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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS[CALL TO ORDER]
REGULAR MEETING OF THE UPPER COLLEGE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND RISE AS YOU ABLE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC.[MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD AGENDA]
TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA.
I SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND, UM, IN JUST A MOMENT HERE, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GIVE OUT A, A LOT OF AWARDS, BUT, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LAST MONTH, WE HAD TWO VERY SERIOUS INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVED ARMED SUSPECTS THAT LED TO PHILLY NEWS FOR ALMOST A WHOLE WEEKEND.
ONE WAS A CARJACKING INCIDENT HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP, AND ANOTHER WAS AN ARMED BARRICADE INCIDENT IN POTTSTOWN.
OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED, OBVIOUSLY, TO THE INCIDENT IN TOWNSHIP AND AS MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SWAT TEAM IN POTTSTOWN.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATION]
GONNA, GOOD EVENING.UM, ONCE AGAIN, I'M STANDING FOR YOU FOR, UM, GOOD THINGS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE THE BULK OF THE ROOM TODAY, SO WE'LL TRY AND MAKE THIS QUICK.
UM, AND EXCUSE ME, AS A, AS AN EXPLANATION TO THAT, A LOT OF TIMES WE GO ON CALLS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND, UM, EVERYBODY'S QUALIFIED TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SO MANY HANDS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO DO THE ACTUAL, UM, IN THIS CASE, SOME OF THE, THE, WHAT WE'RE GIVEN A LIFE SAVING AWARDS FOR THE OTHER AWARDS WE'RE GIVING ARE UNIT CITATIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE HELPING.
UM, AND IF THEY COULD HAVE BEEN IN SWITCH POSITIONS, THEY EASILY COULD HAVE DONE THAT, BUT IT JUST WASN'T THE WAY IT WORKED OUT THAT DAY.
SO, UM, WHILE WE RECOGNIZED SOME WITH THE LIFE SAVING AWARD AND OTHERS WITH A, A UNIT CITATION, IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE ANY LESS, IT JUST MEANS THAT THERE WAS SOME THAT WERE IN THE POSITION WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO MORE THAT DAY JUST BY VIRTUE OF WHERE THEY HAPPENED TO BE.
UM, SO THE, THE FIRST AWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TONIGHT IS A CARDIAC FOR A CARDIAC ARREST SAFETY.
SO, TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, BECAUSE I SOUND LIKE I'M HERE A LOT, WE AVERAGE BETWEEN 35 AND 40 CARDIAC ARREST CALLS A YEAR IN 2024.
UM, NOW TO PUT SOME CONTEXT TO THAT, SOME OF OUR CALLS, UH, PEOPLE HAVE PASSED LONG BEFORE WE GET THE CALL.
SOME OF THEM, THEY AREN'T ACTUAL CARDIAC ARREST THEY CALL TAKERS THAT ERR ON SIDE OF CAUTION.
AND WE GET SENT TO A CARDIAC ARREST WHERE THEY'RE NOT IN CARDIAC ARREST, BUT, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING AND DOING CPR ON THEM.
UH, THE SAVES WE HAVE AND THE SAVE THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT COME ABOUT 'CAUSE OF A SYSTEM THAT IS WORKING.
SO, IN THIS CASE, UM, DON DON KADEN IS OUR PATIENT.
UM, HE'S, HE'S SITTING HERE WITH US TODAY.
DON IS THE RETIRED PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FROM LOWER MARION TOWNSHIP.
AND, UH, HE WAS AT A RESTAURANT ON BLACKROCK ROAD, IN THE TOWNSHIP, WALKED OUTSIDE AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, CPR WAS STARTED ON, THAT'S, THAT'S CR THAT'S CRUCIAL, THAT'S CRITICAL.
THE IMMEDIATE CPR OCCURS, COLGATES MADE THE 9 1 1.
UH, THE CREWS FROM BLACKROCK GOT THERE FIRST.
THEY APPLIED THE A ED, THE AUTOMATIC, UH, EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR AND SHOCKED THEM ONE TIME.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S A CRUCIAL STEP IN WHERE THIS ALL GOES.
THE, THE, UH, CPR CONTINUES THAT ALL THE CREWS COME, UH, SQUAD 68 GETS THERE, THE ENGINE'S THERE, THE AMBULANCE GETS THERE.
