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WHAT: City council meeting Monday
PRESENT: Reynald Paolone, Thomas Grumley, Jeff Kay, Keith Schubert, Lily Martuccio, John Moliterno, Sam Zirafi and Mayor Mark Zuppo
ABSENT: Mark Standohar
Council:
• Heard from Schubert the recreation committee met to discuss plans for getting a disc golf course for Liberty Park, resurfacing the tennis courts and basketball courts at the park, and a plan for pickleball courts and other improvements at Tod, Liberty and Stambaugh parks.
• Approved two additional part-time positions in the recreation department. The pay will be increased from $12.50 to $15 per hour. Zuppo said this will help let people into the city gym for volleyball and basketball, which will restart now that the gym remodeling project is complete. The workers also will tend to maintenance of the park fields.
• Set the pay of the part-time city engineer at $40 per hour and the part-time assistant engineer at $30 per hour for no more than 29 hours per week.
• Requested legislation be prepared to increase the pay of the buildings and grounds superintendent from $29,000 to $35,000.
• Heard from Zuppo, who has been in contact with the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments on funding sources to help the city with street paving costs.
• Gave first reading to a contract with Browning Ferris Industries for garbage and refuse collection with each household to receive a 96-gallon trash container.
• Heard from Safety / Service Director Sal Ponzio that the Tibbetts Wick Road pump station will get three new pumps.
Will discuss at the Feb. 12 meeting how the city's American Rescue Plan funds were used in 2023.
-- Bob Coupland