Harrisburg City Council Legislative Session - 8/27/2024

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good evening

everyone the time is 6:0 5:00 p.m. we

will run through our agenda quickly so

our legislative caucus and then we will

begin our meeting immediately

following I will call the meeting to

order Mr trusdale will lead our roll

call the invocation this evening will be

led by councilwoman Davis followed by

the Pledge of Allegiance which will be

led by vice president green for

communications this evening we will

recognize the Nativity School basketball

team for winning the championship in the

inaugural dri desz Mangus

classic we will then move to Courtesy of

the floor followed by the approval of

minutes we have two sets of minutes um

that need approval this evening the

first set are the minutes for the

legislative session that occurred on

July 9th

2024 and the second set of minutes are

for the special legislative session that

occurred on July 30th 20

24 we do not have any ordinances for

first reading ordinances for Amendment

or ordinances for final passage we will

then move to resolutions the first

resolution for consideration is

resolution 48 of

2024 of which we will suspend the rules

for

discussion uh and then vote upon

resolution 49 of 2024 will move to the

administration committee resolution 50

of 2024 will move to the parks

recreation and enrichment

committee resolution 51 of 2024 will

also move to the parks recreation and

enrichment committee resolution 52 of

2024 will move to the administration

committee and resolution 53 of 2024 will

move to the budget and finance committee

is there any old business for discussion

Council memb

members okay seeing and hearing then any

new

business okay counc

Jones and I have two notes of new

business as well anyone

else

okay and then we will adjourn

so the time is 6:07 p.m. and I will call

our legislative session to

order Mr trale could you please call the

role Miss Daniels here Miss Davis

present Miss green present Mr Jones here

Miss Rose present Mr Ruez present Miss

Bowers present thank you the invocation

this evening will be led by councilwoman

Davis thank you president

Bowers can we honor a moment of

gratitude for the

families who were affected by the

tornado touchdown in Harrisburg and uh

just be thankful that our neighbors and

our friends and family no one got killed

or

hurt and let's just hold a moment of

silence thank

you thank you councilwoman Davis the

Pledge of Allegiance will be led by vice

president

green uned States of America to the

stands one nation God

Justice

all thank you vice president green for

communications this evening uh we're

going to pause to recognize the Nativity

School basketball team for winning the

championship in the inaugural destri Dez

Mangus

classic coach Mangus is present this

evening unfortunately the basketball

players are foot footb players too and

so they have football practice this

evening um

so they couldn't join us but we didn't

we wanted to acknowledge their

participation and their Victory so

please indulge me for just a moment city

of Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Proclamation whereas the Harrisburg city

council congratulates the Nativity boys

basketball team for winning the

inaugural Dez mous Classic basketball

tournament and whereas the Nativity boys

basketball team has demonstrated

exceptional skill dedication and

sportsmanship in their recent victory at

the tournament hosted on August 10th and

11th at Reservoir Park and whereas this

event was held in honor of Coach Dez

Mangus a beloved and influential coach

within our community whose Legacy of

leadership mentorship and commitment to

youth Athletics has inspired countless

young athletes and where as the Nativity

boys basketball team through their hard

work and teamwork exemplified the values

that coach Dez Mangus stood for

including perseverance discipline and

Community spirit and whereas their

success in this tournament is a

testament to their talent and the

guidance of their coaches as well as the

support of their family school and

community and whereas this Victory

serves as a shining example of the

positive impact of Youth Sports in our

community and we commend the Nativity

boys basketball team for upholding the

highest standards of sportsmanship and

excellence and now therefore be it

hereby proclaimed that on behalf of

Harrisburg city council I Danielle

Bowers do hereby recognize and celebrate

the Nativity boys basketball team for

their outstanding achievement in winning

the doz Mangus classic and extends its

congratulations to each player coach and

supporter who contributed to this

remarkable accomplishment and wishes

them continued success in all of their

future athletic and academic Endeavors

signed and attested in the city of

Harrisburg Pennsylvania Michael J Parker

city clerk Danielle L Bowers haris Berg

city

[Applause]

