Right.
>> Somebody open the door.
>> Can we pause that?
>> Good evening. It's my pleasure to
welcome you to the February 10th, 2026
Verona Burough Council Business Meeting.
Please join me in standing for the
Pledge of Allegiance.
One nationice.
>> Roll call, please. Mr. Dailyaly,
>> present.
Rodriguez,
>> present.
>> Carpenter,
>> present.
>> Present.
Present
>> engineer.
>> Are there any additional agenda items?
>> Uh, yes, I have one.
Uh, I'd like to make a motion that we
add a motion for the request by
Intergroup Brewing for the street
closure for June
6th, I think it is. Uh, and I don't
remember the hours between such and
such,
>> 3 to 10.
So, I'm I'm just asking to add that as
an additional agenda item. We have a
motion by councelor Carpenter to add the
additional agenda item of the requested
inner group brewing closure on June 6,
2026 from 3 to 10. Do I have a second?
>> Second by councelor Gllis. Are there any
comments or questions?
>> Thank you.
>> Sure.
>> 11 I.
>> All in favor? I. Are there any opposed?
>> None. We will add that as 11 I.
At this time, we will move on to
registered comments from the public. I
apologize. We are going to deviate
slightly from the order in the agenda.
We would like to kick off tonight's
meeting with a registered comment from
Charles Duffy who will be talking to us
about the proposed Roger F. Duffy via
plaque. So, Mr. Duffy, you have the
floor.
So honored to be
>> Yes.
>> I'm Charles Duffy and Riverview High
School graduate. Um
I want to say what year
199 went to junior high here in Verona.
Uh back when they had the merger
through and through Twin Burrows. Also,
I worked on the hug line at Dy's Orange
Juice from 10 at night to six in the
morning once once. But anyway, like I
said, it's an honor and privilege, but
I'm here for my dad. The uh and I look
at these familiar names, Benzo Recupo.
I'm sure my parents knew you guys. And
um but here for my dad, Roger Duffy,
after he passed away, he was a state
legislator. He represented Ron and
Oakvont
uh one of six of his children. After he
passed away in 2007, there was a
movement on from Rona N01 to name the
VIDAP after him.
And as I said in the letter I sent to
the council, he was not a famous person
per se, but he was basically a decent
guy. Served in World War II, represented
Oakmont Ron in the state legislature,
raised six kids in a little house. He
and my mother somehow send us all to
college which is nobody knows how he did
that. Just sacrificed.
And I always thought it was proper once
he died that they named the vio after
somebody like him who was a basic
Oklahoma runs person, you know, salt of
the earth, decent, gave, raised their
family here. And I was here this summer
and nobody knows who Roger Puppy is
anymore. the number of people that knew
him were Gwen Lane. Uh his kids, we've
all moved away. We're going to be gone
someday. And I got the idea to have a
plaque basically explaining who he is.
And that was what I'm proposing. I sent
a proof of the plaque to the council
kind of giving some background on
Philadelphia is
basically out of respect for him. It's
also for the I mean the Bot
The concrete part was built 1938
went unnamed for years until it passed
away. many people across
I just think it's beneficial that they
know who it's they know who this person
is that
great
council president is here uh I wanted to
make sure the one council is also
Gary Rogers from one historical society
Joe McAndrew who has been kind of
guiding me. He's the current legislator
from 01.
And so I respectfully ask here is to
have a background plaque
kind of explaining to your but
not sure where we go from here. The
duffy table is going to
apologize.
Nice to
There going to be one on each end of the
town.
>> This the legislator came to the best
place.
I'm not sure how
but I we get we can get
Um, presumably since you're working with
Brett McAndrew, this uh meets all
PennDOT requirements for uh setbacks and
all those various
>> I I need I I should check with him on
that. U that's a very good question.
>> Okay.
Yeah.
>> But did you all wonder who Roger Duffy
is as you go went over there? He was a
you know, he started out selling
aluminum siding door to door. Then he
got involved in politics and he that's
how he got I don't even want to talk too
much about him but uh just a basic
decent guy.
>> Yeah.
>> Any other questions mayor?
>> Well yeah
might even have been in a cafe during
election time writing down you know and
passing flyers.
>> You're dead Jimmy recoup. That was
Bill Hley.
>> Yeah, Bill Hley. It's a crew that's, you
know, passed on and you know, it was a
crew that gave a lot Bill Hley, Roger
Duffy, a lot to the communities
>> and, you know, I just once just thought
it was appropriate like a basic person
that they named him after, but I don't
know if you want to let me know after
you figure it out. I can get that
information from you for you.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
>> Yep. Any other questions or comments?
Thank you, Mr. Duffy.
>> Thank you so much. I really appreciate
it.
>> Thank you for coming in.
>> Jason, there's the seat over here.
>> Okay. Um, next we'd like to move to the
swearing in of our new officer, Officer
Anthony Greco.
is one of our new
airport.
Where
full force now.
Welcome aboard, Officer Greco.
All right, next we'll move on to true
section 5 registered comments from the
public. I'd like to invite Obie Morford
forward. She has a comment on the
inclusion resolution. Um, Mr. Daly,
would you kindly share the draft and
shall we read it as well so that
everyone is familiar with what Obie will
be commenting on?
I can I can read it.
Wrong
one. No.
So resolution
Thank you, Mr. Dailyaly. Miss Morford,
you have the board.
>> Thank you. Obie Morford, 7353rd Avenue,
Verona.
Well, I would like to know what prompted
the need for council to draft a
resolution quote calling on Verona to
uphold inclusion, fairness, and
community safety end quote. In the
interest of time, the main focus of my
comments will be on resolution number
two that states, quote, recognize that
federal immigration enforcement is the
responsibility of federal authorities
and ensure that local resources are not
used to enforce civil immigration law
beyond the minimum legal requirements.
Resolution number two is disturbing to
residents of Verona because an edict to
Verona police that limits their
cooperation with federal authorities
such as Immigration and Customs
Enforcement or imposes minimal
cooperation with any other law
enforcement agencies for that matter
will ultimately limit the effectiveness
of Verona Police in keeping the
residents of Verona safe and secure.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a
federal agency that under the Department
of Homeland Security is responsible for
enforcing immigration and customs laws
that are specifically designed to
preserve the rights of US citizens,
which includes conducting field
operations to protect us from federal
law breakers. Laws are made to protect
us regardless of whether they are local,
state, or federal laws. And when laws
are broken, we are all put at risk by
the law breakers. Resolution number two
is dangerous by quote ensuring that
local resources are not used to enforce
civil immigration law beyond the minimum
legal requirements. quote, "Verona
Council will open the door for paid
politically charged anti-immigration and
customs enforcement agitators to set up
camp here in our peaceful town of Verona
to conduct their wellorganized,
nationally televised, professionally
orchestrated protests that are privately
funded by anti-American regimes. Chaotic
protests that around the country have
resulted in serious bodily injury,
death, the destruction of local
businesses, the disruption of worship
services, school lockdowns, and human
roadblocks of major arteries leading in
and out of town that are capable of
halting local commerce, including life
sustaining deliveries to local residents
and businesses. and in some instances
have caused local businesses to fail and
have left residents with no other
alternative than to relocate to escape
the life-threatening turmoil. Resolution
number two is offensive to many. As the
burough seal indicates, this burrow was
established in 1871.
Rona is a burrow with a countless number
of residents, including some seated in
this council chamber tonight, whose
ancestors migrated legally to this very
community and who became US citizens by
following all the required steps and
incurring the expense necessary to
successfully complete the arduous 10 to
15year immigration and naturalization
process.
A resolution of this nature is an
affront to those Rona residents and
their family members before them who
legally entered the country and
subsequently became US citizen
residents, business owners and operators
like the married couple who have owned
Super Nails in the 700 block of ARB for
well over 20 years.
Please be advised that should the
members of this council of Verona,
Pennsylvania, sign this resolution into
action, and should anti-immigration and
customs protests
erupt thereafter,
raining down protesters hell's fire on
our peaceful town of Verona and
endangering the lives, property, and
financial well-being of every Verona
resident and business owner and
operator. Then I, Obie Morford, and my
husband, Jeffrey Morford, pledge to
facilitate
a community classaction suit against the
Burough of Verona based on the risk to
the safety and well-being of its 2600
plus residents and the members of the
Verona business community through
council's implementation of such a
needless declaration.
So, as a as each member of council
considers whether or not to support this
resolution tonight, I ask that each of
you take into consideration the very
real possibility of legal action being
brought against the municipality, which
will most assuredly have a negative
impact on the burough's coffers. Thank
you for your time.
Thank you, OB. At this time, we will
move on to section six, comments from
the public. At this time, council will
hear comments on public related matters.
Please approach the podium or raise your
virtual hand, state your name and
address, and limit your remarks to three
minutes or less. Comment should focus on
burough business policies or actions.
Council encourages thoughtful feedback
on decisions and performance while
maintaining respectful and constructive
dialogue. Roa,
>> okay,
>> at the floor.
>> Hi, Roa. 4 6363rd Street. My
understanding it is that it's very
complicated to post information on our
electronic signs. So I have a suggestion
uh to keep the electronic signs with
updated information to ask still city
billboards to manage the signs for a
fee. Uh I would think and I truly
believe that they understand the
mechanics of electronic signs better
than anyone. So it's an idea.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
>> Tim.
>> No, just go ahead. Just say your name
now.
>> Hi, my name is Sylvia Sher, president of
759 Street.
So, um
A couple years ago, almost almost two
years, we replaced the entire sidewalk
in the front of our building on the
corner. And we were told at that time we
talked to
I guess it was the engine or one of the
people on council for council in and
full that um that entire corner and one
sidewalk to second street and one
sidewalk over to center would all be
replaced and be brought up to the ADA
recommendations. Now it's going to be
almost two years. We were promised that,
you know, it's going to happen in the in
the fall and then they said, "Oh, well,
it's got pushed to the spring and now,
you know, fall again." And now here we
are. We're approaching another spring
and summer. And one of the reasons we
really wanted to come tonight and speak
about this is because I had someone fall
before the snow. She tripped, went down,
really smashed her face intensely,
possibly sprained arm, wrist, caused a
lot of injury, and we could have been
sued because we are literally
responsible for that. But we didn't take
care of it because we were told council
was going to take care of it. Again,
that happened before the snow, so it
wasn't any snow or ice problem. So, we
wanted to know because money was
supposedly allotted for that to be done.
and where it stands.
