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Council approves street renaming, parking fees, DEP monitoring and other resolutions
Summary
Chester City Council on May 14 adopted several resolutions including a street renaming honoring Reverend William B. Starks, a parking-fee schedule effective July 1, a license for DEP to install an air-monitoring station, and amendments to state and project contracts; all measures passed by roll call.
Chester City Council adopted several resolutions during its regular meeting on May 14, approving an honorary street sign for Reverend William B. Starks, adopting a new parking-fee schedule, ratifying contract extensions for grant-funded projects and authorizing a state agency to install an air-monitoring station in a city park.
The council voted to install an honorary street sign recognizing the longtime pastor and community leader William B. Starks (designated “William B. Starks Way”) and amended the resolution to locate the sign at Fulton Street and West Seventh Street. The amended resolution passed on roll call.
Council also voted to adopt the City of Chester Parking System Review and Enhancement Plan fee schedule (identified in the meeting materials as Attachment A) with an implementation date of July 1, 2025. The measure enacts new parking fees and violation rates for the commercial business district and the city’s residential permit parking areas as recommended by THA Consulting’s January 30, 2025 report.
Other business approved by the council included: - A license agreement allowing the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to install and operate one air monitoring station in the city park system for an 18-month term, contingent on the city solicitor’s final review. - Ratification of a second amendment to contract C000086620 with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to extend the Keystone Communities camera initiative Phase 2 project expiration date to June 30, 2026. - Authorization of change order #1 for the Route 291 and Route 322 off-ramp (Jeffrey Street) traffic-light project adding $9,039 to address pin-dot inspection deficiencies and road markings. - Establishment of the City of Chester International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) Appeals Board and appointment of three members to staggered terms.
All resolutions on the agenda were approved by roll call votes recorded as affirmative by the council members present. Motions and seconds for the listed resolutions were called from the floor; the meeting record logs the votes as affirmative by the council members called during each roll call.
The council adjourned before the scheduled intermunicipal liquor-license hearings, which followed as separate record hearings.
