0:07
to order at 6 PM Mr Parker will lead our
0:11
roll call the invocation this evening
0:14
will be led by councilwoman RWS who is
0:17
joining us virtually the Pledge of
0:20
Allegiance will be led by councilwoman
0:23
Davis for communications we are joined
0:26
by Mary Olivera the president and CEO of
0:30
the Whitaker Center for Science and the
0:32
Arts on their 25th anniversary
0:35
recognition we will then move to
0:37
Courtesy of the floor followed by the
0:39
approval of minutes for the legislative
0:42
session that occurred on September 24th
0:46
20124 we have two reports of committees
0:50
the first report you will hear will be
0:52
delivered by our budget and finance
0:55
committee chair vice president green on
0:58
the work session of October 1st
1:01
2024 and the second report uh will be
1:04
shared by our Public Works committee
1:07
chair chair Rodriguez on the work
1:10
session of October 1st
1:13
2024 we do not have any ordinances for
1:16
first reading ordinances for Amendment
1:19
or ordinances for final passage we will
1:23
then move to resolutions the first
1:25
resolution for consideration is
1:27
resolution 49 of 20 24 which we will
1:31
vote upon next resolution 60 of 2024
1:38
upon resolution 61 of 2024 which we will
1:43
vote upon and resolution 62 of
1:47
2024 which we will vote upon resolution
1:50
63 of 2024 will move to the Public
1:54
Safety Committee resolution 64 of 2024
1:59
will move to the administration
2:01
committee and resolution 65 of 2024 will
2:05
also move to the administration
2:07
committee is there any old business for
2:12
members okay any new business uh yes
2:15
Madam president um I have an update for
2:17
the final numbers for Hotspot Saturdays
2:20
okay yep thank you any other new
2:23
business yes president Bowers um there
2:26
will be a free transportation service
2:29
for for anyone who wants or needs a ride
2:33
to the polls on November 5th and the
2:36
more information is be coming out about
2:39
that okay any other new
2:42
business and then we will stand a journ
2:45
so let's get started the time is
2:49
6:01 p.m. I would like to officially
2:52
call our legislative session to
2:55
order Mr Parker could you please call
3:25
present uh the I'm present I'm sorry if
3:28
you couldn't hear me did sorry oh that's
3:31
okay uh as I mentioned during our caucus
3:34
councilwoman Ros is joining us virtually
3:37
um and the invocation she will lead the
3:39
invocation this evening uh councilwoman
3:43
R thank you president Bowers uh good
3:47
evening everyone I would like for us to
3:49
just take a moment and keep the family
3:52
of the man in our prayers who was struck
3:55
by a car at a local toy store in
3:57
Harrisburg lost his life I'd also like
4:00
us to keep in mind and in prayers
4:02
anybody who's going through any
4:04
hardships or have lost any family
4:07
members this past week let's have a
4:16
you thank you councilwoman Ros the
4:18
Pledge of Allegiance will be led by
4:20
councilwoman Davis let stand
4:27
please of the United States of America
4:43
thank you councilwoman Davis for
4:46
communications this evening we are
4:48
joined by the president and CEO of the
4:50
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
4:53
Miss Mary alera oh you can have a seat
4:56
here if you wouldn't mind you'll just
4:58
have to move the microphone close to you
5:02
low um she is joining us joining us this
5:06
evening in recognition of the Whitaker
5:11
anniversary indeed first of all thank
5:13
you very much for this opportunity to
5:15
come and address the council um hard to
5:17
believe it's been almost a year that
5:18
I've been your neighbor across the
5:20
street and this is my first opportunity
5:21
but they keep me busy over there that's
5:23
for sure I'm very excited to be serving
5:26
in this role uh I'm a local girl growing
5:29
up across the river on erford road and
5:32
uh went away for college and like
5:34
Dorothy came back home to raise my own
5:37
Pennsylvania and uh fun fact is that my
5:40
husband and I moved back to central
5:41
Pennsylvania the weekend that Whitaker
5:43
Center opened its doors in 1999 with our
5:45
six-month-old son so I think fate had it
5:48
in store for Whitaker and I to join
5:50
forces at some point in the future and
5:53
it happened wonderfully last year when
5:56
my predecessor uh returned back to the
5:58
Pittsburgh area and it was just perfect
6:01
timing both personally and
6:02
professionally for me to take on this uh
6:05
amazing and yet challenging uh role of
6:09
leading the Whitaker Center for Science
6:10
and the Arts as it's continuing to come
6:12
out of the pandemic and everything that
6:15
an event venue had to go through as a
6:17
shuttered venue um during that time 25
6:20
years it seems goes by in the blink of
6:23
an eye uh over that time Whitaker Center
6:25
has served as the hub for Science
6:28
Education entertainment and cultural
6:30
enrichment for the Harrisburg city as
6:32
well as the capital region in today's
6:34
world we actually serve close to 10,000
6:37
students from 22 different counties
