This month’s Council meeting discussed among other things: An upcoming hike in our trash disposal fee due to the awarding of a new contract with BFI The outcome and further plans for the proposed Cedar Street park The application for a matching grant ($20,000) for the gateway project. Council is treating this park as a fait accompli. While we understand that there is a great deal of opposition to this […]
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Jenkintown EAC Meeting to discuss a pocket park on Cedar Street
Last night’s meeting of Jenkintown’s Environmental Affairs Committee was described as a “visioning meeting,” which in simpler terms means brainstorming session. We’ve discussed these exercises in the past, specifically with regards to the Jenkintown 2035 project. We regard them as well-meaning, but largely ineffectual, feel-good events designed to apply a veneer of public input to something that will ultimately be decided by people who may or may not know better than us. We […]
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Jenkintown Public Works/Public Safety Committee Meetings
Meeting from February 8. Agenda for Public Safety: here Agenda for Public Works: here.
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Jenkintown Borough Council Meeting, January 23, 2017
I think we made a little history here. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has live-streamed a council meeting. This video is a cleaned-up version of the live-stream and resides on YouTube. As this was a first-time attempt, we look forward to improving the quality of the video (if not our own Council). If you’d like to help in this effort, please get in […]