RUTLEDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL AGENDA
October 19 , 2020
7:30 PM Council Work Session
The remote meeting was was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7.35pm
Roll Call Present: Heidi Sentivan, Jody Roberts, Marlaina Kloepfer, Samantha Newell, Christine Gradel, Ken Torres-Zickler, Lindsay Reed, Mayor Kevin Cunningham, Solicitor Christine Reuther, Administrator Jen Mickle. Chief Ray Stufflet and Jack Breslin from the Morton/Rutledge Fire Company
Public Comment:Â
Tax Collector:Â
Mayor’s Report:Â
- Police Report
- Chief encouraged people to lock their cars. And to call 911 if there is a problem.
- Delco is a centralized call center that is prepared to handle both emergency and non-emergency calls.
- Residents should let the police know if their home video monitoring shows anything suspicious.
Minutes: approval of the minutes of October 5, 2020 council meeting HS/CG unanimous
Trash & Recycling:Â
Communications:Â
- Newsletter went out to most of the borough this past weekend. The rest should go out shortly. This included information on the election, upcoming activities and general borough information.
Parks & Property:Â
- Mask/social distance sign was ordered for Triangle park
Activities: Â
- Halloween Pumpkin Carving/Decoration Blaze Event is scheduled for Halloween.
- Pumpkins can be dropped off starting at 3pm
- Mayor will have a candy shoot at Borough Hall from 6:30-8:30pmÂ
- Flyer is being finalized and will be done 10.20.2020
Public Safety:Â
- Morton Rutledge Fire Company: Jack Breslin presented 2021 Fire Company budget. Â
- Due to covid and fundraising restraints they are proposing a 2021 general fund contributions increase from $9K (2020) to $12K for Rutledge (Morton pays ¾ and Rutledge pays ¼)
- MRFC is requesting $9000 toward the capital/truck reserve for 2021, the same as last year. They are preparing to purchase a new engine by the end of the year at just over $500K. It will take between 6-9 month for delivery. The older truck would then be sold.
Finance:Â
- Bills list HS/SN unanimous
Streets:Â Replacement signs for faded signs have been ordered and will be replaced once they come in.
Sewers:
- 2021 rates will be going down approx. $100 per household
- This is due to reduced flow from Rutledge, partially thanks to the full sewer relining project. We are the only municipality with a reduction in usage within the CDCSA.
- Sewer relining is now completely paid off.
Building: Heidi and Jen are working on a few changes to the fee schedule. Will present at an upcoming meeting.
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Planning:Â
- Mapping out the outreach for the comprehensive planning
- PC needs to figure out who our partner will be for our EOC
- Need to work this out with council
- The EOP needs to be presented to the County by the end of the year
Personnel: none
Public Comment: none
Old Business/New Business:
- OLD: Tree at Waverly/Swarthmore Ave
- STC is getting to move the tree. Roots need to be cut in stages so the tree can be transplanted. It will take 2-3 weeks to happen.
- In the meantime, Joe to trim the rose bush to help with the sightline at the intersection
- OLD: Ballot Drop Box Update
- Was opened up today and will remain open until 8pm on election day.
- Monitored via cameras by County Park Police 24/7.
- CR-only the voters themselves can drop off their ballots at boxes or mailboxes. Same as casting their vote on election day.
- Voters from Delco can use any ballot box in Delco.
- NEW: Storm & Floodplain Ordinance Preliminary Review
- Going to Planning Commission for review
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- Reaching out to the National Flood insurance Program
- Were flagged last year because we are not members and not compliant with our Flood Plain Ordinance
- This limited residents abilities to get flood insurance
- Goal is to get it passed by the end of the year.
- There is grant funding in place to cover half of our costs in passing an updated ordinance.
- Reaching out to the National Flood insurance Program
- Chambers Memorial is having a blood drive on Oct 28th 8:30AM
Adjournment 8:20pm HS/KTZ unanimous