New supervisor, solicitor and engineer in Chadds Ford

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Chadds Ford Township supervisors appointed Michael Maddren to replace Hugh Donaghue as township solicitor during their Jan. 4 organization meeting.

Donaghue told the board in November that he no longer wanted to serve. Maddren had been the township’s alternate solicitor.

Additionally, the board named Michael Schneider, of Pennoni Associates, as township engineer. Schneider had been the engineer for the Chadds Ford Planning Commission.

The appointments were announced after Samantha Reiner and Noelle Barbone were sworn in as supervisors. Both were elected in November.

Barbone thanked the voters of Chadds Ford for their confidence in her and said she would do her best to represent the township.

Reiner, who was initially appointed last year to serve out Keith Klaver’s unexpired term, said she and Barbone pledged to serve with “robust accountability” and to have the community thrive by balancing the needs of home and business owners.

She also said they would pay attention to decisions made in other municipalities that impact on Chadds Ford. Reiner added, “…by taking the oath of office, we are the foot soldiers of democracy.”

Supervisor Frank Murphy, who was reappointed as board chairman, commented that having two women on the board might be historic, but that it would be “demeaning” to refer to them as women supervisors. He said he was looking forward to serving with “two highly qualified individuals.”

Reiner was appointed as vice chairman.

Other appointments included the reappointment of Amanda Serock as township and Sewer Authority manager, roadmaster and emergency management coordinator, and Matt DiFilippo as township secretary and right to know officer. Barbara Biedekapp was reappointed as Sewer Authority assistant secretary/treasurer and township treasurer.

J.P Kelly, of Kelly and Close Engineering, was named alternate township township engineer and Barbara Kearney was appointed the code enforcement officer and building inspector.

With the exception of this month, the Board of Supervisors will keep the same meeting schedule as last year, with the regular supervisors’ meeting being on the first Wednesday of the month and the workshop being held on the last Wednesday of the month.

The board will conduct its regular meeting this month tonight, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m.

All other commissions and committees will keep the same schedule as last year. For a full list of those meetings, go to the township website at http://chaddsfordpa.gov/public/index.php and click on the meetings, agendas and minutes tag on the upper right corner of the page.

(Top photo: Noelle Barbone, right, takes the oath of office as administered by Judge Wendy Roberts. Barbone’s husband, John, is holding the Bible for the ceremony.)

About Rich Schwartzman

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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