[0:00] I'd like to call the reorganization meeting for Plymouth Township Council

[0:04] for Monday, January 5th to order. Please rise for the pledge of

[0:06] » allegiance

[0:11] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it

[0:16] stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for

[0:21] all.

[0:28] All right, at this point we're going to migrate into the oath of offices. Or is

[0:33] it oaths of office? Whatever. First one, Christopher Monero. We're joined this

[0:39] evening by District Justice Griffith. Thank you.

[1:05] Repeat. Iris Iris

[1:09] » do solemnly swear affirm >> that I will support obey and defend

[1:14] » that I will support >> the constitution of the United States of

[1:19] » the

[1:25] township

[1:31] council member >> council member

[1:34] » township

[1:41] » [applause]

[2:00] » My nose is different.

[2:04] Okay.

[2:17] right now. Council member elect Lin Visio. [clears throat]

[2:24] [applause]

[2:29] [applause]

[2:38] » I do swear affirm

[2:44] that I will support the bank. defend the Constitution of the United

[2:49] States >> and the Constitution of

[2:53] » the ordinances

[2:58] and then I will discharge the duties of township.

[3:11] [applause]

[3:22] » [clears throat]

[3:25] » Third, we have Councilman-elect William Winchester.

[3:29] [applause]

[3:34] [applause]

[3:47] William, >> I do swear affirm

[3:53] » that I will support, obey, and defend >> that I will support, obey, and defend

[3:57] » the Constitution of the United States >> Constitution of the United States

[4:00] » and the Constitution of this commonwealth

[4:02] » the Constitution of this >> the ordinances of women

[4:05] » the ordations

[4:10] of township council member >> of township council member

[4:13] » in township county >> with

[4:20] [applause]

[4:38] all All right. At this point, we are going to open nominations for the

[4:42] election of chair of township council. Do I have any nominations for chair?

[4:49] » I would like to nominate Lynn Visio for chair.

[4:52] » All right, we have a nomination of Ms. Visio for chair. Are there any other

[4:56] nominations? Seeing none, we will close the

[5:00] nominations for chair and we'll take a roll call vote in favor of Ms. Visio for

[5:06] chair of Plymouth Township Council. Miss Leonard

[5:10] » in favor. >> Mr. Monero

[5:12] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[5:14] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[5:16] » in favor. >> And Miss Vizio

[5:18] » in favor. >> Congratulations. We have a chair

[5:21] appoint. [applause]

[5:28] And at this point, I'll turn over the uh meeting to chair Vizio.

[5:32] » Thank you, Mr. West. First of all, I would like to thank my council

[5:35] colleagues for their show of support uh for my ability to chair the the

[5:39] committee. I am happy to do so. I'm very grateful and ready to get started. So,

[5:44] at this time, we will take nominations for a vice chair of Plymouth Township

[5:49] Council. Are there any nominations for vice chair?

[5:54] » I'd like to nominate Kristen Frederick Leonard for vice chair.

[5:56] » Thank you, Mr. Rero. Are there any other nominations?

[6:02] At this time, we'll close the nominations and we'll take a roll call

[6:05] vote uh for Miss Frederick Leonard as our

[6:08] vice chair. Mr. Monero >> in favor.

[6:12] » Mr. Nelson >> in favor.

[6:14] » Mr. Winchester >> in favor.

[6:16] » Miss Frederick Leonard >> in favor. And the chair votes in favor.

[6:20] [applause]

[6:25] » [applause]

[6:29] » At this time, we have a number of motions to take tonight. Most of which

[6:33] are residents being appointed to our citizen boards. Um, and a few others.

[6:38] So, we will get started with those action items. The first, we have a

[6:42] motion to appoint our township consultants for 2026 and accept their

[6:47] rights that uh their rates. And that motion will be read by Mr. Nelson.

[6:52] » Thank you, chair. I move that township council appoint the township consultants

[6:55] and acceptance rates for 2026 per the attachment.

[7:00] » Thank you. Is there a second to the motion?

[7:04] » Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Winesa. Mr. West will

[7:07] summarize the process and that document for us.

[7:11] » Good. So, this is an annual uh motion that council needs to take and we

[7:16] identify professional consultants that work for the township. talking about

[7:20] solicitor, engineer, labor council, um sewer engineer, anything that you can

[7:25] think of that we don't have on permanent staff. Uh council has that uh option to

[7:29] appoint them annually. And so this is what we're doing. We are appointing a

[7:33] list of those consultants which were included in the public meeting packet

[7:36] for tonight along with the 2026 rates. >> Rest. Are there any comments or

[7:42] questions from council members? Hearing none, we will take a roll call

[7:48] vote. Um, Mr. Monero >> in favor.

