritz submitted al letter of resignation to the Borough Council. Att this time Mr. Fritz would liket to resign as the Mayor oft the Borough of St. Lawrence because hei isi interested in being appointed to fill the vacant Council seat left by the passing of Mr. Whitman. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to accept the resignation of Mayor Fritz; seconded by Mr. APPOINTMENTI TO BOROUGH COUNCIL: Att this time Council needs to make an appointment to fill the vacant seat on Council left by the passing of Mr. Whitman. The appointment would expire the first Monday ofJ January 2018. This appointment needs to be done by Resolution and will be Resolution 786- 2017. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to appoint Mr. Michael Fritz toi fill the vacant Council seat left by the passing of Mr. Whitman whose term will expire thei first Monday of January 2018; seconded by Rev. D. Michael Bennethum; all were in favor and the motion carried. Mr. Fritz tooki the  missed.  Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  Lubenow; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  oath of officei immediately following his appointment.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  7/17  27    APPOINTMENT TO BOROUGH MAYOR: Mr. Gregory Zawilla who currently serves on the Planning Commission is interested in serving as the Mayor of the Borough of St. Lawrence. Mr. Fritz's term is going to expire the first Monday ofJ January 2018. This appointment will be done by Resolution and will be Resolution 787-2017. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to appoint Mr. Gregory Zawilla as Mayor to serve out thei term left by the resignation of Mr. Fritz whose term is set to expire thet first Monday ofJ January 2018; seconded by Mr. Davidson; ally were in favor and the motion carried. Mr. Zawilla was unable to attend this evening but is available to come into the Borough office tomorrow morning to take his oath of office. Att this time, since there is no Mayor, Mr. May will continue to run the meeting but will bet the acting Mayor fori the entirety of the meeting and will not be voting on any TREASURER's REPORT- The treasurer's report was distributed to all of the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the treasurer's report. Mr. May noted that the sewer loan and debt services are also included on the bottom of the treasurer's report for Council's review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurersreportas GENERAL: $317,664.33 SEWER: $248,356.32 LIQUIDFUELS: $224,058.81 RESERVES: $73,977.49 FIRETAX:$1,613.18 APPROVAL ANDI PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification from both the general and sewer funds were presented to Council for their review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $85,835.43. Bills requiring ratification fromi the sewer fund totaled $43,372.30. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  motions made throughout the meeting.  submitted; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  PUBLIC HEARING, PETITIONS:  BRAD SMITH, ARRO ENGINEERING- Mr. Smith presented before Council tonight on behalf of the Mt. Penn Borough' Water Authority. Mr. Smith presented this evening to inquire whether or not St. Lawrence Borough would be interested ini teaming up with the Authority, Lower. Alsace, Mt. Penn Borough and Exeter Township on their: source water protection plan and MS4. The Authority has adopted a source water protection plan andi the reasons fori inviting the various townships and boroughs are because there is going to be al lot of overlapping and redundancy w/SWPP and MS4 and perhaps everyone could save money by working together. Mr. Smith was looking to see whether or nott the Borough would bei interested in attending aj jointr meeting in an effort to achieve the SWPP and MS4 goals. The Authority's main focusi is wells for the water supply. Mr. May asked whether or not there were drawings available to review and Mr. Smith said at this time he was justl looking to find out whether or not the Borough would bei interested in joining forces and who would bet the Borough's representative. Mr. May said that he would be willing to attend ort that we may want to send Mr. Rhoads on behalfof the Borough. The Authority also has ai table top for school education programs. It was noted that since the Borough is down gradient of Mt. Penn it is more than likelyt that St. Lawrence Borough would be a non-contributor. Council was agreeable to attend a meeting; either Mr. May or Mr.  Rhoads will represent the Borough.  STEPHANIE HARTMAN FREEI LIBRARY PRESENTATION  Mrs. Hartman introduced herself toi the Borough Council. Mrs. Hartman is at teacher int the Antietam School District andi the granddaughter of longtime resident, Mrs. Carol Stunz, who was born and raised  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  7/31  28    int the Borough of St. Lawrence. Mrs. Stunz passed awayi in April. Mrs. Hartman attended the meeting with ai few of her cousin to inquire whether or not the Borough Council would allow them to placea Free Libraryi in memory oft their grandmother in the Borough. Mrs. Hartman explained to the Council what al Free Library was and the purpose for them. Mrs. Hartman sent an e-mail to the Borough; Mrs. Eggert responded. In discussion, it was decided that Borough Hall would bei the safest area to place a Free Library because there are surveillance cameras, iti is an elementary bus stop and can be monitored byt the Borough staff on a daily basis. This would bet the third Free Library installed in Berks County. Mrs. Hartman notedi that her grandmother attended school here as a young student and was also a crossing guard at one time. Itv was noted that there are numerous choices of style and Mrs. Hartman and hert family will do all oft the research and willl build the Free Library and stock the books. The idea of these Free Libraries is an exchange system, take al book and leave al book. Ity was noted that in the back oft the building would most likely bet the best location as it is lighted in this area and there are surveillance cameras int this area. The Borough will promote the idea int the upcoming newsletter. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion in support oft the Free Library and to work with Team Mimi for the installation of the library; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. Mr. May did a presentation for Council and others based on the CELG MS4 Outline. Mr. Mayi indicated that he also did ar recent presentation for Lower Alsace Township. Mr. May discussed the history oft the permit regulations that began in the 1990s. The Borough currently has a general permit. Mr. May summarized the Best Management Practices and noted that it is everyone's goal to reduce the amount ofp pollution that is contributed to the waters oft the Commonwealth by 10 percent. This can be accomplished by reducing pollution through maximum control measures (MCMs), which includes public outreach and participation, IDD, site runoff, MON w/BCCD, post construction and good housekeeping as well as pollution prevention. The permit is a! 5 year permit and the deadline to submit is 9/16/17. Some permit holders need to prove total maximum daily load or TMDL's, wasteload allocations and have a Pollution Reduction Plan but St. Lawrence Borough does not have to do any of this yet. The Schuylkill River has PCD's but was removed from being a TMDL. NPDES Permit is al legal agreement with PAD DEP and EPA. There are waivers that you can apply for however St. Lawrence did not quality. There were new guidelines introduced by PAI DEPTI in 2013 with a new goal of reducing 10% of the pollution contributed inas 5 year permit period. Everything needs to be documented fori the audit. The Borough had al MS4 compliance inspection done in. January 2016 and was without any issues at that time. Mr. Derrek Rhoads was hired to do all oft the MS4 reporting with the help of Ms. Leinbach. There are permitted discharges; fire fighting activity, flushing of hydrants if the chlorine is removed, diverted stream flows, non-contaminated water such as lawn water, sump pumps, HVAC condensation, vehicle washing without cleaning products and hydrostatict testing of water. Int the future, the Borough will need to pass new ordinances as the regulations and guidelines change to allow enforcement. There have been multiple municipalities who have received hefty fines for non-compliance sO this needs to be taken very seriously. Currently the Borough Truck is being tracked and logged for documentation verifying all MS4 activities. The Borough is also documenting records with everything including photos, reports, newsletters and enforcements that are performed. Courtesy violations were discussed to educate andi inform the residents and property owners of the Borough. Borough Car wash allows the cars to drop water onto pavement which could then resulti ins stormwater violations. Public works must document the winter weather activities especially the salt applications on the roadways. Automobile fluids were discussed: andi the cleanup oft thei fluids is problematic. Mr. May answered any questions  STORMWATER PRESENTATION  that Council had for him ati this time. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  7/17  29    REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA STEVENS, SDE  PUBLIC WORKS MEETING Mr. Rhoads attended the public works meeting today and actually learned quite al bit from the state police presentation on! how to tie down equipment. Also Mr. Rhoads will be attending the meeting with PennDOT with regard to the project on Oley" Turnpike Road. PennDOTis proposing to repair thel bridge on Oley" Turnpike Road. There is great concern that people will use Parkview Road as an alternative route event though signage is going to direct them to Perkiomen. Parkview Road already! has a compromised bridge and this could create al lot of problems. Council discussed what steps would need to bet taken if the Borough wanted to close Parkview Road for that EXETER SUPPLY- Exeter Supply did attend the Planning Commission meeting with proposed plans for improvements to their property. There was nota a quorum but Mr. Eggert and Mr. May attended as well. There was discussion about the location and width ofs sidewalk, number of ADA parking spaces required, paved accessibility spaces and routet toi the building. Ms. Stevens noted that the proposed improvements do meet the storm water exemption criteria. There will also be a! 501 foot section int the right of way which needs sidewalk; the Borough will investigate and perhaps piggy back on the installation to complete the connection of sidewalk from one location to another. GREEN LIGHT GO GRANT - The Borough has received the paperwork for the grant that was received which totals $251,107.00. The paperwork is due back to PennDOT by September 15, 2017. Ms. London is working on the Resolution that needs to be adopted in August and just needs to identify who is going to bei the authority signature. Council willl have Ms. Leinbach bet the authorized: signer. STORMWATER, APPLICATIONS- - There are three storm water permits inj process. The permits have been reviewed and letters will be going out tot those property owners. The applications in process are fort the Cell Tower ati the stadium, 11 Ranor Courta and Hafer Heights II Lot5 5. BB&T BANK- BB&T Banki is going to be replacing the ADA features ati the property located in the Antietam Valley Shopping Center. Theyl have been in contact with Mr. Golashovsky and permits will be  timeframe sO that trucks could not use Parkview Road.  submitted to bei in compliance withi the UCC. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- JOAN LONDON  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: - Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Borough needs to sign a new memorandum of understanding with Berks Nature. This was supposed to be done in. January but the Borough never received it. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Ms. Leinbach to sign the memorandum of understanding for Berks Nature; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were int favor and the  motion carried.  REPORT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER  Ms. Leinbach indicated that there were two code enforcement issues for which letters were sent out to the property owners. Both property owners have complied and the issues are resolved.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR available for review.  Mr. Fritzi is no longer the Mayor and Mr. Zawilla was unable to attend this evening. The police reporti is  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  7/17  30    BUDGET & FINANCE  NATIONAL NIGHT OUT- The Borough has received a donation request for Central Berks Police for their annual National Night Out. The event willl be held on Tuesday, August 1. Int the past the Borough has donated $500 fori the event. MOTION: Mr. Michael Fritz made the motion authorizing a donation of $500t tot the National Night Out for Central Berks Police; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and  the motion carried. STREETS & LIGHTS  The light at Poplar has been repaired. Mr. Lubenow asked when the street sign at' Walnut was going to be replaced. We arei in the process of ordering new street signs and as soon as the signs come in Mr.  Rhoads will get the signi installed. PLANNING COMMISSION  Mr. Whitman served on the Planning Commission. It was noted that Ms. Tracy' Whitman has agreed to serve on the Planning Commission for the remainder of Mr. Whitman's term. Mr. Whitman's term will expire in 2021. The appointment will be done as Resolution 788-2017. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 788-2017 appointing Ms. Tracy Whitman to the Planning Commission for the remainder of Mr. Whitman's term which expires in April of 2021; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all  werei ini favor andt the motion carried. TRASH & RECYCLING  CONDITION OF1 TRASH CANS There have been some complaints about the condition of the trash cans. These issues have been addressed with Mascaro and they are addressing it with the crews. YARD WASTE MEASUREMENTS- Mr. May was asking how we measure what we are picking up and disposing of withi the truck. Ms. Leinbach explained that Mr. Rhoads documents everything that he is picking up and disposing of at Trout Run and knows by thet trucks capacity what the weight of the debris  isand notes where iti is being disposed, which currently is Trout Run.  RECREATION  PLAYGROUND Mr. Eggert noted that the attendance ati the playground this year is really down. It was noted that from things that wel have heard the playground numbers are down at other playgrounds as well. The weather has really been bad as well which does not help the attendance. We will have to rethink the playground program and hours of operation for next year. Also at this time we are considering having one leader on the playground in the morning and two leaders in the evening, however further discussion will be needed with regard toi the playground program. BICYCLE SAFETY PRESENTATION- Sgt. Terry Heydt of the Central Berks Police Department will be coming to the playground on Monday, July 24, at 10:00AM to do a presentation for children on bicycle  safety.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR  There is a training session on weather that Mr. May thought that perhaps Mr. Rhoads would like to  attend. He will get Ms. Leinbach some information on this training.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  TAXI RELIEF FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS- Mr. Geibel indicated that the more he looks into this the more complicated thati it seems. At1 this time we willl hold off on any further investigation.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  7/17  31    RUN CARDS- Mr. Eggert indicated that there are some changes that have been requested for the run cards. First, ist to add FM2 23 to vehicle fires as thet fire investigator; this was previously discussed but not formally done with the run cards. There are also some modifications that Mt. Penn Fire Company would like to make with regards to coverage companies. This is being requested because ift there isal big call all oft the closer companies will be called out to that call. They would like to change run card 2211t to show primary coverage as engine 12 and ladder 18 and secondary coverage as engine 13 and ladder 12. Council was in agreement with the changes. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to authorize Ms. Leinbach to make the above changes tot the run cards; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were ini favor and ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Geibel made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were inf favor and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:53  the motion carried.  PM.  Respect submitted, Er  Susan D. Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  7/17  32    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES TAURSDA/,AUGUSTID,0I7 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Charlene Zawaski, Borough Resident Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at7 7:30PM. Mr. May welcomed new Councilman, Mr. Michael Fritz, who has previously: served as the Borough Mayor and Mr. Gregory Zawilla, whoi is the newly appointed APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting, July 13, 2017, were presented prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. TREASURER'S REPORT: Thei treasurer's report was presented to Council prior toi the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to thet treasurer's report and Ms. Leinbach indicated that thei treasurer's report could be approved and filed for audit as presented. MOTION: Mr. Michael Fritz made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and filei iti for audit; GENERAL: $389,402.53 SEWE:$234,149.47 LIQUIDI FUELS: $224,060.15 RESERVES:S73,989.25 FIRETAX: $5,016.09 APPROVAL OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented prior toi the meeting fori review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $61,866.08. Bills requiring payment from the sewer fund totaled $9,110.17. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion authorizing payment and ratification ofa all bills presented from both the general and sewer funds; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and  Borough Mayor.  Warren Lubenow; all werei ini favor andi the motion carried.  seconded by Mr. Eggert; all werei ini favor and the motion carried.  the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCL  8/17  33    PUBLICH HEARINGS, PETITIONS:  CHARLENE: ZAWASKI Mrs. Zawaski who resides at 3439 Stoner Avenue presented before Council with a neighbor complaint. Mrs. Zawaski came to complain about the condition of her neighbor, Mr. Newman's property. There are a lot of weeds and overgrown trees on his property and Mrs. Zawaski's complaint is that he has not done anything tol his property since he has moved in there. Mrs. Zawaski indicated that she has concerns about spotted lantern fly and that she feels iti isap public nuisance. Ms. London explained to Council that what qualifies as a public nuisance under the property maintenance code. Mr. Lubenow: also indicated thati iti is really not) just Mr. Newman's property but also thei two adjacent lots that have al lot of ailanthus which attracts spotted lantern fly that really should be taken down. There was a short discussion; it was decided to send a code enforcement letter to Mr. Newman stating that he has 10 days to make a substantial improvement to his property or that the Borough will send in a contractor to doi iti for him and bill him; if that goes unpaid the property will be lien. The two adjacent lots will be given 20 days to make a substantial improvement to their ailanthus trees. Mr. Fritz indicated that the property on Oley Turnpike Road with all of the things ont the front porch with high weeds in the back: should be addressed also so they will be given 20 days to make a substantial improvement to their property as well. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made a motion to send a code enforcement letter to Mr. Newman giving him 10 days to make a substantial improvement to his property and the other three property owners will be given 20 days to make a substantial improvement toi their properties; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were inf favor and the motion carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA STEVENS  SPECIAL EVENTS- Recently we have found that there is going to be ar need for a special events permit so that rules and regulations for having as special eventi is laid outi in writing in thei form of an ordinance including occupancy requirements. Ms. London will draft a sample copy for the Council to review at the GREEN LIGHT GO GRANT- The Borough has until September 15, 20171 to accept the Green Light Go grant of over $250,000 for the upgrading oft the traffic signals. Ms. London has the resolution ready to be signed accepting the grant and naming Ms. Leinbach as the authorized signature fort the grant. This will be Resolution 789-2017. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 789-2017 accepting the Green Light Go grant and naming Ms. Leinbach the authorized signer for the grant; STORMWATER REVIEW LETTERS - Three stormwater application review letters were issued. Storm Water Operation and Maintenance Agreements willl be required for these storm water facilities. The PRECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE- Mr. Rhoads attended a preconstruction conference in Allentown for what wei thought was going to bet the repair oft the Oley Turnpike Road bridge. It turned out that this was going to be for handicap ramps on Oley Turnpike Road from Route. 