Borough of Slatington 125 South Walnut Street . Slatington, PA 18080-2099 610-767-2131 . Fax 610-767-7155 AGENDA The Regular Meeting of Council, Monday, December 9, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. to be held in the Council Room, 125 S. Walnut Street, First Floor, Slatington, PA 18080 (This meeting is being recorded). 1. CALL TO ORDER President Schnaars 2. ROLL CALL 3. PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Councilor Mayberry 4. NOTIFICATION - All public sessions of the Borough Council are electronically recorded, and such recordings are maintained as part of the meeting record until the minutes are transcribed and approved by the Board, at which time the recordings shall be erased. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Council Meeting - November 11, 2024; Committee Meetings - Public Safety, FinmncelPaming/oning, and Fuman/Community Services November 18, 2024, cancelled & November 25 2024 6. SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Administer oath to Full Time Police Officer Matthew Hutchins 7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - (For Agenda/Non-Agenda Items) please use Podium (three minutes per person/five minutes per group) You will have three (3) minutes to address Council from the podium. The three (3) minutes applies to your time at the podium. If you exit the podium, you have yielded the floor and any time you have remaining. 8. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENIS, COMMUNICATION: The reports of various committees, officials and offices are on file. 9. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE/TRANSFERS (Roll Call) a. Primary Listing 10. MAYOR'S/POLICE/FIRE REMARKS Mayor Jeralyn Schoch Police Chief Greg Winokur Fire Chief Robert Reph 11. Discussion and possible motion to select new Borough engineers. 1 Incorporated September 20, 1864 12. Motion to appoint Roy Hambrecht to the positions of: Borough Manager, Borough Treasurer, and Borough Secretary, in accordance with the Offer of Employment and Job Descriptions related to the above positions and dated October 21st, 2024, and agreed upon by both Roy Hambrecht and the Borough of Slatington, effective January 18, 2025. Before entering upon his duties, he shall give a bond to the Borough in accordance with the Slatington Borough Code. Motion to appoint Karen Leach to the positions of: Assistant Borough Treasurer, and Assistant Borough Secretary, in accordance with the Offer of Employment and Job Descriptions related to the above position. Before entering upon her duties, she shall give a bond to the Borough in accordance with the Slatington Borough Code. 1. STANDING COMMITTEES = Requests / Discussions / Action Items A. Public Safety Councilor Ronald Kratz 1. Update on grants for police body cameras 2. Consulting Agreement for former police chiefto assist Acting Police Chief 3. Draft Ordinance/Authorize advertising for January meeting: Fire Company Billing/Collection B. Highway Councilor Aaron Schoch 1. Update and possible action conçerning CDBG projects 2. Discuss and possible motion to appoint new borough engineers C. Human/Community Services Councilor Zachari Halkias 1. Motion to approve Community Yard Sales 2025: Friday, May 16th, Saturday, May 17h Sunday, May 18th, * and Friday, September 12th, Saturday, September 13-h, Sunday, September 14th. A yard sale permit will not be required. D. manclPhamning/oning Councilor Ryan Mayberry 1. Motion to adopt 2025 budget 2. Motion to approve Ordinance 719, an ordinance fixing the tax rate for real-estate lax for the fiscal year 2025,, fixing the per capita tax at $5.00, and reenacting the 1% wage tax, the Borough ofSlatington local service tax at $52.00, 1% realty transfer tax under the local enabling act, and setting the fire fund lax rate 3. Resolution for Easement to Masonic Lodge for Community Center parking 4. Motion to approve and advertise 2025 meeting schedule E. Sewer/Solid Waste Councilor William Schippers 1. Affirm one-year extension with trash hauler based upon CPI in contract 2. Motion to transfer funds to pay the following Authority bills: September 1, 2024, through December 4, 2024. Meeting Sewer Authority bills: Tad Miller - $250.00; Lisa Young - $9,093.00; Hamburg, Rubin, Mullen, Maxwell & Lupin Services through August, 2024 - $2,850.00; Hamburg, Rubin, Mullen, Maxwell & Lupin, Services through September 30, 2024, - $2,235.00; Hamburg, Rubin, Mullen, Maxwell & Lupin - Services through October, 2024 - $3,337.50; Hamburg, Rubin, Mullen, Maxwell & Lupin 1 Service through November 30, 2024 - 2 $825.00; Brown & Brown - $250.00; 150.00; Times News - $240.10; David Frederick replenishment of petty cash - $53.94; tota!: $18,734.44. 3. Motion to pay Assistant Treasurer's Time and Travel Report for the period of September 9, 2024, through December 9, 2024; travel time October 14, 2024, to December 9, 2024 - 69 miles @ .67 cents = $46.23; Total hours from September 9, 2024, through December 9, 2024 - 15.25 hrs. @ $30.00 = $457.50.; total - $503.73 4. Motion to affirm sale of additional 20,000 gpd capacity to Walnutport Authority pending receipt of the engineering letter setting forth priçe and requirements. F. Water/Special Sewer Committee Councilor Kevin Steckel 1. Water Test Statement * Water was tested and found safe for human consumption 2. Discuss and possible motion to update water meters 13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 14. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: 15. NEW BUSINESS: 16. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR - (Agenda Items Only = You will have two (2) minutes to address Council from the podium on Agenda Items Only.) 17. EXECUTIVE SESSION 18. MOTION TO ADJOURN 3