THEY GET 'EM LOADED IN THE AMBULANCE.
THEY STARTED BY ADVANCED LIFE CARE.
THE MEDICS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE AMBULANCE ARE DOING ADVANCED LIFE CARE.
THEY SHOCK HIM THREE MORE TIMES.
UM, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS DRIVES THE AMBULANCE SO THE CREW MEMBERS CAN BE IN THE BACK AND CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GIVE HIM THE, THE MOST CARE THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
THERE'S NO MORE CARE THAT HE'S GETTING IN THE AMBULANCE THAN HE WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL DURING THE RIDE PRIOR TO GETTING TO THE
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HOSPITAL, HE WAKES UP AND STARTS TALKING TO THEM, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS AMAZING.AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE SMILES ON, AND EVERYBODY ON THE AMBULANCES FACE IS THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A RARE OCCURRENCE THAT, THAT, UM, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE AWARD TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO KIND OF PUT THIS IN AS WHY WE MAKE THIS SUCH A SPECIAL AWARD.
UM, AND WHAT MADE IT WORK WAS THE SYSTEM WORKED.
YOU KNOW, CPR STARTED RIGHT AWAY, CALLS TO 9 1 1.
UH, AEDS WERE APPLIED AND, AND THEY WERE USED AS NEEDED.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT GOT THERE.
THEY GAVE HIM THE MEDICINE, THE DRUGS, AND WHAT HE NEEDED.
UH, CPR CONTINUED THE ENTIRE TIME UNTIL THEY GOT HIM BACK.
AND THEN HE, THEN HE ENTERS THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, WHICH JUST CONTINUES.
THIS WHOLE SERIES OF EVENTS THEN MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR DON TO SIT HERE TODAY.
SO, UM, DON, WE ARE, WE'RE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY.
UH, HE'S HERE WITH HIS WIFE, SUE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE AWARDS.
BUT, UH, FIRST TO YOU, LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, DON AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE GOING ACROSS THE STREET ONCE WE'RE DONE THE AWARD TOO.
TALK WITH ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE HERE.
UH, THE AMBULANCE PROBABLY DOESN'T KNOW THAT, BUT, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS, THEY WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, AND WE'LL DO IT ACROSS THE STREET.
IT'S JUST EASIER THAN IT IS HERE.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST.
I'LL GET EVERYBODY UP HERE, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU WORDS OUT.
SO, UH, FROM BLACKROCK, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF RICH HUG, CAPTAIN CHRIS STEIGER, AVON JONES, UM, FROM UPPER PROVIDENCE JARED WEEKS, UM, FROM FRIENDSHIP, JACOB NEVILLE AND RENEE MCCARRICK.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? SO THIS, THESE ARE THERE, THERE'S ONE OTHER PERSON.
THESE ARE THE LIFESAVING AWARDS THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT.
THE, THIS WAS THE CREWS THAT WERE, THAT, THAT HAD THE HANDS ON THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING.
THERE'S THE OTHER PERSON THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE IS JACKIE CALHOUN, WHO, UM, IS AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE RESTAURANT WHERE THIS OCCURRED.
AND SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT CAME OUT AND STARTED CPR IMMEDIATELY.
UM, SHE IS PLY IN SOUTH AFRICA, SO, UM, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO FAR FOR HER TO MAKE IT BY SEVEN
UM, SO SHE'S ALSO WILL BE GIVEN A LIFE SAVING AWARD.
AND WITH HER, UH, MIKE BROWN, WHO IS THE MANAGER AT THE RESTAURANT, WHO'S ALSO GETTING ONE OF THE, UM, THE AWARDS HERE, UH, WILL GIVE IT TO JACKIE FOR HER, UM, WHEN THEY GET BACK.
SO, UM, THE OTHER AWARDS THEN ARE FOR, UH, COLIN DEANGELOS FROM BLACKROCK, MATT BARON FROM BLACKROCK.
WILL CLEMENS FROM, UH, UPPER PROVIDENCE, JASON ADAMS FROM UPPER PROVIDENCE.
AND I'M SORRY, I MISSED, UH, RICHARD BROWN FROM BLACKROCK.
SO AGAIN, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE PROOF IS SITTING HERE WITH US TODAY.
