Bethel Park Council Meeting – August 11, 2026 (Transcript Dated August 10)
Bethel Park Council Meeting – August 11, 2026
The Bethel Park Council met on August 11, 2026, though the raw transcript references August 10, 2026, possibly due to the meeting's start at 4:00 UTC. The meeting began with the Mayor's report, which included community announcements and the recognition of a local Special Olympics athlete. No public comments were registered. The Council then approved a consent agenda, bills totaling $2.53 million, several funding resolutions, a workers compensation proposal, a stop-sign ordinance, and three contracts for the Community Center partition wall replacement project—all by unanimous 8-0 votes.
Mayor's Report & Recognitions
- Mayor Allen announced upcoming community events: the last splash park movie of the season on Thursday, August 13 (since splash parks close August 15); yard waste drop-off on August 15 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Public Works; Community Day on September 12 (parade at 9 a.m. at the high school parking lot); the 90 Plus Club for residents over 90 (annual luncheon, birthday/Christmas cards); and a concert at Millennium Park on August 20 from 6-8 p.m.
- Mayor Allen recognized Molly Matthias, a recent Bethel Park graduate and Special Olympics powerlifter. Molly competed at the 2026 Special Olympics U.S. Games in Minnesota (June 19–27) and won three medals: silver in bench press (106 lbs), bronze in deadlift (208 lbs), and an overall bronze (total 438 lbs). She was the first female powerlifter to represent Pennsylvania at the USA Games. The Mayor presented a certificate of recognition. Molly's father, Mike, thanked John and Heather Dennis of Teleo Performance Gym for coaching and supporting her.
Consent Calendar
- Items A through E under the consent agenda were approved unanimously (8-0) without discussion.
Bills and Payrolls
- Bill list 2026-0810 in the amount of $2,531,111.91 was approved 8-0.
General Policy and Finance Items
- Resolution R-8-10-26A: Authorized updating the municipality's application for funds with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for a band shell at Millennium Park. Approved 8-0.
- Resolution R-8-10-26B: Authorized filing an application for funds with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for improvements to the police firing range. Approved 8-0.
- Resolution R-8-10-26C: Authorized filing an application for funds with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for a Business Facade Improvement Program. Approved 8-0.
- Workers compensation proposal from the Delaware Valley Insurance Trust, effective October 1, 2026, was accepted 8-0.
Health, Safety, and Welfare
- Ordinance 8-10-26A was approved 8-0, authorizing the installation of always-stop control at the intersection of King School Road and Jasmine Drive. Councilmember Jenkins explained that stop signs will be placed on King School Road at the entrance to the new elementary center (opposite Jasmine Drive), as recommended by a traffic study. The new school is expected to open September 3.
Public Works and Maintenance Items
- Three contracts were awarded to CompuSite Technologies Inc. for the Bethel Park Community Center Partition Walls Replacement Project, all part of the capital budget:
- Base bid: $125,650 (approved 8-0).
- Additional bid #1 for removal and disposal of existing partitions: $24,660 (approved 8-0).
- Additional bid #2 for restoration of bulkhead and wall repairs: $23,050 (approved 8-0).
Key Outcomes
- All motions were approved by unanimous 8-0 votes.
- No new business or public comments were received; the meeting adjourned without further discussion.
Meeting Transcript
Next up is the mayor's report and Mayor Allen. Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank Mr. Burns because I didn't have to look at my list and cross things off because he said it. So I appreciate that. I got your back. I have a few items for tonight. Uh first one is our splash park. We have our splash parks in the movie, which is this Thursday at 8 30. So I'm sure that'll probably be the last one of the years since it's up to uh August 15th. Uh yard waste drop-off, we're having that again on August 15th from 8 to 2 p.m. over at public works. And I'm bringing it up now because our community day is uh September 12th. Um so that'll be before our next council meeting. Parade starts at 9 and uh it's in the high school parking lot. If anyone hasn't been there before, please come. If you have been there, I'm sure you'll be back. Uh one last plug for our 90 plus club. Uh if you have any residents, neighbor, family member that's over 90 years old, we have a club. We have uh one luncheon every year for everyone that's over 90. Last year we had almost a hundred people there. Uh we also send them birthday cards, Christmas cards. So if you know anybody, uh we're looking to increase that. Uh also concert in the park, the Millennium Park on August 20th, and that's from 6 to 8 p.m. And my big thing tonight is I met a young lady, well, it's probably maybe six, eight months ago. And uh she's a Bethel Park, or she was, um she's graduated now. She's uh Bethel Park student, and uh we saw her article, she's a weightlifter. So I said, well, you know, we need to contact her. So we did, and we put uh a show together that showed that I do Jack of all trades. Molly came in and we talked about everything that she's done, where she was planning to go, and just her future. So she's here tonight with us. She'll tell you that she went to the Special Olympics uh USA up in Minnesota, and she came back with a lot of medals. So at this time I want to bring Molly up and her dad Mike. So our own Bethel Park Olympian. Congratulations, first of all. Mike. Uh I'll read this uh the recognition and then uh we'll ask her a few questions like what's she doing now? And I know she she deadlifts is that what it's called deadlift at over a 200 pounds. So I'm gonna move over a little bit. But this certificate of recognition presented to Molly Matthias while representing Bethel Park, winning in power lifting medals at the 2026 Special Olympics U.S. Games in Minnesota, awarded this 10th day of August 2026, uh with my signature on. So there's your certificate in Molly. Oh I know you have a couple things written down there, so tell us what's going on. I hello, I am OE. I had a glade time at the USA Games. Let me ask you Maul, what what did you uh how much did you bench press? No, that was the that was 2045. 200 pounds. Bench press 106 pounds.
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