Butler City Council has scheduled presentations by financial advisers on how administrators can spend the city’s share of money it will receive from the pending sale of the Butler Area Sewer Authority.

Mayor Bob Dandoy said at the council forum meeting Thursday, March 9, that the presentations will take place before the next three regular meetings and last about 30 minutes.

Butler and Butler Township are in the midst of selling BASA’s assets to Pennsylvania American Water for $231.5 million, a sale that is being evaluated by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission before the transfer can be official. The city is set to receive half of the money from the sale.

The three advisers the city plans to bring in are representatives from NexTier Bank, PNC Financial Services and Edward Jones. Dandoy said Baird Private Wealth Management may have representatives speak at a fourth meeting.

Council announced at its Feb. 23 meeting that there would be a presentation at the meeting March 9, but Dandoy said the scheduled presenter requested more time.

“We want to give them the proper opportunity to present their information, and we want everybody to have the opportunity to ask questions,” Dandoy said.

He also said the city is bringing in representatives from local firms that have each been helpful to Butler in the past.

“We certainly wanted to accommodate anyone local,” he said. “I think when you look at these firms, they have been supportive of the city. They have been good corporate citizens.”

According to Dandoy, regular council business will be conducted immediately following each speaker.

Council also will vote at its meeting March 23 on a resolution to use a grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on improvements to the playground at Emily Brittain Elementary School.

Councilman Dan Herr said the city was originally going to use grant money to help improve Broad Street Elementary’s playground, but those plans fell through. He said if the city receives the grant, which is administered through Butler County from the DCNR, the park at Emily Brittain will be open to the public when school is not in session.

“The grant has to be obtained by a municipality; it can’t be by a school district,” Herr said. “They are preparing the grant, I want to say, for early April.”

Councilman Don Shearer said the money can go toward improvements and upgrades.

“Last year I think the plans were to install new playground equipment,” he said.

Herr also announced at the meeting that the pickleball courts at Ritts Park are scheduled to open April 1.