>> Thank you. Um Matt, is this covered by
the schools yet?
>> Yeah, so it is being done. The the grant
funds were delayed. The surveyors were
out there the week before the snow. Uh
obvious when the snow occurred, they've
had to shovel every corner to get the
survey points.
>> I did see them surveying.
>> So the plans are being created. We still
have a couple corners to get the survey
on. Uh and then it will defin
instruction. Do you think that
spring
>> like spring early summer
>> did you sign the signin sheet there?
Would you kindly wish?
>> Yeah, there is
>> Mr. Dina.
>> It's okay.
>> You wish.
>> I just forgot to mention. Thank you so
much because I had asked about moving
the uh paper bin that was on the side of
the garages of the bur and did remove
it. It looks great.
>> Thank you for doing that.
>> Thank you. Roa, did you wish to say
anything about the correspondence you
distributed?
>> Oh,
you know the chamber of commerce um we
have
revamped everything. We have new
directors. Um we have a wonderful
itinerary for the year. Um and we would
really really appreciate everyone's
support to strengthen our community and
our businesses. Okay. So I happen to
have some applications, but it's going
to also be all the information is going
to be uh in the uh next newsletter. So
think about it. It's a very rewarding to
support our businesses and it
strengthens like I said I'm beating
myself the community.
>> Okay. Thanks.
>> Thank you. Other comments.
>> Hi.
>> Hello. Bethany Piola, 535 Spruce Street.
I've been a resident of Verona since
2023. Over the past few years. Thank
you. I've attended numerous council
meetings and committees, participated in
local groups, and our Verona neighbors
who welcomed us with open arms have
become some of our closest friends. I'm
proud to call Verona home. When I heard
the news of Joseé Flores's detention
last week, I was deeply saddened and
shaken as these actions I had been
seeing across the country were suddenly
in my backyard. As I began to think
through my role in it all, it became
clear to me, as it seems it did for many
of you, that we must be proactive. I
would like to thank Council President
Herzac for placing the resolution
recognizing Vona inclusion on the agenda
tonight.
Mr. Flores was detained while warming up
the car for his young daughter on the
way to school in a way that raised
questions for many of us in the
community. I won't belabor the details
as it's become a story heard regionwide,
but I do believe that his story should
provide Verona council the conviction to
pass the proposed resolution.
We have worked hard as a bureau and
especially you as a council to rebuild
the trust between our community and our
police force over the last couple years.
I'm thankful every day that I have a
chief who I trust and can call on when
in need and that our council has shown
their commitment to public safety over
and over.
Federal immigration enforcement is not
the role our local police were hired and
trained to do. I'm concerned about
actions that may undermine due process,
create fear in the community, and weaken
the trust that is essential for public
safety, especially at a time when we've
worked hard to rebuild a strong,
reliable local police department.
Verona should be a place where everyone
feels safe and welcome. When we protect
dignity, due process, and community
trust, we protect all of us. I hope you
will pass the resolution tonight. Thank
you.
Bethany, may I asked you to clarify if
you were asking us to pass the
resolution as it currently stands?
>> Yes. Okay. Thank you.
>> And thank you for signing.
>> Hi Jessica. Hi everybody. Jessica Veron,
72 Grown Street. I am here today to
express my support for Verona to adopt a
resolution stating that uh the bureau
will not be assisting with federal
immigration and customs enforcement
actions. It is not the job of our local
law enforcement or our burough staff to
assist in these matters. They have many,
many important things to do. Um, I have
reviewed the draft resolution. I will
say and I'm concerned that it doesn't
explicitly state what Verona Burough
will or will not be doing. Um, I think
the language just needs to clearly state
we will not commit any burrow resources
to ICE related activities and we're not
going to enter into a two 87g agreement.
Um, as it stands now, I feel like it it
maybe doesn't hold the appropriate legal
weight. Um, so I would encourage the
council to look I think the Oakmont's
resolution is a good example. Um, and we
are one community in many ways. So I
think that standing together on this
issue and adopting similar policies does
make sense. Um, and then I know that
many of us in here Verona uh here in
Verona to us the horrifying events
around the country just seem really
distant and like they can't happen here.
I kept hearing that about what happened
in Oakmont. You know, they can't happen
here. So, I hope that they won't
continue. But I was born and raised in
the suburbs of Minneapolis, a small town
that's really not much different from
Verona. And I can tell you that um my
family and my friends that live there
feel terrorized every single day by the
presence of ICE. These are US citizens.
They are being stopped at checkpoints
along the road. Um they are afraid to go
places because of the color of their
skin. I have a friend who's adopted.
She's terrified. Um, I think that one of
the best ways that I can support them
from a thousand miles away is to just
make sure that I share their stories
with people here. These are truth. Um, I
asked my mother if she uh, you know,
there's one thing that she would want
people outside of Minnesota to know uh,
and understand about their experience
and she said it's really the impact on
children that breaks her heart the most.
Just as we've seen the impact on
children locally as a little girl had to
watch her father be abducted right in
front of her in Minnesota. Many children
are afraid to leave their homes. They
spend all their time in their bedrooms
with their curtains drawn. But even
then, a little girl in the town where I
grew up uh recently heard a lot of
tapping on her uh bedroom window. And
when she finally got the courage to look
out, there was a drone hovering there,
taking a photo of her for ice. Uh one of
my best friends has children who attend
a Spanish emergency school. One of their
teachers was recently ripped out of her
car and held the detention for hours.
She did nothing wrong. I don't want any
child in Verona to feel that sort of
tear or to be afraid that their parents
will be taken from them. So, I thank you
Verona Council for being proactive in
drafting this resolution. I hope we can
do everything in our power to prevent
the same stories from happening here.
>> Thank you. I'll sign a sheet.
I think you have to kill me.
>> Are there other comments? Nate,
>> I'll be brief. Um, Nathan Stimmel, 854
First Street. Um, so I also am urging
Verona Burough Council to adopt a
resolution uh not to engage in the
enforcement of noncriminal noncriminal
federal immigration laws. Uh in the past
year, I think we've all seen the effects
of reckless, indiscriminate, and even
dangerous action on the part of US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement or
ICE. Uh without launching into a diet
tribe um about all the damage that ICE
has done to communities, families,
businesses, schools, people, human
beings across the country, I'll just
skip to the chase and state that I and
many in the community uh do not want ice
here. Um, I request and support the
bureau proactively establishing a policy
that will neither enable ICE related
civil law enforcement uh nor enter into
a 287g agreement with the agency. Uh, I
entrust the burough government and
police force here with the safety of the
community and fear that his presence
would only jeopardize that safety and
ultimately do harm good. Um, I
appreciate listening. Thank you,
>> Nate. It sounds like you're asking to
add more specific language about the
287G into our resolution.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> She did. Thank you for clarifying.
>> Are there other comments?
Uh, good evening, Dave Matlin, 722 Bruno
Street. Um, like to echo uh Nate,
Jessica, and Bethy's comments, but I
appreciate council's timely efforts to
um draft uh the what's called the
inclusion, fairness, and community
safety resolution. Um I do agree that it
needs to be more specific and direct
about not using local bur resources uh
to support ICE. Specifically um I'm
asking that uh we 287g agreement which
um is mentioned in the Oakmont
resolution. Uh and I don't believe
Oakmont has passed theirs yet, but the
draft they have on their website um I
agree with with others and feel that
it's uh it very succinct and to the
point and very clear. Um and and I think
that we could look to them as a model,
but um it is not unlawful for
municipalities to not enter into an
agreement such as the 287g with ICE
state. They are shooting American
citizens in the street and abducting
immigrants going through the legal
process who have no criminal record. uh
Corona's government and police have
enough public safety issues on their
hands as we all know from the past two
years if anyone's been following the
meetings and seeing what's in the news
about us. But um we don't need to be
adding immigration customs matters to to
to your workload. Um, I think Chief
Dustl and his team are doing a fantastic
job with building a truly community
oriented police force and um, and I
commend them for what they're doing. And
I think the public does have trust in in
what they do and confidence and is
willing, you know, feels willing to work
with them and give them uh, you know,
help them solve crime. And I think we're
seeing that
working in action. So, uh, I think that
the people of Rena will have a lot more
trust in our local law enforcement and
be more willing to report crimes if we
are confident that, uh, they are not
colluding with ICE and, um, in enhancing
the actions that are transferring our
constitutional and civil rights. So,
thank you for your time. Appreciate it.
>> Thanks, D.
Other comments?
My name is Kelly Collins, 736 Street,
Rona, PA. I, as a citizen and taxpayer,
Rona, does want ice in Rona. I want to
be able to be safe to walk out on my
streets knowing that my children and
myself are safe by the people that live
around me. I would like to know
as a taxpayer why does the rights and
safety of someone who entered our
country illegal supersede the rights of
me as a runa citizen? Why do they have
the rights to be protected as much as I
do if they're here illegally and we do
not know their background? Why is it
safe for crim why is it why is the
safety of a criminal more important to
protect than the children and the
citizens of Verona? This resolution does
not make our schools, parks, and sight
sidewalks safer from predators.
It will leave Rona open to become a safe
haven for criminal illegals to come and
live knowing that the police have their
hands tied. As for family separation, I
know what family separation is. And many
Americans have their families ripped
apart every single day. I raised a
nephew 10 years because his family was
ripped apart because his family did
something illegal and went to jail for
it. So, I know firsthand what it's like
to have a family ripped apart. So,
Americans have it done every single day,
but I don't see anybody saying anything
about the Americans that have their
families ripped apart.
