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Franklin Park council roundup: approvals for equipment purchase, contracts, subdivisions and other business
Summary
Franklin Park Borough Council on Feb. 19 approved equipment purchases, contract extensions, subdivision reapprovals and other routine matters, all by vocal assent recorded in the public meeting.
Franklin Park Borough Council considered and approved a series of motions on Feb. 19, 2025. The meeting record shows votes (vocal assent) approving procurement, subdivision reapprovals, a contract extension and other routine business. Items and outcomes recorded at the meeting are listed below.
Votes at a glance
- Reapproval of subdivision application SSDash24Dash10Dash02 (BOLJCS Holdings) for Pine Creek Road subdivision to subdivide one lot into two; outcome: approved (motion carried).
- Approve agreement with Cranberry Highlands Golf Course for the 2025 scholarship golf outing to be held July 20, 2025; outcome: approved.
- Authorize purchase of one Caterpillar 255 HFXPS compact track loader for the public works department from Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company under state contract at a cost of $85,550; outcome: approved.
- Close first-year contract extension with Cronin Enterprises LLC of Imperial, PA, for trucking services for the period 01/01/2025 through 12/31/2025 at a weekday rate of $105 per hour and evening/weekend rate of $115 per hour, with all other terms remaining the same; outcome: approved.
- Accept resignation of Tammy Perot, receptionist/general assistant, effective Feb. 14, 2025; outcome: approved.
- Authorize entering a service agreement in form acceptable to the solicitor with the McCandless‑Franklin Park Ambulance Authority for a five‑year period beginning in 2026 (transcript reads an end date as "02/19/30"); annual contribution rates to be those specified in the agreement; outcome: approved.
- Reapprove subdivision application SFDash24Dash06Dash02 submitted by Deerfield Estates FP Development LLC for Deerfield Estates Plan of Lots No. 2B (revised final) as previously approved; outcome: approved (conditions from earlier approvals retained; resolution referenced: 1218‑2020).
- Reject all bids received for the Rainbowwood Basin retrofit project and authorize return of the bid bonds; outcome: approved.
Procedure and votes: Most motions were seconded and carried by vocal assent; the transcript records no roll‑call tallies or individual council member votes for these items. Where an amount or date was read aloud, the motion text above follows the language used at the meeting. If a specific contractual or budgetary detail was not read aloud, the meeting record did not specify it.
Other business
- Council accepted routine financial and departmental reports (general fund revenue and expenditures, police and fire reports, building permits) as part of the consent/regular agenda.
What was not specified
- The meeting did not record roll‑call vote counts for the listed motions, and some agreement details (for example annual contribution amounts for the ambulance authority contract) were not read into the public record during the meeting segment that was provided.