5621 to Route 422 which will be done this fall and ini the spring of 20181 the base repair toi the bridge and paving of the entire length of Oley" Turnpike Road willl be done. There was discussion about whether or not handicap ramps would encourage pedestrian traffic on Oley Turnpike Road. Also the guide rails are blocking the sidewalk area on Oley Turnpike Road andi thati is al little bit concerning. Ms. Stevens was directed to send a letter to STORM WATER COMPLAINT- Ms. Stevens indicated that Mr. Rhoads investigated a storm water complaint on Orchard Court ini thel hammerhead section. He found that the coupling bans on the corrugated metal pipe were noti installed correctly and were causing sinkholes int they yard. Mr. Rhoads willl be repairing the couplings and this should eliminate the problem. This work is proposed to start on  September meeting.  seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all were in favor and the motion carried. proposed residence on Ranor Court is currently on hold at this time.  PennDOT expressing the Borough's concern.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  8/17  34    August 15, 2017. During this particular investigation he also found that a neighboring property has an addition on their property which actually is overt top oft the sewer main. It will be noted that this section oft the sewer line is now not accessible. Ms. Steven's attached Mr. Rhoad's report and pictures that weret taken. Ms. Stevens indicated that Mr. Rhoads did a great job with this investigation.  REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH MAYOR- GREGORY ZAWILLA  Mr. May welcomed Mr. Zawilla and indicated that ift there are any seminars or educational meetings that he wanted to attend that thei funding is available to do SO. Mrs. Eggerti indicated that anything that comes tot the office with classes to attend that she would forward that to Mayor Zawilla and he can decide ifiti is something that he may be interested in attending. Much of these classes are offered  through the Center for Excellence in Local Government.  BUDGET & FINANCE  TAX COLLECTOR AUDIT- The tax collector audit for the 2016 calendar year was available for review. There were no findings except the usual internal control which is always a comment made by the auditors. The audit is included int the minutes. MOTION: Mr. Fritz made a motion to accept the audit of the tax collector prepared by Barbacane Thornton & Company for the calendar year 2016; seconded by  Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  PLANNING COMMISSION submitted. SANITARY SEWER  There will be no need to have an August Planning Commission meeting as there have been no plans  RESOLUTION 790-2017- Resolution 790-2017 authorizes the Borough to exonerate outstanding sewer debt thati there no means of collecting. Ms. Leinbach explained that this concerns Mr. Larry Readinger's property at4 4941 Parkview Road. There were two connections at this location and the outstanding debt is fort the second connection which was not being used and was never being paid. It was the base charges. At this time Ms. Leinbach would like to exonerate the outstanding sewer debt and actually exonerate the account entirely since this location will never be a multi-unit property. The amount asking to be exonerated is $458.10. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made a motion to adopt Resolution 790-2017 exonerating the outstanding sewer debt for 496 Parkview Road and exonerate the account as well in the amount of $458.10; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei in favor andi the motion carried.  TRASH & RECYCLING  Ms. Leinbach indicated that we are currently in the last year of our regular trash contract. The contract allows for two one year optional years. The question to Council do you want to rebid the trash service or enter into year one of the optional extension of the contract and if SO we need to send al letter to Mascaro asking ift they would like to extend the contract with year one oft the extension. The cost for trash service in optional year one is $120,692.16 which is about a $4,000 increase and comes to about $175.00 per household. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing Ms. Leinbach to senda letter to Mascaro indicating the Borough's wishes to extend the contract with year one of the optional  extension; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were ini favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  8/17  35    RECREATION- DAVID EGGERT  Mr. Eggert indicated that the playground program ends tomorrow, August 11. The playground numbers were reallyl low thisy year and we will be keeping at tab on the numbers in the future. There are al lotof things that factor int to the attendance. We will see what the numbers look like next year.  EMERGENCY MANGEMENT COORDINATOR  There are currently forms that need to be filled out for the hazardous mitigation plan which are due by  September 1,2017. MUNICIPAL LANDS  Mr. Lubenow indicated that Mr. Bill Stillman may be interested int turning his land over to Berks Nature. Apparently his land is land locked and would need to cross the Borough's land to access his land. Ms. London indicated that he would need an easement and that he should have his attorney draw upan easement and present it to the Borough for review. It was also noted that he would need to acquire an  easement from the other property owners as well if he needs to cross their land. The: storm water newsletter went out ont time and provided good information.  NEWSLETTER  YARD WASTE- Mr. Mayi indicated that he disagrees with the yard waste requirement that things need to be! bundled. Hei thinks that iti is unrealistic to bundle things in 41 foot lengths and that ifal landscaper was doingi it they would not bundle things to haul it away. There was a lengthy discussion and asa result Council approved 61 foot tree limbs of manageable size that can be lifted by one person andi ift that person thinks iti isr not manageable thati it should bel left. There was also discussion about the amount of brush that can be put out at one time; notice to the Borough for large amounts should be given when  placing your call for pick up. NEW BUSINESS  GOODWILL INDUSTRIES- Ms. Leinbach was on location at Goodwill today for al large clog ini their sewer pipe. There was overflow andi it was spewing out of the vent on Prospect Street but luckily did notr make itt to any storm drains. Ms. Stevens was directed to send al letter to Goodwill inquiring about the size oft their lateral and the usage of building to determine ift the size oft the lateral is large enough to CIVICGOV- Ms. Leinbach has been looking into software for quite some time. This software can be used for permitting, landlord registration, inspections, life safety inspections, code enforcement and document management. A copy oft the program isi included in the minutes. The cost of the software is $17,000 with an annual $2,600 maintenance fee. There are many advantages to using this software. There is no charge for users andi they envision use having about eight users. We would need to purchase at few tablets which are not thate expensive to be used for permit inspections and storm water inspections. There was some discussion about the software and all questions were answered. Ms. Leinbach would like to purchase the software now: sO that we can play around with it since we need to work with Mr. Golashovsky to work out details with permitting and go live with it in. January. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to purchasei the Civic Gov software at a cost of $17,000 with an annual charge of $2,600; seconded by! Mr. Fritz; all were int favor and the motion carried.  handle that building now that all of the renovations have been done.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  8/17  36    COMMUNITY DAY OF SERVICE- Mr. Fritz belongs to Northstar United Methodist Church and they do a day of Community: Service which is scheduled for September 17. On this dayt they venture out into the community to provide service; last year they painted the bathrooms ati the Trout Runi facility. Mr. Fritz thought thati it would ber nice tol have the bathrooms painted at our playground. This would be free of charge to the Borough. Council was on board with this andi thanked Mr. Fritz. Also they provide a pancake breakfast at the junior high school for the patrons oft thet food bank andi they also invite the fire company and police department to partake and was asking if the Borough would be willing to be a sponsor of the breakfast to offset the cost to the church. He was looking for $50-$75. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to donate $751 tot the Northstar United Methodist Church for their pancake breakfast for the patrons of the food bank and emergency: service personnel; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were inf favora and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:47  all were in favor andi the motion carried.  PM.  Respertfulysubmittes, Ier  Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  8/17  37    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES TMUBSDA/SPTEMERM4,AT Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Ms. Allison A. Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Dr. Ronald Ivison, Borough Resident Mr. Keith Stunz, Borough Resident, POSofA Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Mr. William Daniels, Asst. Zoning Officer/Code Enforcement Off.  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting, Thursday, August 10, 2017, were presented to Council for their review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was presented to Council for their review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the treasurer's report. Mr. May read the fund account totals and Ms. Leinbach indicated that the treasurer's report could be approved as presented and filed for audit. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file GENERAL: $319,251.70 SEWER:$273,739.73 RESERVES:574,001.82 LIQUID FUELS: $296,061.58 FIRE TAX:$5,267.09 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for their review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the bills. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $89,605.43. Bills requiring payment from the sewer fund totaled $37,966.38. Bills requiring payment from the fire taxi fund totaled $4,910.00. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications with regard to the bills. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to approve payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Rev.  