Council Meeting Minutes 2025.03.03

March 3rd, 2025

7:30 PM Council Session

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call   Jody Roberts, Sue Hunt, Heidi Sentivan, Ken Torres-Zickler, Andrea Juarez, Sean Sheehan, Vaughn Johnson, Mayor Gamal Sherif – Excused, Solicitor Carl Ewald, Borough Secretary Janet Diiorio.  

Approval of Agenda

Approve Agenda:  Sean, Vaughn second. All in favor.

Public Comment:  none

Tax Collector’s Report: 

∙       Review of collected tax collection so far this date. Reminder to email rutledgetaxcollector@gmail.com with questions and here from 4:30PM-6PM from Mondays to Wednesdays. Discount period ends 3/31.

o   No Tax collection hours on Monday, 3/10 due to a conflict.

Mayor’s Reportnone

Approval of Minutes: 

Action:  Approve Meeting Minutes for 2025.02.17 motion by Vaughn, Heidi second. All in favor.

Activities: 

  • Information Share: What’s coming up for Rutledge Events.
  • Meeting Wednesday 2/26 and a new event in planning
  • Quizzo – May 9th, following a happy hour.
  • Snow Jam, April 5th – Saturday
  • April 12th is Spring Celebration
  • April 26th is Earth Day, currently in planning.

 Parks & Property: 

  • Information Share: Gather Space Update
  • Schedule groundbreaking tentatively for March 15th.
  • Ridley offered to support in preparation of the triangle park field; request from parks to have borough office get this done ahead of groundbreaking.

Personnelnone

Public Safety:  

  • Discussion: Updating Contact Sheet on Emergency Operations Plan
  • Vote planned for next council session to approve acting emergency coordinator; Kevin Cunningham has expressed interest in accepting this responsibility.
  • Review of Fire Company activity report.

Sewernone

Streetsnone

Building:

  • Vote: Request to use Upper Hall for Quizzo Night from Activities Committee – May 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
  • Motion Heidi, Second Sue. All in favor.

Communications: none

Finance:  

  • Action Item: Approve Bills and Distributions 2025.02.17-2025.03.01
  •  Motion Heidi, Andrea second. All in favor.

Ordinance: none

Trash & Recycling  

  • Information Sharing: 
  • Reminder:  get toters out the night before
  • Break down your cardboard; MRF will not accept wet cardboard.
  • Call in your bulk pickups
  • Door knockers
  • Survey planned after the three months of service.
  • Retold for textiles; there is a cost associated but it is a great way to reduce contribution to landfill.

Borough Commissions:

  1. Shade Tree: none
  2. Planning Commission: none

Public Commentnone

Old Business/New Business

  • New: Discussion around potential Noise Ordinance; alignment with Chapter 10 and Property Maintenance Code.
  • Solicitor suggests using Swarthmore’s noise ordinance due to shared SPD.
  • The ordinance committee will take on this task.
  • New: Plumbing issue.

 Adjournment:∙      

 Heidi motion, Sue Second. All in favor.


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