Bethel Park council approves software purchase, signal contract, union extension and other items in unanimous votes
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At its April 14 meeting the Bethel Park Borough Council approved a consent agenda and a series of separate motions—including a software replacement, a traffic-signal contract, a Teamsters contract extension and tree-planting work—by 9-0 votes.
Bethel Park Borough Council on April 14 approved a consent agenda and multiple separate motions covering software replacement, traffic-signal upgrades, equipment purchases, a labor contract extension and other municipal contracts and appointments. All recorded votes on those items were 9-0 in favor.
The most significant line-item approvals included a $73,264 purchase of Municity 5 permitting software to replace the phasing-out GeoPlan system; a $198,985 award to Bruce Merrilees Electric Company for Library Road and Milford Drive signal upgrades under a previously awarded Green Light Go grant; a low-bid $11,097 tree-planting contract for Millennium Park to be reimbursed through a DCNR TreeVitalize grant; and a $2,888.46-per-month, 60-month printer-lease consolidation projected to save about $555.18 per month ($6,662.21 annually).
Council also approved an extension of the Teamsters Local No. 205 agreement for the period Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2028. The council approved the purchase of 14 Yankee Hill Machine turbo KRB suppressors for the police department totaling $6,816.60 to be reimbursed by the Bethel Park Community Foundation. The meeting opened with a motion to reappoint multiple residents to municipal boards and commissions; that reappointment motion also passed 9-0.
Many of these items were grouped on the meeting agenda's consent list; the council moved and seconded approval of consent items A–K and then heard separate motions for the software, signal project, tree-planting, printer lease consolidation and labor agreement. The planning and zoning board's request for preliminary and final approval of the Presidential Plaza Subdivision No. 2 (last revised 03/12/2025) was also granted, subject to the applicant satisfactorily addressing Gateway Engineering and municipal planner comment letters dated in March 2025.
Votes at a glance - Boards & commissions reappointments: motion moved by Mister Consomagno, second Mister Janicek. Outcome: approved 9-0. - Consent agenda (items A–K including bills and payrolls, resolution R 4 14 25 A, disposition of records, DCNR community conservation partnerships resolution, police policies/training manuals, camera server purchases, Millennium Park lighting payment, 2024 contracts for storm sewer CCTV cleaning and repairs): motion moved by Mister Consomagno, second Mister Janicek. Outcome: approved 9-0. - Municity 5 software replacement (permit and e-gov system): moved by Miss Flynn. Outcome: approved 9-0. Amount: $73,264; capital projects budget line 064165422025. - Library Road & Milford Drive signal upgrade contract: moved by Miss Flynn, second Mister Janicek. Outcome: approved 9-0. Awarded to Bruce Merrilees Electric Company for $198,985; capital line item 064336502023. (Part of a Green Light Go grant.) - Shade Tree Commission DCNR TreeVitalize planting at Millennium Park: moved by Miss Flynn, second Mister Jenkins. Outcome: approved 9-0. Low bid $11,097 (to be reimbursed by TreeVitalize grant); general fund Shade Tree Commission line 06416400. - Printer lease consolidation (60 months, Precision Copier): moved by Miss Kamenicki. Outcome: approved 9-0. Monthly payment $2,888.46; projected annual savings $6,662.21. - Teamsters Local No. 205 agreement extension (01/01/2026–12/31/2028): moved by Miss Kamenicki, second Mister Espinore. Outcome: approved 9-0. - Police suppressors purchase (14 Yankee Hill Machine turbo KRB suppressors, General Manufacturing Company): moved by Mister Sensi, second Mister Janicek. Outcome: approved 9-0. Amount: $6,816.60; capital projects police equipment line 064103662501; to be reimbursed by the Community Foundation. - Presidential Plaza, Subdivision No. 2 (Major Subdivision 2020557): moved by Mister Jenkins, second Mister Janicek. Outcome: preliminary and final plan approval granted 9-0, subject to addressing Gateway Engineering (03/06/2025) and municipal planner (03/04/2025) comment letters.
Council members present recorded unanimous yes votes on all motions. No formal negative votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded for these items during the meeting.
The approvals advance multiple capital improvements (software and traffic-signal upgrades), routine municipal contracts and one labor agreement; several projects will be reimbursed through grants or private reimbursement as noted.