BOROUGH OF PARRYVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING.MINUTES November 18, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 5:59 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 ZONING HEARING Robert opened by stating that before borough council is an application by PEQUA properties seeking conditional use of7,192 square foot vacant space as a treatment center for dialysis. Bob Eggstein is the owner oft the property and testified on behalf of PEQUA Properties. The Harley Davidson dealership will be moving to' Whitehall. Cindy Feinberg is representing PEQUA Properties oft the: sale in' Whitehall for the new location. Ed Wenger, the borough Zoning Commissioner, clarified that a September 16, 2019 letter requested the use of the property as a treatment center. Devita dialysis would take over a portion of the building and would have dedicated parking spaces. When the motorcycle dealership moves (October/November: 2020) Devita may be taking down the current warehouse for additional parking. Devita is currently leasing the space. Cathy Hawk questioned where the property line falls for Parryville Borough and Franklin Township. Franklin Township had contacted Cathy regarding sewage concerns. Bob Eggstein stated that they have been in talks with Franklin Township. Cindy Feinberg clarified that the property line falls between PEQUA Properties and Blue Mountain. Ed Wenger noted that in similar circumstances, a conditional use like this may require that al line bei installed to test the sewage. Robert Frycklund asked Bob Eggstein if he would permit the borough council to vote on this conditional use as Motion: Penni Szoke made a motion to approve the conditional use of 7,192 square foot of PEQUA We took the opportunity to ask Ed Wenger about the trailer issue. He noted that the last time he saw the trailer, there was an extension cord running across the alley way. He suggested that we look into the laws regarding public safety and access ini the property maintenance code. We still have not determined who owns the land. Palmerton has said they do not own that land. The water authority does not owni it. The land is within the borough, but we cannot determine who owns the land because there is no parcel Ed Wenger offered to do a complete review oft the zoning ordinance. The estimated cost would be there is no current planning commission. Bob Eggstein agreed. Properties for Devita Dialysis. Cathy Hawk second. All int favor. Motion passed. number associated with it. $1,000-$1,500. Motion: Penni Szoke made a motion to approve the prior month meeting minutes. Sharon Hinkle second. All int favor. Motion passed. TREASURERSREPORTS Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to approve the September Treasurer's Report. Penni Szoke second. All ini favor. Motion passed. PRIOR MONTH! BILLS Motion: Penni Szoke made a motion to approve the October 21* bills with the addition of the invoice from Hartman Products for $1,047.26 for Lower Main culverts. Sharon Hinkle second. Alli ini favor. Motion passed. PRIOR MONTH ACTIVITY DEPARTMENT REPORTS ZONINGAND! BUILDING CODE: No report SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT: No report CODE ENFORCEMENT: No report SOLICITOR: No report MAYOR: No report BOROUGH ENGINEER: No report BOARD REPORTS PLANNING COMMISSION: No report ZONING HEARING BOARD: No report COMMITTEE REPORTS BUILDING AND LIGHTS AND ROADS: We had the roofer come int to work on the leaks in the roof. Muffley (Bowmanstown) thinks he hit the spots and tried tol keepi it as cheap as possible. The buckets aren't getting water so it'sagood sign. Wel have two lights out on Main Street. We've called PPLI but they haven't fixed them yet. Lower main is on schedule, Equipment should be here this week or next. The material is on its way. We've been keeping the culverts clean to prepare for tar & chip in early Spring. The blue tractor is down again with al broker cylinder. The dump truck is getting serviced. The rental fee was $675 which should be covered in our insurance policy. HEALTH & SANITATION: ROADS: No Report PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE: The equipment is ordered and is close to being done. They are planning to come and install the week after Thanksgiving. They will take care of grading the area where the equipment is going. The engineer is hoping we can get the remaining grading done when they put the walking path in.. Jet Signs is working on at temporary: sign. There will be a meeting latert this week to Doug has signs ready to go to display "Park is under video surveillance" to deter any vandalism. We still need to look into camera options. We want something that offers notifications via cell phone. There is a possible grant the engineer suggested that we could try to get for new benches. CANAL COMMISSION: No report. They're hoping to reach out to neighbors in the Spring to seei if we discuss the permanent sign noting all oft the contributors. can improve the area. FIRE & SAFETY: No report. We're still looking into getting a grant for the firehouse. Nick asked about the tree lighting ceremony. We originally had planned to coordinate the park dedication and the tree lighting, but the park dedication will likely wait until Spring. Nick and. Jason are aiming for December 14th for the tree lighting. They will coordinate with the fire company. Nick asked about ornaments. Cathy noted we may have some ornaments from last year in the attic. Sharon noted that we had asked the residents to donate ornaments in past years. FINANCE & BUDGET: Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to advertise the proposed 2020 budget for adoption on Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to advertise the 2020-01 Real Property Tax Ordinance. Penni 12/16/19. Penni Szoke second. Alli in favor. Motion passed. Szoke second. Alli in favor. Motion passed. Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to donate $2,500 to the fire company for helping with equipment. Penni Szoke second. Alli in favor. Motion passed. SOLID WASTE COLLECTION REPORT: No report Cathy noted that she thinks the solid waste contract may be up at the end of 2020. Sharon suggested we try to get costs from similar communities to see what they are paying per year. (Bowmanstown) UNFINISHED BUSINESS ACT5 537 Update - Plan submitted to DEP on 3/22/19- No update NEWI BUSINESS passed. Motion: Sharon Hinkle made a motion to close the meeting. Penni Szoke second. All int favor. Motion