Unofficial
MINUTES FOR MAY 18, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MAY 18,
2026 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, PAT WALKER AND LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Lainie asked how Spring Cleanup went and Dan said it went well
Jeff goes over his engineer update, he talks about the different options for the levee moving forward and that this can be discussed more next month. The Borough had the video inspection of the pipes done on the levee and DEP has recommended repair or replacement of the #5 pipe that shows cracks. Jeff said if the pipe was to break it could cause erosion to happen. This pipe is located near the old plant area. Dan asked when the next video inspection would be and Kevin said 5 years. Jeff recommends getting a quote to have this fixed or at least putting a patch on it. They talk about if they did that would it last until the next inspection. The final DEP quarterly update has been submitted. The final walk through of the new plant went well. Jeff talks about the MTF grant for King Street and that the Borough has applied for this twice and been denied twice. They all talked about involving Causer & Dush’s office more this time as well as support letters when the Borough reapplies. The ladies from Dush’s office were just here last week and went to see King Street. They talked about all the travel that’s on that road along with school buses. Jeff went over the options to choose from to apply for the park grant for the tennis and also basketball courts. They also talked about the TASA grant that could help with replacing sidewalks from Mechanic Street South. However the TASA grant will not pay for any engineering fees but they will pay for everything else. They talked about some of the worst parts of the sidewalks. They went over the LSA grant and that there is no match with this grant but that is also why it’s a very competitive grant. There is a possibility of applying for this grant to help with the match on some of the other grants. They also talked about the LSA grant for the levee mower. Dan said the company is supposed to come out and do a demonstration of this mower just to be sure it will work on the levee. The LSA grant is not due until October. Jeff said the scope of these other grants is already done so it wouldn’t cost as much to have them apply for the LSA grant. Mary asked about the levee and being able to build and they talked about flood insurance. They talked about the modeling being lost several years ago and that’s what has caused all of this. There are still other deficiencies that will need to be fixed for reaccreditation
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S FINAL PAY REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,100.00, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 FINAL REQUISTION #19 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,100.00. AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 FINAL REQUISITION #20 IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,512.35, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 FINAL REQUISITION #27 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,223.65, AIF
Council and Jeff talk about the different options for the Greenway Trail Grant for the courts in the park
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR OPTION #2 FOR THE GREENWAYS TRAIL GRANT FOR THE BASKETBALL & TENNIS COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $84,000, AIF
Dan reads over resolution number 2026-02 for the park grant
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-02, AIF
The King Street grant will be talked about more next month
Council talked about summer help for mowing and weed eating
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING A COUPLE OF KIDS FOR SUMMER HELP, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE TO PAY SUMMER HELP KIDS $10 PER HOUR, AIF
Final walk through at the plant is done
Council talked about the proposed amended sidewalk ordinance from last month and the fact that the Borough can not afford to fix all the sidewalks in town and then have to wait to be reimbursed from property owners
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AMENDED SIDEWALK ORDINANCE #500 TO AMEND ORDINANCE #222, AIF
Council talked about a trailer and a mower for the plant and that as of right now the riding mower is there and the zero turn is here at the shop. There are to many steep places at the plant to use the riding mower. They talk about a trailer to transport mowers back and forth or a different mower for there. They also talk about an extra push mower and weed eater for there. Council decides to talk about this more at the next meeting
Dan explains the Firefighter call out system at the plant and that the annual fee for this is $508.80, it’s an extra feature in case of a fire. Dan explains that they were only required to have it for the first year and that if they chose to not keep it they would lose an insurance discount of approximately $220
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CANCELING THE FIREFIGHTER CALL OUT SYSTEM, AIF
Council talks about the old semi trailer down to the old plant that used to be used for storage. Kevin said it has been cleaned out and is ready to be moved out of there. They think it’s a 48’ trailer and that it would only be good for storage
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE TO GET RID OF THE OLD SEMI STORAGE TRAILER, AIF
Council talked about a Ventrac mower for the levee. This is a special type of mower used for mowing very steep areas like levee’s. They talk about the possibilities of applying for the LSA grant for this. If the Borough had their own mower they wouldn’t have to worry as much about having the levee burnt in the early spring and they wouldn’t have to worry about trying to rent a boom mower for around $6,000 each year to have it mowed one time. Council agrees to talk about this more next month
Dan talks about the representatives from Senator Dush’s office coming to meet with him last week and take a tour of King Street and Chrisman Street. He said they are very supportive of a grant to help fix these streets. He also let everyone know that Steph has reached out to Christy Martone from the DCED office and she will also be coming for a visit along with the DCED McKean County rep to see what else they can help the Borough with
Dan talked about going to the County Commissioners’ meeting and trying to talk to them about a reassessment being done and that Potter County is doing this now. He said McKean County has the software to do this but it would still cost approximately 1 million dollars. He said Potter County’s will take affect in 2029. Dan explained that when a reassessment is done the taxes stay the same for the first year afterwards and then the following year the Municipality can choose to raise the mills to increase the tax revenue but they can not do that the first year. They also talk about how the real estate transfer tax works. Dan said he is also going to go to the Potter County meeting to try and understand more. Mary asked if they are going to do a reassessment and Dan said no not at this time but sooner or later their going to need to there has not been one done since the 90’s
Council talked about the flags & banners that go up on Main Street and that it has not worked out this year to borrow a truck in combination with the weather to get them up prior to all the PennDot construction on Main Street. Mo asked what is used to do this and they said a bucket truck. They all feel they should be put up but unfortunately with the construction in full swing there are some poles they can’t even get to. Lainie would like a post made letting people know this
Council talk about the skill games in town and that it has also been rumored that there could be more coming. They talk about creating an ordinance to charge a fee for these machines each year. Dan said there are several towns around here that charge a flat fee per machine annually. He said Bradford charges $500 per machine annually. They talk about who this fee would be charged to meaning the property owner, vendor or a renter if one exists. Pat asked if Port Allegany was charging and Steph said she wasn’t sure but she would find out. Pat and Lainie said they are not opposed to doing this but they would rather talk about it more at the next meeting when they all are here
Dan asked if anyone had any other questions and no one did
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:57 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JUNE 15, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR APRIL 20, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON APRIL 20,
2026 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, ERNIE PERRY AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan asked everyone to look over the engineers report as Jeff is not here tonight, Dan said he will be here tomorrow
along with DEP & Pennvest for the plant walk through. Dan talks more about the walk through and agreeing to
sign the DEP paper as long as everything is good tomorrow or he will not sign it. Lainie asked about the bonds
and Dan explains the letters that were sent out by the engineers. Ernie asked about the levee and what needs to
be done for recertification. Dan explained some of the things to be done such as the railroad closure and that the highlighted items on the report are the choices they have of how to handle this. Ernie asked how many issues are
left to deal with at the plant. Dan said the scada system and uv’s are two of the things he knows and that the
generators are now working. He said they will get more answers tomorrow
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $128,031.95, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#26 IN THE AMOUNT OF $128,031.95, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY
REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,100.00, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#18 IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,100.00, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#19 IN THE AMOUNT OF $922.00, AIF
Dan talks about the park grant and Mo & Steph talk about the quotes they have received for resurfacing of both the basketball court as well as the tennis court. They all talk about the things that are needed such as resurfacing of both,
two more poles and lights, all new electrical, etc. Dan talks about possibly applying for the grant but doing it
differently as the Borough can not afford this high of a match. Mo also talks about possibly trying to help raise
some of the match money with donations. Lainie asked if the school would be willing to help. Steph said she
doubts it being they just put around $15,000 into the baseball field already but she could check with them to be
sure. Ernie talked about things that would help make the grant look more appealing when applying. They talk
about it having to go out to bid if it’s over the bidding thresholds. They talk more about what to do and not do
and lowing the asking grant amount
MOTIOON BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR THE PARK GRANT FOR UP TO
$75,000 FOR OVERLAY ON BOTH COURTS, POLES AND LIGHTS, AIF
Dan let everyone know that unfortunately the levee burning did not take place due to the rain
Dan reminded everyone of Spring Cleanup on May 4th and that there is an extra fee for a mattress of $35 each,
Yard Sale Days on May 9th
Council talks about the King Street grant and Dan tells everyone that Mr. Causer will be here on Thursday to
tour the plant and he is hoping to have him look at King Street as well. Mo said to have him drive up King to
see how bad it is. Council talks about if they should keep the grant as it is or if they should break it up into
smaller projects. This will be the 3rd year of applying for this grant. Billy asked if it includes the drainage issues
in the Alley and Steph said yes. Council decides to table this until the next meeting
Council talked about the 250th Anniversary parade in Bradford, none of them are really interested in doing this
Aaron Adkins is here to talk about a new batting cage near 3rd base with a 15 x 65 pad, pipe for support and it
would be cemented in and turf. He said they will cover everything they just need approval from Council to do this
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE NEW BATTING CAGE TO BE PUT IN AT THE
RON HOUBEN PARK, AIF
Tarrence Todd is here to talk about 102 & 104 Main Street that he just purchased and he would like to know what
is happening with the empty lot next door. He said to his knowledge he owns to the tree line and then it goes to
96 Main Street which the Borough owns. Dan said the Borough purchased the property in repository and then
received a grant from the county to have the house torn down and that the Borough can not do anything with the
property for 5 years. He said he had heard that it may be donated to the cemetery and Council confirmed this that
they had talked about donating after the 5 years to the cemetery. He said he would be interested in purchasing it
when that time comes and the cemetery would have no way for people to access it. Tarrence said he could also
help keep it mowed until that time. Council thanked him for that offer
Dan goes over the proposed sidewalk ordinance. Council talked about the previous ordinance and that it says the Borough may repair sidewalks that the property owners do not and then bill the property owners. However the
concern is that the Borough can not afford to fix these sidewalks and then wait to be reimbursed from the property owners especially if the owners don’t pay. Mary asked about some of them getting fixed as well as people taking
them out. She said there was a time when people cared. Council talked about the fact that the sidewalks do belong
to each property owner and it is the property owners responsibility of the upkeep and maintenance of the sidewalks.
They talk about some of these sidewalks being unsafe and what exactly does constitute despair. They talk about
the fact that a lot of people do not have the money to make these repairs. They all read over the ordinance further
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE NEW AMENDED PROPOSED SIDEWALK
ORDINANCE #500, AIF
Lisa talks about 155 Main Street the apartment above the gym and that it is empty and has been since the middle
of Winter. They are not able to turn the water off because there is only one meter that still supplies the gym but
they are not intending on having anyone else rent the apartment so it will stay empty
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE TO STOP CHARGING FOR THE EMPTY APARTMENT
AT 155 MAIN STREET ABOVE THE GYM UNTIL IT’S OCCUPIED, AIF
Dan talks about the Main Street manholes and that the Borough is required to pay for the risers and rings and the construction company will install them
Kevin installed some big boulder rocks near the old plant near the levee to keep people from driving down in there
near the river. Council talks about the repairs and the quote to fix the area where the car and tow truck both got
stuck near the levee and river. Dan doesn’t feel that this much repair work needs to be done and if they hire it out
and the guy doesn’t pay for it then the Borough is stuck with the bill. They talked about Kevin’s time and the use
of the backhoe to pull them both out. Ernie said next time don’t pull them out and just contact PSP and let them
handle it
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE BILLING MR. SHEELEY FOR KEVIN’S TIME AND
THE BACKHOE USE TO PULL HIM AND THE TOW TRUCK OUT OF THE LEVEE/RIVER AREA
BUT NOT THE REPAIRS, AIF
Dan goes over the Berkheimer resolution to have Kendall's name removed from the account and have it put in the
name of Borough Treasurer
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE BERKHEIMER RESOLUTION FOR NAME CHANGE,
AIF
Dan let everyone know that the Legion has donated the flags for Main Street to the Borough and would like to
thank them. Lainie asked when the flags and banners are going to be put up and Kevin said hopefully next week
weather permitting and provided they can get the equipment
Council talked about the possibility of summer help and also help for the sewer plant on the weekends. Dan talked
about Kevin being at the plant more and not having as much time for other things and that they are going to need
some extra help with mowing and it would be cheaper to hire kids than to pay Kevin and Amy to do this. Billy is
willing to help at the plant on the weekends. Dan said the objective is to not have to pay out overtime. Billy asked
if the hours are starting to get back to normal. Kevin said this is the new normal and Dan said overtime has to be eliminated on the weekends. Council talks about the extra work that has been created because of these projects,
audits, pennvest, etc. but that all should be coming to an end and hours need to start going back to normal in the
office and at the plant. Dan said things should start going down so they can get back within where payroll should be
Council talked about getting the mower to the plant and that last year they barrowed one but now that the Borough
has taken the mowing back over the mower is going to need to go back and forth. Ernie asked about price and
Kevin said he figures around $2600. They talk more about used verses new trailers. Ernie asked what they can
afford. Kevin said he would look around and see what he could find. Ernie asked about the scrap money and Kevin
said that was used for tolls and a tool box. Council asked if this could wait for another month and Kevin said he
could make due until then. Lisa said maybe just buying a new mower just for there would be cheaper
Ernie asked about the house beside the school and all the junk and the grass being high. Lainie brought up another
one on Park Ave. and Mary said almost all of Edson Street needs a letter. Dan said with all the rain to give it a little
more time and if people still do not cleanup letters will start going out
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:38 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MAY 18, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MARCH 16, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MARCH 16,
2026 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, ERNIE PERRY, PAT WAKER AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan asks Jeff to go over his engineer report. He said the levee has some deficiencies and some work that will
need to be done before they can recertify which will require another grant. They have reviewed 9 possible
funding/grant opportunities for this and will have more information on this for next meeting. Dan asked how
long they have to decide and apply and Jeff said a few months at least, they have plenty of time. Jeff said the
Borough however did not get the levee streambank grant that had been previously applied for. He said to go
ahead and move forward with the $20,000 County grant for new rip rap for the levee. He said they are moving
along with correcting issues at the plant but there are still 6 remaining issues and the expiration of the warranty
is April 9th. They do not like the idea of pulling bonds but feel they may have to at least partially and there have
already been letters drafted on the Borough’s behalf. Jeff said he gave Steph a digital copy of the drawings &
prints. Jeff said the hour meter needs to be taken care of for the pump station for the collection system. Chapter
94 report is due March 31st. Jeff thinks they should reapply for the King Street grant and possibly add the Church
Alley into that scope of work to fix the drainage issues there as well. Jeff said Borough representatives reaching
out to state legislatures’ offices could help the grant process as well. Billy asked about a possible signed petition
from residents if that could help and Jeff said yes. Ernie asked about the photos that Jeff has and if he could get
them to Council and he said yes. Ernie and Dan talked a little about the grant seminar they had attended by
DCED and Causer’s office. Myrna said Chris Dush has also been in town before and he may be good to reach
out to
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#26IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,548.00, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 REIMBURSEMENT
REQUISITION #18 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,268.75, AIF
Dan went over the agreement for 181 Main Street, the vacant lot next to Fox’s and they talk again about Mr. Smith
tying his sewer into Mr. Schweikart’s on the vacant lot as long as if there is ever anything built on the vacant lot
then it would need to be removed and the repairs made to his own to be tied back in to his own property. Council
talks about the date on the agreement not being correct and needing to be changed
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE MR. SMITH OF 181 MAIN ST. TO TIE HIS SEWER LINE
INTO MR. SCHWEIKART’S TAP AT 185 MAIN ST. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF
ANYTHING IS EVER BUILT ON THE NOW VACANT LOT MR. SMITH’S LINE WILL NEED TO BE MOVED BACK TO 181 MAIN ST. THE PROPERTY HE OWNS. THIS WORK CAN BE COMPLETED AFTER THE DATE ON THE PAPERWORK IS CORRECTED TO MATCH THE SIGNATURE DATES,
AIF
Dan talks about the levee burning and that we need to get this scheduled. Kevin said he spoke with Kevin
Cummings a couple of days ago and it would most likely be mid March to the end of April at some point weather permitting. Ernie would like to know why spring cleanup isn’t scheduled after the yard sale days. Dan said
that’s when Otto is able to do the spring cleanup pickup and the garage sale days are scheduled by Mo and that’s
when she was able to do that. Spring Cleanup will be May 4th and the garage sale days will be May 9th. Council
talked about the garage door out back that is going to need to be replaced
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TO REPLACE THE GARAGE DOOR TO THE SHOP,
AIF
Dan talks about signs that Matt would like to put up at the ballfield to thank people that contributed to the
improvements and signs asking people to help take care of the fields and no riding bikes, scooters or any kind
of motorized vehicles on them. They will also be doing some repairs to the dugouts and they would like to know
about ideas for disposal of old materials
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE SIGNS AT THE BALLFIELD AND ANY OLD LUMBER
FROM REPAIRS CAN BE DUMPED DOWN NEAR THE OLD SEWER PLANT WHERE RESIDENTS
CAN DUMP STICKS, LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS, ETC. AND IF THERE IS ANY METAL TO BE DISPOSED OF KEVIN CAN GET RID OF THAT FOR THEM, AIF
Liz from the museum is here to talk about the WWII weekend in May and they would like to start making this a townwide event every year. Her idea is maybe vendors in town as well as maybe trying to do the garage sale
days the same weekend and add other things as well to make it more like a town festival every May. She talks
about them doing reenactments/living history battles. She said they would like to do a reenactment in October
behind the museum and people could come watch. She said next year they would like to do that with the event
in May. Council is in favor of helping in any way they can. They did talk a little about the work that will be going
on this year on Main Street
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE MUSEUM TO HOLD THEIR REENACTMENT
BATTLE IN OCTOBER BEHIND THE MUSEUM AND THEY WILL STAY IN TOUCH, AIF
Dan talks about the anniversary parade that is being held in Bradford and would like to know if the rest of Council
would be interested in walking in it. Pat wondered if the Fire Department would be there. Council decided to talk
about this again at next month’s meeting
Dan talks about Kevin turning in all the scrap metal they have been saving and they got approx. $2200 from it
and that Kevin would like to use that money to purchase some tools they need as well as a toolbox from
Harbor Freight
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TO USE THE SCRAP MONEY TO PURCHASE
A TOOLBOX AND TOOLS FROM HARBOR FREIGHT, AIF
Dan let everyone know that the Bradford Era is only going to be publishing news papers now on Tuesday,
Thursday & Saturday so they just need to keep this in mind for special meeting advertising
Council will talk more about reapplying for the King Street grant next month but there will still be the ice issue on
King this next winter if they don’t do something. Billy asked if we have the pipe for this already and Kevin said
no. Dan said it will take 3 catch basins and pipe to take care of this correctly and the cost would be
$12,000-$15,000. Jeff said doing this work will also help towards the grant application. Pat asked if this money
would come out of highway and Dan said no it would be general and that there is already some money set aside
for King
MOTION ERNIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE 3 CATCH BASINS AND THE PIPE
FOR THE WORK ON KING STREET, AIF
Council talks about the highway fund and that money needs to be saved for street lights and salt for next year
Billy talks about the Girl Scouts needing to earn a badge for cleanup and he thought maybe they could do that
in the parks
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE GIRL SCOUTS TO CLEANUP IN THE PARKS TO
EARN THEIR BADGE, AIF
Steph talks about the CDBG grant through the County and that normally you have to do a town financial survey
with residents and meet the low income community requirements in order to be eligible for these funds. Steph
has talked to them and one exception to this is if you are making something ADA accessible that is not currently
ADA accessible. She had talked with them about the park restrooms and the Borough is able to apply for this.
Steph said she can do the paperwork on it herself and once they apply if it’s excepted then the county would
come out and inspect the restrooms to make sure they qualify. If the Borough did qualify for this there is no
match and it would get the restrooms repaired and updated as well as make them ADA accessible
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE STEPHANIE TO APPLY FOR THE CDBG GRANT
THROUGH THE COUNTY, AIF
Dan goes over the reimbursement for the levee to be sent in for the amount of $59,970
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE LEVEE REIMBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT
OF $59,970, AIF
Dan talks about the car that drove down in on the river side of the levee and got stuck and then called a tow truck
to pull him out and the town truck got stuck so Kevin had to go down with the backhoe to pull both of them out
and it did tear up this whole area. Kevin said he talked to Mike Green about fixing the area and Council talked
about billing the guy in the car for this repair work. Kevin also talks about needing to block this area off
completely to keep people out of there and he would like to use some type of concrete blocks
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE HAVING MIKE GREEN DO THE REPAIRS TO THE RIVER
SIDE OF THE LEVEE AND BILL THIS TO THE GUY THAT GOT HIS CAR STUCK THERE AND FOR KEVIN TO PURCHASE CONCRETE BLOCKS TO BLOCK OFF THIS AREA, AIF
Dan let everyone know that the auditors were here for the annual audit as well as the Pennvest audit and that
went well. Lisa said it’s not completed yet but everything has been sent
Council goes over the quotes for this years required vegetation spraying of the levee
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE EHRLICH TO DO THE 2026 VEGETATION SPRAYING
OF THE LEVEE, AIF
Dan talks about the part time help they had previously and that one of them isn’t going to work out and the other
one has been on hold to continue with Kevin once the plant was working properly and the weather was good again. Kevin would like to bring Jacob back for the summer to help with the mowing so they don’t get behind on other
work that needs to be done. Billy talked about his son needing work this summer as well and that if they needed
someone to fill in and help with mowing or weed eating he could do that and that he is used to that kind of work
as he helps him with that at the cemetery
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE JACOB COMING BACK TO HELP FOR THE SUMMER,
AIF
Lisa wanted to remind everyone that her & Lainie will be holding the Easter egg hunt at the park pavilion on
April 4th at 10:30am. Lisa also wanted to let everyone know that the community garden should start in April and
they will be building the garden beds here in the grassy area between the Borough building and the school. She
said Martha Baker has donated a truckload of soil for the beds and they will need to put down some plastic and
dump it out back to work out of. She said they will have a small shed to store tools in and a fruit stand but that
they would be on wheels so they are moveable. Lainie asked about the worry of anyone messing with things like
one of the blessing boxes having to be moved because of this and they talked about everything having locks on it
Sandy is concerned about mosquitoes with all the water
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:07 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 20, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 16, 2026 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, PAT WAKER AND LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over his engineer report, he had a phone consultation with Fema on February 10th and they are saying there
are several different areas that need to be addressed prior to submitting for accreditation. One of the areas is the
railroad closure area needs to be brought up and some other areas near the Kendall Bridge. Jeff does not know all
the specifics of this yet and is still in conversations with Fema about these things and needs more time to work on
this. He said worst case though would most likely mean another grant may be needed to do some more work before
being able to recertify the levee. They talked more about raising the railroad closure and already waiting on the other Watershed Restoration Grant. Jeff talked about the DEP 4th quarter CO&A update that was submitted in January and
that DEP has requested one additional update and as long as there are no violations the Borough can be done with
those. Jeff said they have been talking to Kevin everyday and things are getting addressed fixed and improved. He
said of course not everything is fixed yet but there is definitely improvement. He said Greenland is having someone
come out for the Shields pump and also the low level alarm. Jeff said the contractors have been very responsive to
things at the plant and the power should be read sometime this week. He said unfortunately the Borough did not get
the MTF grant for King & Chrisman Street again. Jeff did make some phone calls to various state senator & representative offices for suggestions and feedback on this. Their advice was to split this project up and break it down into smaller projects which Jeff does not personally recommend. He’s going to look more at this and see what could possibly be done. Mary asked if this means that nothing will get done on King Street this year. Dan said yes & no, he
said they will talk more about this at next months meeting when they have more information but he hopes to fix at
least one issue with a drain to stop the ice issue in the winter at least.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71106 REIMBURSEMENT #25 IN THE
AMOUNT OF $20,342.50, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#17 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,371.75, AIF
Dan talked about the Drug & Alcohol program using the pavilion to do different types of group projects with kids
and that they have done this in the past but with the new rules with keys and deposits he just wants to be sure they
are all in agreement that this is still ok and to not charge them the deposit for this program
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE DRUG & ALCOHOL PROGRAM TO USE THE PAVILION/PARK FOR CHILDRENS GROUP PROJECTS FREE OF CHARGE BUT KEYS DO NEED
TO BE SIGNED OUT/IN IF IT IS OUTSIDE OF OFFICE HOURS, AIF
Dan explains that there are issues with a storm drain at the Coleman Center causing some major water/ice issues in
the Church Alley for those residents. Pat asked about where there is pipe running and they talked about both
Chrisman and Central Streets. They talked about first trying to figure out why it’s not draining and where the water
is coming from exactly and what can be done to correct the problem once spring is here and the weather clears up
Council talks about Spring Cleanup being set with Otto for May 4th and they will need to decide next meeting on a
price for that, they do not know anything about tipping fees for this year yet
Dan let everyone know that Mo set garage sale day for May 11th
Dan let everyone know that Ernie and himself registered to attend the DCED grant seminar in Smethport on
Thursday March 12th and that if anyone else would like to join them they were more than welcome to
Dan also wanted to let everyone know that the auditor came to do the State Liquid Fuels Audit and it all went well
and there were no findings
Council would like to remind everyone of the garbage pickup policy and that you are only supposed to put out 4 bags
of garbage each week for pickup and if you have more than that you need to contact the office and have prior approval and you may need to pay an extra fee or you may need to wait for Spring Cleanup. Dan said Otto is going to end up raising the rates again if people continue to put out excessive amounts of garbage and other stuff every week
Dan talks about the other garage door out back and that it is going to need to be replaced this spring, that it’s not going
to make it through another year
Council talks about the PA Rural Water Conference and possibly sending Kevin to this and that he is interested in
going. The conference is 4 days Monday-Thursday March 23-26 trainings and he can earn 18 wastewater contact
hours by attending and the cost is $425 for all 4 days
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TO ATTEND THE PA RURAL WATER 2026 CONFERENCE, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:35 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MARCH 16, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 3, 2026 @ 5:00PM
AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY AND LAINIE KEPHART
PAT WALKER ARRIVED AT 5:04PM AND BILLY BAIR ARRIVED AT 5:05PM
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHA, SOLICITOR ANDREA STAPLEFORD AND ENGINEERS JEFF SPENCERS AND TYLER MCGRAW BY PHONE
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan let everyone know that Kevin is not here tonight as he is at the hospital waiting to be a dad. Dan asked Jeff if he could give them an update of what’s going on with the plant. Jeff said there has been a lot of action and progress, alarms have been reduced, blowers are working better than they were, heaters are being addressed and Tyler has been talking with Tobias and Kevin everyday. Dan said things are not where they want them to be but progress is being made. Jeff said thermostats have been an issue and they are going to be changed but there is not a date for this yet. SCADA/PlantIQ still have work to be done and UV still has miscommunication issues and these are still large issues. Jeff said they sent a letter to Penelec and did receive a summary of the power from them not exactly what they needed but at least something. He said the contractor is going to place his equipment in the plant for a while to monitor the power issues to try and get more information on this. Dan asked if this can still be addressed if it’s after the warranty period and Jeff said yes. Steph said Kevin also wants pump #2 looked at the Sheilds pumpstation it’s making a lot of noise and needs to be fixed before it’s signed off on
Billy asked who was at the plant today because whoever was there today had dumped a lot of water on the platform and it froze and almost caused him to fall into tank #2. Tyler said he would address that and make sure it was taken care of and did not happen again
Andrea asked about the timing of the thermostats and the uv’s. Tyler said they do not have specific dates and that it’s not being done in person it’s being done online. Jeff said April 9th is the end date but technically they really have about a month after that. Dan asked if Jeff had anything else and he said no but that he would be here for the 16th meeting. Billy asked if this freezing with the digester was going to happen every year and Tyler said no and explained what they can do to help this not happen by opening the valve, draining out the line and running the blowers when it’s a little warmer outside. Dan talks about the hose they had to buy in order to pump it out for right now to avoid having several loads hauled out which would have cost a lot more money. Tyler said talking with Kevin every day has helped a lot and asked that Kevin call him when he gets back to work
Dan talks about the Council pay being brought up at the last meeting by Kimberly and the fact of them being paid $75 per meeting and if it was done by ordinance. He said the next day Stephanie looked into this just to be sure it had been done correctly because it was a long time ago. What she found was it had been done in September of 2021 and it’s in the meeting minutes where Council voted to raise Council pay from $25 to $75 per meeting starting January 2022 but it was not done by ordinance. Stephanie immediately researched this and then contacted Andrea the Borough Solicitor as well as Dan the Council President. Billy asked if it had previously been done by ordinance from the $10 to $25 that Kimberly had talked about at the last meeting. Stephanie explained the entire ordinance book for that was listed as missing on the ordinance master sheet when they all started at the Borough, it has never existed in the files. Dan explained that there was also a phone call on Monday with Andrea as well as the Borough auditors to understand exactly how to handle all of this correctly. Andrea said she also spoke with Dave from BWB earlier today and he said from the tax side of this the Council member as a taxpayer it would be a credit going forward and for the Borough it would be such a minor amount of money to try to amend each year of this it would end up costing more than it would be worth. They talked about going back to the original $25 per meeting and that if each Council member gave that check towards what they need to pay back at a minimum that would be roughly $21 after taxes per meeting back to the Borough. Andrea and the Auditors have both explained there is no set stipulation of exactly how this money needs to be paid back so they are going to set up the best way they feel they can for Council to pay this back to the Borough. Each Council member will be required to pay back in full their portion by the end of their current term, if a Council member should resign prior to their term being up they would owe in full their portion due at that time. There will be an agreement for each Council member to sign. There were questions about changing the pay by ordinance now and they explained they can do that but it would not take effect until the next term of office. Ernie asked about Joe not being on the Council any longer and Dan said they would figure out some kind of terms and payment plan., Joe said we’ll get it figured out. Dan also explained that if someone didn’t pay there would be a civil suit field and they would go after them. Lisa said everything will be tracked in QuickBooks and Dan said there will be record of everything. Dan explained that there was nothing done here with any kind of ill intent whatsoever and it was all done at an open meeting and voted on at a meeting and right in the minutes to be viewed by anyone and that this was 4 years ago not anything recent. He said nobody realized it had to be done by an ordinance but now that we do we are correcting it and making sure it’s being done right. Mary said she’s very sorry this had to happen. Mary asked who votes on an ordinance and Dan said they do but it’s first proposed and then goes in the paper and then approved and would then take effect for their raise the next term
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 5:37 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 16, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 19, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
JANUARY 16, 2026 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan asked everyone to look over the engineer’s report and if anyone had any questions
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #24 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $3,983.00, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #16 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $1,639.50, AIF
Dan told everyone they held a special meeting last week to address the ongoing issues at the new plant and there has been a little improvement since then and they feel things are at least headed in the right direction. He said they are talking on a daily basis and they will see where they are in a couple of weeks
181 Main is making a change to the agreement but Council has not received that back yet and they are not here tonight so that will be tabled until next month again. Ernie asked what they are doing there in the meantime and Council said nothing just waiting
Dan talked about the engineering agreement again for this year and said he feels they are ok to move ahead with it now if everyone else is good with it
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE ENGINEERS AGREEMENT FOR 2026, AIF
Dan introduces the crew with Cummins Construction here to talk about some space to store their materials for the Main Street project. Randy talks about a staging area down behind Preen near the stone pit to store millings, concrete and pipe. Council and Kevin are all ok with this as long as they can still get in and out of the stone pit. Council asks what kind of equipment will be taken in and out of there and weight and any damage done. They said Tri-Axles loaded and any damage done will be fixed. Council said there will need to be an agreement in writing for this. The construction company also asked about the possibility of working nights and that this would cut the time of the project way down than if they can only work days. Dan asked how much noise this would create at night. They said there would be lights, excavators, dump trucks, pavers, etc. They would do their best to limit what they could but it is heavy equipment working but the job could hopefully be done this year this way instead of taking two years to complete. Council thinks this should be ok just asks to be respectful of residents. They would also like to close part of Campbell Alley to stage material at this end of Main Street. Kevin and Council do not have a problem with this but they are reminded that if any damage is done to any properties it will need to be fixed by their company and that will need to be in writing prior. They said they know there are not supposed to be any roads closed but they would like permission to do some daily closures when they are doing the intersections and there is another way around. PennDot said they would need approval from the Borough. They understand there is no other way around from Mechanic Street and there will be flagging there 24 hours. Billy said as long as all local residents can get in and out he’s ok with it and Council agrees. Randy said they will get a traffic control plan to PennDot. They talk about people having to wait long periods with the other projects and just ask to please try to make wait times as minimal as possible. They are planning to start staging material around April 1st and when they start the work it will be with the drainage and there will be flagging. They said there will not be any on street parking. Council said that should be ok as long as people can at least get to the parking lot in order to get to the Post Office and they may need to have a flagger there to help people cross the street, they said people may also need to use King Street Extension for the Post Office. They talked about the fact that there is no Memorial Day Parade this year due to the construction on Main Street. Kevin asked if there would be wide load restrictions and Randy said yes and they talked about all the trailers that come through on a daily basis. They are going to rent the ambulance building out for office space while the project is going on that way they can be right here in town. Council asked that they keep Steph up to date and informed as much as possible on what they are doing so she can keep it posted on Facebook as well as the website for residents to stay informed throughout the project
Dan reads over a letter the Borough received from the City of Bradford Fire Department explaining that if the Boroughs ambulance service is taken out of service and for some reason Bradford is called to come to the Borough the Borough will be charged $612.92. This only comes into play if TLC has been taken out of service
Dan reminds everyone it’s time to start having the talks with the Fire Department once again about burning the levee
Dan let’s everyone know the Liquid Fuels audit is next Wednesday and Thursday and they need to approve the engagement letter for this
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE LIQUID FUELS AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER, AIF
Dan told the guys from Cummins Construction that they have some residents that have asked about the possibility of salvaging some of the bricks out of the road when they dig it up. They asked if they knew how deep they are and they said they believe under the concrete layer. They said they have done this before and it just depends but they will definitely try to. They said they do not want the bricks mixed with the concrete anyway but it would just depend what kind of shape they are in if they are salvageable or not, they agree that they are a part of history of the town. Dan said they would like to have them engraved and maybe make a display in one of the parks if possible. Dan told them anything they can do to try to salvage them they would greatly appreciate
Dan asked if anyone had any questions and Kimberly Weikert said she has a few questions she said she sees on the budget where there is $10,000 budgeted for salt and we need it on King Street. She said there had been an accident on King Street involving her husband and it may have totaled his car and nothing had been salted or plowed. She wants to know why we can’t keep up with the streets. She said they need to be taken care of after 5pm. She also wants to know why Council feels they need to be paid $100 per month/meeting, Dan corrected her and said it’s $75. She said she worked here 6 years for $10 per month/meeting and then 7 years for $25 per month/meeting why do they need $75. Dan said because that’s what Council voted to do and he let her know that he personally doesn’t take a check at all from the Borough. Pat said that this Council is one of the lowest paid Councils. Kimberly said the residents could use the money more than the Council members and did they do this by an ordinance. Billy said he does stuff for the Borough for free all the time. Kimberly said so did she so does everyone and everyone knows it’s basically a volunteer position. Mary said she feels Council deserves that money for what they do and Kimberly said so you feel that I didn’t when I was here and Mary had no comment. Kimberly wants to know why this Council has nothing to do with Mcwapec. She said they offer certifications, trainings, they get to know people and someone to vote. Council said they have not had anyone interested
Ernie would like to make the correction to the next meeting needing to be February 16th not the 15th
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:44 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 16, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 13, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON
JANUARY 13, 2026 @ 5:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, ERNIE PERRY, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND JEFF SPENCER, TYLER
MCGRAW, TOBIAS NAGLE OF STIFFLER & MCGRAW
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan explains we’re here because of the new plant and numerous things not working correctly and they are running
out of time to get these things fixed before the one year warranty is up. Dan said this is costing a lot of extra money
and a lot of Kevin’s time and the Borough can not afford to keep doing this. Billy said that he has been down there
with Kevin and seen these things first hand such as tank one & two not running but the computers say they are.
Billy said there are some things that can be fixed remotely but they have never been shown how to do this and they
need to be. Billy said the uv’s are not working correctly and he has also seen this himself. Dan said this stuff happens
all the time and someone will come out and work the problems and supposedly the issue is fixed and then it happens again in a day or two and stops working again. Dan said how can a plant cost 17 million dollars and it have this many issues and this many things not working correctly. Ernie asked if there is more going on than some things just needing adjustments, is something wrong with the equipment itself. They all feel a lot of it is in the computers themselves.
