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Lansdale council approves routine reports, contracts and ordinances; hires co-responder
Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Lansdale Borough Council approved the treasurer's report, check warrant, several ordinances including two handicap parking additions, a contract for infrastructure design and appointments to advisory committees; council also authorized continuing an Allegheny Electric Cooperative agreement and approved hiring a co-responder.
Lansdale Borough Council unanimously approved a slate of routine and programmatic actions at its April 15 meeting, including financial reports, contract authorizations, ordinance adoptions and committee appointments.
Key votes and motions approved:
- Treasurer's report for March 2026 (motion approved).
- Check warrant for 04/15/2026 (motion approved).
- Meeting minutes for the work session of 03/04/2026 and the business meeting of 03/18/2026 (motion approved).
- Authorization for the borough to continue an agreement with Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., to serve as the bargaining agent for allocations of hydroelectric power (Niagara and St. Lawrence projects) through 2032; borough staff estimated the near-term cost at roughly $12,000 and that it represents approximately 0.1% of power purchases for the year (mover: Councilman Andrew Carroll).
- Approval of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony on Monday, May 25, 2026 (motion approved).
- Approval to hire co-responder Lehi Moyer as a borough employee when her contract with Meraki expires on June 30, 2026 (motion approved).
- Authorization for the borough solicitor to prepare and advertise an ordinance removing a snow-alert route on the east side of Pembroke Avenue (motion approved).
- Adoption of Ordinance 2001 to amend vehicle-and-traffic code to add a handicap parking space at 1016 Tremont Drive and remove spaces no longer needed (motion approved); council said this corrects a clerical error in the prior text.
- Adoption of Ordinance 2002 to add a handicap parking space at 426 Pierce Street (motion approved).
- Acceptance of a proposal from Remington Burdick Engineers to provide design, bidding and construction management services for the North Cannon/Poplar rehabilitation project at a cost read into the record as about $29,310 (motion approved).
- Appointment of Deb Faulkner to fill an unexpired term on the Environmental Advisory Commission through 09/30/2027 (motion approved).
- Appointment of Samuel Freeburn to the Economic Development Committee for a two-year term ending 04/30/2028 (motion approved).
Council recorded votes as voice votes with "Aye" in response to each question; the meeting minutes and audio record indicate motions carried without recorded roll-call tallies for each member.
