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BOROUGH
OF
TRUMBAUERSVILLE TRUMBAUERSVILLE,
BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BOROUGH
COUNCIL
MEETING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 The
regular meeting of the Borough Council was held on the above date in
the
Municipal Building, One Evergreen Drive. President
Edward Child called the meeting to order. ROLL CALL: COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRESENT: Edward Child-President,
Christopher Betz-Vice-President, Harcourt
Trimble,
Michael George, Claire Conley, Roberta Recenes, Mikayla Black (JCP) and
Nicholas Basile (JCP) MOTION ON
MINUTES: A
motion was made by Ms. Recenes to approve
the Council Meeting Minutes of August 6, 2015. Seconded
by Ms. Conley. Motion
passed and so ordered. CHECK REGISTER: Mr.
Trimble stated that he would like to see similar jobs
clumped
together rather than doing them piece-meal especially the trimming and
removal
of trees. M After a brief discussion, it was decided that the Public
Works
Committee would periodically inspect Borough property, determine what
trees
needed to be trimmed or removed, get price quotes and bring it before
Council. A motion was made by Mr.
Trimble to approve the August 2015 Check Register.
Seconded by Ms. Conley. Motion
passed and so ordered. SOLICITOR’S
REPORT: None MTASA REPORT: MTASA
Report was reviewed and accepted as presented. CITIZEN’S
PARTICIPATION: Mr.
Vince Putiri stated that the latest
newsletter had many single page flyers in it and seemed to be a waste
of
paper. Mr. Putiri suggested making them
double
sided would be more efficient. A
suggestion was made that organizations/businesses submitting a flyer
also
furnish the paper. These and other
suggestions will be looked at when our next newsletter comes out in
December. MAYOR’S COMMENTS
ON THE BOROUGH: President
Child stated that our emergency
Management Coordinator, Ms. Marilyn Bobb, is concerned for traffic
during the
Pope’s visit because people are coming from all over.
Ms. Bobb has made a request that four (4)
people be on call for the 25th, 26th and 27th
in case something happens. REPORT OF BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS: PLANNING
COMMISSION: None ZONING HEARING
BOARD: None PUBLIC SERVICES
COMMITTEE: None PARK/RECREATION
COMMITTEE: Ms
Conley stated that the trees will be
planted the end of September or early October depending on the weather. Ms. Conley added that the Pancake Breakfast
is September 19th and we need volunteers.
A motion was made by Ms. Conley to approve a
$200.0 expenditure for the breakfast. Seconded
by Ms. Recenes. Motion
passed and so ordered. September 3, 2015 Page 2 PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE
COMMITTEE: None BUDGET &
FINANCE COMMITTEE: Mr.
Trimble stated that he has only received
one (1) budget request and that was from the Park/Recreation Committee. Mr. Trimble added that we need all requests
so we can put them together and discuss the budget at the October
meeting. NEW BUSINESS: Fire Marshal Report was reviewed and accepted as presented. President
Child stated that the other component to the County Municipal Open
Space
Program is park improvements. President
Child added that if council wants him and the Borough Secretary to put
together
an application to get money to help pay for the trees, we will do that. Council agreed. Mr.
Trimble stated that we have a property in the Borough that went through
foreclosure. Someone bought it and added
a bathroom. Our CEO talked to the
contractor and they told him they were only doing repairs.
Mr. Trimble added that he went on line and it
is advertised as having 2 ½ baths. We
have called the realtor and he hasn’t returned the call.
After a brief discussion it was decided that
the Borough Secretary would send a letter to the realtor. Borough
Secretary stated that the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
Fall
Conference is 16 thru 18 October. Anyone
wishing to attend please let him know as soon as possible. September 3, 2015 Page 3 Borough
Secretary stated that the Recycling Grant application for 2014 will be
submitted prior to September 30th. There
being no further business, a motion was made by Mr. Trimble to adjourn.
Seconded by Ms. Recenes. Motion passed
and so ordered. Respectfully
submitted, Borough Secretary |