6:40
surrounding Harrisburg proper and we're
6:43
so excited about reaching pre-pandemic
6:45
numbers with welcoming students from
6:47
around our city and within our city uh
6:50
Harrisburg School District itself sent
6:52
us over 600 students in this past school
6:54
year to come in and learn and explore
6:57
and have fun and play and uh to really
7:00
build those skills of curiosity and
7:03
excitement about potential stem careers
7:06
and they think they're there to just get
7:08
a free pass out of school but we're
7:09
really teaching them as they Embark upon
7:11
their daily adventures with their agenda
7:14
uh in September of this year we had our
7:17
25th anniversary as uh honorable Bowers
7:20
was able to join us for some of the
7:22
events and we really wanted to take an
7:24
opportunity to uh pay homage to the 25
7:29
years that we've been a part of
7:31
harrisburg's landscape and so we started
7:34
off our week on September 9th
7:35
fortuitously was a Monday this year and
7:38
99.99 is when Whitaker opened its doors
7:41
so we were able to celebrate with a
7:43
wonderful luncheon for our Founders we
7:45
celebrated with about 80 uh guests that
7:48
joined us including our 96-year-old
7:51
founding board chair Hal McInnis the
7:54
former president and CEO of amp
7:56
Incorporated uh we had our our founding
8:00
CEO and president Dr Thomas stone who
8:02
came in from Wisconsin and so many
8:04
wonderful Community leaders um
8:06
unfortunately not to be shared with a
8:09
Cornerstone of Harrisburg that really
8:11
was um who and why and how Whitaker came
8:14
to be and of course that was our mayor
8:15
Reed um who certainly was a driving
8:18
force behind so much in our city and
8:20
Whitaker being one of those uh
8:22
experiences that he he led and we had a
8:26
wonderful week of events where we
8:28
welcomed the community in and we had a
8:31
birthday bash on Tuesday which was free
8:33
admittance into Whitaker Center to
8:35
really welcome and embrace our community
8:37
and to introduce or reintroduce all the
8:40
Wonders that Whitaker has under its roof
8:43
and we had a fun day of movies in our
8:46
Digital Cinema Center where we played
8:48
1999 Blockbuster films again for a vast
8:52
array of audiences to encourage and
8:55
entice uh families alike as well as our
8:58
residents of the city to enjoy enjoy we
9:00
had a block party on Friday night with
9:02
the local band the martini brothers who
9:04
came and entertained a little over 200
9:07
guests and thank you for the permits
9:09
that we were able to get to shut down
9:11
Third Street between walnut and market
9:13
and have food vendors and drinks and
9:15
entertainments and it was really meant
9:18
to welcome you know people and encourage
9:21
and excite them about coming into
9:22
downtown Harrisburg on a Friday night
9:24
and let them know we can gather and we
9:26
can have fun together and it can be done
9:28
in a safe Manner and it can be done
9:30
where we can just enjoy each other's
9:31
company and everything that is to be
9:33
offered here in the city and the week
9:36
culminated with really the vision of
9:37
what Whitaker next wants to become and
9:39
how we're building that foundation for
9:41
the next 25 years and how we're setting
9:43
it up to again open our doors and
9:46
welcome and invite a very diverse and
9:48
inclusive audience to enjoy what's
9:51
happening within our doors whether it's
9:52
the science part in our traveling
9:54
exhibits whether it is exploring the
9:57
different documentaries or the fun
9:58
movies that we play in our Digital
10:01
Cinema and certainly bringing our
10:03
theater back to life just last week we
10:06
announced for the first time in a decade
10:08
that we have a season series of events
10:10
and programs happening in our sonoko
10:12
performance theater whether it's
10:14
comedians or dance companies or singers
10:17
there's a little something for everyone
10:19
happening at Whitaker and we want to
10:21
encourage not only our residents of the
10:22
city but our Capital Region to come
10:25
downtown have dinner enjoy a show bring
10:30
and be a spot that they feel like they
10:31
can certainly spend time in so that's
10:34
what we're doing for our 25th
10:35
anniversary and I'm certainly happy to
10:40
or thank you very much um I'll open the
10:43
floor I'm not sure if anyone has any
10:48
no comments if I may just uh briefly
10:52
thank honorable Jones for his letter of
10:54
support we're currently working on our
10:56
file panel replacement um as part of our
10:59
safety and urement of our guests having
11:01
a great experience and that letter of
11:03
support I'm sure will go a long way
11:05
toward us with our Grant application so
11:07
I did want to acknowledge that and
11:08
appreciate that so awesome thank you I
11:11
do have a small token if I may offer to
11:13
all of you before I leave
11:25
okay commemorative coin
11:36
thank you we do have something for you
11:38
before you go um we just bear with me a
11:41
proclamation um I know you received many
11:44
