Trustees approve equipment purchases, festival license and 2026 tax budget; declare property a public nuisance

The West Chester Township Board of Trustees on July 8 approved a series of administrative and procurement items, authorized a license for the 2025 Voices of America Country Music Festival, adopted the township’s high‑level 2026 tax budget and declared a property on the agenda a public nuisance.

Staff presented items 5–11, which included multiple equipment and service requisitions. Miss Brown explained the Telestaff Schedule Cloud database item — previously approved at $10,000 — will be refunded by the vendor because the township’s legacy data requires rebuilding rather than a direct migration. Other items explained in the packet and discussed at the meeting included a requested $21,175 purchase from Bound Tree Medical LLC for a device to aid intubation, an $18,583 increase related to truck repairs to address cylinder‑lining issues, and an unbudgeted $16,387 HVAC replacement for a station that failed unexpectedly.…