CLEARFIELD – During Thursday’s Clearfield Borough Council meeting, council heard public concerns and discussed some items regarding the fire company and police.
First, the Clearfield County Commissioners presented the borough with a check for its allocation of CARES Act funding.
Then, council heard from Vicki Ward, a resident living along the undeveloped portion of Third Street, which has been a subject of contention.
Last month, council agreed that, instead of allowing the property owners that are adjacent to the street purchase portions, the borough would retain ownership. Rails to Trails has expressed hope to eventually add that portion of street and rail right of way to the existing trail.
One of the property owners dumped a load of shale on the right of way and council had determined that the property owner would have to remove the shale.
Ward presented pictures to the representatives of Second Ward of the property of the person who dumped the shale, noting that the grass is very high and the property unkept with vermin. She said the shale was dumped three years ago, and since last month’s meeting nothing has been done.
She asked council have shale removed or have borough employees remove it within a week.
Under the fire company report, council learned that while the aerial truck was being inspected the hydraulic swivel plate failed testing and needs to be replaced.
Chief Justin Worley said a needed production upgrade had not been done and their options are a rebuilt swivel for $11,107.25 or a new one for $13,035.
Both have a one-year warranty, but a new one would have the truck out for an additional 10-12 weeks while the rebuilt one will only have the truck out four to five weeks.
Council voted to have the mechanism replaced with the rebuilt one with the money coming out of the fire company’s capital fund.
Assistant Police Chief Nathan Curry also reported the department would like to send two full time officers to SWAT training Oct. 19-23 at a cost of $799 per officer.
Curry said he, Chief Vincent McGinnis and another officer have had the training and it is very valuable. The training includes clearing rooms, high-risk barricade situations, chemical devises and many other situations.
Other officers in the area have had the training or will be attending the training and then can use that training to work together on situations such as what happened recently in Hyde.
Curry also informed council that the Giving Tree, held in partnership with Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging is being planned again for this year.
He said some businesses and organizations like to have tags for in-house collections or to work together to purchase large items, like hospital beds, and he would like those groups to contact him now for planning purposes.
For information, contact Assistant Chief Nathan Curry via e-mail at ncurry@clearfieldpa.us.