Yardley Seeks Applicants For Borough Council Seat

YARDLEY, PA —Ever have an interest in having a say in borough business? Now's your chance.

Yardley Borough Council once again has a vacancy with Councilman John McCann's resignation announced at the council's meeting last Tuesday.

Now there's an opening on the seven-member board that borough officials hope to fill at the council's next meeting on July 18.

As with prior practices, Council President Caroline Thompson said the board would interview candidates in person at the meeting. The board has previously appointed a new council member following the interviews.

The borough is accepting applications until 10 a.m. on Monday, July 10. Applications can be found by clicking here on the borough's website.

The borough provided a job description of a council person's responsibilities:

Yardley Borough is a municipality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The governing body is the seven person, Borough Council. Each Council Member is elected for a four-year term. The Borough operates under the "Borough Code," local ordinances, and the Council-Manager form of organization.

Council members serve on a part-time basis. They enact Ordinances and Resolutions, issue Proclamations, approve land development plans and other land use applications, approve annual budgets and all expenditures, levy taxes, affirm hiring and termination of borough employees, make appointments to advisory boards, committees, commissions, and task forces which serve the Borough.

Council elects its president, and vice president, and appoints the borough secretary and borough treasurer.

Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., in Council Chambers at Borough Hall.

McCann was the fourth council member to leave the seven-member board since September.

In early January, two-term Councilman Uri Feiner was appointed to replace Councilman Matt Ross, who had also moved to Lower Makefield Township.

In early September, Councilmen David Appelbaum and Don Carlson filled the vacancies of David Bria and Chris Campellone, who resigned because they were moving out of town.