council coach your present did you want

to share a few words on the classic and

yes I'd like to thank um city council as

a group and your staff for helping out

with that event uh I was very humbled

you know that day

so I mean my family was proud you know I

was definitely proud so I I just want to

thank you guys for putting on a good

show that that was

nice and I like to thank

Nativity and the team Nativity played

those girls know from um driven from

within them girls they play hard matter

of fact they had a couple boys on the

team and I thought the boys messed up

their team when the girls was on the

court the girls was balling it was fun

to watch it fun to watch but thank you

very humble thank you thank you thank

you

[Applause]

so we will make sure that um the team

receives the the proclamation

so okay do you want a picture or do you

want me to okay Council would like to

take a picture so you wouldn't mind

almost

as I'm still blocked

out I'm not

than you

okay thank you we will now move to

Courtesy of the floor so just a few

housekeeping notes before we begin if

you wouldn't mind stating your name and

your address for the meeting record if

you don't feel comfortable sharing your

address please share the vicinity in

which you live within the city you'll

have four minutes to share your comments

Mr trusdale will serve as our timekeeper

I'll begin to my right is there anyone

that would like to offer public

comment seeing and hearing no one anyone

in the middle

section there we go that on okay hi my

name is uh Brandon Bas I live uh Uptown

on Third Street um I'm here for two

reasons the first one is the reason I'm

always here it's been uh two and a half

years since we got the seasoned assist

on stage Street and the safety

improvements that we were told would be

restarted immediately after they

redesigned them slightly and um there

hasn't been a block paved nor a single

crosswalk put in nor anything making the

kids and people trying to cross it safer

going to church school multiple schools

actually or a reservoir park for that

matter so I know we have limited uh

Power to do anything about it within

Council but I like to bring it up just

so it's not a forgotten thing because

it's it's horrible up there uh the

second thing is the mayor's recent

statements about our lack of police and

her wanting to bring in backup for our

police from the state police as well as

the National Guard um I think that the

recent incident with the Nazis who came

in nor city is kind of indicative of the

disparity we have in policing just with

Harrisburg Police because I have friends

who I have a friend who as you know got

pepper sprayed and arrested during a

noise complaint I have friends who got

pulled over for traffic violations and

have been pepper spray and arrested over

misunderstandings but a group of Nazis

entered our City walk through our

streets and they were helped illegally

to enter a U-Haul vehicle to leave and

the police just sent them on their way

without I mean that that's that's

illegal by itself like with that kind of

disparity within our own police do we

think it's better to have outside State

Police from rural areas or the National

Guard who are I remind you military and

design and when it comes to using their

weapons train to kill people not police

into our cities as if our residents are

you know our enemies so again I'm not

sure how much power city council has

over that but I like I beg you to look

into anything we can do to keep that

from happening keep that from expanding

I think further escalation and

militarization is not what Harrisburg

needs what we need is giving things

resources for our community honestly so

that's all I have I don't have a Magic

Bullet I don't have you know what we

should do to stop the further policing

or what we should do to handle when

Nazis come through but it would be

really nice if we had a plan to handle

that sort of thing as opposed to just

beating up racial Justice protesters

when we have permits to be at the

capital so that's it don't want to I'll

see you the rest of my time thank you

thank you

is there anyone else uh in the middle

section that would like to offer public

comment okay seeing and hearing no one

anyone to my

left seeing and hearing no one we will

move forward with our meeting agenda

next we have the approval of minutes as

I mentioned during our legislative

caucus there are two sets of minutes for

approval the first set is the minutes

for the legislative session that

occurred on July 9th

2024 council members are there any

revisions to those

minutes okay

okay

okay okay seeing and hearing none uh the

minutes for the legislative session of

July 9th 2024 stand approved the next

set in need of approval are the minutes

for the special legislative session that

occurred on July 30th 2024 council

