By Penny
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A regular meeting of the Parkside Borough Council was held in the Borough Council Chambers located at 22 E. Elbon Road, Parkside, PA on the above date. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Council President Douglas Bull. Following the Pledge of Allegiance the roll was called with the following in attendance:
Messrs: Gordon Bull Solicitor Wills
Purcival Howell Chief Egan
Stamis Capobianco Secretary Higgins
McCollum Conlin

Vice President Purcival made a motion, seconded by Mr. McCollum, to adopt the Minutes of the 10/22/14 meeting, as submitted; motion carried.

At this point President Bull did turn the meeting over to Mayor Gordon to swear-in
two new part-time police officers. Officers Jason Devlin and Matt Elliott were
sworn-in, with their families in attendance.

Correspondence Report: (Linda Higgins)
The following funds were received during the month of October 2014:
1) License & Inspections $ 4,045.00
2) Court Financial Services – restitution 52.38
3) Recorder of Deeds 1,935.50
4) Borough Hall Rental 100.00
5) County Aid $2430/Pothole Assistance $913 3,343.00
6) P.D. reports/parking tickets/ammo 340.00
7) 2013 PURTA 1,056.35

Tax Collection
Tax Collector – Ed Fisher 3,374.31
Tax Claim Bureau 1,348.93

Regional Court
District Court 586.80
Total income for October 2014 = $ 16,182.27
(Total does not include EIT/LST Tax)

The Secretary informed Council that a Parkside Fire fighter was injured while fighting a fire in Chester. He sustained 2nd degree burns to his neck and chest and 1st degree burns to his face. He was treated and released from hospital and did not lose any time from work.





Mayor’s Report: (Ardele Gordon)

Total number of calls for October was 133. Leading categories: assist other police agencies – 16; police information – 13; traffic/parking problems – 12; domestic disturbances – 10; animal complaints – 8; medical emergencies – 5. Total traffic violations was 20. Leading categories: speeding in school zone – 5; red traffic signals – 3; speeding – 2. Offenses reported: criminal mischief – 5; theft – 3; fraud – 2. Offenses cleared – 2. Arrests was 2. Total non-traffic offenses – 3; total non-traffic offenses cleared – 3.

All Officers have completed the training in the use of Narcan which is an Opiate overdose prevention drug. This drug will be administered by the police officers first on the scene to reverse opiate drug overdoses only. Narcan will be administered by using a nasal spray.

All officers have completed the semi-annual training in the use of the semi-automatic M-4 rifles and qualified.

Chief Egan added that the Narcan prevention drug costs approximately $20/each. The County is supplying police departments within the County with a supply of two per car (at no cost to the Borough). The prevention drug will be available in Parkside police cars on the 24th of November 2014.

President’s Report: (Douglas Bull)

President Bull thanked everyone for their diligence in coming up with a budget for 2014 without a tax increase.

Public Safety Report: (Dave Favinger)

Fire Marshal – Mr. Favinger conducted 17 rental inspections and 3 Use & Occupancy inspections for the month. He participated in a fire investigation, assisting the Upper Chichester Fire Marshal with a fire at 2600 Market Street. On October 29, 2014 he attended an 8 hour class in Bucks County on fire inspection through the PCCA.

Code Enforcement – 28 W. Chelton Road – pool issue, property going into foreclosure. 2603 Arlington Road – pool issue, letter sent. 33 West Avon Road – house has 2 apartments the Borough was told are vacant. Both apartments are fire hazards and need to be cleaned up as soon as possible. Owner needs to comply with Borough rental program. 16 other property maintenance issues were handled prior to leaving property.

License & Inspections – 8 Building, 1 Electrical and 1 Plumbing permit were issued during the month.

Police Report: (Shirley Purcival)

Vice President Purcival made a motion, seconded by Mr. Capobianco, authorizing the Solicitor to amend Ordinance #468 to increase permit fees, across the board, by $10, and to advertise Ordinance #515 with intent to adopt at the 12/17/14 meeting; motion carried.

Vice President Purcival made a motion to extend the trash contract with B & L through 2018 at a cost of living increase of 3% and adding an additional day per month for recycling; After several questions and comments on the motion, Vice President Purcival withdrew the motion with intent to revisit at the December 2014 Council Meeting.