IT, THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
I'M GONNA SHAKE EVERYBODY'S HAND AND THEN WE'RE GOING OVER THERE.
UM, DON, IF I COULD, AND SO PLEASE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN.
WE'RE GONNA GONNA DO A PICTURE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF OUR SEAL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON OUR SOCIAL, NOT SECOND.
DON, IF YOU COULD STAND KIND OF SOMEWHERE RIGHT HERE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL JUST KIND OF GATHER AROUND.
THIS IS YOUR QUEUE RIGHT HERE.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MARKETING, THAT WORK HARM WILL TAKE YOU OVER, GO ACROSS THE STREET TO RETREAT.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA COME TO THEM.
WE'RE GONNA DO SEE YOUR MOM IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
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OKAY.THE NEXT TOUR, A LITTLE SMALLER.
UM, WE HAD A, WE HAD A CALL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EMS THAT WAS, UH, A PATIENT WHO HAD VERY, VERY TRAUMATIC, UH, LEG THREATENING INJURIES.
HE HAD A LOT OF LACERATIONS TO HIS LEGS.
UH, THE POLICE ARRIVED ON LOCATION, FIRE ARRIVED ON LOCATION.
UM, SO, UH, LET ME, LEMME CALL EVERYBODY UP AND I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM, UM, MARK LEVITT.
UH, DANIEL KEARNEY BOTH FRIENDSHIP.
UM, I'M GONNA MISS OCTA BAKER FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT, KYLE SITZ, WILL CLEMENS, OFFICER AL, UH, FIREFIGHTER RUSTY THERE, AND CORPORAL MIKE SWARTZ FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M MISSING FROM THE DMS. YEAH, MISS MADDIE AND MADDIE.
MADDIE, UM, CAN WE AND ADAM THE GREEN? SO THEY, WE HAVE THE AWARDS FOR THEM, UM, BY MY FAULT, I, THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, IN TOTAL, OFFICER BAKER AND, UH, FIREFIGHTER SITZ PLACED TWO TOURNIQUETS ON, ONE ON EACH LEG.
UM, THE INJURIES WERE SO SEVERE THAT THEY WEREN'T SURE IF THE PATIENT WAS GOING TO MAKE IT.
AND AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE, THE QUICKNESS, THE PROMPTNESS, UM, THAT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, GETTING 'EM INTO THE AMBULANCE, GETTING A, A LIFE, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TO THEM.
UM, ALL FOUR OF THE AMBULANCE PEOPLE WERE IN THE AMBULANCE WORKING THE PATIENT TO GET 'EM IN THE HOSPITAL.
AND, UM, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE, THE PATIENT IS ALIVE AND DOING OKAY.
AND AGAIN, UM, HE, THAT, THAT THE PATIENT WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR EVERYBODY THAT YOU SEE UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THIS ONE'S, THIS ONE'S NOT A LIFESAVING AWARD.
THIS IS A, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY KIND OF A COOL AWARD.
UM, WE HAD A CALL ON, UM, THIS ONE WAS IN FEBRUARY, UH, DISPATCH FOR MATERNITY AND OFFICER PIER.
AND LEMME GET THE RIGHT PAPERS.
OFFICER PALER ARRIVED FIRST, UM, WAS PRESENTED WITH A PATIENT WHO WAS DELIVERING HER BABY.
UM, UH, THEN OUR CREW IN THE AMBULANCE PULLED UP, UM, AND CONTINUED.
SO, UM, SPECIFICALLY INVOLVED IN THE BIRTH OF THE BABY WAS, UM, OFFICER PELTIER, UH, JARED WEEKS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND COURTNEY DUFFY FROM FRIENDSHIP.
AND THEN, UH, MAKING AGAIN THAT, THAT COMPLETED TEAM THAT MAKES IT SO CRITICAL.
UH, WAS, UH, MATT LEX, STEVE BOOGIE, RUSTY THERE, AND, UH, CAPTAIN KELLI FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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THIS IS A BABY DELIVERY AWARD, LACK OF A BETTER TERM.UH, WE WERE GONNA CALL IT HISTORICAL AWARD, BUT I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS CORRECT OR NOT.
