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those scarce grant dollars to help fund
the renovations. The Borough has been
very successful in obtaining grants. We
received county, state, and federal dollars
to help fund Phase I, Phase II, Phase III
of the park renovations. The BPI assisted
with fund raising as wel l as obtaining
grants that the Borough was not eligible
for. A true team effort with the success
being what you now see in the park
and stadium [see page 50]. During
this process the Borough continued
with its plans to attack the other failing
infrastructure. Given the amount of
work that it was going to take, Council
approved the hiring of an Assistant Public
Works Director with a Civil Engineering
background that could work under my
Engineering License in preparing various
plans as well as construction oversight.
This has and continues to the save the
Borough thousands of dollars every year
in consulting fees. Below are only some of
the plan and policies prepared in-house
by Borough Staff:
• 5 Year Street Rehabilitation and
Maintenance Plan
• 5 Year Sidewalk Cost Sharing Program
• 5 Year Stormwater Management
Operations and Maintenance Plan
• Sanitary Sewer Operations and
Maintenance Plan* Prepared by
Gateway Engineers
• Street Sign Replacement Program
• Financial and Administrative Policies
• Debt Policy
• Personnel Manual
• Elected Officials Policy
• Parks Maintenance Plan
These plans do not sit on a shelf
collecting dust. Council ear marks
the necessary funds associated with
implementing the plans. These plans
are reviewed and updated every year. In
addition to the above plans, Brentwood
Council embraced strategic planning to
help set the future course of the Borough.
Utilizing citizen surveys, public meetings,
and an all-day council work session the
first ever Brentwood Strategic Plan was
prepared with issues identified and goals
set with measurable outcomes. (The plan
is set to be revised in 2019). Brentwood
Council is in the process of finalizing an
aggressive 10 year capital improvement
plan. The results of these plans were
immediately recognized by the millions
of dollars in grant funding the Borough
received in addition to the Borough

George Zboyovsky, P.E.
Borough Manager
BRENTWOOD-BALDWIN-WHITEHALL
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