Coatesville to continue operating under 2014 budget
Council delays budget workshop to next month, looks to solve financial woes
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
COATESVILLE – The city will continue to operate off of the 2014 budget in February after city council postponed passing a 2015 budget on Wednesday.
Council had originally planned to hold a regular meeting Monday of this week night and a budget meeting Wednesday night, but due to...
City attempts to clean up solid waste billing practices
City to take over trash bill collection; Berkheimer will still handle taxes
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Newly elected Council President Linda Lavender-Norris (right) and Vice President Marie Lawson (left) discuss budget items.
COATESVILLE – City Council discussed steps for ensuring the collection of solid waste bills and passed a proposal to change billing practices at Monday night’s...
City Council elects Linda Lavender-Norris president
Marie Lawson elected vice president while Michael O’Rourke debuts as acting city manager
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Acting City Manager Michael O’Rourke talks with City Council member Ingrid Jones before Monday’s organizational meeting.
COATESVILLE – City Council voted Linda Lavender-Norris as 2015 council president and Marie Lawson as council vice president at Monday’s...
City Council must do the hard thing Monday night
Council must pass a budget that slows ‘burn rate’ from trust fund
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
COATESVILLE — For a while, it looked like City Council would suck it up and do the right thing — the hard thing — that for nearly a generation its predecessors couldn’t find a way to do: begin to ween the city off the trust fund and edge toward more financially responsible operation.
Now,...
Coatesville council reaches dead end in 2015 budget talks
City council considers not passing balanced budget by end of year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Coatesville Finance Director John Marcarelli runs the numbers for next year’s budget.
COATESVILLE – City Council reached an impasse in 2015 budget discussions at Friday night’s workshop and will look into the ramifications of not passing a budget by the end of the year.
After making...
Coatesville Council approves City Manager’s resignation
Hudson’s severance package to include three months of salary, benefits
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Kirby Hudson presides over one of his last meetings as Coatesville city manager.
COATESVILLE – City Council approved City Manager Kirby Hudson’s resignation in a 5-0 vote Monday night.
Taking effect Dec. 29, Council also approved of a severance package that will pay Hudson for...
Sources: Hudson quits at City Manager
Said to have offered his resignation, City Council to meet tonight
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Kirby Hudson
COATESVILLE — In addition to having to find as much as $2 million in budget cuts by next week, it appears that City Council will also have to find a new City Manager, after sources said that Kirby Hudson resigned late last week.
The council apparently called a special meeting for Monday...
Coatesville budget vote signals real progress
Kudos to City Council for stepping up to address fiscal mess
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
In a world of typically boring municipal budgets, the City of Coatesville is about to get very interesting.
Monday night, the City Council voted to approve a preliminary budget for 2015 that does two seemingly impossible things: it doesn’t raise property taxes and it doesn’t dip into the city’s dwindling...
City Council resists tax increase in passing 2015 budget
Council rejects 16.1% proposed tax increase, will look to make cuts instead
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
COATESVILLE – The City Council passed a preliminary budget for 2015 at Monday’s meeting, which includes taking nothing from the city’s trust fund and no tax increase — meaning the city will need to find spending cuts to balance the budget before month’s end.
The proposed...
Coatesville council OKs $1.85M transfer from city trust
Amidst opposition, Coatesville borrows money for municipal operations
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
COATESVILLE – Four city councilors voted for and two voted against allotting $1.85 million from the City Reserve Trust to pay for city operations at Monday night’s city council meeting — meaning the city will not have to resort to layoffs or service cuts to make it through the remainder...
