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Votes at a glance: Bradford council approves promotions, contracts, equipment purchases and property actions
Summary
At its meeting the City of Bradford council approved a slate of consent and business items including police and fire promotions, contracts with engineering firms, equipment purchases, vehicle disposals and easement agreements; most items were approved with minimal debate.
The City of Bradford council approved a series of routine and project-specific items in a single meeting, covering promotions, contractor quotes, equipment purchases, vehicle disposals and easement agreements.
Among the actions taken were approvals to accept proposals from ANM Engineers and Surveyors PC for construction drawing revisions and construction administration for asphalt parking at the Chestnut Street multi-tenant center and for construction administration and inspection services for Callahan Park Phase 2 improvements. The council also accepted a quote from San Martino Stout and La Presti for an appraisal at 57 Holly Avenue.
Personnel actions approved included authorizing the promotion of Lieutenant Raymond Douglas to the rank of police captain, approving the promotion of patrolman Matt Guston to sergeant, and promoting patrolman Mark DeLuca to detective. The council also appointed Deputy Chief Jeff Kloss as the city's fire-code official.
Procurements and payments the council approved included accepting a quote from Jeffrey Associates for two trash receptacles for Catlinan Park and approving payments to vendors including Bobcat for street repairs, Southern Fear Trailer Sales Inc. (vendor name as read at the meeting), Knox Law for legal services, Warren Overhead Door, Ingersoll Overhead Door Services, and various parts suppliers. The council approved purchase-related financing for a Chevrolet Silverado (listed in the record at $12,025) and accepted a payment entry tied to that purchase.
Property and vehicle items approved included permission to dispose of a 2012 Dodge Charger (police) and authorizing the sale of certain City of Bradford tax parcels from the county tax-claim repository. The council also authorized the city to execute sidewalk-easement agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on specified parcel numbers.
Most items were read with brief roll-call confirmations or unanimous voice/roll-call approval and drew little discussion in the record. Where the meeting transcript rendered vendor or county names in unclear form, this article uses the vendor names and descriptions as read during the meeting; some vendor names in the transcript were garbled and are noted as read from the record.
