The Nether Providence Police Department has posted the month by month crime statistics for Nether Providence to their new website. Chief Splain also helpfully answered some questions I had about understanding what the tables mean. It’s great that the police department is making this data readily available to […]
Yesterday was the swearing in of the township and county officials elected in November. The county ceremony was scaled back due to Covid concerns with many fewer attendants than 2019’s crowded ceremony. Monica Taylor was chosen as chair, and Elaine Schaefer as vice chair for the most diverse […]
The Nether Providence Township Board of Commissioners held their last regular meeting of 2021 yesterday (although there will be one last budget meeting on Dec. 23 to pass the budget). The video is available on Youtube. Reports The board approved the minutes for the November meetings. There are […]
Nether Providence Township has posted their draft 2022 budget to the website. Overall it shows pretty stable budget with most changes due to the life resuming normality post-pandemic. The draft budget shows a 2.9% increase in revenue with a 3.1% increase in expenditures. The line for real estate […]
The board of commissioners held a joint legislative and budget meeting this week. There’s no meeting next week due to Thanksgiving. The meeting video is available on Youtube. There were no public comments, solicitor or engineer report and the board passed the minutes as usual. There are positions […]
The Nether Providence Township Board of Commissioners held their workshop meeting yesterday. The agenda is available on the township website, and the video is available on Youtube. Only five members of the board were present, it was alluded the other members were ill. New part-time police officer Michael […]
The township held its regular legislative meeting for the month tonight. The video is available here. It was a fairly short meeting. It was noted today is Hope for Haillie Teen Mental Health Awareness Day, as proclaimed at the previous meeting. The township engineer noted that most grant […]
Nether Providence Township held its regular workshop meeting last night. The relatively short meeting is available on Youtube. There were no opening reports or public comments, but the commissioners announced a proclamation for Hope for Hallie Teen Mental Health Awareness Day. As part of the ongoing budget process, […]
In today’s notes I mentioned the township board again discussed zoning for marijuana dispensaries. I have a few points to add. The first is to echo Commissioner Cooper’s point that if the township plans to regulate marijuana dispensaries, it should regulate it in a similar manner to tobacco […]
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