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All votes are for APPROVAL of the motion. “No” votes are indicated in Red with voters identified. Abstentions are noted in Green. Councilpersons absences or early departures are noted for clarification of differing vote totals for each meeting, or vote totals changing during meetings. A Council in full attendance would have 7 members present. A quorum requires 4 members present. When a meeting loses a quorum after having started a meeting, it is forced to adjourn.

January 9 (Council members T. Nodoline, Nixon absent)

• General Fund checks: 5-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 5-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 5-0
• December 12 Council Meeting Minutes: 5-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 5-0
• Solicitor to begin work on the Codification up to $10,000: 5-0
• New copier/printer for the office: 5-0
• Donate of $8400 to Mary Meuser Library: 5-0
• Table a motion to donate $1000 to Wilson Recreation Board: 5-0
• Table a motion to donate $250 to Suburban EMS: 5-0
• Borough Manager to order the webinars scheduled for January 11th and 12th: 5-0
• Dedication of Gerald W. Gross Park to coincide with Easter egg hunt: 5-0
• Solicitor to review proposed Late Payment Forgiveness Policy: 5-0
• To Adjourn: 5-0

 

February 13 (Council members T. Nodoline, H. Nodoline, Nixon absent)

• General Fund checks: 4-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 4-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 4-0
• January 9 Council Meeting Minutes: 4-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 4-0
• Establish job descriptions for all positions in the Borough Police Department: 4-0
• Advertise creation of Borough Police Department: 4-0
• Post a police department employment application on the Borough website: 4-0
• Develop hiring polices for the Borough Police Department: 4-0
• Decline participating in the electronic recycling event hosted by Tatamy Borough: 4-0
• Donate $16,000 to Safety First Volunteer Fire Company: 4-0
• Donate $1,000 to the Wilson Recreation Board: 4-0
• Donate $150 to Suburban EMS: 4-0
• Approve Late Payment Forgiveness Policy as presented: 3-1 (Lewis dissenting)
• Accept advertising on the Borough website and in the Borough newsletter: 4-0
• To adjourn: 4-0

 

March 13 (Council members James, Nixon absent)

• General Fund checks: 5-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 5-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 5-0
• February 13 Council Meeting Minutes: 5-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 5-0
• Establish and approve the hiring policies of the Borough Police Department: 4-1 (T. Nodoline dissenting)
• Advertise the ordinance creating the Borough Police Department: 4-1 (T. Nodoline dissenting)
• Advertise seeking bids for the road construction on Seventh Street and the remaining streets in the Borough: 5-0
• Hire summer help, giving first opportunity to Hunter Velecki: 5-0
• Purchase additional two field cameras, with security boxes: 5-0
• Travel expenses for Councilman Lewis to attend a seminar in Fort Washington, PA on Managing a Professional Police Department: 5-0
• Councilman Lewis to attend the Annual PSAB Conference in Hershey, PA: 5-0
• Borough Engineer to prepare the specifications of 2nd Street road work: 5-0
• Accept the resignation of Councilman Nixon: 5-0
• Table nominations for replacement Councilperson until next meeting: 4-1 (H. Nodoline dissenting)
• Councilman H. Nodoline ends phone connection to meeting.
• Spend $100.00 in the future for a 6 month trial period of the Resident Alert System, if Borough residents show interest: 3-1 (T. Nodoline dissenting)
• To adjourn: 4-0

 

March 27 (Councilman James absent)

• General Fund checks: 5-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 5-0
• Following above motions, Mr. Pete Mammana, having been nominated to fill vacant Council seat, was voted in by majority: 4-1 (T. Nodoline dissenting)
• Councilman H. Nodoline leaves meeting.
• To adjourn: 5-0

 

April 10 (FULL COUNCIL *at start of meeting)

