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Upper Chichester approves contracts, payments and grants in June 24 meeting
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved multiple contract awards, final payments and grant revisions at its June 24 meeting, including a $31,100 MAP grant for an emergency-complex feasibility study and several CDBG and capital-project disbursements.
Upper Chichester Township’s Board of Commissioners on June 24 approved a series of routine contracts, payments and grant revisions covering public-safety equipment, park and library construction, CDBG-funded improvements and roadwork.
The board announced it had been awarded a Municipal Assistance Program (MAP) grant for $31,100 to support a feasibility study and site plan for a proposed Upper Chichester Emergency Complex. Commissioners approved the award by voice vote.
Other approved items included an Axon contract for the police department and a School Resource Officer (SRO) agreement with the Chichester School District. The board approved change order number 10 (final) for the Kingsmen Park project, which reduced the contract by $1,673.10 to a new total of $1,284,535.13; staff said the project is expected to be complete by June 30.
A final payment request of $163,158.11 from Arnel Company Inc. for Kingsmen Park was approved, and the board approved payment request number eight to BlueScope Construction for the library project for $383,516.50. During discussion a commissioner asked whether the payment included electrical separation work; staff said the total price includes that work but portions not yet completed would not be paid until finished.
The board recommended awarding the CAADC event-space contract to Arnel (transcript also shows variant spelling) Company Inc. for a base bid and selected alternates totaling $382,028 and approved an amendment to include a partial waiver of the township’s responsible-contractor requirement under ordinance 244-21.
CDBG and related items approved included change orders and final payment releases for the Twin Oaks entrance project and Johnson Avenue improvements (ADU Services), with staff noting an earlier figure was corrected during the meeting to $139,735.80 for a Twin Oaks payment release; a separate approved change order of $6,985.01 and a payment request for $41,228.41 were recorded for Johnson Avenue work.
The board awarded the 2026 road program contract to AF Damon Company Inc. (base bid $503,584; selected alternates bringing the total to $571,317), approved purchase of a 2026 F-550 chassis and switch‑and‑go body for $147,769 for public works, and authorized the public works department to sell an old dump truck.
Other approvals included multiple real-estate tax refunds (examples: $15,613.17 to CoreLogic covering 20 parcels; $1,135.61 to Joshua Hershey for 1607 Ogden Avenue; $754.60 to Eddie Chambers; $1,063.31 to Keith Stennett; $684.60 to Elizabeth Lambert), a Keystone Municipal Solutions LLC agreement for managerial recruitment services, acceptance of Cindy Charney’s resignation from the Zoning Hearing Board, release of escrow of $8,886.37 to McKinley Holdings LLC, and an MPC extension request for a Garfield Avenue application to Sept. 30, 2026.
All motions listed on the meeting agenda were approved by voice votes with no roll-call tallies announced in the transcript. The meeting adjourned after final items were approved; commissioners discussed follow-up and recordkeeping for corrected payment amounts and referrals to the tax collector where duplicate payments were suspected.
The board indicated staff would follow up on implementation details and next steps for public-works purchases and CDBG closeouts; the township’s next departmental meeting noted in the record was July 20 for fire-department items.
