FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The regular meeting of the Galeton Borough Council was held this date in the Municipal Building with the following members present: Joe Petrencsik; Doug Droppa; Darrell Jackson; DJ Fuller; Ron Tarabori; and Denny Dean.

Others present were: Mayor-Garrote; Solicitor-Mike Plummer; Foreman-Joe Cimino; Office Asst.-Eleanor Boyd; Citizen-Beth Lounsbury and Borough Secy.-Andrea Caracciolo

President Petrencsik called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Followed by the Pledge to the Flag.

MINUTES

A motion was made by Doug Droppa, seconded by Darrell Jackson approving the 1/11/23 minutes as presented. All were in favor, motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT

A motion was made by Doug Droppa, seconded by DJ Fuller approving the treasurer’s report for Jan/Feb 2023 as presented. All were in favor, motion carried.

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

Mrs. Lounsbury presented the 2023 Library Board to be accepted. A motion was made by Doug Droppa, seconded by Ron Tarabori accepting the members for 2023 as presented. All were in favor, motion carried.

BOROUGH SECRETARY

It was noted that a new park bench that the Borough purchased and is placing on Main St. will be in memory of Ed Brown.

BOROUGH FOREMAN

Joe reported that the water project is finally about 99% complete and is all fully automated now.

He said that he is still trying to locate acceptable cinders, everything is too fine or is stone that would plug our drains. Our pile is getting low and still haven’t found anywhere to purchase more yet.

BOROUGH SOLICITOR

An amendment to our parking ordinance was drafted and presented for the 4th of July parking on Germania Street. It is going to state that there will be no parking on the north side of Germania St. Tuesday thru Friday of the week prior to the Saturday celebration unless you are a resident of Germania St. and are issued a permit to be displayed in your car. Friday at 6:00 PM parking will then be permitted on the north side on a first come first serve basis and must be removed the Monday after the celebration. Barricades of any kind are not going to be permitted on either the north or south side of the street. They will be collected and disposed of if any are put out. Changes are going to be made to the draft and presented again at the March meeting to hopefully then be advertised for adoption so that it is effective at that time.

OLD BUSINESS

Steve Haskins had given us an LED bulb for our decorative street lights that was demonstrated at the meeting for approval by Council. The bulb has three settings so that we can keep the dark skies in mind.

A motion was made by DJ Fuller, seconded by Ron Tarabori to convert all of our decorative street lights to LED. All were in favor, motion carried. Union St. will be done first and then eventually Main Street. This will be a savings for the Borough’s electric bills and for maintenance.

***AT THIS TIME, 7:47 PM, AN EXECUTIVE SESSEION WAS CALLED TO DISCUSS A PROPERTY IN THE BOROUGH.

***AT THIS TIME, 8:08 PM, THE MEETING RECONVENED.

A motion was made by Darrell Jackson, seconded by DJ Fuller to have a Phase I study performed on the Chattanooga building subject to the inspection of the building by Council. All were in favor, motion carried.

BILLS

A motion was made by Doug Droppa, seconded by DJ Fuller to pay the bills for February 2023. All were in favor, motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made by Denny Dean, seconded by Doug Droppa to adjourn. All were in favor, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.