BOROUGH OF SCHWENKSVILLE, PA

MINUTES OF December 20, 2005

Special Meeting – 2006 Budget

 

Council President, H. Gilbert Williams at 7:20pm, called the Schwenksville Borough Council Meeting of November 20, 2005 to order.

 

                Present were H. Gilbert Williams, Donald A. Whitko, Barbara Slater, & Mayor Carroll Rosenberger, Ray Yeanish

 

 Absent: Gene Frantz

               

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  By the assembly.

 

 

2006 Budget discussion

 

Trash - $120,000.00 Break it out to keep track

 

Salaries – Council is aware of all the issues that we have addressed and have been incorporated into the budget.

 

Grants: with Crystal’s legal advice, billed back into the budget.

 

            Three live projects

 

                        1.         Trailhead - $10,000 for legal

 

2.         Boyer/Third/Fourth – 2 year grant - $5,000 for engineering, put

$10,000 in budget.

 

                        3.         Centennial

 

$628,126.00 total grants for projects, line item on both Income and Expense

 

Take each grant as a separate project.

 

 

Uncatorgized expenses - $12,000 for Borough Manager to use for last minute things.

 

Close out projects and stick to the budget.

 

Mine Hill – upper end, seal

  

MS4 drainage – all storm sewers surveyed, inlets located on the borough map, all pipes put together to line up.  1 year behind.

 

Ken Yerger and Adam Supplee compress a schedule process to look at the 4 year window, not done for financial reasons.

 

 

Council has the right to amend the budget at any point by following procedure.

Budget is available at the Borough Hall Office.

 

MOTIONED BY RAY YEANISH AND SECONDED BY BARBARA SLATER TO POST BUDGET FOR 10 DAYS.  ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

Snow Emergency –Borough Manager to call the Snow Emergency and then the Mayor calls the Chief of Police to monitor the streets for moving the vehicles off of the Snow Emergency Routes. Display publicly – web site, answering machine, radio stations.

 

Planning Commission Meeting – change to first Thursday of the month from the third Thursday. Planning Commission will make request for the change.

 

Audit – need audit for State, Ambler, and audit not done, call Charles to talk with Sharon to get it complete as soon as possible. Use professional auditor in 2006.

 

 

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:11pm by Donald Whitko and seconded by Barbara Slater.  All were in favor. Meeting adjourned.

 

Reopen the meeting at 8:20pm everyone still present.

 

Chief Hoppes new 3 year contract.

 

MOTIONED BY DONALD WHITKO AND SECONDED BY BARBARA SLATER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT BASED ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. ALL WERE IN FAVOR AND THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:24pm

 

Respectfully submitted by

Gail L. Phillips