Letting ICE come and do what they want.
letting ICE come and do what they have
to do and come in and out of our burrow
will keep a limit will keep elim
illegals
from doing what they want to do and keep
our family safe and our businesses safe
without this they can knowing that this
is a safe haven for them they can come
and do whatever they want to do our
police do our police are the ones their
hands are tied if you do this it's not
like they're coming in here and busting
down doors all they're going to do is
back up the police if something happens
If you get protesters in here, which
quite might happen if we're a safe haven
for illegal immigrants,
who's going to back them up? Who's going
to who's going to do the aftermath of
the destruction if something happens?
The Rona police. It's better to nip it
in the bud before it happens than let
let the illegals come in and do what
they want to do.
And that's all I have to say. Oh, I have
some statistics. By the way, this comes
from migration.org.
Under the Clintons of uh Clinton,
12,290,000
illegals were deported. Under President
Bush, 10,328
illegals were deported. Under Obama,
5,281
were deported. Under President Trump's
first administration,
932 eagles or illegals are deported. And
as of right now, 730
731,000
illegals are deported. So why was none
of this going on under the president
under the past administrations? Is it
the president? He's our president and
people don't like him. I think so.
Thank you, Kelly.
Other comments?
I don't see any other comments in the
audience. Mr. D, can we see if there are
any online?
Okay, very good. With that, we'll move
on to section seven, comments from
advisory boards and commissions, of
which there are none at this time.
Section eight, reports, council
president's report.
I'd like to report as indicated on the
top of the agenda that prior to
tonight's meeting, we held an executive
session at 6:30 for personnel matters
specifically to discuss our search for
our burough manager and next steps.
On Saturday, January 31st, we also held
a uh interpersonal communication disc
workshop among council members.
Grant announcements. Matt will speak
more to these in detail and we did
mention one of the two at our last
meeting, but I'm very excited that we
are continuing our trajectory of being
successful in obtaining several grants.
We recently received the 2025 PA small
water and sewer grants, which is for
$199,000
for the Silven Way sanitary street
lining. Silven Way Street Lining. Thank
you. Um, I am particularly excited about
the second grant that we were recently
awarded, which is the 2025 multimodal
grant. This will be our third
consecutive year of receiving this
particular grant. We are receiving no
match $550,000
to do Jones Street Jones Street work in
Streetscape. So, um, I just want to
thank Matt for his efforts in that and
the support of our state rep and
everyone who was involved in these
successes.
Item two, council code of conduct. If
you were with us at our last month's
super committee meeting, we drafted a
council code of conduct. If you would,
Mr. Dailyaly, share that on the screen.
Um, I wanted to provide an opportunity
for comment here under my section before
we hopefully adopt it tonight under the
action items.
So, prior to now to our awareness, we
have not had an official code of conduct
and we thought this would be pertinent
in order to allow more productive and
professional communications particularly
um with each other um but as well as
with the public. Um do you mind reading
it? Thank you. Sure.
>> So, there'll be four slides.
prepared
professional respectful
personally attack one another attack
another council member take a break for
reset
interactions with the public uh be kind
sensitive and caring
Dress appropriately for meetings in
business casual attire. Pay attention.
Make eye contact. Act with integrity and
transparency. Do not make faces. Roll
eyes side or business comments. Neutral.
Ensure there is followup by management.
Attend public events for visibility
within the community. Council member or
mayor has shared in context
is necessary. Criticism should be
directed as counseling
and should include one to two
constructive suggestions. Um
interactions with the public
spaces social media maintain a positive
professional tone in all
publicunications
public
staff or fellow council members. Avoid
posting personal opinions that could be
interpreted as official burough
positions. Use social media to inform,
uplift, and support, not to debate or
criticize. Direct concerns or issues
through appropriate internal channels
rather than public platforms. Remember
that council members represent the
burrow at all times public forums. And
lastly, for virtual attendance, uh this
should be the exception of the norm.
When used, council members must appear
on a clear video and use headphones to
ensure audio quality. These standards
cannot be met. virtual should
>> Thank you, Mr. Daly. Are there any uh
additional comments, thoughts, questions
from council at this time on the
proposed code of conduct?
Okay, I think we we captured that. Um
we'll leave that on the table for action
later on. Um before I get to item three,
I'm going to just jump to item four in
keeping with the sort of out of order
meeting agenda tonight. Um, council was
provided with a list of the proposed
2026 council committees. Um, I just
wanted to share this out briefly
tonight. We will be discussing them in
much more detail at next week's super
committee meeting which will be the 17th
starting at 6 p.m. Um, for this year um
with the the help of my vice president
of course we have come up with six
committees. Um, the first one is a newer
committee u which is the executive and
administration committee. um that will
be chaired by myself um and the
president the vice president and prom um
Nancy and John will be on that with me.
Um second is finance grants and
long-term fiscal planning um which will
be chaired by vice president Nancy and
John um who is again our prom. Uh the
third committee will be communication
and community engagement which will be
chaired by John um and Kelly and Kurt
will be on that. Fourth is planning and
active transportation which will be
chaired by Kurt. I will be on that as
well. Five is infrastructure and public
safety which will be chaired by Tim.
Kurt and Sylvia will participate on that
committee as well. Six is an extension
of parks. It's parks and recreation
inclusion and quality of life
development which will be chaired by
Kelly. Sylvia and Nancy will participate
on that as well. Um, in addition to
this, we still will have our COG
liaison, which um, Nancy is stepping
into that role along with Alam um, our
Alam liaison, which will be Miss Penza
again, and she will continue her role as
a liaison to several of the community
groups.
Um, are there any questions or comments
from council on those committees? I
didn't receive many, but I just wanted
to provide another opportunity for
feedback.
Okay, great. Um, with that, we'll move
to item three. Um the um big item for
tonight, a resolution recognizing Verona
inclusion. Um it's included in your
packet. It was also shared on the screen
earlier and we read it. I also do want
to let everyone know that in addition to
the comments tonight, we received 21
emails regarding this resolution. 20 of
which were um in favor of the resolution
and the 21st one um wasn't I I wouldn't
say opposed to it but um had some
concerns about it creating a target on
Verona. Um so I think a lot of the
comments tonight were very insightful
and very thoughtful. Um I also shared
with everyone Oakmont's draft resolution
which they are slated to adopt next
week. Um I do think they do have some
more specific language. Um, I just want
to open up the floor to see if we would
like to add more specific or different
language from what we currently have,
such as the proposed um, 287g and
calling that out specifically.
What are our thoughts?
>> There's a lot to think about.
>> It's a fair statement. Yeah.
>> Yeah.
I personally
don't know specifically what to say in
this moment.
Um
I see both sides of the issue uh that
were presented here tonight.
Um so
I need a little more time for
thinking about some things, doing some
more research and figuring out whether
I think we need any more specific
language.
Um,
I'm kind of okay with the way it is now.
I get the point about adding specific
language. I get the point about the
possibility of a target towards our
town.
So, I honestly cannot be any more
specific at this moment about my
thoughts about it.
Other
thoughts, comments?
Are we in favor of passing it as it
stands or will we like to make some
changes? Start with that.
This is um
man this is a
what we call hot potato
because uh you know you you don't want
something that's as controversial as
this topic on a national scene ever
coming into local politics. you know, we
we worry about streets being paved and
sidewalks and, you know, street lights,
you know, we don't want to deal with
this kind of stuff, but here we are. Um,
you know, and I
both sides made some very valid points
here tonight. I mean I you know and I I
get that either side wants to get
targeted
by groups or
you know
and I and I get the idea of you know
there's distrust in the way the federal
government is handling
you know these these cases but there's
also
some distrust as far as
uh you know the reaction to
how the government is handling these
cases and uh you know and and
you know as far as the how we're going
to handle the the language. I don't
know. I mean we we need I think we need
more time. I don't know. We need to
deliberate more. Okay.
>> And I think we need to hear from more
residents to be honest with you. I don't
I mean it's just is this is
this is a this is a very it's a tough
this a tough one. Now
um certainly what happened in Oakmont
was uh very disturbing in my opinion
and u but we need to we really need to
take a closer look as to what we're
going to do and deliberate.
So,
what are you all thinking?
>> Yeah, I am very much in favor of moving
forward with the resolution. I'm deeply
disturbed by what happened in Oakmont,
like many of us in our community, but I
think we can do better in terms of the
specificity.
Other comments?
as as is.
Other
comments, thoughts.
>> Okay,
>> thank you.
>> Okay. Um,
moving on to section B, we have the
mayor's report. Mayor Ricko,
>> before the mayor starts, I think we're
getting some some input that the people
on Zoom cannot hear us.
>> I can't
microphones are on.
>> Okay. All right.
>> I just want to make sure people could
hear. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Are these speakers not working? I may
not put sound.
>> No, we have internals.
>> Can you hear me now?
>> What did he say?
>> Okay. Noted. Can everyone yell?
But we're not yelling yelling. Mayor
Ricapro.
>> Okay. Um January 24th, 2026, I declared
a uh emergency declaration for the
snowstorm that we had. And uh basically
what that meant was if the state were to
declare an emergency, which they did,
the governor did, we would possibly be
entitled to any type of overtime,
anything that we um any kind of
machinery that we brought in and so on
and so forth to help remove the snow.
But unfortunately um the uh I guess the
federal government or PEMA or FEMA
whichever one uh said we didn't
Pennsylvania didn't qualify um as an
emergency but you always turn a
declaration in for that reason and as of
today um I am lifting that declaration
because of the warmer weather that we're
having. It's been kind of brutal out
there. And also until further notice,
there'll be no um parking um
restrictions on the streets until
further notice when we get the snow
melted down. So,
>> except for the Alligator River
Boulevard, the business district that
has been cleared. Um but residential
area will not be you could park on
either side. You won't get ticketed as
of now. And we will let the public know
when we're going to resume that.
Um the other thing that I have is
um we're looking for emergency
management coordinator um to head up
Verona's emergency management. So if
anybody's interested, please let the um
the manager know and we'll get in touch
with you and sit down with you and
explain to you what it entails.
So that's all I have at this time. Oh,
I'm sorry. Let me back up on that. Uh we
did have a meeting yesterday um myself
um vice president and the president,
madame president and um the street
department along with um the manager
>> on um
>> and the chief
>> and the police chief also. Uh we had a
meeting yesterday on possibly
being prepared for if we get a very fast
thaw and the rivers start coming up. So
we're on top of that and it's kind of
just a wait and see. But in the
meantime, we are planning ahead for just
in case also. That's all I have.
