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AGENDA
TAMAQUA BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2022 AT 7:00 P.M.
- MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
- INVOCATION
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- ROLL CALL
- READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 3, 2022.
- COMMUNICATIONS:
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- BOROUGH MANAGER: KEVIN A. STEIGERWALT
* Tax Claim Bureau Repository Sale Notice
- DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: ANN MARIE CALABRESE
* Resolution Closing Out the Swimming Pool Feasibility Study Grant
- CHIEF OF POLICE: MICHAEL HOBBS
- COMMITTEE REPORTS:
- PUBLIC SAFETY:
Brian Connely - Chairperson
Ron Bowman
Robert Amentler
* Motion to approve a request to send Patrolman Karl Harig to a three-day “Institute for Law Enforcement Education” course in Berks County at no cost.
* Motion to set the hourly pay rate for part-time police officers at $20.00 per hour to start, $22.00 per hour for officers with over 1,000 hours of service and $25.00 per hour for officers with over 5,000 hours of service.
B. FINANCE, WAGE & SALARY:
Ron Bowman – Chairperson
Jay Hollenbach Jr.
Ritchie Linkhorst
* Motion to hire Robert J. Filloy as a full-time Street Maintenance Worker at a pay rate of $24.00 per hour.
* Motion to hire Stephen J. Surotchak as a full-time Water Distribution Worker at a pay rate of $24.00 per hour.
C. NEIGHBORHOODS, DOWNTOWN & HISTORIC DISTRICT:
Jay Hollenbach Jr.– Chairperson
Kathy Kunkel
Mary Linkevich
* Motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for renovation of the façade at 209 West Broad Street.
* Motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for replacement of an existing sign at 41 North Railroad Street.
* Motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for installation of business signs at 301 West Broad Street.
D. RECREATION & YOUTH:
Mary Linkevich – Chairperson
Ritchie Linkhorst
Kathy Kunkel
* Motion to adopt a resolution accepting a grant from the John E. Morgan Foundation for improvements to the H.D. Buehler Memorial Pool.
* Motion to adopt a resolution accepting a grant from the John E. Morgan Foundation for improvements to the North and Middle Ward Playground.
- MAYOR’S REPORT:
Mayor Nathan Gerace
- ANYONE FROM THE FLOOR WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL?
- BOROUGH SOLICITOR: ANTHONY ODORIZZI
- REPORTS:
- FIRE CHIEF
- CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING OFFICER
- CHIEF OF POLICE
- TAX COLLECTOR
- TREASURER
- BOARD OF HEALTH
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- BILLS AND CLAIMS
- NEW BUSINESS
- EXECUTIVE SESSION (Optional)
- ADJOURN