Police, Restaurant Issues at Meeting
By ANNE HOLLIDAY
WESB/WBRR News Director
A new restaurant may be coming to Bradford, and a restaurant that's already in town will be getting a liquor license.
OECD Executive Director Sara Andrews said during Tuesday's city council meeting that at least two parties are interested in opening a restaurant at 109 Main Street, which was most recently La Herradura.
The OECD is currently renovating the building and that project was more involved than they thought it would be.
"We found that an entire floor of the building was rotted and we had to replace the entire floor," Andrews said.
She said she hopes her crew is finished with the renovations by the end of the week. After that, she said, "we can start more aggressively working at (getting) some type of restaurant" back in the building.
Also Tuesday, council approved the transfer of a liquor license from Mount Jewett to Pizza Napoli on West Washington Street in Bradford.
Main Street resident David Newman said he has concerns about a new liquor license in the city, especially in the Elm Street/Project Pride neighborhood.
"We have enough liquor licenses in the city already," he said, adding that he was not speaking against Pizza Napoli itself.
"I don't see, with liquor licenses in abundance in this city, why we need to import one from Mount Jewett," he said.
Also Tuesday, council granted the building inspector permission to issue a demolition permit to Joe Frombach to demolish the building at 17 Pine Street.
In other matters, council made steps toward moving dispatch duties for the City of Bradford Police Department to the McKean County 911 Center in Smethport.
Council approved a payment of $8,949 to DFT Security Services upon completion of work for a security system at the police station. Also, Foster Brook Glass & Mirror will replace four units of insulated glass at the police station.
The money for both projects has been funded through donations to the city.
These are measures being taken to "turn over dispatch to the 911 Center in the near future," said Mayor Tom Riel.
Council also approved a $6,025 payment to Peter J. Brannon for an LX 5000 Polygraph and attachments to be used by the police department. Council also approved an $892 quote from Dell for equipment to be used with the Polygraph. The money for both comes from a Byrne Memorial Justice Grant.
Also Tuesday, council appointed former councilman Bob Onuffer to the Bradford Redevelopment Authority. He will fill the unexpired term of Katherine Graff, who resigned. The term expires October 30.
Councilman Ross Neidich read a letter from Interstate Parkway residents Joe and Debbie Piganelli, who said they were "deeply impressed" by the city fire department's ambulance service when, on Christmas night, Mrs. Piganelli suddenly became ill.
The Piganellis added that Paramedic Mike Cleveland and EMT Greg Lewis "obviously take great pride in their job. Their understanding of their work reflects greatly upon the fire department. (They) are great assets to the City of Bradford and the surrounding communities."
And, Riel recognized all city employees who had perfect attendance in 2009. They are Teri Cannon, Boo Coder, Larry Visbisky, Cathy Mealy, Chris Angell, Greg Lewis, Sara Andrews, Jeff Andrews, Andrew Gross, Joe Kuhanek, Jim Lee, Chip Comilla, Tom Shay, Gary Alock Sr., Pat Shannon, Sue Yeager, George Corignani, Tracy Godding, Matt O'Connell, Scott Powers, Don Hayden and Mike Douglas.
WESB/WBRR News Director
A new restaurant may be coming to Bradford, and a restaurant that's already in town will be getting a liquor license.
OECD Executive Director Sara Andrews said during Tuesday's city council meeting that at least two parties are interested in opening a restaurant at 109 Main Street, which was most recently La Herradura.
The OECD is currently renovating the building and that project was more involved than they thought it would be.
"We found that an entire floor of the building was rotted and we had to replace the entire floor," Andrews said.
She said she hopes her crew is finished with the renovations by the end of the week. After that, she said, "we can start more aggressively working at (getting) some type of restaurant" back in the building.
Also Tuesday, council approved the transfer of a liquor license from Mount Jewett to Pizza Napoli on West Washington Street in Bradford.
Main Street resident David Newman said he has concerns about a new liquor license in the city, especially in the Elm Street/Project Pride neighborhood.
"We have enough liquor licenses in the city already," he said, adding that he was not speaking against Pizza Napoli itself.
"I don't see, with liquor licenses in abundance in this city, why we need to import one from Mount Jewett," he said.
Also Tuesday, council granted the building inspector permission to issue a demolition permit to Joe Frombach to demolish the building at 17 Pine Street.
In other matters, council made steps toward moving dispatch duties for the City of Bradford Police Department to the McKean County 911 Center in Smethport.
Council approved a payment of $8,949 to DFT Security Services upon completion of work for a security system at the police station. Also, Foster Brook Glass & Mirror will replace four units of insulated glass at the police station.
The money for both projects has been funded through donations to the city.
These are measures being taken to "turn over dispatch to the 911 Center in the near future," said Mayor Tom Riel.
Council also approved a $6,025 payment to Peter J. Brannon for an LX 5000 Polygraph and attachments to be used by the police department. Council also approved an $892 quote from Dell for equipment to be used with the Polygraph. The money for both comes from a Byrne Memorial Justice Grant.
Also Tuesday, council appointed former councilman Bob Onuffer to the Bradford Redevelopment Authority. He will fill the unexpired term of Katherine Graff, who resigned. The term expires October 30.
Councilman Ross Neidich read a letter from Interstate Parkway residents Joe and Debbie Piganelli, who said they were "deeply impressed" by the city fire department's ambulance service when, on Christmas night, Mrs. Piganelli suddenly became ill.
The Piganellis added that Paramedic Mike Cleveland and EMT Greg Lewis "obviously take great pride in their job. Their understanding of their work reflects greatly upon the fire department. (They) are great assets to the City of Bradford and the surrounding communities."
And, Riel recognized all city employees who had perfect attendance in 2009. They are Teri Cannon, Boo Coder, Larry Visbisky, Cathy Mealy, Chris Angell, Greg Lewis, Sara Andrews, Jeff Andrews, Andrew Gross, Joe Kuhanek, Jim Lee, Chip Comilla, Tom Shay, Gary Alock Sr., Pat Shannon, Sue Yeager, George Corignani, Tracy Godding, Matt O'Connell, Scott Powers, Don Hayden and Mike Douglas.
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