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Wallington council adopts disabled-parking ordinance, approves consent agenda and enters executive session
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting the Wallington Borough Mayor and Council adopted Ordinance 2026-01 revising the process for restricted parking zones for disabled drivers, approved a consent agenda of routine resolutions including a sale of surplus equipment and junior fire department appointments, introduced four new ordinances and convened an executive session on litigation, negotiations and employment.
The Wallington Borough Mayor and Council met Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at the Wallington Civic Center and voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-01, which revises the process for establishing restricted parking zones near residences of disabled drivers.
Mayor Melissa Dabal called the meeting to order at 6:39 p.m., and after no members of the public came forward during the Hearing of Citizens, the council suspended its normal order of business to convene an executive session. Councilwoman Susanne Preinfalk moved to enter closed session to discuss matters related to litigation, negotiations and the attorney-client privilege and employment relationships under Resolution 2026-076; the motion was seconded and carried. Borough Attorney Mark Dipisa left the meeting during the executive session at 8:00 p.m.; Councilwoman Beata Balik left at 8:32 p.m. The council returned to public session at 8:56 p.m.
Before and after the closed session the council approved a bundle of routine measures via a consent agenda. The consent package included resolutions to authorize and memorialize payment of bills, issue a social affairs permit for Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, approve a raffle license, authorize submission of a FY26 Local Recreation Improvement Grant application, authorize a lien refund, adopt a Disabled Veteran Tax Exemption, appoint new members to the Wallington Junior Fire Department, and authorize the sale of a surplus fire truck to Fire House 203. Councilman Dennis Graham moved to approve the consent agenda en masse; the motion carried by roll call (ayes from Eugeniusz Rachelski, Justyna Marciniak, Susanne Preinfalk and Dennis Graham; Beata Balik and Sylwia Hejzner were recorded absent).
The council introduced four ordinances by title only for first reading: Ordinance 2026-02 (amending Chapter 286 to establish a Resident Parking Program), Ordinance 2026-03 (creating Chapter 366 to restrict municipal buildings to safeguard records), Ordinance 2026-04 (amending Chapter 307 on parking on posted property), and a walk-on Ordinance 2026-05 (amending the borough salary ordinance). Each was introduced by motion and approved for introduction by roll call with Balik and Hejzner absent.
On a separate agenda item, the council opened a public hearing on Ordinance 2026-01 (second reading), received no public comments, and then adopted the ordinance by roll call vote (ayes from Rachelski, Marciniak, Preinfalk and Graham; Balik and Hejzner absent). Council members stated no public speakers spoke during the hearing.
Communications to the council included a note from Wallington Truck Company No. 1 and the annual corner collection. Councilman Graham reported on the Neighborhood Reporting Group and requested a committee be formed to meet with the group for further discussion. With no further business the council adjourned at 9:33 p.m.; minutes were signed by Borough Clerk Casey Kimmel.
The council’s actions on the consent agenda and the adoption of Ordinance 2026-01 were taken by roll call votes as recorded in the meeting minutes. No formal public-record details of the executive-session discussions were disclosed at the return to open session.