Jeff introduces Tobias and Tyler. Jeff said the Borough does not want the ability to program things but they do need
to know how to reset everything. Jeff said a lot of the problems are computer related with the scada system and the incoming power as well. Dan said it’s Kevin’s license on the wall and that makes him responsible for what goes on
there even when it’s not his fault this brand new equipment isn’t working properly. Jeff said they do understand that
and they are not ignoring that. Tobias said there were only 3 alarms today and Kevin showed him his phone and said
no that’s not correct he has gotten hundreds today. Tobias said the plant itself is not showing that many. Council
wants to know the Borough is not going to be abandoned when they reach the one year mark if things are still not working correctly. The engineer’s assure Council that will not happen and when they get close to the warranty time
if the issues are still there then they would pull the contractors bonds. The engineer’s explain that whatever the
amount of the contract was for each contractor that is the same amount there bonds are for. Ernie talks about the possibility of DEP being called by people due to the smell there when the tanks were down and the blowers were
also not working. Tobias says a 3 hour per day job expectation for this plant is not reasonable and that this job also doesn’t stop when the operator goes home and that you still have those responsibilities all hours of the day everyday.
He said this job doesn’t stop when you leave. Council said they have been told from the start it should only take
about 3 hours per day to run this plant and that the old one was only about 2 hours per day. Tobias said yes but the
old plant was under a consent order and would not even be permitted today. Jeff said there are always start up issues however they should not still be happening months later. Council asked how long the tech support is going to last and how long is it going to take to fix it. Jeff said there are not going to walk away. He said they could start with a once everyday login to the system to check alarms as well as a phone call everyday with Kevin to see what’s good and
what is not. They talked about the fact that there is still a lot of issues with Penelec as well and they can’t control
the power company. Lainie asked if Penelec is aware and they said yes and explained that they had monitoring equipment put out a few months ago but when the monitoring was done Penelec would not release that data.
Jeff & Tobias talk about a couple of other towns that have had some issues and Jeff said he’s not sure what else to
do to get Penelec’s attention. Kevin talks about how many different steps there are to be taken if there is a fault.
Tobias said it shouldn’t be that way and he wants to work on that. Jeff said the big picture is to get things addressed
in a timelier manner. Ernie asked if this does continue then the last resort would be to pull contractor bonds. Tyler
said yes and that they work with a lot of these contractors on other jobs as well so they are not going to want their
bonds to be pulled. Ernie said this has all been documented from the start so that should help with long term issues.
Billy said it’s been like a big circle of problems and nothing still gets fixed. Andrea asked about a meeting with all
the contractors & suppliers. Tyler talks about all the communication that has already been going on and that would
be kind of hard to do being there are so many different contractors, sub-contractors and lots of different suppliers. Substantial completion is April 9th and Tyler said they won’t pull contractor bonds as long as they are still working
with them but if they are not then they will. They said the bond would need to be pulled before the 12 month period
is up though. Jeff said we still have 3 months left so let’s see what we can get done in that time. Dan said they need
to set a date to see what is done at that time and if they are going to need to pull bonds, Dan suggests the February meeting to make this call and Jeff agrees with this. Tobias would like to set his phone up the same as Kevin has his
so he can see the same alarms he is. Billy asked if some of these alarms that are pointless can be shut off. They all
had more talk about the alarms and that it’s not easy to turn some of them off as it could cause other issues. Ernie
said they want to keep Kevin and he’s the one that has to deal with all of this so he would like to know his thoughts
on all this. Kevin said it’s not a problem as long as we can work through all these issues and get things working
how they should be. Tobias asked about the next meeting and said he and Jeff could be here for that. Jeff said they
need to start copying Kevin on all emails to contractors as well so that he can see everything that is going on. Tyler
said he understands that the Borough wants a functioning plant and they are trying to help get these issues fixed and
that they are having the same talks with the contractors and that they will keep on with Penelec as well. Lainie asked
if the electric service is all new and they said yes. Jeff said they believe it is something in the grid itself. They all talk about some of the power surges that have been happening. Council asked if the electrical contractors have any advice. Jeff said they can talk to them to see if there is a different way to regulate things if this power situation cannot be changed. They talked about some other ways to regulate these issues if the power can’t be changed. Council said the Borough shouldn’t be on the hook for these changes. Andrea suggests letting Penelec know that the PUC is going to
be contacted. They talk about some of the goals that need to be met for the plant and the fact that it’s hard for Kevin
to teach anyone else to run the plant when it’s not running properly. Jeff said they are not dismissing any of the issues and they want these issues fixed as well. Lainie asked Kevin if he was happy with the things they had talked about
doing and willing to move forward and Kevin said yes. Andrea asked if they need anything else from her tonight and Council said no. She said she is sorry she didn’t make it here in person she thought the meeting was at 6 and asked Council to keep her updated. Council thanked the engineer’s for being here tonight and Lisa asked if the Borough is going to be charged for this. Jeff said they will absorb as much as they can
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:03PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 19, 2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 5, 2026
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REORGANIZATION MEETING ON
JANUARY 5, 2026 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES DAN FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AIF
ERNIE NOMINATES BILLY FOR COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES PAT FOR COUNCIL PRO TEMP, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPOINT BOB WINDSOR TO THE WATER AUTHORITY, AIF
LAINIE NOMINATES STEPHANIE FOR BOROUGH SECRETARY, AIF
LAINIE NOMINATES LISA FOR BOROUGH TREASURER, AIF
PAT NOMINATES SUE FOWLER FOR VACANCY BOARD CHAIR, AIF
LAINIE NOMINATES PAT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES ERNIE FOR PARK COMMISSION, AIF
PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPOINT ANDREA STAPLEFORD FOR BOROUGH SOLICITOR, AIF
PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT BUFFAMANTE WHIPPLE BUTTAFARO AS THE BOROUGH
AUDITORS, AIF
Council talks about the Engineer’s and they agree to table this until the next meeting
Council talks about contacting the Borough Solicitor tomorrow about the plant as well as the engineer’s. Ernie asked about the grants that are already in progress. They talk about the grants and projects that are already being worked on or have been applied for. They also talk more about how much this new plant cost the Borough and the fact that it’s still not working correctly. Council and Kevin are not happy with the situation and all the issues. Andy asked about the contract and are they able to change to another engineer if need be. Dan said the Township has actually changed from Stiffler & McGraw because they were not happy. Council will discuss this further at the next meeting
BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT PSAB TO CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE BOROUGH PENSION
PLAN, AIF
PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT KNA AND ERB INSPECTIONS AS THE BOROUGH’S BUILDING INSPECTORS, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:09 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 19,2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 15, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
DECEMBER 15, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan asked everyone to look over the engineer’s report and if anyone has any questions. Billy & Kevin talk
about the sampler repairs. Dan said they should have an answer on the King Street grant sometime in February
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#25 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $69,904.45, AIF
MOTION TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #23 IN THE
AMOUNT OF: $6,000.75, AIF
MOTION TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #15 IN THE
AMOUNT OF: $1,480.50, AIF
Dan said there were no Pennvest updates and that there are still several issues that need to be worked on at
the plant. There is nothing new right now for 181 Main Street
Dan reads over the resolution to keep property taxes the same and not raise them for the 2026 year
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #2025-07 TO NOT RAISE PROPERTY
TAXES FOR 2026, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2026 ELDRED BOROUGH BUDGET, AIF
Dan let everyone know that Matt Splain gave an update that the school has received a grant for $5,000 to use
towards the dugouts. They are also trying to find someone to help fix the nets in the spring before the season
starts
Dan reminds everyone that they have a reorganization meeting on January 5th and that the office will be closed most
the two weeks of Christmas and New Years. Steph will be gone on vacation and Lisa will be in and out during that
time
Dan talks about 168 Main Street the old bank building that was purchased approximately a year and a half ago. He
said the owner is asking to reduce their sewer bill since they have nobody in the offices downstairs and they have
never been rented and he only has one apartment rented upstairs. Dan said the owner is not local and lives out of
state. Pat said if the water is on then you are required to pay for sewer. Council talks about the possibility of reducing
it while he has nobody in there. Council does have concerns though if he rents them out and does not notify the
Borough to let them know. Pat asked about people being in there working on the building and Dan said the
remodeling is done now. They talked about him paying the current charges due and then reducing it until he has
them rented and if he does not contact the borough to let us know they are rented then they would back charge him
for the months that he received reduced charges
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE 168 MAIN STREET TO HAVE REDUCED SEWER
CHARGES BY 2 AS LONG AS THOSE PROPERTIES ARE VACANT BEGINNING JANUARY 2026
AND THE OWNER PAYS THE CURRENT TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. IF THE OWNER RENTS OUT
EITHER OF THE TWO REDUCED PROPERTIES AND DOES NOT NOTIFY THE BOROUGH OF
THEM BEING RENTED THEN THE OWNER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHARGES OF ALL 4 PROPERTIES BACKDATED TO JANUARY 2026, AIF
Dan calls and executive session at 6:22pm
Dan calls the meeting back to order at 6:41pm
Dan talks about the employee Christmas bonus and that it has been the same for the last 7 years and asks if anyone
has any suggestions. Ernie said he would be good with $175
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AN EMPLOYEE CHRISTMAS BONUS OF $175 NET
AFTER TAXES, AIF
Dan talks about the discount that they have been offering each year and how it’s affecting the bottom line. They
talked about the fact that Otto raised the rate last year at the last minute and that combined with the discount makes
the Borough come up short to even pay Otto what they owe them. They talked about the fact that next year they will probably need to raise the garbage some but they are going to need to stop offering a discount starting this year or
they are just going to add to the shortage
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE NOT OFFERING A DISCOUNT ON THE GARBAGE FOR
THE 2026 YEAR, AIF
Dan talks about having a sign in sheet for all visitors at the meetings
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A VISITORS SIGN IN SHEET FOR ALL BOROUGH MEETINGS, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2026 BOROUGH MEETINGS TO STAY THE SAME
ON THE 3RD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6PM, AIF
Dan talks about donations for the year and that last year they donated to the Port Library so the Borough residents
could use the library free of charge. Lainie asked about the possibility of donating to the cemetery. She talked about people being charged perpetual care that amounts to approximately an extra $1,000. Dan asked where the money comes from to pay for the lawn care and maintenance and Billy said from donations. Dan asked what happens if they do not
receive enough donations then how does he get paid and Billy said he doesn’t but he would still do it anyway.
They talk more about the Borough residents being able to use the Port library free of charge as long as the
Borough makes some kind of donation to them, he said last year the donation was $250
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE GIVING A DONATION TO THE PORT ALLEGANY
LIBRARY IN THE AMOUNT OF $250, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE A DONATION OF $50 TO EACH ELDRED BOROUGH CEMETARY, AIF
Dan said they need to look over the 2023 single audit and the 2024 annual audit and approve and sign it
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2023 SINGLE AUDIT AND THE 2024 ANNUAL
AUDIT, AIF
Dan talks about the water line to the borough building and the freezing of it every year. They talk about
contacting the Water Authority to fix the issue
Council talks about 13 King Street and the drain coming out into the road and the issues it’s causing with
freezing and causing ice out into the roadway. They talked about the fact that there is no storm drain there so
the water goes directly into the road. They talked about the grant for King Street that was applied for and that
if they get that a new storm drain is in the plans for that reason. Ernie asked how to take care of it for now until
that can happen and Kevin said a lot of salt
Council talks again about the pump stations and the ongoing issues with the pumps themselves. Billy asked if there
was any idea how much it’s going to cost to replace them if the Borough ends up having to pay for them and Kevin
said the last quote was around $40,000. He said right now he needs a vac truck about every 6 months due to the
slurry buildup. He just wants Council to have a heads up that this is going to be approximately an extra $6,000
cost each year. Kevin said he has already had to pull these new pumps by hand approximately 40 times due to
issues
Mary said she feels for the amount of money that was spent all the streets should have been paved completely
curb to curb
Council talks about the 2026 engineer’s agreement and exactly what they should do. Council is not happy with
the way the projects have gone and the fact that there are still so many issues with the new plant not running right
and it has been this way for months and things are still not fixed. They talk about putting the engineer’s agreement
on hold for right now and they will talk about it again at the next monthly meeting
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TABLING THE ENGINEER’S AGREEMENT UNTIL THE
NEXT MONTHLY MEETING, AIF
Mary asked about the fire hydrants and if they all work and who is responsible for cleaning out the snow around
them. Council said they are not exactly sure but to try contacting the water authority or maybe the fire department
Ernie asked who cleans out the storm drains and Dan said the Borough and Ernie said the one by his house needs
to be and he has gravel in his yard
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:59 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 5,2026 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 17, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
NOVEMBER 17, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY AND BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Andy asked about the past due accounts and Lisa said it’s moving along, she said there are 9 accounts that will be moving forward to sheriff sale
Jeff goes over his engineer’s report, he said the levee camera report will be reimbursable under the levee grant. The quarterly update for DEP was submitted on October 30th the next and final one is due January 30th. He said the estimate of all remaining Pennvest money and the remaining eligible charges was submitted to the Borough via email on 11/13. Dan asked about the left over remaining money and Jeff explained that the way it works now is that it’s taken off at the end of the loan. Punch list items are still being worked on at the plant. There is still a paving issue to be delt with in March or April for the collection system. The MTF grant for King Street is currently under DCED review. Kimberly asked what the grant for King is. Jeff explained it is for all new drainage as well as curb to curb full paving. Jeff talked about the PADOT Main Street project for next year and the 13 manholes that the Borough is responsible for purchasing the materials for and PADOT will do all the install work. Billy asked about Main Street being shut down next year and if it’s still only going to be one way through town. Stephanie said no not as of right now. She explained they are going to try to bid it out with flaggers for traffic to be able to go both ways, but this could mean the project could take two summers rather than one. As long as the project can come in within budget DOT will do it this way but if it comes in to high then they will need to go back to the original plan to stay within budget which will mean only being able to go through town one way. We should know this sometime in December
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #22 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,892.22, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #14 IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,745.90, AIF
Council talked about vandalism at the parks and the restrooms, they talked more about cameras. Dan said Steph as talked to a couple of other towns to see if they have had any issues and if so what they have done. She said she heard back from Shinglehouse, Kane and Galeton who also have all had issues with the same things and have put some type of cameras up but have still had some issues. They talked about the new signs that are going to be put up at both parks as well as the deposit that’s now going to be required to rent the pavilion and signing out keys. Council decides to see if these new things will help first
Dan said they are still waiting on paperwork for 181 Main Street from the attorney’s office so right now everything is on hold. They talked about the vote in the last meeting was to go ahead with this as long as Jeff gave the ok for it on the phone call the next day after that meeting. Jeff gave the ok with the stipulations being written up legally by an attorney and a copy given to Council
Dan said at the last meeting they had voted to approve the SXS Christmas Parade to be held on Saturday December 13th but they found out there is a conflict with another town having theirs that night so they would like to change it to Friday night December 12th
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE SXS CHRISTMAS PARADE FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 2025, AIF
Council talks about property taxes and that they do not want to raise property taxes for this next year if they don’t have to
They talk again about the 3 parking spaces that PADOT would remove in front of the old grocery store across from Todd’s in order to put in a curb cut so the owner can put in a large overhead garage door in the front of the building. The State says they would need to remove 3, one for the opening and the other two are for sight. The owner wants to store vehicles in the building and said his wife would like to sell some things in it. Billy said he is not ok with this because loosing 3 parking spaces would hurt the Senior Center parking as well as the new Hair Salon and Dan agreed
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO DENY THE CURB CUT AND THE REMOVAL OF 3 PARKING SPACES ON MAIN STREET AT 167 MAIN STREET, AIF
Dan talks about the proposed budget and the sewer rates unfortunately needing to be increased again this next year. He goes over all the increases in payments that have taken place with the biggest being the $11,000 per mo. Pennvest payment along with the $12,000 per year Pennvest required single audit, electric & gas are both up two & a half times what they were as well as works comp, health and liability insurance. He said they have cut everything they can possibly cut from the budget and there just is no other choice, there is only so much money to go around. He said he feels they still need to put money into the sewer savings account as well if they are able and not touch that if possible because the reed beds will need to be completely redone in 7-10 years and the cost for that is around $50,000 per bed and there are 3 beds. Ernie asked if these increases are estimated or if they are exact numbers and Dan said they are pretty close to right on numbers
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET, AIF
Dan goes over the levee reimbursement
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE LEVEE REIMBURSEMENT #6 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,365.79, AIF
Dan reads resolution #06-2025 for PA DOT to approve Dan & Stephanie to sign all paperwork for the 2026 Main Street project
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PA DOT RESOLUTION #06-2025, AIF
Dan & Jeff talk about the work agreement with Dot for the 13 manholes on Main Street for next year. The Borough is responsible for purchasing the material and DOT will do all the installation work. Ernie asked about all the drains they were supposed to do this year at the other end and Kevin said they did do all of those at no cost to the Borough
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PA DOT WORK AGREEMENT, AIF
Council talked again about the sewer rates and the increases in everything
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE RAISING THE MONTHLY SEWER RATE TO $70.00 STARTING IN JANUARY 2026 RESOLUTION #2025-06, AIF
Council talks about getting the banners taken down and the Christmas decorations put up before Thanksgiving and Kevin said it will be done before then. They asked him about fixing the net over at the ballfield for the school and he said the lift they borrow won’t go high enough. Someone asked if the fire department possibly has a truck with a high enough ladder. They all talked about finding something high enough to help get the net fixed
Lisa talks about the old flower boxes along Main Street such as the one in front of the old grocery store that Dale Andrews owns and that the Girl Scouts would like to plant and maintain flowers in all of them. She said she spoke with Dale and he is okay with that with his. Council thinks this is a nice idea as well and doesn’t see a problem with it
MOTION ERNIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE GIRL SCOUTS TO PLANT FLOWERS IN FLOWER BOXES ALONG MAIN STREET WITH OWNERS’ PERMISSION, AIF
Stephanie explained that Nicole Cochran asked about using the pavilion again this year on December 13th for Santa and to have hot chocolate and carriage rides. She said they will need electricity but no water or anything and this will be the same day as the craft show at the Firehall. Kevin doesn’t have any problem with it as long as they clean up afterwards and they keep the horse trailer on Bennett Street this year and please do not allow people to drive in the park at all this year as last year the park got torn up pretty bad from people driving through it
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE NICOLE COCHRAN TO USE THE PAVILION ON DECEMBER 13, 2025 FOR SANTA, AIF
Dan reminds everyone again about holiday office hours and that the office will be closed Thursday & Friday of Thanksgiving week as well as Thursday & Friday of Christmas & New Years week. The other days of the week for Christmas and New Years will also be very limited
Ernie asked how the two new part time people are doing and Kevin said ok
Dan would like everyone to be aware that DEP required the Borough to build this new treatment plant and put in this new collection system and if it wasn’t done and done within their time frame the Borough would have been fined by the day. In the beginning of the treatment plant project the plant project had to be rebid all because of 11 words in that huge contract that a contractor out of Bradford decided he didn’t agree with and wanted to challenge it and DEP & Pennvest both allowed this to happen and because of this it cost the Borough an added One Million Dollars. It also caused the project to work through two winters instead of just one, it caused extensions to be applied for with DEP because the projects were still not completed to avoid fines and it caused the Borough to pay interest on the project line of credit for a lot longer than should have been needed. There is also a chance the Borough could have received more grant money as well if this had not happened
A resident asked who to call if nobody is here through the holidays for plowing, Billy said to call him and he’ll take care of it
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:59 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – DECEMBER 15,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 20, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
OCTOBER 20, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, LAINIE KEPHART, BILLY BAIR
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan asks everyone to look over the engineer’s report and see if there are any questions. He said they are in the
process of getting in the last of the bills to be paid for the projects and the first payment to Pennvest has been made
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST
IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,071.82, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#17 IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,071.82, AIF
Council talked about the baseball fields and the quote for signs. They talked more about the signs as well as cameras
for the parks. Pat is not for cameras because of what they will cost. Lainie said other towns have them and they do
help. Lainie asked if there was a way to block off the part of the park that keeps getting torn up, they said not really
and Kevin said this happens a couple times a year. Lainie said it costs money to fix every time it happens. Council
would like more information from other town and what they do to prevent this sort of thing from happening
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ORDERING 6 PARK SIGNS FROM BRADCO, AIF
Council talks about the sewer and garbage rates, Dan said that Steph talked to Otto Township and they said they
were not raising the garbage rate. They talked about a discount on the garbage again for next year
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A $3.00 PER MONTH OR $36.00 PER YEAR DISCOUNT
ON GARBAGE IF PAID IN FULL FOR THE YEAR BY JANUARY 31, 2026, AIF
Council talked about the sewer rates and that Pennvest is not requiring rates to be raised for next year as of right
now. Dan thinks it should be ok to leave them where they are for next year but the following year they will need to
look at everything again and they will most likely need to be raised again
Council talked about again about the Holiday closings again and that Steph will be gone out of town the week of Christmas and the week of New Years. Lisa isn’t exactly sure what days she is taking off yet but the office will
most likely be closed most days the week of Christmas and New Years and Lisa will stop in some days and check
the box and work some hours just as Steph has in past years through the Holidays. Dan said there isn’t much going
on and not many people come in the office around the Holidays anyway
Dylan talks about the easement agreement he did with the owner of 181 Main Street for the sewer tap on his vacant
lot. Dylan explains that he’s just trying to help this guy out as he knows how expensive it is just to try and start up a business without all this other stuff. They talk about two separate connections into one and Jack said Kevin refused to
dig it up back at the time things were being located. Dylan said the town is already dying and we can’t hurt it more by making it more expensive for a business trying to open. Jack said he’s already talked to Jeff and Jeff said he doesn’t
have a problem with this. Jack said show him where it’s illegal. Council said they are ok with it as long as the
engineer’s are ok with it. Pat said it will have to be done legally though. They talked about if Dylan was to sell the property to someone else. Pat said it will all need to be drawn up in a legal document and Jeff will need to ok
everything. Jack would like to be here when Jeff is called. Dan said that would be fine and they will call Jeff about
10am tomorrow. Bob Smith from 181 Main Street would just like to introduce himself and let everyone know that he
is already doing reflexology in the old school building over on Indian Creek Road and that he collects rare books and sells them on Amazon. He specializes in Nonfiction, health, Christian and history books. He said once he opens his
store here in town it could help bring people into town for book sales and he would like Councils approval and support
in town
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE 181 MAIN STREET TO USE THE SEWER TAP ON THE VACANT LOT NEXT DOOR PROVIDING A LEGAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
TWO OWNERS AND WITH BOROUGH ENGINEER APPROVAL, DAN APPROVE, BILLY APPROVE, LAINIE APPROVE, PAT APPROVE, ERNIE OBSTAINED
Dan wanted to let everyone know that Kevin took his first vacation in 3 years
Council wants to remind all residents that there is no burning of anything other than paper, cardboard, sticks, brush,
etc. and it but be contained inside of a ring or burn barrel within the Borough. There is absolutely NO burning of
garbage or plastic allowed within the Borough
Andy asked about collections, they went over the list and one that is up for tax sale. They talked about the water and sewer now being shut off in the one apartment building. Dan said the number of people behind has been cut in half
so there is progress being made. Dan explains the process again of first a letter, then collections and then sheriff sale
Dan said it’s that time of year again to talk about raises. Pat asked, didn’t they do $.25 last year and Lainie said $.50.
Dan said to keep in mind how much things have gone up for everyone and asked if anyone had any recommendations. Lainie said $.50 again maybe. Dan said just think about how much things have gone up. Ernie asked if there is a
standard of living raise. They talked about other places. Pat & Lainie said $.50 is more than they get. Billy was trying
to figure out a 3% raise from Steph’s wages which would be $.54. Dan said maybe just go with a $.75 raise. They talk about the fact that Kevin already got his raise so this would only be for Steph, Lisa and Amy. Pat said he would be ok with $.25. The rest of council has more talk about the numbers
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE A $.50 RAISE FOR STEPH, LISA & AMY, AIF
Council talks about the coupons that were printed in house last year for sewer and garbage
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PRINTING SEWER AND GARBAGE COUPONS FOR 2026
IN OFFICE AGAIN, AIF
Steph let Council know the same group would like to hold the SXS Christmas Parade again this year on
Saturday December 13th
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH SPONSORING THE SXS CHRISTMAS PARADE ON SATURADY DECEMBER 13TH 2025, AIF
Council talked about property taxes for 2026. Billy asked about the MTF grant and said that King Street is the
worst street in town. Dan said that grant has already been applied for. They talked about trying to not raise taxes
next year but that the following year they probably won’t have any choice but to raise them
Dan reminded everyone that this next year is an even year so the Borough is required to hold a reorganization
meeting the first Monday in January which will be January 5th 2026
Dan talked about the new sewer plant and that Kevin took himself, Steph and Lisa on a tour of all the buildings and explained how everything works. Dan talked about how much is there, how big it is, how much longer everything
takes and what there is to do there now. They talk about the possibility of having some kind of an open house to
residents to tour the plant and actually be able to see it if that’s allowed. They all think that’s a good idea and that
will be looked into. Lainie asked if the lighting issue got looked into and Dan said yes it has been taken care of
Dan talks about a building on Main Street that would like to put in a big overhead garage door in the front of the
building and would like to have the curb cut out along the road. PennDot is willing to do this but the Borough would need to be willing to approve them to remove 3 parking spaces to do this. Council talked about this and would like
more information on this such as what exactly the owner is doing with the building and why 3 spaces need to be
removed to do this. There concern is the parking spaces being removed would hurt the Senior Center parking. Mary asked which building it is and Council said the old grocery store beside Todd’s lot. Lainie asked who owns the
building and Dan said Mrs. Tobler
Jack Bell asked if people are allowed to park on the sidewalks and if there is an ordinance against that. Stephanie
said they are not and that there is an ordinance against anything that obstructs any sidewalk
Mary asked about the rentals in town and if they pay a per capita tax. Steph and Lisa said taxes aren’t handled in
the office but they would not have any way of knowing if every renter pays the per capita tax. They said the only
way they know if renters change is if someone contacts the office. The Borough no longer does a rental registration
Kimberly asked about the possibility of a dog park at the old plant site. Council told her that they did ask about it
but were told that nothing could be put there for at least 5 years. She asked who the DEP rep was now and Stephanie
said Robert Graves. She said there are over 400 dogs in the Borough. She thanked them for spreading the straw on
her bank and she asked about the big tree with the roots showing that if it falls is going to hit the house across the
street. She said there is a high tension wire there and maybe if the electric company was contacted maybe they
would take care of it
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:05PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – NOVEMBER 17,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY, TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA
Dan asked if anyone had any questions and Joe Warnick said he would like to know where the building went
from the old pump station at the old plant. Dan said he doesn’t know and Joe asked Kevin and he said everything
was given to other towns that could use the stuff before being demoed. Joe asked about the gravel that’s at the
stone pit that has blacktop & concrete mixed in it that belonged to Greenland and if it was given to Kevin by
Greenland. Kevin said no it was not given to him and Greenland had to haul it out and clean it up and they are
having Ryan Herzog do that. Joe said he’s going to contact the ethics committee and that you can’t give Borough property away
Jeff Rhinehart talks about the lighting at the new plant and that he was contacted by a couple of his residents
about the lights being so bright they are shining in their house and the smell from the plant as well is concerning
the neighboring residents. Dan said they are going to do something about the lighting. Lainie said even driving
through there at night is blinding. Jeff talks about the smell and the little girl that lives up on the hill and the only
thing she is able to do is be outside and the odor is affecting her being able to do that as well as her breathing.
They all talk about the fact that it is a sewer plant and not sure what can be done about the smell. They talk about
the fact that the weather plays a roll in that as well
Andy asked if there has been any response to the collection letters that went out. Dan & Lisa explained that some
were sent to Judge Todd’s office for collections and then if they still do not pay they can then file for sheriff’s
sale. Lisa said there were also several letters that went out for people that are not as far behind giving them one
more chance to pay before being sent to actual collections. Jeff said that Judge Todd’s office has been great at
helping them with collections
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO STIFFLER & MCGRAW FOR INV #66
FOR THE NEW WWTP FOR $27,653.78, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO STIFFLER & MCGRAW FOR INV #60
FOR THE COLLECTION SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,178.85, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP PENNVEST ME1454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $194,149.94, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT
REQUISITION #21 IN THE AMOUNT OF $71,440.88, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #13 IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,883.20, AIF
Council talks about the Borough mowing and that if they bring that back to the Borough that could save close
to enough financially to cover the new part time wages and Council feels with the extra employees they should
be able to handle the mowing
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH EMPLOYEES TO HANDLE THE
BOROUGH MOWING FOR THE 2026 SEASON, AIF
Dan let everyone know that Jacob started today and is going to work Monday – Wednesday this week and Anna
is going to start Wednesday – Friday this week. He said we’ll see how it goes with each of them and let them
know that Billy did the plant last weekend
Dan let everyone know that unfortunately the Memorial Day Parade is not going to be able to take place in the
Spring due to the PA DOT Main Street project. He said Stephanie has already let AL from the Legion know this.
He said Stephanie also had a call from Tom at PennDot this morning and they are going to try to bid the project
out so as to not completely shut down Main Street one way next year. The project bids will need to come in still
within budget to do this though otherwise it will go back to the original plan. He also let everyone know that they
are saying it will take 2 summers to complete all work however if this is changed but at least traffic will be able
to travel both directions through town. We should know for sure in December
Council talked about 181 Main Street and that the sewer line hook up runs under that building and Dylan
Schweikhart that owns the vacant lot next door has agreed to allow the 181 Main Street owner to tap into that
tap for sewer so that he does not have to go under his building. Jeff says it’s up to the Borough however, that is
part of the reason the collection system project was done is to eliminate this type of thing and not have multiple
residents going into the same tap. When taps were being put in Dylan requested for there to still be a tap on his
vacant lot in case he ever decided to build something there. Council’s concern is if he does ever decide to build something or someone else does then there are two properties going into one tap. Kevin said they spent hours
trying to find the old tap at the old Gabriel building. Pat & Lainie said he needs to use his own tap
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO DENIE THE OWNER OF 181 MAIN STREET THE USE OF THE TAP
ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, AIF
Lainie asked about the SxS Christmas parade and if they are planning to do it again this year. Steph said yes she
believes they are but she will reach out to them to find out for sure
Council talked about the complaints of the smell coming from the new plant and they are not sure exactly what
to do about it. Ernie asked how bad the smell is and Kevin said it depends on the weather. Kevin said the smell
comes from the influent coming in. Lainie asked about the possibility of covering that tank. They said they
don’t think you can do that. They talked about why the plant had to be put there and all the regulations
Andy asked if anyone knows who lives in the big white house on Main Street across from the pump station and
Steph said Fink’s. He said the other day there was a very small child out there alone that ran out into the road and
was almost hit by a car
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:29PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 20,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, ERNIE PERRY, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY
AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
Dan let everyone know that the PennVest papers were signed today to move the money around between the
projects. He said they are still waiting on the final numbers from Jeff to know exactly how much is going to
be reimbursed. He said hopefully by the end of the week it will all be done and then it will take a couple of
weeks to get the money. He let everyone know they will need to have another special meeting to approve
these pay requests. Council talked about times that work for everyone and they all agreed that Monday would
probably work best for everyone
Andy asked about the past due sewer bills again and Dan said Lisa just sent around 17 people to Judge Todd’s
office today for collections and if they still do not pay once in collections then they will be sent to sheriff’s sale
from there. Andy asked about how much is past due and Dan said around $12,000
Lainie asked if there was some kind of vacation rate offered for people and Dan said no, someone can have the
garbage shut off at anytime if they are going to be out of town for an extended period or the property is empty
but the only way sewer can be shut off is if the water is also shut off. She said you can do that in Port and Dan
said maybe they have an agreement with the water and turn both off or something, he’s not sure how theirs works
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan introduces Anna Miller and Jacob Pearson who are both interested in the part time public works position.
Dan said they are both very qualified candidates and he would like to bring both of them on. Jacob works nights
at Cutco and would like to work just a few hours in the mornings after he gets off work at Cutco. Anna is available
to work when needed. Dan said they are still looking at the same round about hours just splitting them between
the two. He said the goal is to have Kevin eventually not working any weekends and not working any overtime.
He said Anna & Jacob are both willing to fill in when needed as well as working some weekends. They talk about
money and where it can be taken from to help cover these wages. Dan says if Kevin ends up with 40 hours before
Friday gets here then he will go home early or take a day off and someone else can fill in instead of him getting
overtime. He said it won’t all be completely avoided as there will be issues at times that Kevin will have to handle
but it will become very minimal. They talk about the backhoe payment and that they have not used any money
this year for the backhoe out of the Highway fund but they could change this for the rest of the year which would
free up some money in the other accounts to help cover some of the new wages. They talked about some other
money that could be used for this as well. Pat asked how many hours they are talking about. Dan said the same
as they had talked about before just split between them and controlled. He said the first 6 weeks the hours will
be higher just because of training for both of them. Dan said they both are willing to learn the plant and that it
is required that they do or they can’t work here. Pat asked about the mowing for next year and having them do
that rather than having it contracted out and paying someone else. Pat said if there are going to be this many
Borough employees then we should be able to cut our own grass and that would free up that money to pay wages.
They talk more about the Main Street project next year as well and that it is also going to take some of Kevin’s
time. They talk more about the job requirements and Council introduces themselves to both Jacob & Anna. Dan
asked them if either of them have any questions for them and both said no. Council agreed to talk more about the
mowing next month. Billy said Kevin needs employees that he can give a list of things that need done to and
know they will be done. Dan talks about Kevin being gone for a few days in October and that being a good
example of why the Borough needs a few other people that know how to run the plant and pump stations. Pat
asks if Kevin has been working with Amy at the plant as well and he said yes. Ernie asked who will be
scheduling their time and watching it and Dan said Kevin will be responsible for that. They talked about pay
for both of them and a 90 day probation period and starting pay lower and then a higher pay once they can run
the plant
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING JACOB PEARSON AND ANNA MILLER PART
TIME WITH A 90 DAY PROBATION PERIOD AND STARTING THEM BOTH AT $17.50 PER HOUR
AND ONCE THEY LEARN HOW TO RUN THE SEWER PLANT THEY WILL BE PAID $20.00 PER
HOUR WHENEVER THAT MAY BE, AIF
Anna said she does have a couple of appointments next Monday & Tuesday. Kevin and Council said that’s no
big deal they will work with her around appointments she already has set.
Pat asked if Amy is interested in possibly getting her sewer license and Kevin said no
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:47PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 20,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, ERNIE PERRY AND
PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:01 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
Ernie asked for a moment of silence for 9/11 followed by a prayer
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over his engineer’s report. They are working on pricing for the conduit camera work that needs to be
done for the levee and this should be grant eligible. He talked about the CNB line of credit and that Pennvest is
trying to make some exceptions and move some money around to be able to finish paying for the projects. He
said they still need to make the motions tonight for the pay requests so at least that part is done while they are
waiting. The treatment plant they are still working on some punch list items. They will have the final walk
through inspection of the plant sometime on October. The final walk through of the collection system is scheduled
for the 16th of this month.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $46,100.57, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#23 IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,100.57, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,013.06, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#16 IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,013.06, AIF
Kevin said he started using the reed beds today and there will not be anymore hauling sludge. He’s working with
Billy & Amy to learn more at the plant
Dan said there have been some resumes that have came in for the new part time hire and hopefully they can do
some interviews next week. He said they will most likely need a special meeting though to officially hire someone.
Dan said hopefully they can find someone for part time help as well as someone to fill in at the plant and for Kevin
to not have to work weekends anymore. Jeff said to keep in the back of everyone’s mind as well that they do also
have operators available if need be
Dan said Matt gave an update by email on the baseball field and said there have been some high spots removed
thanks to the help of Taylor & Armstrong and they will finish clearing away dirt/rock from the backstop and install
some clamps to secure the fence. They will be measuring for sod this week and hopefully it will be delivered
next week. Matt is going to coordinate with Kevin on water for the field. He said they are going to lack about
$1,000 and Corky Zetwick is supposed to give him a status of the dugouts and he should hear from him in a
week or two. Dan said hopefully they will know a little more about this by the next meeting
Dan calls an executive session @ 6:15pm
Dan calls the meeting back to order @ 6:32pm
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE GIVING KEVIN A RAISE TO $30 PER HOUR
EFFECTIVE TOMORROW, AIF
Dan talked about the sewer rates and that they still do not know if Pennvest is going to require them to be raised
again this year, he said they may also need another loan to finish out the projects but they don’t know that for
sure yet. Council will talk more about the sewer rates for 2026 at the next meeting
Steph explained the community service and co-op program at the high school. She said she spoke with Nick
Labella and the community service project can be done in students junior and senior year and they are required
to complete 20 hours. The co-op program must be 15 hours of work per week offered to the student, the employer
must cover them under their workers comp policy, everyone must have clearances and there are some limitations
as to what they are allowed to do if they are under 18
Council talked about trick-or-treating for this year
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE TRICK-OR-TREATING IN THE BOROUGH ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6PM-8PM WITH A RAIN OUT DATE OF SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2025,
AIF
Council talked about PA Rural Water offering classes for a water license in April and that Kevin is interested in
taking the class. If the time ever comes that the Water Authority needed a license Kevin would have one. There is
no fee for the class you just pay to take the test at the end which is between $150-$200
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TO TAKE THE WATER LICENSE CLASS IN
APRIL, AIF
Dan talks about the holidays this year and closing the office and that Steph will not be here the two weeks of
Christmas and New Years and not sure yet exactly what everyone else is doing. They will talk more about this
at the next meeting
Andy asked about people not paying their sewer bill and what can be done and if wages can be garnished for that.