President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:31 PM.  by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  iti for audit; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  D. Michael Bennethum; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  9/17  38    PUBLICI HEARINGS, PETITIONS:  RONALD IVISON- - Dr. Ronald Ivison presented before Council this evening with two concerns. His first concern wast the strange behavior ofr raccoons. Dr. Ivison indicated that about two weeks ago he is walking in the woods andi found a dead raccoon that did not appear to bei injured but was lying dead, Dr. Ivison also had a raccoon in his yard that was acting strangely that he shot, and then just about two days ago a neighbor had a raccoon in their yard that was acting strangely which the police shot. The Borough Hall was called because the neighbor was told that the Borough would perhaps arrange fori the animal to bet tested. The animal was bagged and laying fori two days sO the animal was discarded. Dr. Ivison had called the next day andi the Borough office referred him to the regional game commission office who indicated that they would not do anything unless the animal bit someone. Dr. Ivison was wondering howi the Borough is going to deal with diseased and illa animals. There was really no answer; the Borough would havei tol looki into this further but ift there is a problem with a raccoon that appears to be diseased or ill they should call the police. The Borough will also looki into how to get animals tested if this is reported again. Dr. Ivison's second concern had to do with the infestation oft the spotted lantern fly. Dr. Ivison told Council that he works in Boyertown andi they are having a real problem with them. Mr. Mayi indicated that the Borough is int the quarantine area and the Borough has put information into ther newsletter with regardi to spotted lantern fly and Ms. Leinbach is currently working on letters and suggesting thati iti is recommended that you try to eliminate the evasives namely the ailanthus trees. These trees have been taped to trapi them. Mr. Lubenow indicated that ai few years ago the Borough went through and eliminate all oft the ailanthus that he could find on the Borough owned property and it WILLIAM DANIELS - Mr. Daniels presented before Council this evening to resign from his position as Assistant Zoning Officer and Code Enforcement Officer. Mr. Daniels has been in that position for 33 KEITH STUNZ, POS of A- Mr. Stunz presented on behalf oft the POS ofA. He asked whether or noti it would be possible to install flags oni the outside oft the building above the back door. Mr. Stunz was told that they would need to be placed in a way that they do not hinder the surveillance cameras that have been installed on the building. Mr. Eggert volunteered to coordinate with Mr. Stunz fori the placement of thet flags; they will meet att the Borough Hall on Monday, September 18, at 10:30 AM. FREE LIBRARY- Mr. Stunz asked where the Borough was at with the free library. Iti is Mr. Stunz's family whoi is installing the library inr memory of his late wife, Carol. Mr. Stunz will meet with Mr.  was treated as well.  years andi thanked the Borough for the opportunity to serve.  Rhoads on Monday as well to clarify the location for the free library. REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH ENGINEER PAMELA STEVENS, SDE  4941 PARKVIEW ROAD - There have been notices of violation issuedi to the property owner of 494 Parkview Road and no action has been taken on the issues at hand. The Borough will need toi take PENNDOT- Ms. Stevens indicated that she heard back from PennDOT and it appears that they are not going to be doing the bridge with the ADA Accessibility sO the guiderails will remain a problem until the GOODWILL INDUSTRIES- Goodwill Industries received their notice of violation one month ago for the SSO. They have not responded toi the Borough with their plan on how they plan to fix the problem sO that ity won't happen again buti it happened again. DEP was informed. Ifthis happens again we will be  action ont this matter. bridge is replaced.  collecting a sample to sendi for testing. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  9/17  39    REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR JOAN LONDON, KOZLOFF: STOUDT  RESIGNATION OF WILLIAM DANIELS- Ms. London indicated thati the Borough needs to accept Mr. Daniels resignation for the record. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to accept the resignation of Mr. William Daniels after 33 years of service as zoning and code enforcement officer; PUBLIC GATHERING ORDINANCE- Ms. London indicated that she did send to Ms. Leinbach a sample ordinance for public gatherings/events. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she is trying to lump together multiple ordinances that need to be done and Council can review them together. GRIFFIN HOLDINGS LLC - Griffin Holdings LLCi is the owner of 494 Parkview Road. There were multiple listings for Griffin Holdings LLC sO non-compliance letters were sent to all of the addresses. One of the addresses were for a group ofa attorneys, Stevens & Lee. There is no association with this property and Stevens & Lee. At thist time because of the non-compliance the property needs to be secured by either boarding it up or placing a fence around the property. Mr. Eggert commented that he felt froma safety standpoint that the building should be boarded up even though fencing would be less expensive because of being ablet to get over thei fence or the ability to throw something into the building. Ifitis boarded up they can't get in as easily. The property owner will be notified that the property is being boarded up and a contractor willl bel hired to do the work. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made a motion authorizing Ms. Leinbach to notify the property owner of 494 Parkview Road that the Borough will be entering the property for the sole purpose of boarding it up for safety reasons; seconded by Mr.  seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried.  Lubenow; all werei in favor and the motion carried. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR- GREGORY ZAWILLA  RESOLUTION 791-2017- Resolution 791-2017 will enact the Borough's Halloween curfew and Trick or Treat nights. The Halloween curfew will run from Saturday, October 21 through Sunday, November 5 from 9:00 PM until 6:00 AM and' Trick or Treat nights will be Monday, October 30 and Tuesday, October 311 from 5:001 PM until 9:001 PM. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 791-2017 setting the Halloween Curfew and Trick or Treat nights; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and STRAY ANIMAIS/RACCOONS - Mr. May also asked Mayor Zawilla to bei in contact with the police about the strange behavior of raccoons and suggestions for trapping and having them tested.  the motion carried.  BUDGET & FINANCE- =  EXETER" TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT- There was a request from Exeter Township School District for al reimbursement of the property real estate taxes int the amount of $179.93 which was paid on 4/24/17. The school district is paying property taxes on the portion of the building that is rented out. The Borough has reimbursed the school district fori their Borough property taxi for the past few years. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to reimburse the Exeter Township School District in the amount of $179.93 fort their payment oft the Borough real estate taxes; seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all were in BUDGETI MEETINGS- The proposed budget meeting is preliminarily: scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 7:30 PM. This is the day before the November Council meeting. This meeting will need to be advertised. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the Borough staff to advertise the budget meeting for Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at7:30 PM; seconded by Mr.  favor and the motion carried.  Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCL  9/17  40    ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE. AGREEMENT- The Borough received the agreement from the Animal Rescue League for 2018. In the letter theyi indicate that they! have responded tof four calls with regard to animal control ini the Borough andi took in: 13 animals from the Borough. There is no detail; however they are asking if the Borough would consideri increasing their donation, which was $500 in the past. Council is not opposed to allocating more funds to the Animal Rescue League however would like to have al little bit more ofa a detailed report to review before making that decision. Mrs. Eggertwas RESOLUTION 772-2017- Resolution 772-2017 would add Mr. Rhoads as a signer on the operations/recreation account. This account is a single signature account where the account balance is always less than $1000 that is used to make small purchases and for small supplies. There was a short discussion. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to adopt Resolution 772-2017 adding Mr. Rhoads as a signer toi the account; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried. GOGGLE EARTH- - Mr. Lubenow) just made comment that he was on Goggle Earth and the pictures are very good and clear and shows how much crack sealing is needed on the Borough Streets. Ms. Leinbach indicated that we have kept up crack sealing in order to not have to repave the streets as often sO that BOROUGH PLOW- Mr. Geibel indicated that the Exeter Fire Department is offering to allow the Borough to storet the plow at their location on 562 sO that it is at least undercover. The Borough may be able to rent a garage very close byl but Council thanked Mr. Geibel andi the fire department for their  directed to contact them to request that information.  STREETS & LIGHTS  we can do larger projects and get better pricing.  offer. SANITARY SEWER Mr. Rehabi int to dot the work. TRASH & RECYCLING  There are al lot of lines that need to bet flushed and rehabbed. Once the flushing is done we will get  MASCARO Mascaro is also interested in a one year extension of the contract.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR The Hazmat Mitigation Plan was submitted on time. LIBRARY LIAISON- WARREN LUBENOW  Mr. Lubenow indicated that thet township is taking back the Dunn Community Center to use iti for office and conference room space therefore the Friends of the Library are looking fora a newl location to store and have their book: sale. Their fundraiser brings in thousands of dollars fori the library every' year. NPDES PERMIT- It has been suggested that the NPDES Permit be submitted with no attorney JOSEPH MOSER- Ms. Leinbach asked Council whether or not they would consider hiring Mr. Joseph Moseri temporarily to help Mr. Rhoads with projects. There isa al list of projects that need to be done and he would also become the backup plow driver fort the Borough as well. Al list of projects that need to be done was reviewed by Council. Thel hourly rate would be $12.00. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the  NEW BUSINESS  signature to avoid any liability issues.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  9/17  41    motion to! hire Mr. Moser for at time frame off full time for nine months; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were inf favora and the motion carried. The meeting oft the Borough Council adjourned at 8:25 PM.  all were inf favor and the motion carried.  Repertivelysubmited, I Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  9/17  42    BOROUGH OFST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017 Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Chief Raymond Serafin, Central Berks Regional Police Chief Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan D. Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mrs. Charlene Zawaski, Borough Resident Mrs. Cheryll Oestrich, Borough Resident Mr. William Stillman, Exeter Township Resident Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mayor Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Council APPROVAL OF1 THE MINUTES: The minutes from the previous meeting held on Thursday, September14, 2017, were distributed to the members of Council for their review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick Davidson; ally were ini favor and the motion carried. TRESURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the treasurer's report. The sewer loan balances are ont the bottom oft the report for review. Ms. Leinbach indicated that we are on schedule to have the sewer loan paid offa a year and three months ahead ofs schedule. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion to approve thet treasurer's report as presented and file iti for audit; seconded GENERAL: $345,940.12 RESERVE: $74,014.39 SEWER: $242,924.26 LIQUID FUELS: $224,567.70 FIRE: $823.26 FOREIGN FIRE DISTRIBUTION: Thei foreign fire monies can be distributed since there is an existing agreement that everything be split! 50/50. The amount being dispersed to Exeter' Volunteer Fire Company Relief is $4,704.40. The amount being dispersed to Mt. Penn Fire Company Relief is  President, Mr. Robert. J. May, at 7:30 PM.  byl Mr. Eggert; all were ini favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  10/17  43    $4,704.39. There wasi no discussion. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to disperse the monies as stated above to thei fire company reliefassociations; seconded by Mr. Michael Fritz; ally were in favor and APPROVAL ANDI PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were distributed to the Council fori their review. Ms. Leinbach explained that there were two payments made to PNCf from the sewer fund because PNC credited thet first payment to the principal only and instead of contacting them and trying to get it straightened out a second payment was made. Bills requiring payment and ratification: from the general fund totaled $69,334.45. Bills requiring ratification from the sewer fund totaled $12,000. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of  the motion carried.  all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried.  PUBLICI HEARINGS AND PETITIONS:  WILLIAM STILLMAN Mr. Stillman presented before Council this evening to inquire about obtaining an easement from the Borough to access his property. Mr. Stillman owns property that is adjacent to the Borough woodlands. Mr. Stillman had ar mapi and other documents to be reviewed. Council discussed the request and Council had no problem with the request. Mr. May directed Ms. Stevens to work up the easement and come back with a cost tol be discussed further for Mr. Stillman's easement. CHARLENE. ZAWASKI Mrs. Zawaski presented this evening to inquire about a neighboring property. Mrs. Zawaski presented to Council in August with a complaint about her neighbor's property; Mrs. Zawaski indicated that shel has not seen any progress with removal of the weeds and vegetation. There isi infestation of spotted lantern flies on his property. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she has been working with Ms. Stevens and Ms. London on a letter however the Borough has no clear cut ordinance in which to cite Mr. Newman for the condition of his property. The ordinances we have are for weeds and grass noty vegetation and trees. Ms. London indicated that this is perhaps al life safety or quality ofl life issue but the Borough would have to do an ordinance in order to properly enforce on a property owner. On another note, Mrs. Zawaski is ont the board for the Friends of the Library who is currently using the Dunn Community Center. Exeter Township has given them until the end of December to vacate that location which leaves them with no place to go. The Friends do al lot off fundraising for the library and they are currently looking for another facility where they can store books and hold their events. Mrs. Zawaski indicated that she had called and: spoken to Mrs. Eggert who suggested to contact the school district administration building, which is the old Lausch Elementary School. They have a room buti iti isi in the basement and there is no good way to utilize the location. She was inquiring if the Borough knew of anyone who had space that they could use for storage. Council indicated that if they could think of any location they will definitely pass it onto them. Mrs. Zawaski thanked Council for their time.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELASTEVENS  ORDINANCE UPDATES - Ms. Stevens indicated that she has been working with Ms. Leinbach and that GOODWILL- Goodwill Industries has had two SSOs, one in August and one in September. They have 494 PARKVIEW ROAD - The property has been boarded up and at this time we are tryingt to remove thei trailer from the floodplain on the property. Certified mail has been sent to the owner oft the trailer  there will be at few ordinances that need tol be updated in the neari future. received a notice of violation and DEP has been contacted.  and to the property owner. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  10/17  44    REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH MAYOR was available for review. BUDGET & FINANCE  Mayor Zawilla had a conflict for the meeting this evening and was noti in attendance. The police report  BUDGET MEETING- Att the previous meeting in! September, Council authorized the advertisement of the budget meeting for Wednesday, November 8, at7:30 PM. Council was still goodi for this date and AUDIT FROM THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT. JUDGE - The audit was available for review and a copy of  Mrs. Eggert will go ahead and advertise. the audit willl bei included in the official minutes. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR  Mr. May has decided to resign as the Emergency Management Coordinator and would like to appoint Mr. David Eggert as the Emergency Management Coordinator. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to appoint Mr. David Eggert as the Borough's Emergency Management Coordinator; seconded  by Mr. Robert May; all were in favor and the motion carried. The newsletter should be going out by the end of next week.  NEWSLETTER- - ALLISON LEINBACH BOROUGH MANAGER'S REPORT  Borough Manger, Allison Leinbach, informed Council that she has sent out multiple spotted lantern fly information packets to residents who have called the Borough office looking fori information. A shortened version oft this willl bei included in the newsletter that will be going out this month.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  UGI- UGI was fixing the roadway on! St. Lawrence Avenue however they were flushing debris into the storm drains. Ms. Leinbach took photos and sent them to Ms. Stevens and these were forwarded toa few different places. There is a question as to whether or not this is a storm water violation. Inthe  future this will bei forwarded to DEP and the conservation district.  GENERAL COMMENTS TO COUNCIL  PARKING LOT LIGHTING Ms. Stevens wanted to thank Council for the parking lot lighting. Ms. Stevens indicated that she feels it is much safer and looks very nice. Ms. Leinbach indicated that there are ai fewi issues with the photocells not working correctly and Mr. Golashovsky is still working on that GUIDERAILS ON OLEY TURNPIKE ROAD- Mr. Geibel indicated that he had spoken to a representative from Senator. Judy Schwank's office and that they think they could help the Borough with the issue of the guiderails that PennDOT installed on Oley Turnpike Road and howi iti forces pedestrians into the roadway. Ms. Stevens was directed to send al letter to Senator Schwank's office.  but itis is a vast improvement and much: safer.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  10/17  45    ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all werei inf favor and the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  8:12 PM.  Respertiulysubmited, Susan D. Eggert, BoroughSècretary S  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  10/17  46    BOROUGH OFS ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMER 9, 2017  ATTENDANCE:  Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Mrs. Carole Duran, Reading Eagle Mr. David Eggert, Vice President Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Mr. RobertJ. APPROVAL OF THEI MINUTES: The minutes of the previous meeting, October 17, 2017, were distributed to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. TREASURER'S REPORT: Thei treasurer's report was distributed toi the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. Mr. May indicated that sewer loan balances and debt services were ati the bottom of the report for review. MOTION: Mr. Fritz made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented and file it for audit; GENERAL: $243,326.17 SEWER: $210,960.29 RESERVES: $74,026.55 LIQUIDI FUELS: $224,569.09 FIRE TAX: $1,143.13 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: Bills requiring payment and ratification from both the general fund and the sewer fund were presented to Council. There were no questions, corrections or ratifications to any oft the bills presented. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to approve and ratify all of thel bills presented from both the general and sewer fund; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all  May, Council President, at 7:32P PM.  Michael Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried.  seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all were in favor andi the motion carried.  were int favor and the motion carried.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELA STEVENS NOVS- The camper was removed from 494 Parkview Road.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUH COUNCIL  11/17  47    SALVATION. ARMY-1 The Salvation Army would like to occupy a space at the Antietam Shopping Center for the months of November, December and. January. There are still some unanswered questions with regards to the process and the storage of goods. Ms. Leinbach is still in communication with them. OLEYTURNPIKE ROAD - Ms. Stevens was authorized to reach out to PennDOTI with regards to their plans on Oley Turnpike Road andi the bridge with regard toi the guiderails. E-mails are attached to the engineer's written report. Mr. May asked Ms. Stevens to reach out to PennDOT and aski if there are pictures or a plan available that shows how the guiderails were supposed to be installed. Ms. Leinbach indicated that she also received a phone call from PennDOT indicating that they are planning on paving St. Lawrence Avenue in 2020. It was suggested that perhaps there needs to be talks with PennDOT to be sure that all of the different projects are being coordinated because the Borough also has to complete HAFER HEIGHTS = Ita appears thati the Hafer's would like to use a more natural swale instead of SURVEY OF THE WOODLANDS- - Ms. Stevens indicated that the Borough will need to prioritize the surveying oft the land. She is suggesting that the Borough would need to spend about $10,000 a year for STILLMAN PROPERTY- Ms. Stevens indicated that SDE will: send the surveyor out with a drone once all of thel leaves have fallen to get the details for the easement instead of having to walk it. This should  thet traffic: signal project (Green Light Go Grant) byt the end of 2019. GOODWILL-/ A response to the NOV was received and being reviewed. creating a news stormwater channel. This is being reviewed.  