[7:51] » Thank you. Miss Frederick Leonard >> in favor.

[7:54] » Mr. Nelson >> in favor.

[7:55] » Mr. Winchester >> in favor.

[7:57] » And the chair votes in favor. Our second motion of the night is a

[8:02] motion to adopt a resolution around our subdivision and land development and

[8:06] consultant review fees. And that motion will be read by Miss Frederick Boner.

[8:10] I move that township council adopt resolution 2026-01

[8:16] subdivision land development and consultant review fees per the

[8:20] attachment. >> Thank you. There's a motion by Mr. Fred

[8:23] Glennonard. Is there a second? >> Second.

[8:25] » Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Uh Mr. West again will summarize that document process for

[8:29] us. >> Great. Thank you. So this is a companion

[8:32] to action item A. This is very specific to our land development process. When

[8:39] our professional consultants are employed to review any documents related

[8:44] to a land development process, we actually charge the um the applicant for

[8:49] those fees. And so these are setting those rates that we will then bill um

[8:53] those applicants for reimbursement. >> Any questions or comments from council?

[9:00] » Hearing none. We'll take a roll call vote. Mr. Winchester

[9:03] » in favor. >> Mr. Monero

[9:06] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[9:08] » in favor. >> Miss Mr. Fredley Leonard

[9:11] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[9:15] Our next series of motions are all around appointments to our citizen

[9:19] boards. Oh, I'm sorry. No, one more before we get to our citizen boards.

[9:25] The the the ultimate citizen board in indeed.

[9:29] The um our next motion is a motion to uh approve the employment the ongoing

[9:35] employment agreement between the township and Mr. West. And so I will

[9:39] formally read that motion. I move that township council approve the employment

[9:43] agreement between township manager Matthew West and Plymouth Township. Is

[9:47] there a second? >> Second.

[9:50] » Thank you. Any questions or comments from council members?

[9:56] Hearing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Mr. Mr. Monero

[9:59] » in favor. >> Miss Frederick Leonard

[10:01] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[10:04] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[10:06] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[10:09] » We can clap. We can clap for that. [applause]

[10:15] » We can we can definitely clap for that because we're thrilled to have Mr. West

[10:18] continue with us as our township manager.

[10:22] Okay. Now, we have a series of appointments to of residents to our

[10:26] citizen boards, which I will say we are uh very excited to announce because when

[10:33] residents step up to serve the township, it's a significant uh contribution to

[10:38] the township. So, we'll take each of these uh one at a time and just want to

[10:42] recognize each of the uh folks who are stepping up. The first is a uh motion

[10:46] that'll be read by Mr. Nelson for an appointment to the planning agency.

[10:52] Thank you, chair. I move that Township Council appoint Brittney Carousel to the

[10:56] Plymouth Township Planning Agency for a 4-year term expiring on December 31st,

[11:01] 2029. >> Thank you. Uh motion by Mr. Nelson. Is

[11:05] there a second? >> Second.

[11:08] » Thank you, Mr. Winchester. Any comments or questions from council members?

[11:12] » Uh Miss Pissy, I just have one comment. um because I have a lot of high school

[11:15] students. My current students that are here tonight and I just wanted to point

[11:19] out that Britney while we're reappointing her and she has been

[11:21] serving is one of my former high school students. So

[11:26] » very nice. >> There are opportunities

[11:30] opportunities to get involved in a very powerful capacity in things like the

[11:35] planning agency. So look for those in the future in the future.

[11:38] » Fantastic. Thank you. Uh any other questions or comments?

[11:44] Hearing none, we will take a roll call vote. Mr. Monero

[11:47] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[11:49] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[11:51] » in favor. >> Miss Frederick Leonard

[11:53] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[11:57] Okay. Our next motion is uh to appoint a resident to the Plymouth Township

[12:02] Planning Agency. Um that will be read by Mr. Nelson.

[12:12] [clears throat]

[12:15] » [snorts]

[12:26] » I move that Township Council appoint Christine Quinn to the Plymouth Township

[12:31] Planning Agency for a 4-year term expiring on December 31st, 2029.

[12:37] » Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Is there a second?

[12:40] » Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Era. Are there any

[12:42] questions or comments from council members?

[12:45] Hearing none, we will take a roll call vote. Miss Frederick Leonard

[12:48] » in favor. >> Mr. Monero

[12:50] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[12:52] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[12:53] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[12:57] We have another um appointment to the Plymouth Township Planning Agency.