Lisa said you can’t do that if your doing collections and sheriff sale. She said there is a whole pile going to
collections next week
Ernie asked about a new flag being put up on the Borough building and also getting a PA flag. Council was in
agreement to do that
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:47PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 20,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR AUGUST 18, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
AUGUST 18, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, LAINIE KEPHART AND PAT
WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan explained to everyone about PA DOT being there for the Main Street 2026 project and asked if anyone
had any further questions for that before they leave for the night. Mary asked them about the Mechanic Street
storm drain and they said it is part of the project and will be getting moved. Lainie asked about the end of
Canfield Hollow and they said no that’s not part of the project. The project is from Mechanic Street to
Chrisman Street
Dan asks Jeff to go over his engineer’s update. Jeff talks about the upcoming inspections of the conduits and
closures for the levee process. The DEP quarterly update was sent on July 25, 2025 and the next one is due
on October 30th. He said the punch list work for the new plant is ongoing. He said the final walk through will
be the week of Labor Day and then again with Pennvest on September 16th. He talked about the line of credit
and it coming due and needing to work on permanent financing. He said from the Pennvest call today they
advised to hold on paying any of the pay apps for this month while this is being worked out. He said the
MTF Grant for King and Chrisman Street are under review. He talked about the TASA Grant that had been
talked about some at last month’s meeting for the sidewalks. He said Council will need to decide tonight if they
want to apply for this since the application is due at the end of October. The cost for them to write the grant
would be around $5,000 and while there is no match for this grant they will not cover engineering fees or any
upfront study costs. They all talked about that it may be tough to put together for this year. Jeff said this grant
is available every year if they wanted to wait and try for it next year when there is a little more time. Council
talked about this and agreed they should wait until next year. Kevin asked Jeff when the levee conduit video
inspection is due and Jeff said it already is but there are some possible grants to help with this. Kevin said he
had a call from a camera company today and Jeff said they need to get two quotes.
Dan talks about the Pennvest call today and the 60 month stipulation on the line of credit with CNB and that
Pennvest only approves short term financing up to 60 months. Dan said this is coming due next Thursday and
there is still $238,000 open and due on this line of credit due to things that were originally supposed to be
reimbursable that are now not. Dan said something needs to be figured out between the engineers and Pennvest
because if the Borough has to pay that kind of money out the Borough is going to be broke and the State will have
to take over. Dan also said if he is told the Borough has to pay this he will not sign the check and he will resign.
He talks about the $52,000 & the $35,000 that originally the Borough was told up front these things would be
eligible to be reimbursed and now the Borough is being told they are not just as an example. Ernie asked when
they would know something more and Dan said everyone is pulling numbers and data right now to hopefully
have some kind of answer by Thursday he said there is a possibility of a slight extension into at least sometime
in September. They talked about a possible loan and Dan said they gotta do something or nobody’s getting paid.
Sandy asked about getting in touch with the congressman. Jeff said let’s get the numbers tomorrow and then yes
he recommends doing that. Jeff said this would be final numbers and that both projects are still within budget
even though it has gone 9 months longer than it was supposed to. They talked about the rebidding that had to be
done as well as the extra costs and delay in time.
Matt Splain talks about the baseball field by the school and the work that needs to be done. He said he has labor
and equipment being donated already and he said he’s still working on trucking from Buffalo. Dan asked about
numbers and what they need from the Borough. Matt said it’s about $13,000-$13,500 for the 5 truckloads of
material that need to be brought in. Stephanie talked about posting signage at the fields that her & Matt had
previously talked about to let people know they need to contact the office prior to using the fields. They all
talked more about the repairs that need to be done and Sandy asked about the netting and Matt said that had
been replaced a few years ago. Council decides to table this until next meeting to try and come up with what
the Borough can do to help
Dan talked about the dog park question that had been brought up at the last meeting and let everyone know that
they did find out they are not allowed to put anything at the site of the old plant for 5 years. Council talks about
the liability of a dog park for the Borough as well as maintaining it and keeping it cleaned up. Council decides
to just leave this idea for right now
Kevin would like to talk to Council about needing extra help. He said Amy is a good hand but he needs more
than just her to keep up with everything. He explained that he’s not been able to take time off at all for the last
2 ½ years and he’s been working 7 days a week and he can’t keep doing this. He said if they aren’t willing to
get him more help he will look for another job. Dan talks about the differences now with the plant and how much
longer it is taking along with all the problems that have been going on. They talked about Chet helping again on
some weekends but he still needs more help that that. Lainie asked about Tom and Kevin said he’s a good worker
just not for the technical things he needs. They talked about some of the things that need to be done and Kevin
said he needs to be able to take some time off. Lainie asked if Billy can fill in at the plant and Kevin said not
yet. Kevin would like someone full time but council said the Borough can not afford another full time person
and they talk about Amy needing to learn the plant as well
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE ADVERTISING FOR A PART TIME PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE, AIF
Council talked about the pavilion and that Phil is going to retire from handling it for next year. The new plan
will be to reserve the pavilion through the office and there will be a $50 deposit along with the $50 rental fee
and they will also need to sign for a key and sign an agreement in order to rent it and it will have to be inspected
after each rental. Ernie said he would help to oversee the pavilion rentals
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PAVILION RENTAL AGREEMENT, THE $50
DEPOSIT AND ERNIE OVERSEEING THE PAVILION RENTALS, AIF
Dan reads resolution #05-2025 for the Borough to support the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (America250pa)
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #05-2025 SUPPORTING THE
PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION FOR THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, AIF
Dan talks about the Borough being asked for a letter of support for the PA Route 6 project in McKean &
Warren counties
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE PA ROUTE 6
PROJECT, AIF
Dan goes over the 2026 pension requirement for the Borough
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2026 BOROUGH PENSION REQUIREMENTS,
AIF
Dan goes over the 5th levee reimbursement in the amount of $2,707
MOTION ERNIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE LEVEE REIMBURSEMENT #5 IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2,707, AIF
Dan talks about the September meeting on the 15th and that Steph and Billy may not be able to here that night.
They talked about which night would work the best for everyone to change it
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CHANGING THE SEPTEMBER MEETING TO THE
11TH IF NEEDED, AIF
Steph talked about the email the Borough received from No Feline Left Behind asking for donations and that
they are struggling to stay open. Steph explained that this program has helped a lot in the Borough at trying to
control the feral cat population. She also explained how careful the Borough has to be with donations because
there are a lot of laws and guidelines for what a Borough is allowed to donate to and what they are not. Steph
explained that she talked to PSAB as well as the Borough Solicitor to be sure if Council was allowed to donate
to this program legally and unfortunately the Solicitor said no and that her recommendation is that they do not.
The Solicitor thinks it’s a great program as well but because of how the laws are with Boroughs making certain
kinds of donations she can not recommend this
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:09PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – SEPTEMBER 11,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JULY 21, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
JULY 21, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineers update being that Jeff is not hear for this meeting. Dan explains that Jeff and some
other from Stiffler McGraw will be here for a meeting tomorrow to discuss issues and that’s why Jeff is not here
tonight. Kevin, Dan & Billy will be meeting with them all at 10am. Dan says there has been little improvements
with the issues going on but there are still several things that need to be fixed. Dan talked about withholding funds
until they start getting things fixed and working properly
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CHANGE ORDER 2025-1:13, CREDIT FOR REED
BED MAINTENANCE, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $11,796.05, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#22 IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,796.05, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $32,077.65, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#15 IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,077.65, AIF
Kimberly asked about it saying East Street because there is no East Street. Dan said he thinks they are just referring
to both ends of East Ave. She also asked about where they dug for her tap, the missing sidewalk and the tree that
now looks like it could fall because they dug so deep the roots are exposed. She would like to know if they are
going to fix these things and she is worried if the tree is left that way through the winter with the weight of snow &
ice it could come down. Kevin said they have fixed what they are going to in that area. Dan said they would have
Jeff look at this area when he is here tomorrow
Lainie asked about the lights being turned at the new sewer plant because they are still shining to bright into the
main road at night. Billy said Kevin needs those lights down there at night, Lainie said she understands that but it’s unsafe the way they are directed towards the road for people driving at night. Dan said this would be addressed
with Jeff tomorrow as well
Dan goes over the County Liquid Fuels paper and explains they need to approve to use those funds for street lights
again this year if that’s what they still want to do
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE USING THE COUNTY LIQID FUELS THIS YEAR FOR
STREET LIGHTING, AIF
Council talks about the annual generator maintenance and that they need to have Cleveland Brothers (CAT Dealer)
to handle this or they will void the warranty. Billy and Kevin talk about the possibility of him doing it but it would
then void the warranty
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CLEVELAND BROTHERS TO HANDLE THE BOROUGH’S ANNUAL GENERATOR MAINTENANCE, AIF
Kevin said he is also going to need to have them come out soon to look at the pump station
Dan talks about the baseball fields and Matt’s email and that they would like to make some improvements to the
field and that it will cost around $15,000. They talked about the fact that it’s a public park they can’t restrict access
to it. They do understand that the school putting in a lot of money to fix up the field they don’t want someone to
destroy it. Ernie talks about Matt’s email saying limited access so maybe he has another idea other than shutting
it off completely to anyone else. Steph explained that Matt will be here he will just be running a little late because
he had another meeting at the high school. Council agrees to table this topic until next month’s meeting and try
to get some more information before then
Dan explains the Borough was contacted by PennDot about having a display meeting open to the public for anyone
that would like information or has questions about the 2026 Main Street project. They would like to hold this public display meeting the same day as the Borough meeting next month August 18th at the ambulance building from
4pm-6pm and then they would stay for the start of the Borough meeting for any other questions anyone may have.
Dan said they need to vote to move the Borough meeting to the ambulance building next month if everyone is in agreement to do that. Dan said Steph has already talked to Bob to make sure this was ok
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE MOVING THE BOROUGH’S AUGUST MEETING TO
THE AMBULANCE BUILDING, AIF
Dan talks about the single audit for Pennvest as well as the annual audit that Lisa has been working on for the last
couple of months. He said it’s not back yet but the auditors have already been to the office and Lisa has sent them
tons of stuff. Dan said this has been a lot of extra work for Lisa
Kevin talked about needing blacktop for patching to fill places that are not being fixed by the contractors
throughout town. Kevin said he estimates he needs around 20 ton and the cost of that is probably around $2,000
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TO PURCHASE BLACKTOP FOR PATCHING,
AIF
Mary asked if this patching will include Elm Street and Dan said yes it’s everywhere in town. Kevin said he
hopes to start sometime in August
Dan talks about the King Street grant and said that Jeff has been made aware that there is a way to apply for a
hardship for this grant which would take the match from 30% to 15%. He said it does make our application a little
less appealing however if they don’t the match at 30% is over $300,000 and at 15% is still around $175,000.
Kimberly asked what the stipulations are and Dan said financially. Steph explained that Jeff had also said that if
the Borough does get the Watershed Restoration Grant for the levee that grant can also be used as a match towards
this one so that will also help. Dan also talked about the possibility of barrowing money if need be. They talked
about the work that would be done with this grant such as new storm drains, pipes and paving on King Street as
well as drainage issues fixed on Crisman Street. Ernie asked if they had already voted to have the engineers apply
for this grant and Steph said yes
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HAVING THE ENGINEERS APPLY FOR THE HARDSHIP
FOR THE MTF GRANT FOR A 15% MATCH, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #04-2025 FOR THE MTF GRANT, AIF
Dan explained that Matt Splain had asked about the Borough looking into the TASA grant to possibly replace the
old sidewalks from Mechanic Street to Chris Drive. He said it would be approx. $6,000 to write and apply for the
grant plus any preconstruction cost. If the Borough received the grant then once the construction begins the grant
covers 100% but the Borough is responsible for all upfront costs. Council has decided to table this until the next
meeting
Dan asked if anyone had any questions. Kimberly would like to know if a dog park has ever been thought about.
She said there are a lot of dogs in town and nobody really has a big yard for dogs to be able to run. She though
maybe a good place would be at the site of the old sewer plant. Council is not sure if anything can be put there or
not but the will talk to the engineers and talk about this further at the next meeting
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:44PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – AUGUST 18,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JUNE 16, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
JUNE 16, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over the engineer’s update. The new levee grant has been submitted and applied for. The awards are
expected to be announced in early 2026. The next DEP CO&A quarterly update is due July 30th. The punch list
of items is being worked on for the new plant. The collection system project has started paving and they have
started on King Street today but King Street is going to take as few weeks as there is a lot of work to be done on
this street. Jeff explains again the paving will not be curb to curb, it will only be restoration of what they tore up
while replacing sewer and water lines. Dan talks about the grant that the Borough is applying for again for King
Street for new drainage as well as full paving and if the Borough could get that it would be completely done and
fixed right next year but if the Borough does not get that then the Borough will have to fix whatever is left after Greenland is done with their portion in sections each year as there will not be enough money to do it all at once.
Dan also explains that the Borough requested months ago for King Street to be the first street to be repaired but
the construction crew did not do that, he said they do not have control over their schedule but they did request that.
John that lives up Barden Brook and travels King Street everyday asked if it’s only going to be partially patched and
if it will be smooth and if it’s going to look like Edson Street. Jeff said yes it will. John talked about his wife and
people with other injuries or being handicapped, etc. trying to use this road and how long it has been in this bad of
shape being so rough. Jeff and Council said they understand the concerns and know how bad it is and that there have been several delays to the project that have contributed to this and it originally should have been done earlier. As
of right now everything should be done in August. Ernie would like to say that he was very concerned about Bennett Street and how bad it was and felt they should have paved the whole thing but now that it's done he has to say they
did a very good job and he’s very happy with the way it turned out. Dan talked about the new plant and the new pump stations and said you always expect there to be some issues and bugs to work out with any kind of new system at first however the bugs and issues with this new system is beyond extreme and at this point completely unacceptable. He
said we are paying contractors to put this stuff in and then paying contractors to come back and fix stuff that isn’t working and then paying Kevin overtime to constantly run here and there to try and keep up with everything that’s
not working on top of these projects have ended up costing way more than they were ever supposed to and the bottom line is the Borough can not afford this and it better get figured out and taken care of. Dan said he will not be signing anymore checks after tonight until things are fixed and running properly. Jeff said he understands but he does want to clear up one thing the contractors are not getting paid twice, he said that comes out of the hold back money the
Borough doesn’t pay them again to come back. He said however he does understand that Kevin has been working a
lot of overtime to try and keep up with everything and that is not ok and has to stop and Kevin is going to end up
getting burnt out. Jeff said the PennDot project that is going to be done this year from Keating Twp. To where
Greenland stopped paving on Main Street which is just before Mechanic Street the Borough will need to provide manhole risers if needed. This project is supposed to start in August
Dan goes over the engineer’s service agreement supplement #2
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $313,466.87, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#21 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $313,466.87, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#21 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $22,149.78, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $122,186.08, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#14 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $122,186.08, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING TOM KELLOGG AS OF JUNE 3, 2025 AS A SEASONAL, TEMPORARY, PART TIME EMPLOYEE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WITH A 90 PROBATION PERIOD, AIF
Dan explained that Andrea the Borough solicitor had some personal issues and has been out of the office so the
property maintenance issue on the agenda will be moved to the next meeting
Council would like to thank everyone that helped with getting the Veteran Banners up, Liberty Township for their
bucket truck, Eldred Township & Ceres Township for all their help. Melissa Cummings said that she would like to
offer to help with them anytime they need help with taking them down or putting them up
Council talked about 23 Park Ave. and all the water issues that have been in this area over the years and need to be
fixed, this was also talked about at last month’s meeting as well as a repair that needs to be made on Central Street
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE PIPE AND CATCH BASINS FOR PARK AVE AND CENTRAL STREET, AIF
Dan talks about the outdoor lights at the new plant that were brought up at last month’s meeting that need to be
redirected to not shine directly into the main road as they are blinding people at night. Jeff gave Kevin the
information he needs to change these lights and they will be taken care of
Dan talks about the garbage pickup in the Borough and that it’s supposed to be only 4 bags per household each
week not 10 or 12 or 15 and not furniture or a bunch of other household items you want to get rid of that kind of
stuff is for spring clean up days. He said the garbage company has always been really good about picking up pretty
much everything but it has gotten to the point that some people are really taking advantage of them and they are
going to stop picking up all the extra stuff if it doesn’t stop
Dan said the Water Authority has asked for Tim Raught to be appointed to the Water Authority Board
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT TIM RAUGHT TO THE WATER AUTHORITY BOARD,
AIF
Dan talks about the vandalism that has taken place at the park bathrooms. Mary talks about changing the way it’s
done and someone coming into the office and getting a key and registering for the bathrooms and the pavilion to
rent it. She talks about things being left there, not being cleaned up or being left unlocked. She doesn’t feel there’s enough control over it. Mary asked about the porta john that is there right now but nobody knows who had it ordered
to be put there. Mary is going to contact another town to see about getting a copy of a form that they use when they
rent out their pavilion/park. Council talked about cameras and signs they also talked about the fact that this is not the
first time this has happened. Even when there was a town cop this still happened. They talked about if the bathrooms should remain locked unless there is an event at the park or if they should reopen them and how to keep paying for
these repairs if it keeps happening
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CHARGING AN ADDITIONAL $50 REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT WHEN RENTING THE PAVILION WHICH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE RENTER AFTER FINAL INSPECTION OF THE PAVILION AND RESTROOMS AND THERE IS NO DAMAGE REPORTED. THE RESTROOMS WILL REMAIN LOCKED UNLESS RENTED, AIF
Melissa Cummings from Barden Brook is very frustrated with King Street and the damage she has had to her car.
She appreciates Kevin patching and understands the work being done and understands money but something more
needs to be done. She said the big trucks such as dump trucks and log trucks are ruining the road, Amy Todds house
is beautiful but it’s not rights that she has a ground water drain that runs right out into the road where there is no
storm drain and in the winter that freezes and makes a dangerous mess there for everyone else. She said she has
tried to go other ways as well but some of those roads are just as bad. She said she understand budgets and she understands what their trying to do with this project and that it’s going to make some things better but some things
it’s making worse. She talks about them filling some of the big holes with gravel and then that gravel comes out all
over the road and makes it even worse. She’s worried about how bad the center part of the street is and the fact that
their not going to pave that. Council said once all the work is done it will be looked at again to see what kind of
shape it’s in at that point but right now we don’t know until they are done with repairs and the repairs will be done
before winter weather
Dan goes over the County Hazard Mitigation Plan Resolution #03-2025
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ELDRED BOROUGH RESOLUTION #03-2025 FOR THE MCKEAN COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:12PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JULY 21,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MAY 19, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
MAY 19, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan lets everyone know that Jeff’s not here tonight and he asks everyone to look over the engineer’s report and
asks if anyone has any questions. Nobody had any questions
Dan goes over the Engineering Service Agreement Supplement #1. Lainie asked why it increased? Dan & Pat
said because of the extra time that wasn’t allotted for
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE ENGINEERING SERVICE AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT #1,
AIF
Dan went over the resolution to apply for the new Watershed Restoration Grant and explained that the $20,000
from the county grant will be used towards the match for this grant
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLITION 02-2025 FOR THE WATERSHED RESTORATION GRANT, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $793,795.07, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#20 IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 793,795.07, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#20 IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,750.90, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $49,882.45, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#13 IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,882.45, AIF
Dan said the plant is up and running and they are trying to work out the bugs and that there have been some issues
with the plant and the pump stations. He said the Barden Brook pump station already had to have an emergency
pump out and that once everything is running smoothly that is something that will probably need to be done yearly. Kevin said he has a quote from T.G. Pipe Services for this for $2700. He said the night he had to have the
emergency pump done that had a $500 emergency call change on it
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE QUOTE AND USE T.G. PIPE SERVICE FOR
PUMPING OUT THE PUMP STATIONS AT $2700, AIF
Dan said that Steph has talked to the necessary people for approval of the community garden beds and everything
has been approved. Pat asked Steph who she had talked to and she said Dep, Army Corp, PA Dot and also the
school. Steph also said again there can not be any kind of excavation done to the ground and there can not be any permanent fixtures placed only the removeable raised garden beds and no permanent watering systems only water
hoses and it is approved for a total of 10-12 4’x8’ beds.
Dan talks about the banners and needing help with putting them up and taking them down. He explains that the
Borough only has Kevin and Amy and no equipment so they have to barrow equipment from another municipality
in order to do the work and depend on the help of other municipalities as well and it’s hard when everyone is busy
with their own town projects. Dan explained that Kevin was able to get the bucket truck from Liberty but Amy had something come up and had to leave work today so that only left Kevin here by himself. He said Steph reached out
to Al at the Legion to see if maybe there were any volunteers from there that were able to help Kevin with the
banners but we have not heard back. He said we all understand that everyone that everyone gets busy and has a
lot going on but there has to be some kind of volunteer help with this each year
Dan introduces Mark Shuey and explained to everyone that he would like to land a helicopter over at the park
next
to the Elementary School on the last day of school to pick up his son who is a senior and take him to the High
School for his last day of school
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE MARK SHUEY TO LAND HIS HELICOPTER AT THE
RON HOUBEN PARK NEXT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON MAY 30,2025 TO PICK HIS SON
UP FOR THE LAST DAY FO SCHOOL AND FLY HIM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, AIF
Dan talks about the property maintenance ordinance and splitting it off from code enforcement. They talk about
the differences between actual code enforcement verses property maintenance and that code enforcement is more
for inspections and building and things like that and property maintenance is more for lawns, garbage, upkeep, etc.
He said they had talked to Andrea and she had suggested they should possibly be separated and rewritten. He also
talked about Steph being contacted by a resident Dawn Windsor possibly being interested in being the code enforcement/property maintenance officer for the Borough. Steph said she was unable to be here tonight as she was
in the hospital. Council talked about the possibility of having a resident in this position rather than a Council member
and decided to table this until the next meeting in hopes that Miss Windsor could attend the June meeting. Council
does however think it’s a good idea to have Andrea rewrite and split out the ordinances
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE TO HAVE ANDREA STAPLEFORD THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR SPLIT OUT AND REWRITE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE/CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE FOR THE BOROUGH, AIF
Mary asked if there are letters going out yet for lawn mowing and Dan said yes and no with the weather. Mary
said she would like a letter sent to 42 Elm Street she said that yard has not been taken care of for the last 2 years.
Dan said ok
Council would like to remind everyone to not blow your grass into the streets when mowing, not only is it illegal to
do this but it also plugs up the storm drains
Dan goes over the #4 levee reimbursement
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE #4 LEVEE REIMBURSEMENT, AIF
Dan talks about all the testing and the start up with the new plant and the issues and trying to help Amy and the fact
that Kevin is now like 50-60 hours per week trying to keep up with everything and this has been going on for a while.
He said things are starting to get behind and not done on time and pushed aside and they need to get some extra
help at least part time temporarily through the summer. He said they looked into it and they are not required to
advertise it and they can’t hire just anyone, they need someone that has some experience and is really able to help
Kevin and Amy. He said Kevin has not had a day off in over two months. Dan said maybe one of them knows
someone that is qualified and has experience and would really be able to help them. Pat said being it’s only part time
and not a permanent position he doesn’t have a problem with it. Ernie asked if there would be a maximum number of hours, Dan said not exactly. Ernie asked if it would be minimum wage, Dan said no your going to have to pay them
to get someone with any kind of experience. Kevin said he doesn’t need just a body he needs real help. Pat said
someone to help Amy when he can’t. Dan asked everyone to think about someone they might know
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING SOMEONE PART TIME TEMPORARY ON CALL
FOR SUMMER HELP IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AIF
Ernie asked for a job description and Lainie said general maintenance. They said Amy is not leaving or anything
like that this is just extra help for her and Kevin. They said someone with the basics of general labor with ambition.
Ernie asked about possibly checking with the vo-tech school.
Lainie brought up that someone has complained about the lights at the new sewer plant shining in people’s eyes
when coming around the curve on the main road at night making it very hard to see. These are the outside lights,
can they be adjusted
Jeff & Robin Wilson have a water problem with their driveway and they had a swale at the end of their driveway to
help with this but Greenland destroyed it and it needs to be fixed. They would also like to know about having a
catch basin put in on that side of the road. They said they have spent around $10,000 over the years trying to
correct this water problem and not had much luck. They live at 23 Park Ave. They said there is no ditch or catch
basin on their side of the road at all. Council said they will see what they can do
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:52PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JUNE 16,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR APRIL 14, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
APRIL 14, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over his engineer report and talks about possibly applying for the watershed levee grant that has a
maximum grant amount of $300,000 and requires a 15% match. He said their cost would be approx. $4,000 to
apply for the grant and that it’s due by May 31st. He has a breakdown of how much the match would be depending
on how much they would like to request on the second page. He said the new plant is now up and running and is
now about 94% complete. Substantial completion of the project is expected in the next couple of weeks. Blacktop
plants are expected to be open in mid May for the collection system project and for the paving work to begin. He
said there is going to be more out of pocket cost coming for this project and that there are still several months of
work for this project. Jeff said the Multimodal grant that the Borough had applied for this year for King Street that
they didn’t get would be due again for next year by July if they wanted to apply again. If they do the cost this time
would be $1500. Jeff talked a little about the 2026 Main Street project and the meeting they had with PA Dot on
the 26th and that there had been some revisions made. Dan & the rest of Council talked about some of the money
that has not been reimbursed by PennVest throughout this project that in the beginning they were told would be.
It started with $52,000 from study work in the beginning that was not reimbursed and has now turned into more
than that and there is now even more to be expected to come
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF: $90,740.43, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME1454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#19 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $90,740.43, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, LAINE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#19 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $54,228.91, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $22,410.89, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT
REQUISITION #12 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $22,410.89, AIF
Jeff said there will be a full walk through before the plant is excepted and there is a full one year warranty from
that point
Dan reminded everyone that Spring Cleanup is May 5th and the Yard sale Days are May 17th
Dan, Jeff, Stephanie and Billy talked about the levee and the grants available. Jeff explains some of the issues
with the rip rap, silt, erosion, vegetation, etc. and he talks about the Watershed Restoration grant and that it would
cost approx.. $4,000 to apply for this grant. Funds for this grant go up to $300,000 and the match is 15%. Stephanie explains that herself and Kevin however worked with the McKean County Conservation District on a different
smaller grant for the levee to help with some of the rip rap replacement and the Borough was awarded $20,000 from them for this and the Borough can use this $20,000 towards the Watershed grant 15% match. Council had more talk about some of the things that need to be done and this other grant being a huge help towards that match
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR $150,000 LEVEE WATERSHED
RESTORATION GRANT AND HAVING STIFFLER AND MCGRAW WRITE IT, AIF
Dan talked about the King Street grant and reapplying and that it would cost about $1500 this time to apply again.
Mary asked about it being paved. Jeff said it will be paved where the new lines were put in but not the whole road.
She said it’s awful and Bennett Street is too
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE REAPPLYING FOR THE KING STREET GRANT, AIF
Council thanked the Fire Departments for all their help with burning the levee and said it saves the Borough between
$5,000-$6,000 not having to rent a boom mower
Dan asked Sandy Lasher about the community garden that they came to talk about. She said they would like to do something that would benefit the entire community including the school for educational purposes, the residents of
eldred and even the seniors from the senior center. They have talked to the FFA program at the school to help with building the raised garden bed boxes and would like to share the grown food with the community. They would like
to use the Borough property between the Borough building and the Elementary School to place the garden boxes.
This area would be easily accessible for everyone to get to the gardens. They talked about maybe planting cold
season crops through the winter and other crops in the spring. Council talked about the fact that the tunnel is under
this strip of land and that they would need to make sure there are no stipulations against something like this with
DEP or Army Corp. Council said they will get answers about this and if they can come back next month they will
have an answer for them. They thanked Council
Dan let everyone know the Museum is holding A Night At The Museum on April 26th from 6pm-9pm
Dan goes over the levee reimbursement for $35,908.46
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE LEVEE REIMBURSEMENT #3 IN THE AMOUNT
OF 435,908.46, AIF
Council talked about needing a new garage door for outback in the shop and how bad of shape it’s in
MOTION ERNIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING A NEW GARAGE DOOR FOR THE
SHOP, AIF
The control module that was purchased for the plant is no longer needed and will be sent back
The ordinance about feral cats was brought up and Council said they had done away with that ordinance because
with that ordinance No Feline Left Behind was not able to come into the Borough and catch these cats in order to
fix them so they can stop reproducing. It was explained that yes they do still get dropped back off here in
Eldred but at least they are not able to keep reproducing
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:54PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MAY 19,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MARCH 17, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
MARCH 17, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan has Jeff go over his engineer’s update. Levee reaccreditation work is still in progress and the inspection of
the levee by DEP and Army Corp. is now going to be every year instead of every other year and will alternate
between the two companies. Jeff said they were requested to look into the Watershed Restoration & Protection
Program Grant for some of the levee work that needs to be done (Rip Rap, Sediment, Erosion, Etc.) per DEP and
Army Corp. Jeff said this grant will have a 15% match and their fee to write it would be approx.. $4,000. He said
they can think about it and make a decision at the next meeting. The next quarterly update for DEP for the plant is
due in April. The new plant is 92% complete and some startups have started. He talks about two change orders for
Lobar one for the air barrier wall protection that needs to be done for code inspection and one for winter work due
to delays, tanks freezing, utility bills, etc. Collection system restoration work has started and they will be here
working for the next couple of months. There will be an amendment next month for continuing project costs that
will be unreimbursed by Pennvest due to having no remaining budget. Jeff does not have those numbers yet but it
will be out of pocket money. The Borough was recently notified that they were not awarded the grant for King Street. Jeff said they can resubmit for next year if they would like to and the cost would be around $1,500. The Chapter 94 report has been submitted. There will be a meeting with PA Dot on the 26th about the Main Street project. There was more talk about what Greenland will be responsible to fix on Main Street.
Pastor Jim talks with Jeff about the sewer line from the Church to the main line and what they will be required to
replace. He said he believes it is the old tile pipe and it goes underneath the parking lot. They intend to resurface the parking lot so if they are going to be required to replace this pipe they just would like to do it prior to repairing the parking lot. Kevin said he could camera everything for them and that they would need to use 6” pipe. Pastor Jim
thanked them
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $316,213.51, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #18
IN THE AMOUNT OF $316,213.51, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#18 IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,121.28, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS NUMBERS 11 AND 12 TO LOBAR,
AIF
Lainie asked if Greenland would at least make the roads in town a little smoother even though they wouldn’t be
paving curb to curb and Jeff said yes. He said he drove around town tonight and he agrees that they are very bad
and said they will do as much as they can
Dan let’s everyone know Kevin is very busy right now with the new plant start ups
The parks grant that was applied for is not going to come through this year as they have not gotten enough funding
but the Borough has stayed on the list for next year
Dan reminded everyone that Lisa & Lainie are doing the Easter Egg Hunt over at the park on April 19th
Just another reminder that the Borough and Fire Department are hoping to burn the levee off either this weekend or
next weather permitting
Spring Cleanup is setup with Otto Township for May 5th
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE SPRING CLEANUP TO BE MAY 5TH 2025 AND THE FEE
WILL BE 45.00 PER HOUSEHOLD, AIF
Dan let everyone know that Mo Raught will be holding this years garage sale days on May 17th and there are vendor forms available here at the Borough office
Marlin Hagg asked about the Dog Ordinance and someone not cleaning up their yard after their dog. He said this is
a situation where it gets into the neighbors yards sometimes but is also very deep and nasty in the owners yard because
it is never cleaned up. Council talked about this and agreed that maybe try a friendly conversation with the neighbor
first and if it’s still not cleaned up the Borough could send a letter
Myrna asked about the tile pipe at their house and if they will eventually be required to have it replaced. Council said
yes eventually they will be required to and Kevin said it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get it taken care of soon if they are able to. Kevin said if they would let him know when they are going to do it he would like to put in an inspection port there
Lainie asked if there was anyone the Borough could call about a line that Penelec has left lay on the ground at the
trailer park and that it is a live wire. She said it has been there for a while now and there are kids that play out there
and there will be even more as the weather gets warmer. Stephanie said she would call them
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:42PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 14,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
FEBRUARY 17, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNIE PERRY, BILLY BAIR AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION ERNIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan let everyone know that Jeff was not able to be here tonight. He said the project substantial completion
inspection was held on February 4th, close out items and surface restoration will be later this spring. There is
no official engineer report this month
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS’PAY REQUESTS IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $337,326.26, AIF
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#17 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $337,326.26, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#17 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $33,440.35, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY
REQUEST #10 IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $129,905.58, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#11 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $129,905.58, AIF
MOTION BILLY, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#12 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $5,626.90, AIF
Council talks a little about the project completion meeting for the collection system on the 4th. Billy asked when
they are done being paid and Dan said he wasn’t exactly sure. They talked about some of the things that are left to
do in the spring such as yards, roads, driveways, etc. Dan said there is nothing new to report at the plant right now
other than Kevin has been there a couple days per week for training on different things. They talked about the new
pump stations and some things that need to be done with the alarms. They talked about the old plant and the new
pump station going in there as well as the new sewer line going in there.
