Gettysburg Borough Council Meeting – 03/10/2025

Borough of Gettysburg
Council Business Meeting Agenda
Monday, March 10, 2025 – 7:00 PM

I. Council – Call to Order President Moon
II. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance President Moon
III. Welcome and Opening Remarks President Moon
IV. Announcements President Moon
An executive session will be conducted by the Borough Council immediately following
the adjournment of this evening’s monthly general business meeting consistent with
section 708(a)(1) and section 708(a)(5) of the Sunshine Act for the following purposes:
(1) to provide information and to discuss matters involving the employment and the
terms and conditions of employment of current Borough employees; and (2) to review
and discuss matters of Borough business which, if conducted in public, could lead to
the disclosure of information or matters of confidentiality protected by law.
V. Approval of Agenda and Minutes – Council
A motion to approve the March 10, 2025 agenda as presented.
A motion to approve minutes of the Council Meeting of February 10, 2025, the
Council Joint Meeting with the Gettysburg Stormwater Authority, Council Special
Business Meeting, and the Council Work Session held on February 24, 2025 as
presented.
VI. Special Presentation
Police Department Co-Responder Mackenzie Johnson
VII. Public Comment (Restricted to Items on the Agenda)
VIII. Special Presentation
IX. Current and Old Business
A. Planning Department
1. Planning /Zoning/Code Enforcement John Whitmore
a. Departmental Report
2. Historic & Environmental Preservation Debra English
a. Departmental Report
b. Motions Needing Council Action
A motion to accept the recommendation of the Borough of Gettysburg Historic
Architectural Review Board (HARB) following its review on February 19, 2025 and
accept the Certificates of Appropriateness for the following applications as presented:
COA-250002 MAJOR PROJECT: 28 Breckenridge Street – Jase Opperman for the
front door replacement project to include a solid mahogany front door in brown stain
with a six-glass panel on the top and solid wood panel on the bottom and a black trim full storm door; COA-240075, MAJOR PROJECT: 29 W. Middle Street – Erika James
LLC for the window replacement project to include the replacement of the six
deteriorated historic windows with EN600Series ProVia double pane windows without
grids in any color in the non-white spectrum pending that the color choice be submitted
to HARB; COA-250004 MAJOR PROJECT: 785 Baltimore Street – Rebecca Brown for
the rear stairway replacement to the main house and the repair to the rear garage to
include the replacement of the rear stairways and landings to the main house with
pressure treated wood and repainted, and the repair of the main rear garage to include
both internal work and adding new exterior barn doors, rebuilt windows, and repainted
exterior façade; COA-2400281 MAJOR PROJECT: 150 Carlisle Street, City Mart
(revised proposal) for the exterior renovations and second floor rear addition to include
the removal of a rear shed, infilling the SW corner footprint, selective demolition of a
basement stair enclosure, and the restoration an painting of the metal façade panels.
B. Parking Department
1. Departmental Report Becka Fissel
C. Public Works Department
1. Departmental Report Robert Harbaugh
D. Borough Engineer
1. Engineer Report Chad Clabaugh
2. Motions Needing Council Action
A motion to approve Application for Payment #6 to York Excavating Company, in
the amount of $267,573.78, for the North Washington Street Water and Storm
Project, as recommended by the Borough Engineer.
A motion to authorize Borough staff (including the Borough engineers, C.S.
Davidson, Inc., and the Borough solicitor) to commence research on four priority
areas, as indicated and identified on the Stevens Run Channel Wall inventory
spreadsheet to procure information, review and evaluate property ownership and the
easements and rights of way necessary for the performance of repair, maintenance
and rehabilitation work on the indicated channel walls.
E. Police Department
1. Departmental Report Chief Robert Glenny

F. Office of the Manager/Treasurer
1. Borough Secretary’s Report Sara L. Stull
2. Borough Manager’s Report Charles R. Gable
3. Motions Needing Council Action
A motion to approve all bills and payrolls for the month as presented.
A motion to authorize a COLA increase for retired police pensioner Cytha Grissom,
to be paid from the Police Pension Plan effective February 1, 2025.
A motion to authorize entry into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association, Inc. (GARMA) for a five (5) year
term beginning in 2025 through the end of the holiday season of 2029 relative to the
respective responsibilities of the Borough and GARMA regarding the decoration of
the Borough for the holiday season, the free parking program for the holiday season
and the operating procedures for GARMA’s semi-annual Outdoor Antique Show. J.
Matthew Moon, President of Borough Council and Sara L. Stull, Borough Secretary,
are hereby authorized to sign, execute and attest the MOU on behalf of the Borough.
A motion authorizing the Borough of Gettysburg to enter into a Cooperation
Agreement with the County of Adams for the fiscal year 2023 Community
Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program Administration. Rita C. Frealing,
Gettysburg Borough Mayor, J. Matthew Moon, President of Borough Council,
Charles R. Gable, Borough Manager and Sara L. Stull, Borough Secretary, are
hereby authorized to execute the Cooperation Agreement on behalf of the Borough
of Gettysburg.
A motion to adopt a resolution #031025-1 appointing Baird Tipson as an alternate
member of the Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Gettysburg to complete the
remainder of the three (3) year term of office of Jennifer Yablonsksy which term
expires in January 2027.
A motion to adopt resolution #031025-2 appointing Barry Bernas as a member of the
Gettysburg Borough Code Enforcement Appeals Board for a five (5) year term of
office expiring in March 2030.
X. Reports
A. Liaison Reports
1. MSG Jill Sellers
Main Street Gettysburg
2. GARA Chad-Alan Carr
Gettysburg Area Recreation Authority
3. GMA Christopher Berger
Gettysburg Municipal Authority
4. SAHGB Judith Butterfield
Steinwehr Avenue Heart of Gettysburg Battlefield
5. ACBA Mayor Frealing
Adams County Boroughs Association
6. ACCOG Judith Butterfield
Adams County Council of Governments
7. HABPI Patricia Lawson
Health Adams Bicycle Pedestrian, Inc.
8. ACTPO Judith Butterfield
Adams County Transportation Planning Organization
9. Trail Feasibility Study Christopher Berger
B. Other Reports
1. Recycling Report Judith Butterfield
2. Gettysburg Fire Department Report
3. Adams County EMS Report
XI. Elected Official’s Comments
A. Mayor Rita Frealing
B. Peter Bales
C. Alisha Sanders
D. Chris Berger
E. Patricia Lawson
F. Chad-Alan Carr
G. Vice President Judith Butterfield
H. President Matthew Moon
XII. Public Comment
XIII. Adjournment
XIV. Executive Session