Persons to be heard: Steve Pelusi – concerns over Waste Management and billing errors – asking for landlords to have a choice of carriers
MONTHLY & ANNUAL DEPARTMENT REPORTS
(Note: Department Reports Distributed to Council at Tuesday’s Forum Meeting for Review)
All department reports for the month of July, 2011 were approved by individual, unanimous votes.
COUNCIL REPORTS/ACTIONS
Councilman Bratkovich
1. Motion to pay the last installment of the street paving loan to NexTier in the amount of $245,043.69. $240,211.63 – LIN 01 472 913 – Principal: $4,832.06 – LIN 01 472 914 – Interest. Second by CM Reese. All voted aye.
2. Motion to approve City Resolution No. 2011-08-25; granting the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler approval for revisions of CDBG grants for 2008 and 2009.
Second by CW Kline. All voted aye.
2008 CDBG – Reduce the Clearance line item by $55,922 and reallocate $30,000 to the Property Maintenance/Management line item and $25,922 to the Other-Commercial Façade line item.
2009 CDBG – Reduce the Public Facilities line item by $20,000 and the Clearance line item by $20,000 and reallocate $40,000 to the Disposition – Property Maintenance/Management line item.
Councilman Reese
3. Motion to approve Pennsylvania Heart & Lung Act benefits for Firefighter Richard F. Walters, Jr. for a work-related injury he sustained on August 5, 2011. Second by Mayor Stock. All voted aye.
Councilman Schontz
4. Motion to award the demolition of 312-314 Eau Claire Street to A P Wise Excavating LLC in the amount of $6,675.00 based upon the general specifications of the contract and the release by the City Solicitor. Second by CM Reese. All voted aye.
5. Motion to establish a “No Parking Zone” on the west curb of N. Jackson Street from 74 feet north of W. Brady Street to 102 feet north of W. Brady Street and remove the two hour parking signs and replace with meters on a 90-day trial basis. Second by Mayor Stock. All voted aye.
6. Motion to install “No Parking Between Signs” on North Chestnut Street across from the right of way on a 90-day trial basis. Second by CW Kline. All voted aye.
Mayor Stock
7. Motion to express the support of City Council for an application to be submitted by the Butler Downtown Group to participate in the DCED Main Street Program and, assuming DCED approves said application, to commit, annually, $10,000.00 of City funds in support of the “Butler Has It All” Program in Fiscal Years 2012 through Fiscal Year 2016. Second by CW Kline. All voted aye.
8. Motion to approve a one-year extension of the cooperation agreement between the City and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler for administration of the City’s Community Development Block Grant Program Funds, HOME Program funds and other State and Federal funds with such extension running through October 1, 2012. Second by CW Kline. All voted aye.
The City Controller presented bills for payment as follows: from the general fund – $982,608.74; from the capital projects fund – $14,600.00; and, from the liquid fuels tax fund – $28,107.45 for a grand total of $1,025,316.19. Motion by Mayor Stock with second from CW Kline to approve payment of bills as presented. All voted aye.
• ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WISR City Hall – CM Schontz
Trick or Treat – October 31, 2011, 6 PM to 7 PM
Fall Festival – September 17, 2011
Mayor Stock adjourned the meeting at 7:21 PM.