Dan let everyone know that there are several people behind again on their sewer and garbage bills and that new
collection letters will be going out this week
Dan addressed Mr. Houben from 1 Bennett Street and explained to him that Council has talked with the Engineers,
the Contractors and the Borough Solicitor and that the Solicitors recommendation is for the Borough to not get
involved. She does not feel that the issues at 1 Bennett Street were created from the sewer work that was done and
she does not feel that any of it is the Borough’s responsibility. Mr. Houben is upset and feels that his issues were
caused by the contractors pulling out a tree/bush and crushing a line when they replaced a sewer line. Billy told Mr. Houben he would talk with him more later about it. Mr. Houben said if the Borough wasn’t going to do anything
about it then he needs to contact a lawyer
Lisa talked about the Easter Egg hunt and that they need a little more money towards the purchase of the supplies,
eggs, candy, prizes, snacks, drinks, etc.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE AND ADDITIONAL $150.00 TOWARDS THE 2025
ELDRED BOROUGH EASTER EGG HUNT, AIF
Council talked about the Memorial Day parade and if everyone still wanted to participate in that this year
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE COUNCIL WALKING IN THE 2025 MEMORIAL DAY
PARADE AND TO PURCHASE UP TO $200 IN CANDY FOR THE PARADE, AIF
Jeremy Prescott asked about the roads and them being fixed. Council said there’s not much anyone can do about
them right now with the cold and weather the way it has been this winter. Jeremy asked about the contractors
bonding the roads. Council said they don’t know about actual bonding that may be a question for the engineers
but that the contractors are required to come back in the spring and repair all areas of roads that they tore up while working. Jeremy asked if things have been documented and Council said yes. Stephanie said it will not be new
paving curb to curb though it will only be repairing what was damaged. Jeremy asked about Main Street and the
state and Council said yes Main Street is supposed to be done as well however that’s on PennDOT’s schedule as
of right now for 2026. Jeremy asked why the main line wasn’t moved out of Main Street and Billy said mainly
because of cost. They talked about the overall cost of the projects as well as loan money/grant money and the requirements of DEP
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:24PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MARCH 17,2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 20, 2025
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
JANUARY 20, 2025 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, ERNEST PERRY, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART
AND PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineer’s report since Jeff is not able to be here tonight. The Geotech field drilling work for
the levee has been completed. The formal amendment of the DEP CO&A order including the resolution are
included in tonight’s paperwork to be signed. This will extend the consent order until May of 2025. Collection
system project work is expected to be completed by the end of the month, not including surface restoration and
repairs. The new treatment plant is approximately 88% complete. They are continuing various new equipment
startups and expecting a total plant commissioning during March of 2025. Billy asked about driveways being
resealed and Kevin said yes when they come back in the spring
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $345,787.75, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT
REQUISITION #16 IN THE AMOUNT OF $345,787.75, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#16 IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,062.70, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY
REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $121,390.33, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#10 IN THE AMOUNT OF $121,390.33, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT
REQUISITION #10 IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,400.05, AIF
Kevin said some of the new plant testing depends on the weather right now
Dan talks about 39 Edson Street and introduces Mr. Gheen the owner of the property. This property has been
inactive in the Borough system for sewer and garbage due to the home being empty and some issues with the
water and sewer. The office had a call from a lady inquiring about starting garbage service as this address. The
office found out that there is a tenant now living in the home and that water service was on there. Council had
discussion about this and restarting their sewer and garbage services
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE STARTING SEWER AND GARBAGE CHARGES TO
39 EDSON STREET AS OF JANUARY 1, 2025, AIF
Mr. Houben wanted to talk to Council about the issues he’s having with water in his basement since the sewer
line was replaced next to his house. He thinks they may have pulled out his drain line when they did this. He
said he has put a lot of work and money into repairing his heater that the water ruined and that he still has other
damages as well to his hot water tank as well as some other things. He said Kevin told him his line is about 4 feet
deep and he said if someone could dig that up for him then he could repair it. He also would like to know about
the things that he had ruined. Pat said they would need to talk to Jeff the engineers first before they could do
anything and they would do that tomorrow and get back with him
Dan went over the levee reimbursement to be submitted
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE SECOND LEVEE REIMBURSEMENT, AIF
Council talked about Amy that works with Kevin and that last January they made her full time temporary and
that they now need to decide about making her full-time permanent and that she has already been here a year and
a half. If they make her full-time permanent, she can then join the pension as well as health insurance and
vacation time
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE MAKING AMY FAIR PERMANENT FULL TIME AND
USING HER ORIGINAL START DATE FOR HER PENSION AS WELL AS VACATION AND
HEALTH INSURANCE, AIF
Dan let everyone know that April’s meeting falls on Easter Monday and Steph will not be here, he asked what
day they would like to change the meeting to. They also talked about Lainie & Lisa doing a town Easter egg
hunt at the park this year. They would like to do the egg hunt on Saturday April 19th and would like enough
money to purchase the prefilled eggs, prizes and some kind of snack & drinks for the kids
MOTION PAT, ERNIE 2ND TO APPROVE AN EASTER EGG HUNT AT THE PARK ON SATURDAY
APRIL 19TH AS WELL AS $350 TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THE SUPPLIES AND TO CHANGE
THE APRIL MONTHLY MEETING TO MONDAY APRIL 14TH, AIF
Dan goes over the modified DEP COA for the time extension to now be May 30, 2025
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE MODIFIED DEP COA, AIF
Dan goes over the resolution for the DE COA
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 01-2025 FOR THE DEP
COA, AIF
Lainie asked about the Memorial Day Parade and if everyone wanted to walk in it again this year, everyone
said yes
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:38PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 17, 2025 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 16, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON DECEMBER 16, 2024 @ 6:00 PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, LAINIE KEPHART AND PATRICK WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2 ND TO APPROVE THE ANGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2 ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
jeff goes over his engineer update. DEP has approved the extension for the corrective action plan. A formal amendment by resolution will still be needed in January or February. The collection system is about 75% complete, however there is still a lot of cleanup and repair work to be done in the spring. There are now some startups taking place at the new plant as well as the pump stations and everything is on target for completion dates, 1 or 2 days per week moving forward Kevin will need to be at the new plant for most of the day to learn the new system. Greenland will be off from Friday December 20th — Thursday December 26th, they will resume work on Friday December 27th — Monday December 30th.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $395,828.76, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #15 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $395,828.76, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION IN THE AMOUNT OF: $28,544.67, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF: $227,653.93, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #9 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $227,653.93, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #9 IN THE AMOUNT OF: $19,691.25, AIF
Dan goes over the new 2025 property tax ordinance and that the new rate for 2025 will be going from
9.5 mills to 10.25 mills
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2025 BOROUGH PROPERTY TAX ORDINANCE TO RAISE TAXES FROM 9.5 MILLS TO 10.25 MILS, AIF
Dan goes over the 2025 budget
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2025 ELDRED BOROUGH BUDGET, AIF
Council would like to thank Liberty Township, Eldred Township, Ceres Township, Annin Township and Otto Township for all their help with putting up the Christmas decorations and Terry Norton for fixing the lights. They would also like to thank the Eldred Borough and Eldred Township Firehall for all their help with the traffic control for the SxS Christmas parade
Dan reads Joe Bakers resignation and they talk about filling the open seat. Dan said they need to accept Joe's resignation first and then can go to nominations for the open seat. Dan explains
that they have 
talked with PSAB on how to handle the nomination, voting and appointment to that seat. He said a 
current council member will need to nominate a person for the seat and that nominee will need 3 votes in order to be appointed to the open seat. If the nominee
doesn’t get 3 council votes then it will move to a new person to be nominated. It doesn't go through every person interested it only goes until a nominated person gets 3 votes. Dan asked if
everyone understood how it works or if anyone had any questions about how it works and nobody had any questions
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ACCEPTING JOE BAKERS RESIGNATION FROM COUNCIL, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES MR. ERNEST PERRY FOR COUNCIL, PAT VOTES NO, LAINIE VOTES NO, DAN VOTES YES, THE NOMINATION IS TIED AND GOES TO ANDREW LATHROP THE MAYOR TO BREAK THE TIE, MAYOR VOTES YES
Dan welcomes Mr. Perry to council and the Mayor Andrew Lathrop swears Mr. Perry in
Shannon Brown asked Mr. Perry where he's from and he said he lives on Elm Street and he used to be the pastor at the United Methodist Church in Eldred and that he now has two churches in Bradford
Dan let's everyone know that they now need to do the 2025 appointments. Pat asked why that was being done in December instead of January and Dan explained because 2025 is an odd year there is no reorganization meeting so the first meeting in January wouldn't be until January 20th. Reorganization meetings are held every even year for the Borough
BILLY NOMINATES DAN FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PAT VOTES NO, LAINIE VOTES YES, MR. PERRY VOTES YES
PAT NOMINATES LAINIE FOR COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, BILLY VOTES NO, MR. PERRY VOTES NO, DAN VOTES NO
LAINIE NOMINATES PAT FOR COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, MR. PERRY VOTES NO, BILLY VOTES NO, DAN VOTES NO
MR. PERRY NOMINATES BILLY FOR COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, PAT VOTES NO, LANIE VOTES YES, DAN VOTES YES
BILLY NOMINATES PAT FOR PRO TEMP, AIF
LAINIE NOMINATES PAT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AIF
PAT NOMINATES STEPHANIE FOR SECRETARY, AIF
LAINIE NOMINATES LISA FOR TREASURER, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT SUE FOWLER TO THE VACANCY BOARD CHAIR, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT MEGHAN JOHNSON AS THE ELDRED BOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT BOB WINDSOR TO THE WATER AUTHORITY BOARD, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPOINT PHIL LABELLA TO THE PARK COMMISSION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT ANDREA STAPLEFORD AS THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT STIFFLER & MCGRAW AS THE BOROUGH ENGINEERS, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT BUFFAMANTE WHIPPLE BUTTAFARO AS THE BOROUGH AUDITORS, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT PSAB TO CONTINUE HANDLING THE BOROUGH PENSION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT KNA INSPECTIONS AND ERB INSPECTIONS AS THE BOROUGH BUILDING INSPECTORS, AIF
Dylan would like council to consider allowing him to let the three apartments above the coffee shop to dispose of their garbage in the coffee shop dumpster rather than paying extra for each to have individual garbage service. He said they have already allowed this for fox's
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE THREE APARTMENTS ABOVE THE COFFEE SHOP TO USE THE DUMPSTER FOR THEIR GARBAGE, AIF
Dylan asks why he's now being charged for two sewer charges for the coffee shop. Council said because he put in a second bathroom therefore it changes the charge to two sewer charges just as the rest of the businesses that have restaurant type seating. Dylan said he had to put in a handicap accessible restroom and if that is the case then he will pull the toilet out of the one and it won't be used so that he only has to pay one sewer charge
Dan explains that 67 King Street received an overdue bill from the Borough for garbage service. He said they called and said that they had left a message back around July that they were turning
off their garbage service because her husband was able to take their garbage to work with him to dispose of it. However they did not talk to Lisa or Steph to confirm this just that they had left
a message. This was 
around the same time the phones were changed from Verizon to Spectrum and there was no voicemail. Dan said if they had talked to Lisa or Steph it would have been
explained to them that there is an ordinance that you can't take your garbage out of the Borough to be disposed of and that you must use the contracted carrier for the Borough to have your
residential garbage picked up. She doesn't feel they should have to pay the $92 that is owed being they didn't have any garbage picked up. Council talked about this and the fact that they have no
way of knowing if there was garbage picked up there during 
that time either. Billy and Pat both think it would be a good idea to have an actual form filled out and on file if someone turns off their garbage or sewer, Dylan
agreed he would like the same thing for his records. The only time sewer can be shut off is if the water is shut off to a property and it's unoccupied, garbage can only be shut off if a residence
is unoccupied
MOTION PAT, LAINIE TO APPROVE A TURN ON AND OFF SHEET FOR SEWER AND GARBAGE AND FOR 67 KING TO PAY THE CHARGES FOR GARBAGE SERVICE DURING THE TIME THEY CLAIM THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PUT OUT BEING THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THIS, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDUALE FOR 2025 TO STAY THE SAME, MEETINGS WILL BE EVERY 3RD MONDAY AT 6PM, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AN EMPLOYEE CHRISTMAS BONUS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR $150 AFTER TAXES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A DONATION TO THE PORT ALLEGANY LIBRARY OF $250 SO THAT ELDRED BOROUGH RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE LIBRARY AND NOT BE CHARGED A FEE FOR THOSE SERVICES, AIF
Dan gives a reminder about talking to the Fire Department about burning the levee in the early spring. He just wants to keep this in everyone's minds and to have a plan early because it saves the Borough thousands of dollars
Dan lets everyone know that Steph and Lisa will be on vacation from 12/23 — 1/1 for Christmas and New Years and the office will be closed the same as the last few years. He said the girls will
still come check the 
drop box every few days and make deposits if necessary and of course would come in if there was any kind of emergency
Garbage pickup for both Holiday weeks will be on Friday instead of the normal Wednesday
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:51 PM, AIF
Next Meeting January 20, 2025 @ 6:00pm
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough secretary
MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 @ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART, PAT WALKER,
BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan let’s everyone know Otto is raising their garbage rate by $1.50 per month
Jeff goes over the engineer’s report, the levee Geotech field drilling work took place over the last two weeks.
The sewer consent order originally expired in June of 2024 and was extended to December of 2024 and has
now been extended to May of 2025. Jeff said it will definitely take some time for the new plant to be up and
running and things to be going smoothly. Dan asked about the collection system and lawns being repaired.
Jeff said the spring of 2025 for the remaining cleanup and repairs to take place. He said both projects are about
85% complete right now. The construction crews will be off for approx. 2 weeks for the holidays. They talked
about Park Ave. and King Street and the shape they are both in after this project. Jeff said they can only get
cold patch this time of year to make temporary repairs and that they are going to be bad through the winter but
that more permanent repairs will be made in the spring.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #2024-06 FOR UPDATED PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE LOBAR CHANGE ORDER NO. 7, 8, 9 AND 10, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE ESHENAUR CHANGE ORDER NO. 1, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $904,555.26, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#14 IN THE AMOUNT OF $904,555.26, AIF
MOTION JOE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#14 IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,258.86, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE GREENLAND CHANGE ORDER #2 IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $0.00, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY
REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $394,043.72, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $394,043.72, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT
REQUISITION #8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,157.82, AIF
Just a reminder for everyone that the side-by-side Christmas parade will be Friday December 13th at 7pm
Dan goes over the proposed tax ordinance to raise property taxes from 9.5 mills to 10.25 mills for 2025
MOTION JOE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED TAX ORDINANCE # 2024-01 TO
RAISE PROPERTY TAX RATES FROM 9.5 MILLS TO 10.25 MILLS FOR THE 2025 YEAR, AIF
Dan goes over the proposed 2025 budget and the council has some talk about it
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET, AIF
Dan goes over the new sewer rate resolution and said that sewer rates will be going up to $62.00 per month
and that this is mandated by Pennvest. He also explains that everyone will be receiving coupon sheets this
year instead of coupon books. Payments will work the same was they have been simply cut out the coupon
for the month your paying and send in with your payment. Sewer & garbage payments still need to be paid
separately, the state will no longer allow combined payments for sewer and garbage
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #2024-05 FOR SEWER RATES FOR
2025, AIF
Dan talks about them repairing/replacing the line at the property next to the office and that it can be added to
the project and would cost less than $7,000. He said nobody realized it was there previously but it really
needs to be done and now would be the time to do it
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ADDING 1 BENNETT STREET SEWER LINE WORK
TO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, AIF
Lisa talks about everything being set up now for people to be able to pay online if they would like to. She
explained there is no fee to the Borough for this service but that the merchant does charge fees to the customer
when they make a payment and that the fees are based on how much money a person is paying. Pat & Lainie
would like the online bill pay option to be put on the letters that will go out with the payment coupons at the
end of the year
Dan talks about the new plant and the testing/training that will need to be done and that is going to require
Kevin to be there more for the first several months. Kevin said this will start next month. They also talked
about Billy maybe taking on some weekends at the plant to give Kevin more of a break. They also talk about
some extra help for Kevin during this time.
Dan talks about the brush pile running out of room and that there have been some non resident people using it,
one of which had N.Y. plates and dumped a whole trailer load of stuff. Billy said he wished there was a way
to block it off so it could only be used at certain times. Mrs. Chase said she uses it and doesn’t want to see it
go away or she will have no place to take her brush and lawn clippings. Council talked about when they used
to burn it but residents would complain about the smoke from it
Council talked about the banners on Main Street and that the only time Kevin can get the bucket truck from
Liberty is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Dan said it is most likely going to interfere with Kevin &
Amy’s holiday weekend and it’s going to mean paying them overtime pay to get the banners all taken down
for the winter. Council talked about the fact that it’s going to cost money no matter how you look at it to take
the banners down and to put them up and that it makes it a lot harder not having their own equipment to do this.
Dan talks about the possibility of contracting it out to someone that may have that kind of equipment and willing
to do that job. They talked about the fact that they will need to be put back up at least the week before Memorial
Day and that they need to be taken down every winter to be cleaned and to prevent them from blowing down in
the winter months
Dan let everyone know that Santa will be at the pavilion on December 8th from 10-5
Dan talks about Shannon Brown resigning from the Borough tax collector position and that Meghan Jenerette
is interested in the position
MOTION JOE, LAINIE TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT SHANNON BROWN’S RESIGNATION
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST 2024, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO NOMINATE AND APPOINT MEGHAN JENERETTE AS THE
BOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025. AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:53PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – DECEMBER 16, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 21, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
OCTOBER 21, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART, PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan briefly goes over the engineers report. Levee work is in progress and Geotech field drilling is expected
this week. The collection system project is still somewhat behind schedule
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,113,943.04, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#13 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,113,943.04, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#13 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,677.47, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $904,984.57, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $904,984.57, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $0.00, AIF
Dan lets everyone know the dump truck sold to the high bidder out of Michigan for $15,100
Dan talks about the Borough mowing for next season and the fact that Kevin will still be very busy with the
projects finishing up, learning the new sewer plant, the King Street project, the park project, etc. Pat said he
thinks they should continue to have Mike & Deb mow another year like they have been
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE MIKE GREEN AND DEB KELLY TO CONTINUE TO
DO THE BOROUGH PROPERTY MOWING FOR THE 2025 SEASON, AIF
Dan talks about the Main Street lights that shine on the Veteran banners and Christmas decorations and the
quote to repair them to working order from Terry Norton. Terry’s quote is $500 plus the cost of any sockets
that need to be replaced
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE TERRY NORTON TO DO THE REPAIRS ON THE
MAIN STREET LIGHTS, AIF
Council talks about the auditors to do the single Pennvest required audit and the regular annual audit.
Buffamante Whipple & Buttafaro are the only auditors that were willing to do these audits. The annual audit
will cost between $10-11,000 and the required Pennvest single audit will cost around $20,000. Dan lets everyone
know Lisa called over two dozen auditors and these were the only ones willing to do it. Mary asked how long
this will need to be done and Council said until the projects are completed and all Pennvest money has gone
through the audits
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE BUFFAMANTE WHIPPLE & BUTTAFARO TO HANDLE
THE BOROUGH’S SINGLE AUDIT FOR PENNVEST, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE BUFFAMANTE WHIPPLE & BUTTAFARO TO HANDLE
THE BOROUGH’S ANNUAL AUDIT, AIF
Dan lets everyone know the millings are down on the alley road by the Borough building and would like to thank
all the surrounding Townships for all their help Eldred Township, Ceres Township and Annin Township
A Township resident attending the meeting asked if there is more work to be done on King Street and will they
fill in more of the holes where it has been torn up. Council said the construction crew will repair places there
are still holes
Council talked about the Barden Brook pump station and that the construction crew damaged the wet well when
they were putting it in and they have to replace it
Dan said Stephanie has the last County ARPA reimbursement for the parks ready. There is $6049.65 left to be reimbursed
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE LAST COUNTY ARPA REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE
PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $6049.65, AIF
Dan lets everyone know that Amy did the plant by herself a couple of weekends and did great and made the
right call with an issue that happened at the Shields station
Dan talks about how much the expenses have went up for the Borough in the last 5 years. They talk about the
possibility of raising taxes and that they have not raised them since 2020 but they need to do something to help
cover the expenses have went up in that time. Dan said expenses have went up approximately $30,000 in that time overall and that the only way to raise revenue is to raise property taxes. Dan said he feels they should consider
doing this now to stay ahead of things and that they can’t wait until there’s not enough money to cover things.
They talk about also needing to keep fixing things in town that were let go to long as well as trying to keep
employee wages competitive if they want to keep good people. They also talk about how much insurances have
went up as well as utilities. They talk about the Federal Covid money and that has been used and is now gone
and what King Street is going to cost to repair next year. Dan said 1 mill is just a little over $15,000 revenue
increase. Mary asked how much tax revenue actually comes in and Dan said it all comes in eventually. Joe
said he doesn’t see any way around it. They talked about rising it ¾ of a mill for 2025 and then maybe a little
more in 2026.They also talked about the project costs and still not knowing if there is going to end up being more expenses there that will not end up being reimbursed. They also talked more about employee raises and Pat said
he would be ok with a .50 cent raise for everyone. They talked about the fact that workers comp has went
way up.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE RAISING PROPERTY TAXES ¾ OF A MILL FOR 2025
MAKING THE NEW ELDRED BOROUGH TAX RATE 10.25 MILLS, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE ALL 4 EMPLOYEE’S A .50 CENT PER HOUR RAISE STARTING JANUARY 2025, AIF
Sandy talked about the sewer rates and that they went up last year and are going to again this year and is there
anything the Borough can do to control the water rates so that they don’t also go up again. It was explained that
the Borough doesn’t have any control over the Water Authority and that they are their own entity and separate
from the Borough. It was also explained that it’s possible that Pennvest could also be controlling their rates like
they are for the Borough with the sewer rates. Sandy said the last $10.00 hike the water did was a killer. She said
she would like if someone from the Borough could sit in on the water meetings
Dan goes over the authorization of ownership & address change form from McKean County. This form is to allow
the county to process ownership and address changes on behalf of the Borough and report it to the tax collector
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE MCKEAN COUNTY ASSESMENT OFFICE TO
PROCESS OWNERSHIP AND ADDRESS CHANGES ON BEHALF OF THE BOROUGHTO THE LOCAL TAX COLLECTOR, AIF
Council talked about changing the coupon books and trying to print coupons here in the office rather than ordering
them from a company to try and save some money on those
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CREATING AND PRINTING THE SEWER AND GARBAGE PAYMENT COUPONS IN THE OFFICE, AIF
Council talks about the discount options for sewer and garbage for 2025
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE GARBAGE RATE FOR 2025 TO STAY AT $21.00 PER
MONTH, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE SEWER RATE FOR 2025 TO INCREASE BY $7.00
PER MONTH AS REQUIRED BY PENNVEST FOR A TOTAL MONTHLY SEWER BILL OF $62.00
PER MONTH, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE OFFERING A $3.00 PER MONTH/ $36.00 PER YEAR
DISCOUNT ON GARBAGE ONLY IF PAID FOR THE ENTIRE 2025 YEAR NO LATER THAN
JANUARY 31, 2025, AIF
Dan talks about the information Lisa has gotten for residents to be able to pay their bill online. Lisa said there is
zero cost to the Borough and that any fees that are charged by the bill pay company would be paid by the customers.
Lisa said the Water Authority uses the same company. Mary asked if this was going to become mandatory for
everyone to pay this way and Council said no
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE SETTING UP THE ACCOUNTS FOR RESIDENTS TO BE
ABLE TO PAY THEIR SEWER AND GARBAGE BILLS ONLINE, AIF
Dan talks about code enforcement issues at 123 Main Street and the old building that is caving in. Council knows
the owner doesn’t have the money and anyone to help her get it torn down. Dan said Steph has made some phone
calls trying to find some way to help get it torn down but there’s not much the Borough can do if they don’t own
the property like at 96 Main Street. They talked about the possibility if the owner would sign it over to the Borough
and the Borough could go through the county to have it taken care of like they did with 96 Main. Dan said they don’t want to take this lady’s property from her they just want to find a way to help get it taken care of. They talked about
the possibility of giving her back the property afterwards. Mary asked what kind of precedence that would set to the
town and are they going to do that with others that can’t afford to do the work. They talked about if they continue to
send her letters and that eventually it will lead to court and fines that they know she already can’t afford to pay.
Council decided to table this and talk about it more at the next meeting
Council talked about the side by side Christmas parade and that they would like to do it again this year. They said
there were no problems with it last year and everyone seemed to enjoy it
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH SPONSORING THE SIDE BY SIDE CHRISTMAS PARADE ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2024, AIF
Council talked about the GIS mapping and the LSA Grant. The LSA Grant has no match but is not easy to get,
the Borough applied for it once before but did not get it. It would most likely cost between $3,00-$4,000 to have
the grant written and applied for. If the Borough has the engineers do all the work for the GIS mapping it would
cost somewhere in the area of $30,000. Kevin is able to enter the data himself it would just take longer for it to be
done. The cost to purchase the equipment is around $2,800 , Kevin already has some of this information from the
project being done and the rest he would just have to add over time as he goes
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE GIS MAPPING AND HAVE KEVIN
ADD THE DATA HIMSELF, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:06PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – NOVEMBER 18, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE BIGLEY,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over the engineers report, Geotech field work is expected in the next 2 months for the levee. The next
DEP quarterly update for the sewer will be due the end of October. The collection system project is currently approximately 5 weeks behind the contract completion date. Jeff & Dan talk about the possibility of extra
expenses because of this. The new treatment plant is expected to have some new plant equipment start up b
eginning around November 1st and total plant commissioning during February 2025. There needs to be a new
resolution done for the MTF grant. They talk about the LSA grant that has no match but has a ton of people
apply for it. They talk about possibly applying for the new GIS system.
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $651,579.96, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#12 IN THE AMOUNT OF $651,579.96, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#12 IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,644.01, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $342,018.97, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#6 IN THE AMOUNT OF $342,018.97, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#6 IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,954.86, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024-04 TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR THE
MTF GRANT, AIF
Matt Splain talked about the issues with the ballfield, fencing, dugouts and baselines. He said they have talked to
some people about repair work for these things. Steph talked about the grant for next year that has been applied
for to help with dugout repairs and also restroom repairs. Matt thinks it would cost around $6,000 for the dirt for
the infield plus labor for the work to be done. He thinks they could get some donations to help with this cost. They
had more talk of what needs to be done and that there needs to be regular maintenance done after each game.
Dan let everyone know that so far the dump truck has 3 bids on it and is currently at $7,100 and the bidding ends
on September 23rd.
Dan also let everyone know that Kevin was able to get some millings for the park road and that he would like to get
some more to repair the alley
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING MILLINGS TO REPAIR THE ALLEY, AIF
Council talks about the rebuilding of the Legion and them tying into the sewer system. They talked about how
many edu’s should be charged for the building that will have two restrooms as well as the sewer tap in fee and if
they should offer a discount for the Legion
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TWO EDU SEWER CHARGES FOR THE LEGION, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A SEWER TAP FEE FOR THE LEGION OF $1,500.00, AIF
Council talked about the required Pennvest single audit for the funding money for the two sewer projects. The
Borough also needs to have a new auditor for the normal annual audit. Lisa explains what this is going to cost to
have this done and that it was very hard to even find an auditor that was willing to do the single audit.
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE BUFFAMANTE, WHIPPLE & BUTTAFARO AS THE
BOROUGH AUDITOR FOR THE PENNVEST SINGLE AUDITS AS WELL AS THE BOROUGH
ANNUAL AUDITOR, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TRICK-OR-TREATING IN THE BOROUGH TO BE
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31,2024 FROM 6PM-8PM WITH A BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAY OF
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,2024 FROM 6PM-8PM, AIF
Stephanie talked about the decoration flood lights on the main street poles that used to shine on the veteran
banners and the Christmas decorations and that they have not worked in a few years. She asked if she could
get some quotes from an electrician to try and fix them
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE GETTING QUOTES TO REPAIR THE MAIN STREET
FLOOD DECORATION LIGHTS, AIF
Dan talked about the use of the Borough parks and that while everyone is allowed to use them if you have any
kind of event you are wanting to have at either of the parks the office needs to be called in advance to make a
reservation and that they need to be completely cleaned up afterwards. He said the parks have been left and
absolute mess a few times this year with garbage left all over and that this will not continue to be tolerated.
Mary asked if the Borough makes enough off the pavilion rental to cover the expenses and upkeep of the parks.
Mary talks about the electric bill and that there have been some parties with big blow up houses. Lisa said the
electric bill for the parks isn’t that much and Dan said yes he believes it does cover most everything.
Council talks about the Borough mowing for next year and that Kevin is likely to still be very busy next year
trying to catch up from these projects this year. Dan thinks they should keep the mowing going with Mike & Deb
for another year at least and look at it again next year
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE GETTING PRICES FOR MOWING FOR 2025, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:40PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 21, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR AUGUST 19, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
AUGUST 19, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND PAT
WALKER ARRIVED @ 6:09PM
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
THERE ARE NO BILLS NEEDING APPROVAL AT THIS TIME
Jeff goes over his engineer update. The collection system scheduled completion date is supposed to be
November 28, 2024 but the project is running behind. A project extension or additional work crews could
mean additional cost to the Borough. The treatment plant scheduled completion is on track. PADOT grant
paperwork has been done and submitted. A quote has been given for GIS mapping of the collection system
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS’ PAY REQUESTS IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,186,603.32, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#11 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,186,603.32, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#11 IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,790.53, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $462,765.70, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $462,765.70, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,326.66, AIF
Council tabled the ballfield repairs again until next meeting since Matt Splain was not here
Council had a request for a deer crossing sign to be put up near the funeral home. Council had some discussion
about this but does not feel it’s necessary at this time
Council talked about the new dump truck being here and putting the old one up for sale. They talked about the
website Municibid and that there are several other municipalities in the area using this to purchase and sell things.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PLACING THE OLD DUMP TRUCK FOR SALE ON T
HE MUNICIBID WEBSITE WITH A RESEARVE PRICE OF $6,000 AND PLACING THE ADVERTISING
OF THE OPEN BIDS IN THE NEWPAPER, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PENSION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE COUNTY AID TO BE USED TO HELP PAY FOR
STREET LIGHTING, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:17PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JULY 15, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
JULY 15, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR &
LAINIE KEPHART ARRIVED @ 6:05PM
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan lets everyone know that Jeff is on vacation and he’s going to have Billy go over the engineer’s report
The levee work is in progress. The PADEP quarterly update was submitted on April 26 and the next one due
is July 30th. The upcoming schedule for the new plant as of right now is March of 2025 and the collection
system is November of 2024. The PADOT Multimodal grant for King Street is being worked on.
Dan goes over the resolution for the King Street grant
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #2024-03, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS’ PAY REQUEST IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,689,415.83, AIF (This amount was corrected)
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#10 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,689,415.83, AIF (This amount was corrected)
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME 77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#10 IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,110.86, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTORS’ PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $141,611.93, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#4 IN THE AMOUNT OF $141,611.93, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#4 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,993.57, AIF
Council tabled the Ballfield repairs until the next meeting being Matt Splain was unable to attend tonight
Kevin talked about some more lights possibly being put up at the tennis courts
Dan said that Claremont accepted the Borough’s offer of $50,000 for the dump truck. Kevin said they had it
taken to Zook Motors to have it all looked over and they found 2 sensors that needed to be replaced and he
said that Claremont is taking care of this. Council talked about where to take the money from to make the purchase.
They talked about the Federal Covid money that’s left and it’s around $40,000. They went over what’s also
available in the highway account as well as the sewer & general accounts.
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE DUMP TRUCK FROM CLAREMONT
AND USING THE REMAINING FEDERAL COVID MONEY AS WELL AS HIGHWAY MONEY TO
MAKE THE PURCHASE. THE TITLE AND TAXES WILL BE SPLIT AND PAID FOR BETWEEN
SEWER & GENERAL, AIF
Dan and Lisa let everyone know that 64 King Street has new owners that is a brokerage company and that they
have finally paid for all the mowing that has been done since 2021
Dan & Lisa talked about all the accounts that have been sent to collections and the letters that went out letting
the ones that are really far behind that the next step will be sheriff sale. Lisa said everyone that received one
of those letters so far has now paid. There is another one going out though. Council needs to decide if they
want to proceed with the sheriff sale process if not paid and brought current
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SHERIFF SALE
PROCESS IF ACCOUNTS ARE NOT BROUGHT CURRENT, AIF
Stephanie talked about the County ARPA grant money that is still available. The Borough has already been
reimbursed $5,582.84 from this grant and she has the 2nd reimbursement ready which includes all the
electrical, rebar, lights and poles for the basketball courts in the amount of $8,367.51. She talks about the next
step if they choose to do it would be the new electric box, 2 more lights and poles as well as a multi-use net
system for the tennis courts in the amount of $4,925.51. That would leave roughly $1,124.14 left of the grant
for any small extras that may come up. This money has to be used by December of 2024 or it will be lost
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2ND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COUNTY
ARPA GRANT AS WELL AS PURCHASING THE ELCTRIC BOX, 2 LIGHTS & POLES AND
A MULTI-USE NET SYSTEM FOR THE TENNIS COURTS, AIF
Kevin talked about needing shelving for the new plant and that one of the contractors has a bunch he’s going to
sell in a warehouse that came from a medical facility. He said to buy brand new is approx.. $300-$500 per section
and for him to build them would cost around $300 for materials per section. Council talked about this and said
they would be interested if they are in good shape and a good price. Kevin said the contractor is out of town on
vacation right now but that he will talk to him more when he gets back
Mary asked if they ever found out who made the big messes in the two parks. Council & Kevin said no they
have not
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:24PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – AUGUST 19, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JUNE 17, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
JUNE 17, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, LAINIE
KEPHART, BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF
SPENCER, BOROUGH SOLICITOR ANDREA STAPLEFORD ON THE PHONE
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan has Jeff go over his engineers report, he said everything is in progress for the next steps in the levee
process. The next DEP quarterly update is due June 30. Jeff said both the new sewer plant and collection
system projects are progressing well. They talked about the mobile home park with Dylan and Dylan said he
has already had to start replacing the water lines and he needs answers about the sewer line so he can make
decisions on the work he needs to do for that. Jeff explained that from direction of the Borough Solicitor Andrea
whom is also on the phone in case of any questions the Borough has been told that it’s not a Borough issue
and the Borough should not be involved being that this is not a Borough line it is a private line on private
property and the two extra homes that are not part of the park but are running through that line are Township
residents not Borough residents. Dan said they have been advised that these issues are between him as the park
owner and those two residents. Dylan said the first house has been cooperative and easy to talk to but the second
house is not at all and has even made threats about the situation. Dylan said he does not want to cap the line to
these two houses however he also is not going to put in all new line and continue to let these houses run through
his private line. Dylan said he doesn’t know what to do to fix this issue and asked if they thought maybe he
should attend a Township meeting, Council & Jeff all said yes and that they are aware of the situation as well.
Dan asked if Dylan was going to repair/replace the main private line that runs through the park and then wanted
to turn it over to the Borough to maintain and Dylan said no not if he makes the repairs, that he would only do
that if they wanted to take it over right now the way it is. Jeff talks about some of the legal issues with it being
private property and the fact that the two extra houses are Township residents not Borough. This was all unknown
to everyone until recently and Council told Dylan that they appreciate him trying to fix and repair these lines but
they have been told by the Solicitor that this is a private matter.
Jeff talked about the King Street resolution that needs to be done for that grant but Jeff said he doesn’t have it
with him tonight and they can do it at the next meeting. Dan talked about the money they had intended to use for
some of King Street next year now has to be used for the match on the levee grant.
Jeff said he has received the site plans for the new Legion building but not for the sewer system as of yet.
Jeff also let everyone know that he will not make the July meeting but someone will be here in his place.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,621,595.93, AIF
MOTION JOE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#9 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,621,595.93, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#9 IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,385.43, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $210,617.10, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#3 IN THE AMOUNT OF $210,617.10, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#3 IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,509.20, AIF
Dan talks about the ballfield repairs that Matt Splain & Lance Baker have brought to their attention that need to
be done. Council is willing to help with some of the immediate things that need to be done while waiting on the
grant but they need more information on what that is exactly. Mary asked if there was any money from the school
or the ball teams that helps pay for some of the park supplies such as paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning supplies,
etc. Council said no that money usually comes from the pavilion rentals.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE CONTRIBUTING TO THE BALL PARK REAPIRS ONCE
THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION, AIF
Dan talks about the security system and the quotes from Doyal and ADT which Council went over and talked about
if it’s really necessary for that kind of money. Dylan said he used to have ADT and he said it wasn’t worth it and cancelled it. He uses motion cameras and that works good for him.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE LOOKING INTO A CAMERA SYSTEM AND NOT
REDOING THE SECURITY SYSTEM, AIF
Dan talked about needing a new dump truck and the repairs that have already been done on the current truck
and what will still need to be done. He said Clairmont has one that they are going to be selling and Kevin has
drove this truck and says it’s a good truck. The truck is a 2016 dump truck with 6,000 miles on it and also has a
brand new plow on it. Kevin said they are asking $50,000-$55,000. Pat asked about the money to purchase one
and they talked about the different options. Kevin said it won’t be there for long it’s a good truck.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE MAKING AN OFFER ON THE DUMP TRUCK OF $50,000 CONTINGENT UPON GETTING THE MONEY, AIF
Dan talked about the new sewer lines and the taps with Bill & Dylan. Bill said he doesn’t need two taps for
empty buildings that he doesn’t see ever hooking back up but he would like one at the lot across the street
where he might build something. There was talk about that lot not having a building on it for several years and
therefor that sewer line is very old which is a risk for the Borough to put a new tap in there. They talked about
all the extra taps already that have had to be put in that weren’t part of the project to fix other issues and that there
is only so much contingency money there to cover these things and they have only just started the project and
have no way of knowing how many others issues they will run into. Dylan also talked about wanting a tap put in
next to Fox’s and that he would like to eventually build there.
Dylan said he wouldn’t have torn the old building down that was there if he had known it was going to be an issue
to get a new tap put in.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PUTTING IN A NEW TAP AT THE EMPTY TODD’S LOT
AND A NEW TAP AT THE EMPTY LOT NEXT TO FOX’S, AIF
Dan would like to put out to everyone that no other individuals make these decisions except for the Council, not
Kevin, not the office, not the construction crew or anyone else so if you have questions or an issue attend a meeting
and talk to Council. You will not get anywhere by screaming at the employees. Bill asked how far the new lines are going and Council said to the Shields pump station. They talked about where there is service through there and
looked at some of the drawing plans.
Dan talked about people still continuing to blow grass into the streets when mowing and that the State Police recommended creating a new ordinance for this
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CREATING A NEW ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT
BLOWING GRASS INTO THE STREETS, AIF
Billy asked if a trooper could still write a ticket to someone on a Borough side street and Bill said yes a trooper
can sit anywhere. Billy talks about people driving way to fast and not stopping at the stop signs at Bennett & Elm.
