Berks County places demolition rehabilitation fund ordinance on agenda; agenda approved by voice vote

The Berks County Board of Commissioners read into the record a county ordinance (read on the record as "02-2025") during the Sept. 25 meeting that would establish a county demolition rehabilitation fund and impose a fee collected by the Berks County Tax Claim Bureau and the sheriff on certain judicial and real-estate sales.

The chair read the ordinance wording "pursuant to Act 48 of 2024, establishing a county demolition rehabilitation fund and imposing a fee to be collected by the Berks County Tax Claim Bureau from purchases at sales under the real estate sales law and by the Berks County Sheriff from judicial sales in mortgage foreclosure actions" and asked for a motion to approve the agenda, including that ordinance. A commissioner moved, another seconded, and the motion to approve the agenda was carried by voice vote; commissioners said "aye." The record does not show a formal vote adopting the ordinance itself during this session.

What the ordinance would do (as read): create a demolition rehabilitation fund for the county and impose a fee on covered real-estate and judicial sales to generate revenue for that fund. The chair read severability, repealer and effective date language as part of the ordinance reading.

What happened at the meeting: the board voted to approve the agenda that included the ordinance reading; the transcript does not record a subsequent ordinance adoption vote in this meeting. Commissioners proceeded to routine business and adjourned.

Provenance: the ordinance language was read beginning when the chair introduced it and was referenced again when the motion to approve the agenda was made and carried by voice vote.