West Chester Township trustees approve emergency resolution to clear way for roughly 75-acre purchase

The West Chester Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved Emergency Resolution 31-2025 at a special meeting on Oct. 30, 2025, declaring the measure an emergency and approving steps toward the purchase of roughly 75 acres.

Chair convened the meeting and identified a single agenda item: the emergency resolution. Chair then asked Miss Brown to summarize the measure. Miss Brown described the project as "the culmination of almost 5 years of work on behalf of administration and the board, to purchase, approximately 75 acres," and said the effort "is just the beginning of a really exciting project to create a new vibrant space." She added that preliminary design information would be shared later for community input and to explore opportunities to improve the business community.

The chair asked if trustees had questions; none were raised. The board then moved to declare Resolution 31-2025 an emergency and to dispense with a second reading. After a motion and second, the board conducted a roll-call vote; the trustees present recorded unanimous yes votes and the chair stated the action was done.

The board then moved to approve Resolution 31-2025 as read, again voting unanimously. The transcript records the trustees' names as Mister Jones, Mister Welch, Missus Becker and Mister Wong; all voted yes on the emergency declaration and on final approval.

The resolution and the presentation in the meeting did not include additional public details about the parcel's exact location, purchase price, funding sources or closing timeline; Miss Brown said only that preliminary design information would be presented later. The meeting ended after trustees voted to adjourn.

Next steps: the administration will provide the preliminary design materials to trustees and the community as described in the meeting; no further dates or procedural deadlines were announced during the session.