Freeland Borough Regular Meeting Sept 18, 2025
Freeland Borough September 2025 Regular Meeting
September 18th, 2025 @ 6:00pm Agenda
526 Fern St. Freeland, PA 18224
- Call To Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Roll Call
Joshua Richie___ present ___ absent Frank Kislan___ present ___ absent
Barbara Tulanowski___ present ___ absent Tom Meyers___ present ___ absent
Frederick Ackers ___ present ___ absent Rich DeStefano___ present ___ absent
Jim Fisher___ present ___ absent Joe Palko Sr. (Mayor)___ present ___ absent
- Executive Sessions
- Public Comment (3 minutes on Agenda items only)
- Motion to Accept Minutes from the work session on 8/21
- Motion to Accept Minutes from the regular meeting on 8/21
- Motion to Accept Treasurer’s Report
- Motion to Accept the Payment of Bills
- New Business
- Administration
- Motion to continue utilizing the Cougar Mountain payroll module with new rates of $24.00 per employee/ per year
- Administration
- Motion to approve the 2026 PMRS Non-Uniform MMO
- Motion to approve the 2026 PMRS Uniform MMO
- Motion to adopt the Resolution Establishing Procedures for the Payment of Bills Between Public Meetings
- Motion to approve the dental insurance renewal with Beam Insurance with a monthly premium of $19.34 per individual
- Motion to adopt the Authorized Official Resolution for the DCED Local Share Account Luzerne County grant of $281,444
- Motion to adopt a Resolution Approving Signers for the Luzerne County LSA Grant
- Motion to approve the quote submitted by T3 technologies for _______ year contract in the amount of $__________ per month for 8 lines with an upfront charge of $__________.
- Nothing
- Motion to appoint _____________ for a 4-year term on the Civil Service Commission expiring on September 18, 2029
- Motion to engage the professional services of the Law Offices of Koff, Mangan, & Gartley at $240.00 per hour and $150.00 per hour for a paralegal if necessary for the Police contract negotiations
- Flock cameras
- Motion to distribute .07 mills of the Delinquent Real Estate Taxes received in 2024 to the Freeland Fire Department Apparatus account in the amount of $1,041.07
- Motion to distribute .325 mills of the Delinquent Real Estate Taxes received in 2024 to the Freeland Northside Community Ambulance Association EMS account in the amount of $5,577.17
- Motion to release $3,127.50 of the EMS Funds to the Freeland Northside Community Ambulance Association for reimbursement of September 2025 budgeted expenses.
- Motion to hire __________ as full-time laborer with the DPW per CBA
- .Motion to pay M&J Excavation Inc. Pay App 1 in the amount of $88,520.52
- Motion to pay M&J Excavation Inc. Pay App 2 in the amount of $4,658.98
- Motion to adopt an Ordinance of the Freeland Borough establishing a no parking zone on Johnson Street -500 block, even numbered side between the intersection of Johnson Street with Birkbeck Street and Pine Street
- Motion to adopt PennDOT Winter Maintenance Service Agreement Signatory Resolution listing Joshua Richie as signatory
- Motion to approve the amended PennDOT 10-Year Winter Maintenance Service Agreement
- Motion to approve the handicap parking request at 545 Front Street
- Motion to engage the professional services of Baer & Evans to survey and file paperwork for reverse subdivisions of _____________parcels along Birkbeck Street and Johnson Street
- Motion to approve a certificate of appropriateness for 815 Front Street
- Motion to approve a certificate of appropriateness for 827 South Street
- Motion to adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 of the Borough Code to Add Part 5, Creating the position of Multi-Role Enforcement Officer and Defining Duties and Responsibilities
- Recreation
- Motion to approve the Freeland Whippet’s request to host their Homecoming Celebration on October 11, 2025, from 4:00pm to 10:00pm including a bonfire, food trucks, and field day activities.
- Motion to accept the resignation of Therese Morrison
- Open Public Comment (3 minutes)
- Adjournment of Meeting