>> Mayor Dave or Mr. Daly, can you say a
bit more? Um I assume you need to be 18
or older. This is a volunteer position
and what type of experience would be
beneficial or useful?
>> It's kind of like
emergency management.
>> Yes.
>> Anybody can apply. We're all here to
help you
fire police and you know the board and
um like if you're interested please let
uh burough manager know and uh we can
sit down and uh go over some things with
you and explain in more detail.
>> There's also trainings right Dave
>> there are trainings that's why it says
we'll go over detail you know what it
all involves. So, the trainings are
during the day.
>> They're during the daytime, 9:30.
>> There's two trainings. Yeah,
>> I believe they're on Zoom or you can
catch them in the evening
video.
>> Oh, okay.
>> So, if anybody's interested, please let
us know. um
you may be uh activated once in every
three, four, five years, but um it's
kind of an exciting job. You know, it's
rewarding.
>> I'm sorry. That's right.
Sorry.
Tim was also
>> All right.
Thank you, Mayor. We'll move on to item
C, burrow manager report. Mr. Dailyaly,
>> sure. Thank you. Um, just a quick update
on the manager search. We are kind of
circling back. I'm not going to say
we're starting over, but we're circling
back with the process right now. Um, the
executive committee will be meeting on
Friday to talk about some other options
and readvertising the position. Uh we
did receive a um request from the garden
club uh this uh past week for uh public
works assistance in watering the hanging
baskets. Uh they also agreed to a $1,000
donation towards uh the time and work
that is put into those. Um wanted to
make the council aware of that. Uh we
also received a request for a mailbox
for um the Chamber of Commerce. Um I
think that their mail just currently
comes into the uh office here along with
uh
>> No, they have a post office.
>> Oh, they currently do.
>> So what was this this particular
request?
>> Um well, we do have the chamber
president uh present. If you would like
to say briefly what this request entails
to your knowledge,
>> you got to come up here though. Yeah. So
they can hear you at home.
>> So this kind of happened while we were
transitioning, but I'll tell you what I
know. Um, so the post office box does
not exist anymore. Um, so we were trying
to figure out what to do next and also
try to save a little bit of money. Um,
there was a postmaster at one of our
meetings who suggested there could be a
multiple box type of situation, so it
could be used where the chamber has a
box, maybe the garden pub has a box. Um,
and it's no extra cost to anybody.
That's all I know. Tom, anything I'm
missing?
So, we would have to figure out where we
want to put it. How big it is. I don't
know.
All right.
>> And also, if I may add, between the
three entities, um, probably If you get
20 pieces to mail throughout the year,
that would probably be a lot.
>> Yeah. Other than membership drives,
>> right?
>> Thank you.
>> Sure. Uh, last item is just a winter
operations update. I think the mayor
touched on, you know, kind of where
we're at with some things. Uh, public
works I I thought did a great job uh
addressing road cleanup relatively
quickly. We did utilize a um private
contractor for two days uh to assist
with you know cleaning up some of the
intersections and uh snow removal which
is in your packet there uh for that. But
as of right now our focus has kind of
shifted from winter maintenance over to
uh potential flooding concerns that we
could have. Um you know fortunately this
looks like this is going to be a nice
slow warmup but uh we just don't know
what impact that could have upstream of
of the river. So, um, again, what to the
mayor's point there, I thought we did a
nice job of putting together a a good
plan. Um, you know, starting to look at
some key benchmarks that we're going to
focus on, uh, you know, for river
elevation and for, uh, the Alka-San pump
station, uh, things like that that we
know impact on those that live, uh, in
the lower areas of the burrow. So, um, I
think that that's the that was really
the focus of of that that meeting. So
hopefully everybody's starting to to see
uh black pavement and I even saw some
greeny grass today which
>> get closer.
>> Thank you Mr. Dailyy. Just to clarify um
regarding item two, the garden club
request that is for DPW to water, not
for our landscaping company to water.
That's right.
>> Okay. And do you have any feedback yet
from DPW if that is if they're amendable
to that? that's feasible with their
summer schedule.
>> Yes, they said that that's something
that they could do and that they've done
in the past. So,
>> okay, very good. Um, if there's no other
questions or comments on that, we'll
move on to item D, the public works
report. Um, Mr. Daily, do you mind?
>> Yes, I can probably summarize this with
lots of winter cleanup. Um, there was um
they had 10 snow events this month. I
think got called out 10 different times
after hours uh that required um them to
attack roadways with the plows and
spreaders and everything. Um you one of
the concerning items right now is that
we're extremely low on salt. We only
have 14 tons of rock salt in storage
right now. And to put that into
perspective, it takes us 12 tons to do
one round. So we we've limited our salt
uh allocations right now to you know the
hills and intersections where it would
be needed. There is the ability for us
to start getting salt soon. But all that
salt came in on barges and surprisingly
uh barges were unable to unload because
the decks were too icy. Uh so it's kind
of ironic but um that is what we were
told by our sole supplier. Um a lot of
clean up post um winter um you know
post-war events. Uh but the crew still
collected 240 bags of trash this month
from the main uh uh from Alagen River
Boulevard there and from around the from
around the burrow. We had a lot of
repairs as you can imagine. Winter is
very rough on our equipment. So there
were several different repairs that were
made to spreaders as well as to the
backhoe. And um again, I mentioned
before about uh that we utilize a
contractor. Uh that was to the tune of
around $7,600
uh is what that cost us in order to um
bring a contractor in to do that work.
So um that was uh that's the report from
public works.
>> Great.
>> Thank you, Mr. Dailyy. We also have item
E, the code enforcement report.
>> Sure. And I'll just summarize this that
there were 10 new cases that were open
this month.
initial code inspections. Six of those
required follow-up inspections. There
were eight courtesy notices issued, 10
violation letters sent. One uh hearing
was held with district magistrate and
there were two
questions or comments on that.
All right, we move on to item F, the
chief report. Chief DEL
you see my report for the month of
January. We had 33 calls for the month
of January. That's up from 164 in 2025.
Um just some key things. Ongoing
training of the new officers going
great. I couldn't be happier. Um you
guys should be seeing a lot more of
them. Um regarding the stamp grant, the
first phase has been uh completed. We
got a new computer in there. camera's
been replaced in the burrow uh building.
That one works now. It hasn't worked for
a long time. For instance, um
else
you previously saw my email. We're going
to start using utilizing the back
hallway coming in and out instead of the
front door. Put a camera back there just
for um you know safety and security when
you bring prisoners back and forth. Um
so we're going to start using that
entrance. Um a second phase is starting
tomorrow. We're going to be upgrading
the server system for the police
department. Um, as well as going around
parts of town, adding different cameras.
Uh, one being, uh, South and East
Railroad. We're going to put a camera
there. We're going to put, uh, fingers
crossed, a camera at, um, the entrance
to Rivertown Shops. Um, as well as Grant
and Jones Street, just to name a few,
obviously contingent upon costs. Um,
like I said, that's going to start
tomorrow. That's going to be a couple
month process um getting those up and
running.
>> Is it sorry is that is that going to be
at the intersection
at the ARB
>> at the light? Yes,
>> it's our our our poles even though it's
in penthouse. Yeah.
>> But it would help us tremendously with
different incidents that happen in
Rivertown Shop. So because the cameras
in Rivertown shops were horrible.
Um, also they're going to start the
process of putting in our new software
reporting and issuing parking tickets
and um received all the hardware for
issuance of parking tickets and I know
those who've got
um it's going to be a whole new format
that um it's from a ticket machine so
that it can't wear wear away gets wet
it's fine just like you go to the city.
Um so it's going to have that added
effect also a lot better record keeping
with this new software and like I said
that's
um ongoing policy updates per the
council president B manager will get
things I'm trying to go through the
antiquated policy manual updating as
much as I can uh with what time I have
um and the last three things um planning
another kickball tournament May 16th at
Cribs noon start organizing that. And
then also I'm doing another national
night out August 4th at Railroad Park.
And then finally on February 25th at 7
p.m. I'm going to do a community
engagement session just recapping last
year since we had a lot of moving parts
and just go over everything. Anyone have
anything for me?
>> Your reports are excellent. Thank you.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you for um keeping the STMP moving
forward as well. Um, would this be an
appropriate time to ask a question about
the parking fee ordinance under the
action items or do you want us to wait?
>> The question is, can we extend the
uh amount of time to pay from 5 to 10 or
15 days and not less than $50 instead of
100?
Does that seem reasonable?
Um currently it's not less than $100. Um
the fees will be increased which I
support from 15 to generally 25. Um so a
fee of $100 after 5 days seems uh a lot.
So what what you're what the president
is saying that uh if they don't pay and
it moves to the magisterial level can
you say not less than 50 instead of not
less than 100?
>> Yes.
Are you saying it should say not less
than the fee or
>> We could say not less than 100 and a
judge can say I'm giving a $25 frame.
>> Okay.
No, the the fee increase is needed. Um
and good. I'm just uh it just seems a
bit much right now, but okay.
>> Yep.
>> You have to pull back up there. They
can't hear you at home if you don't.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. We need to have
an example.
75 currently.
>> Yes.
>> Handicap is $300
much higher in the city of Pittsburgh
for sure.
Okay.
Thank you, Chief Desel. Um, next item,
G, the fire chief report. Chief Tee,
>> good evening.
>> Good evening.
>> Summarize the report that I submitted to
you. Um, in the month of January, we had
19 calls. Um they included one
residential structure fire, two
extinguished fires, one electrical
condition, three commercial fire alarms,
two residential fire alarms, one odor
investigation, one natural gas leak, one
service assist, one mutual aid assist,
one vehicle accident, one elevator
rescue, one water condition, one carbon
monoxide alarm, one standby and station,
and one EMS assist. Of those 19 calls,
10 of those were in the burrow of Veron
Hills, Monox
Armor.
Questions for Chief Tehi?
>> All right. Thank you for your service.
Next, we'll move on to item H, the EMS
report.
