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Council reviews routine spending and several procurement items including body cameras and DPW grant request
Summary
Council reviewed and approved routine resolutions for recreation hires, park and field repairs, asbestos abatement and equipment purchases, reviewed a bills-payable list totaling $3,373,995.19, introduced a five-year body-camera agreement ($228,480.85), and authorized applying for a $1,000,000 congressional grant for a new DPW facility.
The council reviewed a set of routine and project-specific resolutions. The bills-payable list presented totaled $3,373,995.19 and included the borough's March school tax payment ($1,513,490), a bond principal payment of $950,000, and two interest payments on general obligation bonds. Finance reported transfers for snow-removal and trust-fund adjustments as part of ongoing budget preparations.
Procurement and capital items included a five-year contract for body cameras (contract amount $228,480.85) described as capable of translating 26 languages, use of affordable-housing funds for a replacement fire-alarm system at Barabash Manor (not to exceed $17,919), change-order funding for asbestos abatement at Burrow Hall ($13,900), and requisitions for athletic-field repairs and playground equipment ($12,300; $9,123.61). Public works also introduced a resolution to apply for up to $1,000,000 in community project funding for a new DPW facility.
Council approved consent motions on multiple items during the meeting; roll-call votes were recorded for a group motion later in the meeting. Several items were introduced and will return for formal adoption where required by ordinance procedures.
