Sugar Grove Borough Council

Minutes:  May 2nd, 2011 Approved

 

Council Members Present:

Dutch Strand, Kevin McIntyre, Neal Hoisington, Bob Snyder, Kathy Buerkle, Kevin Nicklas

 

Council Members Absent:  Jerry Bloomgren, Dave Slater

 

Citizens Present:  Jenny Nicklas, William Stuart

        

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

Visitor Comments:

   William Stuart asked if the council had considered asking Borough residents for money to use for public improvements. The park committee is considering a project for park benches.

 

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

 

 

Balance of Accounts: 

            .

      Assets:  April 30th, 2011 

101.100 · 8676 - G. F. Checking

 $        314.20

107.000 · 8351 - GF  Money Market

 $   94,907.10

109.200 · 6026 - PNC Bank CD

 $   17,134.19

110 · Petty Cash

 $        273.38

35.101. · 8684 - State Fund Checking

 $          35.00

35.107. · 8394 - State Fund Savings

 $   23,246.62

Total Checking/Savings

 $ 135,910.49

 

Deposits:  April 2011

301.20 · RE Taxes Prior Year

 $        40.81

331.11 · State Police/Veh. Viol.

 $        57.69

351.35 · Liquid Fuels

 $ 12,952.71

Total Income

 $ 13,051.21

 

                        Bills paid in May 2011

Penelec (Wilson)

$16.31

 

electric

Penelec (street lights)

$723.86

 

electric

Penelec (park electric)

$10.49

 

electric

SuGASA

$48.00

 

sewage

Karla LoPresti

$397.79

 

wages

Judy Satterfield

$40.32

 

tax collector fees / expenses

Times Observer

$113.68

 

mowing ad

Pillars Lawn Care

$120.60

 

spring clean up

Quill

$80.34

 

paper, office supplies, etc

Verizon

$93.48

 

phone

National Fuel

$72.96

 

gas

Total

$1,717.83

 

 

 

A motion was made by Kevin Nicklas and seconded by Neal Hoisington to pay the bills. The motion carried.

             

  

Mayor’s Report: None

 

Secretary’s Report:

«       The Pennsylvania Borough News has agreed to give the Sugar Grove Borough extra copies of the April issue with the Community Park article for the cost of shipping.

 

 

Communications:

«       Final Payment Request approved. Project paper work complete.

«       COG Care

«       Sugar Grove CPT request for sharing cost of Port-O-Johns.

A motion was made by Bob Snyder and seconded Kathy Buerkle to pay for 2 months of the rental fee of the Port-O-Johns to CPT. The motion carried.

 

 

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

«       Mike Luvinson took down the Christmas Street lights. Jerry Bloomgren helped store them in shed.

«       The road repair scheduled for 957 has been shortened to go from KwikFill to Page Hollow.

«       The secretary will try to talk with someone from Penelec about more efficient street lights.

«       The streets were cleaned. Dutch Strand, Dave Slater and Bob Snyder helped with directing traffic.

«       Neal Hoisington updated council on a new way of oil and chipping (done by Russell Standard). They will come out and look at our roads. They do have a shoulder machine. He also talked with PennDot about piggybacking the work to be done on Younie Street to their 957 project. We would need to get bids in soon.

«       Sons of the Legion (Skeet Williams) said that they would put and take down the flags for Memorial Day.

«       Need a stop sign and pole for Patterson Street. Kevin Nicklas will see if the boro has one.

«       The yellow posts on the corner of School and Pleasant streets need removed.

«       New street signs need to be ordered.

«       Bloomgren Concrete will patch the hole on Pleasant Street.

 

 

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

«       Kevin McIntyre and Kent Wilcox talked to the permit man from PennDot about numbers and elevations on the blue print. They are going to re-submit with a few number changes.

«       Kevin Nicklas will schedule the repainting of the crosswalks and parking spots for Main Street and School Street..

«       Dutch Strand will check into ordering picnic tables from Grant Lumber


A motion was made by Bob Snyder and seconded Kevin Nicklas to purchase (4) 6 foot picnic tables from Grant Lumber for the park. The motion carried.

 

 

 

Building:  (Kevin Nicklas, Jerry Bloomgren)

 

 

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

 

Old Business:

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

 

 

Ordinances:  (Neal Hoisington, Dave Slater) None

 


New Business:

 

A motion was made by Kathy Buerkle and seconded Neal Hoisington to donate $150 to the Warren County Historical Society. The motion carried.

 

 

The Sugar Grove Borough Council meeting adjourned at 8:26 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Karla F. LoPresti, Secretary

 

The next regular meeting will be held June 6th at 7:00 p.m.