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Council approves consent agenda: temporary firefighter appointments, vendor payments and multiple grant applications
Summary
Council approved a consent agenda that included appointments of temporary firefighters, multiple vendor payments, park and Main Street improvement contracts, and authorization to apply for several redevelopment grants totaling $6.1 million.
The council approved a consent agenda that included appointments of temporary firefighters, payments to multiple vendors for city departments and authorization to apply for several redevelopment-assistance grant applications totaling $6.1 million.
On the consent agenda the council approved payment items numbered 38061 through 38075 and additional items through 38081 as read by the presiding officer. The actions included approval of payment to Otis Elevator Company (No. 38061); payments to vendors providing materials and services for fire, parks and public-works departments (items 3806938074 include American Floor Mats; Flooring Inc.; Rogue Fitness; Titan Fitness; GMWD Fitness; PureTech LLC for decorative arms and lamps on Main Street); and an authorization for a change order with Bob Penn's Construction for Callahan Park Recreation Improvements.
The council appointed Jamar McKenzie (No. 38062) and Gabriel Green (No. 38063) as temporary firefighters/EMTs and appointed Christopher Spatch (No. 38067) as a temporary lieutenant for the fire ambulance unit. Votes on these consent items were read in the meeting as "Yes" by multiple councilors; the transcript does not include a roll-call vote with each member's recorded vote for every item.
The council also authorized the city administrator to apply for several grant programs: an STMP phase 3 funding grant to support the Home Rule Study Commission consultant (agenda item 3068); a T-Mobile improvement program grant; and three Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant applications to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget: $2,000,000 for improvements to the Castle Athletic (as stated in the agenda), $3,000,000 for renovations of 2 North Center Street, and $1,100,000 for a new city police station. The presiding officer said these RACP grant requests were on the agenda and read each grant amount aloud before the council approved the authorization to apply.
The presiding officer commended Chief Butler and the fire department, noting that "these are all being paid for with grama money," as the presiding officer put it during the reading of several expenditure items.
All listed consent items were presented and approved in sequence near the close of the meeting. A motion to adjourn followed and was seconded and approved.