[13:02] That'll be read by Miss Frederick Leonard. I move that Township Council

[13:06] appoint George Corkus III to the Plymouth Township Planning Agency for a

[13:11] 4-year term expiring on December 31st, 2029.

[13:16] Thank you. Motion by Miss Frederick Leonard. Is there a second?

[13:19] » Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Winchester. Any questions

[13:22] or comments from council members on this appointment?

[13:27] » Hearing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Miss Frederick Leonard in favor.

[13:30] » Mr. Monero >> in favor.

[13:32] » Mr. Winchester >> in favor.

[13:33] » Mr. Nelson >> in favor

[13:35] » and the chair votes in favor. >> Uh we have another appointment. This is

[13:41] to the Civil Service Commission. Uh Mr. Monero.

[13:45] » Thank you. Uh Madam Chairwoman, I move that we appoint Ronald Plant to the

[13:50] Plymouth Township Civil Service Commission for a six-year term expiring

[13:55] in December 2031. >> Thank you. Is there a second?

[13:59] » Second. Thank you. Any comments or questions from council members?

[14:04] Hearing none, we'll do a roll call vote. Mr. Monero

[14:07] » in favor. >> Miss Frederick Leonard

[14:09] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[14:10] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[14:12] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[14:15] [applause]

[14:20] [applause]

[14:24] We can clap for all of them. We can clap for each one.

[14:27] » I like that. Uh we do have a few appointments that um

[14:33] we're not ready to announce at this point. So we do have to table them. We

[14:36] have um an open spot where we do not have an appointment yet to an open spot

[14:41] on the Civil Service Commission. So I will just need a council member to

[14:45] motion that we table that at this time. >> So moved.

[14:50] » Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Is there a second?

[14:52] » Second. >> Thank you. Um take a roll call vote.

[14:55] Miss Frederick Leonard >> in favor.

[14:57] » Mr. Mr. Nelson >> in favor.

[14:59] » Mr. Winchester >> in favor.

[15:01] » Mr. Monero >> in favor.

[15:02] » And the chair votes in favor. >> I know this seems redundant, but we have

[15:06] to take them one at a time. There's actually a second motion. We have

[15:09] another open spot on the Civil Service Commission, not yet filled. We are

[15:13] tableabling that appointment. So again, if we can get a motion to table, please.

[15:17] » So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Is there a

[15:19] second? >> Second.

[15:21] » Thank you. Uh we'll take a roll call vote to table. Um Mr. Monero

[15:26] » in favor. Thank you. Miss Frederick Leonard in favor. Mr. Nelson

[15:30] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[15:31] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[15:34] Okay. Now we're back to motions to actually appoint people to positions. We

[15:38] have one to be read by Mr. Winchester for the park wreck and shade tree

[15:42] advisory board. >> All right. I move that township uh

[15:46] council appoint Jen McCracken to the Plymouth Township Park uh recreation and

[15:51] shade tree advisory board for a 4-year term expiring on December 31st, 2029.

[15:58] » Is there a second? >> Second.

[16:00] » Thank you. Any comments or questions from council members?

[16:04] Hearing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Mr. Winchester

[16:06] » in favor. >> Thank you. Mr. Nelson in favor.

[16:09] » Mr. Frederick Leonard in favor. >> Mr. Monero in favor.

[16:12] » And the chair votes in favor. No claps for that one. [applause]

[16:19] There we are. Thank you. All right. We have another motion. This

[16:24] one will be read by Mr. Nelson for another appointment to the Park Wreck

[16:27] and Shade Tree Advisory Board. >> Yes. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I move

[16:32] that Township Council appoint Naomi Winchester to the Plymouth Township Park

[16:36] Recreation and Shade Tree Advisory for a 4-year term expiring on December 31st,

[16:41] 2029. >> Thank you for the motion. Is there a

[16:43] second? >> Second.

[16:45] » Thank you, Mr. Monero. Any questions or comments from council members?

[16:50] Hearing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Mr. Nelson,

[16:53] » in favor. >> Mr. Monero,

[16:55] » in favor. >> Miss Frederick Leonard

[16:57] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[16:59] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor. [applause]

[17:06] [applause]

[17:08] » Thank you. Coming down the home stretch, we have

[17:11] another motion to appoint a resident to our environmental advisory board to be

[17:16] read by Miss Frederick Leonard. I move that Township Council appoint Andrew

[17:21] Convoy to the Plymouth Township Environmental Advisory Board for a

[17:25] three-year term expiring on December 31st, 2028.

[17:29] » Thank you. Is there a second? >> Second.

