The Homer City Borough Council accepted a bid for this summer’s paving projects, and agreed to request special equipment for firefighters at last night’s meeting.
Borough Manager Robert Nymick revealed several bids that the borough received for this year’s street paving projects. The council settled on a $24,108 bid from Quaker Sales of Johnstown, which equates to $73.50 per ton of material, the same price paid last year.
Borough solicitor Michael Supinka revealed the details for the new borough police contracts reached in binding arbitration. Changes include a shortened contract term from 5 years to 4 years, so the current contract will be active until December 31st, 2020. The contract also includes pay raises for the Chief and part-timers, and updated training requirements for new officers.
Additionally, The Council voted in favor of requesting special equipment and training for the Homer City Fire Department through insurance companies such as Nationwide Agribusiness. If approved, the Fire Department would be provided special equipment for grain silo rescue situations, valued between $3,000 and $5,000, as well as a six-hour “Grain Entrapment Rescue Training Session” valued at $5,000.
On the subject of the fire department, the council also voted to appoint Terry Gardner as Deputy Coordinator of Emergency Management for the Homer City Fire Department.
Lastly, Police Chief Anthony Jellison reported that last month’s spaghetti dinner benefiting the K-9 Unit was a success:
“With the spaghetti and the raffles, and the T-shirt sales, and the donations that people wrote checks out for, the total was about $2900. There was over a hundred dinners served, so it was very successful.”