members are there any revisions to those

minutes okay yes I have one revision

under Road call my name um was spelled

incorrectly as j o well I know we know

how to spelled but j o c e l y and just

was a typle had j

a small

okay that's okay is there a second J is

still a pretty name it just yeah it's

all right is there a second to the

motion to make the the name correction

second thank

you any further

discussion Mr Trel could you please call

the

role for the motion to correct the

minutes yes Miss Daniels yes Miss Davis

yes Miss green yes Mr Jones y Miss

rolls yes Mr Rodriguez yes Miss Bowers

yes the motion passes by vote is 7 to

zero thank you the minutes stand

corrected we do not have any ordinances

for first reading or ordinances for

Amendment or ordinances for final

passage we will move to resolutions the

first resolution uh for consideration

this evening is resolution 48 of 2024 Mr

trale could you please read it into the

record resolution 48 2024 a resolution

ratifying the submission of a Grant

application to the Pennsylvania

Department of community and economic

developments Greenways trails and

Recreation program for

117,118 for the purpose of constructing

a multi-purpose Pavilion in Riverfront

Park thank you um at this this time I

will entertain a motion to uh suspend

the rules for further discussion of the

resolution thank you is there a

second second thank you we're joined by

Miss Rebecca

vmer our grants director I will actually

defer to vice president green because

technically it should be in her

committee budget and finance for

discussion thank you president Bowers

good evening uh if you'd like to just

give us a little bit of overview uh on

this application sure

is on um yes thank you so much for

putting this on your agenda considering

it um can you move the microphone a

little closer to you I'm sorry I didn't

mean to interrupt no no you're great is

that better okay so the application is

to the uh dced Greenways Trails

Recreation program for $17,000 to put a

Band Shell it's a small one like the one

that we have in Riverfront um in

Reservoir Park um in Riverfront Park uh

and it would be located next to the

Civic club and there are a couple I have

all I mean you guys know me I always

overshare but I have um a bunch of

information I can share as much or

little as you

want uh the idea is that every summer

the city has to rent some sort of a Band

Shell capacity uh to the tune of about

$21,000 a year between 17 and 21, ,000

and so we rent this facility so that we

can host uh parties and uh well mostly

concerts um so the idea is if we had our

own uh we would essentially pay back

what the city would contribute to this

endeavor within about a year so the the

grant ask would be 17

117 and the city's

15% uh project cost contribution will be

about

18,000 um and let's see so it's it's

very strategically located the site that

was chosen because it's right where

artsfest is and Kona and it's right next

to Civic club and they do a lot of

events and they're excited to have

something right next door that they

could if they're hosting a wedding then

they could sort of there'd be a lot of

uh Revenue producing opportunities if we

had this Bandshell of our own that we

could kind of you know rent it out to uh

events that were happening at Civic Club

but also just stop paying rent for stuff

that we could actually have on our own

and it's a

pretty uh I mean nothing is simple but

it's a fairly low profile um

construction is it's not there's not a

lot of ground or earth work it just be

one concrete pad and then we would

construct the thing on top so it's we're

not doing a lot of digging so it's that

was um yeah that's that's the project I

can say more

but thank you I appreciate the overview

uh just to be clear we're ratifying this

so it's already been submitted correct

so this is kind of just an after the

fact thing so yeah all right um I don't

have any questions at the moment I'm

going to start to my far right with

councilwoman Daniels do you have any

questions or comments yeah so it's

basically um like the B shell that's at

Italian Lake uh yes I'm sorry you yes I

said Reser Park and that's totally wrong

yes Italian lake so it's about that

scale and size and and then what will

the cost

be for kind of maintaining it throughout

the year that's a fantastic question I

don't have an answer for that but it it

should be minimal because it's just it's

not like there's no uh Aqueduct there's

no kind of Plumbing that needs to happen

underneath it um but I can get you

figures for that but that I don't know

yeah and is there a reason why we're

ratifying rather than like being asked

beforehand yep um so the application was

due May 31st and the project kind of

came together toward the end of that

application period and we didn't have

the resolution on the

agenda through the cycle before the

