The Bellwood Borough council was thinking about summer at last night\u2019s meeting as park and recreation talks led the discussion. The new playground equipment and the Bellwood pool were both talked about in detail.
\n\u201cThe Tyrone Y is going to take care of the pool again, and manage the pool and take care of everything over there, which they do a fine job. They have the grass cut around the playground and around the fields,\u201d said council member Tom Lechner. \u201cThe equipment for the playground, the new equipment coming in, we should hear from them in a couple of weeks. It\u2019s going to take some work to put it in.\u201d
\nWith both the pool and the playground equipment, money will be needed for some additional work.
\n\u201cThe pool is going to need a new liner. It won\u2019t be this year, possibly next year,\u201d said Lechner. \u201cOver with the new equipment, we\u2019re going to have that top soil taken off and there\u2019s going to be holes dug for supports, and the DEP was going to use what Antis Township shreds down there for the fields. We found out we can\u2019t use that. We have to have a special mix to put in over there, and believe it or not that special mix costs $7,000.\u201d
\nThe board approved $3,500 for Lechner to proceed with the needed plans to update the playground with the materials.
\nAs the borough was thinking of summer, the citizens of Bellwood were thinking of winter and of snow removal. A few concerned citizens appeared at the meeting to discuss the issue with council members.
\nA resident of Logan and Fourth Street said, \u201cJust the bulk of the snow and with such a huge storm like that… there\u2019s not that many of us, but there\u2019s a lot of sidewalk.\u201d
\nThe issue is that most of the residents in the area of Logan and Fourth streets are elderly and can\u2019t keep up with a heavy snow storm or pay to have someone remove the snow for them. The citizens said this causes them to receive a fine for not removing the snow. Also, residents said the PENNDOT trucks plow the snow back onto the sidewalks, which makes it impossible for them to keep up with snow removal.
\n Another issue for that same street is the residents would like 25 mile-per-hour speed limit signs posted so it would curtail people from speeding. After the weather gets better, council is scheduled to place two speed limit signs in the area.
\nIn other business, council accepted the resignation of police lieutenant Timothy Shafer for March 22. He served 13 years on the Bellwood police force and will be accepting a different position in another state.
\nCouncil also approved a motion to create an ordinance for a combined emergency plan for Antis Township and Bellwood Borough.
\n\u201cI\u2019m the emergency management coordinator for Bellwood and Antis Township,\u201d said Tom Whiteford. \u201cWhether there\u2019s any type of disaster, whether it be man-made or a natural disaster, and our biggest fear is right out here our railroad and wheel-travel hazardous materials. Terrorism\u2019s not a big problem for us. We started with the council to create a cooperation agreement between the two. Instead of meeting all the paper work for the township and the borough that means exactly the same thing, I wanted to create one emergency plan- The Bellwood-Antis emergency plan.
\n\u201cWe had to make an inter-cooperative government agreement between the two sides. This is where we fell into a problem. We need an ordinance that states we agree to work together.\u201d
\nThe council also discussed plans to coordinate with the Altoona Curve to have a Bellwood Night for one of the baseball games at the Blair County Ballpark in the summer. This issue is scheduled to be discussed further at the next meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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