BENTLEYVILLE BOROUGH MINUTES

REGULAR MEETING of the Bentleyville Borough Council

Held at 7:00pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2015

At the Bentleyville Municipal Complex

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Borough Council Vice President Roy Larimer with the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll was called with Councillors Gary Damich, Timothy Jansante, Roy Larimer, Robert Paul and Shannon Watson all being present. Councillors Bill Jobes and Stanley Glowaski and Mayor Tom Brown were excused. Also present was Solicitor Dennis Makel and Secretary Kim Sacco

Business from the floor :

Brian Luko questioned who would be responsible for maintaining the Newkirk cemetary. It has recently been maintained by water authority employees and that will no longer be the case. Gary moves to authorize the Borough to advertise the posting of the need for a volunteer to maintain Newkirk Cemetary on the Bulletin Boards and the Borough Website. The motion was seconded by Tim Jansante. All were in favor.

It was moved by Bob Paul, seconded by Shannon Watson and all were in favor of approving the minutes of the regular council meeting held on July 7, 2015.

It was moved by Tim Jansante, seconded by Gary Damich and all were in favor of accepting the Treasurer’s Financial Report ending June 30, 2015.

Unfinished Business:

It was moved by Shannon Watson, seconded by Tim Jansante and all in favor of advertising the FEMA final flood plain ordinance as approved by DCED.

The International Property Maintenance Code discussion was tabled until the September meeting.

The Borough received a letter from Penn Dot addressing concerns of slide on Lincoln Avenue. After some discussion council decided that Mr. Glowaski should contact Pete Daley regarding Penn Dot’s assertation that they were financially unable to remediate the problem currently but would continue to monitor the situation.

New Business:

The resident at 314 Beallsville Rd wants a mirror installed so that she can back out of her driveway. Penn Dot referred her to the Borough. After discussion Borough Council reaffirmed that any mirrors installed to benefit residents regarding traffic are the property owner’s responsibility.

The honor roll flower beds are becoming overgrown. Initial agreement was that the Borough would provide electricity and cut the grass. The American Legion would maintain the plantings. The Borough Road crew thinks that something needs to be done professionally to make it easier to maintain, if it is to be the borough’s responsibility. Building and Borough property committee should look into what can be done and return a plan to council.

BMA is not billing again for hydrant usage in the Borough.

It was moved by Gary Damich, seconded by Tim Jansante to allow BAYSA to use the field beginning 8/17 for practices with the $50 refundable deposit. All were in favor.

Secretary’s Report:

Thank you from Deemston Borough

Rate changes for Atlantic Broadband

PSAB Fall Leadership Conference

Code enforcement Report:

Kerry Krider. Trailer on Park Ave will be demolished.

Petronka’s pool on Washington St was referred to the Zoning Hearing Board. Their house is on 2 different parcels. They need to consolidate the lots. He referred them to the zoning hearing board.

Recreation Board Report: None

Solicitor’s Report:	None

Mayor’s Report:	None

Committee Reports:

Building & Borough Properties – Stan Glowaski, Chair.

Technology – Bill Jobes, Chair

Streets & Bridges – Robert Paul, Chair The borough received a letter from the state re: speed limit signs. Borough is responsible for all of the signs. The Oliver Avenue storm sewer project is complete.

Police & Lights – Roy Larimer, Chair	Collection was $64.30 from meters

Health & Sanitation – Shannon Watson, Chair	Shannon will be out of town from 8/30 to 9/20. The borough is looking at the third week of September for Electronics recycling. Advertise in the Messenger. It was moved by Tim Jansante and seconded by Bob Paul to authorize Shannon to set the dates and the fee schedules for the recycling project. All were in favor.

Redevelopment – Gary Damich, Chair

Finance & Purchases – Tim Jansante, Chair	Mr. Jansante read the financial report.

PLGIT Procurement cards. The Borough needs to decide to whom to issue the cards. If the cards are issued to only the four full time employees, insurance is $25,000 per card. Five or more employees has a $100,000 insurance. Cards can be issued without limits, changes can be made on them daily….increasing and decreasing limits. Departmental cards, cards issued to a Department vs an individual carry no insurance. It was moved by Tim Jansante to provide every employee with a card with limits to be set by department heads and to provide a written statement by the next council meeting as to those limits. The motion was seconded by Shannon Watson and all were in favor.

Borough should talk about investment options. Currently there is an investment in PA Invest earning .05%. Now that we are a part of PLGIT we could utilize them or shop around ourselves for rates. The Borough might consider CD’s as possible investment vehicles. Tim will look for rates.

Animal Control: Very little activity.

Other Business:

Gary Damich commented on the completion of the sidewalks.

Shannon will not be at the next council meeting, vacation for 3 weeks.

Gary Damich made a motion to accept the receipts. Bob Paul seconded the motion. All were in favor.

It was moved by Tim Jansante, seconded by Shannon Watson and all were in favor of paying the bills

A motion was made by Shannon Watson, seconded by Tim Jansante and all were in favor of adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:42 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Kimberly G. Sacco

Secretary