Council talked about the old tennis courts and how much money they would have left from the County grant and
possibly purchasing a new net for there that could be used to play tennis, pickleball, etc. They talked about the new
lights for the basketball courts and that they may be able to do a couple of new lights for the tennis courts as well.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE USING THE REMAINING COUNTY ARPA GRANT MONEY
FOR A NEW TENNIS COURT NET AND A COUPLE OF LIGHTS, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:12PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JULY 15, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MAY 13, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
MAY 13, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, LAINIE
KEPHART ARRIVED AT 6:23PM
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF
SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan took a minute to let everyone know that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer and he will have to
undergo chemo & radiation treatments. He just wanted everyone to be aware of what is going on with him and
he will do his best to still be involved at the office
Jeff goes over his engineer’s report, he said the levee certification grant project is in progress. The quarterly
update for DEP has been sent. The contractor pay requests and reimbursements are listed below for the new
wastewater treatment plant and the collection system. He said both projects are going well and that the 2nd crew
has now started on the collection system. They talked about the mobile home park and the issues with the two
houses behind the park that are Township residents and that their sewer is running through the privately owned
park line. All of the information has been sent to Andrea the Borough Solicitor for review and she has said that
this is a private matter between the mobile home park owner and the two homeowners and does not have anything
to do with the Borough. She said the issues should have been taken care of when they were sold/purchased. Jeff
said they are in the process of getting the grant written for the PADOT Multimodal grant for King Street. The
Legion has reached out about having lines run for them to be able to hook into the sewer system for the new
building. The engineer’s need more information for this
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $1,112,372.84, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,112,372.84, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,777.14, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR’S PAY REQUEST
IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $328,757.44, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $328,757.44
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION
#2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,813.64, AIF
Bill & Mason wanted to talk to the Council about an Eagle Scout project that Mason has. He would like to do
it at the basketball courts and would like to repair/recoat the court, paint new lines, put up new hoops and possibly
new benches. Dan asked if that would be this year that he was wanting to do this and he said yes once he has
Council approval then he can move ahead with it. Council thanked Mason for wanting to do something like this
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE MASON REESE TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS AND
UPGRADES TO THE BASKETBALL COURTS FOR HIS EAGLE SCOUTS PROJECT, AIF
Dan talked about the school contacting the Borough about some repairs that need to be made at the baseball field.
They talked about the grant that has been applied for however that wouldn’t be until next year. They all agreed
that they could work with the school & ball team to make some of the repairs that can’t wait until next year
Council talked about the old generator that will no longer be used once the projects are done and that the Fire
Department is in need of one
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE DONATING THE OLD GENERATOR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AIF
Dan said they have had a request from the Fire Department to paint a no parking section on the road outside of
the fire department parking lot approx.. 30 feet from Elm Street and 30 feet from Edson Street, one at each
intersection. They said the last few times there has been an event there people park all over the street and if there
is an emergency they would have a hard time getting the trucks and equipment out without hitting someone’s car
and this would help take the liability off the Fire Department as well
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAINTING A NO PARKING SECTION ON THE ROAD
BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AIF
LAINIE TO NOMINATE PAT BALDONI TO THE WATER AUTHORITY
MOTION PAT, JOE TO APPOINT PAT BALDONI TO THE WATER AUTHORITY BOARD TO
FILL STEVE TROUPES SEAT, AIF
Dan wanted to let everyone know the tractor had to be fixed because a sensor in the computer board went bad
and the cost was $3,000
Dan asked Steph to explain the security system. Steph explained that it had stopped communicating with Doyal
Security due to switching from Verizon to Spectrum and that when they sent out a technician they said they
can’t use this particular system with Spectrum lines. Doyal would need to put in a new system and the cost for
this is $1480 and then $41.10 per month for monitoring. She also said this price is only for this building so
they eventually would have to do it again for the new sewer plant when it’s done. Council had talk about the
system and agreed to get some more information from some other security companies and some other possible
options and to table this until next meeting
Dan went over the Pension ordinance and explained that back in 19 the pension ordinance was amended with a
resolution and that you can’t amend an ordinance with a resolution it can only be done with an amended ordinance.
He said Andrea has fixed it and changed it to an ordinance
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE #227 TO AMEND THE PENSION
ORDINANCE AND REPLACE THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION, AIF
Dan let everyone know the annual audit went well and that Lisa did a good job. He said they will need to find a
new CPA for next year however because Ed is no longer going to do municipalities
Dan also let everyone know that they need to find someone to do the Pennvest single audit and that this is
different from a normal audit. The Borough has been told that this can be a bit expensive
Dan let everyone know that UGI is putting in a new line to the new sewer plant and that they charged $14,000
for this and that it was not figured into the project so it will be paid out of contingency money. Jeff said he tried
to get a breakdown of the charges from UGI because this is an insane amount of money for them to be charging
for this however UGI will not provide a breakdown of the charges
Dan let everyone know the sewer camera is broke again and has been sent in to be repaired
Dan talked about some issues that are happening such as people riding on the levee in side x sides, 4-wheelers
and dirt bikes and have left ruts and caused other damage. He said Kevin put signs up on the levee that say no
motorized vehicles and that this is due to levee inspections. These things can impact the Borough trying to get
the levee reaccredited. The Borough has also put out to residents to not mow their grass or leaves into the
roadways but people are still doing it. This causes a road hazard and is dangerous for motorcycles and it plugs
up the storm drains. Residents flushing things into the sewer system is also still causing issues such as rags,
towels, diapers, flushable wipes, sanitary products, etc. Council is asking residents to please be mindful of all
these things and to stay off the levee unless your walking, stop blowing grass and leaves into the road and stop
flushing things down the toilet that shouldn’t be
MOTION PAT, JOE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:43PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JUNE 17, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR APRIL 15, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON APRIL 15, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan asked Jeff to go over his engineer’s report. Jeff talks about the grant the Borough is receiving to help with getting
the levee reaccredited and that the Borough will have a 15% match to pay, the next step of work will take approximately
1 year to complete. The next quarterly update for DEP is due April 30th for the sewer consent order agreement. He said there
have been some issues getting everything set up for reimbursements for the collection system and a new account set up for
this. He said they have new payment requisitions for the new plant along with two change orders for the plant. Jeff goes over
the upcoming schedule for the collection system. He said the PADOT Multimodal grant application to work on King Street is
due by July 31st. Jeff talked about the Borough recently being made aware of 1 additional township property on Canfield
Hollow that is connected to the sewer system. They talked about the two homes behind the trailer park and even though they
are no longer part of the trailer park they are still connected to that line and running through that private line. They talked
about the fact that these two houses need to be run directly to the main line and can not run through another property. They t
alked about having to run a new line and possibly grinder pumps. They talked about the Township adding that second
property to their billing for sewer. The trailer park owner needs to do some repairs to their line and he does not want the
two houses in the back that he does not own running through his line and both houses are Township residents. Billy asked
about Canfield being added to the new sewer and Jeff said yes eventually but will be a while before the Township project
is done. They went over the map of the lines and the manholes. They said they need to have some conversations with the
Township as well as the owner of the park. They talked about the total cost being $25,000 or more. They talked about the
new lines that will be going in by Jenny L Manor and some issues with a concrete pad and a building that may need to be
moved. Billy asked about the old generators and if they are going to be reused. Jeff said he believes they are for the pump
stations but there may be another one at the plant. Billy said the Fire Department is in need of one.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $688,136.72, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $688,136.72, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,454.02, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE LOBAR CHANGE ORDER NO. 6 IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2,460.49, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE HALLSTROM CLARK CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $1,845.00, AIF
Dan goes over the new ordinance to appeal the old no feeding of feral cats ordinance
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE #2024-01 TO APPEAL ORDINANCE #2020-04
THAT PROHIBITED THE FEEDING OF FERAL CATS, AIF
Dan gives an update on the basketball courts and that everything is here except the concrete for the piers for the poles
and that Kevin has started to get the old electric panel out.
Dan talked about the military banners that are new and the ones that have fallen over the winter and that arrangements
need to be made to have these up before Memorial Day
Dan said there were questions at the collection system meeting about blacktopping and sidewalks. He said the collection
system project does not include the streets being completely blacktopped afterwards and does not include all new
sidewalks either. He said there is a meeting with PennDot on the 18th and they have a project started for Main Street to
be blacktopped as well as some new storm drains to be put in and some sidewalks may be fixed in this project but not all.
This project is to start in 2026
Dan let everyone know the switch from Verizon to Spectrum is finally done and that Verizon turned the internet off early
so Steph & Lisa have been having to run the office computers off the hot spots on their phones for the last 2 weeks. He
said Verizon is also trying to charge a termination fee but there was no contract with them so the Borough will try to fight
this fee
Dan calls an executive session at 6:41pm
Dan calls the meeting back to order at 6:50pm
MOTION JOE, BILLY 2ND TO AGREE AND APPROVE THAT THERE IS NO LIGHT DUTY WORK TO BE
OFFERED AT THE BOROUGH, AIF
Dan let everyone know that vegetation spraying needs to be done again this year on the levee prior to inspection
Council talks about the LSA grant that they previously applied for when they were trying to purchase a backhoe and
the Borough did not get the grant. They talked about if they want to apply again for this grant for a dump truck, the grant
requires no match
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR THE LSA GRANT FOR A DUMP TRUCK, AIF
Dan talked about the PA Park Grant that Stephanie applied for, this is also a no match grant and would be $50,000 for
each park to use towards restroom repairs and upgrades, baseball dugout repairs and playground equipment. This grant
would be awarded in 2025
Council talked about the Memorial Day Parade and that they are planning to walk in it again this year
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:58PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MAY 13, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MARCH 18, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MARCH 18, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over the engineer’s report and talks about the grant that was approved for the levee. He said it will take about a
year to complete the next step of the work that needs to be done to get the levee reaccredited. He said the next quarterly
update for DEP is being done now and that Greenland Construction is set to start on the sewer/water line replacement
project on April 1st. He talks about some of the reimbursements that need to be done tonight and said there will be monthly construction update meetings for the collection system starting in April. He said the chapter 94 report still had to be done
even though the old plant is only being used for another year. He also said the grant for the King Street work is being
worked on and will be applied for as soon as it’s done and that they should know something on that by the end of the year.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE WWTP CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $763,409.39, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME1454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #5
IN THE AMOUNT OF $763,409.39, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #5
IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,196.44, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME1469 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #1
IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,876.19, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77115 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #1
IN THE AMOUNT OF $282,726.05, AIF
Dan talked about the railroad boring that had to be done at the new plant
Council talked more about the feral cat ordinance and that with this in place the No Feline Left Behind group is not able
to come into the town and trap these feral cats to be fixed. If they want them to be able to come in and fix these stray cats
they will have repeal the ordinance completely
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REPEAL THE PREVIOUS
FERAL CAT ORDINANCE, AIF
Dan reminded everyone that spring cleanup will be on Monday May 20th and that the new basketball court lights have
been ordered
Council would also like to thank Eldred Borough Fire Department, Eldred Township Fire Department and Otto
Township Fire Department for all their help with burning the levee
Dan had Mo & Myrna talk about the pickleball court they would like to have put in. They would like to temporarily use
the pavilion until they can get something more permanent set up and they have a chance to see how many people would
actually be interested in playing. They are thinking for right now it would just be one night per week. Dan asked how big
the court would need to be for this and they gave Council the dimensions and said they had gotten a quote from
Armstrong’s to make a court. They said for right now they would set up and tear it down each time. Council said they
just ask that it is cleaned up each time and everything put back when they are done
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE ALLOWING THE PAVILION TO BE USED TEMPORARILY
FOR PICKLEBALL, AIF
Mary from the Port Library said that there has been great participation in the library from the Eldred residents and she
goes over some of the reports she has with her and she thanks the Borough for their donation
YWCA spoke about April being sexual assault awareness month and they are asking all towns to allow them to place
teal ribbons throughout the town to support the awareness
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE YWCA TO PLACE TEAL RIBBONS THROUGHOUT TOWN
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WHICH THEY WILL TAKE DOWN AFTER APRIL, AIF
Dan talks about the Treasurers hours and that Lisa’s hours have went up permanently to 24 hours due to the added extra
work of splitting the accounts which has made the number of accounts to handle double and all the reimbursements that
she has to handle for the sewer plant project and the collection system. Dan said he would just like to make that official
for her
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS HOURS TO PERMANENTLY BE CHANGED
TO 24 HOURS PER WEEK, AIF
Dan calls an executive session to discuss personnel matters at 6:28
Dan calls the meeting back to order at 6:43
Council talked about some of the Federal Covid grant money that is left and how bad of shape the sidewalks are in front
of 96 Main Street and the cemetery and that they have been bad for many years. Dan said Kevin is going to work on trying
to clean them up some where they have grown over and put in some gravel to try and help the drainage issue. Joe asked
about the sidewalk in front of the other cemetery as well. Dan said they could look at that as well but the other two sections
are the really bad areas. They also talked about King Street and possibly using some of the money for that if the Borough
doesn’t get the grant they are applying for
Dan talks about the 5 year pension audit that Lisa just had and that it went well. He said they were told by the auditor
that council needs to appoint Lisa as the CAO of the pension plan
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT LISA HANNAHS AS THE CAO OF THE PENSION PLAN, AIF
Dan turns the meeting over to Jeff to talk about the sewer tap inspections. They just want to make sure everyone is aware
that this will be taking place in the near future and that basement drains, downspouts, etc. can not be hooked into the
sewer system
Dan talks about the sewer savings account and how council feels about raising that to $2,000 per month to be put in
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE DEPOSITING $2,000 PER MONTH INTO THE SEWER
SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AIF
Council talked about the dump truck and that it’s 18 years old and may not pass inspection after this year. Dan said they
need to start thinking about a new one and how the Borough is going to finance it. He said Kevin had a hard time finding
parts for it the last time he had to make a repair and they put $7,000 into it a couple of years ago
Council talked about the military banners and that it’s hard to find volunteers to help put them up and take them down.
They didn’t get taken down in the fall and several of them have fallen this winter. They talked about possibly renting
something like a bucket truck to reach them. Joe said it only takes 3 guys to do the job. Council agreed that the banners
are very important to the town and need to be taken care of and that the Borough should help with this.
Dan wanted to remind everyone that garage sale days are May 4th
Council talked about the Memorial Day parade with the sewer and water line project going on and Dan said that
Greenland Construction said they will make sure that Main Street is cleaned up and ready for the parade
Council talked about possibly purchasing more millings to fix Campbell Alley and also to put some more on the park roads
Kevin estimates probably around 100 tons.
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING MILLINGS FOR CAMPBELL ALLEY AND THE
PARK ROADS, AIF
Council talks about the park needing another load of mulch this year for the playground
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING A LOAD OF MULCH FOR THE PARK
PLAYGROUND, AIF
Sue asked who is liable if someone is hurt playing pickleball, basketball or anything else at the parks. Council said
they aren’t exactly sure but the Borough does have liability insurance on all property. Dan talked about trying to repair
the old tennis court, they also talked about the possibility of lights for that eventually. They talked about all the events
and things that used to be held at the courts and the park
Council talked about and agrees that they are not going to paint the lines on Main Street this year with all the construction
going on and things being tore up
MOTION pat, Lainie 2nd TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:12PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 15, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 19, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER AND LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Trooper Eliason attended the Borough meeting and said that they are going to try to attend more meetings and be more
pro active in the Borough. He said to please reach out to them when needed and that they can’t help if they don’t know.
He gave a quick report for 2023 within the Borough. He said there were a total of 369 calls for service, 103 traffic stops,
32 citations, 6 crashes, 4 DUI, 88 general along with other calls for service
Dan goes over the engineers update and they talk a little about the new levee grant and the work that will be done for this
grant for the study. He said there is a call with PennVest tomorrow and closing for the collection system will be the 27th.
He said Jeff will also be working on applying for the grant for King Street
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CONTRACTORS PAY REQUESTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF $572,477.81, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #5 IN
THE AMOUNT OF $572,477.81, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,794.11, AIF
Council talked about the new sewer plant and that it’s moving along good
Council talked about getting the new lights for the basketball courts ordered
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ORDERING THE NEW LIGHTS FOR THE BASKETBALL
COURTS, AIF
Dan gave an update on the demo of 96 Main and said that the house is done and they are now working on the trees and
that they will then make repairs to the road to the cemetery
Mr. & Mrs. Lowman would like to move in a mobile home on their back property, they said the water would go to
Central Street and the sewer would come down King Street. They talked about hooking the new place into their existing
sewer on their property where they live just until the new collection system project is done and then it would be on it’s
own line. They said the trailer was ordered and will be delivered from Owl Homes and that Jack Bell will be doing the sewer
and water work. Council asked if they had contacted one of the inspection companies and they said they had not yet that they wanted to talk to council first and that they also need to talk to the planning commission. Council said they would need to
grant an easement on the property they live on for the sewer line to come down that property from the other just in case it
was ever sold. They talked about removing some trees and Pat said he was fine with that. Council talked more about the
temporary hookup to their sewer system and council agreed they were ok with this as long as it’s only temporary until the
new collection system is done. Council reminded them at that time they would need to pay the tap in fee for the new
property. Mrs. Lowman asked if they would have to pay this fee once or twice and council said they would only pay that
fee one time.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE MR. & MRS. LOWMAN TO MOVE A NEW SINGLEWIDE ONTO
THEIR SECOND LOT ON KING STREET AND TO TEMPORARILY CONNECT THE SEWER TO THEIR
CURRENT SEWER LINE ON THEIR OTHER PROPERTY UNTIL THE NEW COLLECTION SYSTEM IS
DONE AT WHICH TIME IT WILL THEN HAVE IT’S OWN LINE. COUNCIL ALSO AGREES TO LET
THEM PAY THE TAP FEE IN TWO PAYMENTS, ONE NOW AND THE OTHER WHEN THE NEW SYSTEM
IS DONE, AIF
Dan talks about PTO/Vacation days, he said as of right now they can not be rolled over but they can be cashed in. He asked
the rest of council if they wanted to change this Joe said most places allow you to roll over so many days. Pat said maybe
let them roll over 40 hours per year but no more than that. Steph talked to council about Lisa and that because she is part time
she only ever gets 7 PTO days per year. She said that as of July Lisa will be here 2 years and that’s longer than anyone else
has stayed in that position and that she doesn’t get any other benefits because she is part time so could they consider giving
her some vacation time to go with her PTO days so that she has something to look forward to earning.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TO GIVE LISA HANNAHS THE SAME VACATION HOURS AND
ON THE SAME SCHEDULE AS THE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE EMPLOYEES TO ROLL OVER NO MORE THAN 40 HOURS
EACH YEAR OF VACATION TIME THEY DIDN’T USE, AIF
Dan talks about the $224,000 grant the Borough was awarded for the next phase of the levee and he said they are going to
be talking to the fire department about burning the levee again this year before spring
Dan said Spectrum is still trying to get set up and changed over from Verizon
Council talked about spring cleanup for this year and if they were going to keep the payment amount the same
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE SPRING CLEANUP ON MAY 20, 2024 AND TO CHARGE THE
SAME $40 FEE AS LAST YEAR, AIF
Council talked about 118 Main Street and the brush pile and that the brush pile is only to be used by Borough residents and
it’s only for dumping small piles of yard brush or lawn clippings and there is supposed to be no contractor dumping. They
also talked about fires and there are supposed to be no residents having fires bigger than what will fit in a fire ring for
a camp fire
Lainie said she has been contacted by a couple of people about the Borough doing an Easter egg hunt in town for kids.
Council thinks it’s a good idea if someone is willing to volunteer, they talked about having age groups and maybe giving
out prizes. They all feel there isn’t enough time for planning for this year though but would like to plan on this for next year
Dan talked about the railroad boring, sewer bond, electric panels & poles, winter weather operations and UGI along with
other things that are being done at the new plant. He talked about things the Borough is having to pay out of pocket because
they were not figured in to be part of the project. He said the hope is that they will eventually be reimbursed for some of it at
the end if there is contingency available. He said most of these things should have been figured into the project to begin with
and the answer of not knowing what something would cost is not acceptable. He said it all could have been estimated
and then adjusted if need be but for these things to not have been figured into the project at all is just not acceptable. He said
there is also approximately $52,000 that was paid out in the beginning for the study stage that is not looking like it’s going
to be reimbursed. He said the collection system will be next to start trying to get the reimbursements.
Council talked about statements going out every quarter to all residents for sewer and garbage balances that way everyone
stays up on what their accounts are
Council talked about the Feral Cat Ordinance and possibly amending the ordinance to allow No Feline Left Behind to come
in and feed/trap these stray cats
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE AMENDING THE FERAL CAT ORDINANCE AT THE NEXT
MEETING, AIF
Stephanie went over the PAHAF program that helps low income households get caught up on their sewer and garbage
bills and that there is a resident that has applied for it but the Borough would need to become a vendor and set up with the
program
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH GETTING SET UP WITH THE PAHAF
PROGRAM, AIF
Mary asked about the light pole that was supposed to be repaired down by the pavilion and the big muddy hole that Penelec
has left there. Stephanie said she would get in touch with them and find out what’s going on
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:58PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MARCH 18, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 15, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JANUARY 15, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineers report and said the closing for the collection system is set for the end of February and
hopefully work will start sometime in March weather permitting. He said there is another Pennvest call scheduled for
February 20th and then the closing the 27th
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF $451,992.29, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #4 IN
THE AMOUNT OF $451,992.29, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION $4 IN
THE AMOUNT OF $26,309.94, AIF
Dan calls an executive session to discuss personnel matters at 6:06pm
Dan calls the meeting back to order at 6:32pm
Dan said council talked more about employee raises and that they have agreed to table that for now
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CHANGING AMY FROM TEMPORARY PART TIME TO
TEMPORARY FULL TIME AND GIVING HER 7 PTO DAYS AND OFFERING HER HEALTH INSURANCE
AT HER EXPENSES IF SHE SO CHOOSES, AIF
Dan reads resolution #2024-01 for intent to reimburse pennvest
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #2024-01 FOR INTENT TO REIMBURSE PENNVEST,
AIF
Dan reads resolution #2024-02 for intent to reimburse Pennvest
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION #2024-02 FOR INTENT TO REIMBURSE PENNVEST,
AIF
Dan talks about the county ARPA grant and that there is $20,000 available for parks. Council talked about using some of it
to get reimbursed for the millings they had purchased for the park roads as well as the mulch that was purchased for the playgrounds. They talked about purchasing more lumber and paint to repair 2 more sets of bleachers at the ball fields
And that would leave roughly $13,000 still available that they could possibly use to replace the lights that are in bad shape
at the basketball courts. Kevin has some quotes on this and it’s around $11,000
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY ARPA GRANT FOR MILLINGS, MULCH, BLEACHERS AND PAINT FOR THE PARKS, AIF
Dan goes over the email from PennDot for the update on the Main Street work. PennDot is agreeing to replace all drainage
from Chrisman Street to Mechanic Street as well as full depth roadway restoration 18” deep, new curbing, new inlets and
new sidewalks where it abuts the curb and ADA ramps. A rough estimate for this work is $4,741,500
Dan gave a quick update on the 96 Main demolition and that the county commissioners meeting will be the 18th and they
should award the bid for the work at that meeting and the contractor should start soon after that weather permitting. He
also added that the work does include the trees being removed
Dan talked about the new garbage account that had to be set up at the bank as well as a new company in quickbooks. He said
it is finally starting to all come together but it has been a lot more confusion and work than they originally thought it was
going to be. He said each account had to be gone into individually and several steps done in each one to make this work. He
said it also could not be completely set up to work until January 1st and that there were a lot of payments that had come in still combined during the week the office was closed for Christmas so there were close to 200 phone calls that had to be made to residents to change those payments into split payments being the state will not allow us to deposit any garbage money into the
sewer account as a combine payment as of January 1st. To say the least it has not been an easy task and it will take some time to work out all the kinks
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:48PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 19, 2024 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 2, 2024
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REORGANIZATION MEETING ON JANUARY 2, 2024
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
THE MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP SWEARS IN BILLY BAIR, PATRICK WALKER AND LAINIE
KEPHART TO THEIR COUNCIL SEATS
COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
BILLY NOMINATES DANIEL PLUMMER FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AIF
LAINIE NOMINATES BILLY BAIR FOR COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES PATRICK WALKER FOR COUNCIL PRO TEMP, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT PATRICK WALKER AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT ROB STEBBINS TO THE WATER AUTHORITY, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT STEPHANIE BIGLEY AS BOROUGH SECRETARY, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT LISA HANNAHS AS BOROUGH TREASURER, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT SUE FOWLER AS THE VACCANCY BOARD CHAIR, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT PHIL LABELLA TO THE PARK COMMISSION, AIF
Council talked about the federal covid money and using some of it for the pump station repair. They talked about the fact
that they have 5 years total to use the federal covid money. Dan said the Borough did receive the county covid money for
Mechanic Street & Bennett Street. They talked about the other county money that is available for the parks and they talked
about the basketball courts and lights. Dan said you have to spend the money upfront and then they will reimburse the
Borough for it. They talked about how much extra it would cost on top of what’s available to do that whole project. Billy
talked about the lights and that they are old and a danger, he said that at least needs to be done. They said the lights are
probably around $15,000 to get that done. Council agreed to talk more about this at the next meeting
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE USING THE FEDERAL COVID MONEY TO PAY FOR THE
BARDEN BROOK PUMP STATION REPAIR, AIF
Dan said the new garbage account has been set up at the bank and that they are going to have to have a special meeting
to sign some documents for the collection system closing on Monday January 8th at 6pm
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:17PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 15, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 18, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON DECEMBER 18, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL & ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineers update and all of the dates for the preconstruction meeting for the collection system, the
PennVest closing for the collection system and other conference calls.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AND APPOINT STIFFLER AND MCGRAW AS THE ENGINEERS
FOR ELDRED BOROUGH FOR 2024, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE 3 SEPARATE CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $564,439.32, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #2 IN
THE AMOUNT OF $564,439.32, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #2 IN
THE AMOUNT OF $42,074.23, AIF
Dan talked about all of the extra work that these projects have created in the office on top of all the normal end of year
and beginning of year stuff. They talked about Lisa working more hours than normal and that would most likely continue
until these projects are completed. He talked about some of the reimbursements that have started to come in for the treatment
plant and that there are several things from the beginning of the project in the study phase that they are now finding out are
not reimbursable. They talked about not knowing until the end of the project exactly how much is not going to be reimbursed
that the Borough is going to have to pay on the line of credit out of pocket. They talked about what has been reimbursed so far
and that has been applied to the line of credit. Dan talked about John trying to help to get some of the other things reimbursed
but they don’t know for sure right now what will be and what will not through contingency money that is there. They talked
a little about the grant for King Street and that for the time being that is being delayed. They talked about the collection
system hopefully being done by the end of 2024 and the plant by the beginning of 2025
Dan gave an update on 96 Main Street and that they are waiting on the bids to come in and once they are awarded the
demo work will be able to start weather permitting. They talked more about the unsafe trees being removed as well
Dan talks about the new Sunshine law and that the meeting agenda can not to changed or anything added to it less that 24
hours prior to the meeting. He said they can no longer amend or add anything to the agenda during a meeting. He said if
something is brought up at a meeting by a resident they can talk about it but can not vote on anything and that it would
need to be added to the next meeting agenda.
Dan brought up employee Christmas bonuses and Pat said he was good with the same thing as last year
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A $150 NET CHRISTMAS BONUS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE,
AIF
Dan brought up the employee raises that were previously given and that due to the cost of everything and the amount of
work load that there is going on that maybe they should give $.75 cents more per hour. He said they can not vote on this
tonight and for everyone to think it over for the next meeting and that it will be put on that agenda. Pat & Lainie talked
about their raises not being much at their own jobs. They all talked about the cost of everything going up so much
Council had talk about the meeting schedule for 2024 and if they should keep it the same or change it
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE KEEPING THE MEETING SCHEDULE THE SAME FOR 2024
THE 3RD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 6PM, AIF
Council went over the proposed budget for 2024
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2024 BUDGET, AIF
Council talked about donations
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE A $250 DONATION TO THE PORT ALLEGANY AGAIN THIS YEAR,
AIF
They talked about the County ARPA grant and that the infrastructure part was approved and that there is also another
$20,000 one available for parks. They talked about the basketball courts and the lighting needing to be redone and that
Kevin is still working on the pricing for everything but it looks like it’s going to be well over the $20,000. They talked
about the millings, mulch and other small things that have been done that would also be eligible. They will discuss this
more at the next meeting
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:45PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 2, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL & ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Jeff goes over his engineers update he talks about the grant that has been applied for to help get the levee recertified and that if it’s awarded it will require a 15% match. He said they submitted the quarterly DEP COA update for the sewer. He said they did receive DEP approval to change the backfill stone for the collection system and can now move forward with that. He said the monthly treatment plant meetings have started to stay updated on the progress and they are waiting for a closing date for the collection system project. The work for the collection system project is still on track to start once the weather breaks in early spring. They talked a little about the Multimodal grant and applying for it to help with the repairs on King Street. He said PennDot still does not have a complete scope of work yet for Main Street and the work that needs to be done there.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING THE BID TO GREENLAND CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,059,350.00, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF 4711,843.90, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $711,843.90, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISITION #2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,438.58, AIF
Billy asked if everything is on schedule and Jeff said yes
Mr. Perry would like to speak to everyone and read a letter that he has written, please see a copy of Mr. Perry’s letter below
LETTER TO THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL
Let me begin by congratulating those who have been reelected to another term.
With that I would also like to remind this council that your work has just begun. You have been
elected to a position of unique responsibility. One that consists of both service and
leadership. It is service in the respect that you serve the residents and businesses of
Eldred Borough both the minority and majority, the poor and rich, the young and old, the
affluent and the not so well off. You serve all residents not just your family, friends,
neighbors, or yourselves. Service means that one conducts themselves as no respecter of
persons. It’s not just service but also leadership.
One might define leadership as a set of behaviors used to help people align their
collective direction, to execute strategic plans, and to continually renew an organization. A
leader in this context needs to provide the direction, guidance and resources necessary to
create the best possible community within which to live and do business. Leadership in
concert with service should focus primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the
communities to which they belong. John Maxwell says a servant leader is someone
“whose actions and motivations reflect a selfless commitment to a cause, an organization,
or their community” This kind of leadership is visionary, focused not on what is but rather
on what can be. Servant leaders see the big picture, they think futuristically, they are not
maintenance driven but preemptive and developmental. They don’t wait for things to break
or go bad they anticipate and prepare for the best and the worst alike. In simple words,
leadership is about taking risks and challenging the status quo. Servant leaders set the
example and motivate others to achieve something new and better. They are able to
communicate convincingly to the organization the plan and process for progress. They are
able to challenge and encourage the organization to join them in this effort.
It will not be an easy task but this is what is needed for Eldred. I want to challenge this
council to begin asking and answering these questions, “Where do we want to see Eldred
Borough in 5 to 10 years?” “What will it take to get there?” “What needs to be done to
address the decline in population, the departure of small businesses, and the lack of
community growth?” “What can be done to make Eldred more inviting to potential
residents, businesses, and industry?” “How can we promote our community?” Most
importantly is the question “What is our vision for Eldred both now and in the future?” And
additionally, “What might be the plan and strategy necessary to make these things
There are a lot of good things about Eldred Borough. Such things as a strong
educational system that scores higher on aptitudes tests of various kinds than other
schools located in stronger socio/economic contexts, with better resources and larger
populations. The sports programs that take place here are second to none. I believe the majority
Our seasoned citizens are caring, friendly, and productive. The churches here are
supportive and active in community efforts. For the most part Eldred is a good place to live.
However there are also weaknesses. There is a concern for what is referred to as the
community blight, people care about their community and want it to look good. Residents
want to see the borough accomplish more than just maintenance and repairs. There is a
concern for the health and safety of the community, particularly for our children. What is
the plan for a police presence? Even if we can’t afford our own coverage right now what
about the future? And the answer can’t just be that the residents need to make phone calls
to the State Police. What is the plan to address the dangers of drug and alcohol
use/addiction in our community? All of the good we celebrate may quickly disappear if the
weaknesses are not addressed before they get worse. We need to purposefully provide for
the future well-being of the community, I want to see Eldred become a bright and booming
little community where people looking for a place to raise their family would want to live. I
am not alone in these sentiments as other residents have shared with me similar concerns.
We can do better and we can be better.
In addition to the things already shared are concerns and questions regarding the
progress on the recertification of the dike (I understand it is in the works but every day it
is delayed is costing residents more unnecessary costs for flood insurance, we can’t
afford to miss another deadline), street and road repairs beyond selective patching,
addressing damage caused by water drainage on certain streets, and many more. The
answers to these questions need to be more considerate and with some expression of
caring and priority. Residents do not mind being advised what they can do but they also
want to know what their elected council, servant leaders, might plan to do to address the
issues. People don’t want to hear long explanations of what can’t be done or excuses for
why our elected officials can’t or don’t want to do anything. It’s one thing to invite us to
join in the effort it’s another to pass the buck.
At this point I would like to challenge this council to intentionally commit to
spending time searching for a vision for Eldred Borough’s future. Spend some time
planning and strategizing efforts to correct some of the decline that has affected the
community over the years. Identify necessary resources and even outside consultation on
what is needed and how to make it happen. Can you connect with township, county,
state, and federal officials for resources and training? In addition to these efforts I would
suggest that you find ways to communicate more purposefully and directly with the
residents and businesses of Eldred Borough about what efforts are already taking place
and what your expectations and hopes are for the future. This could be done through a
quarterly or bi-annual newsletter, not just on the website but directly to the residents or
businesses. From this point forward I trust that you will be working hard for the future of
Eldred Borough and it’s residents and businesses. I know it will take time and require
patience and I don’t expect you to do it alone. Therefore, if there is any way that I can be
of service I am available and willing to work with you.
I have one last item that would like you to consider. Two meetings ago there was
a request made to the council to allow for a side-by-side Christmas Parade to take place
in the borough. When it was discussed at the meeting it seemed to me that there was a
reluctance to allow the side-by-sides to stage at the park. At the last meeting it seemed to
me that you were approving the use of the park as a staging area. I have spoken to
several individuals who have concerns about that and would like you to reconsider that
decision. In addition when the event was first brought up there was a comment made,
and I paraphrase, “there will obviously be alcohol involved.” I would like to ask the
borough to communicate to anyone who is participating that the use of alcohol will not be
permitted during the event within the borough limits, I consider this a health and safety
concern and the borough should not allow it.
Thank you for your time and attention to these concerns.
