The citizens’ input slot on the Slippery Rock Council agenda was particularly quiet Tuesday as the usually outspoken Slippery Rock area citizens Chuck Brochetti and Frank Monteleone sat back and observed.

At the Slippery Rock Borough Council meeting, Mike McDonald, owner of an office building on Kelly Boulevard, presented a storm water problem on that property.

Since the repaving of eastern section of Kelly Boulevard, storm water cannot leave the office building’s parking lot. The borough engineer determined that a catch basin would correct the situation, but the borough didn’t have the funds at the time to correct the problem.

McDonald came with a proposition for council to fix the problem at minimal expense. McDonald is expanding his building, and during the construction the borough will have equipment on the site to install the underground utility access to Kelly Boulevard. McDonald said he would pay to repair his parking lot and asked the borough to install the catch basin while they are at the site. Council is considering his proposal.

Carol Ann Gregg 3/20/08 photos in FeaturesDuring the workshop segment of the meeting, Bob Bowser, chairman of the street committee, reported on a meeting he had with Dick Knapko from PennDOT and Jim Grossman, borough public works employee, concerning the condition of Kelly Boulevard from Oak Street to Main Street. At two particularly bad spots on the street, lane-wide sections are broken through with clay squeezing up through the gap. Traffic cannot travel either direction without having to go in the opposite lane to avoid the barracaded holes.

The only way to correct all the problems is to completely resurface that section of road, including a new base, drainage work that includes additional catch basins and a thicker final surface, Bowser said.

Royce Lorentz, vice chairman, said Keister Road was to be repaved during the 2008 construction season. Bowser said an estimate of materials for the Kelly project was $400,000.

In other business council:

ä Approved the closing of Main Street from Route 108 to Cooper Street for Kaleidoscope, a Slippery Rock University arts festival, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 19, pending PennDOT approval.

ä Approved Lucinda Lipko to attend a workshop March 26 entitled “Open Records Act.”

ä Authorized the police department to apply for a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Grant of $11,500 to be used for alcohol enforcement. The grant requires 25 percent matching funds. If the department is awarded the grant, the matching funds will come from the budget for overtime used for alcohol enforcement.