Residents urge ballot-box removal and ask township to inspect historic Concord School building

Two residents spoke during the public-comment portion of the March 4 Concord Township Council meeting, raising an elections-related request and a property-maintenance question.

Karis Coker, 836 Concord Road, requested that the township have the ballot box removed from Concord Township and described her review of county election-code changes. Coker said Delaware County’s ordinance 2023-1 substantially rewrote parts of the county administrative code and that the county is keeping most of the ordinance in place despite one court-ruled change. “I’m asking you to have the ballot box removed from Concord Township,” Coker said.

Township officials did not announce a specific action at the meeting other than to note the comment and to record it in the minutes.

Jim Tucker, 86 Mendenhall Drive, asked who owns the historic Concord School building on Route 1 (the white building identified as “Concord School, 1874” in his remarks) and said the cupola and exterior are in disrepair. He asked whether Allstate or the township owns the property. Amanda said she did not have the owner information offhand but that the township property-maintenance staff had attempted to reach out and she would add the matter to the staff list for follow-up.

How the township responded: Staff committed to follow up on ownership and to ensure the township’s property-maintenance team has the item on its radar; no formal agenda action was taken during the meeting.

Ending: The public-comment items were recorded for the meeting minutes and staff follow-up.