SO, UM, THIS ONES, THIS ONES ARE KIND OF A NEAT AWARD TO GIVE OUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO DELIVER BABIES, UM, IN THEIR LIFETIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GEORGIA FIRST DELIVERY, WELL, BESIDES MY OWN RIGHT, YOUR OWN
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT TOY AFTERWARDS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HITCH YOU.
IT'S LIKE, WOW, WHAT DID I JUST DO? SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF NEAT.
SO BABY GIRL, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, UH, SO AGAIN, THERE'S YOUR PROOF.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
NOW'S THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.AND, UH, I AND OLD DOG KIMLER NEW TRICKS.
I RECENTLY ATTENDED, UH, THE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS CONFERENCE IN HERSHEY AND DISCOVERED THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR STREET ADDRESS EVEN THOUGH WE REQUIRE IT.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE TOWNSHIP, UH, I THINK I'M WILLING TO JUST GO BY YOUR NAME AND WE'LL GO ON SCOUT ON OUR SYSTEM.
IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT, YOU CAN STATE THAT IF YOU ARE A TAXPAYER, YOU CAN STATE THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT OF TOWNSHIP, AS LONG AS YOUR COMMENT IS PERTINENT TO TOWNSHIP BUSINESS, I THINK WE'LL HEAR YOU.
BUT, UH, PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES AND WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
SEE, NO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
OH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, YES.
UM, FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS YOUR SOUND SYSTEM ISN'T CUTTING IT.
UH, AND WHILE MY HEARING IS SOMEWHAT COMPROMISED, I'M WEARING A HEARING AID, IT STILL DOESN'T CUT IT.
UH, I DID WANNA THANK, UH, JEFF GRACE.
I'M HERE FOR THE TRAIL, UH, BEHIND THE PROPERTIES ON TROUTMAN ROAD.
UH, I CAME OVER TO THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND JEFF GRACE WAS VERY GRACIOUS, UH, IN SPENDING TIME WITH ME AND GOING OVER IT.
UM, THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE NOT THRILLED WITH THE PROSPECT OF A TRAIL BEHIND OUR HOUSES.
UH, WE ARE NOT OPENLY AGAINST IT, WE'RE JUST, FRANKLY WE'RE CONCERNED.
UH, IT'S GONNA INTRODUCE TRAFFIC WHERE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN TRAFFIC BEFORE AND RAISES POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.
AND BASICALLY, I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE FROM THE TOWNSHIP IS TO KNOW THAT AS THAT THIS DEVELOPS, THAT YOU'LL BE OPEN TO DISCUSSION SHOULD SUCH THINGS
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ARISE.AND, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
PLEASE CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THERE'S ANY, I CAN'T HEAR A WORD YOU'RE SAYING.
I SAY POLICE, CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEM AT ALL.
BY THE WAY, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'VE BEEN HERE 19, ALMOST 19 YEARS.
UH, THEY ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND I HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE, FOR ONE OF A BETTER WORD, COMFORTABLE TO DEAL WITH.
WHICH IS IN TODAY'S AGE IS SAYING SOMETHING.
ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL BE A LITTLE, I'LL BE A LITTLE SLOWER AND A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT]
UH, OUR AGENDA, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.TOPICS DISCUSSED WERE UNION CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS, AND PENDING LITIGATION.
[APPROVAL OF BILL LIST]
TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL ONE THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2025 BILL LIST IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,891,834 AND 94 CENTS.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THANK YOU MUCH.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES IN OUR PACKET MINUTES FROM THE, UH, APRIL 21ST REGULAR MEETING.AND FOR THE, FROM THE APRIL 22ND SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE DID ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL 21ST, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AND THE APRIL 22ND, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED TONIGHT.
WE HAVE NO OLD BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
[NEW BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]
UH, ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES APPOINTMENT.AND, UH, I KNOW WE FOUND A REALLY NICE CANDIDATE FOR THAT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT ELIZABETH CASEY SANDS AS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES BEGINNING JUNE 2ND, 2025.