application was due so we submitted

which we often do to dced actually and

they very nice about accepting it a

letter in lie of saying you know we

can't get the resolution done by May

31st because it's like already May 17th

or whatever here's what it'll look like

and as soon as Council comes back into

session we'll get it to you in fall and

they've always been good they've always

been very nice nice about accepting that

uh in this case for whatever reason uh

CFA meeting that in which they will be

considering all these applications has

been moved up by a couple months so it's

now happening on September 17th and the

dced team needs about two weeks to go

back through all the applications put

put everything together prepare like an

application package so they've told us

now that they have to have it by August

30 uh or our application just doesn't go

for this year and so they're deciding in

September um do you have a sense of when

they're in where did you get the amount

for the request um so I worked with

Courtney and also with Sasha and Kevin

and parks and W and they came up with

the quotes

that uh just determined this amount so

did we get quotes from I'm not familiar

with this industry so did they get

quotes from Bandstand Builders or

Carpenters I don't

know I mean surprisingly those guys do

guys and GS and other identifications do

exist so uh there are like folks who

specifically do this kind of work and so

we got three quotes which were required

to do by the by dced when we submit a

Grant

application that's it for me thank you

thank you councilwoman Davis any

questions yes thank you vice president

green hi thanks for being here this

evening just one question I'm looking

here it says the balance

excuse me of

$2,178 the city will pay for out of our

special events fund is that just a one

time okay yeah it's we're required to do

a 15% match of the total project cost

and uh Courtney and Sasha have confirmed

that we have that in the events fund

that can be allocated okay project yeah

thank you no further questions thank you

president Bowers many of my question

questions were asked and answered I just

wanted to clarify um the ratification

timeline and the need for us to uh vote

on this and expedite the vote for

tonight so if you could just clarify

that quickly I'd appreciate it thank you

you bet you bet uh so I was told about

two weeks ago by the person that I work

with on this particular Grant his name

is Rich Dishman he said you know hey

guys thanks for the letter in lie of but

um we can't wait till the fall when

council is back in regular session so if

we can't get them the actual resolution

R SL ratification um by August 30th and

they they wouldn't they won't put our

application forward to the CFA

board okay thank

you thank you councilman

Ros thank you vice president green most

of my questions um have been asked and

answered as well the only additional one

that I I kind of had was just on the

Optics of it I mean like how it may look

I don't want it to obstruct anything or

you know I I mean it I know it doesn't

have to do a big part with the money and

of it but just to have it there I'm just

trying to be proactive of how it's going

to look how the upkeep too um that's an

issue of M too because I think sometimes

in the city we have trouble we do have

lots of trouble upkeeping things when we

put nice things in places but then the

upkeep to me isn't always at the

standards it should be so um yeah I

don't is there any photos or what it may

be

like I don't have any now we could do

okay do renderings I know that part of

the the

size uh the idea for the size it is

small so I'm just going to read a little

bit um one reason that they were looking

at the Civic right next to the Civic

Club section is partly the Civic Club is

excited about it partly quite honestly

we're hoping the Civic Club will help us

control some of that illegal parking

that's going on in their area oh on on

the dirt that's right okay if you kind

of do a little bit like everybody gives

a little um they the thought was to put

it there and not down like in shpo

because we can't sustain something

that's that big like those those music

events that come through are National

tours and this is something that's like

much it's like sort of for families or

you know a wedding kind of thing yeah

nothing like that so it's meant to be a

lower profile um but I I don't have

renderings for you and I completely hear

you and also the issue of how do we

maintain it the upkeep you know I don't

want to become an ey sore but I think it

is a great idea with the Civic Center

they have a lot of events they have a

beautiful spot um they're upstairs is

absolutely beautiful so to have weddings

and things like that and then you have

this band shell

um this small spot where you can hold

outdoor concerts or during your wedding

