August Borough Council Meeting – Council Chambers – 117 Rosehill Avenue, West Grove, PA 19390

WEST GROVE BOROUGH COUNCIL Agenda August 7, 2024 – 7:30PM CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE MINUTES • July 10, 2024 FINANCIAL REPORTS PAYROLL TRANSFERS BILLS PERSONS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR: None PUBLIC COMMENTS: FINANCE ISSUES: • LED Street Light rebate check from PECO received on 8/6 in the amount of $15,084.88, letter attached for Council review. ZONING OFFICER’S MONTHLY REPORT • 30 Prospect Zoning Hearing scheduled for August 22nd at 7PM • New Building Inspection Underwriters inspector Dennis Gregori has replaced the previous inspector. We are encouraged by his enthusiasm and expect good results with Dennis. PUBLIC WORKS • The water main replacement on Church Alley is in process and should be completed during this week. • Letter of Recommendation from Hanover Engineering for the award of the Oakland Avenue Phase II project. PUBLIC SAFETY – Chief Greenwalt OLD BUSINESS • Zoning Revision Project Update: o The Task Force meeting took place on 8/5 with a follow up meeting scheduled for 3 weeks out. The project is getting closer to completion, at which time it will be presented in a public meeting and to Borough Council. • Park Master Planning Project Update: o Chester County Municipal Park & Trail Improvement Grant secured $100,000 o Notification received that our project has reached the appropriations committee through Representative Houlahan’s office. We are one of 15 projects. • Comprehensive Plan Update o Official Map and Historic Commission/Resource Mapping • Wildcats Park Usage Agreement is currently being crafted for presentation. NEW BUSINESS • Letter of Resignation from Borough Council Member Lauren McDevitt, submitted July 22, 2024 § 901. Filling vacancies in elective borough offices. (a) Vacancies.--If any vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor, member of council, auditor, controller or tax collector, by death, resignation under subsection (a.1) or termination of residency from the borough, or from a ward in the case of a ward office, or by failure to take the required oath, to give bond as provided by law or ordinance or to provide the affidavit required under section 801 (relating to eligibility), or in any other manner whatsoever, the council shall fill the vacancy within 30 days by appointing, by resolution, a registered elector of the borough, or of the ward in the case of a ward office, to hold the office, if the term continues that long, until the first Monday in January after the first municipal election occurring more than 60 days after the vacancy occurs, at which election an eligible individual shall be elected to the office for the remainder of the term. Except as provided in section 801(c), no individual shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected borough or ward office unless the individual has resided within the borough, or within the ward in the case of a ward office, continuously for at least one year immediately prior to the individual's appointment. (a.1) Vacancy by resignation.-- (1) A vacancy shall not be created by a resignation until the date that the resignation is accepted by a majority vote of a quorum of council at a public meeting or the effective date of the tendered resignation, whichever is later. A council must accept a resignation no later than 45 days after it has been tendered in writing to council, unless it is withdrawn in writing prior to acceptance. (2) A resignation which is not accepted as provided under paragraph (1) shall be deemed accepted after 45 days. MAYORS COMMENTS: UPCOMING EVENTS • Public Safety Commission Meeting – August 8, 2024, at 7:00pm at the West Grove Borough Municipal Building ADJOURNMENT