CASEY WILL BE OVERLAPPING FOR ONE MONTH PERIOD WITH KURT, EXCUSE ME, HR DIRECTOR BONNIE MO, WHO IS RETIRING AT THE END OF JUNE.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, CONSIDER AWARDING A BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ASHMAN TRAIL PROJECT TO JMS PAVING AND EXCAVATING CORPORATION OF LINE, LEXINGTON AND PEN LINE LEXINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA IN THE AMOUNT OF 200 $212,739 AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
AND, UH, I SAID THIS IS THE ONE WE WERE WAITING ON GLAXO TIM TO GIVE US, UH, THE FINAL RIGHT OF WAY ON THIS.
AND THERE'S SOME ON, UH, GLAXO EMPLOYEES WERE VERY HELPFUL.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.
I'LL IION IF THAT ALLOWED, UM, UH, MAKE A COMMISSION TO AWARD A BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE TON BELTER TROUTMAN TRAIL PROJECT TO J AND S PAVING, ANEC EXCAVATING CORP OF LINE, LEXINGTON, PA IN THE MOUNTAIN OF 212,739.
SEVEN 39,007 $39 AND 0 CENTS AS LOWEST REF PROFIT BID.
UH, CONSIDER AWARDING A BID FOR THE TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT TO MASON DIXON CONTRACTORS LIMITED LIABILITY CORP OF WILLOW STREET PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $127,309 AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
I MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD BID FOR THE TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT TO MASON DIXON CONTRACTORS, LLC, THE WALL STREET PA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $127,000, EXCUSE ME, $127,309,
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EXCUSE ME.WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH NUMBERS.
I'M JUST, I I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IS IT ON THAT THIS ORIGINATED, UH, OUT OF A NEED TO HAVE A SECONDARY EOC.
UH, THIS IS A NUCLEAR TOUR RE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REQUIREMENT BECAUSE WE ARE WITHIN THE 10 MILE ZONE OF LIMERICK.
UH, OUR DESIGNATED, UH, SECONDARY EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER WAS THE NORRISTOWN AND LIBRARY, THE, THE LIBRARY IN NORRISTOWN, EXCUSE ME.
UH, DAN SCHAFER AND I HAD MET WITH, UM, WHIT PAINT OFFICIALS AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEIR EOC IS BETTER SUITED THAN THE, UH, NORRISTOWN LIBRARY.
SO WE'VE COME UP WITH THIS RECIPROCAL RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WHERE WE WILL SHARE OUR E OUR RESPECTIVE VOCS WITH WIPA TOWNSHIP, NOT JUST IN THE EVENT OF SOMETHING AT LI AT LIMERICK, BUT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF EVENTS.
IF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IS OUT OF COMMISSION, WE CAN GO TO WIPA AND RECIPROCALLY.
UM, ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH WICK PAINT SHIP FOR SHARED USE OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS SENSORS.
UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 25 ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WITH THE EASEMENTS FOR, FOR THE WHITE SPRING RIGHT SPRINGS FARM NORTH DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT'S THIS ONE ABOUT? THIS IS RELATED TO THE NORTH PORTION OF WHITE SPRINGS FARM NORTH OF, UM, ARCOLA ROAD.
IF YOU AWARE, IT'S DESIGNATED IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
THERE'S TWO PORTIONS OF WHITE SPRINGS.
UH, THE SANITARY, SO MAINS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED PROBABLY OVER 15 YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, UH, ARE FINALLY READY FOR DEDICATION.
TOLL WAS STARTED, THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND THEY ARE DEDICATING THE SANITARY SO MAINS THAT SERVE THE HOMES THERE TO UPPER PROVIDENCE.
AS WAS ORIGINALLY LAID OUT IN THE LATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG.
IT JUST TOOK THAT LONG FOR THEM TO NO, I WAS JUST TAKING 'EM A LONG TIME TO SELL 'EM THE HOMES AND, UH, TO GET TO THIS POINT.
YEAH, THE STORMWATER RETENTION OVER THERE DURING CONSTRUCTION WAS A HUGE PROCESS.
SO, BECAUSE IT WENT ON AND ON.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 25, EXCEPT IN DEDICATION TO SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM TO EASEMENTS FOR THE WHITE SPRINGS FARM WORTH DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE NEXT ONE, UH, IS, UH, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND I GOT A, A LAST MINUTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TABLE, TABLE.
SO WE'LL TABLE, TABLE ITEM NUMBER NINE FOR NEXT MONTH.
[MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS]
UH, UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.UH, JOE EGAN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, IS GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, IT'S NOT PARK AND REC, IT'S HIT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK, UH, THAT WAS A MIS THAT WAS IN THE, IN THE CHEAT SHEET.
I WANT HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT THE FLAG
SO, DO WE HAVE ANY POWERPOINT? YEAH, IT'S ON THERE.
SO, UM, SO WHEN I STARTED HERE APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO, I DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF QUARTERLY UPDATES, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR THIS TYPE OF AN ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY TONIGHT HAVE THE FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS AND, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE FUNDS VERY RAPIDLY FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, TIME.
SO, UM, BASICALLY FIRST QUARTER IS TYPICALLY, UM, IT'S A FILLING OUT PERIOD.
REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE INCONSISTENT.
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UH, THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS GET SENT OUT IN LATE MARCH AND THEY REALLY DON'T GET POSTED UNTIL APRIL, MAY, JUNE.UM, SO I'LL SHOW YOU THE CHARTS WHEN WE GET THERE, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT GOING ON.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THE BOND PRINCIPLE OF $836,250 WAS, UH, MADE FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING FOR THIS YEAR.
AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE FIRST QUARTER PURCHASED TWO VEHICLES.
ALSO SOME BODY CAMERA TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AT A COST OF $172,000.
UM, INTEREST INCOME IS ON BUDGET, SO THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS NOT, UM, RAISED THE RENT RAISED OR LOWERED THE INTEREST RATES THIS YEAR.
SO THERE'S, UM, STABILITY THERE.
SO THESE CHARTS ARE, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS THIS, THE GREEN IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
THE GREEN ON THE EXPENSE SIDE IS, IS SIMILAR.
THE PERCENTAGES ARE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 16% COLLECTED AND 22% COLLECTED GOING FORWARD.
SO EACH QUARTER YOU'LL SEE THAT CHART AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBERS WILL RISE.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GO OVER BUDGET.
LIQUID FUELS, UM, IS BASICALLY, AGAIN LIKE 1.3% AND 1.0%.
WE DID RECEIVE OUR ALLOCATION FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE LIQUID FUELS.
SO IN THE NEXT QUARTER WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF, UH, EXPENSES BECAUSE OF THE ROAD PROGRAMS AND WE WILL ALSO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT CAME IN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
THE REC FUND IS AT ABOUT 12% COLLECTED FOR REVENUES AND JUST UNDER 10% ON EXPENSES, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THESE WILL, THESE WILL CERTAINLY, UH, BE A LOT HIGHER GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE WITH TRAILS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE ALREADY, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK LIKE THAT FOR LONG.
THE SEWER FUND IS, UH, AGAIN, WE, I THINK THE ONLY, UM, REVENUE FROM THE SEWER FUND WAS THE, UH, ACTUALLY NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
UM, ANYHOW, THE SEWER FUND IS AT 9%, WHICH IS VERY LOW, BUT THE SEWER BILLS GO OUT BY, EXCUSE ME, UM, SEMI-ANNUALLY.
SO THAT'S WHY THE, YOU KNOW, THESE AMOUNTS REALLY WON'T GET PUSHED OUT UNTIL SECOND QUARTER.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IS PRETTY STA EXCUSE ME, IT'S PRETTY STABLE.
I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA USE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT FOR THE EXPENDITURES, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO, THE BLOCKS WILL CHANGE AS THE EXPENSES AND REVENUES ARE DONE ARE TALLI TALLY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FUND.
UM, AGAIN, 5.6% WAS COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
24% OF THE EXPENDITURES WERE USED AND FOR VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
BUT IT'S, IT SHOULD PROBABLY, THEY'LL PROBABLY GET TOWARDS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, BASED ON SOME OF THE BUDGETARY ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD.
THE SEWER CAPITAL FUND, UM, WE HAD A, UH, WE HAD A GRANT FROM THE, UM, UH, THE GREEN, GREEN PA SMALL AND SO GRANT, YEAH, THE, THE, UH, GREENWOOD PROJECT AND, UM, SO THAT EVEN WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE ONLY AT 4.6%, BUT THE SEWER CAPITAL FUND
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IS TYPICALLY, UM, PART OF THE SEWER REVENUE AND THAT KIND OF THING.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY EXPENDED MUCH WITH THAT, BUT THERE, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME LARGE PROJECTS COMING UP AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE, ON THE CAPITAL, WE'VE ONLY GOT REVENUES AT 9%, BUT SPEND 24, REMIND ME WHERE THE REVENUES COME FROM.
