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Lock Haven council approves contracts, lighting request, grant outreach and other routine measures
Summary
Council awarded a sludge-hauling contract, approved permits for university geoscience students, selected a sound vendor for the summer concert series, requested county lighting funds, supported a state bill to allow local radar use, and approved asking the county to apply for a FEMA AFG grant to replace SCBAs.
The Lock Haven City Council approved a bundle of operational contracts, permit requests and resolutions on April 19, 2021.
City staff recommended awarding the sludge-hauling contract to the lowest responsible bidder, JJ Peters, at $6.25 per ton for sludge hauling from the wastewater treatment fund; the council approved the award by unanimous vote.
Council also granted permission to the Lock Haven University Geoscience Club to study fossils in riprap along the levee with the explicit caveat that students not remove material that is part of flood-control infrastructure. City staff confirmed that all required material for student study is accessible on the riprap surface and that no excavation or structural disruption would be permitted.
The summer concert series sound contract was awarded to GP Audio, whose per-show cost was cited at $620 and a total for the listed shows of $3,720; the motion passed unanimously. Separately, staff requested a county-share contribution under MS-339 for lighting along an arterial (Spurgee and Palmette Boulevard) equal to $4,000 representing the city's 25% share; Council moved and approved that resolution for submission to the county commissioners.
On regional policy, the council passed a resolution supporting House Bill 606, a Pennsylvania Municipal League initiative that would allow municipal police to use radar speed-timing equipment (state law currently prevents local radar use). Council members said the tool is more effective for enforcing local speed complaints and agreed to forward the resolution to the local state senator and representative and to the Transportation Committee.
On public-safety funding, staff asked the council to endorse sending a letter to the Clinton County Commissioners that would request the county apply for a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant on behalf of multiple municipalities. Staff said the city anticipates needing roughly 40 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs) across local companies at about $7,500 each (totaling more than $300,000). Council approved sending the letter to increase the competitiveness of a countywide grant application.
Other consent and routine items (including administrative correspondence and an interim tax-bill request related to a formerly tax-exempt property) were moved and approved during the meeting.
Council also authorized staff to proceed with a request for proposals for architectural design services to evaluate refurbishing City Hall versus replacement, to establish per-square-foot cost estimates and to plan for potential borrowing if council later approves a capital package.
