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Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the

Mt. Lebanon Parking Authority Board

December 16, 2010

Mt. Lebanon Parking Authority Office

788 Washington Road

Mt. Lebanon, PA 15228

 

 

Present at the meeting were Board Members, Chris Musuneggi, Geoff Hurd, Shawn Gatto (6:25pm), Joe Senko,  Executive Director Sahar, Facilities Manager Quealy, Liaison Morrison and Solicitor Wayne DeLuca.

 

1)      Mr. Musuneggi called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.

 

2)      Roll call was taken and the above listed Board Members were present.

 

 

3)      Consideration of Minutes of previous meetings.  Mr. Hurd made a motion to approve the Minutes of the November 11, 2010 meeting.  Mr. Senko seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.  

 

Mr. Senko made a motion to approve the Minutes of the November 22, 2010 meeting.  Mr. Hurd seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

4)      Citizen Comments.  There were no citizen comments.  Commissioner Brumfield and Dale Cowher were present.

 

5)      Consideration of Expense and Payroll Voucher lists of November 23, 2010 and December 7, 2010 totaling $111,662.15.  Mr. Hurd made a motion to approve the Expense and Payroll Voucher lists of November 23, 2010 and December 7, 2010   totaling $111,662.15.  Mr. Senko seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

6)      Operational Update.  Mr. Queally presented the 2010 Maintenance Projects 12/16/10 and updated the Board.  Holiday decorations have been hung on both garages and maintenance helped decorate Beverly Road for their annual Light Up Night.  New emergency lighting and 6th floor lobby awning have been installed at the South Garage. Water supply backflow device tests have been completed at the North Garage.  The trucks have been prepped for winter (hydraulics, plows and salt spreader).  Work has begun on removal and destruction of obsolete records and equipment.  Mr. Sahar reported that he is negotiating a new lease for la pomponnee. 

 

  

7)      Mr. Musuneggi asked about the status of ordering new meters for Beverly Road.  Mr. Sahar said that he would be ordering the meters and they should be installed by March.

   

8)      Mr. Hurd made a motion to approve the Amendment to the Agreement with Mt. Lebanon.  Mr. Senko seconded the motion.  Discussion followed.  Mr. Musuneggi expressed concern about how the Parking Authority can continue to operate with the loss of these revenues while continuing to incur the expense of the processing.  He also stated that years ago the Municipality decided to assist the commercial business district by helping to defray parking costs by granting the fine income from police issued tickets to the Parking Authority.  That income continues to be used to help pay the debt on the two garages and the Academy Lot.  Mr. Brumfield stated that he feels that it is reasonable for the Parking Authority to keep 20-25% of the collected police ticket revenue to help defray the cost of processing instead of imposing a temporary rate hike to get through the transition.

 

Mr. Senko made a motion to amend paragraph 2 of the Amendment to Agreement to reflect that 25% of the collected Revenue be maintained by the Parking Authority for processing costs. Mr. Hurd seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

      

9)      Mr. Hurd stated that there is still a revenue shortfall.  Discussion followed on

ways to make up the shortfall.  Mr. Senko asked Mr. Sahar to provide a simple cash flow memo before the next meeting.

 

10)  Mr. Senko made a motion to adjourn to Executive Session to discuss litigation, Egler vs. MLPA, et al and employee compensation. Mr. Hurd seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

11)  Mr. Hurd  made a motion to end Executive Session.  Mr. Senko seconded the

       motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

12)  Mr. Senko made a motion to adjourn the meeting.  Mr. Hurd seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.  The meeting adjourned at 8:24pm.

 

           

 

Respectfully submitted,

Dawn Morrison

Liaison