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Votes at a glance: Middletown supervisors approve manager termination, interim manager, PFAS upgrades, zoning change and road contract
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Summary
At the April 13 meeting the board approved the termination of the township manager and an interim appointment, preliminary/final approval for Aqua PA’s PFAS upgrades, a zoning overlay for a large brownfield site, and the 2026 road improvement contract; several other consent items and resolutions passed unanimously.
The Middletown Township Board of Supervisors approved the following motions on April 13, 2026 (all votes recorded at the meeting were 5‑0 unless otherwise noted):
• Consent agenda (passed 5‑0): payment of the April 13 bills list in the amount of $2,368,824.58; approval of March meeting minutes; adoption of Resolution No. 26‑11R (sewer planning module) for land development at 830 Old Lincoln Highway; contract purchasing and awards including inlet tops through CoStar’s Premier Concrete, Eureka Stone Quarry purchase, Langhorne Gables drainage change orders and certificate payments. (Consent agenda items A–G.)
• Termination of township manager (passed 5‑0): Motion to terminate the township manager with required 60 days’ written notice and effective date of 06/13/2026.
• Appointment of interim township manager (passed 5‑0): Motion to appoint Stephanie Teally Cooles as interim township manager on a temporary at‑will non‑contractual basis at her previous biweekly pay and without ancillary benefits.
• Preliminary and final land development approval — Neshaminy Water Treatment Plant (passed 5‑0): Approved Aqua Pennsylvania’s land‑development plan to add a PFAS treatment system with conditions to comply with township ordinances and to address remaining review comments; applicant said construction is expected to end in 2028 and that spent carbon will be handled off‑site by a contractor (Calgon cited).
• Zoning map/text amendment (ordinance 26‑05) — LC Logistics Center Overlay District (passed 5‑0): Approved petition from Corman Commercial Properties to rezone an aggregate of properties to M‑1 Light Manufacturing/Open Recreation and to adopt a logistics‑center overlay with a 50‑acre minimum for conditional use, a 200‑foot conservation easement along Neshaminy Creek, and explicit removal of data‑center and cold‑storage uses from the proposed new use list. The board and applicant stated that DEP/EPA remediation approvals are required before site development.
• Award of 2026 road improvement program (passed 5‑0): Awarded the base bid and selected alternates to James D. Morrissey, Inc., recommended award of $1,711,679.40 (low bidder; under the project budget).
• Resolution No. 26‑12R (passed 5‑0): Authorize application to Pennsylvania Audubon Council’s Bird Town program.
• Resolution No. 26‑13R (passed 5‑0): Authorize intergovernmental agreement with Neshaminy School District to relocate a segment of a walking trail along Langhorne‑Yardley Road, to be done by township public works.
• Resolution No. 26‑14 (passed 5‑0): Authorize moving forward with the C2P2 grant application for the Detective Chris Jones Memorial Playground Rehabilitation (project quote shown in packet: $375,760; match $187,880).
Notes: Several items referenced PENVEST or other grant/funding opportunities; the board required applicants and developers to address outstanding review comments and comply with township ordinances before work proceeds.
