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Abington commissioners approve lot-line change, rebid EV chargers and OK DEP grant; finance committee motion passes on April expenditures
Summary
On June 11 the Abington Township Board of Commissioners approved a set of motions: lot-line adjustment and consent agenda items; authorized advertisement of a fire-prevention ordinance; rejected bids for EV chargers and authorized a rebid to meet EECBG deadlines; approved a Growing Greener Plus grant application; and approved April expenditures in a roll-call vote. Residents raised transparency questions about recent ARPA-funded property purchases.
The Abington Township Board of Commissioners on June 11 approved several routine and new-business items, rejected bids on an electric‑vehicle charging project for rebidding, and approved a grant application to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The board passed the consent agenda and approved a lot‑line adjustment for Minor Subdivision SD‑26‑01‑344 and 354 Cadwalader Avenue (motion BOC‑04‑061126). The board also authorized advertisement of an ordinance to repeal and replace Chapter 85 (Fire Prevention) and to repeal Chapter 65 (Burning) (BOC‑05‑061126); commissioners asked that appendices A–N be provided for review before adoption so residents can see the enforcement appendices that will be applied if the ordinance is adopted.
The board voted to reject all bids for the Edmonton Township electric‑vehicle charging‑stations project and authorized staff to rebid the work with alternates (BOC‑06‑061126). Staff explained the lowest bid exceeded available funding and said they would remove the library charger from the base bid because of facility planning, rebid promptly and expect to meet U.S. Department of Energy/EECBG funding deadlines; staff said the grants expire at the end of the year and anticipated installation no later than October if rebid and awarded on schedule.
Commissioners approved a grant application to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Growing Greener Plus) for the (transcript: "Arsely") Wildlife Sanctuary Wooded Wetlands Project and authorized the township manager to execute required documents (BOC‑07‑061126).
The Finance Committee, chaired by Commissioner Stuart Weingrad, moved to approve the April 2026 expenditures and salaries as listed in the meeting materials and to authorize officials to sign invoices and pay bills and contracts as they mature through July 2026 (BOC080061126). The clerk recorded a roll‑call vote and the motion carried. The meeting packet lists the expenditures and salaries as presented to the committee; the transcript contains the exact figures as read during the meeting packet presentation (see meeting record).
Public commenters raised concerns about recent property purchases made with ARPA‑related funds and about the availability of accurate agendas and staff responsiveness. Resident Laura Layman said there were about $3,000,000 in purchases last month made with little notice; later in the meeting a board‑designated official, Christman, explained U.S. Treasury guidance on the ARPA $10,000,000 revenue‑loss exclusion and described how those excluded funds can be recommitted to township projects while noting Treasury restrictions (for example, funds may not be used for pension relief, servicing existing debt, replenishing rainy‑day funds or paying legal judgments).
All motions listed above passed by voice vote unless noted otherwise (the finance motion passed by roll call).
