Sugar Grove Borough Council

Minutes:  April 4th, 2011 Approved

 

Council Members Present:

Dutch Strand, Kevin McIntyre, Neal Hoisington, Bob Snyder, Dave Slater, Jerry Bloomgren,  

 

Council Members Absent:  Kathy Buerkle, Kevin Nicklas

 

Citizens Present:  Luann Lassinger, Kent Wilcox, Patty Phillips, Michael Curtis

        

Call to Order: Council President Kevin McIntyre at 7:00 p.m.

Visitor Comments:

   Patty Phillips requested permission to hang a street banner to celebrate Town & Country’s 35th anniversary and Herky’s 75th birthday. Council gave okay and will pass request on to Paul Tutmahur for final approval.
Kent Wilcox updated council on the Main Street sidewalks and curbs around Wilcox Brothers on Main Street. PennDOT has requested that Kent put additional detail into the blueprints regarding curb elevations and other information. This is more than they said they would need when consulted last summer. He gave council a package on requirements. Kent asked council to help pay for the additional costs.

 

A motion was made by Dave Slater and seconded Bob Snyder to pay up to $800.00 toward updating the handicap curb drawings if needed. The motion carried.

 

Approval of Minutes: Minutes from last meeting were approved as is.

 

Balance of Accounts: 

            .

      Assets:  March 31st, 2011 

101.100 · 8676 - G. F. Checking

 $                517.76

107.000 · 8351 - GF  Money Market

 $           94,520.57

109.200 · 6026 - PNC Bank CD

 $           17,134.19

110 · Petty Cash

 $                284.02

35.101. · 8684 - State Fund Checking

 $                  35.00

35.107. · 8394 - State Fund Savings

 $           10,293.04

Total Checking/Savings

 $         122,784.58

 

Deposits:  March 2011

310.21 · EIT - Current Year

$2,405.12

 

 

486.00 · Insurance Premiums

$6,473.00

Twp Share SGVFD

331.11 · State Police/Veh. Viol.

$36.28

 

 

Total Income

$8,914.40

 

 

 

                        Bills paid in April 2011

Penelec (Wilson)

$21.61

 

electric

Penelec (street lights)

$711.56

 

electric

Penelec (park electric)

$38.49

 

electric

SuGASA

$48.00

 

sewage

Karla LoPresti

$641.32

 

wages

Warren County TCC

$29.50

 

WC Tax collection -start up fee

PSAB

$40.00

 

Parliamentary Proc. Training

Sugar Grove CPT

$178.00

 

portable toilets - summer 2010

IRS

$198.30

 

1st qtr employer & employee tax

E-Tides PA Withholding

$45.77

 

1st qtr emp state tax

E-Tides (PA-UC)

$41.10

 

1st qtr emp unemployment tax

Warren County-EIT

$14.91

 

1st qtr local emp tax

Gaylan Critzer Excavating

$236.50

 

snow plowing / snow removal

Vince Baran

$55.00

 

sidewalk plowing / snowblow & shovel

Verizon

$95.71

 

phone

National Fuel

$107.94

 

gas

Total

$2,503.71

 

 

 

A motion was made by Dave Slater and seconded by Jerry Bloomgren to pay the bills. The motion carried.

             

  

Mayor’s Report:

«       The mayor gave the council highlights of the VFD Retention training he attended.

 

Secretary’s Report: None

Communications:

«       DCNR Final Site Inspection form (approved) for Park Grant

«       Liquid Fuels Payment ($12,952.71)

«       Allied Bldg Insp. – Inspection reports

«       Thank you from John Lyon for use of boro building for tax aid to elderly

Streets, Roads & Bridges: (Kevin Nicklas, Neal Hoisington)

«       Discussion was held on street repair projects for summer 2011. It was suggested that council get some quotes on different projects and then prioritize them. Suggestions were: Blacktop the Main Street side of Younie Street, Shoulder repair Pleasant Street, Tar and chip other Borough roads. Neal Hoisington and Kevin Nicklas, representing the Streets and Roads committee, will get the quotes.

 

A motion was made by Dave Slater and seconded by Neal Hoisington to adopt Resoultion #04-04-11, for County Aid. The motion carried.

 

 

Parks, Playground, & Sidewalks: (Kathy Buerkle, Jerry Bloomgren. Bob Snyder)

«       Jones Carroll will start picking up garbage at the park starting the weekend before Memorial day.

«       Jerry Bloomgren will look into getting the sidewalk drain at the Sugar Grove Free Library repaired.

«       The summer maintenance bids were reviewed by council and they choose to go with the lowest bidder.


A motion was made by Bob Snyder and seconded Dave Slater to use Pillar’s Lawn Care for the 2011 summer maintenance season. The motion carried.

 

 

Building:  (Kevin Nicklas, Jerry Bloomgren) None

 

 

Sugar Grove VFD:  (Kathy Buerkle, Dave Slater)  None

 

Old Business:

«       Spring clean up day is this Saturday morning, May 7th.

«       Discussion was held on the pros and cons of changing the Sugar Grove Borough insurance broker.

A motion was made by Dave Slater and seconded by Bob Snyder to change the Sugar Grove Borough’s insurance broker to Garrison-Simonsen Inc. The motion carried.

 

 

Ordinances:  (Neal Hoisington, Dave Slater) None

 


New Business:

«       John Schuyler is inquired into the possibility of purchasing the Sugar Grove Borough garage and parking area located off of Abbott Street. Some issues that would need to be researched are: what rules apply to selling the property, is the parking area part of the off road spots needed for the Bucket, a new garage would need to be built.

«       The secretary will call Senator M.J. White to inquire for an update on bid limits for Borough projects.

«       Kent Wilcox informed council that Penelec is offering a grant for new fixtures.

«       The COG meeting will be held at the Sugar Grove Borough building on Wednesday night, May 4th.

 

The Sugar Grove Borough Council meeting adjourned at 8:42 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Karla F. LoPresti, Secretary

 

The next regular meeting will be held May 2nd at 7:00 p.m.