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Bethel Park Council approves bills, counseling contract and repeals cat‑registration rule; subdivision OK’d with one abstention
Summary
At its May 11 meeting, Bethel Park City Council approved a $2.55 million bills list, a $20,000 counseling contract, and repealed municipal cat‑registration requirements. A major subdivision at 4959 Highland Avenue passed 8–0 with one abstention; a Primrose School rezoning advertisement was denied.
Bethel Park City Council approved several routine and substantive items at its May 11, 2026 meeting, including a bills list for $2,550,991.66, a $20,000 contract for Outreach Teen & Family Services to provide counseling, and an ordinance repealing municipal cat‑registration requirements.
During the consent agenda, Councilmember Kamenicki moved to approve items a–g; the motion passed on a 9–0 roll call. The council then approved the bills and payroll list totaling $2,550,991.66 after a motion from Kamenicki and a second from Councilmember Oakes; the roll call vote was 9–0.
Under general policy and finance, Councilmember Garris moved to authorize a 2026 agreement with Outreach Teen & Family Services Inc. to continue counseling services at a cost of $20,000 from the general fund (line item 01‑403‑426). The motion passed on a unanimous roll call vote, 9–0.
Councilmember Garris also moved to adopt Ordinance 5‑11‑26A, repealing provisions of Chapter 30 of the municipal code related to municipal licensing, registration, and tagging of cats (including §30.1.1). The motion passed 9–0.
In planning actions, Councilmember Piccolino moved to approve a major‑subdivision application (2026‑0101) filed by Erwin Myers Living Trust to split the property at 4959 Highland Avenue (county parcel 393‑H‑123) into two lots, conditioned on addressing outstanding reviewing‑agency comments and recording the plan. The motion passed 8–0 with one abstention.
A separate motion to advertise and hold a public hearing on a rezoning application submitted by Primrose School Franchising Company LLC (to rezone 391 McMurray Road from R‑1 to C‑3) failed on a roll call vote of 9–0 (all members voted 'no'), meaning the council did not move forward with advertising a public hearing on that rezoning request.
The meeting concluded after routine committee reports and a motion to adjourn.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (items a–g): Passed 9–0. - Bills and payroll (05/11/2026): Passed 9–0; amount $2,550,991.66. - Outreach Teen & Family Services contract, 2026: Passed 9–0; $20,000 from general fund (01‑403‑426). - Ordinance 5‑11‑26A (repeal cat‑registration provisions of Chapter 30): Passed 9–0. - Myers major subdivision (application 2026‑0101 for 4959 Highland Avenue): Passed 8–0 with 1 abstention. - Primrose School rezoning advertising/public‑hearing motion: Denied 9–0.
The council did not take additional action on the Primrose rezoning request that evening.
