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Votes at a glance: Millersville council actions on budgets, policies, appointments and projects
Summary
Council approved minutes, accepted September financials, moved an unreserved fund‑balance policy out of committee, reappointed a planning candidate, conditionally approved a Cottage Avenue solar plan with $195,412 financial security and waivers, adopted the Lancaster County hazard mitigation plan, and reduced police contribution to the pension plan to 2.5% for 2026.
At its meeting, Millersville Borough Council took multiple formal actions. Below is a concise list of motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript.
- Minutes (09/23/2025): Motion to approve carried; two abstentions were recorded in the transcript.
- Acceptance of September financial reports: Motion carried.
- Unreserved fund‑balance policy: Finance committee moved the recommended policy (three months' average expenditures for operating funds) out of committee for solicitor review; motion carried in committee and will return for a final council vote.
- Personnel/appointments: Mike Weidinger (re)appointed to the planning commission (committee vote noted as 2–1 in committee). Angela Cuthbert nominated to the Lancaster County Planning Commission candidate pool; committee approval carried.
- Cottage Avenue (Student Lodging Inc.) solar project: Council conditionally approved the subdivision/land‑development plan pending satisfaction of solicitor and engineer comments, required a $195,412 financial security pending final engineer review, and approved three waiver requests (prelim/final plan separation, plan scale relief, and a waiver of curb/sidewalk requirements with planning/solicitor conditions).
- Tax‑exempt financing resolution: Committee recommended and carried a standard resolution consenting to tax‑exempt financing for the student‑lodging solar project (committee vote carried); the resolution is not zoning approval and does not assign repayment responsibility to the borough.
- Lancaster County hazard mitigation plan: Council adopted the county hazard mitigation plan resolution unanimously to preserve eligibility for FEMA hazard‑mitigation assistance.
- Police pension: Council approved the annual resolution reducing police officers' pension contributions to 2.5% for 2026, per the police contract; the motion carried.
- Executive session: Council entered executive session at 7:29 p.m. to discuss a personnel matter; no vote was indicated to follow the executive session. Council adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
All listed outcomes are taken from motions and votes recorded in the transcript; where individual vote names were not provided in the transcript, tallies are summarized as recorded.