so here's ours of the city of Harrisburg
11:47
Pennsylvania office of city council and
11:51
clerk Proclamation whereas the city of
11:54
Harrisburg applauds the Whitaker Center
11:56
for Science and the arts for their
11:58
dedicated service to to the city of
11:59
Harrisburg for 25 years and whereas on
12:03
September 9th 1999 the Whitaker Center
12:06
for Science and the Arts opened its
12:08
doors welcoming visitors to educate and
12:11
inform them and whereas the Whitaker
12:14
Center for Science and the Arts has
12:16
remained relevant over the past 25 years
12:18
by providing access and opportunity to
12:22
science Arts entertainment and cultural
12:25
enrichment initiatives and whereas the
12:28
Whitaker Center for science and the Arts
12:30
is comprised of the UPMC Science Center
12:33
featuring Hands-On exhibits steam based
12:36
learning programs and Exhibits the
12:39
sonoko performance theater a 700 seat
12:42
Theater which hosts nationally touring
12:44
acts local resident companies Jazz
12:47
classical folk Opera ballet Comedians
12:50
and musical theater and the PNC
12:53
Innovation Zone which features a new
12:56
purposeful gaming studio and the the
12:59
Select Medical Digital Cinema a
13:01
four-story tall screen showcasing 2D and
13:04
3D films and whereas in
13:07
2023 the Whitaker Center had 140,000
13:12
visits from 80,000 visitors over 200
13:15
schools and groups participated in
13:17
educational activities over 500 member
13:23
2475 General Admissions to the UPMC
13:26
Science Center 2 one participants in
13:33
1,616 participants in surgery live and
13:37
surgery live virtual 107 Whitaker on
13:41
Wheels van visits to the community
13:44
525 participants in Little Learners
13:48
758 participants in Girl Scout badge
13:51
workshops and over 500 participants in
13:54
summer camps and now therefore be it
13:57
hereby proclaimed that Harrisburg city
13:59
council commends the Whitaker Center for
14:02
Science and the arts for their
14:03
dedication to providing access to
14:05
science Arts andentertainment and
14:07
Cultural enrichment initiatives and be
14:10
it further proclaimed that Harrisburg
14:12
city council wishes to extend best
14:14
wishes for a successful 25th anniversary
14:17
celebration signed and attested in the
14:19
city of Harrisburg Pennsylvania Michael
14:22
J Parker city clerk Danielle El Bowers
14:25
Harrisburg city council we'd like to
14:27
take a photo but just fun fact about me
14:30
I spent a lot of time in the Whitaker
14:33
Center as a high schooler um
14:36
volunteering with the program called the
14:37
Stars program it's not in existence
14:40
anymore but I'm hopeful that it will
14:43
return um because it was a really cool
14:45
way to uh see science in action it's
14:49
nice to see that Whitaker on Wheels is
14:55
yeah I volunteered over a thousand hours
14:59
um we'd like to take a photo and thank
15:01
you for coming than you so
16:06
we will continue with our meeting agenda
16:09
next we have courtesy of the floor so
16:11
just a few housekeeping notes uh before
16:14
we begin please state your name and your
16:16
address for the meeting record if you
16:18
don't feel comfortable sharing your
16:20
address please share the vicinity in
16:22
which you live within the city um you
16:25
will have four minutes to share your
16:26
comments Mr Parker will serve as our
16:30
timekeeper and I'll begin to my right is
16:32
there anyone that would like to offer
16:41
comment hi I'm Brian keasling I live in
16:44
Midtown good evening Council uh I hope
16:46
you've all been well it's been a while
16:48
we've been organizing out in the
16:49
community pretty intensively for the
16:51
past few months uh the reason I'm here
16:55
tonight is to ask you for some guidance
16:58
and assistance uh as you may be aware on
17:01
Sunday the community came together
17:03
hundreds of people congregated and we
17:06
planted 40,000 Palestinian Flags along
17:09
the river each flag representing five
17:12
people who have been murdered by the
17:15
United States and Israel in the ongoing
17:16
genocide now this morning the city
17:20
removed those flags from the river and I
17:22
know that Council has nothing to do with
17:24
that you're not getting blamed for that
17:26
tonight but I do want to ask for some
17:29
guidance uh when people discovered that
17:33
the flags were coming down dozens of
17:35
community members contacted the city
17:37
particularly the mayor's office to ask
17:40
why it was happening what could be done
17:42
about it is there a way to keep the
17:43
memorial for the dead up and uh people
17:46
were given uh a lot of really
17:49
contradictory answers uh so some members
17:53
of the community reported that they were
17:54
told that the flags planted on public
17:56
property needed to be down within 24
17:59
some people said that uh the city told
18:02
them that the city in the mayor's office
18:04
has nothing to do with taking down flags
18:07
from public property and they didn't
18:09
know what people were talking about some
18:11
people in the community said they were
18:12