Vice President Purcival indicated that Council was unable to budget a Citizen’s Police Academy program for 2015. The Secretary was asked to contact Chief Eller with the decision.

Public Works/Buildings & Grounds Report: (Mary Conlin)

Ms. Conlin made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival, adopting Resolution #1731 authorizing the Engineer to apply for Community Development Block Grant for the following projects: 1) Edgmont Avenue Pedestrian Improvements; 2) Storm Water Improvements – West Chelton Road; motion carried.

Ms. Conlin reported general cleaning of the Borough building. Borough properties: cutting and trimming grass, cleaning off walking trail from leaves and mulched leaves on grass areas. Leaf pickup – 6 days into scheduled pick-up. To date 5.33 tons (10660 lbs.) have been disposed of.
Christmas tree pickup will be Monday thru Friday, December 29th thru January 23rd, 2015.

Ordinance Report: (Frank McCollum)

Mr. McCollum made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival, to advertise Ordinance No. 513, setting the 2015 trash fee at $180 per household; motion carried.

Mr. McCollum made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival, to advertise Ordinance No. 514, setting the tax rates for 2015 at 9.50 mills; motion carried.

Mr. McCollum reported he will contact B&L to find out why he is no longer getting recycling information.

Mr. McCollum congratulated his daughter Crystal on the birth of her 4th child, a little boy.

Finance Report: (Bill Howell)

Mr. Howell made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival, to accept the Treasurers Report as submitted; motion carried. Mr. Howell did thank Chief Egan for keeping overtime to a minimum.

Mr. Howell made a motion, seconded by Mr. Stamis, to pay the bills when properly approved; motion carried.

Mr. Howell did thank everyone for working diligently on the budget for 2015.

Mr. Howell made a motion, seconded by Mr. Stamis, to accept the Preliminary 2015 Budget as submitted; motion carried.

Mr. Howell made a motion, seconded by Mr. Capobianco, authorizing the advertisement of the Preliminary 2015 Budget; motion carried.

Mr. Howell has been looking into having the Borough Codebook re-codified. He has been getting proposals from several of the major publishing companies. He will turn this information over to Mr. McCollum to follow up on.

Recreation Report: (Nick Capobianco)

Mr. Capobianco made a motion, seconded by Mr. McCollum, authorizing a check in the amount of $350 for use as prizes for the 2014 Home Decorating Contest; motion carried.

The 2014 Home Decorating Contest will be judged on Friday, 12/19/14 at 7:00 p.m.

Mr. Capobianco made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival, authorizing a check in the amount of $200 payable to the Parkside Fire Company for use for Candy Cane day (Santa visit) on 12/13/14 at 3:00 p.m.; motion carried
Mr. McCollum asked why this year we are donating when it was never done in previous years. He was informed the Fire Company is short on funds.

Mr. Capobianco thanked Ryan Cornog for the great job he is doing this year with the leaf collection.

Communications/Energy Conservation Report: (Jason Stamis)

Mr. Stamis made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival accepting the bid to upgrade and change the existing phone system in the Borough building for a cost of $3,896.94; motion carried.



Tax Collector Report: (Ed Fisher)

The Tax Collector received a total of $ 722,347.25 to date. A total of $ 2,444.54 was received during November 2014.

Engineer’s Report: (Lisa Catania) Progress (Ms. Catania was not present.)

Solicitor’s Report: (Jay Wills)

Mr. Wills reported he collected $ 2,433.18 in delinquent trash fees for a property that has been delinquent since 2007.

Mr. Wills has been in contact with Conestoga Bank requesting they submit a proposal regarding a 2015 TRAN. This will be addressed at the December council meeting.

Mr. Wills wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Unfinished Business: None

CALL TO CITIZENS: None

New Business:

Mr. McCollum made a motion, seconded by Vice President Purcival, authorizing the advertisement of 2015 meetings; motion carried.

There being no further business, Mr. McCollum made a motion, seconded by Mr. Howell, that the meeting adjourn; motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:48 p.m.