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New Garden supervisors adopt FY24 A1 amendment, certify grants and authorize fuel‑farm replacement
Summary
The board approved a FY24 A1 budget amendment, certified three grant resolutions (including a $250,000 Greenways/Trails request and pursuit of an LSA grant up to $1 million), authorized a Public Works fuel‑farm replacement not to exceed $584,000 (with $230,000 ARPA), and approved a financed vehicle purchase and line‑painting contract.
The New Garden Township Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 19 to adopt a FY24 A1 budget amendment and to approve several capital and grant actions that reshape near‑term spending priorities.
Township manager Chris Heimes said the amendment responds to capital‑plan changes, higher building‑permit revenue tied to large projects, and the use of rollover surplus and interest income to support capital. "We don't have enough extra cash generated to do Capital right now," Heimes said while explaining tradeoffs between preserving interest income and funding projects; staff read the amendment motion with a new total presented in the motion as approximately $15,418,160.73.
The board certified three grant resolutions related to the medley/master‑plan open‑space work and approved them in a single motion. Staff read a Greenways, Trails and Recreation application amount of $250,000; a multimodal transportation grant application was discussed (amounts not clearly specified in the transcript); and staff said the Local Share Account (LSA) grant the township is pursuing could provide up to $1 million. Heimes said the township will use the open‑space fund to supply local matches where required.
On capital spending, the board authorized replacement of the Public Works fuel farm through a Sourcewell procurement path. Staff said $230,000 of the project is available from ARPA funding and the contract authorization was stated as "not to exceed $584,000." The motion authorized the township manager and Public Works director to finalize the contract; the board approved the authorization by voice vote.
The board also approved a financed purchase and upfitting of a 2024 F350 truck, with the financed amount read in the packet as approximately $108,657.41 over five years; staff said the financing package reduces previously budgeted annual fleet financing costs. A line‑painting contract with the incumbent (Alpha Space Control) was approved under a not‑to‑exceed amount read as $32,000 after bids through the cooperative produced no responses. The board approved an escrow release of $8,187.69 for 144 Sharp Road earlier in the meeting.
Votes on motions were recorded as voice votes; motions generally passed with "all in favor" calls and no roll‑call tallies given in the meeting transcript. The board also approved a solicitor‑backed position to oppose an appeal at 600–601 Industrial Drive and supported a dimensional‑variance subdivision for Maple Lane (one supervisor recused on that vote). Heimes said grant decisions (Greenways/Trails) are expected in October and reiterated that the township's open‑space fund will be used for local matches so capital projects can advance without drawing on general fund capital cash.
The board scheduled an air‑quality study presentation by West Chester University for a special meeting on Sept. 4 and adjourned the session after completing the agenda.