told the rain was a reason that the
18:14
flags had to come down and that it might
18:16
have something to do with litter and
18:18
other people were told that solicitor
18:19
Grover might be looking into legalities
18:22
regarding Flags I'm not sure if that
18:23
meant legalities with planting them
18:25
legalities with pulling them up uh but
18:28
basically there's a lot of confusion in
18:30
the community right now on top of a lot
18:33
of hurt a lot of frustration with this
18:35
Memorial coming down on top of the
18:37
devastation of a year of genocide so we
18:40
are here tonight asking Council what
18:43
could be done to help us get some
18:45
answers uh regarding what decision was
18:48
made regarding the memorial when it was
18:51
made who made the decision if there's a
18:53
statute that was used regarding pulling
18:55
up the flags if there is is that statute
18:58
uniform applied to people we uh
19:02
understand that this is something that
19:03
happened through the mayor's office but
19:05
frankly uh I don't have confidence in
19:08
the mayor or her office to be
19:10
transparent about this because of the
19:12
contradictory answers that were given to
19:14
the community so I'm hoping that Council
19:16
might be able to provide us some
19:18
assistance so that people can understand
19:20
what happened and how we can work
19:22
together to move forward and commemorate
19:23
the Dead uh so thank you very much for
19:26
your time and for listening and I'm not
19:29
sure if this is a conversation to be had
19:32
uh if there's any answers that could
19:33
come now when we can talk about this how
19:36
we can find a way forward so thank you
19:41
you is there anyone else that would like
19:56
comment I have a problem
20:01
hi um my name is Sarah Pinter I live in
20:04
Midtown Harrisburg um I am just uh
20:08
following up on Brian's comments here um
20:11
I really wanted to thank the council for
20:13
the opportunity to speak today um and to
20:16
participate in this meeting and to uh
20:19
make my voice heard so first let me
20:22
express my sincere horror and disgust as
20:24
we mark one year that the occupying
20:27
forces started a genocidal campaign that
20:30
has senselessly killed over 200,000
20:32
people um and I want to Echo the pain
20:35
and solidarity expressed um by Brian and
20:39
and the other folks in this room whose
20:41
feelings are known to me um the people
20:44
of Harrisburg and our allies Statewide
20:47
took it upon themselves to express their
20:49
grief and horror at this campaign of
20:50
violence and mass murder and express
20:53
unwavering solidarity with the
20:54
Palestinian community and all of
20:57
humanity and while we must must hold
20:59
space for the outrage and righteous
21:01
anger um our community came together to
21:04
publicly memorialize Palestinians killed
21:07
and still suffering at the hands of a
21:08
genocidal regime in what was I think a
21:11
beautiful Act of nonviolent
21:13
commemoration that brought our community
21:15
together to grieve to pray and to hold
21:17
each other dearer and most importantly
21:20
to implore those that do not yet feel
21:22
impowered to take a stand to realize
21:25
that they are welcome and wanted in the
21:26
fight against the destruction of
21:30
however the conflicting messages
21:32
received as to the reason for the city's
21:35
opposition to the memorial raises
21:37
questions about how we can grieve as a
21:40
community um one such provided reason
21:42
for the removal of the flags that Brian
21:44
had mentioned um was the question of
21:50
note I have lived in downtown Harrisburg
21:53
for 5 years and truly I do love it here
21:56
it is a wonderful home and a beautiful
21:58
Community but it's no secret to anyone
22:01
present that this town has had a litter
22:03
problem long before last Sunday I have
22:06
with me a bag of trash that I collected
22:08
on the half mile walk here I'm an
22:11
environmentalist and I do certainly
22:12
believe it's incumbent upon all of us to
22:14
do our part in being good stewards of
22:16
the earth and our communities but I must
22:17
question the logic of selectively
22:19
enforcing ordinances against litter to
22:21
remove what is clearly the a memorial
22:23
for lives ended especially when that
22:25
Memorial was biodegradable and would
22:27
return to the Earth as pal inian Martyrs
22:29
have returned to the Earth instead of
22:31
spending that time effort and Public
22:33
Funding picking up litter on every
22:34
street in every Park floating through
22:36
our waterways and plaguing each and
22:38
every one of harrisburg's vibrant
22:40
neighborhoods particularly when the vast
22:42
majority of that litter has been uh
22:45
plastic and will not degrade in the
22:47
natural environment and leeches
22:49
chemicals dangerous to our health and
22:52
environment um and moreover removing the
22:56
memorial as a means of litter removal
22:58
directly implies this Memorial amounts
23:00
to garbage and a nuisance which is
23:03
deeply harmful and insulting to
23:05
Palestinians across the diaspora and
