{"id":36930,"date":"2017-10-11T09:32:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36930"},"modified":"2017-10-11T09:32:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:32:54","slug":"kennett-borough-council-talks-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36930","title":{"rendered":"Kennett Borough Council talks trash"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eliza Mohler<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Borough Council member LaToya Myers discusses her proposal for a personnel committee with Council President Danilo Maffei as Mayor Matt Fetick listens.<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT \u2013 At last Monday\u2019s meeting of the Kennett Square Borough Council, Borough Manager Joe Scalise gave an update on the proposed tiered-trash removal system. The new plan will allow residents to choose between a 96-gallon, 65-gallon or 35-gallon toter. It will also create a discount program for senior citizens, including a senior financial hardship clause.<\/p>\n

Trash removal rates will be calculated based on the size of the toters residents choose, and all new rates will represent a decrease in current fees. Rates will also be based on the number of toters that are used.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea was to try to keep our rates the same for at least the next three years,\u201d Scalise said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is a direct response to what our constituents wanted,\u201d said council member Ethan Cramer.<\/p>\n

The program will cost the borough $15,000, including the purchase of 200 65-gallon toters and 150 35-gallon toters to accommodate the changes.<\/p>\n

Vice President Geoff Bosley praised Scalise\u2019s work on the project: \u201cIt will decrease our maintenance costs going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Danilo Maffei said he appreciates that people can keep the same size toter if they want to. The council approved Scalise\u2019s request to proceed with purchasing the new toters and implementing the plan.<\/p>\n

In other news, council member LaToya Myers introduced a resolution to form a council personnel committee, which would serve to address human resources topics that may arise among borough staff that are not currently covered by other HR policies. She said it would also reduce the amount of time spent on HR issues during executive sessions held by council.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be able to evaluate individuals and make sure that we\u2019re supporting them,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Cramer spoke in favor of Myers\u2019 resolution. \u201cI believe very strongly that this needs to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got things that are happening now, and this needs to be done now,\u201d Cramer added, referring to the fact that Scalise does not currently have a contract with the borough.<\/p>\n

Council member Wayne Braffman also supported Myers\u2019 proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no standard evaluation for our two hires, borough manager and chief of police,\u201d he said. \u201cThat work has never been done before. We need to do it right, and we need to do it publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n

But not all of the council members agreed with the need for a personnel committee. Maffei said, \u201cI believe the answer to this challenge lies outside of this group. I like the concept, but I don\u2019t like the execution. I think it\u2019s too centered on council.\u201d In response to Braffman\u2019s comments, Bosley noted that evaluations have been done in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn years past, I always did Ed\u2019s review,\u201d Mayor Matt Fetick said, referring to the late retired Chief of Police Ed Zunino. \u201cI can\u2019t answer to the rest of the borough, but I agree that it seems like a good idea to have the committee in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The roll call vote on the resolution was tied (Braffman, Cramer, and Myers voted for; Maffei, Bosley, and Doug Doerfler voted against). Council member Jamie Mallon was absent from the meeting, and Fetick deferred the tiebreaker vote, returning it to council for discussion when the full council is present at the next scheduled meeting on Monday, October 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Eliza Mohler, Staff Writer, The Times KENNETT \u2013 At last Monday\u2019s meeting of the Kennett Square Borough Council, Borough Manager Joe Scalise gave an update on the proposed tiered-trash removal system. The new plan will allow residents to choose between a 96-gallon, 65-gallon or 35-gallon toter. It will also create a discount program for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3466,7426,90,10487,10486],"class_list":["post-36930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-borough-council","tag-featured","tag-kennett-square","tag-pernsonnel","tag-trash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36931,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36930\/revisions\/36931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}