Um, don't see Terry Mr. Daily, do
you care to share any details of this
with us?
You may be privy to
I can I can say it if you want.
>> 47 total calls. Yeah, go ahead. Thank
you. According to the report from uh
Lower Valley Ambulance Service, there
were 13 ALS calls, 14 BLS calls,
uh seven buyer standby, five refusals,
one lift assist, four cancellations,
one mutual aid, one uh treatment with no
transport,
and one that was just no transport. So
for a total of 47 calls.
>> 47.
>> Yes. In the month of January, I guess.
Yeah.
>> Great. Thank you, Councelor Carpenter.
Um, next we'll move on to item I, the
solicitor's report. Mr. Alexander,
>> thank you, President. Uh, just a couple
things. Uh, I did submit a a written
report. But I don't really have anything
additional to add to that at this point.
But I did want to address uh the issue
of the resolution just a little bit for
both sides that are pro uh resolution or
anti- resolution. And I just trying to
put uh people's minds at ease that
you're really not going to see any
change in police activity regardless of
how uh this this motion goes down on
this vote. Um, we don't have a 287g
agreement now with ICE. The police, if
ICE came into town, to your uh comment,
Miss Morford, you said uh letting ICE
come in and do their job will make the
town a safer place. That's going to
happen uh regardless of whether this
resolution goes into effect. We cannot
stop ICE from coming into town and do
their immigration enforcement. What what
what we do have power over is whether
our police officers are going to be
federal agents. They're not now and
they're not going to be. I've had that
conversation with the chief and chief,
you can re can wreck me if I say
anything wrong. If ICE comes into town
and there's a disturbance, the police
get called up, they're going to go out
as police officers, uh as police
officers protecting the citizens of the
Burough of Verona. that's going to
happen regardless of whether there's a
resolution in place or there's not a
resolution in place. So, I just want
everybody to be aware. All that the
resolution says is that, hey, we're not
going to support spending our resources
on on federal agents. That's going to
come from the federal level, but ICE is
going to be ICE and and they're going to
do their enforcement. And the police
officers are going to be the police
officers and they're going to police as
they do. And uh you heard all the great
things that Chief Desel just said up
here. In my report, I always give a
little synopsis of uh
police issues and coverages. Every
month, I've been doing this uh since
before Ron McLemore uh was here and and
Tom became the chief this month. I said,
I'm happy to report I have nothing to
include on this item this month. The
chief has the department running great
and
So rest assured,
whichever way this goes, this town's
been run great. It's going to be
continue to be run great.
>> Thank you. That's all I have.
>> Thank you, Mr. Alexander. Are there
questions or comments on his report?
All right, we'll move on to the next
section then, section J, the engineers
report with Mr. Pitch.
portion will be submitted this week.
You'll notice some survey going on in
the area. Um right now we have the
sidewalk project being surveyed as well
as we have a shorelining project for the
CDBG50. Um there's going to be a couple
manholes up on the second street and
spruce street area that are surveyed as
part of that project. Uh so you'll see
the crew around doing that.
The preliminary design plan for the arch
street work uh was was provided to
council. Uh as of right now based off
the width of the road, there'll be a
designated bike lane for the opposite
direction of traffic and then we're in
the direction of traffic. It will be a
shared vehicle biking lane. Um I don't
have a hard copy.
>> Do you have it to share, Trish?
>> Um yes. Just bear with me one moment.
>> We'll keep going. We can come back to
it. Sorry.
>> Um as Madam President uh announced, we
were successful in the 2025 PA small
water and soar. Uh that's for the
199,000 to install additional sanitary
soil liners along Silvin Way. Uh as we
continue to move forward to getting the
the system line to prevent costly
emergency repairs. Um we also were
awarded the multimmoal grant. Uh the the
thought behind that is the Jones Street
corridor over to the uh shopping plaza
is a major corridor for walkers in town.
Uh so the uh the intent of that is going
to carry the streetscape from Alagany
River Boulevard all the way over to the
plaza. Um we don't have the grant
agreements yet. Uh so that it will
likely be an early 2027 project for that
one.
Uh and lastly, uh this past week, uh the
chief had sent some emails around, um
the signal down at the plaza has had
some glitches going on. Uh the traffic
control company that provides the
maintenance for that has been out. They
installed a temporary backup battery.
They they believe that the issues were
occurring from uh power surges. Uh but
we also have the green light go
application going in at the end of
March. Uh I talked with him. He's
already put in recommendation uh to
PENDOT to to help push our app forward.
Uh I also spoke with Representative Joe
McAdrew and he's going to be providing a
letter support to the application as
well.
>> That is fantastic.
Um I was also going to ask you if there
was any update with the um people's gas
work on Northgot.
So, we we announced last month we have
the LSA grant for the North Avenue
reconstruction. Um, we're we just got
the grant app uh agreement today. Uh, so
we we'll be working on design of that.
Um, we did we have already received some
community feedback. So, we're going to
be reviewing options such as um stamped
asphalt crosswalks, possibly a a design
in the intersection like out in the
pavilion here. Uh but as part of that,
we provide our paving list to People's
Gas every year. Uh so they moved up one
of their projects. They're going to be
replacing the gas line along North
Avenue from um Arch or High Street to
Second Street. Uh it's as you're going
uphill, it's going to be in the right
hand parking. Um they're only they're
going to have no parking, but it's going
to be about 200 feet at a time and it's
going to move up the hill as their work
zone goes. uh so that uh they they have
all their cones and barricades. So
they'll be putting those out
tentatively. They're looking to possibly
start the end of this week if not next
week on that work.
>> Okay. Questions or comments on any of
that so far from council for Matt?
>> I do. Um, one is, uh, I just wanted to
review the work on Arch Street, which,
uh, they were moving along putting in
that binder for the winter.
>> Correct.
>> And then they stopped because it snowed
>> because the plant shut down. Yeah.
>> Right. And and then they they never
finished it. And then um they left their
machinery there by the side of the road.
I asked you about that before. where you
said you'd check into whether they can
come and take their machinery away.
>> And I I didn't get a hold of them for
the machinery, but I did talk to my
water. The the rest of the the patch is
saw cut. So, as soon as weather allows
and the plants open, they'll they'll
finish their patching for our project to
come in behind them.
>> Okay. So, it I don't I may be
misunderstanding how this works, but I
thought the idea of the binder was
simply to get the road through the
winter without it all falling apart and
becoming horrible because there's no
binder in there. And it is kind of
holding between where they stopped and
Sheridan Street and then there's also
the little part on Sheridan. Uh, I
didn't know whether they just wanted to
go ahead and start paving the road ASAP
whenever they can, as soon as they can.
>> They'll have to finish the trench in the
binder and the and the binder is the
layer that goes under the the top coat.
>> Oh, it happens anyway.
>> So, they're putting the binder in at 5
in thick. Um, in most of the areas,
we'll be taking top two inches off
>> and putting two inches back on. um in
the areas that have the ring and um
settlement in it. We have base repair
that will occur in those areas.
>> Okay. And just want to keep you know the
focus on Arch Street gets paid like in
April or whenever it it's possible first
thing.
>> Yeah. As um I I sent out the preliminary
plan as as soon as we agree on it. The
one item that we needed to talk about is
the by the park. Um, as of right now, we
have the bike lane on the residential
side,
>> which would then push the parking onto
the the park side,
>> but we we can easily flip-flop where
that that lane's located. Uh, it's just
initially we had thought about possibly
two designated bike lanes. Uh, but you
need a total of eight feet,
>> uh, four feet for each direction. um
there's not enough space to then still
provide parking.
>> So that's why we went with the one bike
lane designated against traffic and then
the rest of the lane is is shared.
>> Okay. And my other question has to do
with Jones Street. Um, I take my car to
McDes quite often and he was asking me
uh because he saw something online about
the project for Jones Street and I think
he wanted to be at this meeting tonight.
he may have forgotten or had something
else he had to do. But I think he was
concerned about whether or not there's
going to be a um
sidewalk on the abalotus sidec
I don't know for whatever reason. I
can't speak for him fully. I just know
he was concerned about having a sidewalk
there because I think he parks a lot of
cars over there or something.
>> Yeah. So, we're going to have a walkth
through with Representative McAnnrew
because he was a big champion for for
the grant. Um the the idea in the money
available is for a complete sidewalk on
one side.
>> Okay.
>> Um so the which side has not been fully
determined yet. Uh ideally it's probably
going to be on the the side that already
has partial sidewalk.
>> Um but if it would be on the other side,
there would definitely be um concessions
made to still allow parking over there
as well.
>> Do you know when that walkthrough is
going to be?
>> We don't have it scheduled yet. um
probably early spring.
>> Um all right, just just yeah, I'd like
to know I'll let him know in case he's a
very interested stakeholder in that
road.
>> And uh one other smaller project I
forgot to mention uh the bureau was did
receive a siphoning grant from Alageney
County uh in the amount of 25,000. Um so
we're going to be installing some
drainage to uh alleviate the flooding
that we get on Alageney River Boulevard
right by the Jones Street cut through.
>> Oh yes. Uh we're going to install some
storm pipe and additional inlets to get
that water off of ARB and into uh new
pipe along Judge Street.
>> That's awesome.
>> That's where it's freezing right now
when it comes out. Yes. Thank you.
>> Um Mr. Dailyaly was able to get the uh
diagrams you provided on the screen.
>> Yeah.
>> Um there's anything extra you wanted to
say. Um Francancy, I wanted to give you
an opportunity if you had any um
comments from the boat club. Okay. Okay.
Yeah.
side of the road.
>> A bouncing green line.
So that's going to be a designated
shared lane without without a um
designated painted lane. So where the
green where the green line is will be
very reminiscent of what you see in the
city of Pittsburgh. That will be painted
green with a solid white or yellow line
delineating that from traffic. Um it
will have its own uh bicycle paintings
with arrows showing the direction that
bicyclists are supposed to go and then
the rest of the road will get the shared
symbols for motorists and bicyclists. Um
we have designated crosswalks where
where needed. There's not a lot of
sidewalks there, so we're we're
selective of where the crosswalks uh go
or where we intend for people to cross.
