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Votes at a glance: Lock Haven council approves event closures, contracts, grants and agreements
Summary
At its April 7 meeting the council approved multiple routine event permits, a bid award for a self-serve fuel system at Piper Airport, pension legal services contract recommendation, a forest management agreement and changes to a carbon-credit agreement; votes were carried by roll call.
The Lock Haven City Council on April 7 approved a sequence of routine event permits, service agreements and contract awards by roll-call vote.
Key council actions approved at the meeting include:
- Approval to allow chalk/street art as part of an arts-council street closure for a festival (item discussed as an addition to the original closure request); motion passed by roll call.
- Closure of North Grove Street on April 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. for the YMCA's Healthy Kids Day event; council agreed to provide barriers and coordinate with Public Works and police; motion passed by roll call.
- Authorization to place safety barricades at the levee near the Corning Amphitheater for an event on May 3; organizers provided insurance; motion passed by roll call.
- Approval for the Bad Adventure Company to use Memorial Park on May 23 for a low-impact tent camping event (approximately 30 kayakers arriving via the river), with standard park restrictions and no campfires; motion passed by roll call.
- Approval for Greg Fleming and the PA Trail Dogs to use Zindel Park on Dec. 27 for a nighttime winter race (about 9 miles with shorter beginner distances); motion passed by roll call.
- Bid award: Low bidder HRI was certified as the winning bidder for installation of a self-serve fuel system at Piper Airport in the amount of $459,000; meeting materials stated the project will be covered completely by FAA and BOA grants; motion to award passed by roll call.
- Pension legal services: Following an advertised procurement, the highest-scoring proposer was reported as "Campbell Duran" with 206 points out of 280 possible; the council approved awarding pension legal services to that proposer as recommended in meeting materials; motion passed by roll call.
- Forest management agreement: Council approved continuing an agreement with Appalachian Forest Consultants (Mike Wolf named as local representative) for forest management related to transferred assets; meeting discussion clarified the agreement continues a relationship begun in 2013 and is not a new conservation easement adoption; motion passed by roll call.
- Carbon credits agreement update: The council approved amendments to existing documents to change the responsible party for marketing or selling verified greenhouse gas reduction credits from the city authority to the city of Lock Haven; meeting materials referenced the 2013 conservation easement and noted limitations on building and pavement in that easement; motion passed by roll call.
Several other agenda items were discussed but left on the table for further work, including a proposed ordinance involving the fire advisory that council elected to leave in committee for additional meetings.
Votes were recorded by roll call in each case; the transcript records affirmative votes from a majority of councilmembers for the listed items in the meeting.
