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Votes at a glance: Chester council approves parking zones, property sale, construction and ARPA repairs
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Summary
At its March 25 meeting the council approved multiple resolutions: handicap parking zones, two honorary street sign renamings, acceptance of a Delcora parcel sale offer totaling $1,506,130.95, a Davis Construction change order, ARPA-funded roof/evidence room work, and routine appointments; votes were recorded for each item.
The City of Chester City Council carried a slate of resolutions on March 25 covering parking, honorary street signs, a property sale, construction change orders and ARPA-funded repairs.
Key outcomes:
- Resolution 32: Authorized installation of multiple handicap parking zones at identified blocks across the city; passed on a recorded roll call.
- Resolution 33: Approved an honorary street sign renaming a portion of Potter Street to Edward 'Ed' Nelson Way; the item prompted disagreement about the city’s process for selecting honorees but passed on recorded vote.
- Resolution 34: Approved renaming a portion of Edwards Street to Avery Sunshine Way; passed on a recorded vote.
- Resolution 35: Authorized acceptance of a $1,375,000 purchase price from Delcora for a parcel at 2nd and Dock Street and reimbursement of $131,130.95 in development costs for a total of $1,506,130.95; passed by roll call.
- Resolution 36: Authorized change order No. 3 to the Davis Construction contract, increasing contract value by $76,055.20 to $4,994,308.20; a council member publicly stated he has no family relation to the contractor and the resolution passed.
- Resolution 37: Approved SJ Thomas Company’s quote for roof replacement phase 1 and a new evidence room (ARPA project) not to exceed $210,776.23; passed by recorded vote.
- Resolution 38 and 39: Council resent Resolution 166-2021 opposing privatization of the Chester Water Authority and appointed Thomas Moore to the CWA board (see separate article for details).
For each resolution the clerk called the roll and votes were recorded in the public meeting minutes. Councilors participating in votes included Green, West, Davis and Mayor Ruth; individual roll-call lines appear in the meeting record.