Jeremiah 29;11; Proverbs 29:18
Stephanie addressed Mr. Perry about the side by side parade and told him that something must have been misunderstood from the previous meeting and that there is no alcohol permitted during the parade. She said everyone has to register and sign a waiver form to participate in the event and that the waiver clearly states there will be no alcohol permitted. She said the waiver also states that they can only use the park road and can not be on the grassy areas of the park. She also stated that this waiver has been approved by
The Borough Solicitor as well as the Borough insurance company. Mr. Perry thanked her for clarifying this
Billy talked about the first time he was on Council and how much things have changed for the better being on the Council this time. He talked about the fact that taxes never got raised for years to have additional income to be able to do some of the repairs that needed to be done, roads were not being fixed at all and several other things were never getting done. It is talked about that there have not been any deadlines missed for the levee since this Council has taken over, that took place in previous years with a previous Council and that this Council has been working hard to get that corrected. Some of the jobs that have been done in the last couple of years were talked about such as Mechanic Street is finally fixed with all the drainage issues and getting it repaved, Bennett Street being repaved, repairs at the parks, millings repairing the park roads & better upkeep, the new fence on the curve on Main St, purchasing 96 Main St. to have it demoed and the property cleaned up, etc. They talked about the new sewer plant that is now being built as well as the new collection system to replace all the old lines. They talked about King Street and hoping that next year that street can get repaired. Council talked about the fact that there has been a lot of cleanup and repairs done in the last few years and that it takes time and money but they are trying. Billy said Dan is very involved and at the office everyday trying to be involved with everything that he can be. Lainie said people need to come to meetings so they know exactly what is going on and what is being worked on. Dan said it’s always this person and that person said but nobody attends the meetings to come talk to Council about concerns they may have or to know what is being done. He said they held a townhall meeting and only 7 people showed up
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A $5.00 LATE FEE ON SEWER ACCOUNTS AND A $2.00 LATE FEE ON GARBAGE ACCOUNTS, AIF
Dan went over the tax resolution for the staying of the tax rate and not raising taxes for the 2024 year
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE STAYING OF THE BOROUGH PROPERTY TAX RATE AT 9.5 MILLS FOR THE 2024 YEAR, AIF
Dan went over the sewer rate resolution for 2024
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2024 SEWER RATE RESOLUTION TO RAISE SEWER RATES BY $7.00 PER MONTH FOR A TOTAL OF $55.00
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET, AIF
Dan talked about the county ARPA grant that is available and how it works. He talked about all the work that has been done on Mechanic Street and that some of that could be reimbursed through the infrastructure part of this grant. He talked about the park portion of this grant and that some of the improvements could be reimbursed for that or they could look into the possibility of redoing the basketball courts and lighting. He said it’s something to think about for everyone.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE MECHANIC STREET PROJECT THROUGH THE COUNTY ARPA FUNDS, AIF
Lainie thanked Dan for all his help and sitting with her all day on election day
Dan gave a quick update on 96 Main Street and that they have done the inspection, testing and pictures. He said that the Borough has requested to have the unsafe trees removed on the property as well and they have agreed to add those to the project
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:45PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – DECEMBER 18, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 16, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON OCTOBER 16, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL & ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Dan wanted to add the Fire Department to close the streets on Halloween night
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan has Jeff go over his engineer’s report, he said there is no update on the levee as of right now. He said they will have
the sewer quarterly report done for the 30th due date. He said they should have the DBE approval done this week and
formally award official bids. He said the treatment plant began on the 20th and they have received the first contractors
request for payment. Jeff said he needs 3 motions tonight for payment and reimbursement. The start of the collection system
is still set for early spring as of right now. He said the grant they were hoping to apply for to use on King Street they will not
be able to do now due to the sewer camera issues. He said there will be another one in March that they can try for
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CONTRACTORS PAY REQUEST #1 IN THE AMOUNT OF
$382,883.22, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME71454 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISTION #1 IN
THE AMOUNT OF $520,875.78, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PENNVEST ME77106 REIMBURSEMENT REQUISTION #1 ON
THE AMOUNT OF $812,892.54, AIF
Billy asked about the Barden Brook pump station repairs and Kevin said the parts should be in around the first week of
November
Dan talked about employee raises and that this needs to be decided now in order to figure it into the budget. Dan talks about
the cost of living going up so much for everyone. He feels they need to prioritize the employee’s they have and take care of
them. He said until now it’s been $.50 cents and hour pretty much each year and he said it needs to be more if they are going
to keep the good people they have. Lainie asked about the insurance last year and Dan said that was Kevin & Stephanie’s
raise last year that equaled about $.50 cents an hour and they really can’t take that away or that would be like taking away
their raise from last year. Pat said he is good with $1.25 per hour raise
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE EMPLOYEE RAISES FOR KEVIN, STEPHANIE & LISA AT
$1.25 PER HOUR, AIF
Dan talks about the printer, parts and upgrading it and that their have been a lot of issues with it and the company that
services it can’t even get some of the parts anymore as well as some of the software is so outdated that they can’t get it to
update. He talks about getting a new one for the office and said that Lisa does have one she is willing to sell that she had
purchased from Chris Mattie’s office. He goes over the prices of other used ones that are comparable to the one that she
has. Lisa said she also has toner and ink for it that should last close to two years. They had more talk about this and Mary
asked if that one can be updated and still able to get parts for it and they said yes
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING A PRINTER FROM LISA FOR $2,000, AIF
Dan talks about the 2024 sewer rates having to be raised $7.00 per month due to the Pennvest regulations. He said offering
a discount is not prohibited but because of the unknown it’s not really recommended right now. Lainie asked about the people
that don’t pay their bill on time and they talked about the late fees. Mary asked about doing some type of refund and Ernie
asked about a credit on accounts. Council talked about the fact that there are roughly 30 accounts that are more than 2 months behind every month and that they receive letters, are sent to collections and then given a judgement from Judge Todd’s office
and if they still do not pay there will be a lien put against their property. They said Pennvest bases everything on how much
the monthly bill is. Lisa talks about the Quickbooks upgrade and what needs to be done in order to accept separate payments
for sewer and garbage. Dan said Pennvest is requiring these to be split into two different accounts. They talked about the fact
that residents would need to start paying with two separate checks, one for sewer and one for garbage. They talked about the possibility of offering a discount on garbage if paid in full for the year rather than the sewer. Dan also said once all this is over
with in a couple of years and the projects are completed hopefully they will be able to go back to offering a discount on the
sewer.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE OFFERING A $3.00 PER MONTH DISCOUNT ON THE GARBAGE
IF PAID IN FULL FOR THE YEAR BY THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY 2024, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE NEW COUPON BOOKS AND ALSO UPDATING
THE QUICKBOOKS SYSTEM, AIF
Dan talked about the 2024 property taxes. Council talked about not raising them again for next year especially being that the
sewer rates are already having to be raised. Council agreed though that this would need to be looked at again for the following
year
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE NOT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2024 YEAR, AIF
Dan talks about the mowing for the 2024 year and how they have been doing it. Pat & Lainie both feel it has been working
well the way it is
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE MIKE GREEN AND DEB KELLY TO CONTINUE TO HANDLE
THE BOROUGH MOWING FOR THE 2024 SEASON, AIF
Council talked about one of the ditches that was put in on Clif-Nel on one of the residents properties and that it really needs
to be filled in and fixed. Council asked Kevin to get some stone put in the ditch
Council talked about not being able to apply for the grant that they were hoping to for King Street due to the sewer camera
being broke but that they can apply for the one in March. They talked about the fact that some of it will also depend on the collection system project.
Dan said the fire department would like permission to close down some of the streets Halloween night for trick or treating to
make it safer for the kids that are out
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CLOSE DOWN THE BOROUGH
STREETS FOR TRICK OR TREATING, AIF
The atv Christmas parade was talked about and that the solicitor has approved the waiver that will need to be signed as well
as the insurance company and the PennDot permit has been received for closing Main Street. This will be held on
December 15th
The street lights were talked about again and Stephanie was asked to have the one on the corner of Elm & Bennett fixed
if possible before Halloween. Council understands that it is still under contract
Dan let everyone know that they are working with the County to get 96 Main Street demolished
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 7:01PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – NOVEMBER 20, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND
BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, JEFF SPENCER ENGINEER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:04 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan talked about the collection system bids and that there are 4 that came in
Jeff said the numbers are the totals of both the sewer & water project as it is a combined contract
Billy asked if the water had to choose the same contractor, Jeff said yes as it is one contract. They had more talk about the bids
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING THE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WHICH IS GREENLAND CONSTRUCTION SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE ENGINEER AND BOROUGH SOLICITOR, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:09 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 16, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Billy would like to add Mel Splain
Dan goes over the engineers report and talks about the closing on the plant. He said once the closing is done the contractors will be able to start work the next day. He said Wednesday will be the bid opening at 3pm for the collection system and a special meeting the same day at 6pm to award. Andy asked what streets the collection system would affect and council said Central, King, Main and some of the others. Lainie asked about the closings and Dan said the sewer plant would be the 20th and as of right now the collection system is set for November 15th. He said starting the project would most likely be early spring depending on the weather. He said the estimation for the new line work is approximately 9 mo. To complete and the pant is approximately 15-18 mo. They talked about King Street and the grant that they are hoping for to help complete that project. Sandra asked about the water lines & hydrants on Main Street and the low flow issues. Dan said he wasn’t sure and that would be a question for the water company. Pat said the firetrucks increase the flow when they use the hydrants. They talked a little about the bids coming in, the opening of bids and the special meeting that they will have for that.
Dan talked about the Barden Brook pump station that needs to have some work done on it and Kevin is worried it’s not it’s not going to last until the project if it’s not taken care of now. He said the alarm is going off a few times a week now.
MOTION BILLY, PAT TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE PARTS TO FIX THE BARDEN BROOK PUMP STATION, AIF
Stephanie talked about the side x side/ATV parade that some people would like to do through town. She explained that in order to get a permit to shut down Main Street for the parade Council would have to sponsor the event the same as they do for the Memorial Day parade. Council talked about this event and that there would need to be waivers signed stating that the Borough is not responsible for anyone participating in the event and that people could not ride on the levee’s or through the parks and there can be no alcohol permitted during the event. Stephanie said the insurance company would require the same things.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE TO APPROVE BEING A SPONSOR OF THE SIDE X SIDE/ATV PARADE EVENT AS LONG AS PARTICIPANTS REGISTER AND SIGN A WAIVER, AIF
Council talked about Halloween and trick-or-treating
MOTION LAINIE, PAT TO APPROVE TRICK-OR-TREATING IN THE BOROUGH ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 31, 2023 WITH A RAIN MAKEUP DAY OF WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2023, AIF
Dan went over the bond council agreement for Nathan Karn for all of the pennvest paperwork/closing for the collection system
MOTION PAT, LAINIE TO APPROVE THE BOND COUNCIL AGREEMENT WITH NATHAN KARN FOR THE COLLECTION SYSTEM, AIF
Pat asked about 96 Main and if there was any new information on it. Dan said they are just waiting for the deed to come back
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:29PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 16, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND
BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:05 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan Plummer introduces himself as the Council President and lets everyone know that Billy Bair the Council Vice President
is on his way he’s just running a few minutes late from coaching football. Dan also let everyone know that Pat Walker who is another council member and code enforcement officer is not able to make it to tonight’s meeting due to truck problems at
work. He said Pat is also up for reelection this year. Dan explains the purpose of this meeting is to get to know current Council members and candidates running for council. Dan asked everyone else to please introduce themselves. Andy Lathrop introduces himself as the Mayor and Dan adds that he also helps with anything emergency management related as well. Joe Baker
introduces himself as a current council member. Dan introduces Stephanie Bigley as the secretary. Lainie Kephart introduces
herself as a current council member that is up for reelection and that her name will need to be written in on the ballot.
Ernie Perry introduces himself as a new candidate running for a council seat and says he would like to be a part of the
community. Dan tells everyone to feel free to ask any of them any questions they would like to.
Steve Baldoni would like to know council’s opinion on the street lights. Stephanie said she could answer any questions he
has as she is the one that handles the street lights. Steve would like to know about a few that don’t seem to be working.
Stephanie explained that if they are the old sodium vapor lights they are still under contract and if Penelec comes out and
does anything to repair those lights even changing the bulbs it restarts the contract for another 5 years. She explains they
are trying to get all the old sodium vapor lights changed to the new LED lights and that there are only 16 left in town that
they are waiting for to come out of contract to change them. She said 8 just came out of contract and were converted to
the new lights 2 weeks ago. Amy snow asked about putting in more lighting in certain areas of town such as King Street
she said is pretty dark at night and could use more lights. Stephanie said she would talk to Penelec and see what would have
to be done to add some new poles and lights. Ernie said there is also one that is flashing on the corner of Elm & Bennett
Billy Bair introduces himself as Vice President of Council and told everyone that he was on council several years ago and
decided he wanted to be a part of it again and he is also up for reelection this year
Steve Baldoni asked what Council’s intentions and thoughts are on the sidewalks in town. Lainie & Dan said they don’t
belong to the Borough they belong to each property owner. Steve said he realizes that but some of them are in very bad shape
and he asked about grants that could possibly help with this. Dan talked about some of the grants out there that have been
looked into and how grants work and explained the matches on most grants and that a lot of them the Borough can’t afford
the match. They also pay the engineer to write grants so they have to consider everything involved before applying for any
grant. Billy talked a little about the money that used to be budgeted for local police that they now use to help blacktop a
street in town each year. They talked about all the work that got done on Mechanic Street this year and that their plans a to
start on King Street next year. They talked about a grant that is being applied for to help with this project. They are planning
to replace drains, catch basins, add more storm drains and blacktop as well as incorporating some of the drainage issues on
Central street. If the Borough can get this grant all work could be done in the same year but if they don’t then it would have
to be done a little at a time each year in sections. They are guessing this is approx.. a $150,000 project. They are also hoping
to incorporate this project in with the sewer & water line project that will be done so possibly all work can be done at the
same time. Dan went back to the issue of the sidewalks and also added that people don’t have to have a sidewalk and that
they are allowed to take them out but if there is a sidewalk on your property then the homeowner is responsible for maintaining
it. Joe also talked about a couple of years ago Stephanie had looked into a grant that would help each individual homeowner
fix their sidewalks but it went through the County and by each household income. The county had sent out a survey to each household to be filled out if they were interested and the Borough only received one of them back. There had to be at least 9 qualifying households for this project. They talked about some of the other eye sores in town and Mary asked Ernie how he
felt about Blight. He said it’s worse in the country and it didn’t stop him from moving here. Ernie asked if there was an
ordinance for this and council said yes there is but it’s a long process to enforce it and get anything done about it. Dan talked
about the constant battle with code enforcement as well as overdue sewer & garbage accounts. He said again it’s a very long
process of letters, collections, judgements, court, liens and sheriff sale. Ernie’s professional stand point as a pastor is to make
good relationships and be good neighbors with people by being nice. Dan said that is always tried first and that most of these
things could be avoided if people would just communicate with the office and make an effort but unfortunately that’s not
how it goes a lot of the time. He said we are willing to work with anyone but they have to communicate and make an effort.
Billy said all late fees stopped during covid and even after the Borough was able to start charging late fees again they didn’t
for an entire year later in efforts to try and help people that were still behind. The Borough did not start charging late fees
again until 2023.
Mary asked who was hired to help Kevin and Dan said Amie Fair. He said that she lives in Allegany and is fairly new to
the area. He said she is very experienced and willing to learn anything and that she had previously worked on the road
crew for another town. Mary asked if she was part time and council said yes. They said Kevin was in need of a second
pair of hands and she is working when he needs the extra help. They said Joe’s appointment is today so hopefully they
will know more this week how things are going for him and if the doctor will release him to come back to work. Dan said
again that this girl was not hired full time and was not hired to replace Joe it’s just for Kevin to have the extra help he
needs right now. He said again that she has been very willing to learn everything even including the sewer plant. He said
if she learns enough about it maybe she will even eventually be able to fill in running the plant for Kevin when he needs
time off in the future.
Steve asked if the Post Office was private property and Council said as far as they know it is. He asked who owns the levee
and Council said it is Borough property and the Borough does the upkeep. Steve is concerned about animal holes on the levee. Council said Kevin has worked on this and filled several and that the levee is inspected every year by Army Corp. & DEP
Phil would like to know if there is something that can be done about the speeding on Main Street. Dan said any issues of
anything in town to call the State Police. He said the more calls they get for issues the more they will be in town. Phil said a
lot of it is trucks coming through speeding. Dan said again for everyone to call PSP anytime there is an issue. Sandra said
maybe putting out some cones would help.
Sandra thanked Council for filling the holes on King Street. Dan said they had help from the other Townships and in turn
the Borough helps them to get theirs done. Everyone needs to work together in order to make it.
Lainie asked Ernie Perry if he would like to be on Council why this is the first meeting he has ever attended. Ernie said he
has just been busy and they have been trying to get adjusted after moving here about a year and a half ago. He said it’s not
for lack of interest he just didn’t put it in his schedule. Lainie asked if he intended to attend meetings from here on out. He
said as long as they don’t interfere with his church meetings. Dan said the meetings are always every 3rd Monday of the
month and that being on Council is just like a job. It is important to be at the meetings and there are always several issues to
be discussed and things to work through and that there has to be constant communication and presence by all Council members
in order to get things done. Dan said he is retired and he is at the office everyday for about an hour and a half just to keep up
on everything that is going on and to handle things on a daily basis. He said there is always lots of talking and research to be
done on things. He said Andy also stops several times a week just to check in and keep up on things.
Mary asked about the accreditation of the levee, Dan said the first part of the process is done and that grant was just closed out.
A new grant has been applied for reaccreditation study work and any construction that may need to be done. Council said
they are hoping for this grant to be able to continue the process and move forward.
Ernie said he has been an ordained minister for the last 20 years and was an administrator of a Christian school as well. He
said running a church is a lot like running a non-profit and he has been able to do that. He says he was a pastor in Port
Allegany for 4 years and in Eldred for 5 years and has been a part of the community for the last 10 years. He said he has a
daughter that’s a senior at Otto Eldred High School. He said he would like to be involved and help and is not a stranger to
being a part of things like this. He said his wife is a good teacher and has good relationships at the school as well. He said
Lainie is right and that he should have been attending meetings and that he has no real excuse for not.
Dan told everyone to go out and vote and he said that Mary & Sandra are the only 2 that always attend meetings
Everyone talked about the fact that the Borough is going to have to raise the sewer rates and that Council does not get a say
in this, it is being mandated by Pennvest. Jack asked how much it will be going up and Council said $7.00 for 2024 and $7.00
more in 2025. Dan said this is a huge project and because of having to be rebid the project it’s now costing the Borough a lot
more money and the monthly payment for the sewer plant itself is going to be around $10,000 per month. Dan said again
building a new plant is being mandated by DEP and the rates are being mandated by Pennvest. Dan said the closing on the
plant is September 19 and the work can begin the day after. He said it is supposed to be approx. a 15mo. Project to complete.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:27 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR AUGUST 21, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON AUGUST 21, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Lainie asked if Borough residents are still able to use the brush pile and Council said yes
Dan goes over the engineers update and lets everyone know the pre bid meeting will be 8/23/23 for the collection system
and 9/13/23 will be the bid opening. The closing for the sewer plant will be 9/19/2023. He said hopefully their will be no
more delays in anything
Council talked about the possibility of crosswalks being put in on the Dollar General side of town. Stephanie said she
spoke to PennDot about this and the Borough can put one in going from Chris Drive to cross the road near the Tasty
Freeze, however to put one in down by Dollar General there would need to be a study done by PennDot because there is
no existing road there to come off of
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH PUTTING IN A CROSSWALK FROM
CHRIS DRIVE, AIF
Dan said Mechanic Street is done and that a little extra had been purchased to finish the small section on Bennett Street
to the school. The total cost of blacktop was $22,908. Mr. Jarett's hours totaled 90 hours for the whole project. He said they
had help from all of the surrounding Townships Eldred, Ceres, Otto, Keating, Lafayette with labor and equipment and
Council would like to thank them for all their help.
Council talked about next year the plan is to start on King Street. They all agree that there is a lot of work to be done there
such as new piping, new catch basins, extra drainage to be put in and blacktop redone. They talked about a possible grant
that is available that could help them to be able to do the whole project in one year rather than just having to do small
sections each year. Dan said Jeff Spencer the engineer is going to walk King Street with Kevin on Wednesday to try
and put together a scope of work for everything that needs to be done. Billy asked if it could be incorporated into the
sewer & water line project. Dan said he is hoping that is a possibility. He said the paving for the sewer & water project will
not be the whole street.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE STIFFLER & MCGRAW TO WRITE AND APPLY FOR THE
GRANT TO FIX KING STREET, AIF
Dan talked about a part time employee again to help Kevin. Pat said maybe they should wait until Joe knows if he is going
to be able to return to work and when. Council talked about the fact that Kevin needs help now and that there are things that
are not going to get done before winter if he doesn’t have help soon. They said this is not to replace Joe it is only to get
someone in here to help Kevin for right now. Pat said he is ok with hiring someone part time for right now. Joe said they
should have hired someone a month ago to help him
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING SOMEONE PART TIME TEMPORARY TO HELP KEVIN WHILE JOE
IS OFF AT $18.00 PER HOUR AND $20.00 PER HOUR AFTER 90 DAYS AIF
Dan talked about the County Liquid Fuels again and that they needed to change the use of it from wages to street lighting
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE COUNTY LIQUID FUELS MONEY TO BE USED FOR STREET LIGHTING, AIF
Dan talked about the Borough mowing for next year and possibly changing it some, Pat and Lainie both said it’s working
how it is right now. Dan said they are doing a great job but it does cost a lot, he said so far this year the Borough has paid
out $17,000 between both contractors. They talked about getting a quote from them for next year
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE GETTING NEW QUOTES FOR MOWING IN 2024, AIF
Dan went over the pension financial requirements for the Borough
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PENSION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS, AIF
Dan reads the DBE Solicitation Resolution number 2023-06
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE DBE SOLICITATION RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 6:34PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JULY 17, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JULY 17, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, AND LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineer’s update. He said Fema is requesting more information for the levee. There will be a contractor
meeting on July 19th and a conference call with Pennvest on August 17 and Pennvest closing has been moved to August 29th
for the treatment plant. Council had some talk about how long it will take for construction to start and that the weather will
also most likely be a factor as well
Kevin gave an update on Mechanic Street and that they are almost done with the right side and should be starting the left
side drainage this week. Plans are to pave the first week in August
They talked a little about raising taxes again for this next year and will make a final decision on this in October/November
They talked about the town hall meeting and that Dan will not be in town on the original date so do they want to reschedule
it
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE SETTING THE TOWNHALL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
AT 6PM AND THE ELDRED BOROUGH FIREHALL, AIF
Council talked about King Street and all the repair work that needs to be done there as far as better drainage and paving. They
talked about adding storm drains on both sides of King Street. They would like to plan for this project to start next year
Council talked about a couple of properties on King Street and also Edson Street that the Borough has been having to mow
that are vacant and they need to file liens against the owners. Dan said there have been several letters sent as well as invoices
but the Borough gets no response from the owners
Council had more talk about hiring someone part time and they went over some of the applications. They talked about the fact
that this is not to replace Joe in any way it’s just to get Kevin some help in the mean time while Joe is off work. They talked
about one of the applicants and that when Joe does come back he would be willing to just be on call if the guys needed some
extra help for certain jobs. They talked about needing another person at least for now. They talked about a starting wage and
what the Borough could do. Kevin talked about waiting until next month and see what Joe finds out at his next appointment
and go from there
Council talked about more crosswalks on Main Street near the Tasty Freeze and Dollar General area and asked Stephanie to
get information from PennDot on this
Dan talked about some resident calls that the Borough has had about break ins, things being stolen and racing on Main Street.
He wanted to let everyone know to call the State Police anytime anything happens, he said if they don’t know they can’t help
and if they get enough calls hopefully they will be around town more. Andy talked about another break in that happened just
outside of town
Dan talks about a complaint/rumor that they supposedly hired someone to run the backhoe because Kevin is not able to. He
wants everyone to know that this is not true, Kevin knows how to run a backhoe and other equipment and has done so for
years. The reason someone was hired for Mechanic Street help is because Kevin couldn’t do that big of a job by himself
Council talks about what to use the County Liquid Fuel money for this year
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE COUNTY LIQUID FUEL MONEY FOR WAGES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:32 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – AUGUST 21, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JUNE 29, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE 29, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Dan would like to add some things to the agenda, summer help, property taxes, 96 Main Street, July 19 and Townhall
meeting September 25, Kevin time off
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan talked about Bill Jarrett for help on Mechanic Street and that they have no other options unless someone else has a
solution
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING BILL JARRETT FOR HELP ON MECHANIC STREET AT
$40 PER HOUR, DAN-YES, LAINIE-YES, PAT-NO
Dan talked about the amount of time Kevin has to take off but he needs some help at the sewer plant to be able to do that.
Billy said he would help with this. Dan let everyone know that the summer help will be done next Friday. Council talked
about possibly hiring someone else part time until they know when Joe might be able to come back. They also talked about
having someone that can learn the sewer plant to be able to help with Kevin having time off. They talked about someone
working under Kevin’s operators license and also eventually getting their own. They talked about advertising for someone
part time and see how it goes
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ADVERTISING FOR PART TIME PUBLIC WORKS HELP, AIF
Dan talked about property taxes and how all expenses have went up. He said the last time they raised taxes it was in 2020.
They also talked about wages that have also went up in the last 4 years along with all everyday expenses. Council talked
about the possibility of raising taxes a half of mill this next year to help cover some of the expenses that have went up
Dan let everyone know they are just waiting for the paperwork for 96 Main Street to proceed with that
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE TRASFER FEES AND OTHER FEES THAT WILL
HAVE TO BE PAID FOR THE PURCHASE OF 96 MAIN STREET, AIF
Dan let everyone know July 19 is the possible date for the contractors meeting and the Penvest closing is set for July 26
Council talked about doing a Townhall meet & greet, question & answer session possibly at the Firehall
MOTION JOE, LAINIE TO APPROVE HAVING A TOWNHALL COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:30 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – July 17, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JUNE 21, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JUNE 21, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS AND ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan has Jeff Spencer go over his engineers update. Jeff said the levee modeling has been submitted and that grant is
done. New grant paperwork has been submitted to try and get funding to cover the recertification. He said the funding offer
for the collection system should be July 19 and then advertise for bids for that project about a month after. Dan asked about
the winter months interfering with the work and if there are still issues with supplies and materials for the contractors. Jeff
said the bonds, contracts and insurance are taken care of now for the contractors for the treatment plant. July 26th at 10am is
the loan closing for Pennvest. They talked about the line of credit account through CNB staying open as a construction account
and that the Borough would receive reimbursement from Pennvest. They had some talk of how reimbursement would work.
Jeff said the next Pennvest conference call will be July 13 and that the preconstruction meeting needs to be set for mid July
and hopefully start construction in August. They talked about some of the Wright Road and Canfield Hollow customers
being changed to Township customers and the agreement with the Township to be signed tonight to have this changed.
Mary asked how much rates are going to go up and Dan said they are going to go over all that tonight
Dan said they are hoping to have Mechanic Street done before school starts and he talked about the situation of needing help
for Kevin to be able to get this project done. Dan talked about Bill Jarret and an experienced contractor that is willing to help
Kevin do the work and that he would want $40 per hr. He would be hired as a contractor not an employee and would be
working under his own insurance as well. Council feels that’s to much and that the Borough can’t afford it. Dan talks about
this guy being more experienced than just someone off the street and that Kevin needs the help. Kevin’s estimate is that he
would need this guy for approximately 100 hours. They talked about how much they feel the Borough can pay and they talked
about not knowing when Joe might be able to come back to work.
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING BILL JARRET FOR MECHANIC STREET HELP AT $30
PER HOUR, DAN,BILLY YES, PAT NO
Dan went over the Township agreement for the 9 Wright Road customers and that the Borough will be responsible for the
lines for 10 years because the Township has not been the ones collecting the money for these lines up until now the Borough
has. After the 10 years the Township will be responsible for the lines. He said the agreement is for 40 years. He said this will
start September 1st and the Borough will send out letters letting the customers affected know this.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE 9 WRIGHT
ROAD CUSTOMERS, AIF
Dan goes over the rate resolution and explained that Pennvest is requiring the sewer rates to be at $62 per month by May 1st
2025
MOTION JOE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE PENNVEST SEWER RATE RESOLUTION, AIF
Dan talks about having to rebid the sewer plant project and that because of this it has cost a lot more money than it originally
would have and therefor it is causing the rates to go up higher than it would have before
Dan talked about the State coming in for two days to do a 5 year highway account audit and that everything went well and
there were no findings
Dan talks about the fact that there are some residents in town that even with being sent letters will not keep up with their
properties. He talks about junk laying around as well as not mowing and weed eating. He talks about a few residents specifically
that are elderly that still keep their yards cleaned up and mowed nice and said if these elderly people can do it then there is no
reason every resident can’t do the same. They talked about how many letters have went out this year and last year for junk and
lawn mowing and that some people will clean up and some still will not. Some of these have been sent to Judge Todd’s office
to handle from that point. Dan explains that there is a process that they have to follow to get these things taken care of. Mary
talked about the church on King Street looking terrible.
Dan talked about 96 Main Street and that the School and County have approved the Borough’s bid for the property
Council talked about the sewer savings fund and if they still want to continue to put this money aside in case it’s needed. They
agree to do so
Council talked about having 4 no parking on pavement signs left outback and putting them up on Bennett Street
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PUTTING UP 4 NO PARKING ON PAVEMENT SIGNS ON BENNETT STREET, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:46 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – July 17, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
Special Meeting June 7, 2023
Attendance:
Council Members Present: Daniel Plummer, Joseph Baker, William Bair, Jr., Lainie Kephart and Patrick Walker
Other Officials Present: Mayor Andrew Lathrop, Treasurer Lisa Hannahs and Roadmaster Kevin Caldwell
Meeting Called to Order at (time) __6:00 PM_____
Motion to Approve Agenda:
By: 1st: Patrick Walker 2nd: Lainie Kephart , AIF
Discussions: Dan Plummer stated there are (2) Resolutions and (2) Loan Ordinances that need to be voted on.
Dan read page one the Ordinances individually and moved for a motion to approve the Resolutions and Ordinances.
No discussion on the motion.
Council Members voted on each Resolution and Ordinance as stated below:
Motion to Approve Resolution of Eldred Borough #2023-03 :
By: 1st: Joseph Baker 2nd: William Bair, Jr. , AIF, Aye
Motion to Approve Resolution of Eldred Borough #2023-04 :
By: 1st: Patrick Walker 2nd: Lainie Kephart , AIF, Aye
Motion to Approve Ordinance #2023-01 :
By: 1st: William Bair, Jr. 2nd: Patrick Walker , AIF, Aye
Daniel Plummer: Aye
William Bair, Jr. Aye
Joseph Baker Aye
Lanie Kephart Aye
Patrick Walker Aye
Motion to Approve Ordinance #2023-02 :
By: 1st: Lainie Kephart 2nd: Joseph Baker , AIF Aye
Daniel Plummer: Aye
William Bair, Jr. Aye
Joseph Baker Aye
Lanie Kephart Aye
Patrick Walker Aye
Additional discussions:
Daniel Plummer and Council Members discussed an invoice received from Core & Main LP for pipe for Mechanic Street.
Daniel Plummer moved for a motion to approve the discussed amount of $10,652.40 to pay for the pipe with Highway
Funds. Council members voted to use Highway Funds to pay the bill.
Motion to Approve Purchasing pipe with Highway Funds in the amount of $10,652.40 :
By: 1st: Patrick Walker 2nd: William Bair, Jr. , AIF Aye
Daniel Plummer made a Motion to adjourn the meeting.
Motion to Adjourn the meeting at (time) _6:15 PM__:
By: 1st: Patrick Walker 2nd: Lainie Kephart , AIF Aye
Meeting Adjourned
Sincerely,
______________________________________
Lisa Hannahs
MINUTES FOR MAY 15, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MAY 15, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Billy wanted to add First Street sewer issues to be talked about tonight
Mo Welch wanted to ask about a pickle ball court. Council asked for details of this which Mo doesn’t have yet. Council
said they are open to it if she could get them some more information
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan briefly goes over the engineers update and said they are still waiting on answers from Pennvest. He said Wright
Road customers should be changed over soon
Dan talked about spring cleanup and thanked the people that participated and said they wished more people had participated
and cleaned things up. They talked about more reminders next year and maybe sending out letters
Council talked about Joe still being out from his shoulder surgery and that Kevin needs help. They said that since
the post for help went up there have been 3 people to apply. Kevin has met with all 3 of them and Council and Kevin discussed the applicants
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING BRADLEY WALKER FOR SUMMER HELP AND DAN
RECUSED HIMSELF FROM VOTING, AIF
Dan talked about Mechanic Street and all the quotes Kevin got for pipe, catch basins and blacktop. Billy said anything that is
DOT approved they could use liquid fuels money for. Kevin said the catch basins would not be DOT approved with the
exception of one because they don’t need them to be that big for that street. Dan said they would look at how much they have available in the highway fund for some of the other things. They talked about needing that for salt and plowing as well. Dan
said it’s usually about $25,000-$27,000 per year that the Borough receives
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE MATERIALS FOR MECHANIC
STREET, AIF
Dave asked about what the blacktop would cost and Council said around $20,000 just from the top of Mechanic to Bennett
Street. They talked about the drainage on Main Street and Dan said PennDot is aware and putting together a project for that
and blacktop of Main Street but right now that looks like 2026. He said they are trying to coordinate this with the sewer and
water project as well so it could possibly get moved up. Council said they are hoping to have Mechanic Street done by the
time school starts
Just a reminder that the June meeting is changed to Wednesday June 21st at 6pm
Dan talks about the Armstrong field across the tracks and that it’s in pretty bad shape and doesn’t really get used. He said
that Steph talked to Armstrong’s about this and maybe moving the memorial to the other field and taking this one out. They
were ok with doing this.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE TAKING OUT THE OLD ARMSTRONG FIELD AND MOVING THE MEMORIAL TO THE OTHER FIELD, AIF
Dan talks about the upcoming liquid fuels audit with the Auditor General and that it will be a 5 year audit. He said
Steph & Lisa have been preparing for this for the last couple of weeks. He told everyone they had already had the local rep
here to look over this year and last years stuff and everything looked good
Dan talks about the levee grant resolution and applying for another grant for the study now to move forward. Dave asked if
this was for Fema and Council said yes. Council talked about all the issues with the levee not being accredited such as high
flood insurance rates and not being able to build anything new in the flood zone
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE APPLYING FOR THE LEVEE GRANT, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE LEVEE GRANT RESOLUTION 2023-02, AIF
Dan mentions that the 2022 audit with Ed Bysiek is done and went well
Dan let everyone know that the Borough received a letter from the S.W. Smith Library thanking them for the donation
Billy talked about the sewer issues that keep happening on First Street. Council talked about maybe sending out letters to
residents asking them to not put rags, towels, flushable wipes, etc. down any toilets/drains. These things continue to cause
backups and issues in the sewer system. They also talked about putting it on Facebook
Mary asked about the lady that was inquiring about putting in the 5th wheel camper. Dan said they have never heard anything
more from her
Andy asked about the parade and everyone meeting up. They decided they would all meet at 10:30 that morning and the
parade would start at 11:00. They talked about the new banner and buying more candy to hand out this year. Andy said the
church is also going to have a wagon for any Veterans that would like to ride on it.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:37 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JUNE 21, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR APRIL 26, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON APRIL 26, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON AND ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Council goes over the PennVest offer
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE ACCEPTING THE UPDATED PENNVEST FUNDING OFFER IN
THE AMOUNT OF $17,657,188.00 FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT, AIF
Council goes over the contract bids
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING CONTRACT 2022-1 FOR THE GENERAL/MECHANICAL WORK WITH ALTERNATIVES FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT, TO LOBAR, INC.,
AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WITH A BID OF $12,241,885.00, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING CONTRACT 2022-2, FOR HVAC WORK FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT, TO MAZZA MECHANICAL SERVICES, INC., AS THE
LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WITH A BID OF $355,000.00, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING CONTRACT 2022-3, FOR PLUMBING WORK FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT, TO W.C. ESHENAUR & SON, INC., AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WITH A BID OF $251,240.00, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING CONTRACT 2022-4, FOR ELECTRICAL WORK
WITH ALTERNATES TO HALLSTROM CLARK ELECTRIC, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,304,000.00, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:04 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MAY 15, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR APRIL 17, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MARCH 20, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Pat said he has been hearing complaints about people putting trash in other people’s trash cans
Mary asked about the 446 Main St project, Dan said there is nothing set in stone yet and that PennDot is helping to put
together a plan for it. He said they are looking at storm drain issues along with paving
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan goes over the engineers update and explains further about the PennDot meeting and trying to combine Main Street
paving and storm water drains with the new sewer and water lines to go in
Council talked about the library in Port Allegany and the donation they are asking for. Council is in agreement that the
Borough can not afford that. Joe said his kids do use that library a lot. They talked about a donation for the Eldred library
as well
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A DONATION OF $250 TO THE S.W. SMITH LIBRARY, AIF
Council would like to remind everyone that spring cleanup is May 8 and the cost is $40. Dan said he hung up some flyers
around town hoping to get the word out and that people would start cleaning things up
Dan reminded everyone that the PennVest meeting is on Wednesday the 19th and hopefully they should know something
on Thursday
Council thanked the Borough & Otto Township Firehalls for burning the levee on Main St
Council thanked the Houbens for the park donation
Dan let everyone know that the DEP inspection went very well and everything was good
Council wanted to remind everyone about the Memorial Day parade on May 29th and that the yard sale day in town is
May 6th. They said that Mo is trying to find vendors for that day
Dan talks to everyone about a lady that called who is looking at a piece of property up King Street and that she would like to
put a 5th wheel camper on it to live in. Council has discussion on having campers in town and Billy asked about taxes and
how that would work. Dan said if it’s a permanent structure it should be taxed just like anyplace else. Pat & Dan said they
would be ok with it as long as there are some conditions with it. They talked about possibly creating a new ordinance with conditions just for situations like this. They also talked about it needing to be at least a 1 acre lot. They talked about it having
to be connected to the water and sewer as well and that it would need to be made a permanent structure. Mary said there was supposed to be an ordinance created years ago that stated there were not to be any more trailers of any kind in town. Council & Steph said they are not aware of any ordinance like this. Steph said she has been going through all the ordinances for that reason
and talking to the Borough Solicitor about this subject. Council agreed to try and get more information from the lady before
making any kind of decision
Dan talked about a gentleman that stopped in the office from the Wounded Warrior Project and said they would like to hang
a banner across Main Street
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE WOUNDED WARRIOR BANNER ON MAIN STREET WITH
THE CORRECT PERMITS, AIF
Dan talks about maybe needing to get some summer help for some projects that need to be done. They talk about
needing to get the weed eating done on the sides of the Barden Brook levee being it didn’t get burned this year as well
as some painting and pressure washing. Council also talked about maybe some high school seniors that may need to
finish service hours before graduation
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CONTACTING THE SCHOOL TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY KIDS
THAT MAY NEED TO FINISH THEIR SERVICE HOURS, AIF
Andy asked about Mechanic Street and the paving getting done this year. Council said yes but they are not sure when yet
Andy talked about a lot of people speeding on Main Street and that someone is going to get hurt. Billy said the Police have
been in town a lot more than they used to be
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:47 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MAY 15, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Bigley
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MARCH 20, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MARCH 20, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan goes over the engineer update. They talked about the Legion possibly hooking into the sewer and having an agreement
with the Township
Mary Grace from S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library in Port Allegany goes over the numbers and talks about how many
Eldred people use the library there. She talks about how communication with Otto Township for more money was ignored
and they have now lost membership for their residents to the library and doesn’t want to see the same thing happen to Borough residents. She is asking for at least a $1.00 per capita donation from the Borough, she said the state would like it to be $5.00
but she understands that would be hard to do. Last year the Borough donated a flat $200. She goes over all the income and
expenses for the library. Dan asks what number she would be going by for the per capita donation and she said the 2020 census which was 765. They talked about tabling this till next meeting being that is a lot more money than last year. Council all agrees
to table until April meeting
Dan introduces Nathan Burgett, the director for McKean County Emergency Services. There was some talk of the box alarms
for each department and how they work on the first call. It has been recommended to have at least 5 departments on first alarm alarm call not just stand by. Every department in the area has gotten very small and doesn’t have as many volunteers as they
used to. By having more on first alarm you are insuring that you would have more people coming to a fire. Billy asked if the
County could just take over the box alarms and Nathan said no that is up to each department. Eldred Borough currently has 3
on first alarm call (Eldred Borough, Eldred Township & Otto Township) Dan talked about maybe the possibilities of
consolidating departments because there are not the amount of volunteers that there used to be and it would save each
department money. Denny Mong said they are open to talking about doing that. Kevin Cummings talked about funding to
help do that. Denny talked about previously trying to merge the ambulance crews but that it didn’t work out. Nathan said there
are agencies that can help with this and that the Government body has the authority to push to make this happen if it’s a safety
issue. Nathan said Jerry Ozog with VFIS can help with the consolidation process.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES
OF CONSOLIDATION, AIF
Dan talks with Allen Fowler about the Legion’s interest in hooking up the new building to the sewer system. He said they
would also put in a commercial grinding system. They talked about how the line would need to be run and having an agreement
with the Township for this. Stephanie said she has talked to the engineers about this and they need to know what the square
footage of the building will be. Allen will get this information as soon as possible.