Um and then once we get down past
Sheridan, uh there's a a pump down there
to calm traffic down that section would
be just shared lane
both directions.
>> That's great. Yeah,
>> thank you so much for updating all those
for our discussion.
>> Um, are there any qu other questions or
comments for Matt?
Um, as far as next steps, Matt, do you
need any um input from council to move
forward with this or any of the
projects?
>> As to what side of the road we would
like the bike lane to be on.
>> Yeah. Um, and then that would determine
which side of the road the parking is
going to be on as well,
>> right?
>> Um, but it's it's flexible. Uh, when we
get to the next intersection, we can
traverse the bike lane back to the other
side. Uh, or we we could talk about
leaving it all all in one um on the
river side of the road. That has some
downfalls because of some of the
businesses such as the um
acclamation brewing down there in the
news, the the arena. a lot of traffic
that would then be crossing the bike
lane if it was on that side, right?
>> Um, so I know there's been some
discussion about maybe parking on the
park side. Um, so I didn't know wanted
to review that more, but more or less
we're I'd say we're 80 85 90% of the way
there. Just need to
>> figure out some of the location detail.
>> Yeah. And I I do want to point out that
the parking issue at Riverbank Park is
complex. We've wrestled with different
variations of it over the past several
years without coming to a solution that
most people were amenable to. Um after
our last walkthrough in December, I did
submit a request through um PEDOT's free
local technical assistance program, but
as we encountered before, they're out of
funding at this point in the year, so
they wouldn't be able to come for a few
more months, which if we wanted to have
their input, which I would love, would
push back the project.
>> Yes.
>> So, um I that's what I'm wrestling with
right now. I don't know if anyone has
input on that.
>> A lot to think about.
>> Yeah, I I might suggest we carry that
over uh to next week for some of our
discussions.
>> Very good.
>> If we know the timing,
>> their their review decision wouldn't
take very long. So,
>> okay.
>> Worst case, they might push it from a
spring project to a a summer project.
>> Yeah. Um, but we could definitely have
we'll have specs and everything ready to
hit the paper for advertisement. It
would just be a matter of finalize the
drawings. Um, because regardless of what
side of the road it's on, the the square
yardage and the amount of painting and
and asphalt's going to be the same. It's
just a matter of where that painting's
located,
>> right? Okay. Perfect.
>> Yep.
>> Last call for Mr. Pitch.
>> All right. Very good. Thank you so much
for your report.
Next, we'll move on to section K,
council member remarks. First, we have
councelor Carpenter.
>> Um, thank you. Um,
President Redzac, thank you. Um, just a
couple of quick things. First, I don't
know why this is echoing.
Um, I wanted to mention that we are
moving forward slowly with our junior
council program and we have in our
audience tonight Mr. John Moses. And so
I'd like to welcome you again to the
meeting. And I believe on Zoom is Alli
Costa who's also interested in the
program. And we can discuss more next
week. But personally, I see no reason
unless John or Ally are not interested
that we couldn't have both of them in
the program.
>> Um, but we certainly can discuss this
more next week if you guys want to.
>> Um, so that was that. I I know this is a
little late in the meeting, but um just
wanted to mention to everybody,
especially those of you at home who are
wondering um what's going on. We decided
to try out the webinar um
option with Zoom instead of just having
a regular Zoom meeting, having a webinar
meeting. So, we're trying it out tonight
for the first time. So, as far as I can
tell, everybody there can hear. Unless
Jason pops out that thing, which then
blocks something else um and gets on the
recording of who everybody is. We don't
even know who's on uh the the Zoom
meeting. Uh but it will be recorded just
like the other ones. And
we may possibly
I emphasize possibly consider live
streaming. Yes. Um and we'll see how
that works. Uh so Jason and I were
testing everything today to make sure
everybody could see and hear. But with
this option,
uh no, you do not have a way to do the
things you could do before. I don't
think in as much detail. And if you want
to be uh if you want to say something
and you go on this bottom line here,
there's clearly a spot where you just
raise your hand and we will know that
you've raised your hand. And then Jason,
you'll have to give him a few seconds.
He needs to change you from an attendee
to a analyst something.
>> Oh, it just says uh yeah, it it opens
the mic so you can talk. So, please bear
with us while we uh check out this new
way of doing our Zoom meeting.
Um, the other thing is we are working on
the alleyway signage.
Uh, and I don't know, Jason, if you
wanted to expand a little more on our
impromptu meeting with Debbie, the
address person for a second. Yeah, we
have
We have several
But that's the case around the burrow.
And so there were some of those that she
brought up that were going to be
investigated and that was really the
primary reason for the call, but um just
to identify how numbers occur in
municipalities. We don't have a major
issue with that, but we do have some
some lots that need number that we're
going to be working through here
shortly.
>> Okay. Thanks. Um, so it was it was luck
actually that we got to talk to her
because we also have a concern about
many alleyways that even though they do
have names and thank you chief for
finding them from the minutes of 1890 or
whatever it was that you found. Um, we
have all the names of the alleys which
were sent to her right to Debbie. And um
we're going to start slowly working on
getting those alleyways
um signed so that if someone I mean even
if it's not their home address if
they're walking along the alley and they
fall and need help they can say what
alley they are at and what you know
between this se street and this street
on on I don't know Jones alley or
something like that as opposed to
unnamed alley. which is what it is now.
Um, and the last thing I just wanted to
mention is we're looking into possibly
um revamping the health and life
insurance that we provide our employees.
So, that's why I wrote that down. There
was some other reason Jason and I wrote
that down.
>> No, I think it's just word.
>> Okay. Um I do have a question for you
which is regarding the alleyway signage.
Um you had previously mentioned we were
prioritizing a couple of more urgent
ones and then um dealing with the rest
of them over several years uh as like a
plan um taking costs into account. Do we
have a prioritized list of ones we
should do right away? We don't
>> Yeah,
>> it's still being developed. Okay. Um who
is taking ownership of this project?
in third and
>> on third. Yeah,
>> there's one. Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Well, in terms of your question, Trish,
um, and thank you, mayor, for providing
the one address off off the third. I
don't know how we resolve that, but we
don't have to figure that out now. This
is a leftover
>> this is a leftover project that I was
doing as part of public safety. Mhm.
>> So, I don't know if you want me to
finish it or pass it along to a
different uh person who would be in
charge of it.
>> Let's decide that next week.
>> Okay.
>> Is that all for your report?
>> That's all I have. And just thanking
everybody for all your work for all
these emergencies and working overtime
and for everybody coming tonight and
expressing your opinions about an
important topic.
>> Yes, indeed. Um, thank you, councelor
Carpenter.
>> And one more thing, happy Valentine's
Day.
>> Uh, yes, happy Valentine's Day. Happy
everything. Um, item two or person
number two is counselor Sperling. You
have the floor.
Um, so I did a training, um,
Pennsylvania State Association of
Burrows. Um, it was a two-day training.
So, I mean, I took a lot in. Uh,
basically, I summed it up to, uh, two
things. I learned how Pennsylvania
burrows derive their authority from the
burrow code and how that differs from
cities, townships, and home rule uh,
municipalities.
And the training clarified restrictions
on burough spending, including what
funds can and cannot be used for and the
importance of proper accounting
controls. Um,
yeah, it was informative and uh I
enjoyed it. So, thank you for the
opportunity.
>> Thank you, Counselor Sperling. Um, for
everyone's knowledge, can you just state
uh when the training was and how many
like hours or how lengthy it was?
>> That was when was it?
>> January 20. Yeah.
>> 23rd and 24th.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Um, eight hours a day, so 16
hours total.
>> Yeah.
>> Great. Yeah.
>> Okay. Um, next we have councelor
Rodriguez. Is there anything you'd like
to share add about the program?
>> Um, yeah. The our teacher was the
Springdale burrow manager, which I
thought was kind of cool. Oh, that's
cool.
>> Yeah, there was another guy. I don't
remember where he was from. Do you?
>> Yeah, he was from all over.
>> Yeah, it was really it was really nice
because we could pick his brain about
like stuff that we talked about here.
Um, this is actually
>> all these papers for front and back
slides of everything that we talked
about. I mean, it's to the same.
>> It's a lot. Um, but it was it was really
informative. Uh, I wish they had it
before we started because I I would have
felt a little bit more comfortable.
>> Sure. Um, not that I feel more
comfortable now, but I a little bit, you
know what I mean? Just a little bit. Um,
but their agenda, I don't know if you
guys are interested.
>> Yeah. Okay. So their course agenda was
like overview of the government, the
local government, um public meetings,
sunshine law, ethics, right to know,
legislation, best practices, budgeting
and finance, taxation, planning and
zoning, police, fire, emergency
services, public works, website, social
media, and cyber security. And it wasn't
like detailed like it it may sound
because like I don't know if you can
really even see but it was like so like
wait that's not even what let's go with
like it would say like how to hold
executive session and then it just gives
us a little bit of details so we could
pick their brain as we went and it was
it was nice to be able to ask questions
and see what the other people were doing
and we could could compare you know our
burrows And that was pretty cool to to
learn. I I enjoyed it. I would like to
do more. It's just hard when you work a
normal job during the week. But it was
it was nice. And I think um it was I
thank you for letting us go.
>> And it was really good, too, too.
That was a bonus.
>> Do you guys get the PSAB emails now
about all the trainings and webinars
they have?
>> And they're released during the day.
They are, but if you register for them
and can't go, they will automatically
send them to your little account that
you may have to set up one time and then
for a year you have access to any
training that you want to. I sign up for
the free ones just and so that I have
that.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Still time have a new
training I sign up for
>> and they repeat themselves. So hope, you
know, if I didn't get to the one within
the 365 days, then they'll have it
again. I sign up for it and then it's
there again. And Wendy Nickerson is a
great teacher through PSAB on those
webinars. So just know you don't have to
be there when it's live. You don't even
have to check in. You they just
automatically send it to you after it's
over.
>> Yeah,
>> they do have a lot of ideas. I mean, I
wrote down quite a bit. So that's for
another.
