Parkesburg Borough received the first installment in coronavirus relief funding from the American Rescue Plan, officials announced during the July 19 council meeting.
Assistant Treasurer Amanda Gattuso said the borough deposited the initial $208,972 in relief funding July 14. The borough will receive the second payment in 12 months.
Disbursements of American Rescue Plan money to municipalities was determined by population data from the U.S. House Oversight Committee.
Mayor John Hagan II told council that Treasurer Peter Barsz suggested, during a recent budget meeting, that a separate account be created for better tracking of how the expenditures are being used.
âIâm fine with it being in a separate account,â Council President Sharon Wolf said.
When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, May 11.
What happened: Workers have finished collecting samples from the former McGinness Airport site and have found no immediate geological or ecological problems, said Borough Manager Mark Stivers. The full report will arrive in a few weeks.
Quotable: âNothing of extreme importance has come up,â Stivers told council members.
Background: The borough wants to buy the 58-acre property in July with plans to develop 40 acres into an innovation and technology campus with a hiking trail through a nature preserve and a childrenâs playground. Construction on the $1.5 million parcel should begin in 2022 and hinges on council approval.
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Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
The Chester Upland School District is on the cusp of being dismantled and replaced with charter schools which would make it the first district in Pennsylvania to be almost completely under the control of charters. To a crowd of displeased parents and teachers, three charter school networks presented their proposals at a school board meeting Thursday night.
With a substantial number of families outraged and a parent-driven legal intervention aiming to impede the process, it’s important to understand how Delaware County’s only city became the epicenter of what many consider an education catastrophe.
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