• General Fund checks: 7-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 7-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 7-0
• March 13 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• March 27 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 7-0
• Wilson Recreation Board use of the ball field at Gross Park: 7-0
• $250,000 from the Merchants Bank Real Estate Tax Fund and create a First Commonwealth Certificate of Deposit for 11 months at 1.10%: 7-0
• Moving $100,000 from the Merchants Bank Sewer Fund and create a First Commonwealth CD for 11 months at 1.10%: 7-0
• Mr. Jeff Breidinger, Jr. to fill Vacancy Board position: 7-0
• Advertising rates for Borough website and newsletter: 7-0
• Councilman T. Nodoline leaves meeting.
• Councilman Lewis leaves meeting.
• To pay Summer Helper, Hunter Velekei, $11.00/hour: 5-0
• To adjourn: 5-0

 

April 24 (Council members T. Nodoline, H. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 5-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 5-0
• Accept Asphalt Maintenance Solution bid for the road work in the amount of $110,657.95: 5-0
• Formally support of the State House bill HR 431 for increasing fines for littering: 5-0
• Recommendation of Councilman James that change advertising rates in Borough newsletter: 5-0
• To adjourn: 5-0

 

May 8 (FULL COUNCIL *at start of meeting)

• General Fund checks: 7-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 7-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 7-0
• April 10 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• April 24 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 7-0
• Councilman Lewis ends phone connection with meeting.
• Advertise the ordinances creating a Police Department and also hiring a Police Chief: 6-0
• Send Tatamy Secretary Deanne Werkheiser a thank you letter: 6-0
• Rescind prior authorization for Barry Isett & Associates to inspect the Borough Municipal Building roof: 6-0
• Get at least three estimates from certified roofing contractors for the Borough Municipal Building roof: 6-0
• To adjourn: 6-0

 

June 12 (Councilman H. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 6-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 6-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 6-0
• May 8 Council Meeting Minutes: 5-0 (Lewis abstaining)
• Treasurer’s Report: 6-0
• Advertise 2nd Street Storm Sewer Project: 6-0
• Office staff to pay out the Foreign Fire Insurance received from the state immediately to the Safety First Volunteer Fire Company: 6-0
• Tabling a proposed office policy until the wording is adjusted: 6-0
• Moving the World War I remembrance plate from the back of the monument to the front: 4-2 (T. Nodoline, Lewis dissenting)
• Support State House Bill HR 431 to increase fines for littering: 6-0
• To adjourn: 6-0

 

July 10 (FULL COUNCIL)

• General Fund checks: 7-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 7-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 7-0
• June 12 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 7-0
• Ordinance No. 2017-030 – Establishing the Borough of West Easton Police Force: 5-2 (Lewis, T. Nodoline dissenting)
• To adjourn: 7-0

 

July 24 (Council members T. Nodoline, H. Nodoline absent)

• Advertise the ordinance that will use The International Fire Code: 5-0
• General Fund checks: 5-0
• $6,000.00 for Barry Isett’s construction observation and contract administration costs for 2nd Street Project: 5-0
• Advertise the position of Chief of Police: 5-0
• Additional handicap parking space along Sixth Street near Safety First: 5-0
• Postpone consideration of the travel request to the PSAB Fall Conference until the next Council meeting in August: 5-0
• Councilman Lewis to travel to the seminars on Municipal Police Departments and Municipal Budgeting: 5-0
• To adjourn: 5-0

 

August 14 (H. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 5-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 5-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 5-0
• Councilman T. Nodoline arrives to meeting.
• July 10 Council Meeting Minutes: 6-0
• July 24 Council Meeting Minutes: 6-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 6-0
• Ordinance 2017-045 –Adopt most recent International Fire Code and automatically adopt all future additions, amendments and supplements without further ordinance: 6-0
• Councilman James to attend PSAB Fall Conference: 6-0
• Councilman Dees’ travel expenses for attending PSAB’s Managing a Professional Police Department: 4-2 (Lewis, T. Nodoline dissenting)
• To adjourn meeting: 6-0

 