>> Okay,
>> great. Looking forward to seeing those
come to fruition. Thank you for
attending. Um, councilors Long Gllis and
Provenza, you don't have specific items
listed for tonight, but I just wanted to
allow space if there was anything else
you wanted to comment or share at this
time. Americ
is the treasurer and Brian is the
>> Awesome. Thank you for stepping up in
your volunteerism.
Um there's no other items. We'll move
right to reports of special committees.
Item one is the Alageney League of
Municipalities with Councelor Provenza.
Thank you, Madame President, and good
evening everyone. Thank you for being
here. Appreciate it. Uh the special
committee that I chair is Alon. That's
Aligy League of Municipalities.
and I spoke with them this morning and
the only thing they had on their agenda
was the spring educational conference
which is coming up April 9th through 12
and um they said they'll be back in
touch but right now that's the big
project and that was the only thing that
they was a were able to tell me. Thank
you.
>> Thank you. Uh item two is the council
government's update with councelor
Carpenter.
>> Yes. Um, I went to the January meeting
on the 28th of January, uh, in
Springdale Burrow or Township. I'd get
them confused.
>> Township.
>> Township. Okay. In at PR, uh, Springdale
Township. It was my first meeting uh,
since being appointed or volunteering
for this job. And they went over uh,
several things. They had a new election
of officers. Um, honestly don't know the
the people who were there, but I do know
Tony Taliani and he's been the president
there for a long long time. He's
stepping down, but he's still the vice
president, so he's still going to be
involved. So, they talked about that.
They talked about some of the CDBG
grants that I guess they're involved in
getting. Um,
and uh, not much specific about that. I
would say the main thing that they
discussed besides their reelections was
the issue with the salt. And
there's many many many if not all
municipalities who are having this issue
with not having enough salt. And some
municipalities are having even a worse
time where they try to go and buy it
like from Pendot and Pendot won't even
sell it to them. Something like that. Um
and uh so they you know they expressed
their frustration in not being able to
have salt. Everybody is trying to get
salt. So it's not just us. It's it's
every municipality in this area.
Certainly I would say in the county um
and they're having to spend extra money
rather than the um agreed upon uh less
money uh to be able to buy the salt. So,
and uh let's see. Meeting minutes. Can
we can I Yeah, there really wasn't
anything major other than those two
things. That's it.
>> Very good. Thank you for attending.
>> Oh, and I won't be here for the next uh
meeting, so could go in my face.
>> Calendar.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Section 9 is old business, of
which there is none. Section 10,
ordinary items.
Council has been provided with the bills
from January of 2026.
At this time, I will entertain a motion
to accept the bills.
>> I'll make the motion to accept the bills
list from last month.
>> I'll second.
>> I have a motion from councelor
Carpenter, a second from councelor
Sperling. Are there any comments or
questions?
All in favor? I. Are there any opposed?
Motion carries. Item B, council has been
provided with draft of minutes from the
January 5th reorganization meeting and
the January 13th council business
meeting. At this time, I will entertain
a motion to approve these minutes.
>> I'll make the motion.
>> I have a motion by councelor Provenza.
Do I have a second?
>> Second by councelor Sperling. Are there
any comments or questions? All in favor?
>> I. Are there any opposed? Motion
carries.
Moving on to section 11, new business
and action items.
A
the bureau was proactive in declaring an
emergency on January 24th, 2026 in order
to make available resources and actions
by staff and council in the event they
were needed. Council must retroactively
consider adoption of this declaration.
This time I will entertain a motion to
do so.
I move to approve the emergency
declaration retroactively to January
24th of 2026.
>> Motion by councelor Carpenter. Do I have
a second?
>> I have a second.
>> Second by councelor Gllis. Are there any
comments or questions?
>> Is that declaration still in effect?
>> We never publicly approve.
>> All in favor?
>> I. Any opposed?
Motion carries. Item B, parking fee
ordinance.
The bureau solicitor in consultation
with police chief vessel has updated the
parking ordinance with revised fees. The
ordinance must be advertised and
considered at the Marsh meeting. I will
entertain a motion followed by
discussion on the motion to proceed.
>> Oh, the motion. I move to approve the
revised parking ordinance
>> for advertisement
>> for Yeah. I I move to advertise the
revised parking ordinance that includes
a revised fees for parking violations.
>> I have a motion by councelor Carpenter.
Is there a second?
>> Second by councelor Sperling. Are there
any comments or questions?
>> Mechanical device ordinance as well that
we're updating the chief and I to update
the fees on that as well. I'll get that
to everybody within the next couple
days. But uh while we're advertising
when we need to advertise it both to
shave the cost.
>> Um
so we would be adding that provision and
then advertising the somewhat
>> I'll advertise them both once council
the approval on the language. So, we
would have to vote to approve the actual
ordinance on March's business meeting,
I'm guessing, to give enough time.
>> The same time as the parking ordinance.
Yeah. I'm just asking to run them
together.
>> Sure.
>> All right. We have a motion on the floor
to approve the revised parking ordinance
along with the revised mechanical device
ordinance that includes these revised
fees.
Are there any comments or questions? Um,
can we uh extend the payment to 10 days
from five? We'll
>> put that in there.
>> 10.
>> Yeah. As long as we're changing it,
right?
>> Yes.
>> All right. Everyone good with that? All
those in favor? I. Are there any
opposed?
Motion carries. Thank you.
Item C.
The region has been faced with issues
facing the nation.
Tonight we have presented a draft
resolution that we considered
as well as public comment and council
among discussion among council members.
Um I will entertain a motion to table
the Verona Burough inclusion resolution
recognizing fair and equitable treatment
for all Verona residents.
I'll make a motion to table the
resolution for resident inclusion.
>> A motion by councelor Carpenter to
table. Do I have a second?
>> I will second.
>> Second by councelor Gllis. Are there any
comments or questions?
>> Thank you. Uh are there all those in
favor? I are there any opposed?
Motion is tabled. Item D.
The council has received the resignation
of Mr. Mark Springer ahead of our most
recent winter emergency declaration.
Mark has done a wonderful job serving
the burrow in his capacity for several
years and we are grateful for his
service. At this time, I will call for a
motion to officially accept Mr.
Springer's resignation and to advertise
for the replacement.
>> Motion by councelor Pvenza. Do I have a
second?
Second by councelor Rodriguez. She is on
the board. Ladies and gentlemen, are
there any comments or questions?
All those in favor? I
>> thank Mr. Springer for your service.
>> Yes. You um were there any opposed?
Motion carries. Item E, the council code
of conduct. Burough council has received
has conducted several meetings to
discuss a first ever Verona Burough code
of conduct that will govern how we will
conduct ourselves within this chamber
and interact as a council with the
public and each other. At this time, I
will entertain a motion to approve our
council code of conduct as presented
tonight.
A motion.
>> I have a motion by councelor Gllis. Do I
have a second? Second by councelor
Pvenza. Are there any comments or
questions? All those in favor?
>> I. Are there any opposed?
Motion carries. You will see it posted
on the wall.
Item F.
PENDOT requires a signal agreement to be
in place that permits the bureaus to
provide information and updates on the
ownership and operation of the signals
located within the burrow which the
bureau owns. At this time, I will
entertain a motion to approve the
agreement as presented.
Well, I'll make that motion.
>> I have a motion by councelor Carpenter.
Do I have a second?
>> I'll second.
>> Are there any questions or comments?
>> Well, I know I made the motion, but
>> is this
>> I've never seen this before.
>> Is there more information than this
resolution?
>> So, this goes along with the green light
go application.
>> Okay.
>> Oh, okay. Pendot recently um I want to
say within the last three years started
taking a look at their records. Uh it's
a it's a known fact that the the signals
across the area or the municipalities uh
they don't have it on paper or in their
records of it. So anytime a new
application or any upgrades at a signal
they review their files. If they don't
have it they request it. Uh, so this
will go along with the signal at the
plaza with our green light go
application. Uh, there's one other
document um that I have to get to Jason
with it filled out that has a little bit
more technical information on it. Um,
that just requires a signature. It
doesn't require a vote.
So, it's it's just a matter of a
formality. Uh, it's not making or
signing us up to do anything that we're
not already doing. It's just putting it
in writing.
Thank you, Mr. Pitch, for that
additional clarification. Are there any
other questions or comments?
All those in favor?
>> I. Are there any opposed?
>> Motion carries. Item G. Council heard
earlier this evening from Charles Duffy
regarding the proposed installation of a
new plaque for the Roger F. Duffy
vioduct on the Verona side and to pay
for the costs associated with this
installation. At this time, I will
entertain a motion to approve the
installation followed by any discussion.
>> Um, I will uh make a motion to approve
the installation of the Roger F. Duffy
plaque as stipulated by the family.
>> Have a motion by councelor Carpenter. Do
I have a second?
>> I have a second.
>> Second by councelor Gllis. Are there any
comments or questions?
Uh I would just like to add as I stated
previously uh of course this will be uh
in accordance with PENDOT rules and
regulations.
All those in favor?
>> I are there any opposed? Motion carries.
The bureau council conducted several
interviews with candidates which were
not successful.
At this time, we are continuing our
discussion regarding next steps. I will
entertain a motion to table the manager
position readvertisement.
>> I'll make a motion.
>> Motion by councelor Pvenza. Do I have a
second?
Second by councelor Rodriguez. Are there
any comments or questions?
Thank you.
>> All those in favor?
>> I.
>> I. Are there any opposed? Motion
carries. Item I,
>> you're on your own, kid.
>> Council has been provided with a request
from Inner Group Brewing to close the
street for
on June the 6 from 3 to 10 p.m.
Um, at this time, I will entertain a
motion for this requested street
closure.
I I'll make the motion, but I'm going to
add to it and Jen help me with this of
exactly where we're closing the road.
It's not the whole road, right?
>> Motion by councelor Carpenter. Do I have
a second?
>> Second by councelor Sperling. Let's get
clarification
>> parking lot and then it doesn't I know
we can't let cars
event studio
>> does it go so the turnaround driveway is
blocked off or no
>> this one right in front here so that
would be available also so it's just
that little part in front of the garage
basically. Okay.
>> Right. Okay. Cool.
>> We still have to do something with
street closure. I understand the um the
event center has um events there also.
