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Votes at a glance

- Scheduled bills: Committee recommended approval of scheduled bills for General, Sewer, Solid Waste, Capital, Highway and Green Fund accounts totaling $645,087.35; motion approved by voice vote (tally not recorded in the transcript).

- 650 Montgomery Ave (land development) — closure of letter of credit: Committee recommended closing the original letter of credit that expires April 27 and accepting a cash escrow of $3,250 to cover remaining punch‑list items; motion approved by voice vote. Staff said most items are minor grading, site stabilization and landscaping and that the cash escrow will remain until final items are completed and accepted by the borough’s inspector.

- Resolution 2025‑09 (sale of police vehicle): The committee recommended the borough sell an out‑of‑service Crown Victoria stripped of police electronics; motion to approve the resolution was made and seconded and passed by voice vote.

- Resolution 2025‑12 (fee schedule update): The committee recommended adoption of a fee schedule update that incorporates a previously adopted open‑space fee in lieu (set by council in 2023 but not placed into the formal fee schedule) and adjusts contractor registration practice to match operations. Key items discussed:
- Contractor registration: the fee schedule will retain $100 for commercial contractor registration and add a new $25 annual registration for residential contractors (the borough had been collecting $10 or $0 in some residential cases). The existing $10 business privilege tax (BPT) collection remains in place and is a separate, annual pass‑through to the tax collection vendor.
- Facility rentals and cancellation policy: staff proposed a formalized cancellation/invoice approach to capture staff time when groups reserve the borough hall or multipurpose room and fail to show; the committee discussed options including invoicing after no‑shows, deposits or holding credit card information for potential charges.
The committee approved the fee schedule changes by voice vote.

- ISG/IGS Energy contract renewal: The committee authorized borough staff to negotiate and execute an energy supply contract with flexibility on term and timing so the borough can lock in favorable rates from the current supplier while the aggregated community choice aggregation (CCA) petition is still under review by the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Staff noted the incumbent (identified in the packet as IGS/ISG) urged locking in rates now because market pricing was favorable; members discussed the possibility of a shorter term to allow transition to a CCA if the PUC process succeeds. The committee authorized the manager to negotiate an appropriate term and price and to execute the agreement when recommended by the supplier; motion approved by voice vote.

Discussion and context

On the 650 Montgomery Ave item, staff said a borough‑contracted inspector (Pinone/Pinonni referenced in the record) performed a final inspection and issued a punch list; several neighbors had asked for an escrow to ensure landscaping and site stabilization. Staff recommended closing the letter of credit that is expiring and accepting a $3,250 cash escrow to complete the remaining items. The committee approved that recommendation.

On the ISG/IGS item, staff explained a pending CCA petition before the PUC creates uncertainty about whether the borough will need a supplier contract beyond the current calendar year. Staff relayed the supplier’s view that current wholesale prices are favorable and that locking rates now could be advantageous; the supplier representative had previously briefed council at a workshop. Staff explained termination of an executed supplier contract could require liquidating positions; depending on market moves that liquidation might create either no cost to the borough or a settlement liability if prices fall further.

Other items

The committee received a treasurer’s report noting first‑quarter tax, sewer and solid‑waste revenues largely posted after the month closed and that the borough’s public works department had purchased some supplies early to hedge potential tariff‑driven price increases.

Next steps

Approved items will be forwarded to full council as recommended actions where required (resolutions and contract authorizations). Staff will execute the ISG/IGS contract under the delegated authority the committee recommended and will return to council if substantive termination or buy‑out terms require additional approval.

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Gressey said the project is intended to be “a policy neutral rewrite of the codes” that reorganizes definitions, measurement rules and nonconforming provisions so property owners and applicants can find requirements more easily. “Policy neutral means we are not trying to slip in new ideas or new policies, but we’re really just trying to organize it for clarity’s sake,” he said.

The planning commission described the work as a housekeeping and readability project, not a venue to adopt substantive land‑use changes. That said, commissioners and staff expect the rewrite to surface specific items that will require council direction — for example, whether certain design standards should remain in the zoning code or move to the borough’s subdivision and land development ordinance, and whether some conditional‑use processes could be simplified.

Gressey said early tasks include consolidating scattered definitions (for example, what the code means by “school” or “store”), standardizing measurement rules (how to measure building height or primary facade), and organizing multiple nonconforming‑use provisions into a single section. He told the committee that Montgomery County Planning Commission (MCPC) staff — engaged under an existing three‑year contract — will be part of the team but that borough staff, council and the planning commission should lead the work to avoid introducing errors or unintended policy shifts.

“Because they don’t know Narberth and there’s a new planner who doesn’t know our code, there could be a lot of errors introduced,” Gressey said, adding that MCPC could be assigned discrete tasks such as gathering and alphabetizing definitions or consolidating nonconforming provisions.

Council member Michael Gaudini, who provided an earlier memo to the commission, framed the project as separate from more substantive policy initiatives. “There’s a bucket of things that need to be kind of elevated, then that gets put in its own bucket so that we can see what were things that were flagged for us to be aware of versus what things are just kind of like a structural reorganization,” Gaudini said. He warned that public concerns may arise if the exercise is seen as a vehicle to fast‑track larger policy changes.

Planning commission and borough staff said they will flag new or substantive items as they appear and bring those topics to council committees for separate review. Gressey said staff already maintain lists of desired substantive code fixes; the commission’s stated aim is to keep the recodification distinct from that work so council can clearly see what was reorganized versus what would be a policy change.

The committee was told borough staff will meet with MCPC staff the day after the committee meeting to assign discrete tasks and to bring the new MCPC planner up to speed. Gressey offered to return to the committee with regular status reports.

Next steps: staff and MCPC will split discrete tasks (definitions, measurement consolidation, nonconforming provisions), the planning commission will continue monthly briefings, and council will have an opportunity to review the draft before any adoption decision. If the draft identifies substantive changes, those items will be segregated and returned to council as policy decisions rather than folded into a single administrative rewrite.

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