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Why it matters: The items cover standard municipal business—staffing of an earned income tax committee, account signatories for pension trusts, vendor payments, a lease for business development center space, capital items for a park and a subdivision approval tied to parcel owners. These actions authorize spending, contract execution and land-record changes that affect city operations and property owners.

Votes at a glance

- Number 37874 — Appoint delegate and alternate to the tax collection committee (PCC) for 2025 as required by Act 32 (earned income tax). Outcome: approved. Motion details: appointment to PCC for 2025; mover/second not specified in transcript excerpt. Vote details: roll-call recorded as affirmative on the record; individual tallies not fully specified in the excerpt.

- Number 37875 — Authorize signatories for the City of Bradford’s police, fire and nonuniform pension trust fund accounts at Northwest Savings Bank. Outcome: approved. Mover/second not specified; vote recorded as affirmative on the record.

- Number 37876 — Accept quote and approve payment to Paul Electric. Outcome: approved. Amount not specified in the transcript excerpt; mover/second not specified.

- Number 37877 — Authorize the proper officers to execute a lease agreement with Hertz Construction for space at the Robert B. Hackler Junior Business Development Center. Outcome: approved. Lease terms and effective dates not specified in the transcript excerpt.

- Number 37878 — Approve payment to Gurnady Street (vendor name transcribed as provided). Outcome: approved. Amount and account not specified in the excerpt.

- Number 37879 — Approve payment to Pennsylvania Municipal League. Outcome: approved. Amount and purpose not specified in the excerpt.

- Number 37880 — Accept quote from Recreation Resources USA to supply two pavilions for Callahan Park. Outcome: approved. Meeting comments said the purchase was paid from recreation fund resources; specific fund line or dollar amount was not specified.

- Number 37881 — Approve subdivision of lands located at 106 Oakwood and 61 Rockwood, parcels owned by Craig and Kimberly Engstrom. Outcome: approved. The action was processed through accounts and finance; additional subdivision conditions were not specified in the excerpt.

The items were presented as routine finance and administrative matters and were approved by voice/roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes. The transcript does not include complete mover/second attributions or dollar amounts for the payments and quotes; where financial amounts or contract terms are relevant they were not specified in the portion of the transcript provided.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting 2/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its meeting the council approved appointments to the tax collection committee, authorized pension account signatories, approved several vendor payments, authorized a lease, accepted a pavilion quote for Callahan Park, and approved a subdivision at 106 Oakwood and 61 Rockwood.","taxTitle","Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania","taxId",56327,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6337607,"Resident urges cleanup of litter in downtown flower pots and raises concern about snow piled on sidewalks",119,101000,220000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2272567-7ec30ce03dabe8a23704653841849413&start=101&end=220","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2272567-7ec30ce03dabe8a23704653841849413/thumbnail_101000.jpg","/articles/6337607/Bradford/McKean-County/Pennsylvania/Resident-urges-cleanup-of-litter-in-downtown-flower-pots-and-raises-concern-about-snow-piled-on-sidewalks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6337607-c40838347f297735aeaf9219015a614f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771193118&Signature=LXeWYqITF1UxExFrKcp0Hp0Czb8MYl9Udzwreo05AFUtre6EbyZ~Z6LDE3e~QRn01s87cpt8apQdECBvXECxePZul3ej-WNBXkdN6829gOUVN0iGa9v~JFS0X1sR~UBE93EBvM~opSj5~nqHAM66SqtPDHEBSAKYICb3cdjR8vkCEytI~Q7wCwYQY3Au5lVEH1fbZmHB2oSA48fnYmtcbum1NGaxTkedi7Ceze~vIF5OtNFsfKJ7LvPKpeTRPryK-aSuT5uNRBYl1XMQN1WaV9NRWvSOTbifAkHyXDUWO6XuWWbgDcU2-Po0QbIsGI3YE5EDPFp0C9Sb5u0iB2fPzw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A Bradford resident told the City Council during public comment that beverage and fast-food trash regularly ends up in downtown flower pots along East Main Street and asked the city and business community to help clean the area.

Bridal Berlin, a resident, said she had repeatedly found “McDonald’s and Big Shop stuff” in the flower pots between Holly Street and the McDonald’s, and near the PNC Bank planter, and that the containers were being used for trash rather than filled with flowers. “They always put the McDonald’s stuff in the flower pots and not the trash,” Berlin said during her remarks.

City staff and councilors responded on several points. One staff member said the department enforces litter removal when incidents are reported or captured on camera: the department “does enforce … if someone does report it and, you know, we have it on camera.” A councilor offered to supply trash bags free of charge for volunteer cleanup efforts.

Berlin also raised a separate but related concern about snow piled on sidewalks after plowing. Councilors and staff explained practical limits: when sidewalks meet the curb and private property owners or businesses clear sidewalks, plowed snow often has nowhere else to go but back onto the sidewalk or curb line. A staff member noted that “most of Bradford, the sidewalks meet the curb” and that plowed snow can build up because there is no other place for it to be deposited.

Councilors and staff discussed possible responses: asking business owners to monitor and clean planters, supporting volunteer cleanup, and relying on the department’s complaint-driven enforcement when litter incidents are reported. No formal motion or direction to initiate a new program was recorded during the public comment period.

The exchange occurred during the public comment portion of the meeting and represented citizen concern about downtown cleanliness and pedestrian access in winter; the council did not adopt new rules or make a formal assignment at that time.","During public comment at a Bradford City Council meeting, a resident described recurring litter in flower pots on East Main Street and asked the city and businesses to act; staff and councilors described enforcement options and limits on where plowed snow can be placed.","actionData","errors"]

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Bradford council approves a series of routine appointments, payments and a park pavilion purchase

Resident urges cleanup of litter in downtown flower pots and raises concern about snow piled on sidewalks