SMETHPORT — Smethport Borough Council on Monday accepted the $3,200 quote from Casella Waste Management Services, the only bidder, to conduct Cleanup Week during the week of May 6.
This service is available only for borough residents. The $40 fee, which must be paid in advance at the borough office, includes two appliances; additional household appliances will cost $5 each.
All items must be placed by curbside by 7 a.m. on May 6. There will be curbside pickups only and no return trips.
Prohibited items include desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, computer peripherals, printers, copiers, keyboards, mice, cables, televisions, batteries, tires, bricks, stones, cement items, dirt, grass, ashes, branches, hazardous materials, as well as items containing Freon, such as air conditioners, freezers and refrigerators.
Any lumber must be cut in four-foot lengths. All paint cans must be dry with the lids removed.
Reasonable size piles are 4’x5′ and 300 pounds. Residents will be billed for oversize loads.
After some discussion, council delayed hiring summer employees until the May meeting.
During the Councilmember Reports section of the agenda, Ryan Yingling, chairman of the parks committee, announced that restoration work at George Murray Memorial Field, is set to begin at the end of April, weather permitting. Due to recent dry weather, the Smethport Hubbers have already played one game there last week.
Councilman Jeff Tanner reported that PA Greenways of McKean County will sponsor a tire collection on July 20 at the borough sheds on Marvin Street, with the high school football team assisting. No date has been set for an electronics collection, Tanner said. “It may or may not be held,” he added.
Mayor Wayne Foltz reported that Seneca Resources has contributed $2,500 for the fireworks show that is slated for June 22 in Hamlin Lake Park. “If it hadn’t been for Seneca Resources and Costa’s, this show would not go,” Foltz said.
Kevin Brecht, project manager for site acquisition, of Essentia of Charlotte, N.C., and Michael Snizik, a project manager for Verizon, attended the meeting to address council about a proposed upgrade of a cell data system near the high school. With the installation of a three-foot antenna, box and meter disconnect, on a 35-40′ utility pole, videos could be streamed.
Council had no objections, but will discuss the matter with Charlie Jones, borough electrician, with Kyle Day, code enforcement officer, as liaison between the borough and Verizon.
Council met in a five-minute executive session. After returning to the public agenda, members discussed and agreed to have borough employees to grade the berm to a ditch on King Street.