We have to put some type of signage down
on South Avenue. And
>> it's
>> we need to let people know that they
could park up there.
>> All right.
>> And then for our events, we usually put
>> What was the time for that? 3 to 10.
Thank you.
Any other questions or comments?
All in favor?
>> I. Are there any opposed?
Motion carries.
Section 12, announcements,
Miss Pervenza. Thank you, Madam
President.
Newsletter. The newsletter at the
printers now as we speak, and it should
be in your mailboxes soon. Uh we're
currently working on our summer
editions, which sounds kind of hard to
believe because it's still kind of cold
out there. And that will cover June,
July, and August. Uh for the ads
and the articles, they will be due on
Friday, May the 1st. It sounds far down
the road, but it comes quickly. So the
sooner you get them to us, the sooner we
can get them to the printer. For
articles, Dong Worf can be reached at
412-828367.
And for all and for also um email, he
can be reached at
veronnewsroomgmail.com.
And for ads, I can be reached at
4128287726.
Chamber of Commerce. Our next meeting is
going to be held on Tuesday, February 24
at 7 PM here in the Burough Building.
And I would like to welcome our chief
Thomas Destl as vice president. So we
welcome you, Tom. Glad to have you on
board with us.
>> And Sylvia, Sylvia,
>> Jen Walzer is the president.
And welcome, Jen. You're our new
president. I have fallen. Welcome.
Welcome.
>> You can't hide in this municipality.
>> Chief, do you have any comments or
agenda you would like to mention with
the chamber?
>> No, I wrote a hand membership. We're
really trying to increase fundraising
effort.
Twin Barrow Ministries. The next
community dinner is going to be held on
Wednesday, February 25th at the Verona
Methodist Church from 4:30 to 6:30 and
it will be hosted by Longwood of Oakmont
Historical Society. The next meeting is
going to be held on Thursday, February
the 19th here in the Burough Build and
it will be a movie entitled Bedford
Springs Opening History's Door and it's
a WQED production and it will be
narrated by Rick Seback and all are
welcome always. And these are great
great movies or great speakers whatever
we have. So do do come if you can.
And another thing here.
I would also like to welcome officer
Anthony Greco to our courts. We welcome
you. Thank you for joining our Verona
team.
And lastly, but certainly not leastly, I
would like to extend many thanks to our
public works department. They have
worked tirelessly,
night and day. I would hear them during
the night. They'd be out there sawing
and scraping. They've done an
outstanding job and I greatly appreciate
them as I'm sure you all do and I thank
them very very much.
If you have any comments or questions,
I'll be glad to take them.
And if not, I thank you. That concludes
my reports. Thank you.
>> Thank you, councelor Penza.
>> You are welcome. This brings us back
full circle to section 13, comments from
the public. At this time again, council
will hear comments on public related
matters. Please approach the podium or
raise your virtual hand. State your name
and address and try and limit your
comments to three minutes or less.
Comments should focus on burough
business policies or actions. Council
encourages thoughtful feedback on
decisions and performance while
maintaining respectful and constructive
dialogue. Are there any other comments
from the public?
Kelly Collins 7364 Street Verona. I had
listened to one of the meetings and I
had heard that Kelly Rodriguez was
asking for a autistic autism swing to be
for one of the parks and I would like to
donate one to the burrow in the name of
my grandson Grayson who's autistic. So,
I didn't know if there was any
stipulations for me to do this, if I
could just figure come springtime when
it's nice and the parks are back open
full time. So, I just bring it here and
donate it or I'm looking at one. It's
probably about 700 lb. They have them
for 350 to 700 lb. Um, is there any
stipulations that I need to do or
anything or just donate it?
>> We have some stipulations for other
assets, but um can we have our committee
chair Kelly reach out to you um about
this process? Okay, that's fine. But I
just wanted to let you know I wanted to
donate.
>> Thank you, Kelly. That's wonderful.
Thank you.
>> Other comments from the public?
>> Hi Sandy.
>> Uh just three things. Um, and it's
mostly I things that I need
clarification on from the past business
meetings of January 2026 in December
2025.
The first thing I want to say is kudos
to Mayor Recupo for bringing the
Alageney County Mayor's meeting to
Verona with a lunchon provided. I think
you said there were 17
>> from other communities throughout LA and
they liked Elsa's pizza.
>> I understand that. Okay. I uh
>> I bought them
>> $65, three big pizzas with coffee. Then
I showed up.
>> I um I thought that great way to promote
a Verona and Verona business district.
Um I was unaware that you had paid for
it and I was thinking if it was provided
by the taxpayer money.
Personally, I appreciate the money
staying in the burrow with our taxes.
Um,
in addition to that, the accolades given
to Delisellas, and I'm I'm not
disagreeing with you. I think at a
Verona meeting,
accolades need to go to our chamber who
had there's many fine food
representations here that could have
been used. But that's just my opinion.
Okay. And I just wanted to elaborate on
that.
>> Sure. The other thing I wanted to talk
about was I and I watched online the uh
super committee meeting in January and
there was a segment about the Zoom
meetings and should we zoom and should
we not zoom and d back and forth. Okay.
>> And I was just wondering where the um if
we have a policy
on the Zoom meetings and I would just
like to share with you something. I did
a Google on it.
>> Um, it says here. Okay,
it's searching. Sorry about that.
It says, you know, council members are
generally expected to attend meetings,
but virtual attendance is often
permitted depending on local rules,
state laws such as Pennsylvania Sunshine
Act, and the specific circumstances.
I was wondering I know the Zoom meetings
got started in 20 2020 with the pandemic
and everything and at that time you know
I watched them little rectangular boxes
with everybody's faces on them
>> was a policy established at that time
and if there wasn't a policy
can a policy be considered
>> Matt
>> and if you do a Google search
has a a polic will see that that I think
it's our selected something to piggy
back off of
>> and I think
I looked on our website and I didn't see
it.
>> Thank you Sandy.
>> One more thing
>> specifically addressing what Sandy
>> what did you specifically want a policy
to address in terms of Zoom
>> the use of telecommunication devices in
general council's use of the Zoom and
every any telecommunication I can
respond to her when she's done if you
want.
>> Okay. Yeah.
>> Okay. I I just think it would be a good
thing to have and I looked on our
website and I didn't see anything. I
couldn't find any policy.
>> Yeah, he'll he'll
Yeah, I'm not aware of one. Yeah,
>> there's it's in the code.
>> She is
our own house.
>> Yeah.
>> Um you are at time as long as you can
make it brief.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> The other thing was December 2025 when
residents were surprised by a millage
increase. Okay. because there several
meetings we kept hearing from the
finance committee and basically all of
council because you're in charge of it
and nothing to report at this time
nothing to report at this time and then
come December we get a tax increase so
at that time I had suggested that maybe
instead of waiting till December council
could put out into the newsletter
>> a summary statement quarterly about
where our funds are and how we're doing
and
My parish offered one just like that.
And I have copies here if anybody wants
one. Sure example.
>> That would be great.
>> Okay. Um, one guy does this. I'm
thinking one guy can do this with about
4,000 parishioners.
>> Certainly eight elected officials can do
something for half that total.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you.
Are you gonna talk
or No, I think it's good information for
everybody.
>> So, before
you want one
>> before you get started, Ro, if I could
just respond to uh Mr. Vicky Bell on the
issue of the Zoom meetings, Sandy, there
uh the burough code actually addresses
that. During the pandemic, uh there was
temporary legislation that was passed
that allowed uh allowed virtually
mandated all uh gatherings
to be elsewhere so that we weren't
sitting in here
breeding those dangerous germs that were
going around at the time. And uh so we
all had to we all had to be uh uh
virtual. But the burough that went away
when the pandemic ended. So that
legislation no longer exists. But there
is legislation within the bureau code
that sets forth when the use they call
them telecommunication devices,
telephone, zoom meetings, whatever. Uh
the the rules are the same. And I
imagine that Plum Burrow simply took the
rules out of the Burough Code and pasted
them on their website. And what the uh
burough code says is that
telecommunication devices are
permissible so long as the people here
can hear the people there and the people
there can hear the people here and that
they're uh they can hear the motions
that are being presented and they can uh
participate in the discussion and
everybody can hear their responses to
the motions. And there are about four or
five different re reasons availability
when you're allowed to utilize
telecommunication devices instead of
being physically present. And the I
don't remember what all all what they
all are, but one's being away uh on
business, one's being tending to a sick
family member, and a couple more. uh and
a physical quorum has to be present in
order to participate virtually. And
those that's basically the policy that
the bro code sets forth. And I I'm sure
we could copy that and paste it onto the
burough website if if that would be
easier for for folks
if C that's something council would want
to do.
>> Yeah, I I think that would be I captured
it as a policy to be written.
>> Oh.
Um, the Verona Garden Club, uh, we're
encouraging everyone to come to a
meeting.
We want to share what we're going to do.
We have a wonderful itinerary set up in
our newsletter. It'll be all spelled
out. It's always the third Monday of
every month, 700 p.m. This month is
going to be the 16th. Come. We do
wonderful things and we could use the
help.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Roa.
>> Yes.
want to add
>> talking about posting, you know, on
website.
It would really kind of be a good idea
if you could post at least for a little
while your code of conduct that you
announced tonight because it involves
how you're treating us too. And that may
help some people to encourage them to
come and speak publicly rather than
>> speaking watch
have to speak publicly. But you know
people
treat us civily then okay maybe we'll go
there and say something and by the same
respect
>> we have to treat you all right civily as
well that's it
>> thank you
>> other questions comments
>> Mr. Daily, what's on Zoom?
>> What's that?
>> Nobody raising their hand on Zoom. Okay.
>> To uh we know John, he's been here
before, but these other two young ladies
you here for Riverview Z. Is that what
it is?
>> No. What grade you're
>> in?
Hey,
if there are no other public comments at
this time, I will entertain a motion to
adjourn.
>> Motion
to be your
>> motion by councelor Penza. Do I have a
second?
>> Second by councelor Sperling. Questions
or comments? All those in favor? I. Any
opposed?
>> Thank you everyone for coming. Have a
good night.
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