Chester council lists Resolutions 12–21 for final passage; most items read for later action

During the City of Chester deliberative meeting on Jan. 21 the solicitor read Resolutions 12–21 into the record. The items listed on the agenda included:

- Resolution 12: Amendment to appointment of Alicia Stewart Martin to the Chester Housing Authority Board to fill the expired term of Sheila Church (term to expire Dec. 31, 2029). (Details in agenda reading.)

- Resolution 13: Authorize installation of an honorary street sign renaming a portion of Stiles Street (and originally read as including Route 291) to Henry Davis Way. A councilmember asked that the text remove Route 291 and refer only to Stiles Street while placing the sign at the Stiles/Route 291 corner.

- Resolution 14 and Resolution 15: Authorize road-opening permits to PECO for installation of new natural gas service lines (lists of streets and footage provided in the reading). Council asked whether the city’s road-opening ordinance requiring curb-to-curb repaving applies; staff confirmed the ordinance still applies and that PECO has complied on prior projects.

- Resolution 16: Preliminary final land development approval for a new city garage and related maintenance facilities (13,228 sq ft garage/office; 4,500 sq ft salt shed; a covered maintenance facility). (Details read; no substantive debate recorded.)

- Resolution 17 and Resolution 18: Reverse subdivision plans — consolidating parcels at 601 and 603 Penn Street (Duane Bryant) and consolidating 2711 and 2713 Layman Street into a single lot/address (Roman Viracocha); staff clarified these actions are lot consolidations to permit one structure per parcel and that no major construction is expected for the Layman Street consolidation.

- Resolution 19 and Resolution 20: Grant-management award and DCED contract amendment to fund it (see separate article).

- Resolution 21: Amendment to the crossing-guard contract to add four locations and additional hours (see separate article).

What the transcript shows: most resolutions were read into the record and drew brief clarifying questions from council; the provided transcript excerpt does not include recorded motions or vote tallies for these resolutions.