Politics & Government

Oakmont Borough Council Notebook: July Work Session Meeting.

Highlights from the Oakmont Borough Council Meeting on July 2.

 Here's a roundup of items discussed at last week's council meeting. The voting meeting will be held tonight, July 9, at 7 p.m. at the :

Curfew Conflict

After Mayor Robert Fescemeyer said he had nothing to report at last week's meeting, Councilman Tim Favo brought up the issue of curfew for juveniles. Favo went on to describe what he saw each night this month while walking his dog around the time a curfew would be instated. 

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According to Favo, any juveniles he saw were on their way to work or getting picked up by their parents. He accused the mayor of creating a public panic through what he called "annecdotal stories" of late night hijinks that weren't true.

Fescemeyer fired back saying that Favo wasn't out late enough, that  things started happening after 11 p.m.

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After the heated exchange the two were quieted and council went on as usual.

Oakmont Garden Club

Judie Beynon of the Garden Club made a presentation to council about the status of the Garden Club Beautification Project. She said as part of their project the club has planted over 1,000 plants in the wells around town, which are mostly watered by nearby merchants.

Beynon also mentioned that the club wants to get 12 new trees put in, as well as some money from council to help with water maintenance for the flower baskets around the borough. According to Beynon, it takes a crew of six people to water the flowers every day, and it is a very time consuming and costly.

Milberger thanked Beynon for the work that the garden club is doing in the community and started a round of applause for the club.

Library Bond

Council decided what to do with the $51,780 that the borough received from refinancing a bond used in renovating the . Councilwoman Elena Colianni motioned to vote on Monday to give 50 percent of the money—amounting to $25,000—to the library. The rest of the funds will be doled out to other projects as the council sees fit.

Parks and Recreation Board Rights

Acting Borough Manager, Lisa Cooper Jensen asked the council to discuss the authority of the Parks and Rec department after someone appealed to the board to create a ‘boot camp’ style exercise class in .

While there is a process of  approval for non-profit programs to rent the use of the park, there is not a specific way that for profit services, such as exercise classes, can get permission from both the rec board and the council.

It was decided that after the proper paperwork was filled out the Parks and Rec board could decide whether or not to present the idea to council.

Additionally there will also be improvements made to the park’s bathrooms including installing sun sensitive sensors and redoing the stalls.

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