Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Also, shade trees and other notes from Tuesday night's borough council meeting.
South Baldwin Roadwork With a 6-1 vote on Tuesday night, the Baldwin Borough Council has advertised that it is seeking bids for 2013 repairs to several roads in south Baldwin—and south Baldwin only, borough Manager John Barrett said. The council's decision to stick to just one part of Baldwin for road repairs this year stems from a cost-savings that would be realized from not having to move resurfacing equipment over great distances around the borough. Borough engineer Larry Souleret estimates that borough taxpayers would save between $4,000 and $20,000 on mobilization costs by focusing on roads that are geographically close to each other, Barrett said. The actual savings will depend on the eventual contractor who completes the work. The …
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
The position gets an extra $2,400 per year.
Baldwin Borough's real estate tax collector for the next four years—whomever that may be—is getting a raise. The Baldwin Council voted, 4-2, to approve the salary increase at a special meeting on Friday night. Gail Dobson Mikush, the borough's current real estate tax collector, requested the raise, which she called a "cost of living increase" in a letter addressed to the council. Mikush requested to move her position's salary from $10,000 per year to $12,400. Read more about her letter here. Motioning first to approve a different salary arrangement for the collector position was Councilman Bob Collet, who wanted a staggered increase that would start at 18 percent in 2014 ($11,800) and move up 2 percent every year through 2017 ($12,000 to $…
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
And other notes from Tuesday night's borough council meeting.
McAnulty Park Ever been to McAnulty Park? Ever even heard of it? You're probably not alone. But Brian Urban sure has, and he sees room for improvement. Urban, a lifelong Baldwin Borough resident, is seeking no reimbursement for his time and effort but asked the Baldwin Council during its meeting on Tuesday night to allow him to seek funds for borough officials to use in revitalizing the park. The park is made up of a hilly green space, a walking trail, a gazebo and basketball/tennis courts and is found between Meadowcrest Road and Carmen Drive in south Baldwin (behind McAnnulty Elementary School). Borough Manager John Barrett called the park on Tuesday, "admittedly, very underutilized." "Trash, graffiti, drug use, underage alcohol abuse, …
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300-400 Carmen Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
One end of McAnulty Park
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One end of McAnulty Park
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
'I can't see jumping around the borough just to make people think that things are even.' – Councilman Bob Collet
Baldwin Borough's council members voted, 6-1, on Tuesday night in favor of using the borough's road funds to repair only roads in south Baldwin this year. Councilman Bob Collet made that motion, saying that the borough should save money by keeping its resurfacing equipment in one general area as opposed to taking it across Route 51 and up Streets Run Road to north Baldwin. "I can't see jumping around the borough just to make people think that things are even," Collet, a central Baldwin resident, said after hearing from borough engineers that the cost of transporting equipment will eat away at the money designed to actually fix the borough's roads. "Get the best for your dollar," Collet said before suggesting that, next year, the council …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The shooting occurred at around 4 a.m. on Sunday at a home on Elmwood Drive.
A Baldwin Borough police sergeant remains in stable condition at a Pittsburgh-area hospital, where he is being treated for gunshot wounds in his hip/lower back area, according to Allegheny County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt. Baldwin Council Vice President Michael Stelmasczyk confirmed that the injured officer is Sgt. Ralph Miller. Miller was injured by two rifle blasts from another Baldwin police officer while they and a third Baldwin officer were responding to a domestic disturbance at 5147 Elmwood Dr. in Baldwin (near the Wallace Building) at around 4 Sunday morning. The other two officers are not being identified and have been placed on administrative leave, Baldwin Police Chief Michael Scott said. "We want to make sure that …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
And other notes from Tuesday night's Baldwin Council meetings.
Major Crime Down Baldwin Borough police Chief Michael Scott said at Tuesday night's regular Baldwin Council meeting that major crime in Baldwin has gone down in recent years. The amount of Uniform Crime Reporting Part 1 crimes in the borough, which include criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, criminal mischief over $500, motor vehicle theft and arson, was down 4 percent in the borough from 2011 to 2012, Chief Scott said, despite multiple burglaries toward the end of 2012. And from 2010 to 2011, that amount was down 18.6 percent, he said. New Parking Restriction in Cross Street-Gardenville Road Area The Baldwin Council unanimously approved an ordinance on Tuesday that prohibits parking on …
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A developer of north Baldwin homes wants an exception to be made.
Should some future properties in north Baldwin Borough be treated differently than developments in the rest of the borough are? That is the question facing the Baldwin Council, and according to borough solicitor Stanley B. Lederman, the council has 45 days to answer it. Representatives from Ryan Homes, a developer of residences in north Baldwin's Breckenridge Highlands complex, appeared in front of the council at a special meeting on Tuesday night to ask council members to make an exception to the amount of space required in the borough between a structure and the street that it sits along (known as "setback"). The impetus for the request is that Ryan Homes wishes to build "morning rooms" onto five future Breckenridge homes. The morning …
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Friends will be received at Brentwood's Slater Funeral Home on Thursday and Friday.
Timothy John Pifer of South Park Township, the president of the charity-minded Baldwin Kiwanis Club, died on Monday. Prior to a moment of silence at Tuesday night's Baldwin Borough Council meeting, council Vice President Michael Stelmasczyk said that Pifer died during an operation related to a heart problem. Through his longtime membership in the Kiwanis Club, Pifer, 64, worked closely with the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. Friends will be received at the John F. Slater Funeral Home in Brentwood Borough on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral prayer will also be held at Slater Funeral Home on Saturday at 10:15 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Germaine Church in …
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St. Germaine Church
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John F. Slater Funeral Home
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Scott's replacement was an ineligible appointment. Also, more borough appointments and other notes to report.
Ann Scott Returns Former longtime Baldwin Borough municipal employee Ann Scott's replacement on the borough's all-volunteer Civil Service Commission in April should never have been appointed. The Baldwin Council officially recognized that mistake in October when it accepted the resignation of her replacement—James Behers. As a state constable, Behers was ineligible for a spot on the Civil Service Commission, something that no council member was aware of when he was appointed. At a meeting on Tuesday night, the council brought Scott back to the commission with a narrow, 4-3 vote, and she will serve there again until at least the end of April 2018. Behers' appointment in April was also met with a 4-3 controversy. Voting for Behers over Scott…
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
And other notes from Tuesday night's borough council meeting.
New Animal Control Services? The Baldwin Borough Council received just one bidder each of the last two times that it requested proposals for animal control services, and both times, they were from the same company. Now, that company—Triangle Pet Control Services—has been shut down by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for allegedly defrauding the state by getting paid for services that it didn't perform, leaving Baldwin Borough without a company to collect stray animals. But borough Manager John Barrett said at borough council meeting on Tuesday night that he is researching possible successors to Triangle Pet Control to cover Baldwin in 2013. The borough has budgeted around $5,000 so far for 2013 animal control, Barrett said, but …
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Robert Edward Healy, III
2:16 am on Thursday, April 18, 2013
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