23:07
especially to those Arab Americans here
23:08
in central Pennsylvania who worry for
23:11
the safety of their families abroad and
23:13
whose homelands are threatened with
23:14
death and destruction by the Zionist
23:16
regime and those who see themselves
23:18
reflected in the faces of Palestinians
23:20
who rest assured are receiving loud and
23:22
clear the message that their lives are
23:25
disposable to those of us going about
23:27
our business as usual here in the
23:29
Corp I recognize Council does not
23:32
oversee the enforcement of these
23:33
ordinances which government waste
23:34
management and beautification of our
23:36
wonderful City but I call on the members
23:38
of this body and everyone present to
23:40
remember that we are all one Community
23:41
we are all responsible for each other we
23:44
are all beholden unto each other and
23:46
this is most particularly true of those
23:48
elected to represent us in office as
23:51
such I very respectfully ask that you
23:53
work together to protect and uplift our
23:54
community and ensure that the city
23:56
Administration show equal dignity to all
23:58
people and put an end to selective
24:00
enforcement of ordinances as a means to
24:02
advance or uphold specific political
24:05
agendas thank you once again for the
24:07
opportunity to speak in this meeting and
24:09
I end by urging you to call for a
24:10
permanent ceasefire total withdrawal of
24:12
Israeli forces from occupied lands and
24:15
to support divestment and a complete
24:16
arms embargo to end this genocidal
24:18
campaign thank you very much I yield my
24:22
time thank you is there anyone else to
24:26
my right that would like to offer public
24:32
okay seeing and hearing no one anyone in
24:43
section how you doing my name is Jamal
24:46
Carter I'm from the uh uptown area
24:50
reside uh it's just a lot of problems in
24:53
our community and I refer to Uptown
24:57
because there there's like no places for
25:00
our teenagers to go play at all no no
25:04
places for my kids to go play like
25:07
inside the hill has Boys and Girls Club
25:09
they have the uh Allison Hill Center up
25:12
toown don't have nothing they have the
25:15
YMCA but they don't allow our kids to
25:18
come in there they have uh an open gym
25:21
but it's only for like people 40 and
25:24
older and that's on Mondays they don't
25:26
have open gym for kids they don't have
25:28
no programs for the kids when I was
25:30
growing up I could go to the Y the Boys
25:33
and Girls Club I could just go anywhere
25:35
now it's just they can't go nowhere so I
25:38
think that's why we're having all the uh
25:41
shootings and all the real crazy stuff
25:43
because we have no guidance for our
25:45
teenagers nowhere especially Uptown the
25:49
uh the hill got the Southside and they
25:52
got the hill on bar Hill Street the
25:56
other boys and girls club in the back we
25:58
have nothing and we used to have the why
26:01
but they're not Community oriented no
26:04
more so I just want guidance to change
26:08
that please and thank you
26:14
you is there anyone else on the left
26:18
that would like to offer public
26:21
comment okay seeing and hearing no one
26:23
we will move forward with our meeting
26:26
agenda next we have have the approval of
26:29
minutes for the legislative session that
26:32
occurred on September 24th
26:35
2024 council members are there any
26:41
minutes seeing and hearing none the
26:43
minutes stand approved we will now move
26:46
to the reports of committees the first
26:49
committee report you will hear this
26:51
evening will be delivered by vice
26:54
president green uh on behalf of the
26:57
budget and finance committee on the work
26:59
session of October 1st
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green thank you president Bowers uh
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during the work session of October 1st
27:09
2024 the budget and finance committee
27:11
discussed resolution 60 of 2024 which is
27:14
a resolution authorizing the city of
27:16
Harrisburg to amend its PR professional
27:18
service agreement with Meer dusu PC for
27:21
the purpose of providing additional
27:22
audit preparation services to the city
27:24
of Harrisburg uh we heard from uh our
27:27
accounting manager Mr Brian um mccutchin
27:31
and uh he gave us an overview uh
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essentially we'd be adding some
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Professional Services to this contract
27:37
uh with the added cost of about
27:39
$9,750 bringing the total to
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$3,250 to ensure that we were able to
27:45
get our audit completed on time and get
27:47
us caught up uh to ensure that we stay
27:49
on track with our audits for the city
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there were no questions for my
27:52
colleagues um and so I recommend this
27:55
for approval um I would ask my
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colleagues to support this
27:58
