Brookhaven council approves lease extension, subdivision and escrow release; adopts recycling update

Brookhaven Borough Council on Feb. 3 adopted a package of resolutions and motions that included a five-year lease extension with Delaware County for the borough’s magisterial district court, preliminary and final subdivision approval for property owned by Our Lady of Charity (OLC), and a first partial escrow release to Brookhaven Center Associates Limited Partnership.

The actions came during the council meeting at the Brookhaven Borough Municipal Building as the solicitor summarized each item and members moved and voted by voice. The council also approved updates to the borough’s recycling ordinance required for state recycling performance grant eligibility and authorized repairs at the sewage treatment plant.

The most significant financial change in the package is the lease extension with the County of Delaware. The five-year lease begins March 1, 2025, and runs through Feb. 28, 2030, with annual rent rising from the current $50,853 to $75,900 in the lease’s first year and $83,490 in the final year. The solicitor told council the agreement was “a win-win situation” for the county and borough and would keep court hearings close to borough police officers’ work locations.

On land use, council granted preliminary and final subdivision approval to Our Lady of Charity to split a roughly 12-acre parcel into two lots (Lot 1, 4.42 acres; Lot 2, 7.63 acres). The…