2025.05.19 Council Meeting Agenda

 RUTLEDGE BOROUGH AGENDA

May 19th, 2025

7:30 PM Council Session

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call   Jody Roberts, Sue Hunt, Heidi Sentivan, Ken Torres-Zickler, Andrea Juarez, Sean Sheehan, Vaughn Johnson, Mayor Gamal Sherif, Solicitor Carl Ewald, Borough Secretary Janet Diiorio.  

Approval of Agenda

Approve Agenda: 

Public Comment: 

Tax Collector’s Report: 

Mayor’s Report: 

• Swarthmore Police Department – monthly report: 2025-04-18 → 2025-05-16
• Vision Zero Delco:
  • Inventory of Crashes (bit.ly/RutVZ)
  • Report a Concern (bit.ly/RutVZconcern)

Approval of Minutes: 

Action:  Approve Meeting Minutes for  2025.05.05

Activities: 

• Information Share:
  • Quizzo Recap
  • Game Night 5/21
  • Activities Meeting 5/28 (agenda item:  4th of July)
  • Donations letter coming 

Parks & Property: 

• Information Share:
  

Personnel:

Public Safety:  

• Information Sharing: Updates on response to CCMC 

Sewer:

Streets:

• Information Share:
  • Waverly Terrace One Way: Catania estimates it is about a 2 week project but scheduling might be tough, general estimate of cost within threshold for not needing multiple bids, recommended space for handicap spot on street is 24’ length, confirming additional details.
  • Street Resurfacing Tracking Update
    

Building:

• Information Share: Monthly Reports from Catania
• Information Share: Budget Items for the Building
  • Upper Hall Inner Doors
  • Lower Hall Door
  • Roof repair, replacement, insulation
  • LED Lights in Office & Lower Hall (Grant money could be available)
  • Sewer Line Replacement
  • Acoustic Improvements
• Action: Approve via Ratification, Property Request for Rutledge Girls Day on 5/17

Communications:

• June Newsletter – Submit content if not yet done
  

Finance:  

• Action Item: Approve Bills and Distributions YYYY.MM.DD-YYYY.MM.DD

Ordinance:

• Information share:
  

Trash & Recycling:   

• Information Sharing:
  • Yard Waste twice a month beginning in June
    • July 4th Yard Waste will be Monday, July 7th
  • New Sanitation Survey
    • 9 Responses, largely positive with most concerns focused on toter size and placement of the toters after collection.
    • Strong confidence in the level of communication from sanitation
  • E Waste in Rutledge 6/7 – no TVs/monitors
  • E Waste at St. John’s TVS recycled for a fee
  • New yard waste signs

Borough Commissions:

1. Shade Tree
2. Planning Commission

Public Comment:

Old Business/New Business: 

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Adjournment-