thank you thank you uh the next
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committee report you will hear will be
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delivered uh by chair Rodriguez on
28:07
behalf of the Public Works committee on
28:09
the work session of October 1st
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2024 thank you madam president during
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the work session from October 1st of
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2024 the Public Works committee met to
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discuss a set of resolutions the first
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of the pair was resolution 61 of 2024 it
28:25
was a resolution authorizing submission
28:27
of a dolphin County local share
28:29
Municipal Grant application of up to
28:31
$300,000 to fund the purchase and
28:34
installation of a new salt dome for the
28:36
public works facility joining us was Mr
28:39
John Watson from the public works
28:41
department questions were extremely
28:43
minimal and photos were shared with
28:45
Council to visualize the current state
28:46
of the salt Dome Mr Watson also stated
28:49
the new dome was important for keeping
28:51
the product as manufacturers intended
28:53
for maximum benefit to the residents the
28:56
second resolution discussed was
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resolution 62 of 2024 this was a
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resolution ratifying the United States
29:02
Department of Transportation Safe
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Streets and roads for all Grant
29:06
applications and authorizing the city
29:10
55,1 184 to implement traffic signal
29:14
timing in the downtown area joining us
29:17
was the current city engineer to respond
29:18
to questions from Council once again
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questions were to a minimal but the
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committee chair did encourage
29:24
engineering to look into funding to
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bring the entire city up to date and not
29:28
just a selective section of the city I
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encourage my colleagues on Council to
29:32
support both resolutions from the
29:34
committee and that concludes the report
29:36
from October 1 work session of the
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Public Works committee thank you madam
29:40
president thank you we do not have any
29:43
ordinances for first reading ordinances
29:45
for Amendment or ordinances for final
29:48
passage we will move to resolutions the
29:51
first resolution for consideration this
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evening is resolution 49 of 2024
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Mr Parker could you please read it into
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yes resolution 49 of
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2024 a resolution appointing Connie
30:09
Ziggler to serve on the Harrisburg
30:11
architectur Architectural Review Board
30:17
Harrisburg thank you council members are
30:19
there any questions comments or concerns
30:23
related to resolution 49 of 2024
30:28
I have one comment following our meeting
30:32
Miss Ziggler sent a series of
30:40
rather aggressive emails I think that's
30:44
putting it mildly um and I'd just like
30:46
to remind everyone that she volunteered
30:49
for this position and she says that she
30:52
researched the vacancy on the city's
30:55
website but was very aggressive in terms
30:59
of followup with the statement of
31:01
financial interest and other information
31:03
that was needed of her so I hope that in
31:05
the future if someone volunteers for a
31:07
role that they do a little bit more
31:09
research or aren't as combative as she
31:12
became and that lasted about a week
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following um our council meeting so as a
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result I I'm not really sure um if Miss
31:23
Ziggler's interest is genuine I do
31:26
recognize that she has extended ensive
31:28
expertise in the area however I did not
31:31
find her followup to be necessary so I
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will be voting no on this
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resolution Mr Parker could you please
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call the vote Yes Miss
31:47
yes Miss Davis yes Miss green
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rolls we're currently having technical
32:04
difficulties with Miss rolls at the
32:05
moment Mr Rodriguez uh
32:12
no so we have three y's uh and three
32:22
can get councilwoman rs's vote in that
32:34
know if you could even hear that
32:38
discussion it's it's uh Mr Parker and
32:43
speaker and um we just voted on
32:48
49 uh appointing Connie Ziggler who
32:52
