Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Minutes September 13, 2017 REGULAR BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Horowitz at 7:00 p.m. at the South Fayette Township Building, Morgan, PA 15064. PRESENT: PITETTI, HOROWITZ, RODI, MALOSH EXCUSED: CARDILLO ALSO PRESENT: Township Solicitor: Robert Garvin; Township Manager: Ryan Eggleston; Township Executive Assistant: Peggy Patterson PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT CORRESPONDENCE A. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FAYETTE 2016 AUDIT Mr. Eggleston This is the Municipal Authority s audit that they provided to us. B. 2016 COMPLIANCE AUDIT FOR NON-UNION PENSION PLAN PLAN C. 2016 COMPLIANCE AUDIT FOR NON-UNIFORMED UNTION PENSION D. 2016 COMPLIANCE AUDIT FOR POLICE PENSION PLAN Mr. Eggleston All of our compliance audits are clean audits. E. SUPPORT LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE ORTITAY FOR ROUTE 50 TASK FORCE Mr. Eggleston This is a support letter from Representative Ortitay s office that the applicant asked for. Commissioner Rodi was instrumental in getting this together. F. PENNDOT LETTER REGARDING THE RT. 50 PROJECT
Mr. Eggleston This is a letter from PennDOT regarding the Rt. 50 project that the mayor of Bridgeville had sent, and this is the reply. G. TAX COLLECTIONS FROM ANNE BECK H. 2017 FALL CONFERENCE AT SEVEN SPRINGS I. LETTER FROM DCNR Mr. Eggleston This is a letter from DCNR related to our grant funding we had received several years back for the Fairview Park expansion as it related to that grant. They should be issuing us a check in the next six weeks or so for $395,000 towards the purchase of that property. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI with all members present voting AYE to approve the minutes from the August 9, 2017 voting meeting. B. PAYMENT OF THE BILLS C. MONTHLY FINANCIALS D. MONTHLY POLICE REPORT E. MONTHLY TAX COLLECTOR REPORT It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by MALOSH to pay the monthly bills, and to accept the monthly financials, the monthly police report, and the monthly tax collector report. All members present voted AYE to the motion. OLD/UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A CONTRACT WITH DIRECT ENERGY FOR ELECTRIC NEEDS Mr. Eggleston We have been working on this for some time, and Karen Lunn is here this evening. The solicitor reviewed the draft contract agreement, and we spoke to some of their references. We are at the point where we would like to recommend to the board entering into an agreement for electric supply. The term we are looking at is 27 months. Karen Lunn spoke about deregulation and discussed the rates and terms that are available. 2
Commissioner Malosh Why are we only getting the 27-month term? There was more discussion about the term, and the commissioners decided to approve a 48-month term. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by MALOSH to approve the contract with Direct Energy for electric needs for 48 month. All members present voted AYE to the motion. NEW BUSINESS A. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING WILLIAM CAYE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD TO FILL ELIZABETH STUBNA S REMAINING TERM WHICH ENDS ON JANUARY 31, 2019 It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI to appoint William Caye to the Library Board to fill Elizabeth Stubna s remaining term which ends on January 31, 2019. All members present voted AYE to the motion. B. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE 2018 BUDGET SCHEDULE Mr. Eggleston went over the 2018 budget schedule. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI to approve the 2018 budget schedule. All members present voted AYE to the motion. C. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO CLOSE HICKORY HEIGHTS LAND CO BANK ACCOUNT AND TRANSFER FUNDS TO CAPITAL RESERVE Mr. Eggleston This is an account that hasn t been used for many years, and that money has been sitting there. We would like to move it to the capital reserve, not to be expended but to have one less account. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI to close Hickory Heights Land Co bank account and transfer the funds to Capital Reserve. All members present voted AYE to the motion. D. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLEGHENY FENCE REVISED CHANGE ORDERS # 1 & 2 Mr. Eggleston This is for work at the multipurpose fields for additional fences and gates for the safety of the fields. This is an updated, revised change order to modify some of the fence set-up. 3
It was moved by RODI and seconded by PITETTI to approve revised Change Orders Numbers 1 & 2 from Allegheny Fence Construction Company. All members present voted AYE to the motion. E. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TOPGOLF LERTA REQUEST Mr. Eggleston This is a request that the township and the school both got from Topgolf to be considered for LERTA. This would just be to accept the application, and they will be back with additional information when the building is complete. It was moved by MALOSH and seconded by RODI to accept the Topgolf LERTA Request. All members present voted AYE to the motion. F. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN OCTOBER BY TOPGOLF USA REGARDING TRANSFER OF LIQUOR LICENSE AND RESOLUTION Mr. Eggleston We received a notice that they are requesting to transfer a liquor license. In addition to the sports, they feature a restaurant and bar menu and are pursuing a liquor license. We will need to have a public hearing for this. It was moved by RODI and seconded by MALOSH to approve the advertising request for a public hearing in October by Topgolf USA regarding transfer of a liquor license and resolution. All members present voted AYE to the motion. G. