Yeadon council reorganizes after public residency dispute; Tony Truhart elected president

Yeadon Borough Council voted Sept. 18, 2025, to reorganize its leadership and elected Councilor Tony Truhart as council president after public comments raised questions about Council President Latoya Monroe’s residency and Monroe presented documents to the solicitor and police for review.

The reorganization vote followed extended public comment from resident Jo Moore Richard, who questioned where Monroe sleeps and whether Monroe’s voter registration and other records reflect borough residency. “I own a home in Charlotte, North Carolina,” Jo Moore Richard said during the citizens forum, describing her own tax filings and arguing that ownership alone does not prove occupancy. Council President Latoya Monroe responded that she had voluntarily provided documents to the solicitor and the police and said she considers her primary residence to be in the borough. “It is about integrity,” Monroe said, adding that she aims to act “in the best interest of the community.”

Solicitor Sean Kilkenny told the council that challenges to an elected official’s residency are resolved by a court process, not by the council. Kilkenny said such disputes would be brought by the Delaware County District Attorney or the Pennsylvania attorney general through a quo warranto action in the Court of Common Pleas and that, “this body does not have the power to investigating this stuff.”

After allowing public comment because the reorganization item was added to the agenda through an amendment, the council voted to amend the agenda and then to reorganize. On the reorganization motion the roll call included: Latoya Monroe — yes; Diana Rocloud (vice president) — yes; Tony Truhart — yes; Nicole Beattie — yes; Michael Trent — no; Jesse Peake/Peetz — abstain; Lauren Johnson — yes. The motion to reorganize carried and the council proceeded to nominations.

Councilor Tony Truhart was nominated and, after a roll call, elected council president. Several councilors publicly thanked outgoing President Monroe for her service before the reorganization. Shortly after the vote the council closed the reorganization and resumed the regular agenda.

Separately during the meeting the borough manager announced an intent to resign; the manager’s statement—made during the regular agenda—requested immediate acceptance of resignation. The council did not take a separate recorded action on that resignation during the reorganization sequence shown in the transcript.

What happens next: Kilkenny’s description means any formal legal challenge to a councilor’s residency would require action by the county district attorney or the state attorney general and a judge in the Court of Common Pleas. The council’s reorganization is a procedural outcome of the Sept. 18 meeting; Monroe provided documents to the solicitor and chief for review, but no court determination was made at the meeting.

Ending — procedural notes: The reorganization vote and the resignation request occurred during the Sept. 18 legislative session. Council business continued after the reorganization and the council approved multiple personnel and administrative items later in the meeting.