New Supervisor Takes Oath In Lower Makefield Township

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —Colin Coyle has finally made his debut.

After being out sick for the last Lower Makefield Township Supervisors meeting, Coyle has now joined the governing body, replacing Frederic Weiss, the township's supervisors' chairman.

Coyle was sworn in at Wednesday's supervisors' meeting by Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Gary B. Gilman. And Coyle's first meeting may be memorable —it lasted four hours.

Coyle was chosen among 10 candidates who had applied to replace Weiss, who resigned in mid-August, for personal reasons after more than five years in two stints on the board.

The term expires at the end of the year.

“We look forward to working with Mr. Coyle for the remainder of 2023 as we collectively work to establish a framework for a successful 2024," Acting Supervisors' Chairwoman Suzanne Blundi said when he was first appointed.

Coyle lives in the township's Mirror Lake neighborhood with his wife, Lina, and their three daughters: Toma, Eva, and Talia.

He and his wife were raised in the township and returned in 2018 to raise their own children, after building their careers in Northern Virginia.

Coyle serves as senior vice president of sales for Haivision, a video technology company that provides solutions for global broadcasters as well as federal and public safety missions.

Coyle had served on the Lower Makefield Township Planning Commission since February.

“I’m honored to be given the opportunity to serve the community by joining the Board of Supervisors in this interim role," he has said. "The people of the Township and its many wonderful organizations have given so much to me and my family in my life and I hope that this service gives me the opportunity to return some small measure of that support.”