It was a quick meeting for the Chadds Ford Township Board of Supervisors on Tuesday evening. Supervisors breezed through three items: a Calvary Chapel special events permit, an Open Space Plan update, and a resolution to have Keystone Collections collect the Business Privilege Tax.
• The special permit for Calvary was tabled until the workshop at the end of the month because of a slight mix-up. The township did not get the date discussed, and Calvary, in turn, did not get letters out to the neighboring property owners. According to township solicitor Mike Maddren, that should be resolved by the end of the month.
• In another issue, the board voted to send out a Request for Proposals to engage a professional planning firm to update the township’s Comprehensive Plan and its Open Space Plan.
Supervisor Samantha Reiner said, “The plans would be developed concurrently with coordinated public outreach while ensuring each plan independently satisfies the statutory requirements of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code…The updates are intended to reflect current conditions and demographics and address emerging issues such as climate resilience, infrastructure planning, and multimodal transportation.”
She added that the project would likely start in the third quarter of 2026.
• Lastly, the board voted to retain the services of Keystone Collections Group to collect the township’s Business Privilege Tax. The contract is for a period of three years with an automatic renewal unless otherwise terminated, Reiner said. Notices are to be sent out in May, and taxes are due by June 30.
