New councilman in Scottdale: Mayor swears in Pinskey
SCOTTDALE -- Andy Pinskey is Scottdale's newest First Ward councilman.
Mayor Pat Walker swore Pinskey in before Monday's regular meeting. Council recently voted for Pinskey to fill Walker's seat, which became vacant after she became mayor following former Mayor Tim Carson's resignation for personal reasons.
Council still has a Second Ward seat open. Angelo Pallone resigned effective Monday night, because he is now employed as Mount Pleasant Borough manager. Council has 30 days to fill his position.
Walker, Pinskey and whomever fills Pallone's seat will serve through the next municipal election cycle, next year. Any or all may run for full terms.
Parking took up much of the remainder of the meeting.
Council voted to amend its parking ordinance to add a "No Parking Between Signs" notice at the west side of Centennial Way at the Plaza Apartments garbage container. Vehicles sometimes park there and prevent the container from being emptied.
The police can now enforce a "No Parking This Side" sign on the south side of Mulberry Street between North Chestnut Street and Porter Alley. The sign has been up for several years, but the ordinance was not amended to enforce it until Monday.
Council also authorized a request from the postmaster to paint a handicapped parking spot on the north side of the post office. The space has a "Handicap Parking Only" sign, but the blue paint has worn off the pavement, which lies on post office property. The borough collects about $400 per month in violations from that parking spot; each violation is a $50 fine, according to borough manager Barry Whoric.
In other business:
= Council approved invoices for the following: $70,304.35 to Pompeii & Sons for paving; $3,275 to Pashek Associates for work on Kendi and Barclay parks, which will be paid through a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Grant; $560 to Community Preservation, which will be paid with 2004 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money; $4,440.28 to Maust Excavating for the Anderson Run Sanitary Sewer replacement, part of which will be paid with 2004 CDBG money and part with sewer capital reserve funds; $4,500 to All State for removal of windows and asbestos at the YMCA, to be paid with 2003 CDBG money; and $32,039 to Statira Construction for Central Fire Station renovations, to be paid with 2000 and 2002 CDBG money.
= Whoric announced that demolition of the old YMCA building should begin next week.
= Trick-or-treat will take place Oct. 31 from 2 to 4 p.m., the same time as Everson.