IS THAT ALL TAX? SLIDE 29? YEAH, HERE.
SOME 'EM LOOK PRETTY BALANCED OUT OTHER THAN THIS ONE, I JUST WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS WHAT WE EXPECT THAT IS THAT THE EIT THAT WE GET THAT, UM, IT, IT, IT WAS BUDGETED.
IT GETS BUDGETED EVERY YEAR FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO, UM, THE, THE MONEY COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AS, AS IT'S BUDGETED BASICALLY.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR.
WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T TRANSFERRED THAT MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND YET.
SO YEAH, THAT, THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY CHANGE.
AND ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT OVER, YOU KNOW, BE RESERVED FOR FUTURE YEARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JOE.
AND I GUESS WE'RE NOT GONNA HEAR ABOUT PARKS AND REC TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE REGULAR BUSINESS.
UH, I POINTED OUT TO, UH, EVERYONE, THIS IS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
SO DON, PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR, TO YOUR GUYS OVER AT PUBLIC WORKS.
[CONSULTANT REPORTS]
NOW THE CONSULTANT REPORTS, UH, ENGINEERING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROJECT UPDATES.YEAH, WE BLEAKLY YOU HAVE THREE ROAD PROJECTS GOING ON.
UM, THE NOLAN VISTA IS ALMOST COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR THE BLUE FIRE HYDRANT REFLECTORS IN THE STREET.
UM, DALE, DWIGHT, DONNA AND DAVID ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN YOU WON'T SEE THE PROJECTS OUT HERE ON ONE 13 UNTIL JUNE BASED ON CONTRACTOR SCHEDULE.
AND, UH, NOW IT'S TIME TO, UH, RELEASE SOME, UH, ESCROW AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY DEVELOPER IMPROVEMENT GUARANTEE REDUCTION LIST AS FOLLOWS.
ITEM A WHITE SPRINGS FARM NORTH PHASE ONE A RELEASE NUMBER SEVEN IN PARENTHESES IN THE AMOUNT OF $149,741 AND 90 CENTS.
ITEM B, WHITE SPRINGS FARM NORTH PHASE TWO RELEASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $76,039 AND 45 CENTS.
I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
ANYONE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND, UH, MR. SOLICITOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT TO TONIGHT? UH, I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT.
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR SUPERVISOR COMMENTS.
[UPCOMING EVENTS]
UH, UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL MEET AGAIN JUNE 16TH AT 7:00 PM AND JULY 21ST AT 7:00 PM THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS MEETING SCHEDULED IS MAY 21ST AT 7:00 PM AND ON THEIR AGENDA WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTION ITEMS, UH, THE OFFICIAL MAP AND A TRAFFIC SAFETY ANALYSIS.AND, UH, JUNE 4TH, UH, THEY'LL MEET AND, UH, THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE TO BE DETERMINED.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS JULY 16TH AT SIX.
PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETS JUNE 11TH AT 6:00 PM THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY MEETS JUNE 5TH AT 7:00 PM ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE AS OF NOW IS, UH, A MEETING ON MAY 27TH AT 7:00 PM AND UH, THEIR APPLICATION IS NUMBER 25 DASH FOUR.
UH, THREE DAVID DRIVE AND 25 DASH OH FIVE, UH, 1201 SOUTH COLLEGEVILLE ROAD.
BUILT ON, UH, ZONING HEARING BOARD.
THEY HAVE A, THEY CAN SEE, DON'T THEY? YES, THEY DO.
YEAH, I THINK WE, WE ALREADY PUT OUT SOME FEELERS WHEN I DIDN'T WE ATTEMPT? UH, YEAH.
BUT WE DO NEED ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE ZONING ORDER.
IS THAT THE ONLY ONE WHERE THERE'S A VACANCY?
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I THINK SO, YEAH.I, I, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE, WE'VE GOT SOMEONE FROM, WE MAY BE FLIPPING THIS PLACEMENT OVER TO THAT.
I HAVE TO TALK TO KELLY AFTER THE, UM, IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.