Council Highlights 12/11/24

Among other things, council:
• Set the dates for council’s 2025 meetings. Meetings will continue to be held on the second Wednesday of each month.
• Passed the borough’s 2025 budget with no increase in the real estate tax rate or sewer user fee.
• Passed ordinance 236 repealing the borough’s occupation privilege tax and enacting the local services tax. (Both taxes were charged to people who work in the borough and this just changed the rate from $10/year to $52/year and updated some language).
• Passed ordinance 237 regulating short term rentals in the borough. (This would apply to things like AirBnBs, VRBOS, or similar types of rentals.)
• Approved the lowest responsible bid for the Sycamore and 9th Street Sewer project being funding with Community Development Block Grant funds distributed by Westmoreland County.
• Discussed ongoing design work for the Gosser Street Sewer project.
• Discussed receiving a waiver from DEP for MS4 requirements. 
• Discussed ongoing work by the Emergency Management Coordinator and the public Safety Committee of council to update the borough’s plans and participate in county emergency planning.
• Reappointed Len Kotvas as the borough’s representative on the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority Board.
• Discussed billing the Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township for their customers tapped in to borough sewer lines.
• Discussed ongoing grant applications.