sered on the Harrisburg Architectural
32:53
Review Board of the city of Harrisburg
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uh and uh we have a three3 tie so you
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fortunate occasion of giving the
33:18
alrighty so your yes
33:24
passes this yet that your yes vote now
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uh pass passes resolution
33:29
49 with a vote of four y to three
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alrighty thank you we
33:58
I don't think she heard
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yeah Okay resolution 60 of 2024 Mr
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Parker could you please read it into the
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record yes resolution 60 of
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2024 a resolution authorizing the city
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of Harrisburg to amend its Professional
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Services agreement with Mar duel PC for
34:23
the purpose of providing additional
34:26
audit preparation services to the city
34:29
Harrisburg thank you council members are
34:31
there any questions comments or concerns
34:34
related to resolution 60 of
34:37
2024 okay seeing and hearing none Mr
34:40
Parker could you please call the vote
34:52
yes Mr Jones yay M rolls
35:05
no that's that's C certainly not your
35:07
fault resolution 60 a resolution
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authorizing the city of Harrisburg to
35:11
amend its Professional Services
35:13
agreement with Mar duel PC for the
35:16
purpose of providing additional audit
35:17
preparation services to the city of
35:21
Harrisburg thank you is a yes vote for
35:28
Mr Rodriguez yes and Miss
35:31
Bowers yes wonderful resolution
35:35
60 passes unanimously with a vote of
35:40
Nays thank you next we have resolution
35:43
61 of 2024 Mr Parker could you please
35:46
read it into the record resolution 61 of
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2024 a resolution authorizing the
35:52
submission of a dolphin County local
35:55
share Municipal Grant application of up
36:01
$300,000 to fund the purchase and
36:04
installation of a new salt dome for the
36:07
public works facility thank you council
36:10
members are there any questions comments
36:12
or concerns related to resolution 61 of
36:18
2024 seeing and hearing none Mr Parker
36:20
could you please call the
36:23
vote Miss Daniels yes
36:40
yes Mr Rodriguez yes misss Bowers yes
36:47
resolution 61 of 2024 passes unanimously
36:50
with a vote of seven y to zero Nays
36:54
thank you next we have resolution 62 of
36:59
2024 Mr Parker could you please read it
37:01
into the record resolution 62 of
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2024 a resolution ratifying a United
37:08
States Department of Transportation Safe
37:11
Streets and roads for all Grant
37:14
application and authorizing the city of
37:16
Harrisburg to execute any agreements
37:19
forms and documents related to the award
37:28
$4 to implement the traffic signal
37:30
timing in the downtown area thank you
37:34
council members are there any questions
37:37
comments or concerns related to
37:41
2024 yes president Bowers I have a
37:47
okay is this grant specifically and only
37:52
for the use of this uh technology for
37:59
that is what I believe the application
38:01
and the award actually is for it's 25
38:04
intersections uh that they're trying to
38:07
modernize together for lack of a better
38:13
you any other questions or
38:16
comments okay seeing and hearing them Mr
38:18
Parker could you please call the role M
38:22
Daniels yes Ms Davis I strongly believe
38:27
that uh there are other areas in the
38:30
city that could utilize and could
38:32
benefit from this uh technology so my
38:36
vote will be no tonight for this Miss
38:50
rolls Mr Rodriguez yes misss Bowers yes
38:58
M rolls can you hear
39:09
wonderful okay we just we are uh ending
39:12
up voting on resolution
39:21
resolution ratifying the United States
39:24
Department of Transportation Safe
39:26
Streets and Road for all Grant
39:29
application and authorizing the city of
39:30
Harrisburg to execute any agreements
39:34
forms and documents related to the award
39:58
a unanimous vote I'm sorry we have a
40:00
vote of six Ys to one
40:07
nay and resolution 62
40:11
passes thank you next we have resolution
40:15
63 of 2024 Mr Parker could you please
40:20
record resolution 63 of
40:24
2024 a resolution authorizing the city
40:27
of Harrisburg to negotiate and enter
40:30
into a Professional Services agreement
40:33
with the Research Foundation of the City
40:34
University of New York on behalf of the
40:38
national network for safe communities at
40:40
John J College to provide Consulting and
40:43
Training Services to support the group
40:46
violence Intervention Program thank you
40:49
resolution 63 of 2024 will move to the
40:54
Public Safety Committee next we have
40:59