have a dance like whatever it is I think

it is a great selling point and we

definitely need uh these types of things

in the city with that type of vision I

just yeah I am concerned about like the

upkeep I'm also concerned about making

sure what it looks like

um I know the river is right there so I

I mean like how far away from it is it

going to be you know any safety issues

is there going to be railing going you

know what I mean because you're now

you're bringing everybody outside and

and just just being proactive in some

thoughts with it it's a great idea just

some just small concerns that's it yeah

no and I think those are all excellent

questions and it's it kind of skirts

that line between is it parks and wreck

is it facilities like kind of who in the

city is GNA see and that's where that's

usually what happens who they no one

takes the claim for who's going to do

the upkeep and then we have I I do

messed up steps or something's not

working and now it's an eyesore and not

a place anyone wants to right have an

event at so that I I do hope and I think

and I I wish Courtney I wanted to be

here but um she couldn't just because

she has child care she's home with her

child yeah no that's Works nice but um

maybe you could just get us the answer

to them maybe she be I mean I know well

no cuz we might have to August 30th okay

yeah well um thank you anyway no I'm I'm

I'm hoping that being like literally

right next door to the Civic Club the

Civic Club is going to be very invested

in making sure that nothing it doesn't

break down and doesn't become an iore I

know that's true they could yeah that's

like wishes and Promises I

know but you're right if they're going

to utilize it then I they should have

some type of responsibility but that's

okay you know there were just some

proactive questions but thank you I

don't have anymore thank you councilman

Rodriguez thank you madam chair thank

you Miss vmer for joining us um is there

any inter intergovernmental cooperation

with this specific Grant like would the

county be involved with it at all or any

other indes oh no not yet I mean there's

no reason we couldn't explore that but

at the moment we don't have something

like that they just do huge events so I

definitely can see them using the B show

well and one thing thing that Courtney

said too sorry to go back backwards um

the chose the site in particular because

it's and I'm reading here the designated

Festival path where artsfest July 4th

and capona and three other party hosted

events are held it's the widest portion

of river rant park within the designated

Festival area which makes it the most

ideal for attendees to gather to watch

entertainers there are no stage

Pavilions within the downtown area so

this would provide a resource for of all

sizes to a growing downtown population

doesn't get to your question but um so I

don't know if we want to or could do

something with Dolphin County Parks and

wreck which on its own is a great yeah

they're really good great organization

and maybe we would need to have some

sort of something with C Club at the

moment I'd say this is an imagin gotta

structure first you got to get the grant

um I don't know how competitive it is

after that the council has to set things

like rates for renting any facility I me

I mean initially were was there any

other intergovernmental apart of the

grant with us I think there was just a

window that opened up and just take

advantage I think it's test in the

waters so I I'm hoping it's not the

police building which turned out to be

much more expensive than the original

quote thank you for that um Miss vmer do

you know the SE capacity by chance I do

not um it would be about the same size

excuse me in scale as the one at Italian

lake so there'll be benches added or or

is this just the shell it's just the

shell okay okay so we' have to bring

chairs out wood structure still or

concrete um so it would be a concrete

pad and then a concrete structure over

so more like Reservoir but the size of

Italian Lake yeah gotcha okay and then

once that's said and done we can

generate Revenue by making a part of a

package a rental package yeah that

sounds great so that's the hope and that

um again I'm reading from Courtney's

Who's d Courtney's uh

language um we

can well there's 1500 residential units

downtown 30,000 employees 5,000 students

at hu addition of the Pavilion easily

accessible could facilitate rentals for

birthday parties picked next special

that would probably be Dave Baker

question but Nate Neil that wouldn't be

an issue down the line to be able to

like add that I think it's going to be

object to what demand and Imagination is

I just right if people think it's a good

thing you got to remember Front Street

is a state road so there's limits to

what you can just you can't just close a

