BOROUGH OF PARRYVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 21, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 6:59 pm by Cathy Hawk, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Other members present were: Mayor Kevin Greenzweig, Solicitor Robert Frycklund, Penni Szoke, Sharon Hinkle Council members not present: Patricia Wentz, Ralph Washburn, Dana Brubaker Public Comment: Gayle got a copy of Weissport's ordinance to ensure that residents are registered for per capita taxes and occupational taxes. We can use this as al basis for creating an ordinance for Motion: Penni Szoke made a motion to approve the prior month meeting minutes. Sharon Hinkle Parryville. second. Alli ini favor. Motion passed. TREASURERSREPORTS Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to approve the September Treasurer's Report. Penni Szoke second. All in favor. Motion passed. PRIOR MONTH BILLS $287.76 willl be added to the month's bills for Reliable Science for the speed limit signs. Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to approve the October 21* bills with the addition of Reliable Science. Penni Szoke second. Alli ini favor. Motion passed. PRIOR MONTH ACTIVITY DEPARTMENT REPORTS ZONING AND BUILDING CODE: Next month, we will need tol have a zoning hearing at the borough council meeting. We will need to add it to the November agenda. The applicants will have to present their proposal to borough council for conditional use. 770 State Road- - Pequa Properties. SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT: No report CODE ENFORCEMENT: No report SOLICITOR: No report MAYOR: A couple of cars have been removed, including the car on jack stands. In order to make as street one way, we would need engineers to conduct ai traffic survey. We will hold off on this for now due to the expense. BOROUGH ENGINEER: No report BOARD REPORTS PLANNING COMMISSION: No report ZONING HEARING BOARD: No report COMMITTEE REPORTS BUILDING AND LIGHTS AND ROADS: We have a light down at the end ofl Lower Main Street. A tree fell down, sO the power had to be turned off. Matt's Tree Service was the lowest bid, sO hei is trying to We had the contractor (Russel Muffley) here looking at the leak in the roof. He has worked on this roof before and thinks hel knows where the leak is. He will patch it to try and make it last. The hole next to the building is getting bigger. The 33" pipe was completely blocked, but we've had the fire company help to flush the pipe and it's about 20%1 full yet. We are hoping to get it completely clear We've groomed all the roads for winter. New cold patch is available. The truck needs more work before get here by the end of the month to remove the tree. before closing it up. winter. We got a new plow blade cutting edge. The backhoe had at tire blowout this past weekend, sO we did get a new tire put on. Work on Lower Main didn't: start yet. We just got the plates this week- -1 they were supposed to be here HEALTH & SANITATION: Cathy' Wolter from 366 East Fireline Road didn't have her garbage picked up three times this Summer. She has called each time and they have picked up the next day, but never the inJ July. The work will need to be completed this year. same day. ROADS: No Report PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE: We have the final proposal on the playground equipment sO wecannow Because we waited for the school playground building season to be over, we were able to get sale prices ont the equipment and therefore more equipment. The walking path will help with the grading-when the walking path is graded, they will extend a little on each side which will help with the playground The only expenses the borough is responsible for are: the handicapped parking space (sign and road Sharon Hinkle will revisit the grant to check to see if we are required to have any LSA: signage displayed. order. The equipment should arrive in 3-4 weeks then. grading. paint) and removal of old equipment. CANAL COMMISSION: No report FIRE & SAFETY: We had a meeting with the engineer and some oft the fire company volunteers about building a new fire company. After the engineer toured the fire company, he felt that the whole building would need to be replaced. We are looking to apply for two different grants that would payf for ar new fire company and potentially a new borough hall and banquet hall. SOLID WASTE COLLECTION REPORT: No report UNFINISHED BUSINESS ACT5 537 Update - Plan submitted to DEP on 3/22/19-N No Report NEW BUSINESS We went into executive session at 7:59 pm and finished the executive session at 8:19 pm. Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to close the meeting. Penni Szoke second. All ini favor. Motion passed.