BOROUGH OF SCHWENKSVILLE, PA

MINUTES OF April 14, 2005

           

            Council President, H. Gilbert Williams at 7:30 pm, called the Schwenksville Borough Council Meeting of April 14, 2005 to order.

 

            Present were H. Gilbert Williams, Ray Yeanish, Barbara Slater, Donald A. Whitko        & Gene Frantz

            Absent was Mayor Carroll Rosenberger.

           

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  By the assembly.

 

 

MINUTES:  Dispense with the reading of the Minutes of March 10, 2005. MOTIONED BY RAY YEANISH AND SECONDED BY BARBARA SLATER. IT WAS VOTED TO DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF March 10, 2005.  ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Approval of the Minutes of March 10, 2005

MOTIONED BY RAY YEANISH AND SECONDED BY BARBARA SLATER. IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF March 10, 2005. ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: Gail Phillips

 

Presented to council for their approval:  Statement of Revenues/Expenditures to Budget Comparison to March 31, 2005. Monthly Council Cash Available Report as of March 31, 2005. Copies of all these reports are on file at the Borough hall Office.

 

 

MOTIONED BY RAY YEANISH AND SECONDED BY BARBARA SLATER. IT WAS VOTED TO ACCEPT THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORT AS PRESENTED.  ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

 

ENGINEER’S REPORT:  Ken Yerger –

 

The Borough Manager requested our assistance in a drainage issue on Boyer Alley.

 

Carroll Engineering prepared the CDBG application for the drainage improvements to Boyer Alley, Fourth Street & Third Street.

 

 

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Resolution 2005-04

Formally authorizes the submission of the redevelopment Block Grant application and authorizes F. Thomas Snyder Jr. to sign any other applications or documents.

 

MOTIONED BY DONALD WHITKO AND SECONDED BY GENE FRANTZ TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION 2005-04.  ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

SOLICITOR’S REPORT: Loren Szczesny

 

Executive Session following the meeting- Real Estate Issue.

 

Zoning Ordinance Amendment – VC-2 – A special meeting for Borough Council will be held on April 28, 2005 at 6:00pm to hold the public hearing and consider the Ordinance adoption and enactment.

 

 

POLICE REPORT:  Chief Timothy Hoppes

Calls for the Month of March:  State Police Calls: 17 Local Calls: 21

 

State Police have been up at Schwenksville Elementary in the mornings for traffic control.

 

Barricades – Chief Hoppes and Chief Keyser recommended the Borough purchase three more barricades for the Borough. Last, month’s price was $1,200.00, which was a special price.

 

FIRE COMPANY: Chief Jim Keyser

 

Report for March

 

11Calls, 110 Men in service, 6:51 Total time in service

Complete Report on File at Borough Hall

 

 

 

 

 

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The Fire Dept. received a Federal Grant for $13,881.00 for smoke detectors for the Borough.  We will have one smoke detector for every floor of every house in the Borough and an interconnect smoke detector for every apartment in the common areas. 1,300 smoke detectors and batteries, 141 interconnect smoke detectors.

 

Federal Share Grant was for $12,493.00 the Fire Dept. needs to make up 10 percent = $1,388.00 and Jim is asking for 5 percent of that from Borough Council = $694.00.

 

MOTIONS BY GENE FRANTZ AND SECONDEDBY RAY YEANISH TO PAY 5 PERCENT ($694.00) OF THE $1, 3881.00 TO THE FIRE DEPT. ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

Jim would like to invite Borough Council and anyone else that would like to come down to the Fire House Friday April15, 2005 at 3:30 pm.  Senator Santorum will be there to present the $13,881.00 check. After that, Rep. Raymond Bunt will be there to present the DECD check for $18,139.00 for the radio upgrades.  This was a 100 percent Grant.

 

 Jim would also like a Smoke Detector Ordinance requiring every house existing and new construction to have a working smoke detector on every floor and also try to do the interconnect smoke detectors in all apartments in common areas.

 

Jim would like to move forward.  Smoke detectors will not cost the residents anything but apartment owners will have to pay to have the interconnect detectors installed.  This would be approximately $1,000.00 or less.

 

MOTION BY DONALD WHITKO AND SECONDED BY BARBARA SLATER TO PREPARE AND ADVERTISE FOR SMOKE DETECTOR ORDINANCE.  ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

A suggestion was made to have a Family Event for “Movie in the Meadow” night.

This would be free.

 

FIRE COMPANY: Chief Jim Keyser

 

Report for March

 

11Calls, 110 Men in service, 6:51 Total time in service

Complete Report on File at Borough Hall

 

 

PLANNING COMMISSION: No report

 

 

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BOROUGH MANAGER REPORT: Tom Snyder                            

 

1.       Mine Hill

         

                    Kehs Drainage - Corrected

                    Marking Required

 

2.          Community Service will paint signposts, SWEEP WALKS & PLANT                                                                                          TREES IN MEADOW

 

3.       L. Fredrick/Clearfield Ave. – Drain repair - complete

 

 

4.       Park Ave. Flooding – in progress, County making changes,

                    Meeting April 14, 2005 with DEP, Fish & Dams, & PENNDOT   

 

 

5.       Storm Water – HUD Grant application will be complete week of March 14.

          

            3rd, 4th, Boyer Lane HUD Grant application will be complete week of                       April14, 2005 will file.  RESOLUTION required

         

          4th & Centennial Flooding corrected - complete

6.  *   PECO Grant – Not awarded

 

7. *    Trail Grant must be Finalized with a Plan & Budget.

