timely manner. In terms of the findings, there were two invoices chart, where sales
taxes were paid on invoices. They know that the city was tax exempt from
Pennsylvania State Sales Tax. In one instance, the department said they would seek
a refund and in the other one, the department noted that while the tax was there,
they were given a discount equal to the tax on the bill. He stated that is pretty much
a wash. He stated that they don't pay credit card fees. The city doesn't pay
convenience fees. Occasionally, it does happen. The departments are advised of it
and are advised to seek reimbursement where possible. There were 18 invoices
where an incorrect expense account was used. The departments were advised and
budget adjustments were made. They had two or three invoices that in their opinion
was paid late. Either the departments were advised and promised not to do it again.
Mr. Santo Napoli thanked Mr. Glazier.
Mayor's Report (3 minutes)
Ms. Vicky Kistler stated that some of it is a little bit of a repeat, but for the ones that
weren't with us she would like to announce some of the events that are coming up.
She stated first they would like to congratulate the police department on National
Public Health Week. It was a beautiful ceremony today honoring those for the
meritorious service, bravery, and heroism. She stated that they are grateful for APD
to have them and be fortunate enough to work closely with them. On this next
coming week is probably one of in her mind most exciting weeks coming up. They
start with a virtual site visit for the Re Compete Grant on Monday of this week, they
launch the Parknership on the 22nd in the Arts Park at noon. They have Irving Pool
opening on Friday from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM. They encouraged all the citizens to
come out. Tonight's DCED meeting talked about the results of our Community
Health Needs Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan. She stated that
they encourage the citizens and members of Council to look at the interactive site
that is posted on the website and explore some of the data and some of the findings
that came as a result of (inaudible). She stated that they are pleased to announce
that they are on schedule for the community reinvestment funds and all of the forms
are done and they are working on the Press Release. Hopefully, that money will be
launched shortly. She stated to stay tuned for more information. They will be having
a question and answer session for the nonprofits. She stated that she wanted to
take a brief moment to share with Council some of the success they had with
Building Standards as a result of the reorganization and the certification plan in our
Building Standards department. They started before Council approved that reorg
last year with two fully certified building code officials who are considered combo
inspectors. They now have six additional staff who have completed over 20
additional certifications. They have one gentleman that went from an entry level
position to now being fully certified in all residential inspections. The manager even
gotten two additional certificates and the Workflow Coordinator one. It is unheard of
that they passed these exams and taken these tests the way they have, but as a
result our building inspections have gone from a two to three week to a one to two
day schedule. It is one to two days to get your building inspection. Recently, they
had an emergency with a storm and they wanted to be able to do 20 emergency
