CHAMBERSBURG–Town Council will meet today, Monday, May 8, at 7 pm. in Borough Hall. The agenda is as follows:
Monday, May 8, 2023
REGULAR MEETING OF TOWN COUNCIL
All meetings shall be held at 7 p.m. in Council Hall, First Floor, Utility Addition Building, 100
South Second Street, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. (Enter through the Rear Parking Lot or Queen Street
Entrance). Any person who needs an accommodation in order to gain access to or participate in the
meetings should call 717-251-2407 prior to the meeting they desire to attend.
- Call to Order
1.01 Call Meeting to Order, 7:00 PM
1.02 Moment of Silence or Prayer
1.03 Pledge of Allegiance
1.04 Approval of Council Agenda as Presented - Public Comment
2.01 Hear Visitors Concerning Matters Other than those on the Final Agenda. Visitors Desiring to Comment on a Particular
Agenda Item Should Make Comments as that Agenda Item Occurs - Consent Agenda
3.01 Approval of Consent Agenda (Award of Contracts, Routine and Previously Discussed) - Consent Agenda – Award of Contracts
4.01 Authorization to Reject All Bids for EMS Bathroom Renovations at Headquarters Fire Station received on April 11, 2023 - Consent Agenda – Routine
5.01 Authorization to Approve the Regular Public Council Meeting Minutes of 4/24/2023
5.02 Authorization to Declare Items such as Computer Towers, Monitors, and Printers as Obsolete and Deteriorated Items
with No Value to the Borough of Chambersburg and Give Authorization to Dispose of these Items Through the Borough’s Ewaste Program
5.03 Authorization for Proper Borough Officials to Approve the Purchase of a Previously Approved Capital Improvement
Item, to Include Four Drinking Fountains, Equipped with Bottle Filling Stations and One to Include a Pet Fountain, to Replace
Existing Fountains at Memorial Park and Mike Waters Park, from Most Dependable Fountains, Inc., in the Amount of
$18,705.00
5.04 Authorization to Approve a Utility Billing Flier (UBF) from the Recreation Department: 2023 Summer Program Highlights
5.05 Authorization for Proper Borough Officials to Execute a Contract with Quality Doors, of Gordonville, PA, to Complete
Phase 4 of the “Recreation Center Door Replacement Project” in the Amount of $14,490.00, and Not to Exceed $20,000.00
after Including the Cost of the Performance and Payment Bond
5.06 Authorization to Participate as an Amicus Curiae before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the West Chester Borough
v. PA State System of Higher Education and West Chester University
5.07 Authorization to Refer to the Parking, Traffic and Street Light Committee Concerns That The 2 Way Stop on the Corner
of Guilford Avenue and Fifth Street Should be a 4 Way Stop
5.08 Authorization to Refer to Parking, Traffic and Street Light Committee the Water Street Linear Park Redesign Project
Being Undertaken by Derck & Edson on Behalf of the Borough
5.09 Authorization to Approve a Resolution to Apply for Grant Funding to Support the Future Southgate Rail Trail and Linear
Park Development Project and Further to Authorize the Filing of an Application to the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s
Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program
5.10 Authorization for Proper Borough Officials to Execute a Pole Attachment License Agreement with Crown Castle Fiber,
LLC to Attach and Maintain Cables on Borough Owned Poles
5.11 Authorization for the Staff to Work with the Franklin Fire Company Fire Police (Station 4) and Fire Police Units Outside
the Borough to Participate and Provide Assistance in Non-Emergency Events
5.12 Authorize the Electric Department to Assume Ongoing Operation and Maintenance Expenses of Streetlights Installed by
the Borough Along Borough-Owned Streets within Falling Spring Meadows Subdivision; and Further, to Terminate Associated
Rental Agreements
5.13 Authorization to Approve a New Edition of the Chambersburg Borough Utility Service Manual (USM)
5.14 Authorization to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the Chambersburg Police Officers
Association and the Borough of Chambersburg, Addressing Acting Lieutenant and Acting Inspector Compensation
5.15 Authorization to Approve a Resolution Amending the Rules and Regulations of the Civil Service Commission to Update
Sections Related to General Qualifications – Applicants for Police Lieutenant and Inspector
5.16 Authorization to Approve an Agreement with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for a Grant Totaling $52,500
for the Conococheague Creek Adaptive Canoe and Kayak Launch at the Chambersburg Rail Trail Project - Consent Agenda – Previously Discussed
6.01 Authorization to Re-approve and Re-stamp Borough Plan RE-1581, a Final Subdivision Plan for Joseph C. and Mary
Margaret Osterman to Subdivide Lots at 735 Lortz Avenue
6.02 Authorization to Approve Local Share Account Grant Contract No C000085493 with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Financing Authority for Funding Totaling $879,865.00 for the Spring Street Amphitheater Project to be Administered and
Completed by Downtown Chambersburg, Inc. through Host Municipality and Cooperation Agreement that was Approved by
Town Council on April 24, 2023 - Regular Agenda
7.01 Hear Report of Matters Discussed at the May 2, 2023 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
7.02 Authorization for the Proper Borough Officials to Execute the Purchase of up to Four (4) Block Energy Products, New or
Increased Credit Requirements as Appropriate, and Live Prices Not to Exceed $53.10/MWh, $57.03/MWh, $64.83/MWh, and
$48.00/MWh (Respectively) per the Upcoming Request for Proposal Live Pricing and Further, to Authorize the Council
President, Borough Manager, Electric Department Director, Solicitor (the Power Team) to Approve the Purchase of
Opportunistic Block Energy Hedges for Future Periods if the Electric Energy Future Price Falls Below the Not to Exceed Price
as Detailed Herein within the Next Six Months
7.03 Adjourn to Executive Session to Discuss a Personnel Matter – Conditional Appointment of Replacement Officer to the
Police Department - Executive Session
8.01 Conditional Appointment Police Department
The meeting is also available via the Zoom meeting platform.
