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Votes at a glance: West Lampeter Board installs 2026 officers, confirms appointments and routine actions
Summary
At its Jan. 5 meeting the West Lampeter Board of Supervisors elected officers for 2026, adopted Resolution 1‑2026 appointing staff and board members, approved routine financial and planning items, and passed several contracts and acknowledgements in unanimous or near‑unanimous votes.
The West Lampeter Township Board of Supervisors used its Jan. 5 reorganization and regular meeting to elect officers for 2026, adopt appointment resolutions, and approve a set of routine administrative, planning and contract actions.
During the Reorganization Meeting the Board elected Randy Moyer as Chairperson and Barry Hershey as Vice Chairperson. Geoffrey Beers was elected Secretary/Treasurer. The Board adopted Resolution 1‑2026, placing township staff and external firms in appointed roles (for example, Rebecca S. Denlinger in multiple administrative roles and Maher Duessel as township auditor). The appointment slate was approved 4–0.
The Board also adopted Resolution 2‑2026 appointing Maher Duessel to perform the 2025 audit (4–0). The Board approved the minutes of the Dec. 8, 2025 meeting (motion approved 3–0 with one abstention).
Key votes and formal actions taken during the regular meeting included approving: • Financial security of $20,494.10 for the stormwater management plan at 1326 Village Road, conditioned on ELA Group’s recommendation (4–0). • Full release of $34,286.70 in financial security for the final plan at 213 Penn Grant Road per ELA’s recommendation (4–0). • Multiple 90‑day time extensions for plan reviews (500 Strasburg Pike, 1502 Mentzer Road, and 1838 Windy Hill Road) (4–0). • Direction to Lancaster County Planning to remove a 5‑acre preserved farm parcel on Willow Street Pike and portions of 100 and 140 Woodfield Crossing from the Urban Growth Area to avoid internal 'donut‑hole' boundaries (4–0). • Resolution 5‑2026 setting police employee pension contributions at 4% for calendar year 2026, per the collective bargaining agreement (4–0). • Awarding the 2026 seasonal mowing contract to DWD Landscaping & Services LLC at $927.00 per mowing (4–0). • Approval for Willow Street Fire Company/Fire Police to provide traffic control for Strasburg Borough’s Spring Mud Sale (4–0).
Of the formal land‑preservation motions, Resolution 3‑2026 to add two parcels (totaling 143.9 acres at 1402 & 1406 Eshelman Mill Road) to the Agricultural Security Area passed 3–1; Supervisor Randall Andrews voted in opposition citing concerns that expanding reserved right‑of‑way (from 33 feet toward 50 feet) would reduce preserved acreage and compensation to landowners.
The meeting adjourned at 8:06 PM.