af few years to get it done.  save al lot oft time. Mr. Lubenow would like to bei involved with the process.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR - JOAN LONDON  Ms. London reported that she had assisted Ms. Leinbach and Ms. Stevens with the notices of violation  for 494 Parkview Road, Stoner Avenue and the Antietam Shopping Center. REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER- ALLISON LEINBACH  Ms. Leinbach reported that Mr. Newman on! Stoner Avenue has responded to his notice and has begun  to do some work on the property.  REPORT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR - GREGORY ZAWILLA The police report was available for review. BUDGET & FINANCE- ALLISON LEINBACH PROPOSED BUDGETS minutes. official minutes. minutes.  Mr. May asked Mayor Zawilla if he had anything to report and thanked him for attending this evening.  SEWER The proposed sewer budget was reviewed and discussed and is part of the official LIQUID FUELS- The proposed liquid fuels budget was reviewed and discussed and is part of the FIRE TAX-The proposed fire tax budget was reviewed and discussed and is part of the official GENERAL FUND BUDGET- The general fund budget was reviewed and discussed. Ms. Leinbach indicated that the budget could bei tight but. There was further discussion and Council felt that no tax increase was warranted ati this time. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to advertise all oft the proposed budgets for adoption in December; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were in favor and the motion  carried. 11/17  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCL  48    ORDINANCE 439 - Ordinance 439 would set the 2018 taxr millage rate the same as 2017; 61 mills fort the general fund and 0.64 mills fort thei fire tax. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion authorizing the Borough office to advertise Ordinance 439: setting the tax millage ratei for 2018 the same as 2017, 61 mills for the general and 0.641 for the fire tax; seconded by Mr. May; all were in favor and the motion carried. DONATIONS- Al list of the donations that were, giveni in 2016 were distributed to the members of Council for review. As previously discussed the agreement with the Animal Rescue League came witha request for additional monies. In 20161 the Borough gave them $500. Additional information was requested but there was no response from the Animal Rescue League to date. The initial letter indicated that they tooki in 13 stray animals from St. Lawrence and responded to 4 calls for animal control. There was a discussion and Mr. May proposed that we give the Animal Rescue League $50 per response which would be $850; all present agreed that that was the reasonable thing to do ati this time, Exeter Library will receive $4 per resident which totals $7236, Berks Crime Alert $250, Berks County Solid' Waste $250, and Berks Nature $50. The following memberships will also be done; The Center for Excellence $500, Co-Op Purchasing Council $150, Berks County Mayor's Assoc! $50, PSAB $385, PSATS $200 and subscriptions tol Borough News for those that still wish to receive. Rev. Bennethum and Mr. Lubenow indicated that they do not need wish to continue receiving the Borough News. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to give the above donations and obtain the above memberships and subscriptions; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  STREETS & LIGHTS  STREETI LIGHTS Ita appears that another street light thati is Borough owned and was replaced a while back with LED has failed. This is another light on Poplar. There was another light on Poplar that Mr. Golashovsky indicated was damaged by al lightening strike. Hei feels that this light may have been affected byl lightening as well. Lights are being ordered for replacement: as the Borough office has HIRING OF AI PART TIME EMPLOYEE- Ms. Leinbach indicated that because Mr. Moser did not return fore employment that she has hired Mr. Connor Meers. Mr. Meers attends Penn State University Berks Campus and is seeking part time employment. He is also interested in summer employment and is planning to stay at Penn State Berks Campus for all four years. Mr. Meers is helping Mr. Rhoads with street work: and yard waste pickups as well as storm drain cleaning. Mr. Meers was hired at $10.00 per hour. MOTION: Mr. Fritz made the motion to reaffirm the employment of Mr. Connor Meers at $10.00 per hour with ar maximum of 15 hours per week; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were int favor and the  received many phone calls about the street light being off.  motion carried. PLANNING COMMISSION No November meeting is necessary. SANITARY: SEWER  Mr. Rehab will be doing some cleaning oft the sewer: system and storm drain under Oley" Turnpike Road toa assess the damage of the storm drain. Televising oft the sewer pipe on Prospect will be done to make sure that no damage was done to the sewer system due to the Goodwill sanitary sewer overflows. Mr. May indicated that hei thinks that he had received an e-mail about the Antietam Dam and he will respond to that e-mail prior to Mr. Eggert assuming the role as Emergency Management Coordinator.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  11/17  49    INSURANCE premiums. NEWSLETTER  The Borough's liability insurance is going tol be going up primarily because of the public official's liability  The next newsletter will go out right after the December Council meeting. Information regarding Trout Run will bei int that newsletter. Currently thel last that the Borough was told is that Exeter Township is planning on deactivating all of the cards as of January 1, 2018 andi that at that time you can go to the township building and pay $101 to reactivate your card. There was al lengthy discussion and Council would like to al lot $2,000 for Trout Run cards, other words if one of our residents would liket to keep their Trout Run card the Borough will pay for thet first 200 cards. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum madei the motion authorizing payment of thei first 200 Trout Run cards; seconded by Mr. May; all were in favor  and the motion carried. LIBRARY LIAISON relocate. NEW BUSINESS  Mr. Lubenow reported that the library board has asked the Friends of the Library to liquidate their supply of books and that the Library will store their shelves and such until they can find a place to  GAMING- The Borough was in receipt ofa al letter from Senator. Judy Schwank's office with regard to legislation authorizing up to 10 ancillary casinos. This will be revisited again next month. GARAGE RENTAL- - Garage rental space is going tol be available for storage of the plow, truck, salter, mower equipment and all oft the: signs and poles. The garage is heated and does have electricity. Mr. May asked if liquid fuels money could bet for the rental of garage space. Ms. Leinbach was authorized to ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all were in favor and the motion carried. The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at 8:29  looki into this and report back in December.  PM.  Resgertiulysubmited, I  Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  11/17  50    BOROUGH OF ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, DECEMBER: 14, 2017  ATTENDANCE:  Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David' W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms. Taylor Delehanty, Reading Eagle Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALLTOORDER: The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order at 7:30 PMI by Council President, Mr. Robert. J. May. Mr. May indicated that he will bet taking on the duties of the Borough Mayor, Mr. Gregory Zawilla, in his absence and therefore will not be voting this evening. APPROVAL OF1 THE MINUTES: The minutes from the November 9, 2017 meeting were distributed to the members of Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to approve the November 9, 2017 minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. Warren Lubenow; all werei in favor and the motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurer's report was presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications toi thet treasurer's report. Mr. May read aloud the account balances and indicated that the sewer debt and loan balances were shown on the bottom oft the treasurer'sreport. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as GENERAL-'180,09756 RESERVES: $74,038.72 SEWER: $241,897.51 LIQUIDI FUELS: $224,570.48 FIRE1 TAX:$1,255.32 APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification were presented to Council for their review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund totaled $70,524.86. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $6,435.55. Bills requiring payment fromi thet fire taxi fund totaled $435.40. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to any oft the bills presented. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing payment and ratification of all bills presented; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were inf favor and the motion  presented; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were inf favor and the motion carried.  carried. 12/17  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  51    REPORT OF1 THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELASTEVENS  Wolfe Dye & Bleach Property- Ms. Stevens indicated that this property has at few complications. All but the entrance and a small corner oft the building are int thet floodplain and the age oft the buildings will require some updating which complicates the issue. The property ist for sale and every time there is an interested partyi in the property there is a memo that was created in 20121 that is sent to that party indicating some oft the complications and what would have to be done to bring the building and property into compliance. Ms. Leinbach indicated that because the buildings are in thei floodplain that the new owners would have toi flood proof the building and when doing improvements once you hit5 50 percent oft the value oft the building all of the UCC codes come into play which complicates the matter. 