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Norristown council approves three tax-settlement agreements, personnel promotion and multiple contract awards
Summary
At its Feb. 17 work session, Norristown Municipal Council approved three tax-assessment settlement agreements for contiguous West Marshall Street parcels, promoted a police corporal to sergeant and authorized contract awards for brownfield assessments, wayfinding signage and park planning.
NORRISTOWN — The Norristown Municipal Council, at a Feb. 17 work session, approved multiple administrative items including tax-assessment settlement agreements for three adjacent properties on West Marshall Street, a police promotion and several contract awards intended to advance redevelopment and public projects.
The council approved separate settlement agreements for 409, 413 and 417 West Marshall Street after the municipal solicitor told members the parcels had been purchased collectively in 2023 for $1.6 million. Solicitor Patrick said the school district negotiated increased assessments that move assessed values closer to purchase price; council voted to sign the agreements and forward them to court for approval and any back taxes to be collected.
Council also passed Resolution 26-15 to promote Corporal Matthew Wiley to sergeant in the Norristown Police Department. Chief Trail told the council the promotion fills a budgeted supervisory vacancy created by a recent retirement and is intended to restore supervisory structure on patrol squads.
On contracts, the council recommended awarding a $469,000 contract to AMO Environmental Decisions Inc. under Norristown’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency community-wide brownfield assessment grant. Planning staff said the award follows a competitive RFP process and the grant will fund an inventory and Phase I/II site assessments to remove barriers to redevelopment; staff said the initial plan includes at least 20 Phase I and about 10 Phase II assessments in priority areas such as the riverfront and limited industrial district.
Council also recommended awarding a $69,810 contract to a consultant for a wayfinding and gateway-improvements master plan and a $96,200 contract to Simone Collins Landscape Architecture to provide professional services tied to the municipality’s park master plan. Staff said each contract was selected through an RFP and evaluation process and that public engagement and implementation steps will follow.
All actions were taken by motion and roll-call votes during the Feb. 17 session. The council adjourned at the end of the meeting.