state road whenever you want so there

coordination that happens but um it

seems like it fits into what we're

already doing on a temporary basis if

remember this we put a stage in the

middle of State Street a couple summers

ago and someone literally in the dark

ran it over right I mean it was a rental

stage that that they just ran right

through they ran the barricade and so

you know they're sensitive to putting up

stages now about how how they work thank

you no further questions mam

J thank you councilman

Jones yes um my question was similar to

that um there if there were any

projections but I see now that um it

would have to come back to us to kind of

set prices in the future to see what

type of Revenue it can potentially bring

in so to be clear um this is not set in

stone at at this moment okay um okay and

then my other question would be

um any security measures other than the

Civic Club um that is an area that was

frequented by uh some of our unhoused um

you know is there any concern of

surveillance around that to protect this

type of uh structure being placed there

um to ensure like councilwoman Ross said

that um you know it's just not going to

fall apart and things of that nature so

is there you know is there any plans for

surveillance other than what what are

other measures of security do you have

in

place another incred excellent question

I was actually in fun part for both of

the riots that as we all know happened

um so so strange to come through that um

that some is something that Parks and

Rec would have to answer because

ultimately this is them to be them and

it is going to put a burden sorry a

burden on them uh to you know kind of

protect police put up cameras um

can you know make sure the maintenance

is is proper And Timely and that's okay

we can revisit it if we do get the

successful get the gr we could revisit

all of those things so I just thought I

would just ask that and put that out

there in the atmosphere it's a great

question all right no further questions

thank you thank you and councilwoman

Davis you had another question yes thank

you vice president green just one more I

just came to the top of my head will

this structure cost the city um any

additional monies and like flood

insurance

or any insurance

additional just curious It's so funny

because it is a structure I know all the

housing and all the buildings down there

people have to play well flood insurance

so I didn't know if this would cost the

city I I don't know if it would cost

blood insurance I I don't know that that

would be a significant issue there it

would be bundled in because we bundle

our structures into one insurance policy

um one thing that comes to light think

of thought of what what it would do is

right now it's a green space so it would

become something subject to storm water

management fees per square footage for

impervious surface depending how they

did it I guess if there was a green roof

that would offset it but you know but

that's the only that comes to mind is

what would the additional expense be but

the reality is there's nothing that you

put up that's not going to cost you more

money it just that's the that's simply

the reality

thank you no further questions thank you

very much any other

questions I don't have any questions um

following the on of my colleagues so I

will recommend this for a vote because I

guess we'd be voting on it tonight so I

recommend this uh for a vote so thank

you very much for being here tonight bet

always

happy okay thank you I'll entertain a

motion to resume our legislative session

is there a second

thank you so we are returning to our

legislative session before us we have

resolution 48 of 20124 Mr trusel could

you read it one more time

please resolution 48 2024 a resolution

ratifying the submission of a Grant

application to the Pennsylvania

Department of community and economic

developments Greenways trails and

Recreation program for

117,118 for the purpose of constructing

a multi-purpose in Riverfront Park thank

you council members are there any

questions comments or concerns related

to resolution 48 of

2024 okay seeing and hearing none Mr

trusdale could you please call the vote

Miss Daniels

yes Miss Davis yes Miss green yes Mr

Jones yay Miss Rose yes Mr R Rodriguez

yes Miss Bowers yes resolution 48 2024

passes by a vote of 7 to zero thank

you you're welcome next we have

resolution 49 of

2024 Mr trusdale could you please read

it into the record resolution 49 2024 a

resolution appointing Connie zegler to

serve on the Harrisburg Architectural

Review Board of the city of Harrisburg

thank thank you resolution 49 of 2024

will move to the administration

committee next we have resolution 50 of

2024 Mr trusdale could you please read

it into the record resolution 50 2024 a

resolution authorizing the city of

Harrisburg to negotiate and enter into a

