Kitzmiller Mayor and Town Council Monday, June 26th, 2023 Public Hearing: Budget for FY2024 Location: Kitzmiller Community Building  Date: Monday, June 26ths 2023  Time: 6:30 PM  Purpose: Toreview the. budget put together by the council, and to answer any questions regarding the  budget. D  In Attendance: K -N  R  Mayor Reckart Councilman  Councilman Michael A. Hechmer Councilman Cory/R. Stieringer  . G. Michael Biady.  RY  Councilwoman Theresa R. Harvey  INC. 1906  No Questions.  Mayor & Town Council Monthly Meeting Location: Kitzmiller Community Building  Date: Monday, June 26th, 2023. In Attendance: Mayor Robert Reckart Councilman G. Michael Brady Counclwomanfheresa R. Harvey  Time:7PM  Councilman Cory R. Stieringer Town Clerk Rebecca M. Glotfelty  Meeting Called to Order by Mayor Reckart at 7:08PM  DaleLipscomb opened the meeting in prayer, followed by the pledge of allegiance. Councilmember Brady motions to accept the meeting minutes from Monday, May 22nd, 2023.  Councilmember Stieringer seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion Carries.  Recognized Guests:  Dale Lipscomb = Museum Curator - He is awarethat there is supposed to be Wi-Fi at the school, but he asked if there is a phone that is available at the school because there was an emergency that happened the day prior, and no one was able to get signal. Mayor Reckart stated that yes, there isa phone that is located at the school that will be moved to the public space for emergencies. Dale also wanted to make the town aware that there is a green slimy coating ofisomething on the steps that enter the cafeteria at the school on the front of the building, closest to the stage, Mayor Reckart stated that the town will take care of getting that cleaned off and getting some sort of surface texture to prevent any incidents in the future. Dale also asked if the town could look at installing a roof over that entrance as well since people do Missi Nesselrodt - Town Resident/KVFD sidewalks look nice and SO does the playground. She was also going to bring up the steps at the school SO we could get some kind of non-skid surfacing on it. She then asked who took care of the bulletin board outside of the post office. Clerk Rebecca told her that she and Becky had gone through several keys between the post office and the town hall, and it seemed as though none of them fit. They did find one that fit  utilize that entrance. Rita Lambka - Resident Nothing    but couldn'tremember if they had labeled it. The post office owns the bulletin board there, SO the post office would have to contact a lock: smith to gain access to that bulletin board. Mayor Reckart asked ift the Fire Department had an updated report on the walk-a-thon for St. Jude's. Missi stated that it had turned out great. They had thirty something people turn out, had a high school senior design their shirts, they were able to have clowns and a lot of fun things for the families. They were able to raise around just under $5,000.00. Thank you to the town of Kitzmiller for being a sponsor. Later in the meeting Missi asked if paving was in the plans for getting the streets repaved. Deer Park just had all their streets repaved, and shejust thinks it would be nice to have our streets redone. Councilman Brady explained that this is something that we look at every single year and we are working towards eventually getting them repaved. Beccie also explained that there are grants out there to get a lot of differentthings completed, but there are typically none for paving. Mayor Reckart also explained that one of the biggest things that we are looking at now is the issue of our streets being to "high." ." We wouldhave to pay to have the streets milled down and the cost of that has doubled since we checked in with John &. Jenny Hesse - Former Residents/Current Property Owners - It has been brought to their attention that there has been some harassment happening towards Jenny's parents abouttheir dog. The dog is a service animal and is about to complete its training and is 7 months old. He does bark a lot, but there is reason to believe that the dog is being antagonized. There was a neighbor that approached Jenny's father to say that they were going to start a petition for them to get rid of the dog. Jenny is concerned, for her father's health, which is the reason they got her father the dog in the first place. The dog is being trained to sense a drop in his blood pressure to be able to alert his wife if there is something going on. Jenny stated that she has contacted an attorney