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Council approves certificates of appropriateness and billing-rate updates for TRG and CS Davidson
Summary
York City Council approved Resolution 10 (certificates of appropriateness for several South Queen/George Street addresses) and passed two resolutions setting 2026 billing rates for Transportation Resource Group and CS Davidson; one council member recused from Resolution 10 because they own a property under consideration.
The York City Council voted to approve three items on Feb. 3: certificates of appropriateness for work at specified Queen and George Street addresses and 2026 billing-rate updates for two engineering/transportation firms.
Resolution number 10 (introduced in the record as by Ryan Soupler) approved certificates of appropriateness for work at 29 South Queen Street and multiple addresses on South George Street. The presiding officer announced a recusal by a council member who said they own one of the properties covered by the resolution; the council accepted the recusal and proceeded to a roll-call vote. The roll call as recorded in the meeting includes 'Soupler: Yes' and 'Buck: Yes' and notes the recusal; the transcript does not provide a complete, named roll-call tally for every member in a way that identifies every vote by name.
Resolution number 11 (introduced by Betsy Buckingham) approved the 2026 billing rates submitted by Transportation Resource Group (TRG). Council members asked whether TRG is currently mid-project and whether rate changes would affect budgets; city staff said TRG primarily supports public works and the traffic-safety committee, is not currently mid-project in a way that would affect the budget, and will assist with a state Green Light Go grant project on Route 30. A roll-call vote approved the resolution.
Resolution number 12 (also introduced by Betsy Buckingham) approved 2026 billing rates for CS Davidson (the city's engineer of record). City administration noted CS Davidson is engaged on multiple projects including a North Beaver Street bridge replacement, street resurfacing and a Farquhar Park redevelopment (in partnership with the York City Parks Conservancy), and said most work was included in the 2026 budget. Council members asked similar budget-impact questions; the resolution passed on roll-call vote.
Procedural note: the transcript records votes and a recusal but does not include a fully itemized, named tally for every member for each resolution in a form that permits a complete roll-call reconstruction from the meeting record alone.
