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MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 28, 2001 COUNCIL MEETING The sixth regular meeting of the Hamburg Borough Council for 2001 was held this evening at the Hamburg Municipal Center with President Richard Boyd presiding. The meeting was opened with Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and a Prayer. Members Present - Richard Boyd, Roy Heffner, Charles Figard, Leon Balthaser, Diana Edwards, Jeanette HeckmanMembers Absent – Scott Kreider Also Present – Lynda G. Albright, Borough Manager, Solicitor Allen Shollenberger, Kim Y. Berger, Recording Secretary Visitors –Chief Thomas Zelinsky, Jr., Nikkie Murry (Item), Arnold Hingst (Eagle/Times) A motion was made by Charles Figard and seconded by Roy Heffner to approve the amended agenda. ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard , L. BalthaserNAYES - None COURTESY TO AUDIENCE None A motion was made by Jeanette Heckman and seconded by Diana Edwards to approve the minutes of March 12, 2001. ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES - None A motion was made by Roy Heffner and seconded by Charles Figard to approve the following reports: Engineer’s Report, Personnel Committee Report, Finance Committee Report, Safety Committee Report and the Property Committee Report. ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES – None SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM · SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ISSUESFlows at the plant are normal for this time of year. Treatment is within normal parameters.
No issues this month.
Revised local limits have been submitted to the EPA. We are waiting for their review comments.
The award for the project has been issued. A pre-construction meeting was held on Thursday, March 16, 2001. WATER SYSTEM (COUNCIL: FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
The impoundment dam is currently full, but with minimal flow over the spillway. Inflow is just matching the water production. A water leak was found and repaired at the WWTP. Water usage is back to normal. The filter plant is running normally. Both radon strippers are being cleaned as part of normal maintenance. Staff will install the blow-off and strainer for well 2, 3, & 4 shortly.
Lynda Albright has forwarded all the agreements that could be located on the flood control dams and water rights to Systems Design Engineering, Inc. for review. It appears that the Grantors have the right to the water for irrigation purposes. Investigation of the water main and stand tower is progressing along with the booster pump estimate. Systems Design Engineering will discuss the project with the Authority at the meeting.
Systems Design Engineering inspected both pump stations with keith. Recommendations for improvements are being prepared.
The existing lights have been repaired and/or replaced. Electrical contractors are preparing quotes for the additional lights as discussed at the last meeting. Systems Design Engineering checked all the light poles and found them to be in good condition.
The following items are currently being worked on:
None Finance Committee Report and Roy Heffner Lynda presented an updated list of Revenues/Expenditures on the Municipal Ctr. Project.We received figures for Census 2000 which shows a population of 4114. An increase of 127 since 1990. We have been notified there will be a 15% increase in our Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage costs. Respectfully Submitted, Scott A Kreider Personnel Committee Report Persons Present: J. Heckman, L. Balthaser, C. Figard, D. Edwards, L. Albright Informal information sessions held with Dale Schlenker and Charles Cuthbert Topic discussed included: The role of the Planning Commission to review applications for variances, subdivision plans, land development applications, make recommendations, and the like. Recommend Dale Schlenker and Charles Cuthbert to serve on planning commission. Lynda attended a conference on the topic of personnel management. Information she learned alerted her to the fact that some of the job descriptions and policies need updating, refining or change. She plans to work on this. (For example maternity leave should now be termed family leave.) Under the direction of direction of Leon Balthaser, we discussed the desire to have a ceremony celebrating "Hamburg’s excellent water supply" and have a recognition day to honor the person most responsible for instituting the impounding dam. The older folk can remember the days of water shortages or flooding before the impounding dam and flood control dams. Leon Balthaser mad this suggestion and will discuss it with the water authority.Respectfully submitted – Jeanette Heckman SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT Safety Committee met on March 20, 2001 at 7 p.m. The following items were discussed:
Charles Figard