 

         

8.       Forest Ave. drain in process – finish grading & seeding required

 

9.       Nextel and Verizon Antenna are in review – Verizon corrected design                   

                    Verizon – (Final Inspection Monday April 18, 2005)                                              Nextel hearing March 21 2005 Zoning Approved with conditions.                          Building permit to include grading & landscaping plan   

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10.          Centennial Park – Appraisal - complete

                                       Growing Greener Grant submitted – no answer

                                     

 

11.     Bass subdivision in the process of being transferred.          Plan has not been           recorded.  Settlement April 15, 2005. No subdivision at this time.

 

12.     McKim property being surveyed for buyer.

 

 

13.          Awarded Trash Bid to Ches-Mont Disposal Change over complete,           finalization of pickups in progress

 

 

14.          Drainage problem @ Walnut St.

 

 

15.     Open space committee – preparing final report per committee County           Planning.

 

 

16.             Change name of 3rd & 4th St. @ Centennial to correct address problems

                        Suggested revert to original 1876 development names 3rd becomes Miller

                        4th becomes Cedar.

 

17.            Solution of flooding/grading @ Telvil project in process.

 

18.       Street sweeping required EST. $1,200.00 – (not to exceed)*

 

19.            Driveway problem @ 381 Cherry Street.

 

20.       Storm water inlet @ Mine Hill and Highland.

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

STREETS AND ROADS: Barbara Slater – No report

 

FINANCE: Gene Frantz –No Report

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TRAIL/REVITALIZATION:  - Gilbert Williams- Trail Grant in motion.

                                     

PROPERTY: Donald Whitko            - Schwenksville Borough Authority has sent you the quarterly report. Complete report on file at Borough Hall.

 

FIRE COMPANY: Gene Frantz – no report

 

STREET LIGHTING: Ray Yeanish – 4th St. and the school lighting is moving ahead.  Borough knows about the light at 2nd and Perkiomen that is on all the time.  Time frame for lighting to be taken care of is 60 days.

           

MAYORS’ REPORT:  Absent No report

 

Old Business:  Trail Grant

                        Growing Greener Grant

                         VC-2 Authorization

                         HUD Grant

 

 

New Business –

 

Audience –

 

Mike Hill 151 4th St. Arthur Fairclough 161 4th St. and Pat Dunyan 141 4th St.

 

We are here  on the on the suggestion of Rep. Raymond Bunt about the water issue for the last 3 yrs. Property damage at 141 4th St. deck. 151 4th St. basement damage and sink hole.  The question is “What can Borough Council do for us?”

 

 

Loren Szczesny stated that Tom, Ken Yerger and LTL Consultants have been looking in to the matter.  Engineer did prepare and sent letter of items that need to be addressed in the development that was sent off to the attorney for Mr. Garris to see if we can get them moving, we have had our professionals go out and look and make some recommendations.  It is the builders’ responsibility to fix the water problem.  Punch list has been sent to there attorney.

 

The original subdivision paper plan was approved by the Borough.  The Engineer is out there to look at what you people have is what is on the plan.  We have to find out what is right, what is wrong, and what his responsibility to fix is.  Loren will follow up

 

 

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In addition, see if they can have something by the Planning Commission meeting April 27, 2005.

Tom will keep 4th Street residents informed. Planning Commission meeting is open to the public.

 

Earl Stahl 341 Cherry St.

 

Why did the Borough have to spend so much money on Boyer Alley? 

 

Loren addressed Mr. Stahl that in the winter time there is a considerable amount of  run off that comes across Centennial St. and freezes and causes a problem, so what the Borough is taking a look at is a project in that area is simply not going to be Boyer alley but entire area.  The resolution that passed by council tonight was that the project is to look at the entire area.

 

Wendy Rowley 171 4th St.

 

Sidewalk for 4th street is it still in the budget. PENNDOT is looking into resurfacing Perkiomen Ave.

 

Ordinance regarding landscaping finalized.  Property maintenance ordinance is still before the Planning Commission.

 

Wendy also had a comment about the recycle bins on 4th st. were not picked up until the day after the regular trash collection day.  Please call Borough Hall with any trash questions.

 

Recess for Executive meeting at 8:49 pm.

 

Opening Executive meeting at 9:03 pm

No action was taken on the Real Estate matter

 

Regular meeting reopened at 9:30pm. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:31 pm Motion by Barbara Slater and seconded by Ray Yeanish.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Gail L. Phillips