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AGRICULTURE SECURITY AREA REQUEST BY MARK R. MOSLEY Don Housley, interim township engineer Because of the questions at last month s board meeting, we sent this back to the Planning Commission. We got that all straightened out, and the Planning Commission approved it. It is a total of nine parcels, 357.9, acres to be designated as Agriculture Security Area, which gives some protections to farming operations. Mr. Eggleston This is just the first step; it will go on to the county for approval. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI to approve the Agriculture Security Area request by Mark R. Mosley. All members present voted AYE to the motion. H. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER HEAPS PLAN OF LOTS NO. 2 Mr. Housley This was delayed for a month at the Planning Commission because I wasn t feeling comfortable that the property that was intended for subdivision had legal access via what appeared an easement for two properties of others. We have confirmation 4
through their counsel that they do have that, and it has been cleared for subdivision and we have proper access. The plan has been amended and is ready for approval. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by MALOSH to approve the Heaps Plan of Lots No. 2. All members present voted AYE to the motion. I. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER KOSKY GRADING PLAN. Mr. Housley John Alan Kosky is intending to develop part of his property, the Campbells airport, which is being termed somewhat as the first phase although I am requesting it be called the Kosky Grading Permit. You would be permitting them to do grading on the property and construct part of the driveway, similar to the roadway that is there now, and a pad to be created and graded only at this point. It would be constructed to the township s standards so that it can be dedicated in the future. Pat Cooper, Gateway Engineers This is just so that they can start moving dirt on the site anticipating they have a tenant for the first pad. When that tenant arrives, we will be back with full site plans. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI to approve the Kosky Grading Plan. All members present voted AYE to the motion. J. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER FOR THE AMENDED NEWBURY CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION Mr. Garvin Last month we voted to approve the Newbury amended conditional use plan. In connection with that, we are required under the MPC to make specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. Anybody who spoke at the hearings will receive this. It was moved by HOROWITZ and seconded by RODI to approve the findings of facts and conclusions of law and order for the amended Newbury conditional use application. ROLL CALL: HOROWITZ AYE RODI AYE MALOSH ABSTAIN PITETTI ABSTAIN Motion passes 2:0 K. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 3 RD AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPER S AGREEMENT WITH NEWBURY 5
Mr. Garvin One of the conditions of the findings of facts was that there had to be a third amendment to the developer s agreement. Staff has reviewed this and recommends approval. It was moved by HOROWITZ and seconded by RODI to approve the third amendment to the developer s agreement with Newbury. ROLL CALL: HOROWITZ AYE RODI AYE MALOSH ABSTAIN PITETTI ABSTAIN Motion passes 2:0 L. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF THE REVISED FEMA FLOOD MAP Eric Newhouse, Newbury Project Manager The work we have done on the site has modified the flood plain, so we submitted improvements to FEMA to have the flood plain map changed. The application has to be submitted by the township. It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by MALOSH to authorize submission of the revised FEMA flood map. All members voted AYE to the motion. M. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SETTING THE TRICK-OR-TREAT HOURS FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 FROM 6:00 PM 8:00PM It was moved by PITETTI and seconded by RODI to set the trickor-treat hours for Tuesday, October 31, 2017, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. All members present voted AYE to the motion. PUBLIC COMMENT Ken Moeslin I was here speaking about UPMC many times, and I was against the hospital. I am glad you didn t listen to me, and I am excited about the hospital going in. Gloria Duchess I lived in this township for years, and I am wondering if trailers are allowed to be parked in this township. Mr. Eggleston Mrs. Duchess has had an ongoing issue with her next-door neighbor. We are waiting to hear from the magistrate for the hearing date and time. There was more discussion about this issue, and Mr. Eggleston said they would drive up to look at the trailer after the meeting. BOARD DISCUSSION - None 6
MANAGER S REPORT Mr. Eggleston For executive session, I have three personnel items and one negotiation item, two that are related to property, none of which will require action. I just wanted to share a couple of things about our second annual Community Day. We raised over $20,000 in sponsorships and vendor fees, and more than half of that was related to the advertising incentive in the magazine. We had about 2,500-3,000 attendees throughout the day, approximately 100 booth spaces for vendors, two stages of live entertainment and all sorts of activities. SOLICITOR S REPORT - None ADJOURNMENT & EXECUTIVE SESSION It was moved by RODI and seconded by PITETTI to adjourn to Executive Session, not to return. All members present voted AYE to the motion. Ryan Eggleston, Township Manager Date Joseph Horowitz, President Date 7