about the harassment. She understands that the dog does bark, butthe dog does not bark all evening. Her parents go to bed between 6 PM & 7 PM and SO does the dog. John stated that he is aware of one of the people who is causing an issue and it is his nephew.Jenny thenstated that she had spoken to Doug about the issue and had got nowhere with it. Councilmember Harvey spoke up to state that she has seen the dog and is aware that it does bark. The main concern about the dog is hissize and the possibility of him jumping the fence that he is behind. It is also a nuisance whenthe dog barks nonstop at the coming and going of people. Jenny stated that Jack is a sweet dog and not ill-tèmpered and wouldn't harm anyone. Mayor Reckart stated that. he too has seen the dog and said that he does in fact have a loud bark and he does jump at people who are walking by, and he is SO big that it looks like he can get over the fence. Councilmember Harvey then stated that it's just intimidatingthatthe dog is sO large. It'salso not just that he barks for two minutes as someone is passing by, but it's constant. Jennythen stated. that she would be putting an electric fence around the fence sO try to keep Jack away from the fence and requested that instead of approaching her father about Jack, that people contact her instead. She isworried her dad is going to have a stroke or a heart attack over the harassment that he has been receiving over his service dog. Councilman Brady also brought it to attention that they do indeed make collars for the dogs to try to prevent them from constantly barking. His niece has one of the best well-mannered German Shepherd he has ever met, but when he goes to mow the grass at his mom and dad's house, the size of the dog alone coming towards you is intimidating itself. Jenny just wanted to make it known that she was and is willing to try to do anything to try to remedy the situation. Mayor Reckart informed John and Jenny that if the town hears of anything the town would notify Jenny.  them a year ago. Sharon Paugh - KVFD - Nothing    Grants:  USDA - Dump truck - We. were finally able to get an assigned admin to the sam.gov profile, that we are back to just verifying the information provided in sam.gov. Beccie did say that it shouldn'ttake as long since we have already gone through the process already. Our money is still there for the truck, but we just need to get the paperwork completed. Appalachian Regional Commission Grant - (Museum) - Germain's is planning on being at the museum on July 5th &6th,toinstall climate control. Missi asked ifit would-ber ready for Community Parks & Playgrounds' - The playground project has been completed. There was a drone video that was sent to the Town,and it looks nice. The sidewalks are also completed. We were approved for a new grant of $70,000 to Restore the Restrooms in the park, working with Peggy Jamison to see what our next steps are. This is part of our strategic plan, sO things are Lowes Grant: Library Ramp, Pavilion Roof. The ramp project will be started at the beginning of July. Mayor Reckart also just wanted to inform those in attendance that the streetlights are also in the process of being replaced with new LED lights admis of everything else that is going on in thetown. All the lights should be replaced by the end ofthe month. He also found it ironic that everything came together. all at once, but things are looking better. Councilman Brady asked if there were any updates to the electricity in the park. Beccie was able to contact Scott Lewis to try to see if he was available to do the work. Scott said that he does have us on his agenda to come to look at the project, but he is slammed and will get back to us when things Francis Energy - 4 Electrical Car ChargingSpots - Francis Energy contacted the Town of Kitzmiller in search of the most rural municipalities in Garrett County, Kitzmiller was one of them and they would like to install 4 Electrical Car Charging Spots. They are currently in the process of figuring out ift this is something that they can do. Dale asked ift this would affectthe parking forf future events. Councilman Brady explained that the parking won't be for just electric vehicles. It's just having the convenience ofhaving a charging spot for those that will need it. Mayor Reckart stated that since the space they would be utilizing belongs to the town, that Francis Energy is going to have to lease the property from the Town of Kitzmiller, which  Homecoming, Mayor Reckart said yes.  slowly coming together.  