494 Parkview Road- Ms. Stevens indicated that this propertyi is a prime example oft the floodplain requirements. A new owner gutted the home which triggered all floodplain and UCC regulations and TURKEYI HILL MINI MARKET- Ms. Stevens indicated that Ms. Leinbach forwarded her an e-mail from Hafer Petroleum about what needed to be done fori improvements to this property. Apparently they want to install more gas pumps and expand the canopy. Ms. Stevens indicated that they are most SURVEY OFI MUNICIPAL LANDS Ms. Stevens submitted quotes for surveying as requested by Council. There was a short discussion about the priorities oft the surveying. Mr. Mayi indicated he would liket to just get everything done at one time however Ms. Leinbach indicated that financially she would like to wait because the budget is going to bet tight. However, #3 which was in the medium priority has actually becoming al higher priority. Mr. Mayi indicatedi that there is a property owner waiting on an easement fromi the Borough sO het felt that we needed to get at least that section done. That area includes off of Adams, Pine, and Stoner at a cost of $9,200. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the survey of Area 2 whichi includes the areas off of Adams, Pine and Stoner at a price of $9,200; seconded  The memo that is sent to all potential buyers is attached for review.  the Borough had to actually goi in and board upt the property for safety reasons.  definitely going to require a dimensional variance.  by Mr. Lubenow; ally were in favor and the motion carried. REPORT OF THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR- JOAN LONDON  SEWER AGREEMENT- Ms. London indicated that she received a counter offer from the Exeter Township Solicitor regarding sewer but would like to have some time to work up a counter offer. REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT/2ONING OFFICER ALLISON LEINBACH Ms. Leinbach indicated that two SSOs (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) enforcement letters were sent out to Goodwill and Mt. Penn Family Restaurant. Other enforcements are int the works. Mr. Lubenow asked what is going on with the caved in garage ini the 3400 block of St. Lawrence. Avenue. Ms. Leinbach told Council that that is a complicated matter since the home owner does not have the money and that she isi ini talks with thet fire company to see ift they could use it as ai training; to teari it down and haul away. NO NONSENSE NEUTERING - The Borough is currently working with No Nonsense Neutering to help with the feral cat population. This a trap, neuter, and release program. The resident will pay $10 and the Borough will pay $35 per cat. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion authorizing the signing of the No Nonsense Neutering agreement for thei trapping, neuter and releasing off feral cats where the Borough would pay $35 per cat not to exceed $5001 fort the calendar year 2018; seconded by Rev.  BUDGET & FINANCING- ALLISON LEINBACH  Bennethum; all were ini favor and the motion carried. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  12/17  52    ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE AGREEMENT- Ati the November meeting Council voted to give the Animal Rescue League $850 which is an increase from last year however they never voted to signt the agreement. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the Borough to sign the 2018 agreement with the Animal Rescue League; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were ini favor and the motion carried. PROPOSED 2018 BUDGET- The 2018 General, Sewer, Liquid Fuels and Fire Tax budgets were presented to Councili for adoption this evening. The proposed budgets are unchanged from November and are attached to the official minutes for review. The budget was advertised and has been posted at the Borough Halli for review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adopted the 2018 General Budget as presented; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; ally were in favor andi the motion carried. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion to adopt the Sewer, Liquid Fuels and Fire Tax budgets as presented; ORDINANCE 439- Ordinance 439: sets the 20181 taxi millage rate. The general tax millage rate is set at 6.0 and thet firet tax millage rate at 0.64 which is unchanged from 2017. There were no questions. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion to adopt Ordinance 439: setting the 2018 tax millage rate; AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY FOR TAXI BILLS- The Borough piggy backs with the County for the mailing oft thet tax bills and the agreement needs to be signed this evening to pay a portion of the mailing oft thet tax! bills. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the Borough to sign the agreement with the County to pay a portion of the mailing oft the tax bills; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; ally were in  seconded by Mr. Eggert; all were in favor and the motion carried.  seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  favor and the motion carried. STREETS & LIGHTS  SCHOOLI DISTRICT! PARKING LOT- Rev. Bennethum indicated that hel has received a complaint and request from neighbors of his on Lynn Avenue and Elm Street in the area of the school district administration building. The school district is no longer keeping the parking lot lights on and this areai is extremely dark. They are requesting the possibility of installing a street light. Ms. Leinbach indicated that the Borough was not aware that the school district is not keeping parking lot lights on and that they are supposed to be on at night. Mr. May directed Mrs. Eggert to contact the school district about the  parking lot lights. SANITARY SEWER  MR. REHAB Mr. Rehab was out to examine the storm drain pipe at Oley Turnpike Road. Itappears that the holei int the storm drain pipe was caused by concrete which has a guiderail attached toi it. The damage to the pipe was caused when PennDOT installed the guiderail. This information will be forwarded to PennDOT. There was also heavy root cleaning done in the alley behind St. Lawrence Avenue and Patton Street. They are also going to coming back out to televise the line on Prospect  because oft the problems with Goodwill Industries.  RECREATION  RESOLUTION 794-2017- Resolution 794-2017 reappoints Charles Waterbury to the Antietam Valley Recreation and Community Center board to represent the Borough of St. Lawrence. Mr. Waterbury has been the Borougnsrepresentative. This is ai three year term. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion authorizing the adoption of Resolution 794-2017 reappointing Mr. Waterbury to the board oft the Antietam Valley Recreation and Community Center for a three year term; seconded by Mr. Eggert; all  were ini favor andi the motion carried. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  11/17  53    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR - DAVID EGGERT  Mr. Eggert indicated that hei is currently updating the Boroughsinformation in the system.  ZONING HEARING BOARD  RESOLUTION 783-2017- Resolution 783-2017 reappoints Mrs. Dorothy. Jurasinski toi the Zoning Hearing Board for another 3 year term. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion authorizing the adoption of Resolution 783-2017 reappointing Mrs.. Jurasinski to the Zoning Hearing Board for another threey yeart term; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei in favor andi the motion carried.  NEWSLETTER  The newsletter is expected to go out next week.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS Borough. NEWE BUSINESS  GAMING- Council tabled this discussion last month. Council has no problem with this occurring in the  REORGANIZATION MEETING The reorganization meeting will be on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, Mrs. Eggert needs authorizing to advertise along withi the monthly Council and Planning Commission meetings as long as Council does not wish to change the day oft the meetings which they do not wish to do ati this time. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madet the motion authorizing the Borough office to advertise the Reorganization meeting for Tuesday, January: 2, 2018 at 7:30 PM: as well as the monthly Borough Council meetings which will be oni the second Thursday of each month as well as the Planning Commission Meetings which will bet thet fourth' Wednesday of the month with the exception of December which will bet thet third' Wednesday oft the month as long as there is business; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in UNPAID FIRE TAX- Ms. Leinbach was looking for some direction from Council as far as the unpaid 2016 fire taxes. There are four properties but two owners who have not paid the fire tax. The real question is whether or not Council is willing to lien the properties with fees attached ift the taxes go unpaid. The answer is yes as well as the unpaid sewer bills. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion to send the unpaid sewer bills to lien as well as one final notice with the intent to lien on the fire tax;  favor andi the motion carried.  seconded by Mr. Steve Geibel; all were ini favor and the motion carried.  INCOMING & OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS  FREE LIBRARY- Mr. Geibel commented thati the Free Library looks really nice. since apparently Exeter Township is now implementing a tax credit.  TAX CREDIT FORI EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDERS - Mr. Geibel would like to revisit the tax credit  GENERALCOMMENTS TO COUNCIL  BOROUGH ASSOCIATION MEETING Mr. Lubenow indicated that he attended the Borough Association Meeting and in. January they will be addressing Spotted Lanternfly. Stormwater will be a big topic next year as well because apparently some municipalities were told by their engineers that they  did not have to do anything with MS4. ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  11/17  54    AVAILABLITY OF BOROUGH HALL - Mr. Eggert indicated that he attended a seminar with Sherriff Weaknecht with regards to conceal carry. Ifthey are looking for a larger areat to meet in the future; Mr. Eggert asked ifi ini thet future ift they are inr need of a larger meeting areai if the Borough Hall could be used. Asl long as Council Chambers is not being used there is no problem with the Chambers being ADIOURNMENT- MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei in favor andi the motion carried. The meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council adjourned at  used.  8:33 PM.  Rgsperctiulysubmited, So Susan D. Eggert Borough Secretary  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCL  11/17  55    BOROUGH OFS ST. LAWRENCE REORGANIZATION MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY,. JANUARY: 2, 2018 Mr. Robert. J. May, Councilman Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. David W. Eggert, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Resident Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Ms.. Joan London, Borough Solicitor, Kozloff Stoudt  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  ABSENT:  CALL" TO ORDER: The meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council was called to order by Mr. RobertJ. May, Councilman, at 7:31 PM. Mr. May presided over the reorganization meeting as the past Council WELCOMING OFI RE-ELECTED COUNCILMAN: Mr. May welcomed back the re-elected Councilmen, Mr. David Eggert, Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Mr. Michael Fritz, and Mr. Warren Lubenow. VACANCY OF MAYOR SEAT: Mr. May indicated that Council needs to declare the seat of Borough Mayor vacant, since Mr. Michael Fritz decided to taket the seat on Council and not the seat as Mayor. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to declare the seat of Borough Mayor vacant; seconded by NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Att this time, Mr. Mayi indicated that Council needed to elect a Council President: and he opened up the nominations. MOTION: Mr. Eggert nominated Mr. Robert Mayi for Council President; seconded by Mr. Fritz; all werei in favor and the motion carried. Mr. May will NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. May asked for nominations for Council Vice President. MOTION: Rev. Bennethum nominated Mr. David Eggert for Council Vice President; seconded APPOINTMENTS FOR 2018: Mr. May read thel list of appointments for 2018. There is an attached list of all of the appointments fort the official minutes. The appointments will be done by Resolution. This will be Resolution 795-2018. MOTION: Mr. Warren Lubenow made the motion to adopt Resolution 795- 2018 setting all of the one year appointments; seconded by Rev. Bennethum; all were in favor and the  President.  Mr. Michael Fritz; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  bei the Council President for the next two years.  by Mr. Michael Fritz; all werei ini favora and the motion carried.  motion carried. 1/18  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1    SETTING THE1 TIME OFI MEETINGS: This was done in December and was advertised int the Reading Eagle on December 20, 2017. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion setting the time for monthly meetings ont the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor and the ORDER OF BUSINESS: Mr. Mayi indicatedi that he will keep the order of business as previously done. ADIOURNMENT: MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei int favor and the motion carried. The reorganization of the St. Lawrence Borough Council  motion carried.  adjourned at7:35 PM. Respectfully: submitted, D. Susan Eggert I Borough Secretary  FEY  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/18  2    BOROUGH OFS ST. LAWRENCE MEETING MINUTES TUESDAL,ANUARYZ,20IB Mr. RobertJ. May, Council President Mr. David W. Eggert, Council Vice President Rev. D. Michael Bennethum, Councilman Mr. Rick Davidson, Councilman Mr. Michael Fritz, Councilman Mr. Steve Geibel, Councilman Mr. Warren Lubenow, Councilman Ms. Pamela Stevens, Borough Engineer, SDE Ms. Allison Leinbach, Borough Manager Mrs. Susan Eggert, Borough Secretary Mr. Gregory Zawilla, Borough Mayor  ATTENDANCE:  OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  CALLTOORDER: The regular meeting oft the St. Lawrence Borough Council started immediately APPOINTMENT OF THE BOROUGH MAYOR: Att this time, Mr. May indicated that Council needed to appoint al Mayor. Mr. Gregory Zawilla filled the vacancy left by Mr. Fritz fort the last half oft they year 2017. Mr. May indicated that he would like to reappoint Mr. Zawilla to serve ai two year term as Borough Mayor at which time Mr. Zawilla would need to run ati the next municipal election cycle. This would be done by Resolution 796-2018. MOTION: Mr. David Eggert made the motion to adopt Resolution 796-2018 appointing Mr. Gregory Zawilla to at two year term as Borough Mayor; seconded by APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes of the December 14, 2017, meeting were presented to Council priort tot the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the minutes. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the minutes as presented; seconded by Mr. TREASURER'S REPORT: The treasurersreport was presented to Council prior to the meeting for review. There were no questions, corrections or clarifications to the report. The fund totals are noted on the treasurer's report andi the sewer loan balances are on thel bottom of the report for review. MOTION: Mr. Eggert made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented; seconded by Mr. Rick GENERAL: $175,244.76 RESERVES: $74,051.30 SEWER: $236,141.41 LIQUID FUELS: $225,141.25 FIRE TAX: $830.12 APPROVAL. AND PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: All bills requiring payment and ratification from December 15 through December 31, 2017 for both general and sewer funds were presented to Council for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund for the first two days of January were  following the reorganization meeting.  Mr. Michael Fritz; all werei in favor and the motion carried.  Warren Lubenow; all were in favor and the motion carried.  Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried.  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGHCOUNCIL  1/18  3    presented as welli for review. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the general fund for December 15-December 31, 20171 totaled $42,935.90. Bills requiring payment and ratification from the sewer fund totaled $7,694.24. Bills requiring payment from the general fund for. January 1- January 2, 20181 totaled $28,372.84. MOTION: Mr. Davidson made the motion to approve all bills for payment and  ratification; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all werei ini favor and the motion carried.  REPORT OFT THE BOROUGH ENGINEER- PAMELASTEVENS  TURKEY HILL- Atl last month's meeting Ms. Leinbach had received an inquiry from Turkey Hill who wishes to increase the size oft the canopy and add two gasoline pumps. The initial canopy wasa deemed approval because the Zoning Hearing Board failed to meet. Byi increasing the size oft the canopy and adding more pumps would make this even more non-conforming and would require a variance. 494F PARKVIEW ROAD- The Borough received an incomplete plan fromi the owner of 494 Parkview Road. The owner dropped off plans with no applications with thei intention of bringing complete applications back within a few days. Nothing has been received. Ms. Stevens briefly looked at the plans which are actually for building permits and not a variance. Ms. Stevens recommended that the plans be returned to the owner because ofs starting the clock on UCC building permit applications. WOLFE DYE & BLEACH - Apparently the Wolfe's are upset with the Borough about the memo that is being used fori inquiries. Council authorized the creation oft this memo back at few years ago because of the time and money being spent to answer questions with regard to the property. Mr. May indicated that ift the Wolfe's would like to come before Council to discuss they are more than welcome to do SO. HAFER HEIGHTS LOT5- Lot5 5 has now been developed and is occupied. They received their building U&O but received at temporary: zoning U&O because of outstanding storm water inspections. This has to do with the water bars and will need to bei investigated later in the spring with heavy rains to be sure that they are working properly before the Borough will completely sign off ont the plan however they are SURVEYING- The surveying of the municipal lands for the easement is on the schedule and can be  living there and there are no problems at this time. done as soon as there is no snow on the ground.  PLANNING COMMISSION  The annual report fori the Planning Commission was submitted to Council for review. Mrs. Eggert indicated thati the Planning Commission only had one official meeting in 2017. Atthis meeting the Exeter Rentals Conditional Use Hearing application was the onlyt topic of discussion. There was also one unofficial meeting in. June where Exeter Supply came for an informal discussion with the Planning Commission with a plan for expansion ati their business located on Prospect Street.  SANITARY SEWER  Ms. Leinbach indicated that Mr. Rehab did dos some televising of the sewer lines. There was heavy root cleaning done in the alley between St. Lawrence Avenue and Patton Street. There was also one pipe that was found broken and cracked on St. Lawrence Avenue at Chestnut Street. This repair will be done  ini the spring. LIBRARY LIAISON  Mr. Lubenow indicated that at the library board meeting he brought up the issue that we had with finding the information for the newsletter on their website. Hei indicated that they are well aware of the  ST. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/18  4    issue withi the website and will be providing us withi information for our newsletter in the future until the website issues are resolved. Apparently the County did an overhaul of the website which has  created a problem. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  TAX CREDIT FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS - Mr. Geibel indicated that Exeter Township is not completely done with their ordinance yet. Ms. London is going to be doing a sample ordinance to review. Ms. Leinbach indicated that this most likely would not be able to take effect until 2019; Mr. EXETER TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT- The Exeter Fire Department is currently redoing their by-laws and would like al Borough representative to assist with that process. They would also help with making decisions related to thet fire department officers. Mr. May asked Mrs. Eggert to please put this on February's agenda to have someone appointed. Ifanyone knows ofa Borough resident who would be  Geibel indicated that Ms. London said it might be ablei toi take effect for 2018.  interested in serving to please let Mr. May know prior to the next meeting.  GENERAL COMMENTS TOCOUNCIL the Borough fori its donation.  THANK YOU-I Mrs. Eggert indicated that ai thank you from Crime Alert Berks was received thanking EXECUTIVE! SESSION: Mr. May asked for an executive session to discuss personnel. MOTION: Mr. Eggert madei the motion to go into executive session; seconded by Mr. Davidson; all were in favor and the motion carried. Borough Council went into executive session at 8:04 PM. Council came out of PERSONNELL: The following action was made after Council came out of executive session. Borough employees, Mrs. Susan Eggert and Ms. Allison Leinbach will receive at 2.5% increase. Mr. Derrek Rhoads will be given the title of Senior Road Master and will receive an increase to $18.50 per hour. MOTION: Mr. Lubenow made the motion for the wage increases as noted above; seconded by Mr. Davidson; Mr. May, Mr. Lubenow, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Fritz, Rev. Bennethum and Mr. Geibel voting in favor; Mr. Eggert abstaining on Mrs. Eggert's increase duei to a personal relationship. Ms. Leinbach asked for direction with Mr. Rhoads salaryi in case of snow how he should be paid for extended daily hours if he does not reach 40 hours int the week. Council discussed andi this willl be done on a case by case basis. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Rev. Bennethum made the motion to adjourn; seconded by Mr. Lubenow; all were in favor andt the motion carried. The regular meeting of the St. Lawrence Borough Council  executive session at 8:20 PM.  adjourned at 8:24P PM. PAspertfulysubmittes, susan Borough Secretary Ern  ST.LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL  1/18  5