2024 Mr Parker could you please read it
41:01
into the record resolution 64 of
41:05
2024 a resolution of the city of
41:07
Harrisburg to authorize the filing of a
41:11
statement of Revival of the Cumberland
41:14
dolphin Harrisburg Transit Authority
41:17
also known as Capital Area Transit
41:19
Authority pursuant to the municipalities
41:22
authorities act to extend its term of
41:25
existence for a period of not to exceed
41:28
50 years thank you resolution 64 of 2024
41:34
will move to the administration
41:35
committee our final resolution this
41:38
evening is resolution 65 of
41:41
2024 Mr Parker could you please read it
41:43
into the record resolution 65 of
41:47
2024 a resolution authorizing the city
41:50
of Harrisburg to negotiate and enter
41:53
into a multi-year agreement with Hera
41:56
property Reg registry LLC to register
41:59
for closed properties within the city
42:03
thank you resolution 65 of 2024 will
42:07
also move to the administration
42:09
committee is there any old business for
42:15
members okay I have one order of old
42:19
business I forgot but since we took
42:21
action on resolution 49 I wanted to
42:24
provide an update on resolution 44 of 20
42:27
2024 that was a resolution appointing
42:30
Miss Elaine Barber to serve on the board
42:32
of directors of Capitol region water a
42:35
municipal Authority following our uh
42:39
work session miss Barber sent an email
42:43
notifying mayor Williams that she
42:45
appreciated the consideration but she
42:48
has decided not to accept the position
42:51
um after the council meeting and
42:53
questions uh she took a second look at
42:56
the role and she decided that the time
42:59
commitment and responsibilities are a
43:01
little bit more than she expected so I'm
43:05
not sure if we can expect um another
43:08
individual to be um presented before us
43:12
or not but I did want to let everyone
43:14
know the status of that
43:16
resolution new business councilman
43:19
Rodriguez thank you Madame President um
43:21
just wanted to update my colleagues here
43:23
on Council and appreciate all of their
43:26
support for Hotpot Saturdays uh within
43:29
the first 3 years 18 Saturdays we were
43:31
able to remove 150 tons of illegal waste
43:35
and um just litter from the city of
43:39
Harrisburg so we just got those dates
43:41
and numbers updated uh Monday um from
43:44
the Department of Public Works so I will
43:46
be connecting with Madame President to
43:48
see if we can do like an end of year
43:49
summary as we usually do and have
43:51
everyone that was involved but just like
43:53
to thank my colleagues here on Council
43:55
for their support um with this in
43:57
itative and also uh before the holiday
43:59
parade Saturday November 23rd stop by
44:02
the PA Farm Show for civics and me which
44:05
is an engagement with all different
44:07
local and state and federal um public
44:10
officials explaining what it is that
44:11
they do their positions how to file a
44:13
grievance Etc it will be in a career
44:16
kind of development Style with different
44:18
tables and vendors so I encourage all to
44:20
come it's a free event from 10: to 12
44:22
and then enjoy the uh holiday parade
44:27
okay thank you councilwoman
44:31
Davis thank you president Bowers the
44:35
contact information for the uh free
44:38
rides to the polls uh no vote Left
44:41
Behind is the logo topic uh on behalf of
44:46
atome personal care they are offering
44:49
free rides there is a registration
44:52
requirement and anyone can email info
44:57
atom personal care. us or call 717
45:06
register thank you thank you councilman
45:10
Jones thank you uh Madam president yeah
45:13
I just um wanted to have take this
45:16
moment to respond to uh Brian and
45:20
everyone that was over there today and
45:22
the young lady that spoke um you know
45:24
you guys have my uh deepest sympathies
45:27
to what you're enduring I know this date
45:29
is um not one that you would like to
45:31
celebrate but uh you know I stand with
45:34
you guys and fighting for what's right
45:37
um and I hope that you guys aren't being
45:40
targeted when you put your flags down um
45:42
you you gave a great example of picking
45:45
up that trash um we have a lot of things
45:47
that are memorialized inside of the the
45:51
communities in in Harrisburg in the city
45:53
um that are not removed there graffiti
45:56
and and things like that so I just hope
45:58
and pray that you guys aren't being uh
46:00
targeted and hopefully we could find a
46:02
resolve and get you some answers um and
46:05
I just wanted to say uh I'm sorry for
46:07
everything that you guys are going
46:08
through and um I do stand with you guys
46:11
with a ceasefire so I hope um there's
46:13
some type of resolve when it at the end
46:15
of the day when this is all through so I
46:17
just wanted to let you guys know
46:20
that thank you president thank you any
46:25
business okay okay seeing and hearing
46:27
none the time is 6:44 p.m. I will
46:31
entertain a motion to adjourn so move is
46:34
there a second second thank you we stand
