Swatara Township commissioners approve an at-large, one ward system.
Thursday February 05, 2015 at 1:12 pm
By James Roxbury

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Swatara township commissioners voted 5-4 to approve ordinance #2-2015, the bill calls for an at-large system reducing the current size of the board from nine members to five members.

Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, attorney for commissioners Connolly, Troxel, Chiavetta, and Bouder cautions the board before the vote.

Questionable legality.

Commissioner Edward Troxell.

A motion to table the vote for an at-large system.

Commissioner Jeff Varner.

A motion adopting ordinance 2-2015.

Additional discussion and a 5-4 vote on the bill.

This ordinance here is not a reapportionment, it is an abolition of wards.

Solicitor David Wion.

My recommendation that the board considers authorizing me to file an appropriate action to have the court recognize the reapportionment of the township, and to dissolve the reapportionment commission appointed by the court order of February 4, 2015.

Edward Troxell, this is a lawless assembly.

 
Tags: At-large system, Judge Scott Evans, Reappointment, Swatara Township