Bradford City Council packed a lot of activity into the last
meeting before the end of 2005, including awarding bids for Old
City Hall renovations, making the traffic changes around the
Bradford Regional Medical Center expansion permanent and reminding
city residents to shovel their sidewalks and move their cars to
accommodate snow removal.

Councilman Tom Shay was the lone dissenter as the rest of
council approved awarding contracts for the interior renovations to
Old City Hall. Shay votes no to all projects involving Old City
Hall, saying he doesn’t believe there is a plan in place for the
building’s future.

Mistick Construction was awarded a contract for $1,398,000 for
general construction, which includes a new handicapped accessible
entrance, a service entrance, the installation of an elevator and
the renovation of four floors and additional site work.

Pure Tech Inc. was awarded the electrical contract for $217,631.
The contract includes installing complete new service and all
required circuitry in the building.

Mazza Sheet Metal Inc. was awarded the contract for heating and
air conditioning in the entire building with the low bid of
$158,500.

Anderson-Shortell Inc. was awarded the contract for all supply
and sanitary plumbing with the low bid of $183,000.

Allied Fire Protection Systems Inc. received the contract for
fire alarms and sprinklers with a low bid of $122,205.

Also at the meeting, Councilman Dan Costello issued a reminder
to city residents and businesses – “Sidewalks. Let’s get them
shoveled for those mailmen delivering Christmas cards.

“And for the kids going to school, you’d hate to force a kid out
onto the street because the sidewalk wasn’t clear,” Costello
said.

Mayor Michele Corignani said she had spoken to Police Chief
Roger Sager about having police crack down on people who don’t move
their cars on streets with alternate side parking.

“People are inconsiderate enough just to pay the $7-a-week
(ticket) and never move their car and the snow is just piling up,”
she said. That is going to change, she added.

Solicitor Mark Hollenbeck said, “I think we can do something. A
parking ticket is not a season pass for alternate side
parking.”

Corignani said city officials are looking into towing vehicles
which are becoming a hazard for plows and traffic.

“They’re going to be addressed,” she warned, adding that two
current problem areas are Sherman and High streets.

Council also

* approved traffic ordinances which make the changes around the
BRMC expansion permanent, including making School Street two
ways;

* approved the budget for 2006 at $6,411,027;

* passed on second reading a measure allowing city refuse to be
hauled to a landfill in Chautauqua County, N.Y.; and

* appointed Harold Kreiner III to permanent position of
firefighter/paramedic on the Bradford City Fire Department.

Corignani also invited all interested parties to attend a
council work session at 6 p.m. Jan. 17. Michel Lefevre of the
Bureau of Historic Preservation, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, will be in attendance to educate the new members of the
Historic and Architectural Review Board.

“Anyone in the general public with concerns about the historic
district is invited to attend,” Corignani said.