0:00 → 3:25(3m 25s)
Presiding official opened the 6:30 p.m. work session, noted a public hearing on 03/18/2026 on an ordinance requiring Borough Council approval before the Westchester Police Department participates in immigration enforcement under INA §287(g), a conditional-use hearing March 23 for a planned Westchester University campus plan, a March 18 listening session at the Westchester Area Senior Center, a SEPTA community open house April 2, and recognition of an employee anniversary (Ken Massey, five years).
West Chester Borough Council work session covered resident complaints about a suspected pollution event in Goose Creek, planning and committee interviews, downtown Gay Street construction updates (including a $1.7 million contract and a $35,000 allowance), debates over parking policy and a ParkMobile rollout, a proposed rewrite of the peddling/soliciting ordinance, discussion of zoning for data centers and vape-shop setbacks, and a contentious proposal on remote attendance rules that council sent back to committee.