Council talked about the Memorial Day Parade and if they would like to participate in it again this year. They talked about
having a new banner made and candy purchased for the event as well.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
AS WELL AS PURCHASE A NEW BANNER AND CANDY TO BE HANDED OUT, AIF
Council talked about spring cleanup for this year and if the price should go up some to cover costs
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE SPRING CLEANUP IN THE BOROUGH TO BE HELD ON MONDAY
MAY 8, 2023 AND THE COST TO BE SET AT $40.00, AIF
Council talked with Denny & Kevin about the Fire Department burning the levee this year. Denny said they would help with it,
they just need to wait for the snow to be gone. Dan talked about the fact that it would save the Borough from having to rent a
boom mower this year to mow it. Kevin said in the month of April they could do it
Dan talks about getting some more millings from Hawbakers this year for some different projects that need done. He said they
don’t know the exact cost yet but that Kevin would like to get approx.. 60-80 tons
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING MORE MILLINGS FOR THIS YEAR FROM
HAWBAKERS, AIF
Council talked about The Nippers wanting to put up a new batting cage at Houben Park
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE NIPPERS TO PUT UP A NEW BATTING CAGE AT HOUBEN PARK
AND THAT THE NIPPERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THE OLD ONE DOWN AND REMOVING IT
AND FOR MAINTAINING THE NEW ONE, AIF
Council talked about another Levee grant will be needed and having Jeff with Stiffler & McGraw to apply for this grant
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE HAVING JEFF SPENCER APPLY FOR ANOTHER GRANT FOR THE
LEVEE, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:10 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 17, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 27, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, ENGINEER JEFF SPENCER AND
SOLICITOR ANDREA STAPLEFORD
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
Dan talks about the bids that came in today and also the additional funds needed from Pennvest
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM PENNVEST FOR
THE NEW SEWER PLANT, AIF
Council gives the names for the low bids
General – Lobar, Inc
Hvac contract – Mazza Mechanical Services
Plumbing – W.C. Eshenaur & Son, Inc.
Electrical – Hallstrom-Clark Electric, Inc.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AWARDING BIDS TO THE LOWEST BIDDERS CONTINGENT
UPON THE ENGINEERS REVIEW, AIF
Steph talked about the fact that there have been several questions about the Fire Departments and how they respond to house
fires and that she has talked with McKean County Emergency Services to try and get some clarification on this. She has
learned through this that it may be necessary to change some things with the call box alarms. Council would like to look into
this further and talk with the Fire Department and maybe also get the County to come to a meeting to better understand this
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:14 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MARCH 20, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan gives a quick update from Jeff
Dan talks about the June 19th meeting and needing to change it as Steph will be out of town
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CHANGING THE JUNE 19, 2023 MEETING TO WEDNESDAY
JUNE 21, 2023 AT 6:00PM, AIF
Dan talks about the inspection company that the Borough has appointed right now being Erb Inspections and that there have
recently been some complaints from a few residents. He said Steph has talked to a few other Borough & Townships in the
area and they also have had some complaints and they now have 2 inspection companies that people can choose from to use
instead of just one. The other company is KNA Inspections out of Bradford. Council talked about not having just one solely appointed by the Borough and just letting residents choose who they would prefer to use
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE NOT HAVING AN EXCLUSIVE APPOINTED INSPECTOR FOR THE BOROUGH AND LETTING RESIDENTS CHOOSE WHICH ONE THEY PREFER TO USE, AIF
Council talked about 96 Main Street and that the original bidder has decided he did not want to enter into a legal agreement to purchase the property.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE REJECTING THE REPOSITORY BID FOR 96 MAIN STREET, AIF
Council had talk about the Borough possibly purchasing the property at 96 Main Street and having the County tear it down.
Pat asked about the grant money to do so and what if it wasn’t available once everything went through with the purchase. Dan
said they have talked to the County about the grant money and that should not be an issue. Dan explained that if they do this
they can’t do anything with the property for 5 years and that the Borough would need to keep up with the yard work during that time. They talked about the possibility of donating the property to the cemetery after the 5 years. Dan said the minimum bid is
$250 and there are actually 2 properties because the parking space across the street is actually a separate parcel. Council also
talked about the sidewalk in front of this property and the fact that it needs to be fixed. Mary asked if the County takes care of everything and Council said yes they will tear it down and haul everything away
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PLACING A REPOSITORY BID FOR 96 MAIN STREET ON BOTH PROPERTIES AT $250 EACH, AIF
Dan talked about the late charges and the issues with doing the percentage charge and it would work better in the system to
go back to the flat fee late charge
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CHANGING THE LATE FEE FOR THE 2023 YEAR TO $5.00, AIF
Dan explained that the Water Authority called and that Lance Baker needed to be reappointed to the Water Authority Board
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE APPOINTING LANCE BAKER TO THE WATER AUTHORITY
BOARD, AIF
Council talks about the Quickbooks renewal being $549 this year and it’s up for renewal in a few weeks
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE QUICKBOOKS RENEWAL, AIF
Mary asked about the levee and where that stands. They explained the engineers are still working on everything
Dan reminded everyone that there will be a special meeting on February 27 at 6pm and the bid opening will be prior to that
at 4pm
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:31 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MARCH 20, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 16, 2023
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JANUARY 16, 2023
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan goes over the engineer’s report and talks a little about the call with Pennvest last week. He also talked about the opening
of the new bids on February 27 and then having a special meeting afterwards. He also reminded everyone of the changes for
some of the Wright Road customers but that the agreement paperwork is not done yet
Dan goes over and talks about the repository bid on 96 Main Street. The bidder’s father is attending the meeting on his son’s
behalf. Council explained to him that in order for them to approve this bid there would need to be a legal agreement between
the purchaser and the Borough stating that the purchaser agrees to have the house and property cleaned up with no code
violations within a certain amount of time and that there would also be a quit claim deed in case these things were not done.
Council went on to explain the previous issues with this property and why they would have these stipulations. The father
explains that him and his son have purchased several other properties from the county and fixed them up and that would be
their intention with this one as well. He talks more about fixing things up and making it look presentable. They are hoping to
get permission from the neighbor to be able to drive across their property to get to 96 Main to do some of the work being there
is no driveway. Joe asked if they would be doing all the work themselves and he said yes along with some help from the Amish.
He said they would like to start quickly on the outside work before the vegetation starts growing. Council talked about the
sidewalk also belonging to that property and needing to be repaired. He said they are aware of that as well.
Dan talks about the appeals board that deals with variances and such things. He said this was brought up due to some issues
with the Petruzzi permits. Dan talks about how this works and joining this board so that if there are issues where they are
needed it’s cheaper for the homeowner.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH JOINING THE UPPER PINE CREEK GROUP, AIF
Dan talks about purchasing some Christmas decorations for the new fence that was put up around the curve for next year
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING DECORATIONS FOR THE FENCE, AIF
Charlotte asked about the lights not working on all the wooden ones on Main Street this year. Council said they are aware
of that and hope to have them fixed by next year
Dan talked about the new street lights and a complaint they have had about it shinning in a house. He said they have talked
to Penelec and they will try to tilt the light some to help with this
Eric Johnson came in to also talk about 96 Main Street. Council talked to him about what would need to be done and what would
be expected by the Borough and a time frame to make it livable. They are thinking around 9 months, at least by the end of the
year. Council said they have been wanting it tore down but they would make an exception to this if they are willing to join into
this agreement. They went over again what they would expect and they said they would have the Solicitor draw up the legal paperwork. They said they would give them a few days to think about it and let the office know within a few days.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE REPOSITORY BID FOR 96 MAIN STREET CONTINGENT UPON
THE LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOROUGH AND ERIC JOHNSON. COUNCIL WILL REJECT THE
BID IF MR. JOHNSON DECIDES HE DOES NOT WANT TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AIF
Dan goes over the new sewer plant resolutions
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE 2023-1 RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR PENNVEST FUNDS, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE 2023-2 RESOLUTION FOR THE LETTER OF RESPONSIBILITY, AIF
Charlotte talked about the library and all the work that has been done there and that it’s all been done with grants and donation
and the work has been done by volunteers. She said they are not asking for money or anything but if the Borough would maybe consider not charging them sewer would greatly help being they are only open 12 days a month. Council has some discussion
about this and what they could do to help.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE MAKING THE ELDRED LIBRARY EXEMPT FROM SEWER
CHARGES, AIF
Charlotte also asked about the ice issue on King Street, they all talked about the drainage that has been put in that is causing
some of this. They said right now all they can do is put down a lot of ice melt but they are hoping to eventually put in more
storm drains to help the issues
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:42 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 20, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 19, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON DECEMBER 19, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
John Petruzzi asked to be added to the agenda
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan goes over the engineer’s report and they talk a little about the levee grant and the collection system
Dan let everyone know that council was going into executive session and there were no notes to be taken at 6:04pm
Dan called the meeting back to order at 6:11 pm
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE REJECTING ALL BIDS FOR THE NEW SEWER PLANT PROJECT,
AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT TO APPROVE READVERTISING FOR BIDS FOR THE SEWER PLANT PROJECT,
AIF
Council talked about the school zone again and the fact that there are still kids that live on the other side of Main Street and
still have to cross to get to school. They feel it’s a good idea to keep it a school zone and that PennDot has said that can be
done and kept that way being the school still owns the property
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE KEEPING THE SCHOOL ZONE ON MAIN STREET, AIF
Dan let everyone know that coupon books have been mailed out. He talked about the Wright Road customers and that
eventually the Township will be taking over the customers on the Township side of the road due to PUC issues. Lainie asked
if any of this would affect any of the Borough resident customers and he said no
Dan introduced John Petruzzi and they talked about the new roof that he had put on the insurance building and the issues he’s having with permits. John talks about recently purchasing the old body shop as well and wanting to also put a new roof on
that as well as garage doors. He talked about an email he received from Erb Inspections asking for all kinds of things and
involving engineers and architects. He says he’s trying to make things look better and this is costing more money for what
they are requiring. He’s asking if he can get a variance from the Borough to leave the insurance building roof alone. Dan
explained that the Borough doesn’t do anything in the office for permits and that is all handled by Erb Inspections and as far
as a variance they would need to talk to the Borough Solicitor about it and go from there because they are not sure if they can
do that
Dan went over the 2023 budget with everyone
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2023 ELDRED BOROUGH BUDGET, AIF
Dan went over the engineers agreement for 2023
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AND APPOINT STIFFLER AND MCGRAW AS THE ENGINEERS
FOR ELDRED BOROUGH FOR 2023, AIF
Council talked about Christmas bonuses for employees
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A NET $150 CHRISTMAS BONUS FOR EACH OF THE 4
EMPLOYEES FOR 2022, AIF
MOTION BILLY LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT STEPHANIE MASON AS THE BOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE
2023 YEAR, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT LISA HANNAHS AS THE BOROUGH TREASURER FOR THE 2023
YEAR, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT ANDREA STAPLEFORD AS THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR FOR THE
2023 YEAR, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT TO APPOINT ED BYSIEK AS THE BOROUGH AUDITOR FOR THE 2023 YEAR, AIF
Council talked about parking on some of the streets being an issue especially during plowing season. They talked about some
other code enforcement issues and also having Pat sign all letters that go out. Pat agreed to do this
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:30 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 16, 2023 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR AND
LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Kevin added backhoe forks to the agenda
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Dan goes over the engineer’s report and talks about the grant money for the levee. He said the treatment plant and the bidding process is still being evaluated and the Borough can not award any bids yet. He said it’s on hold until the review is done. He
said Jeff has a conference call tomorrow for more discission on this and hopefully we will know more after that. He said the agreement with the Township to change some of the Wright Road customers due to PUC issues is still in the draft status.
Dan went over the ambulance resolution 2022-05 and said that for now Eldred Borough will continue until the end of the year
and then the first of 2023 TLC will take over as the primary BLS for Eldred Borough
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE NEW AMBULANCE RESOLUTION 2022-05, AIF
Dan talks about the mowing and the possibility of splitting up the work and not having just one person do everything. He said
they had them both requote all Borough property on each side Main Street. Dan explained how this would work if they decided
to do the mowing this way.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE MOWING FOR 2023 TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN MIKE GREEN
AND DEB KELLEY, AIF
Dan talked about employee raises and health insurance. Council went over the handbook and talked about how it reads for insurance. Dan said Kevin and Steph are the only ones on the health insurance. They talked about the cost of the insurance and
how much the employees are paying of that right now. They talked about covering all of their insurance rather than a raise.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BOROUGH TO 100% PAY FOR KEVIN & STEPH’S HEALTH
INSURANCE IN LOU OF A RAISE, AIF
Council talked about the other 2 employees that don’t have health insurance and what to do for a raise for them
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A $.50 PER HOUR RAISE FOR JOE & LISA, AIF
Dan talked about the late fee on sewer and garbage charges and about doing a percentage rather than a flat rate
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE AN 8% LATE FEE ON ALL SEWER AND GARBAGE RATES
EACH MONTH, AIF
Dan goes over the proposed budget for 2023 and asks if anyone has any questions about it
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET, AIF
Dan reads over the Act 57 tax resolution and explained how it will work being this is something new
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE ACT 57 TAX RESOLUTION, AIF
Council talked about the real estate taxes for 2023 and that they are not going to raise taxes at this time
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE NOT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES FOR 2023, AIF
Dan talks about the white dodge pickup truck on First Street that has been sitting there for awhile and appears to be abandoned.
He said they have been trying to find out who owns it and have had no luck. They talked about trying to have it towed due to plowing issues
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE GETTING THE ABANDONED TRUCK ON FIRST STREET TOWED
IF POSSIBLE, AIF
Council talked about the school zone and that the office has had some calls as to why this is still a school zone being the
preschool does not operate in that building anymore. Dan said the school board voted to have it removed which PennDot also
has to approve. Some of council does not agree and said there are still kids that live on the other side of Main Street that have
to cross the road to get to the elementary school. They would rather it stay a school zone. Council agrees to table this until the
next meeting
Kevin talked about the forks for the backhoe and that they need to be installed. He said Mark Shuey is able to do the work and
he has a quote from him
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE MARK SHUEY TO DO THE WORK ON THE BACKHOE FOR
THE NEW FORKS, AIF
Mary thanked Steph for the work on the street light project and said how nice it is to finally have them all done. She also let
Council know that they fixed the road behind their house. Council tanked her for doing so
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:37 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – DECEMBER 19, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 17, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON OCTOBER 17, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE BILLS, AIF
Jeff Spencer talked about the levee recertification and that they will be submitting to Fema at the end of the month. He said
there is a $6,700 fee for submitting that he is going to try to avoid because of the mistakes in the map. He said the quarterly
DEP update will be at the end of the month as well. He said they will be submitting to PennVest shortly as well for the sewer
line project. He said they ended up with 12 bids for 4 contracts for the plant. He said they will be requesting to PennVest to
start early due to the contractors having trouble getting their supplies. He said the Borough will still be using the line of credit
to pay for everything until PennVest closes and is available to reimburse. Jeff talked about the issues with the few Township customers the Borough has and most likely not being able to get granted and exception. They are suggesting to possibly bill for those 8 in a lump sum per month and turn them over to the Township. He said the Township would own and maintain the main
line from there. He said there would need to be an intermunicipal agreement between the Borough & the Township. Council has more discussion on this.
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH ELDRED TOWNSHIP
TO TAKE OVER THE WRIGHT ROAD CUSTOMERS, AIF
Council talked about the fact that if they don’t do this it could cost a lot of money and possibly not get granted the exception.
Jeff and Council talked about the driveway on the property the Borough purchased for the sewer plant and that there needs
to be an easement for the Brown’s property so their land is not landlocked. Jeff suggests putting in the agreement that if the
Brown’s make any changes or improvements to the driveway that it would first need to be approved by the Borough.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT FOR THE DRIVEWAY TO THE BROWN’S, AIF
Council talked about the conference call tomorrow at 2pm with PennVest and that local share grants will be announced at
their November meeting. Jeff goes over the bids that came in for the new treatment plant. He talked about the bidding process
and the contractors, he explained the difference between the general base bids and with the alternates. They had more
conversation about all the bids and the costs of everything. He said the Borough is going to have to apply to PennVest for a
little more funding and that the current closing is set for January 10, 2023. He said if they give the go ahead for contractors to
start they will most likely start billing immediately. Dan asked some questions about how the billing would work. They talked
about needing to use the line of credit until PennVest goes through. Jeff said there should still be enough available on the line
of credit until the PennVest loan closes. Jeff talked about the schedule being tight due to the corrective action plan. Billy
asked if anyone has ever worked with some of the contractors. Some of the contractors Jeff and some of Council are familiar
with and some they are not. They had more talk about doing the project with and without alternates. Jeff said they would never
get this low of pricing again and that this is the best PennVest offer he has ever seen.
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE NEW SEWER PLANT PROJECT WITH ALTERNATES, AIF
Jeff talks about the ordinance that pertains to the amount of money that is being barrowed from PennVest for the
engineering portion and also the treatment plant itself. He said Council needed to pass an ordinance agreeing to pay this
money back.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE AND PASS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-05 AGREEING TO PAY
THE LOAN AMOUNT BACK TO PENNVEST FOR ENGINEERING COSTS, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE AND PASS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06 AGREEING TO PAY
THE LOAN AMOUNT BACK TO PENNVEST FOR THE NEW TREATMENT PLANT, AIF
Dan talked about the mowing quotes and what is cost this year to contract out the work. Council talked about what to do for
next year and Kevin said he would like to have them do it again next year. Pat asked Kevin what work they still had left to do
this year. They talked about cleaning out ditches, storm drains, Mechanic Street, etc. Council said that by contracting out some
of the mowing it gives the guys more time to work on other things that need to be done. The also said the guys may be more
busy next year as well with the new sewer plant going in. They talked about with the expenses of everything going up that sooner
or later taxes are going to have to go up. They talked about possibly contracting out all the Borough mowing for next year rather than just the two parks. They discussed if they wanted to split it between the two of them or give all the mowing to one person. Kevin and Andy both said Mike took a lot of extra time on things to make sure they looked very good and that he was always communicating throughout the year and they feel he should get the majority of the work. Billy thinks it should be given to just
one person. Mary doesn’t feel the other park should be taken from Deb and that she did a good job as well. They had more talk about this and how to divide it up if that’s what they decided to do. Council agreed to table the mowing until the next meeting
Dan talked about IU-9 contacting the Borough about possible internships with students. He said it would only be 1-2 hours at a
time and a couple days per week
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE WORKING WITH IU-9 TO DO AN INTERNSHIP WITH STUDENTS,
AIF
Dan said the Borough had been contacted by the residents that used to own 65 King Street for a refund. He said they had paid
in advance for the year and had just sold their property
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE REFUNDING THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF 65 KING STREET THE REMAINING AMOUNT LEFT ON THEIR ACCOUNT, AIF
Council had discussion on the current sewer rates and if they should be raised next year. They said Otto Refuse is going to raise
the garbage pickup rate $2.00 for 2023.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE KEEPING THE SEWER RATE THE SAME FOR 2023, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE OFFERING A $3.00 PER MONTH DISCOUNT ON THE SEWER RATE IF PAID IN FULL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR BY JANUARY 31, 2023, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE STEPHANIE TO ORDER 2023 COUPON BOOKS, AIF
Council talked about Swift Reach and the fact that the cost for that service is going to double. This service and cost is split
between the Borough & Water Authority. Dan talked about the fact that the Borough has only ever used this service a couple
of times in the last 3 years
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE DISCONTINUING THE SWIFT REACH CALL SERVICE FOR
THE BOROUGH, AIF
Dan told everyone that the 3 year contract they had with Ed Bysiek for doing the Borough audits has expired. He said they will
need to sign a new contract if they wish to have him keep doing the audits. He said his price has went up just like everything
else but that he does a very good job and is very knowledgeable of the Borough after the last 3 years of doing the audits
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE SIGNING A 3 YEAR CONTRACT TO KEEP ED BYSIEK AS THE
BOROUGH AUDITOR FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS, AIF
Dan talked about the boom mower and possibly needing to rent one for next year for the levee being they have not been able
to get the fire department to burn it in the spring. Billy asked if it would help with inspections and Kevin said yes. It was $2,000
per week the last time they rented one
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE BUDGETING TO RENT A BOOM MOWER FOR 2023, AIF
Dan talked about Joe hurting his back and shoulder and workers comp not paying his wages for doctors appointments.
Billy said Cutco does pay their employees a certain amount of time. They talked about the fact that from here on out the appointments all need to be scheduled within work hours. They also talked about him using the company truck for appointments
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING JOE WARNICK UNTIL 3PM FOR HIS WORKERS COMP DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, APPROVE HIM TAKING THE COMPANY TRUCK AND TO REIMBURSE HIS VACATION TIME HE HAS ALREADY USED FOR APPOINTMENTS, AIF
Andy wanted to let everyone know the 4k run at the church is this Sunday from 3-5
Mary talked about the road behind their house and wanted to know if it would be ok if they fixed it. Dan said next year if they
were able to get millings they would do some work to it as well. Council had no objections to this
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:44 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – NOVEMBER 21, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART, PAT WALKER, BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
NO BILL APPROVAL NEEDED TONIGHT
Dan gives the engineers report and said they have gotten the needed permits from Erb Inspections. He talks about the
meeting on the 21st and the bid opening meeting that will take place on October 10
Council had talk about the donation for the Port Allegany Library and Mary had a question about the library income.
They talked about different expenses they have
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE A $200 DONATION TO THE PORT ALLEGANY LIBRARY, AIF
Dan talked about the contracted mowing. Mary asked if they were done for the year. Council said not yet and they had
discussion about when they should have them stop for the year. Council talked about if they should do the same next year
and that most likely the price would go up some. There was talk about the new sewer plant project next year and how much
time the guys would actually have to be able to spend on mowing. They agreed to have the contractors give quotes for next
year and all Borough property before the next meeting
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE GETTING QUOTES FOR ALL BOROUGH MOWING FOR 2023,
AIF
Council talked about finishing up the paving and sidewalks in the next few weeks on the bottom of Mechanic Street and
about starting mid Mechanic Street next spring. Pat asked if they still had pipe left and Kevin said no they will need to
get more. They also talked about King Street and the drainage issues there. They talked about more pipe and storm drains
Denny Mong is here to talk about the Borough Ambulance Services and he gives written notice that they will no longer
provide ambulance coverage after 12-31-2022. He said this has been a very hard decision to come to however they just do
not have enough volunteers to help. He said the plan would be to find another ambulance service to take over 1-1-2023 and
they are suggesting TLC Ambulance Service. TLC is also present and talked about other areas they are covering for BLS
and that they could take over at the end of the year. They had more talk about getting everything put together and a new
resolution done. TLC had an ambulance call and had to leave the meeting. Mary asked if they had anyone assisting them
tonight and they said it would be Port Allegany. Denny said the 911 center is already aware of everything
Council talked about Halloween and what night would be the best to do trick-or- treating
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TRICK-OR-TREATING FOR HALLOWEEN ON MONDAY
OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6PM-8PM WITH A RAIN DATE OF TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1ST FROM 6PM-8PM, AIF
Dan let everyone know Kevin’s license for the sewer plant is all taken care of and he is good for everything at the sewer
plant
Lisa talks about the Gym building and explains the sewer charges for this building and that the apartment that belongs to
Chris is empty and has been for the last couple of years. She said normally he comes to the US for a couple weeks out of the
year but has not been here since before Covid started but that they have been paying sewer all along for this apartment. She
said they are not able to shut off the water to just that apartment because it’s just one meter for the entire building. She’s asking
to eliminate the sewer bill for just that one apartment
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE ELIMINATING THE SEWER BILL FOR THE ONE VACANT
APARTMENT IN THE GYM BUILDING, AIF
Dan also talks about the Gold Eagle Hotel and how they were behind on their payments but that they are now almost caught
up. He talked about the circumstances for them at this time and that they are charged 4 sewer charges each month, 2 for the
bar, 1 for their residence and 1 for the other apartment that is empty. He said that Penny has told him the bar is not open and
the apartment has not been rented in a few years and that she is requesting to eliminate some of the sewer charges. Council
had more talk about this
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE ELIMINATING 2 SEWER CHARGES FOR THE GOLD EAGLE
HOTEL AS LONG AS THE BAR IS CLOSED. IF THE BAR REOPENS THE CHARGES WOULD THEN START AGAIN, AIF
Andy talked about the First Church of God and that the kids Jr. church would like to do a 5k walk. He said they are working
on getting it all mapped out and that they would use the sidewalks in town and that people must register for the event. He
said it would be October 23 and it would be used as a fundraiser. Pat said it would be good to have Fire Police there. Sandra
asked about doing the same for Halloween. Denny Mong said they could do that
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:38 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 17, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR AUGUST 15, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON AUGUST 15, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART, PAT WALKER
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE
JOE WARNICK
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Mary asked about the levee inspection and Kevin & Stephanie said they have not received the report yet. She also asked
where Council stands on the motorized scooters that kids are riding around town if someone gets hit. She said she almost hit
one the other day because they are riding in the roads and not paying attention to cars. They had some talk about the gas ones
versus electric and the fact that they are basically kids toys and not a lot they can do. It was suggested to possibly try and talk
to the parents or contact police
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineers update with everyone
Dan talked about yard and property cleanup and wanted to thank all the people that received letters and are making an effort
to clean up their property. He said commercial properties are next to start receiving letters to clean up their properties as well.
Pat asked about 64 King Street and who was going to mow it again. Dan said the guys just did it again about two weeks ago.
Pat asked about contracting it out and there was talk about this again
Dan introduced Mary the director from the SW Smith Library in Port Allegany. She gives a brief background of how the
Borough got involved with the library back in 1975. She said currently there are 224 active accounts with them from Eldred Borough. She said 103 have checked out actual books and 707 checkouts came from their virtual services. She said there is
even more that use computers, wi-fi service, printers and copiers. She said the Borough gave a $200 donation for the services
of Borough residents, she said this leaves just over $9,000 to make up for. She said the Borough would need to continue to
make a donation of as much as possible each year in order for these services to continue to be free to Borough residents. She
said she needs to know if the Borough is in to continue to do this and how much their financial contribution will be. She said
Eldred Township has decided to stay and made their donation. Dan said they will talk about it and put it on next months agenda.
She also said they are very involved with the school. Mary asked if the schools contribute. She said no but they are supposed to
and they are next on the list for her to talk to.
Dan talks about the PennVest offer and explains that there are 2 loans for the plant because they require the engineer fees to be separate. He talks about the offer and how much the Borough will have to pay back. They figure it will be a payment of around $2,000 per month. He said the next thing is the collection system and they are hoping that payment will be about the same. He
told them the Bradford Era called right after finding out about the PennVest offer looking for comment. Council told everyone
they have no intentions of raising sewer rates this year next year unless PennVest requires them to. Lainie asked when they
would start breaking ground and Dan said as of right now it looks like probably around March of 2023.
Dan talked about the guys working on Mechanic Street and Kevin said they are hoping to have the rest of the pipe in by the
end of the week. They said once the collection system project is started the curbs will also be fixed. They talked about some sidewalks that are also going to need to be replaced. They talked about paving and budgeting every year around $20,000 to
pave a piece of Borough road every year. Kevin said that would do approximately a ½ mile each year with what previous prices have been.
Dan talked about the contracted mowing and asked the rest of Council to take a few minutes and checkout the parks and the
work they have done. He said they need to decide what they are going to do for next year at the next meeting. Lainie asked if
more things have gotten done since they don’t have as much mowing to do now. She asked if the bleachers were done and
Kevin said no but there have been many other things that have gotten done around town because they have had more time this
year. They talked about not being sure how involved the guys will need to be next year as well with the new sewer system
project and that taking up more of their time. They talked about how more things need to get done in order to hire out mowing
again.
Council talked about changing the September meeting due to conflicts
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE CHANGING THE SEPTEMBER MEETING TO SEPTEMBER 14, 2022, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE PENNVEST OFFER, AIF
Dan talked about the lawyer that was recommended for the PennVest closing and they went over the quotes
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE NATHAN W. KARN, SR. EVEY BLACK ATTORNEYS LLC FOR THE PENNVEST CLOSING, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE ENGINEERS TO DO THE ADVERTISING NESSESARY FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS, AIF
Sandra talked about Edson Street needing some more dirt in the hole from making water repairs. Pat asked Kevin to put some
dirt in these areas. They talked about the fact that the digging and work that has been done on Mechanic Street without a
backhoe would have cost somewhere around $6,000 so over time the backhoe was a very good investment with the projects
the Borough needs to do
There was some talk again about the levee and burning it and that it looks bad not being done. They talked about Portville and
the mower they have to keep up with theirs
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:58 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JULY 18, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JULY 18, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART, PAT WALKER
AND BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER LISA HANNAHS, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE
JOE WARNICK
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Lainie asked about another fire department being able to burn the levee. Pat said he would check on this. Dan asked Pat if
he knew where the property line is at the fire department. He said there have been complaints about the high weeds and their
trying to figure out who they belong to. Pat said he would call Bob, Council thinks they are on both properties.
Mr. Murphy talked to Council about his sewer and garbage bill for the property he purchased at 141 Main He said he didn’t
realize he was being charged sewer and garbage since March until he received a statement. He said they didn’t move into the property until June. Dan talked about the water needing to be shut off in order to turn off the sewer. Council agreed to taking
the garbage charges off the bill from March-May since nobody was living there and there was no garbage being put out.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan goes over the engineers update with everyone and they talked about some of the permits. They talked about the Pennvest application being submitted and their meeting on the 20th and that they should know something from them in the next couple
of weeks
Dan talked about the September meeting and that he will not be here and would they like to move it back a week to Thursday
the 15th.
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE MOVING THE SEPTEMBER COUNCIL MEETING TO THURSDAY
THE 15TH, AIF
Dan let’s everyone know about the Covid money and how much was used for the new railing and the new sewer camera.
Steph said she has talked to PSAB about the 2nd half of the money and that has not yet been released and they don’t have a
release date as of yet
Council informed everyone that Kevin now his all of his hours for a full license and as soon as DEP has their meeting in
August he should be good
Council thanked Mike Davis for his donation to the ball park bleachers
Dan talks about code enforcement on commercial properties. He said the back side of businesses on Main Street look terrible
and if residents are being made to clean up their properties the businesses need to do the same
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE SENDING OUT LETTERS TO BUSINESSES TO CLEAN UP
THEIR PROPERTIES, AIF
Dan said they need to renew the utility contract
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE RENEWING THE BOROUGH UTILITY CONTRACT, AIF
Dan talked about 51 Edson Street and the grass never being mowed and that they won’t respond to the Borough. He said
the guys cut it and got it cleaned up and the Township guys helped as well. They talked about the break down of charges
and Dan talked about charging the property owner for the Townships hours as well and paying that to the Township as
this was different than the normal everyday helping out between the towns
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE CHARGING FOR THE HOURS WORKED BY THE TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES AND PAYING THEM FOR IT, AIF
Dan talked about 64 King Street as well and that if the land owner doesn’t respond the guys will be sent back up to do the
yard maintenance again and if the invoices still are not paid they will be sent to Judge Todd’s office. Pat asked about
possibly contracting this kind of work out rather than the Borough employees doing it. Dan said they could check into it.
Lainie asked if they have responded to anything that has been sent to them and Steph said no
Dan talked about placing 2 liens on properties that have not paid their bill. He talked about some payments that are starting
to come in on other accounts with the letters and collections going out. They had some talk about the possibility of the
Ole Blu being sold
Dan talked about possibly getting some new file cabinets and moving the old ones out to the storage room. He said Lisa has
a bunch of them for sale and they asked her how much she wanted for them and Lisa said $175 each. They had more talk
about this
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 3 FILE CABINETS FROM LISA, AIF
Council talks about the feral cat issue and the no feline left behind program and the fact that they can’t do anything in the
Borough because of the ordinance against feeding the feral cats. They talked about how the program works and council
feels there isn’t really much they can do. The program will only take so many cats and fix them and then they bring them
back so while it may help a little it’s not going to fix the problem with the stray cat issue
Dan went over the KOS contract renewal for the copier
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE KOS CONTRACT FOR THE COPIER, AIF
Council had some discussion about the dog barking ordinance as well
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:50 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – AUGUST 15, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JUNE 20, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JUNE 20, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART, PAT WALKER
AND BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE JOE WARNICK
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:58 PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
Dan added code violations to the agenda
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan went over the engineer’s update. Billy talked about more funding for the levee. Dan said the Army Corp is coming in
July to do their levee inspection. Dan talked about the new sewer plant and funding through Pennvest and that there will
be a meeting with them on July 20th.
Dan talks about the treasurers position and Kendal leaving due to her taking a full time position somewhere else. He said she
has agreed to stay on and try to help out some in the evenings for a little while. They talked about the applications that have
come in and that Lisa Hannahs has the most experience for the position. Council had more talk about Lisa and the rate of pay
to hire her.
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING LISA HANNAHS FOR THE TREASURERS POSTION
STARTING JULY 5, 2022 FOR 20 HOURS PER WEEK AT $17.00 PER HOUR, AIF
Dan talks about the Borough Solicitor and not being satisfied with the work he’s doing. He talked about things that have
taken place that they needed his help and he doesn’t respond for days/weeks. He said that Andrea Stapleford who was the
old police lawyer has been highly recommended.
MOTION JOE, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING ANDREA STAPLEFORD AS THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR,
AIF
Council said the Memorial Day parade went very well and they wanted to thank Mo Raught, Joe Bennett and Chuck Sherman
for all their help. They said they would like to get a bigger banner and a flag with Borough on it for next year
Council talked about getting the sewer camera purchased with some of the covid money and that the price has gone up some.
Kevin talked about the camera, transmitter, locator and snake. Pat asked if there was enough for all of it and Dan said yes
but there are still other things to be done as well. He said the railing was just under $20,000. They talked about some of the
other things such as the basketball courts and lighting that also need to be done and also a truck. They talked about the sewer
savings fund as well. Pat asked about using some sewer money with it. They talked about $15,000 out of covid money and
$1,000 out of sewer
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A SEWER CAMERA, TRANSMITTER,
LOCATOR AND SNAKE AND TO USE $15,000 OUT OF COVID MONEY AND $1,000 OUT OF SEWER, AIF
Dan talked about holiday and vacation pay. He said the guys worked a couple of hours on Memorial Day and they need to
decide how they are paid overtime for that. He said they get paid 8 hours of straight holiday pay already. There was more
discussion between council about this
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE ANY WORK ON A HOLIDAY IS A MINIMUM OF 2 HOURS OF PAY
AND THE EMPLOYEE WOULD RECEIVE THEIR 8 HOURS HOLIDAY PAY PLUS DOUBLE TIME FOR THE HOURS THEY WORK, AIF
Council talked about vacation time and the way it stands right now if it’s not used by the employee’s anniversary date they
loose it. Joe said they used to be able to get paid for what they didn’t use. They had more talk about this and Billy asked how
much time full time employees get. Stephanie said the first 3 years is one week vacation and 7 days of PTO time, after 3
years it’s 2 weeks of vacation
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE IF AN EMPLOYEE DOESN’T USE THEIR VACATION/PTO TIME
BY THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE THEY CAN GET PAID FOR IT, AIF
Dan talked about the railroad agreement that needed to be done and approved for the sewer plant
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT, AIF
Dan talked about 51 Edson Street and the yard being very high and the many complaints they are getting about it. He said
there have been letters sent and phone calls made to the property owner with no response. He said the last letter they were
told they had 5 days to have it taken care of or the Borough would do it and charge them for it. Mary asked if the taxes had
been paid on the property and Council was not sure. Mary also asked about 64 King Street and Stephanie explained that they
have been working for a while now to find out who owns that one and get ahold of them but they aren’t having much luck
with it
Dan talked about the collection process and how it all works. He said right now the Borough has 4 that have gone far enough
in the process that the option is sheriff sale or a lien against them. He said to file for a sheriffs sale it’s $142.50 per property.
