Bridgeville

Residents petitioned council Monday night to fix road deterioration and establish a no-parking zone on Hill Street.

Public Works Committee Chairman Nino Petrocelli Sr. said the road was scheduled for repaving this year as part of the summer road maintenance program.

As far as the no-parking zone, Mayor Don Dolde, the public safety committee and police Chief Edward Bogats Jr. will meet to discuss the problem.

Bogats recommended no-parking signs be posted on a section of Hill Street, which would make it easier for emergency vehicles to use the street.

His recommendation is contingent upon the public safety committee agreeing to the proposal.

Parks and Recreation Chairwoman Deborah Colosimo said work was continuing on Chartiers Park. Fencing and picnic tables have been repaired and restroom repairs are finished. She said the new bleachers would be delivered next week.

The park was damaged by Hurricane Ivan flooding and the fencing is being paid for with a grant from FEMA. Public works employees and volunteers are doing the work.

The borough received a $8,950 Community Development Block Grant to install 13 handicap curb ramps. John Varrati Cement Contractor will do the work.

Business Development Committee Chairwoman Mary Weise said her committee had met with business owners and, as a result, some stores in Bridgeville would be open 5 to 8 p.m. today. She said more stores and the used book store would be open next Thursday night.

"We want to see if we can improve business one night a week and encourage people to shop in Bridgeville and eat at Bridgeville's fine restaurants," Weise said.

Crafton

The borough engineer reported June 8 that it would cost approximately $2,500 to prepare calculation studies for the Department of Environmental Protection that justify the borough's sewer tap-in fees.

The new state regulatory requirement that must be met by the end of this month is designed to review current rates and to prevent boroughs or sewer authorities from charging excessive fees. But since Crafton's rate is $200, council questioned the cost effectiveness of preparing the calculations and postponed action on the issue until the June 22 meeting. One possible benefit, according to borough Manager Chuck Vukotich, is that a rate increase might be warranted.

The borough's Web site will be getting a new look because of an internship project performed by Carnegie Mellon University students in the Information Technology program. Council formally approved the no-cost project, scheduled to begin later this fall with a new Web site to be in place by early next year. In the meantime, borough officials are asking people to review the current site and offer suggestions or recommendations for its improvement.

"We want the new Web site to reflect the unique character of Crafton, be easy to use for the citizens and easy to update for our staff," Manager Vukotich said.

Council authorized the sale and the advertisement of bids for the borough's 1979 Elgin street sweeper. The old piece of equipment has an estimated value of $5,000, according to the borough manager, who noted that it would best be used for its parts.

Findlay

The township is buying a heavy-duty truck for $129,655.

Supervisors approved the purchase last week to replace an older truck used by the public works department. They will trade in the old truck.

The new tandem-axel truck, from Five Star International in Erie, will be used mainly for road paving in the summer and road salting in the winter, Manager Gary Klingman said.

North Fayette

The township has selected its top three choices for an engineering firm to design a traffic circle at the Five Points intersection in Imperial.

Officials received nine proposals from consulting companies and agreed Tuesday to recommend three of them to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The state agency will hire one of the firms to design a traffic circle for the complicated junction of Route 30, West Allegheny Road, Bateman Road and Old Steubenville Pike.

URS Corp., of Bridgeville, was the township's top choice. URS submitted a detailed proposal and has experience with similar traffic designs, township Manager Robert Grimm said.

PBS & J TriLine Associates, of Canonsburg, and Herbert Rowland & Grubic Inc. (HRG), of Cranberry, were the second and third choices, respectively.

A traffic circle, or roundabout, would help the flow of the intersection, cost less than other options and make access to adjacent businesses easy, township officials have said. In 1999, traffic lights were installed as a temporary solution to safety concerns about the five-winged intersection, which can confuse drivers.

Oakdale

The Oakdale Volunteer Fire Department has received a $3,754 grant from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Firefighters used the grant money to buy brush brooms, a portable pump and low-band portable radios.

The 50 percent matching funds were made available to help prevent, control and suppress fires in rural areas.

Patterson

Commissioners have approved the $70,000 purchase of the former Kabuta Market property at 1600 19th St.

The building will be converted into municipal offices, a police department and a community center.

Robinson

The township library that many people in Robinson hoped would open this year will be delayed by another round of legal proceedings.

Solicitor Sam Kamin reported that an appeal filed by the Robinson Township Library Association is likely to mean another year's delay in opening the library.

The citizens group, which brought a library referendum before voters in 2003 to fund a community library with a 0.1-mill tax, recently was denied a request to have control over the tax dollars by Common Pleas Judge David Wecht.

The township library association is appealing the decision in the hopes of wresting control of the funds from the township board of commissioners, which was set to turn over the $269,902 in the account to the Allegheny County Library Association.

The township and the county Library Association have agreed that the township provide a location for the library and all of the library tax revenue in exchange for the county Library Association's planning, establishing and operating the library.