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Lower Pottsgrove opens new municipal building; police begin operations and face accreditation review
Summary
The Lower Pottsgrove Board celebrated completion of a new administration and police building, announced an April 18 public open house, and heard that the police department began operations at the new site while undergoing an accreditation evaluation. Several contractors and staff were publicly thanked for finishing the project.
Lower Pottsgrove Township commissioners on March 2 celebrated the completion of the township’s new administration and police building and invited the public to an April 18 open house.
President Michael McGroarty led acknowledgements of the design and construction teams and of Township staff who managed the move, thanking Muhlenberg Greene Architects, Balton Construction, Hard Hat Services, Integrity Mechanical, Hirschberg Mechanical and several technology and service vendors for work on the project. McGroarty told the Board attendees were welcome to tour the upstairs after the meeting and credited former and current Infrastructure Committee members for their roles in bringing the project to completion.
Township Manager Edward C. Wagner and others noted the administrative and police staff completed packing and moving from the old building. Police Chief Richard Bell said the Police Department opened at the new location at 7:00 a.m. the same day and hosted a formal accreditation evaluation at 8:00 a.m.; he told the Board three assessors from the Pennsylvania Chiefs Association were on site to gather information for a report the Chiefs’ committee will use to decide accreditation status. Bell said computers were not fully operational until late in the day but that initial feedback from the assessors “sounds like it went well.”
Chief Bell also provided February operational numbers: 1,170 calls for service; 11 assists; 59 traffic citations; two DUI arrests; 25 accident investigations; 40 criminal violations; 12 adults arrested and two juvenile matters. He said he could answer questions about the report but deferred further detail until systems are fully online.
The Board unanimously approved routine meeting minutes and several administrative motions; Commissioners repeatedly thanked Public Works crews and Emergency Management staff for their work during recent winter storms and for assisting with the building move.
An open house for the public is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the new Lower Pottsgrove Township Building, 1963 East High Street.