Professional Services agreement with

Murphy and D haer Architects to serve as

the architect sleng engineer firm for

the restoration Rehabilitation and

reconstruction of the Broad Street

Markets red brick building thank you

resolution 50 of 2024 will move to the

parks recreation and enrichment

committee next we have resolution 51 of

2024 Mr trusdale could you please read

it into the record resolution 51 2024 a

resolution authorizing the city of

Harrisburg to negotiate and enter into a

Professional Services agreement with

Marsh Claims Solutions forensic

accounting and claims services to to

provide Insurance claim accounting

services to measure and document the

revenue and property damage loss of the

Broad Street Markets red brick

building thank you uh resolution 51 of

2024 will move to the parks recreation

and enrichment committee next we have

resolution 52 of 2024 Mr trusdale could

you please read it into the record

resolution 52 2024 a resolution

authorizing the city of Harrisburg to

negotiate and enter into a professional

Services contract with State Street

strategies LLC doing business as one

plus strategies for strategic guidance

and int intelligence gathering for

lobbying related Services thank you

resolution 52 of 2024 will move to the

administration committee our final

resolution this evening is resolution 53

of

2024 Mr trale could you please read it

into the record resolution 53 2024 a

resolution approved the fifth proposed

2024 budget reallocation confirming and

otherwise clarifying the intended

designation of Revenue replacement funds

under the American Rescue plan act as

being attributed to Public Safety

purposes under the general fund and

further confirming the award of ser

available general fund program dollars

to two local organizations to provide

services for bridge housing thank you

resolution 53 of 2024 will move to the

budget and finance committee is there

there any old Business Council

Members okay seeing and hearing none new

business councilman Jones yes thank you

president BS um I just want to make a a

public statement about um what happened

with uh the Neo-Nazi group um and I

think I can I believe I can speak for my

colleagues when I say this that uh we

definitely condemn this type of

behavior um uh this was a very strange

incident um we did not know that this

was being taken place so of course there

were no uh permits filed um that we were

aware of to be able to be prepared for

this um and some of the issues that

we're dealing with is is uh like our

first amendment rights um they have a

right to speak and walk and say the

things that they need however um we

definitely condemn this type of behavior

with this group and any other group that

wants to come into the city of

Harrisburg and spew this type of r

and our communities um I think it's

dangerous and I think this is a time too

that we can prepare our communities if

anything like this um is to happen again

that we keep all lines of communications

open and making sure that we're reaching

out to uh the proper authorities and

make sure that everyone's eyes are on

this and so we can make sure that we can

keep our community safe so again I just

wanted to make a statement that um we

definitely condemn this type of behavior

in our city and it should not not be

tolerated that's

it thank you councilman Jones

councilwoman

Ross yes thank you and thank you

councilman Jones for your

statement well my computer's not working

right now to pull up what I was going to

say but um I wanted to remind everybody

there was a um Sip and paint event

happening um in the city at Italian Lake

and my computer froze so I apologize I

can't give you the date but um I hope

everyone comes out it sounds like a

great event for more information please

go to the Harrisburg um city government

website and lookink at their parks and

wreck and there are so many Flyers with

so many events going on but I know

there's a Paint and Sip event um

happening in September I think it's

September 9th um so just please um go on

our website look at all the events

coming up especially the paint and zip

one thank you

thank you councilwoman Ross um I have a

few notes for new business so please

again bear with me uh the first uh we

received a vacancy status report from

the Bureau of Human Resources it is

dated August 22nd

2024 I will share my screen just to

review it um as you all may be aware uh

we've had some uh major positions

vacated um over the past past few months

and over the summer so I just wanted to

make sure everybody was clear on where

we

stood with our

compliment

okay so first can everybody see that I

don't know how to make it like a full

screen okay oh there we go okay thank

you Emily okay so first we have the

Office of the mayor the business

administrator uh the role was vacated

June 7th

