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Tinicum supervisors and Zoning Hearing Board review procedures, agree to draft internal policy
Summary
Supervisor Eleanor Breslin and township staff met with the Zoning Hearing Board on March 10, 2026, to review application procedures under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code; the board agreed that attorneys will draft an internal policy and add an acknowledgement-of-receipt to ZHB applications.
Supervisor Eleanor Breslin called a continued meeting of the Tinicum Township Board of Supervisors on March 10, 2026, and welcomed the Zoning Hearing Board and township staff to discuss coordination of zoning hearing procedures.
Township Manager/Secretary Judith Juliet Danler Danko performed roll call and introduced Zoning Hearing Board members Carl Ruthardt, Michael Zavoda and Lawrence Hafetz; ZHB counsel William Oetinger; zoning clerk Kathy Moreni; zoning officer Gary Smith; and Justin Roberts, described in the minutes as a new attorney to Flager's office. "Ms. Breslin welcomed everyone for coming," the minutes record.
The stated purpose of the continuance from March 3 was to review the township's procedures under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code and to explore opportunities for improved coordination between the Board of Supervisors and the Zoning Hearing Board. According to the minutes, the goal of the collaborative effort is to determine whether formalizing the process in a resolution would enhance clarity, efficiency and public service.
The board held a general discussion of the zoning hearing application process and agreed that an internal policy will be drafted by "Attorneys Holbert and Gary," and that acknowledgement-of-receipt language will be integrated into the township's Zoning Hearing Board application materials. The record identifies both a zoning officer (Gary Smith) and an attorney named "Gary;" the minutes do not clarify whether these are the same person.
The minutes record that public comment and supervisor comments occurred, and that a motion to adjourn at 6 p.m. was made. The minutes do not list a mover, seconder or vote tally for the adjournment. The board scheduled its next regular meeting for Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at the township building. The minutes also include an attestation signed by Township Manager/Secretary Judith Juliet Danler Danko; the attestation line in the transcript lists the date as "4/07/2020," which appears to be a typographical error given the meeting year of 2026.
No formal ordinance, resolution or vote on rule changes was recorded at the March 10 meeting; the action recorded was agreement to draft an internal policy and to consider formalizing procedures in a future resolution.
