Wy EST. 1901 Borough ofWest Homestead Caucus /Workshop Meeting Monday, November 4, 2024 Minutes Council President Ashley Cain called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance: Roll Call: Ms. Nikolas Present: Ms. Cain, Ms. Ferson, Mr. Fonos, Mr. Harhai, Mr. Karafa, Mr. McLaughlin, Also Present: Mayor Joseph Baran, Solicitor Michael Lederman, Engineer Mark Brashear, Manager Russell Combs, Secretary Donna McMichael. President Cain asked anyone in the audience if they had any questions on Mark Brashear: Engineer, ABC's (Authorities / Boards IC Commissions) agenda items. No response. Phase II for Park Grant: pavilion due by end of year; swing set has been Doyle Avenue: Received updated plans late Friday; have not reviewed. An Lewis /Brownfields Grant sites given: Waterfront parcel by Costco, West 9th Avenue parcels, area across from the VFD, Norm's Cycle Shop. received and will be installed, date TBD. Planning: Progress. HARB: October meeting 319 West 8th Avenue. Zoning Hearing Board: No meeting. Ashley will be having a meeting with Dave Weir from the Planning Commission. Committee Reports Administration (Russell Combs) DPW: 19 requests, 18 completed. Survey was done on property line between 456 and 454 West gth Avenue, and our generator is 2 inches over our property line. Four (4) applications have been received for the DPW opening. Request from SVEZ for a 5K race in April 2025. Moe to advise. Status report from Joe Deasy on the Barge. West Homestead to consider a long-term lease. He has 4 investors lined up. 40 slips, not 100, with an additional 60 TBD. Capital Improvement (Ray Fonos) Met on October 15th. Basic Avenue: quote from Caruso $150K full depth, $75K 11 % inches, $10K to patch and mill 1 % inches. Borough Building upgrades: need to get an architect. Need storage. Acquire building next door? Police Carports. Windows are not bullet proof. Getting a Consultant for Stops Signs $25K. Security Lighting at Calhoun Field $58.5K Fingerprinting $25K, Mobile Drug $15K Build into 2025 budget $233.5K Sidewalks $100K Dave Harhai: LED lights, dusk to dawn, use existing power, restrooms and concession stand. Ray suggested getting a lighting consultant. Communications (Lynn Nikolas) Code Red: in contract until 2026, reducing plan savings of $900. Savvy Citizen: their plan is $900. Need a contract. Community Affairs (John Karafa) The Halloween contest will be at the Fire Department this year. Thanks to Lynn's company for donating to our Halloween event. Our Christmas event is on December 6th and the parade is December 7th. Thanks to Chick-fil-A. Christmas decoration contest. Bring back Citizen Training. Our next meeting is November 19th. Properties (Dave Harhai) In2025, we will meet 4 times a year, dates TBD. Hand in hand with Code Enforcement. Discussion on homelessness. Moe will talk about next month. Thanks to all who attended the Baldwin EMS open house. Knox Box Update a second letter to go out at the end of year. Public Safety (Bill McLaughlin) Working with Chief Rozzo on stop signs. Sewer Management (Barb Ferson) Sewer Tech: when can we proceed? Mark will send job description to Council. Truck Sewer with Alcosan, waiting for finalization. Working on Howard Street storm sewer replacement. Waiting for the Army Corp of Engineers to come out. President's Report (Ashley Cain) Police contract proposed, any questions? None. will be a yearly discussion. Any questions? None. PS&R proposal for raising their rates for 2025. Proclamations: Council needs to sign. Handed out a packet to Council regarding the Waterfront Maintenance. This Rentals at the Park. DPW to open up and close. Trash will be emptied. Russell will work on. Budget Meeting Work Session on Wednesday, November 13th at 4:00. This must President Cain asked anyone in the audience if they had any questions on any be advertised. non-agenda items. Christina Deasy: 1. Asked if there will be any representation from Council regarding the Port 2. Sewer line at the Moore Building. Itwill be 2 years before she can do anything. Rick Smith broke. Borough assumed responsibility. She changed the document and turned it in. She said, "you need to talk to Authority meeting on November 12th. Stanley about this." Motion by Mr. Karafa, Second by Mr. Harhai To enter into an Executive Meeting at 8:23 p.m. All voted in favor of the motion. Returned from Executive Meeting, personnel discussion. Adjournment @ 8:50 pm.