Author Archives: chesterwhistle

A list of potential items to be funded if the one cent sales tax is approved can be found on the Herald website.  Will you be voting for or against the one cent sales tax extension?

As you know this site has been inactive since January.  After a video camera failure, lack of time (desire?) to attend meetings and some personal issues, a break from it all was necessary.  Yet, we now have less than one … Continue reading →

During the County Council meeting on Tuesday evening, council approved a $406k award to Tri-County Utilities for the ‘Meadowbrook Road water project’, which is located in District 4.  During the discussion, Supervisor Roddey stated they had been working on this … Continue reading →

The editorial in today’s Herald discusses the need for stronger FOIA laws and uses the battle between the supervisor and County Council with the Sheriff Department in Chester County as one of the prime examples why this is needed. A … Continue reading →

According to The Herald article, Chester County taxpayers could be who ultimately  pays for the latest supervisor pet project- taking control of E911 services from the county Sheriff.  Not only will taxpayers be paying the attorneys the county hired from … Continue reading →

Despite pending legal actions regarding the removal of control of 911 dispatch from the Sheriff to the county supervisor, the agenda for Monday’s county council meeting contains a resolution to adopt a new organizational chart, moving the employees under the … Continue reading →

According to Wednesday’s Chester News & Reporter article, at the 10 am Tuesday’s special called council meeting, with the only topic listed being a ‘personnel matter’ for executive session, county council emerged from that session and held a vote to … Continue reading →

During Monday night’s county council meeting citizen comments, Randall Marsh asked county council to explain to the citizens why the county was spending county funds to move 9-11 services to Ella Street away from the Law Enforcement Center, when it … Continue reading →

Chester County Council will hold the public hearing and final reading to approve a ‘fee in lieu’ agreement between project 1233 and Chester County, Thursday morning 10am. Not sure what the point of the public hearing is since the company … Continue reading →

With standing room only in the Roddey Building council chambers tonight, the county council listened to  local business owners who came out to voice their disapproval of the proposed business license fee/tax during citizen comments and requested the council to … Continue reading →