Pocopson Township supervisors passed a resolution authorizing the grant contract closeout for the Pocopson Township Trail Related Support Facilities Project. The vote was 3-0.
The grant involved phase 1 of the Barnard House project, according to Supervisors’ Chairman Barney Leonard. He said the township applied for the $250,000 grant in July 2013 for the development of trail-related support facilities and received the entire amount.
The resolution, according to Leonard, authorizes the township public works director to purchase and install signage in accordance with the grant and for the treasurer to contract with the appointed auditor to perform the final audit.
The township is preserving the Barnard House for use as a township building, a public meeting space, and the home of the Kennett Underground Railroad Museum.
Supervisors also voted to authorize Supervisor Ricki Stumpo to be paid for attending Barnard House Steering Committee meetings. She’s replacing township secretary Susan Simone who recently resigned from the committee.
Aside from being a supervisor, Stumpo is a paid part-time receptionist for the township. She’ll be paid her regular hourly rate for attending the meetings after normal business hours.
Stumpo recused herself from the vote.
Other business
• Supervisors are looking for resident volunteers interested in serving on the West Chester and Kennett library boards. Barbara Holmes and Scott Kirkland submitted resumes. Kirkland attended the June 22 meeting and said he’d be willing to serve on the board of either library, though his preference is to serve on the Kennett board.
Supervisor Georgia Brutscher said Kirkland’s resume would be forwarded.
• Supervisors are also considering extending the township office hours and authorized the secretary to begin investigating the possibility with the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors. Leonard said he wasn’t sure enough demand existed from within the township to increase the hours, but thought it best to consider the option. The office is currently open from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday.
(Kathy Brady Shea added content to this story.)
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Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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