Property Committee Report Property Committee Meeting – Special Chairman – Roy R. Heffner Attending: R. Heffner, R. Boyd, J. Heckman, S. Kreider, C. Figard, L. Albirght, J. Leonforte, Newspaper Reporter. The previous building safety inspector had been asked to propose revisions to the existing builfding permitting process and its fee structure. The project was not completed at the time of his dismissal. It had been decided to allow the current building safety inspector, Mr. John Leonforte, an opportunity to provide his viewpoint of what had been done and also provide his recommendations for revisions. This special meeting was called solely to allow Mr. Leonforte the opportunity to present his recommendations and explain his viewpoints to the property committee. Mr. Leonforte handed out several documents for review. He explained his viewpoints on how the borough may effectively handle building permits. He also presented fee structures that would cover the costs of the permit issuance and any required inspections. The issues were discussed at length among the committee. It was decided to discuss this issue at the next regular scheduled property committee meeting. This would give the committee an opportunity to review and comprehend his presentation before coming to a decision. Property Committee Meeting March 6, 2001 Chairman – Roy Heffner Attending: R. Heffner, R. Boyd, J. Heckman, C. Figard, L. Albright 1) The Borough Manager informed the committee that Miller does not ant to be involved in our pool. We are looking at the possibility of adding filtration from a secondary system to reduce the water loss and costs. This is intended to be a temporary situation until financing for the pool repairs is obtained. L. Albright will look for another pool company to assist us. 2) The Borough was approached to allow a drainage trench to be put in across the filed to avoid wet areas. There will be minimal costs to the borough. Requested additional information concerning the details of this project. 3) Recreation Board tried to meet but there were insufficient members for a quorum. Need to get moving on Community Days. 4) Committee members had the opportunity to review the proposal from the building safety inspector. The responses were mainly positive. The merits of dollar limitations vs establishing permit exempt jobs by type were discussed. Primary emphasis was also that the borough needs to be properly compensated for multiple inspection jobs. Requested that the building safety inspector develop a list of permit exempt jobs for review. If adopted, this could be changed as this proposal further develops. Will review at the next meeting op property committee. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS On the recommendation of the Personnel Committee, a motion was made by Jeanette Heckman and seconded by Leon Balthaser to appoint Dale Schlenker as a member of the Hamburg Planning Commission to fill the unexpired term of Joe Wertz, who left for employment out of state, term ending 12/31/03. ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES – None On the recommendation of the Personnel Committee, a motion was made by Charles Figard and seconded by Leon Balthaser to appoint Chuck Cuthbert as a member of the Hamburg Planning Commission to fill a vacancy, term ending 12/31/04. ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES – None On the recommendation of the Planning Commission, a motion was made by Roy Heffner and seconded by Diana Edwards to approve the revision to the plan of record for the Hamburg Family Practice Center. (The revision was changing the C.L.F.’s to R/W F’S. on the first page of the plan) ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES – None On the recommendation of the Safety Committee, a motion was made by Jeanette Heckman and seconded by Charles Figard to approve St. John’s annual Palm Sunday walk on Sunday, April 8, 2001 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES – None A motion was made by Roy Heffner and seconded by Jeanette Heckman to approve payment of invoices totaling $62,177.62 ROLL CALL: AYES – R. Boyd, R. Heffner, J. Heckman, D. Edwards, C. Figard, L. Balthaser NAYES – None LIST OF BILLS Beryl Ayello 1,000.00 BCMHIPG 12,100.71 BCIU 45.00 BLR Reports 219.92 Barley, Snyder Senft and Cohen 300.00 Brownell’s 57.63 BFI 9,604.84 Cargill 796.00 Copy World 1,456.00 Danka 47.94 Ernest Henry 3,618.40 GPU 6,448.95 George T. Bisel Co. 73.67 Hart, Richard 9,991.23 Leisawitz, Heller, Abramowitch 840.00 Lenhartsville Garage 10.50 JP Mascaro 4,010.83 Medical Life 207.20 Metrocall 9.95 Monick Video & Court reporting 80.00 PPL Utilities 1,677.08 Professional Training Assc. 74.00 Purchase Power 1,019.00 Stetzler, Roger 10.00 Stirling Engineering 7,828.67 Synergetics 262.50 Weis Markets 63.60 Zelinsky, Thomas 324.00 Grand total $62,177.62
SOLICITOR’S REPORT Nothing to report An executive session was called at 7:35 p.m. to discuss a contract issue. The meeting reconvened at 8:02 p.m. UPCOMING MEETINGS/INFORMATION April 2, 2001 – Rec Board Meeting – 7 p.m. April 3, 2001 – Property Committee Meeting – 7 p.m. April 9, 2001 – Finance Committee meeting – 6:30 p.m. April 9, 2001 – Council meeting – 7:30 p.m. Councilman Balthaser made a comment that he read the article that was in the Hamburg Item in reference to the recycling and he knows of 24 units which are not recycling – he will discuss this with Lynda after the meeting. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. on motion of Charles Figard and seconded by Diana Edwards. ATTEST: Kim Y. Berger
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