Votes at a glance: Phoenixville Borough Council actions on grants, ordinances, hiring and contracts

Phoenixville Borough Council conducted multiple formal actions on March 11. Below are the formal motions recorded in the meeting and the outcomes as stated in the transcript.

- Consent agenda: Motion by Ms. Berkeley, second by Mr. Carmonito; approved 6-0.

- Reschedule finance and policy committee meetings to the third Tuesday each month (finance 6:00 p.m., followed by policy): Motion carried (recorded as "Aye"; motion carries). The final signed resolution will reflect the corrected date (third Tuesday), the printed agenda initially listed the fourth.

- Ratify borough request for involvement in Act 2 cleanup at 100 School Lane and 41 Second Avenue (Toll Mid-Atlantic notice of intent to remediate): Motion by Ms. Berkley, second by Mr. Weiss; approved 6-0. (Ratification of letter to request municipal involvement so applicant must provide additional submittals.)

- Authorize conditional offers of employment to two patrol officers (Michael Raspalski and Joanne Joangeli Thomas Estrada): Motion by Ms. Berkley, second by Mr. Weiss; approved 6-0.

- Award 2025 tree and stump removal contract to Yellowstone Landscape (lowest responsible bidder): Motion by Mr. Moore, second by Ms. Berkeley; approved 6-0.

- Recess to and conduct public hearing; after hearing, adopt ordinance amendment clarifying traffic impact study requirements (Subdivision & Land Development Ordinance, impact statements to include multimodal/non-vehicular analysis): Motion to adopt by (mover), seconded; ordinance adopted 6-0.

- Adopt ordinance vacating unopened portions of Emmett Street and Wilson Street (abutting property owners revert to abutting parcels; notices mailed and no timely petitions received): Motion by Ms. Berkeley, second by Mr. Weiss; motion carries (recorded vote in transcript: carried).

- Adopt amendment to Chapter 2 (Animals) requiring leashes off-premises (leash or tether not to exceed six feet): Motion by Ms. Berkeley, second by Mr. Carmonito; approved (motion carries as recorded).

- Adopt amendments to Chapter 15 (Motor Vehicles) and Chapter 16 (Parks and Rec): Motions carried as recorded (vote tallies stated as carried; transcript records unanimous voice votes for each).

- Tabled item 11e to next month to avoid inadvertent influence given attendance: Motion to table carried 6-0.

- Adopt resolution authorizing submission of a Flood Mitigation Program grant to the Commonwealth Financing Authority: Motion carried 6-0.

- Adopt resolution authorizing submission of Chester County Community Revitalization Program grant application for solar array installation (recreation center and fire station referenced; borough manager clarified the application will proceed for the recreation center only): Motion carried 6-0. Manager stated grant ask $550,000 with total project cost $750,000 and a borough match roughly 25% (manager stated match at 26% at that estimate).

- Adopt resolution authorizing submission of Chester County Community Revitalization Program grant application for Fillmore Street alignment (South Street to Crombie Road): Motion carried 6-0.

- Adopt resolution authorizing the submission of state/federal no‑match police grants (authorization to submit 0-match grants; council not bound to accept awards until further council action): Motion carried 6-0.

- Approve temporary community event application for Dogwood Festival and related street closures: Motion carried 5-0-1 (one abstention recorded); conditioned on certificate of insurance naming borough as additional insured.

Votes recorded in the transcript were overwhelmingly unanimous (most recorded as 6-0), with a single 5-0-1 vote noted for a temporary events item. Where specific ordinance or resolution numbers were not stated in the transcript, the item is listed with the agenda identifier used in the meeting materials; the transcript did not provide ordinance numbers for each action.