Bellwood Borough Council met last evening at the Bellwood Municipal Building to discuss matters within the borough. Prior to the 6:30 p.m. meeting, council held an executive session regarding Personnel.
\nCommittee reports were headlined by a request from the police department to hire two part-time police officers for the borough, stemming from recent resignations from part-time officer\u2019s Vicki J. Eaken and Jim Myers.
\nThe council tabled the request and will hold a separate meeting to take official action Tuesday, August 13, 2002 at 6 p.m.
\nCouncilman Fred Sweigert elaborated on the issue, \u201cWe have a subcontract with Bellwood School District by which we supply police coverage like evening patrols around the building, doors, basically keeping an eye on things.\u201d
\nSweigert continued, \u201cLast year we put a daylight police officer, not in the school, but the school district is paying half of that officer\u2019s wages. We have an officer on full time during the day in case something would happen.\u201d
\nAlong with that, the police department puts out a contract with the school district for activities such as football and basketball games, and activities like the senior play. The borough subcontracts security using their people.
\nThe agreement with the school district is two different things because police officers patrol during the day for the school district and work activities which is separate. The part-time officers are used to work the activities.
\nSweigert added, \u201cThe school district already knows what we\u2019re going through. We\u2019re in the middle of police negotiations and with the two resignations we have to make a decision to stay in the security business for those activities or whether to pass that on to the school district.\u201d
\nThe signed agreement between the school district and borough is a one year contract and is renewed every year. Sweigert noted, \u201cWe have never had a problem with the contract, but we didn\u2019t have the union involved before.\u201d
\nIf the borough decides to hire two part-time police officers, they will be replacing two officers the borough previously hired to cover their contract.
\nSweigert stated, \u201cWe tabled the issue to decide later whether we want to keep up with the contract and have our police department providing security.\u201d He added, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to get in over our heads.\u201d
\nOther business handled by Bellwood Borough Council involved the Water & Sewer Department. With the dry weather, the borough had the Altoona Water Authority check the reservoir. The reservoir is running at 96.2 percent and 249 days of water, which shows no problems whatsoever. There are no water restrictions at this time.
\nCouncil discussed a renewal of the Federal Surplus Property Program, but due to lack of use the renewal was denied. The annual PennDot Salt Contract for winter maintenance was renewed by borough council.
\nBellwood Borough Council dropped the 2003 Gypsy Moth Spray Program due to studies showing a steady decline in the gypsy moth population of recent years.
\nThe September Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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