Downingtown council approves expenditures, multiple routine items in unanimous votes
Summary
Council approved the period-ending July 31 expenditures and a slate of consent items — including fence permits, easement termination and personnel MOUs — mostly by unanimous votes; the conditional offer for a borough manager was tabled to Aug. 19.
The Downingtown Borough Council on Aug. 5 approved routine financial and administrative items, including expenditures for the period ending July 31, 2026, and a series of consent motions that passed without discussion. Councilor Rakoff moved to approve the expenditures; Councilor Brigance seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
Council also approved two front-yard fence requests (720 E Lancaster Ave and 525 Washington Ave), authorized extinguishment and termination of a sanitary sewer easement for Brandywine Station, LP, and ratified memoranda of understanding for Fire Code Official Michael McCarraher and Detective Paul A. Trautmann. The council adopted Resolution 2026-07 to approve the 2026 Chester County Hazard Mitigation Plan. The conditional offer and appointment of Corinne Badman as Borough Manager and Borough Secretary was tabled to the Aug. 19 work session.
Votes and notable procedural outcomes at a glance: the minutes from July 1, 2026 were approved 3-0 with President Ferris recorded as an abstention; the expenditures motion carried unanimously; all listed consent motions (fence approvals, easement extinguishment, MOUs, resolution adoption) carried unanimously. The motion to not send Solicitor O’Keefe to the Zoning Hearing Board regarding 700 E Lancaster Avenue also passed unanimously. The council adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
The actions recorded at the meeting reflect final outcomes documented in the meeting minutes; transcripts of the conditional use hearing are available at Borough Hall upon request.
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