September 11 (Councilman H. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 6-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 6-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 6-0
• August 14 Council Meeting Minutes: 6-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 6-0
• Table previous Council decision to advertise for Police Chief: 6-0
• Apply for a grant through the Monroe County Casino for the Public Works Building: 6-0
• Councilman Lewis to attend all days of PSAB Fall Conference and Councilman James to attending one day only (Saturday): 6-0
• Councilman T. Nodoline leaves Council meeting.
• Travel expenses for Councilman Lewis attending Police Civil Service Procedures in Lycoming County on September 28, 2017: 3-2 (DePaul, Dees dissenting)
• To adjourn: 5-0

 

October 9 (Councilman T. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 6-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 6-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 6-0
• September 11 Council Meeting Minutes: 6-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 6-0
• Borough Manager to submit paperwork for Open Spaces Grant: 6-0
• Electronic recordings destroyed no more than 30 days after the approval of meeting minutes: 5-1 (Lewis dissenting)
• Council Meeting dates for 2018: 6-0
• Advertise Council Meeting dates for 2018: 6-0
• To have a mechanic inspect vehicle 2310 and prepare an estimate for repairs: 6-0
• $200 to start the Emergency Text Alert System: 6-0
• Councilman Lewis leaves meeting.
• Councilman H. Nodoline leaves meeting.
• $1,875 to relocate the World War I plaque on the War Monument to its own pedestal: 4-0
• To adjourn meeting: 4-0

 

October 23 (T. Nodoline, H. Nodoline absent)

• General fund checks: 5-0
• Solicitor to create a Confirmatory deed for the Ridge Street property: 5-0
• Appointment of William Concolino as the Emergency Management Coordinator and Councilperson Lake as Deputy EMC: 5-0
• Increase the Mayor’s salary, Council President’s salary and Councilmember’s salary by $300.00: 4-1 (Dees dissenting)
• Code Enforcement officer to inspect The Hubcap Store and Sunshine Trucking: 5-0
• To adjourn: 5-0

 

November 13 (T. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 6-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 6-0
• Ck# 340921 from Liquid Fuels account: 6-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 6-0
• October 23 Council Meeting Minutes: 6-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 6-0
• $620.00 for repairs to the Black & White jeep: 6-0
• Donate $9,000.00 to the Mary Meuser Library: 2-4 (Depaul, Dees, H. Nodoline, Mammana dissenting)
• Donate $8700.00 to the Mary Meuser Library: 5-1 (Dees dissenting)
• Advertise Budget with approved changes: 6-0
• To adjourn: 6-0

 

November 27 (Councilman T. Nodoline absent)

• General Fund checks: 6-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 6-0
• Hire Mr. Robert Mahady as an Independent Contractor (Police Consultant) at $25/hr for 20 hours/week: 6-0
• Enter into a lease agreement with Safety First Volunteer Fire Company to lease the former Borough building: 6-0
• To adjourn: 6-0

 

December 11 (FULL COUNCIL)

• General Fund checks: 7-0
• Sewer Fund checks: 7-0
• Ck# 340921 from Liquid Fuels account: 7-0
• Deposits & Receipts: 7-0
• November 13 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• November 27 Council Meeting Minutes: 7-0
• Treasurer’s Report: 7-0
• Nathaniel Kober to be a Junior Council member: 7-0
• Participation in PSAB Junior Council Person Program: 7-0
• Advertise the hearing for a Conditional Use Application from West Easton Two, LP, scheduled for January 8, 2018: 7-0
• Bean, Inc. Contractors for snow removal services: 7-0
• Borough Code enforcement officer to inspect the proposed Police Department building (301 Sixth Street): 7-0
• Advertise 11.7 Mil rate for 2018: 7-0
• 2018 Budget: 7-0
• Water meters approved by Sewer Authority: 7-0
• Councilman T. Nodoline leaves meeting.
• Councilman James ends phone connection to meeting.
• To adjourn: 5-0