{"id":8467,"date":"2014-12-09T15:25:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T20:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8467"},"modified":"2014-12-09T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T20:25:16","slug":"birmingham-hires-two-part-time-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8467","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham hires two part-time police officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supervisors adopt 2015 budget<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kris Firey-Poling<\/strong>, Correspondent, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Birmingham Police Chief Thomas Nelling (center) introduces new part time police officers John Pot (left) and Kevin Urbany (right) during Monday night’s township Board of Supervisors meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

BIRMINGHAM \u2014 In many ways, it was a night for the township\u2019s police force!<\/p>\n

Township Secretary\/Treasurer Quina Nelling opened Monday night\u2019s Board of Supervisors meeting by acknowledging Chief of Police Thomas Nelling\u2019s 30 years of service.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the go-to guy for everything, from down trees to snow to fires.\u00a0 He has been a true servant to our community,\u201d explained Nelling.<\/p>\n

Not enjoying the spotlight, Chief Nelling quickly changed the subject to discuss the proposed police association contract.\u00a0 Birmingham has been without a police contract in the past, and the group requested a formal approach to base pay and raises.\u00a0 After reviewing contract highlights, the Board accepted the proposed agreement that goes into effect January 1, 2015.<\/p>\n

Also, Chief Nelling introduced two new part-time police officers, John Pot and Kevin Urbany. Both officers expressed their interest in meeting Birmingham residents and getting to work.<\/p>\n

The township currently has three full-time and six part-time police staff that provide 24\/7 coverage.<\/p>\n

In addition, Chief Nelling also proposed selling the used 2008 Dodge Charger to a New Jersey bidder for $4400.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe online bidding exceeded the township\u2019s expectation in price,\u201d stated Supervisor Scott Boorse.\u00a0 The Board of Supervisors accepted this highest bid for the retired vehicle.<\/p>\n

In his November report, Nelling cited 913 incidents, 6187 police miles logged, and four criminal arrests.<\/p>\n

One resident asked if he noticed an increase in crime in response to the economy.<\/p>\n

Nelling described one burglary during the Thanksgiving holiday, adding that the home was unsecured, the owners were away, and they did not report the incident.\u00a0 Nelling then replied, \u201cOverall, there has been no increase in township crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other township business, PHP Enterprise owner Paul Canavarro questioned what he still needs to do to comply with ordinances as they relate to Stillman Volvo\u2019s use of his property.<\/p>\n

Edward Stillman is seeking access from his dealership to the PHP property, located in Thornbury Township, for car storage.<\/p>\n

According to Rich Jensen, Building Code Officer, \u201cThere are two concerns.\u00a0 The rutted path is unsuitable for driving cars back and forth. \u00a0When this becomes muddy, it will go out on township roads.\u00a0 Also, we need to identify the location of the septic.\u00a0 It cannot be below the parking area.\u201d<\/p>\n

After lengthy discussion, Supervisor Chairman John Conklin said, \u201cThe Board cannot approve this request when issues are still up in the air.\u201d\u00a0 He instructed Canavarro to wait for Jensen\u2019s written report, correct non-compliant issues, and report back at next month\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

Also, the Board approved the 2015 Budget, reinforcing no increase in property tax.\u00a0 According to Conklin, there were no comments in response to advertising this budget in the Daily Local News<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In other business, the Board approved the order for Infinity of West Chester to add three building additions on 1265 Wilmington Pike.<\/p>\n

Supervisors also appointed BBD, LLP to complete the 2014 Audit at a cost of $5,000.<\/p>\n

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Supervisors adopt 2015 budget By Kris Firey-Poling, Correspondent, The Times BIRMINGHAM \u2014 In many ways, it was a night for the township\u2019s police force! Township Secretary\/Treasurer Quina Nelling opened Monday night\u2019s Board of Supervisors meeting by acknowledging Chief of Police Thomas Nelling\u2019s 30 years of service. \u201cHe is the go-to guy for everything, from down […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[4910,95,101,1307],"class_list":["post-8467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-2015-budget","tag-birmingham","tag-board-of-supervisors","tag-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8468,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8467\/revisions\/8468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}