[17:32] » Thank you, Mr. Nelson. Any questions or comments from council members?

[17:36] Hearing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Mr. Frederick Leonard

[17:38] » in favor. Thank you. Mr. Nelson >> in favor.

[17:41] » Mr. Winchester >> in favor.

[17:43] » Mr. Monero >> in favor.

[17:44] » And the chair votes in favor. [applause]

[17:50] Now, now we're getting the hang of it. That's great. All right. We have another

[17:54] appointment. This is to our communication advisory committee. Um I

[17:59] will read this one. I move that Township Council appoint Becky Cosgrave to the

[18:03] Plymouth Township Communications Advisory Committee for a 4-year term

[18:07] expiring on December 31st, 2029. Is there a second?

[18:11] » Second. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments by

[18:13] council members? Hearing none, we'll take a roll call

[18:18] vote. Miss Frederick Leonard >> in favor.

[18:20] » Thank you. Mr. Monero >> in favor.

[18:22] » Mr. Winchester >> in favor.

[18:24] » Mr. Nelson >> in favor.

[18:26] » And the chair VOTES IN FAVOR. [applause]

[18:32] THIS IS THE BEST MEETING EVER. So much clapping. [laughter]

[18:36] » All right, we're coming down the home stretch. We have another appointment.

[18:40] Um, this is to our zoning hearing board to be read by Miss Frederick Leonard.

[18:44] » I move that Township Council adopt resolution 2026-2.

[18:50] Appoint Karen Bramblelet to Plymouth Township Zoning Hearing Board for a

[18:54] 5-year term expiring on December 31st, 2030 per the attachment.

[19:00] » Thank you. Is there a second? >> Second.

[19:03] » Thank you, Mr. Nelson. And Mr. Freder, would you read the resolution for us?

[19:07] » A resolution of Plymouth Township, County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of

[19:11] PA, appointing Karen Brlett to the zoning hearing board. Whereas Plymouth

[19:16] Township has established a zoning hearing board pursuant to the

[19:20] municipalities planning code 53 PS 10901.

[19:25] And whereas the municipalities planning code at section 903A requires the

[19:31] township appoint members to the board by resolution. And whereas the township

[19:36] desires to appoint Karen Braramblelet to the board. Now therefore, be it resolved

[19:41] that as of this fifth day of January, 2026, Karen Bramblelet is appointed as

[19:46] member to the Plymouth Township Zoning Hearing Board with a term that shall

[19:50] expire on December 31st, 2030. Presented and adopted by Plymouth

[19:57] Township Council at a public meeting held on this 5th day of January, 2026.

[20:03] Thank you. Any questions or comments from council members?

[20:08] I will just add our appreciation to Karen. Karen just finished two terms on

[20:12] council and was interested in continuing to serve the township on a citizen

[20:17] board. So, just wanted to mention that we appreciate her stepping up.

[20:21] [applause]

[20:26] Okay. And we have a final uh motion on our list, but this is another one that

[20:31] must be tabled. So, uh we do not have an appointment at this time, an additional

[20:35] appointment to the zoning hearing board. So, I'll just ask for a motion to table

[20:38] that appointment. >> So, moved.

[20:40] » Thank you. Is there a second? >> Second.

[20:42] » Thank you. Uh, quickly take a roll call vote to table. Mr. Frederick Leonard

[20:48] » in favor. >> Thank you. Mr. Monero

[20:50] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[20:52] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[20:53] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor.

[20:58] [applause]

[21:08] Did we miss a roll call vote? >> Okay. Okay. I was like, I don't know if

[21:13] it's just me. My first my first night as chair and I've already missed something.

[21:17] All right. So, apparently, uh, we failed to take a roll call vote for Karen

[21:20] Braramlet's appointment to the zoning hearing board. We can't have that

[21:23] happen. So, um, we have a motion. We have a second. We will take a roll call

[21:29] vote for Karen Bradlet's uh, appointment to the zoning hearing board. Mr. Monero

[21:34] » in favor. >> Miss Frederick Leonard

[21:36] » in favor. >> Mr. Winchester

[21:38] » in favor. >> Mr. Nelson

[21:40] » in favor. >> And the chair votes in favor. Thank

[21:43] [applause] you. Thank you.

[21:48] Okay. Do we have any additional public comment

[21:53] this evening?

[21:57] I'd like to thank everybody for being here. I uh I know it means a lot to

[22:00] council when you join us and our meeting is adjourned.

[22:05] [applause]

Plymouth Township | Council Reorganization Meeting | January 5, 2026

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