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Millerstown Borough Council Meeting Minutes March 4, 2024 Those in attendance: President Rob Shipp, Vice President Kevin Hertzler, Council members Rich Fegley, Tim Ritzman and Donna Showers. Mayor John Kerns, Secretary Karen Knellinger, Plant Manager Dave Stroup and Operator Jared Wagner, HRG engineers Justin Medinsky and Isaac Underhill, Solicitor Bill Dissinger and Zoning Officer Tim Reilly. President Shipp called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Public and Private Concerns Mike Hartley, representing PCEDA. Explained the Pedestrian Bike path improvements plan. Council will need to adopt the resolution for the plan at the June meeting. They will be at the next meeting with the formal draft plan presentation. He is also the point of contact for the Greenwood School District for the New Harvest plan to pave their parking lot. The minutes from the regular meeting were emailed and reviewed. Councilmember Fegley made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Councilmember Ritzman seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous. The bills/receipts/expenditures were reviewed and discussed. Vice President Hertzler made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Councilmember Fegley seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous. Street Committee Report Dave advises a small leak was detected and the patch on North Market Street will need to be added to South High Street, three manholes and valves. Dave and Jared will repair the storm box on South High before paving. The budgeted amount was $22,000 for all paving and repairs. The plants will be open soon and the estimators should be available this month. Sewer Committee The EDU review for 705 East Sunbury Street request to be reduced by $2,000 a year. The annual budget surplus is $1,752; however, $3,000 was budgeted for Sewer Committee cont. yearly repairs and the current total is over $6,500 by March. The electric transmission has increased by $400 a month. After review, according to the ordinance, the charges are less than could be charged and the Council is not considering changing the ordinance or any reduction in rates at this point. Lakeside Builders finished the roof over the tank. The sludge tank pump sensors burned out. The spare was installed and the repairs will be made by Weber electric with a 2-3 week turnaround. The repairs to the decanter are done and the impellers are next. The bracket will need to wait until summer when the flows slow down. The worm gear needs to be repaired in the decanter yet. Some of the repairs may be eligible for the grant money if HRG modifies the scope. Water Committee Report Dave has been tracing a small leak for over a week and found one on North Market Street by the post office. He has Grosser scheduled to make the repair on Thursday unless it gets worse. They have a few yards to seed from digging and the plow. They still need to borrow a handheld GPS to find the pins for the location of some pipes. Finance Committee Report $27,334.47 Liquid Fuels allocation for 2024. The DCED audit is finished and the preliminary will be emailed to Council. The final should be ready for the next meeting. Solid Waste Committee Report Chair Showers advises March winds had trash blown around but everyone cleaned up. Engineer’s Report Isaac advises the New Harvest Church plan will need to meet the comments for runoff to pave the parking lot. They need to reduce the rate of volume for the increased impervious surface. Justin advises the grant agreements were received today and will have the Solicitor review the details. The time frame is 12/19/2023-9/30/2026. The next steps should be reviewing CCTV for conditions and get updated quotes for review and approval. The Solicitor needs to review compliance since a letter was received concerning prevailing wage. Justin feels this or bidding should not be a factor since this is maintenance work and not new construction. The construction will probably not start until late 2024 or into 2025. The Chapter 94 Annual Report needs to be finished up and the Chapter 110 Report has been completed. Zoning Permit Zoning officer Reilly has one application being processed with assistance from the Solicitor. Mayor’s Report Mayor Kerns thinks the parking on South Market has gotten better other than one person. The no parking signs need to be turned correctly. Solicitor’s Report Solicitor Dissinger advised he received comments from the County Planning Commission and incorporated their comments and the engineers comments into the SALDO Ordinance and schedule for a hearing and possible adoption at the April meeting. The Planning Committee will need to be scheduled, a half hour before the regular meeting in April and will be advertised with the public hearing for 730pm. The abandoned car ordinance, unlicensed or dismantled, is for cars on the street over 48 hours and the vehicle will be towed at the owners expense. President Shipp made the comment classic cars do not have inspections so just registered should be referenced. Solicitor Dissinger will make revisions and get more information how to run plates or vins. President Shipp made a motion to approve the advertising of the ordinance. Vice President Hertzler seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous. Old Business Burgett had the designees sign the plan to be recorded for the Moore plan before the meeting. New Business Marysville has MS4 storm water fees of $38 a quarter which is not mandated here currently by DEP. Councilmember Fegley made a motion to adjourn. Vice President Hertzler seconded the motion. Approval was unanimous. The next meeting will be held on Monday, April 1st at 7pm.