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Votes at a glance: Yeadon council approves contracts, grant application and routine minutes
Summary
Council approved multiple routine and procurement items: minutes; advertising an ordinance on member compensation; engagement of a title company for a litigation title report; road and sewer contract awards; and submission of a DCED grant application for Community Park Phase 3. Vote outcomes were recorded by roll call.
The Yeadon Borough Council on May 20 approved a slate of procedural and procurement items during its meeting, including minutes, contract awards and a grant application.
Key actions approved:
- Minutes: The council approved the April 2026 call meeting minutes and the April 16, 2026 legislative meeting minutes after an amendment request was made and discussed.
- Ordinance advertising: The solicitor (speaker 14) introduced a motion to advertise an ordinance transcribed as "20 26‑013" to amend Chapter 47 on council and mayor compensation, specifying per‑meeting compensation and conditions under which compensation could be withheld for unexcused absences; the council authorized advertisement.
- Title report for litigation: Council authorized engagement of a title company to prepare a title report for 548 West Providence Street for litigation purposes (solicitor cited an amount; transcript later references $2,000 as the not‑to‑exceed amount); the motion passed.
- Road program: The borough engineer (speaker 7) recommended awarding the road program to AF Damon after rejecting the low bidder's bond as non‑responsive; council approved the award as recommended.
- Sanitary sewer maintenance contract: The council approved an on‑call sanitary sewer maintenance contract recommended to Joseph J Danielle LLC; the amount recorded in the meeting transcript was $81,102.64 and the contract is described as a one‑year agreement with options to renew twice.
- Storm sewer maintenance: The council approved awarding the storm sewer maintenance contract to Ernel Company Inc, with the low bid transcribed as $81,850.
- DCED Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program grant application: The council approved submission of a grant application for Community Park Phase 3 to fund facilities such as bathrooms, a concession stand, and ADA walkway improvements.
Several items required clarification during debate, including bid tabulation methods, the not‑to‑exceed amount for the title report and the funding mechanisms for festival/Flag Day costs; staff indicated more detailed accounting would be presented at the June meeting. All approved items were recorded as carried by roll call votes.
Next steps: staff will finalize contracts, complete required grant application materials, and present complete invoices and audit updates at the next meeting.
