Executive Committee
Council President – Amie M. Downs
Council Vice President – Christopher Kipp
Council President Pro-Tempore – Daniele Ventresca
The Executive Committee shall consist of the president, vice president and president pro-tempore shall make recommendations designed to improve and expedite the business and procedures of council and its committees and to propose any amendments to this ordinance deemed necessary. The Executive Committee shall also be charged with making recommendations and approving actions regarding personnel matters.
Business District Relations & Development Committee– Chair: Councilperson Shawn Melvin- email: smelvin@boro.dormont.pa.us
Vice Chair: Daniele Ventresca
The Business District Relations & Development Committee shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining a cooperative relationship with building and business owners from the West Liberty and Potomac business corridors. This committee will research policies and code related to business district management and shall report to council with its recommendations. The Business District Relations & Development Committee shall also liaise with business associations and other.
Recreation and Community Affairs Committee- Chair: Councilperson Daniele Ventresca – email: dventresca@boro.dormont.pa.us
Vice Chair: Christopher Kipp
The Recreation and Community Affairs Committee shall consider all business pertaining to the parks, pool, summer program and general recreation. Such committee shall see that all buildings, apparatus and equipment used in connection with the parks and pools are kept in good repair. It shall investigate all matters with respect to parks and pool maintenance, personnel, equipment and supplies and make report to the Council with its recommendations. The committee shall consider all business and matters pertaining to the health, general welfare and public relations of the borough. Said committee shall be further charged with the responsibility of directing or disseminating any and all information.
Finance & Legal Committee – Chair: Councilperson Chris Rieger – email: crieger@boro.dormont.pa.us
Vice Chair: Shawn Melvin
The Finance & Legal Committee shall have the responsibility of reviewing and making recommendations regarding taxation, appropriations, and the pursuit of other revenues used for borough operations, including those pertaining to the borough’s capital budget and operating budget. The committee shall examine all bills before the same are presented for payment, recommend negotiations and renewal of loans and make or have a report of the budget monthly. All matters with respect to taxes, municipal claims, annual budget, audit, insurance, office personnel and all manner of suits, claims or reckonings by or against the borough shall be referred to it to investigate and report to the council with its recommendations.
Planning, Sustainability & Inclusion Committee – Chair: Councilperson Kate Fabus – email: kabel@boro.dormont.pa.us
Vice Chair: Josh Munson
The Planning and Sustainability Committee shall consider and investigate all business or matters pertaining to the zoning laws of the borough, except as otherwise provided by law, and report to council with its recommendations. All matters with respect to long-term planning, such as locations for new public buildings, civic centers, street parkways, parks, playgrounds or any other public ground or public improvement or any widening, extension or relocation of the same, or any change in the borough plan, shall be referred to this committee. It shall make recommendations to the council from time to time, concerning such matters for action by the council and, in so doing, have regard for the present conditions and future needs and growth of the borough and the distribution and relative location of all the principal and other streets and railways and all other means of public travel and business communications, as well as the distribution and relative location of all public buildings, public grounds, and open spaces devoted to public use. In all matters, this committee shall consider a sustainable approach to ensure social equity (pertaining to fairness and beneficial practices towards labor, the community, and the region), environmentally friendly practices (either benefiting nature or at the least doing no harm or minimizing environmental impact), and economic value (the real economic benefit enjoyed by the economic environment).
Property, Supplies & Public Works Committee – Chair: Councilperson Christopher Kipp – email: ckipp@boro.dormont.pa.us
Vice Chair: Kate Fabus
The Property, Supplies & Public Works Committee shall consider all business or matters pertaining to repairs and improvements to streets, alleys and thoroughfares of the borough and improvements, and see that the same are kept clean and in good repair, and shall consider all business or matters pertaining to printing the necessary forms, ordinances, notices, signs, rules and other things of a similar nature pertaining to the work of the borough or any of its officers or departments. It shall investigate and report to the council its recommendation for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment. It shall see to the property operation, maintenance and management of the Municipal Center. The matter of planting, pruning and removing all shade trees of the borough shall be referred to this committee. The public works director and the borough engineer shall consult with the committee as and when the committee desires. The matter of public works personnel and street lighting shall be referred to this committee. It shall consider the placing, replacing or removal of lights and shall report to the council with its recommendations.
Public Safety and Building & Code Enforcement Committee – Chair: Councilperson Josh Munson – email: jmunson@boro.dormont.pa.us
Vice Chair: Chris Rieger
The Public Safety and Building & Code Enforcement Committee shall consider all business pertaining to public safety and property construction and maintenance, not otherwise delegated to other committees, including erection of overhead signs, poles, wires, operation of street railways and other utilities, in the roadways of the borough, in the conduct of the regulation of traffic, and building and property maintenance codes. The committee shall investigate and report to the council with suggestion and recommendations with respect to all matters referred to it on any subject that may insure to the greater safety and comfort of the public in and about the roadways, public places, and commercial and residential properties of the borough. Accordingly, the fire chief and police chief shall consult with the committee, and through it, make recommendations to the council.