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Chester council reviews parking, smoke-detector grant and mutual-aid agreement; discusses Rite Aid property cleanup
Summary
Council considered four resolutions (handicapped parking, a $2,523 smoke-detector grant, a mutual-aid agreement with Logan Township, and bank signers for grant accounts) and discussed enforcement and recent emergency trimming at the Rite Aid property on Ninth and Highland Avenue.
At its Oct. 6 deliberative meeting, the Chester City Council reviewed four resolutions listed for passage and discussed ongoing property-maintenance concerns at Ninth and Highland avenues (the Rite Aid parcel).
City solicitor read the agenda items: Resolution 109 would authorize installation of a handicapped parking zone in the 800 block of Pusey Street; Resolution 110 would accept a $2,523 grant from the Delaware County Interactive Gaming Revenue Authority for the Bureau of Fire to purchase smoke detectors; Resolution 111 would authorize a mutual-aid and assistance agreement with the Logan Township (N.J.) Fire Department; and Resolution 112 would authorize signers for the city’s grant-funding account at Santander Bank.
On Resolution 110, a Bureau of Fire representative told the council, “I do not know exactly how many that will purchase, but it will be used to supplement our current supply and any resident or community member who needs smoke detectors, they can call fire headquarters directly and they could set up an appointment with our fire prevention officer Rice and we will come out and install them.” The representative said the grant funds would supplement existing stock; the exact number of detectors to be purchased was not specified in the meeting.
On Resolution 111, the fire representative described the mutual-aid agreement as formalizing routine assistance at a shared river and bridge location: “It just puts an agreement together in place, something that should have been done required by New Jersey.” The council discussed and the fire representative clarified the agreement covers response on the Commodore Barry Bridge and in the river; departments do not bill each other for mutual assistance under this agreement.
Council members also raised complaints from neighborhood residents about the condition of the Rite Aid property at Ninth and Highland avenues. Public-works staff said they trimmed brush along the sidewalk as an emergency safety measure because the overgrowth posed a hazard to pedestrians. A Licenses and Inspections (L&I) representative told council that L&I had sent notices, an inspector had photographed the property and had reached out to the leasing agent; the representative said L&I had responded and mailed the required letters. Mr. Heumann, city public-works staff, said he would prefer not to make a habit of public-works crews cutting private property except in emergencies.
No roll-call votes or final outcomes were recorded on the resolutions during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript; the items were presented for passage and discussed as described.