slowdown.  brings in a little bit ofi income for the town.  Old Business:  Flags in Park - Beccie typed up letters forthe non-profits to see if they would liket to sponsor a pole. Beccie also asked if the council had decided if they, wanted commercial grade poles or high-grade residential poles.. It was discussed that 8 flagpoles would be needed. Mayor Reckart gave permission forthe letters to be sent to the non-profits and to post it on the Town's Facebook page to see if a family would like to sponsor it. Councilman Brady said to go ahead and check to see what the costs would be for the telescoping flagpoles to make it easier to change the flags and to maintenance the poles. The Kitzmiller United Methodist church has already given the town a donation of $100 to go towards the flagpole project. Chairlift at Community Building (ARP)- Needed to be approved through the State of Maryland, Leftover Pea gravel from Playground - Sold all of pea gravel and was able to make $425.00.  50 we are still waiting.    New Business:  Budget for FY2024 Councilmember Brady motions to approve the budget for FY2024. CB Carpet Cleaning Beccie was able to get an estimate from Mt. Top Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners to get the carpet cleaned to the upstairs of the community building with hopes of us being able to utilize the space more with the installation of the new stair lift. The estimate given was at total of $442.00. Councilmember Stieringer motions to accept the estimate to have the carpets cleaned at thecommuntlybuiding Councilmember Harvey seconded the motion. Cameras at School - Wise Guys Media gave us an estimate of $4,049.00. Chips Network was able to give us an estimate of/$2,407.00. The price difference being what cameras they were to use. Sharon Paugh asked if the Town has ever thought about the keyless entry for the school and the community building. They recently had the key fobs installed at the Fire Department and it was the best thing that they ever did. Sharon said that Merging Technology is who does theirsecurity at the Fire Department. It was decided that Beccie was to get estimates on the Landscaping at School & Welcome Sign - Estimate from KJs Land Management, LLC-$295to freshen. up the "Welcome to Kitzmiller" sign and $645 for the flowerbed maintenance) at the school. Councilmember Harvey makes a motion for the "Welcome to Kitzmiller" sign to be approved, but not the flowerbed maintenancea at theschool. Councilmember Stieringer  Councilmember Harvey seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion Carries.  3-0. Motion Carries.  key fob services and cameras from the company-  seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion Carries.  Councilmember Concerns:  G.Michael Brady - Is there any update on the blighted property on Union Street? Mayor Reckart informed everyone that we are waiting on Community Action, to finish gettingtheir stufffromt the offices that flooded over Christmas break because Peggy Jamison, our circuit Theresa R. Harvey = The property across from Missi's, has it been mowed? Mayor Reckart stated that yes it has been mowed. There are a lot of things happening with that property. Cory R. Stieringer:  Two things. One is random and pertains to the piano at the community building. Is there something that we can do about it? Can we take it to the museum? Dale stated that there is one already at. the museum. Mayor Reckart stated theré reallyis no meaning for it but will check with some ofthe older Lions Club members to see ifit has any sentimental meaning. The other thing that Coryhas been thinking about is a block party. What if we did something like a Back-to-School Block Party? Beccie did state that previously it was all funded by grants that the Empowerment Group were ablet to get. It was agreed that Cory and Beccie would take care of organizing a Back-to-School Blocki Party on Saturday, August 26th, Councilmember Harvey motions to adjourn the meeting at 8:26 PM. Councilmember Stieringer These meeting minutes were respectively prepared by Kitzmiller Town Clerk Rebecca M. Glotfelty.  rideris handling this project.  2023, from 5 PM to 8 PM with Cory heading the Blocki Party Committee.  seconded the motion. 3-0. Motion carries.    Rebecca M. Glotfelty, Kitzmiller Town Clerk  These meeting minutes were approved on 724/23ee the following:  Mayor Robert L. Reckart  KER  M  - -  -  Councilman G. Michael Brady 4L0  Councilwoman Theresa R. Harvey Aho  wet  Councilman Michael A. Hechmer  Councilman Cory R. Stieringer Ony R  Ss