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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 507 - 3-9-1995 - COMMISSIONERMetro Petrosky, Jr. f Melvin B: Bassi Joseph A. Ford, Sr.' MINUTE O O K BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA EAS 0 U. m' m m E cr Minute No. 507 Washington County Commissioners Washington, PA, March 9,1995 The Board of Washington County Commissioners met in regular session in the Public Meeting Room, Courthouse Square, Washington, Pennsylvania, with the following members being present: Commissioners Petrosky, Bassi and Ford. Also being present: Tina Dallatore, Chief Clerk; Linda Hands, Clerk -Steno II; Controller Belcastro; Roger Ecker, Assistant County Solicitor; Sue Accetta, Director of Domestic Relations; Vickie Bryan, Superintendent of Recreation; Sam Marra, Director of Administration; Bob Umstead, Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority; R. W. "Sam" Zborowski, Mathcounts Coordinator; Jon Chambers, Jennifer Peresie, Jeffrey Katrencik and Brian O'Kelly, Mathcount Winners; Floyd Laubham, Planning Commission; Glenn Alterio, Public Defender; Joe Smydo, Observer -Reporter; Jim Jefferson, WJPA; Gerald Chambers of Trinity High School; Fred Fleet and George Robinson, interested citizens; and a representative of Scalo/Case Development Company. Chairman Petrosky called the meeting to order at approximately 10:05 a.m. and entertained a motion to approve Minute No. 506. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, that Minute No. 506 be approved as written Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Robert Umstead, Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority, presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Resolution approving the proposal for redevelopment of Disposition Parcel Nos. 16 and 16A in the Southpointe Economic Development Project by Scalo Case Development Company, Inc., and the Redevelopment Contract with said developer. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, adopting the Resolution as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - No; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried. Robert Umstead, Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority, presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Resolution approving the proposal for redevelopment of Disposition Parcel No. 1 in the Weirich Avenue Redevelopment Project in Canton Township to Cerdec Corporation. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, adopting the Resolution as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Metro Petrosky, Jr. 44 Melvin B. Bassi �A Joseph A. Ford, Sr. M I U `r E BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Commissioner Petrosky entertained a motion to adopt a Proclamation designating the week of March 13-17, 1995, as "Mathcounts Week". Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, adopting the foregoing Proclamation. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. The Commissioners presented to the Proclamation to R. W. "Sam" Zborowski, Mathcounts Coordinator, and certificates to the competition winners which included Jon Chambers, Jennifer Peresie, Jeffrey Katrencik and Brian O'Kelly. CITIZENS' COMMENTS There were no citizens' comments. CORRESPONDENCE Chief Clerk made available to the news media a News Release relative to the following project: 1. City of Washington Demolition and Site Clearance Project NEW BUSINESS Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval submission of a Grant Application to the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs in the amount of $57,105.00. The fonds would be used to renovate the Washington Women's Shelter which serves women and children of domestic violence. The grant would be effective for the period of July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1997. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, approving the Grant Application as per above and authorizing the Chairman of the Board to so execute. Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a contract for a Legislative Initiative Program with the Department of Community Affairs in the amount of $10,M.00. The funds would be used to represent matching funds for the purchase of a vehicle to transport disabled veterans to and from the VA hospitals in Pittsburgh. There is no County match required. (See Minute No. 497 dated 11/17/94, page 527, for further reference.) Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the DCA Contract as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Right -of -Entry Agreement with Community Action Southwest, Inc., which permits the County and any of its agents to enter the Metro Petrosky, Jr. Melvin B. Bassi MINUTE Joseph A. Ford, Sr. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Bridge Housing facility located at 517 South Main Street, Washington, Pennyyyvvania, to conduct rehab project activities under the Department of Community Affairs, grant that was previously approved by the Commissioners. Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the Right -of -Entry Agreement as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a request to authorize payment of an advance of $2,000.00 to the Washington County Safe Kids Program. This program was awarded a mini -grant from the Pennsylvania Safe Kids for the purchase of helmets. As in previous years, when Safe Kids receives the check from Harrisburg the money will be returned to the county's general fund. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, approving the advance payment to the Washington County Safe Kids Program as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Addendum to the Lease Agreement with Aeronational, Inc., at the County Airport which extends the lease on a month -to -month basis under the same terms and conditions. above. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, approving the Addendum to the Lease Agreement as per Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Addendum to the Engineering Agreement with Neilan Engineers for the provision of engineering services on an as -needed basis. This Addendum reflects the revised rates of Neilan Engineers, effective February 1,1995. Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the Addendum to the Engineering Agreement as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a request from the Director of Administration for the Board to adopt a Resolution authorizing the sale (by public auction) of surplus personal property consisting of thirteen (13) vehicles as well as surplus office equipment. OR Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, adopting the Resolution as per above. Roll call vnte taken-- 46 Metro Petrosky, Jr. Melvin B. Bassi Joseph A. Ford, Sr. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval an Addendum to the Agreement with Assistant Solicitor Roger Ecker which increases his monthly compensation to $4,000.00 for the months of March, April and May, 1995 during which time he will perform expanded duties due to the leave of absence granted to Solicitor Katherine Emery. Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, approving the Addendum to the Agreement as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - No; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a request to authorize a renewal of Underground Storage Liability Coverage for the County's underground storage tanks. The amount is $3,000.00 which is paid to the State of Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund (USTIR Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, approving the renewal of Underground Storage Liability Coverage as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following travel requests: (0) 1. Diana Crowe, Betty Durante and Mary Ann Naser of the District Attorneys Office to attend the 1995 Key Personnel Conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute in Strasburg, Pa., on March 16-17,1995 (0) 2. Susan L. Accetta, Director of Domestic Relations, to attend the Annual Directors' (Reimbursable) Conference in State College, Pa., on April 23-26,199 (0) 3. Susan L. Accetta, Martha Ward, Donna Slavka, Rosalie McCoy and Mona Barr of (Reimbursable) Domestic Relations to attend the Western DRAP Conference in Clearfield County on March 22-24, 1995 (R) 4. Randy Jackson of Adult Probation to attend a course titled 'Trofiling the Adult Arsonist" (Reimbursable) sponsored by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole in Grantville, Pa., on March 15-16,1995 (R) S. Cathy Dames of Adult Probation to attend a course titled "Seminar in Criminological (Reimbursable) Theory" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole in Pittsburgh, Pa., on March 1-3,1995 and April 5-7,1995 (R) 6. John Penderville of Juvenile Probation to attend a seminar on "Overcoming Negativity (Reimbursable) In The Workplace" sponsored by the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission in State College, Pa., on May 16, 1995 (R) 7. Francesca H. Silver of Juvenile Probation to attend a seminar on "Understanding Youth (Reimbursable) Gangs: A Practical Guide To Working With This Troubled Population" sponsored by the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission in Harrisburg, Pa., on April 6-7,1995 (0) 8. Kelly Joseph and Jane Bentrem of Children and Youth to attend a workshop on "Gang (Reimbursable) Treatment and Intervention" sponsored by The Bair Foundation in New Wilmington, Pa., on March 13, 1995 1.1 C (0) 9. Linda Harms of Human Services to attend a conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania (Reimbursable) Coalition to End Homelessness in Harrisburg. Pa.. on March 31 and April 1, 1995 - Metro Petrosky, Jr. Melvin B. Bassi Joseph A. Ford, Sr. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IZIMM, a!' _• WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 47 L (0) 10. Barry Parks, Washington County Health Center Administrator, and Janice Urban, Acting (Reimbursable) Director of Employee Relations, to attend a seminar on "Legal Issues for Health Care: Applying FMLA, ADA & Workers' Compensation and Disciplining & Discharging Employees" in Pittsburgh, Pa., on May 2,1995 (0) 11. Rose Moore, Barbara Revi, Barbara Collins and Terry Bodes of Aging Services to attend (Reimbursable) a seminar entitled 'Business Writing and Composition for Clerical and Support Staff" sponsored by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging, Inc., in Monessen, Pa., on March 23, 1995 (0) 12. Angela J. Alampi of Aging Services to attend a C.A.S.A. Meeting in Monroeville, Pa., on (Reimbursable) March 13,1995 (0) 13. Chuck Pollacci, Director of Veterans Affairs, to attend the 1995 Conference Planning Committee Meeting in Mercer, Pa., on March 24,1995 (B) 14. Linda Bell of JTPA to attend the Community Corrections Conference in State College, (Reimbursable) Pa., on March 29-31,1995 (B) 15. Terri Rae Anthony of Highway Safety to attend the PA AWARE Annual Youth (Reimbursable) Conference in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 24-26,1995 (B) Board Member (R) Required (0) Optional Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Bassi, approving the foregoing travel requests and authorizing payment of all necessary expenses related thereto. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes (With the exception of travel requests 1 and 13, for which his vote was "No".) Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried. Sam Marra, Director of Administration, presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a request to authorize a one-year renewal of three (3) insurance policies through McMahon, Kenneth & Associates Inc., effective March 1,1995. These are Traveler Insurance policies covering commercial property and business auto insurance, commercial general liability insurance and catastrophic umbrella insurance. The premium would be $255,615.00 which reflects a savings of 63,653.00 from last year's premium. above. Moved by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Petrosky, approving renewal of the insurance policies as per Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - No; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried. (Wayne Fleming, Director of Revenue, entered the meeting.) SOLICITOR Assistant Solicitor Ecker presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the following tax refunds. Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, that the Tax Assessment Office (or Tax Claim Bureau) be authorized to prepare the following tax refunds due to either duplication or overpayment of real estate or personal property tax: 48 Metro Petrosky, Jr. Melvin B. Bassi Joseph A. Ford, Sr. MINUTE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOOK WASHINGTON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA 1. 18 Mobile homes 940 Henderson Avenue Washington, PA 15301 District: Canton Township Parcel I.D. No: 120-010-09-99-0135-01T Amount: $56.83 Tax I.D. No: 25-1233896 2. Richard & Delois Williams 133 Eldersville Road Burgettstown, PA 15021 District: Jefferson Township Parcel I.D. No: 380-001400-00-0037-M Amount: $47.55 S.S. No: 235-14-2529 3. Bradford Shearer et ux 621 Thomas Road Eighty Four, PA 15330 District: North Strabane Township Parcel I.D. No: 520-003-00-00-0026-00 Amount: $214.11 S.S. No: 475-40-7138 4. Robin Ogrodowski Box 246 Muse, PA, 15350 District: Cecil Township Parcel I.D. No: 140-W9-09-99-W20-00 Amount: $57.92 S.S. No: 167-56-2878 S. June F. Wilson 103 Linksview Drive Bridgeville, PA 15017 District: Peters Township Parcel I.D. No: SM-003-11-00-0001-00 Amount: $391.02 S.S. No: 161-30-1144 6. Edward E. McGinnis et al 2052 East Maiden Street Washington, PA 15301 District: South Strabane Township Parcel I.D. No: 600-006-02-00-W62-OOA Amount: $37.47 S.S. No: 177-01-6739 7. Thomas A. and Celia C. Matesich 181 Linden Avenue Charleroi, PA 15022 District: Speers Borough Parcel I.D. Nos: 610-010-00-00-0002-01 610-009-00-00-0001-00 610-001-00-02-0015-00 Amount: $44.39 S.S. No: 205-46-8826 8. Janet S. Frederick P. O. Box 341 Midway, PA 15060 District: Midway Borough Parcel I.D. No: 410-007-00-04-0006-00 Amount: $12.53 S.S. No: 204-38-7495 Roll call vote taken Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. (1995 County Tax) (1995 County Tax) (1994 County Tax) (1994 County Tax) (1994 County Tax) (1994 County Tax) (1994 County Tax) (1995 County Tax) E E Motion carried unanimously. L� u F] Metro Petrosky, Jr. Melvin B. Bassi Joseph A. Ford, Sr. MINUTEBOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Assistant Solicitor Ecker presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Resolution authorizing a fee schedule for Remote Access of Washington County Land Records. E Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, adopting the Resolution as per above. 0 m Roll call vote taken: m Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. S E Motion carried unanimously. a: 1 Assistant Solicitor Ecker presented to the Board for their consideration and approval a Policy a prohibiting weapons on County premises, except for those law enforcement officers who are performing their duties as law enforcement officers. Moved by Mr. Bassi, seconded by Mr. Ford, adopting the Policy as per above. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Ford - Yes; Mr. Bassi - Yes; Mr. Petrosky - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. There being no further business, Chairman Petrosky declared the meeting adjourned at approximately 10:25 a.m. M