Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Council Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Lansdale council approves budget reports, contracts, grants and development-related ordinances
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting Lansdale Borough Council approved a series of motions including the treasurer’s report, multiple engineering contracts, a pool renovation award, park projects, vehicle purchases, and a set of ordinances to be advertised; all listed motions passed as recorded on the meeting record.
Borough council approved a series of routine and project motions at its Feb. 19 business meeting. Below is a concise list of motions recorded on the meeting minutes with movers, seconders (when stated) and outcomes.
Votes at a glance
- Treasurer’s report for January 2025 — Moved by Councilwoman Carrie Oglesby; second noted; outcome: approved (voice vote “Aye”).
- Approve business meeting minutes (01/15/2025) — Moved by Councilwoman Oglesby; outcome: approved.
- Agreement with FX Browne (division of OGEA Engineering) for curbside recycling administration — Moved by Councilwoman Oglesby; outcome: approved.
- Resolution 25-02 (Borough equal rights and opportunities policy) — Moved by Councilwoman Noblesby; outcome: approved.
- Contract with Armor & Sons Electric to install two matrix radar detectors at Main Street intersections — Moved by Councilman Andrew Carroll; amount $20,828; outcome: approved.
- Purchase of Ford F-150 Lightning (electric department) via CoStars — Moved by Councilman Carroll; not to exceed $58,000; outcome: approved. Council clarified the purchase will use a lease-purchase structure with title conveyed and lease payments over time.
- Ordinance advertisement: Replacement of Borough Code Chapter 185 (electricity) — Moved by Councilman Carroll to authorize solicitor to prepare and manager to advertise; outcome: approved for advertisement (committee review to follow).
- Resolution 25-03: Submission of Montco 2040 implementation grant application for Parks Department trails paving project — Moved by Councilwoman Rachel Bollins; outcome: approved.
- Engineering/design proposal acceptance (Remington & Vernick Engineers) for West Fifth Street Park playground rehabilitation — Not to exceed $67,375; outcome: approved.
- Award: Weitz Road pool renovation project to Allstate Technology Aquatic Facility Construction (base and alternates 2 and 3) — Moved by Councilwoman Bollins; outcome: approved (main pool work scheduled for 2025; remaining pools after the season).
- Bid advertisement: Whites Road Park restroom facility — Outcome: approved.
- Ordinances to establish handicap parking zones (325 Columbia Avenue; 823 West Third Street) — Solicitor to prepare and manager to advertise; outcomes: approved for advertisement.
- Ordinance 1980: Parking restrictions on portion of East Main Street — Outcome: adopted as listed.
- Ordinance 1981: Madison Street parking restrictions during snow emergencies and prohibition in a small lot during snow emergencies — Outcome: adopted as listed; council discussed coordinating use of the garage during emergencies.
- Approval of nine special events recommended by the Public Safety Committee — Outcome: approved.
- Resolution 25-04: Update to the Emergency Management Operations Plan — Outcome: approved.
- Mutual aid agreement for emergency services with listed municipal and non-municipal partners — Outcome: approved.
- Engineering amendments and bid specifications for road and sewer projects (Cannon Avenue Phase 2, Poplar Street, Edgemont Avenue sanitary improvements, West Third Street sanitary improvements) — Multiple motions moved by council members (Breisch, Bryce, Bridal); outcomes: all approved as recorded.
- Purchase of Ford F-150 Lightning (wastewater treatment plant) via CoStars — Not to exceed $58,000; outcome: approved.
Record and process notes: Most motions carried by voice vote with “Aye” recorded and no recorded negatives in the meeting transcript. Several motions authorized the manager and solicitor to prepare ordinances or advertise bid specifications; those steps require subsequent committee review or formal adoption as noted in the motion language.
Provenance: All items above recorded in the meeting’s action-items section and the motions list; the meeting record shows movers and seconds for many items and voice-vote approval for each motion.