2024 the status uh the Bureau of Human

Resources is currently accepting

applications and resumés interviews are

in

progress and the deadline date is the

position will be open until

filled next the office of communications

and Atrium

receptionist this role was vacated on

June 16th

2024 the current status they are

accepting applications and resumés

interviews are to be scheduled and the

deadline is open until

filled next we have the Department of

Finance uh the finance director the role

was vac at on August 3rd

2024 the current status accepting

applications and resumes interviews in

progress and the deadline is open until

filled next we have the Department of

community and economic development

director and the current status is it's

being filled by an interim director and

it is open until Perman permanently

filled yes just a reminder for everyone

the director of the uh department of

building and housing has a do role and

she also serves as the Director of the

Department of community and economic

development the office of the city

solicitor there are two vacancies one

confidential legal secretary the role

was vacated on March 22nd

2024 and the assistant city solicitor um

mainly for collections the role was

vacated on March 25th

2024 both roles are currently accepting

applications and

resumés and

the assistant city clerk for collections

uh there are interviews in progress both

positions are open until filled

next the Bureau of planning the role is

the deputy director of planning the role

was vacated on February 2nd

2024 uh the status they are currently

accepting applications and

resumés and um they've noted that it is

hard to fill it has been read vertis on

multiple websites but it is open until

filled

also under the Bureau of planning is the

historic

preservationist um a candidate has been

selected an offer is pending receipt of

requested

documentation Bureau of police this is a

non-uniformed management the director of

community relations and engagement the

role was vacated on August 12th 2024 the

current current status they are

accepting applications and

resumés the

deadline interviews are in progress but

the role is open until

filled next under the Bureau of police

is ask me bargaining unit codes

enforcement officer one um the role was

vacated on July 29th 2024 the current

status applications and resumés are

being accepted the deadline interviews

are in progress but the role will be

open until

filled also under the Bureau of police

parking enforcement officer there are

two positions um one was vacated April

14th 2024 the second was vacated June

30th

2024 candidates have been selected

second interviews for

finalists uh to be

scheduled Public Works management

sustainability coordinator the role was

vacated on August 23rd

2024 the current status they are

accepting applications and

resumés um the an advertisement was

placed on August 20th

2024 but the role is open until filled

next ask me bargaining unit Highway

demolition specialist one the role was

vacated on June 3rd

20124 the current status they are

accepting applications and resumés there

is a second position here heavy

equipment operator the role was vacated

on July 26

2024 the current status applications and

resumés are being

accepted um for the demolition

specialist list one interviews are in

progress but the role will be open until

filled and the heavy equipment operator

interviews are also in progress and the

role will be open until

filled still under public works here the

vehicle

maintenance auto mechanics one and

two applications and resumés are being

accepted

this is also uh these roles are also

noted as difficult to fill however

interviews are in progress process um

and the positions will be open until

filled and finally Parks maintenance a

crew leader one rooll uh was vacated on

August 12th

2024 uh the current status it's posted

for internal biders only and the

deadline uh for application was August

23rd

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2024 uh I'm assuming so

yes so I just wanted everyone to be

clear on where we stood with vacancies

particularly around um some of the

larger

roles two more things and then we'll

will be finished um next please note the

quarterly reports for the second quarter

uh that have been received to date can

be found on the city's website on ecodes

under

2024 miscellaneous meeting materials and

it's um there is a subsection 2024

quarterly reports for your review and

finally Harrisburg city council will

host a policy work session regarding

home ownership tomorrow Wednesday August

28th

2024 at 5:30 p.m. so we hope you can

join us or listen in is there any other

new business council

members okay seeing and hearing none the

time is 6:54 p.m. I will entertain a

motion to

adjourn so is there a second I second

that thank you we stand a journ