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Votes at a glance: Connellsville council approves event permits, hires, audits and capital work
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Connellsville City Council approved multiple routine resolutions: park and parade permits for Chamber events, hiring and personnel actions, a lights purchase for Public Works, audit advertisement and acceptance of the 2024 audit, among other items. Vote records are listed as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Connellsville — The Connellsville City Council on Sept. 16 approved a slate of routine resolutions and motions, including park permits for Chamber events, temporary hires and personnel actions, a capital lights purchase, and actions to advertise audits and budget meetings. The motions and recorded votes are summarized below as they were read into the record.
• Christmas in the Park (Yacht Park) — Approved. Motion: grant the Greater Connellsville Chamber of Commerce use of Yacht Park for the annual "Christmas in the Park" event on Nov. 22, 2025, including use of electricity and trash cans as requested. Recorded roll call showed affirmative votes from named council members; Mayor Lincoln voted yes.
• Christmas parade street closures (Dec. 6, 2025) — Approved. Motion: close South Pittsburgh Street (Green to West Crawford) and West Crawford Avenue (North Pittsburgh to Eighth Street) for the Chamber parade, pending police, fire and PennDOT review and approval. Recorded roll call in the transcript showed affirmative votes from multiple council members and the mayor.
• Accept minutes (August meeting) — Approved by recorded roll call.
• Waive four‑day resolution rule — Approved by recorded roll call to permit items submitted after the four‑day deadline to be read at the meeting.
• Hire Kayla Richter, part‑time tax clerk — Approved. Motion: hire Kayla Richter as a part‑time tax clerk in the Connellsville tax office starting 09/22/2025 at $10.40 per hour. Recorded roll call: affirmative votes recorded; motion passed.
• Accept resignation of Jacob Kavanaugh from the Diversity & Inclusion Board — Approved by recorded roll call.
• Approve banner for CAHS football booster club — Approved. Motion: allow a welcome/outcome country banner to be displayed on South Orchard Street through the 2025 football season; recorded roll call in favor.
• Public Works lights (Ronald Rolli quote) — Approved. Motion: accept a quote of $3,290.61 from Ronald Rolli for lights at the Public Works garage; funds from the Capital Improvement Fund. Recorded roll call showed affirmative votes from named council members and the mayor.
• Contract for Yacht Park concession stand — Approved. See separate article.
• Renew compost site sublease with Connellsville Township — Approved. Motion: renew sublease for use of the city compost site from 12/20/2025 through 12/20/2026.
• Municipal traffic‑signal maintenance agreement (PennDOT) — Approved. Motion to enter a municipal agreement in place of multiple individual agreements; council recorded its approval.
• Advertise and schedule budget meetings — Approved. Motion: advertise and schedule budget meetings in October and on 11/10/2025 at 5 p.m.; recorded roll call approval.
• Authorize city clerk to submit Highlands grant application for visitor center — Approved by recorded roll call.
• Advertise and accept proposals for annual audit (FY 2025–27) — Approved. Motion: solicit proposals until 4 p.m. on 10/21/2025; opening to occur at the Oct. 21 meeting.
• Approve 2024 audit (McCourt & Wolf) — Approved by recorded roll call.
Why it matters: The approvals cover event permitting, small capital expenditures and required administrative work such as audits and hiring. These motions affect city operations, park programming and near‑term capital spending.
Vote records: Votes were read into the record by the city clerk for each motion; the transcript records named yes votes for multiple council members and Mayor Greg Lincoln on the motions listed above. Where a specific roll call appears in the transcript, that roll‑call text was used to summarize the outcome.
What comes next: Staff will implement the approved items (permit coordination with police/fire/PennDOT, process concession stand occupancy, purchase and installation of lights from the capital fund, audit solicitation and budget meeting notices). Council asked staff to return with any follow‑up items as needed.