Dan said most people come in after getting a letter from the Borough but you have some that still don’t so that’s when the
collection process starts. Dan said 2 are individual residents and 2 are businesses.
Dan talked about the bleachers and working on getting them replaced. He said the Sullivan field is first and then they will
start working on the other ones that need replaced. Joe said they all really need to be replaced they are old. Council agreed
that they will all be done by the end of next summer. Joe talked about sponsors to help pay for them. Joe said the Armstrong
field hasn’t been used. Joe said the backstop is all rotten and needs to be taken down. Council talks more about the fields
and that the Armstrong field needs work. Mary asked about the batting cage that had been previously talked about for the
other park and council said they have not heard anymore about it.
Dan talked about code violations and how the process works and asked the rest of council how they want to handle this
if people don’t respond. They talked about turning it over to Judge Todd. Andy asked about charging the property owner
if the Borough guys have to go cut lawns or remove junk and also charging them for gas and wear and tear on equipment.
Lainie said she agrees with doing that. Dan said they will get more guidance from Judge Todd’s office
Joe wants his health insurance cancelled by the end of the month
Lewis Green asked about his property on Main Street and the violation letter that he received. Joe asked if letter were
being sent to other people as well and council said yes. They talked about the old Brown house needing to be condemned.
Joe said how can you send out letters to other people but not do anything about that house. Council said they agree and
have looked into that place but that it would cost the Borough a lot to tear it down and get rid of it. They talked about
there not being an entrance now to that property since the new fence went up
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:05 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JULY 18, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MAY 16, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MAY 16, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH AMBULANCE BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER KENDAL SLATER, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO BE PAID, AIF
Dan gives the engineers update. Lainie asked about the condemnation that wouldn’t agree to the easement and Dan said the engineers are working with the lawyer on this
Dan talked about the purchase of the backhoe and that it has been delivered. He said the original quote was $118,000 and
the actual cost ended up being $112,000. They talked about the covid money not being able to be used to make payments and
if they had put money down the interest rate was actually going to be higher and wouldn’t have made much of a difference in
the monthly payments. He said the first payment has been made and came out of general fund. He said next month the plan is
for the payment to come out of highway fund and then the following out of sewer fund and just keep rotating it each month. He
said covid money can be used for other things that desperately need done such as a new railing, sewer camera, basketball courts
and lights and if there is money left over they could put that away towards a truck next year or the year after. Joe asked what
needed to be done at the courts and they said the basketball court itself and all the lights are in need of repair or being replaced. They said this will likely be a next year project. They talked about the need for a sewer camera as well. Gail asked about doing
a raffle and Billy said they can’t do that. Andy asked about the railing being done and Dan & Kevin said that will be covid
money and is scheduled to be done next month. Lotter & Lotter will be doing the railing work. All of council was in agreement
to still stick to these plans that were previously voted on.
Dan talked about the previous police budget being approximately $43,000 per year and he feels they should take half of that
money each year and pave something in town. He said they can also add some highway money to that each year to help get
some of that done. He said the final agreement with Otto to end the police department has been signed and Otto issued the
Borough a check for $32,000 for the money owed. They had more talk about the police and the state police responding in the Borough.
Kevin and Dan talked about Mechanic Street and Main Street and the work that needs to be done on both. Kevin said he is
working with the state to get 7 storm drains replaced along with pipe and blacktop. They talked about the cost to do all of this
and he asked about the Borough helping to purchase the catch basins if PennDOT would replace all of them.
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING CATCH BASINS FOR MAIN STREET IF PENNDOT AGREES TO REPLACE THEM AND DO THE WORK, AIF
Dan talks about the Pennvest resolution that needs to be done and he reads resolution number 2022-05
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PENNVEST RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-05, AIF
Dan talked about Kendall taking a full time job but staying on and still helping out a few hours in the evenings and maybe
on the weekends. They talked about some of the things that could still be handled that way. Council decided to try it and see
how it works out. Dan talked about the applications that have been received so far and that there is really only one that would
fit the job well but she won’t be available until after the end of June. They had more talk about this position and what to do
from here
Council would like to thank Liberty Township for allowing the Borough to barrow the bucket truck to replace brackets and
help hang the flags and banners
Gail Newman said she had a video of the old grocery store if anyone would like to see it. She said the building itself isn’t in that
bad of shape inside. She also talked about the other old grocery store. Council all said everyone would love to have a grocery
store in town again but there is just no one to purchase it and do that. They talked about other old buildings being empty and the possibility of asbestos
Andy talked about the Memorial Day parade and said he thinks it would be nice if council walked in the parade and maybe
trying to get some cars together for some of the elderly people in town to ride in as well. They all agreed this would be a good
idea
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:44 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JUNE 20, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR APRIL 11, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON APRIL 11, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE ELDRED BOROUGH AMBULANCE BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, PAT WALKER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND
BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER KENDAL SLATER, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, BOROUGH EMPLOYEE JOE WARNICK,
OTTO TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR CJ KALUZA, AND BRADFORD ERA REPORTER JIM MILLER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
THERE ARE NO BILLS FOR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME
Billy said he talked to Bobby Windsor and Denny Mong about burning the levee and Pat said he had talked to them as well.
They talked about doing it this week because once it turns green it can’t be done. Dan talked about having to spend a lot of
money again to have it mowed if they didn’t do it again this year. Dan said money would have to be cut for other things if that happens again. He also talked about the money that the Borough sends to the Fire Dept. every month and that may change if this isn’t done again this year. He said this is the 3rd year in a row that they haven’t done it and they start asking them to plan for this
in December.
Dan talked about the engineers update and gave everyone time to look it over. Billy talked about the levee not being accredited
and the flood insurance everyone has to have. Billy said he has talked to some people about the purchase of the old grocery store building and that part of the problem is having to pay for flood insurance that is so expensive. Gail Newman said she thought
maybe a group of people could go together and purchase the building like a co-op and maybe put some kind of grocery store in.
She said she has been trying to talk to people about it and that it’s needed so badly in town. Bill said Andrews owns the building now and it’s been turned into a big garage. Billy said there are some things in the works and to be patient and hopefully
something good will happen with it. Mary said she hopes whatever is done with it that it will include groceries. Dan said their all
for someone trying to do something with it and agreed that the town needs a store again. They talked about the other old grocery store also sitting there empty. CJ talked about it being cheaper to build a new building rather than fixing the old one.
Council gave a reminder that spring cleanup is May 16
Dan talked about the ordinance 2022-04 to disband the OE Regional Police Dept. He said it’s already been shut down this is
just to finalize everything
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-04 TO DISBAND THE OE REGIONAL POLICE DEPT., AIF
Council talked about the resolution to rescind a prior resolution that made Phoenix EMS the ALS ambulance service for Eldred Borough. Billy explained the situation and that the Borough had been contacted by the county and they were informed due to
some circumstances Phoenix could no longer be the ALS service for the Borough. He said at the moment Port Allegany is the
ALS service for the Borough and Priority Care is the backup. He said BLS is still the Borough. TLC EMS, LLC is here tonight
and they are starting up as well. They said they are waiting on the state for approval of their license. Billy explained that Port Allegany is also volunteer the same as the Borough and that if they were not available it would go to the next available such
as Priority Care. Bill asked if they could come from across state lines and they said yes.
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE NEW RESOLUTION FOR AMBULANCE COVERAGE IN THE BOROUGH, AIF
Dan talked about some confusion with Otto Township and our guys all working together. He introduced CJ Kaluza who is an
Otto Township supervisor. CJ said the employees working together and equipment sharing has a lot to do with the insurance liability. Kendall & Stephanie said they talked to the Borough’s insurance company today and that each municipality’s
insurance will cover their employees even if they are working in another municipality. They also said as far as barrowing
equipment the Borough is always covered for other equipment up to $25,000 and if more is needed just to let them know and
they can up that coverage just for the time the equipment is being used. Stephanie also brought up that last year there was an
Eldred Township employee that got hurt in Otto Township and there were no issues with coverage and that Eldred Townships insurance covered their employee. There was more talk about the employees working together and helping each other and that
this is needed being that each municipality is so small and that they have been doing this for years. Billy asked who the
Township had for insurance and CJ wasn’t sure. Stephanie did say that the Borough’s insurance did recommend having and intermunicipal agreement for this and she said she would work on that. Scott said he’s heard many reasons why their no longer working together. Billy said the Borough really doesn’t have equipment to share but they do have man power to help others.
CJ said he agrees they need to work together but it does need to be even. They talked about keeping track of time spent in each
place and council said the Borough guys already do this on their time sheets. Jim asked if this will be addressed at the Otto
meeting and CJ said yes.
Dan gave an update on the police and the new agreement for splitting up the assets. Dan talked about the vehicles as well as
the money left in the checking account. He said they get the charger and equipment and pay the Borough $27,000 and that they don’t know yet what they want to do with the explorer. He said hopefully they will know more tomorrow.
Dan talked about the railing on the curve on Main St. that needs to be replaced. He said so far they have only been able to
find 2 places that were willing to quote the project. He said it would be chain-link fence this time. Kevin said Lotter & Lotter
has done work for the Borough before and feels they would be the better company to go with. Jack said he thought Suburban
did all the work for Otto and they did a good job. Dan asked if anyone else knew of anyone
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE LOTTER & LOTTER TO DO THE FENCE WORK FOR THE
BOROUGH, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE USING COVID MONEY FOR THE FENCE WORK, AIF
Dan talked about the backhoe and purchasing one. He talked about the cost of renting one and not having the option of
barrowing one. He talked more about the covid money and using some of it towards the purchase as well. A suggestion was
$40,000 from covid money, $10,000 from general, $10,000 from sewer and $10,000 from highway for a down payment on one.
He said Kevin has talked to several different dealers and that they can get Costar pricing from Foster Wineland. He said this is something that would last years & years and is very much needed. Bill asked who is qualified to run it and council said both
Kevin & Joe are. Lainie said she really doesn’t want to use sewer money towards it. Pat said he’s good with it and Andy said
it’s needed and Lainie agreed as well. Dan talked about maybe trying to put around $60,000 down on it and that would put the monthly payments somewhere around $1,000 per month. Mary asked if this could be purchased without raising taxes. Dan
said as long as he’s on council taxes will not be raised to purchase equipment or for a police department.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW BACKHOE FROM FOSTER WINELAND,
AIF
Dan talked about the late charge percentage on the sewer bills. He talked about doing a flat charge instead of a percentage for
next year. He talked more about collections and eliminating the rental registration. He said they try to work with people as long
as they make a consistent effort and communicate with the Borough but if they do not they are being sent to collections. Bill
asked if they ever get the full amount when they send someone to collections and council said yes.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE LATE CHARGE RATE TO BE $5 PER MONTH STARTING IN
2023, AIF
Dan talked about the tree in the park and that part if it came down last year during a storm. He said the whole tree needs to
come down as it’s unsafe. CJ said there’s a company by the name of Undercut Tree Service that may be able to help as well.
Council said they have 2 quotes so far. Kevin said he would check with Undercut. Mary asked if it would be replaced with
another tree and Billy said they will talk about that.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING A TREE SERVICE TO REMOVE THE DAMAGED TREE IN
THE PARK, AIF
Kevin said they are in need of a new street saw, he said the one they have is old and small. He has a quote from Costa’s in Smethport to purchase one. He talked about the possibility of maybe using the money from the flow meters to pay for it
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PURCHASING A NEW STREET SAW, AIF
Dan said the guys have a bunch of scrap metal to take in and that Kevin would like to use the money from that to replace
some hand tools that they need
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF NEW HAND TOOLS WITH THE SCRAP METAL MONEY, AIF
Dan said the Borough needs to purchase mulch for the park this year and that 2 loads will be needed this time in order to have
it to DCNR requirements. CJ talked about Scotts rubber mulch and that it would last a lot longer. Council talked about looking
into the rubber mulch and also checking with DCNR to be sure it was allowed to be used
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF MULCH FOR THE PLAYGROUND, AIF
Council talked with Jack about stone digging at the pit for the Borough and the Water Authority. The cost would be $2500
and that would be split between the Water Authority and the Borough
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TO HAVE JACK DO THE STONE DIGGING AND SPLIT THE COST WITH THE WATER AUTHORITY, AIF
Dan let everyone know about the garage sale days/summer fest in town on May 14, 2022 and that if anyone was interested in becoming a vendor to contact Mo Welch
Mary asked if anything was new with 96 Main. Dan said the Borough declined the last bid that was put in on it to make it a
rental property. There was some more talk about this property and the bad shape it’s in
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:34 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – MAY 16, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR MARCH 21, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON MARCH 21, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE BOROUGH OFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, PAT WALKER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND
BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER KENDAL SLATER, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND BRADFORD ERA REPORTER
JIM MILLER
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION LAINIE, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO PAY, AIF
Dan asked for an update about burning the levee. Billy said he talked to Bob Windsor and they are working on trying to
get enough people together to help
Dan talked about the engineers update and the timeline for the new plant
Jim Miller asked what the engineer update was for and Dan explained about the new sewer plant and lines that will be going
in. They talked about how much the new plant will be able to handle and the project will take approximately 3 years to be
complete
Dan gave an update on the police and that the police board voted unanimously to shut it down. He said they agreed to split
the money in the checking account which would be $16,000 for each municipality. He said Otto is going to keep the newer
car and agreed to pay the Borough $10,000 for their half of the car. They agreed to sell the suv and split the money with the Borough for that. Dan introduced Jim Miller and said he works for the Bradford Era. Dan said they have been trying to better
and figure out the police situation for the last 18 months and it was not just the Borough that decided to end the police
department. He said things just are not working or getting better for the amount of money that it’s costing. Dan said that
Otto said months ago that if things didn’t change they were going to be done. Andy talked about cutting the police budget
because of the fact that Otto had to pay $29000 for their ambulance service this year and they couldn’t afford to do both.
He said they had tried prior to that to have more patrolling hours but they didn’t have any luck filling those hours. He said
they had also tried to get a full time officer but that didn’t work out either. He said at Decembers meeting they went from
50 hours to 10 hours and cut the budget by $20,000 on each side so that Otto had the money to pay for their ambulance. Dan
talked about the February Borough council meeting and council voting to withdrawal from the Regional Police. Dan said at
the March police meeting Eric asked what it was going to take to be done with everything and shut it down. Dan motioned to
cease operations and shut everything down and Eric seconded and all were in favor. He talked about the discussion that took
place about dividing up the assets and that at first they didn’t agree but in the end they did. Dan said this was on March 2nd
and Eric was supposed to bring a check the next day but he decided he wanted to have a formal agreement written between
the two towns. Dan & Andy were in agreement with this however they have not heard anything more since that day and texts
and phone calls are not being returned and the police solicitor says she’s has not heard anything from them. Dan said
everything is being portrayed as it was all just the Borough that wanted out of this and said that is not true it was both towns
and then Otto changed. Billy said he attended the last police meeting and that things have been very deceiving through all this.
Jim said he can see where it would be. Jim said it’s in his last article from the Otto meeting that they will have to raise taxes
to pay for this. Pat said he doesn’t think Otto residents are going to want that if taxes have to be raised. Jim said he’s not sure residents do either. They had more discussion on how much money it takes to run a part time police department let alone a full
time officer. Pat said the Borough was paying all that money and not getting any coverage. Dan said the bottom line is they just want it to be over and done. Jim said he apologizes if he misreported something previously. Pat asked if they are still using the Borough’s ORI number. Dan & Andy said no they are applying for their own. Dan said he doesn’t think the whole picture of everything is out to Otto residents and Jim agreed that residents don’t really know what’s going on other than the couple that
attend the meetings. Jim asked for Dan’s approval before his article goes in the paper and Dan agreed. Jim said he’s against this
kind of policing and told a story of something that had taken place with a family member. Dan & Andy talked about the school
zone and the amount of people that speed through there everyday and the fact that they would never write anyone a ticket for it. They all agreed that tickets should be written for speeding through a school zone especially.
Dan talked about the seasonal mowing and meeting with both of them to go over everything. Dan went over the quotes with
council and said this if them using their own equipment and gas. They talked about the summer help and that if they got kids
to participate this year what other things they could work on. Pat asked if these prices are locked in and Dan said yes unless gas
just went sky high then they may need to adjust them a little if that happened. He said this would free up the guys to do other projects that really need to be done this year.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE MIKE GREEN TO DO THE BOROUGH MOWING AT THE PARK
ACROSS THE TRACKS AND DEB KELLY TO DO THE MOWING AT THE PARK BY THE SCHOOL, AIF
Jim asked if this was something new and they said yes
Dan reminded everyone that the April meeting has been changed to the 11th
Dan talked about giving Kendall a raise and talked about the things she has taken on and that she’s doing a good job
MOTION BILLY, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE GIVING KENDALL A $1.00 PER HOUR RAISE, AIF
Jim Housler talked about the Nippers baseball and that they would like to put up a batting cage at the Ron Houben Park that
would be a permanent fixture. Dan asked if everything to do with it would be the Nippers responsibility and he said yes.
Billy & Kevin talked about where the water & sewer lines run and that they would need to stay away from that area. Mary
asked if it would affect parking and Jim wasn’t sure. Jim Miller said sometimes they can be a distraction.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE LOOKING INTO THE BATTING CAGE OPTIONS FOR THE
NIPPERS, AIF
Jim also talked about the possibility of putting a permanent fixture in the middle of the park for spraying logos for
advertisement rather than the traditional banner advertisements. Council said they would need more information on this as
well as what it would look like. He said there is approximately $4900 left in the Eldred account and they would like to use
that money to improve things for the kids. He talks about some of the other things they have done and that the fields across
the tracks really need to have some work done to them.
Dan talks about rental registration and how it works and the possibility of doing away with it. He said a lot of people feel like
their being punished for owning rental property within the Borough. Mary asked what this is for and said that she’s never heard
of it so council explained further. Pat said he would be ok with stopping rental registration now and talk about other possibilities later on. They also talked some about changing the late fee and late sewer and garbage accounts.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE DOING AWAY WITH THE RENTAL REGISTRATION, AIF
Dan let everyone know the 2021 audit report was on the table if anyone would like to look at it
Sandra asked about garage sale days for the Borough and Stephanie said the Borough actually doesn’t handle that but that
she would get in touch with Mo Welch and see if she could find out any information on this. Council talked about spring
cleanup and that the date of May 16 was available for this
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE SPRING CLEANUP TO BE HELD ON May 16, 2022 AND THE
CHARGE FOR THIS SERVICE WOULD BE $35.00 THIS YEAR, AIF
Dan said the Quickbooks system is due to be updated and Kendall explained it is all subscription based now
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF QUICKBOOKS, AIF
Dan talked about 96 Main Street and that there is a new repository bid on it. Dan said the people are wanting to use it as
a rental property. Council’s concern for this is that it will not be cleaned up enough to be suitable living conditions. Billy
asked about condemning it. Steph said she is waiting on a call from Bradford city to find out how to go about all of this and
how it works. The county had referred her to them. Pat asked if they had to vote tonight about this and Dan and Stephanie
said yes. Mary asked if they know this person and council said no. They said it would take a lot of money to fix this place up
and that it really needs to be torn down.
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO DENY THE REPOSITORY BID FOR 96 MAIN STREET, AIF
Dan talked about needing to hire someone to hang their license at the sewer plant. He explained the process and what took
place that this needs to happen for the next 3 months. He said they have found someone that is qualified and willing to do so
for $200 per month. He said this would not change anything for Kevin and he will still be doing the same things
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING ERIC DART TO HANG HIS LICENSE AT THE SEWER
PLANT FOR $200 PER MONTH, AIF
Dan talked about the resolution for the Dep Corrective Action Plan and that it needed to be updated because the project for the
sewer plant and collection system has been moved back a few months
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE DEP RESOLUTION, AIF
Mary said she has some reservations about some of the things that were talked about for the park. Council said they will talk
more about it at the next meeting before any decisions are made. Joe talked about the Bradford Little Legue putting up a
batting cage and they wanted other towns to do the same thing. Council said they will get more information about exactly what
they want to do.
Dan talked about talking to the Borough Solicitor today and having him write and send a letter to Otto Township asking
where everything stands and what had been agreed upon in the last police meeting. Billy & Dan both thanked Jim Miller for
coming out tonight and told him he is always welcome
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:22 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 11, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 21, 2022
@ 6:00PM AT THE BOROUGH OFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, PAT WALKER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART AND
BILLY BAIR
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER KENDAL SLATER, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL AND SOLICITOR CASEY GRAFFIUS
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE TREASURERS REPORT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE BILLS TO PAY, AIF
Dan reminded the rest of council about talking to the fire department about burning the levee
Dan gave an update on the covid grant money. He said that he & Stephanie had talked to PSAB about what things the money
can be used for and because there was revenue lost it can be placed under that and used for anything that the general fund
would typically pay for. They talked about the railing on Main St. and also a sewer camera. Dan also talked about the Local
Share Grant that is available and that it is highly competitive but there is no match for this grant. They talked about having
Jeff write the grant for a backhoe and sewer camera and that they could be combined into one application and that Jeff’s fee
would be between $1500-$5000 depending on what they decided to do. Pat said he was good with it and that the Borough
really needs a backhoe. Dan talked more about a backhoe and the work they could do with one and not have to worry about barrowing one from another municipality. They talked about if the Borough doesn’t get the grant and possibly using the
second half of the covid grant money along with some sewer & general money towards a down payment on one.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE TO HAVE THE ENGINEERS TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE
LOCAL SHARE GRANT FOR THE BOROUGH, AIF
MOTION DAN, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-02 FOR THE LOCAL SHARE GRANT,
AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE USING THE FLOW METER MONEY TO PAY THE ENGINEERS TO
WRITE THE LOCAL SHARE GRANT, AIF
Dan talked about the Regional Police and the Borough pulling out of the department, but that Otto Township wants to keep
the local police. He said Casey Graffius the Borough solicitor is here tonight to give the council recommendations for how to
handle this. Dan asked about the agreement being terminated and all assets being divided between the two towns. Casey said
there is no other reasonable way to look at it and that’s what the agreement clearly states if it is terminated. He said he has had correspondence with the police solicitor and doesn’t expect her to disagree. Dan said the police meeting is in 9 days and that at
least a couple of the board members would like to vote to cease operations immediately and freeze all assets. Dan and Andy
said once this is done and everything is divided then Otto could start their own local police department. Casey agreed that is probably the best thing to do. Council would like Casey to write a letter to the Otto solicitor explaining all of this. Billy said he
hates to not have local police in the Borough but that they have tried everything and it’s just not working. Casey asked how it
works with the school SRO and who pays for that. Billy said the school gets grant money to help pay for that. Dana said with
only so many hours available that the hours spent at the school also takes away from patrolling time. Billy said he feels the information they were getting was wrong and feels the Borough was thrown under the bus. Dan said that Otto had to pay more
for ambulance service and because of this they had cut the police budget to help them pay for this but now somehow they have
the money to run the department on their own. Dan said they can do what they want and that’s fine they just want the Borough
to move on and be done. He said they just don’t want to go back and forth with lawyers and cost both towns more money than necessary. They talked more about the name and operating number needing to be changed. Dan asked about the monthly check
to the police and do they need to keep sending that. Casey said it depends on what happens at the next police meeting and if they cease operations immediately and disband then no but if they don’t do that and you don’t send it then technically the Borough
would be in breech of the contact. Mary asked how much the payment is and council said it was $3400 but after lowering the
police budget it’s now $1600 per month. Pat said to wait and see what happens at the next police meeting. Dan asked Casey
exactly how they needed to motion at the meeting and he said cease operations and disband immediately, freeze and split all
assets. Dan talked about the police having keys to the building and asked if they should change the locks. Casey said that is
totally up to council, but he does not see any problem with that. Andy said in the agreement it says that one car is supposed to
be at the Borough, should they insist that one of them is brought to the Borough until everything is divided. Casey said the
easiest thing to do would be to freeze everything and leave them where they are for now until everything is sorted out. He said
they shouldn’t be able to drive the vehicles during that time. Dan talked about code enforcement and how that would work
without local police. They talked about appointing a code enforcement officer to report any violations to the office and then Stephanie would send out the letters and if the resident doesn’t correct the problem it would then be sent as a criminal complaint
to Judge Todds office.
MOTION BILLY, LAINIE 2ND TO APPOINT PATRICK WALKER AS THE BOROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AIF
Council talks about the seasonal mowing and the guys needing help this summer and that summer help doesn’t usually end up
being a lot of help to them. They talked about the two quotes they got from Mike Green and Deb Kelly who are both residents
of the Borough. Kevin said if they could at least have someone to take care of the two parks that would help them a lot to be
able to get other things done. Dan said the guys can’t do it all so either way their going to have to pay someone to do some of
these things. Billy asked if this had to be decided tonight and council said no they could table it until next meeting. Mary
Sullivan said Mike does a great job and they better not wait to lock him in or he won’t be available.
Dan asked Kevin about the bleachers being replaced at the fields across the tracks and Kevin said they have everything ready to install them as soon as the weather is good enough
Dan explained the low income assistance program for sewer charges and that if someone applied and was approved the
program would pay the past due balance directly to the Borough.
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPROVE BEING A VENDOR FOR THE LIHWAP PROGRAM, AIF
Kevin talked to council about the railing on Main St. and what they would like it replaced with. He said his thoughts are that
it’s not really used for a hand railing and maybe chain-link would be better. Council told him to look into the cost of it and they would decide next month
Dan talked about 96 Main St and that the Borough can bid on the property. Council talked about tearing it down and possibly donating the property to the cemetery. Billy said he believes there is some act that if the cemetery folds it would come back
to the Borough. Billy said he’s not sure how he feels about purchasing this property. Dan said they just don’t want anyone
living there and that it needs to be torn down. Mary asked about the piece across the road and council said they believe that’s
part of it. Council agreed to talk more about this next month
Dan talked about the subdivision proposal from the county for the access road to the new tower where the old tv tower used
to be and that they needed council approval
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE THE COUNTY SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL, AIF
Council talked about the April meeting and that Stephanie would be out of town on that Monday so they would like to
change the meeting for that month
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND APPROVE TO CHANGE THE APRIL 2022 COUNCIL MEETING TO MONDAY
APRIL 11, 2022, AIF
Dan said they need to approve the quote for the vegetation spraying for this year that needs to be done in May
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE THE QUOTE FOR VEGETATION SPRAYING IN MAY, AIF
Dan talked about Chet Tanner and him filling in at the sewer plant a couple weekends per month to give Kevin a
break at
least every other weekend. He also does the same thing at the Keating Township plant
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPROVE HIRING CHET TANNER TO FILL IN AT THE SEWER PLANT
AT $20.00 PER HOUR, AIF
The Mayor Andrew Lathrop gave a quick update on the police situation and said the Borough is spending a lot of money
for nothing to have local police. He said the hours have also been cut and even prior to that you never see anyone on patrol.
Dave Southard brought up people tearing up the park. Pat said maybe putting up trail cameras would help. They talked
about the dump pit as well. They talked about people speeding through town as well. Everyone agreed on all of these things
but also agree the local police were not correcting any of these things and that state police are in town more than local
MOTION PAT, joe 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:29 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 11, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 17, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON JANUARY 17, 2022 @ 6:00PM
AT THE BOROUGH OFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, PAT WALKER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DANIEL PLUMMER.
THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES, AIF
Dan let everyone know that due to the weather Kendall would not be at tonight’s meeting so there would not be a treasurers
report tonight
Dan asked about the Fire Department and the burning of the levee in the spring. Billy said he plans to attend the next Fire Department meeting to discuss this with them. He plans to let them know about the issues with DEP & FEMA and that
otherwise it is approx. $4,000 to mow it and it’s still not done right and that it has to be done this year.
Council talked about the COVID grant money and the final rule that just came out for what the money can be used for. Dan
said a lot of what’s in the final rule doesn’t apply to the Borough, they talked about things they can’t do with the money and
that there are still a lot of gray areas even in the final rule. Stephanie will have to call DCED to get some further clarification
on some things. Pat would like to look into lost wages due to covid. Dan talked about a sewer camera, the railing on Main
Street and the basketball courts & lights. Dan said they still don’t know about any additional money from the County.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE STEPHANIE TO LOOK INTO USING THE MONEY FOR LOST
WAGES, MAIN STREET RAILING, SEWER CAMERA, BASKETBALL COURT AND LIGHTS, AIF
Dan talked about Eric still being willing to help at the sewer plant and with EDMR’s if needed. They talked about Joe & Billy
also helping out so that Kevin can have a few days off. Dan said if that doesn’t work then they will have to figure something
else out.
Dan talked about the grant that the Borough didn’t get to recreate the modeling of the levee and talked about the possibilities of repurposing the current grant to be used for this. Dan & Pat talked about what steps to take from here and that it’s going to
depend on what grants the Borough can get as to how far they can go to try and get the levee reaccredited. Mary asked what the downside is if they can’t get it reaccredited, council said the residents having to have flood insurance. Billy said it also has to do with any new building of business. Mary asked about the modeling and council said it is missing from years ago
Dan talked about Kevin needing to take a couple more classes, one that is mandatory and one for credit hours that he needs
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TO TAKE THE MANDATORY ONLINE CLASS, AIF
MOTION PAT, DAN 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TO TAKE THE CLASS IN STATE COLLEGE IN MARCH, AIF
Stephanie explained that she had been contacted by the County about wanting to place a glass recycling dumpster over at the
old tennis courts. Council had some concerns and had discussion on this. Pat said maybe give them the number to the Fire Department about placing one there, they really aren’t comfortable having it next to the park where kids are playing.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO DENY THE GLASS RECYCLING GROUP TO PUT A DUMPSTER AT THE
OLD TENNIS COURTS, AIF
The Mayor Andrew Lathrop gave the Police report for December
Traffic Stops – 2
Citations Issued – 2
Warnings – 2
Criminal Complaints – 2
Juvenile Complaints – 2
General Complaints – 14
Arrest Totals – 1
Police Assist Calls – 1
Fire Assist Calls – 2
Miles Patrolled – 517
Hours Worked – 138
He talked about Otto having issues with having City of Bradford for ambulance service and what they have to pay for this
and because of it the Police budget has to be cut. He said they are down to 2 four hour shifts per week and a two hour shift for
admin work. He said the budget has been cut by approx. $20,000 each for the Borough and Otto Township. Council said they
don’t even see the Police out anywhere anymore. Mary said she feels it’s a waste of money. Pat asked how long the Borough
would have to wait to withdrawal. Dan said they can do it anytime, they would need to draft a letter and it would take 8 months
to terminate the agreement between the Borough and Otto Township. Pat & Lainie both feel they should get rid of them because
it’s not working and not getting any better. Council agreed that they are spending more money than before and seem to have way less coverage. They also talked about the possibility of having to raise taxes next year if they keep the local Police. Joe said the amount of miles they are showing patrolling in a month and only stopping 4 vehicles is ridiculous. They talked about other Townships not having local Police. Billy asked what the plan would be if the Borough got rid of them. Council said State Police. Andy talked about the email Matt Splain had sent and only wanting an SRO there when they called for one. They talked about
the fact that the school also lost the after school Y program. Mary said that previously she felt the Borough needed to try and
keep the Police and that they have done that and it’s not working. Lainie asked if everything could be sold and they said yes. Joe asked if the Borough could change their mind in the future if they chose to and Dan said yes the agreement would just have to be changed again. Mary said she had wanted
To keep the local Police before but the Borough is not getting the coverage that they are paying for so it’s not worth it. There
was more talk of them only giving warnings when they are out instead of tickets or arresting anyone. Billy said it’s hard to see it
go but for the money it’s costing the Borough their not getting what they need.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE SENDING OTTO TOWNSHIP A WITHDRAWAL LETTER FOR THE
BOROUGH FROM THE OE REGIONAL POLICE, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:13 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 21, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary
MINUTES FOR JANUARY 3, 2022
THE ELDRED BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD THEIR REORGANIZATION MEETING ON JANUARY 3, 2022 @ 6:00PM
AT
THE BOROUGH OFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: DAN PLUMMER, BILLY BAIR, PAT WALKER, JOE BAKER, LAINIE
KEPHART
OTHER OFFICIALS PRESENT: MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP, SECRETARY STEPHANIE MASON,
TREASURER KENDALL SLATER, ROADMASTER KEVIN CALDWELL, LISA HANNAHS NOTARY
LISA SWEARS IN ANDREW LATHROP AS MAYOR
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY THE MAYOR ANDREW LATHROP. THE
MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE MINUTES AND THEN
RECORDING WILL BE DESTROYED ONCE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
THE MAYOR SWEARS IN DANIEL PLUMMER, WILLIAM BAIR, JR., PATRICK WALKER AND JOSEPH
BAKER TO COUNCIL
MOTION PAT, DAN 2ND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES DAN AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AIF
PAT NOMINATES BILLY AND COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, AIF
BILLY NOMINATES PAT AS PRO TEMP, AIF
MOTION PAT, JOE 2ND TO APPOINT STEVE TROUPE TO THE WATER AUTHORITY BOARD, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPOINT STEPHANIE MASON AS BOROUGH SECRETARY, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT KENDALL SLATER AS BOROUGH TREASURER, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT PATTI BELL AS VACANCY BOARD CHAIR, AIF
MOTION PAT, BILLY 2ND TO APPOINT TERRY BELL TO THE ZONING BOARD, AIF
MOTION JOE, PAT 2ND TO APPOINT PHIL LABELLA TO THE PARK COMMISSION, AIF
Dan talked about the fact that they still need someone else for the zoning board
Kevin talked about JJ Honeydipping and having issues with them showing up when their supposed to. He said he would
like to check around for someone new, he also said they are under new ownership
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE GETTING BIDS FOR SLUDGE HAULING, AIF
Dan talked about raises again for Kevin & Joe. He said that other operators in the area are making approximately $2.00 an
hour more than Kevin and that they had previously agreed upon $1.25 an hour raise before. Council had more discussion on
this and also Kevin taking over the sewer plant completely. There was more talk about Kevin taking everything over. Pat asked
if there had to be two licenses there. Dan said no DEP would like there to be but it’s not required. They also talked about Kevin having people he could call on if he needs help. They talked more about a raise for Kevin and Andy said if he’s running the
plant then he should be paid right for it.
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE KEVIN TAKING OVER THE SEWER PLANT COMPLETELY AND
ALSO AN ADDITIONAL RAISE OF $.75 PER HOUR, AIF
Kevin talked about Joe getting more of a raise as well over the $.50 per hour for the 2022 year. Council talked about him
possibly being the backup person under Kevin. Kevin said regardless of the sewer plant he’s very valuable with his knowledge
and the work he does and that he should make more. Council talked about the other Townships & Borough’s and what they are making. Lainie suggested giving him $19.00 per hour. Dan talked about also giving Kendall a raise in the future as well and
said that she’s doing a very good job and learning fast. They also talked about wages that have gone up in the last 2 years and
with that and everything else there is a chance they may need to look at raising taxes next year. Joe said if you want to keep good people then you have to pay them.
MOTION LAINIE, PAT 2ND TO APPROVE GIVING JOE A RAISE TO $19.00 PER HOUR, AIF
Dan talked about the invoice and quote from Nate Rogers for setting up one of the new computers and having him do the
second one when it comes in
MOTION PAT JOE 2ND TO APPROVE PAYING THE INVOICE TO NATE ROGERS, AIF
MOTION PAT, LAINIE 2ND TO APPROVE THE QUOTE FROM NATE ROGERS TO SET UP THE SECOND COMPUTER, AIF
MOTION BILLY, PAT 2ND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:32 PM, AIF
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 17, 2022 6:00PM
Respectfully,
Stephanie Mason
Eldred Borough Secretary